Heads up on Discovery Channel show tonite

[beachwalker]

that was sooueweee eet

[Uncle Matt]

You see that braces wearing 19 year old freak bite the head off the herring? Funny as hell. Looks like the military guy might have trouble making it. Stay tuned I guess.

[UserRemoved1]

Matt that was gross Will be interesting to see what happens next week. Too many commercials though.

[MartinD18]

"American Idol" and "Fear Factor" combine and go crab fishing. snore.

[Mr. Sandman]

DVR'ed it and watched it this AM. It is a dangerous business working on boats non-stop like that but IMO the regulators bring this on. There is no reason to have a 5-day crabbing marathon where guys "Have" to stay out in all weather around the clock. It is stupid and not needed. IMO, there is no reason why anyone should have to die fishing for a crab. Think about that for a moment.

Here's a suggestion: Adjust the season 1 day per week and they pick the day. There are only a couple hundred boats it would be easy to manage.
If anything, that show illustrates the greed and low intelligence level that many Comm. fisherman and all regulators seem to have. Why must you catch the entire seasons crab allowance in 5 days? This has turned into a crab race which really is a stupid idea.

Comm fishing regulators are run by guys that must look like this --->

[RIROCKHOUND]

MR.S..
Thats a good point;
From what I remember the Halibut fishery used to be the same way up there, but so many boats got into the "derby" that they were getting dangerous and all would head out on the 1 allowed day (more days and they overshot the quota) regardless of weather..

That being said, the possibility of making 40k in 5 days, is remarkable

[S-Journey]

Did anyone see the show last night?

If so do you remember the captain and crew of the boat the "Big Valley" that showed a demonstration of how to put on a survival suit on the new show that aired at 9:00? I would assume that the show was filmed during the 2004 red king crab season in October. I just thought it was ironic about the Big Valley being on the show talking about the survival suits and all because that boat sunk during the opening week of Opillo crab season this Jan and all souls onboard were lost (Edit - I thought they were all lost, looks like one of them was spared)

That’s a great show - really shows the feast or famine conditions we are go through as fisherman. One false move and or a few lost hours can make or break a season.

I have my money on the "Sea Star". The geriatric crew is going to take it home

It really gets my blood moving wathing these shows. I'm going to talk to my boss today about taking some time in October. I think I'm going back out for one more round!!!

[likwid]

Originally Posted by Mr. Sandman

Comm fishing regulators are run by guys that must look like this --->

The people who regulate commercial fishing are typically ex comm guys.
And they're a bunch of back stabbers, they cowtail to the fish houses and keep pushing prices down while lowering quotas and the boys out there get %$%$%$%$ed over.

[Gloucester2]

Pacific fisheries regulators are generally regarded as some of the best in the World (they understand sustainable yield and apply it - Real Life) . . . they set a hard quota and stick to it. The reason for such a short season has nothing to do with timelimits - it's amounts. These boats all fish for a dozen different species over the course of a season and spend time in between prepping the boat and gear for the "turnover". It is unrealistic to think a one day a week season for 5 weeks is any safer than a 5 day season - not only would that be economically unworkable (think about fuel cost to steam 100's of miles) but the time on the water would expose the fleet to even more hostile weather. Everyboat fishes at its own pace - notice the boatload over over 50 year olds . . . and the family operation that lets the pots soak 15 hours. Bottom line grown men make a choice to do this who are we to second guess them?

The book Working the Edge by Spike Walker was great.

Redlite - they count and plot each trap catch as a way to determine where and in what direction to reset the traps . . . no "ego factor" as far as I can tell . . . that's done at the end of the trip when checks are handed out

If S-Journey had some time I (and I bet others) would love to hear some "fish stories"