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Hansen's Fight

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:14:00 +0000

Who is Eric Hansen?

A Bering Sea Crab Fisherman - A Highliner

At the tender age of 14, Eric Hansen, called "Hansen" by his friends, was left in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, by his dad. He got a job on a boat, learned the trade, and then taught others.

Hansen became a "highliner." Now, highliner is not a term I ever remember hearing on Deadliest Catch. I discovered what this term meant when I read a book called Lessons From the Seaby Steven R. Smith.

Here are a couple of quotes from Steven's book.

"Highliners will often work 80 hours straight without a nap. Highliners never fish for money but rather for the competition and the chance to be number one."
"Highliners are a different breed; they don't demand respect...they get it. They get the best crews, best equipment and will stop at nothing to be number one."
"Commercial fishermen look at the money and hope to hit the jackpot and get rich."

If you haven't read this book, you really should grab a copy.

I don't know if highliners even exist anymore. They may have gone away with the days of derby fishing. It seems like without the competition of the derby, how could there be highliners? I'll have to find out the answer to that. I miss the derby days.

Now it's whoever has the most quota wins. You pretty much know who wins before they leave the dock. It doesn't matter who has the best crew, or who knows where the "good" spots are. If a boat has a low quota, they aren't going to get that number one spot no matter how hard they work, or how many hours of sleep they go without, it doesn't matter. It's all about the quota.

I have talked to several highliners over the years. You won't hear them toot their own horn. They didn't have to, people knew who they were. They still don't. It's kind of odd really, the not bragging.

Now, if you're an interrogator, like I tend to be, I'm a curious cat, you can get out of them that they were highliners, and you get these awesome highliners to tell you some pretty cool stories.

Hansen helped one buddy, David Lethin, to build his first crab boat. You may know of David or Dave from the Bering Sea Crab Fisherman's Tour in Ketchikan. Hansen then taught him to fish for King Crab, trained others, and they became the number one boat highliners.

Some of the men you have seen on Deadliest Catch were taught to fish by Hansen.

Eric has saved many lives at sea, and he has lost many friends over the years to the sea.

Hansen left Alaska in 1993. Soon thereafter, he got married, started a new career, and a new adventure.

Hansen worked on the F/V Ocean Ballad, F/V Lady Kodiak, F/V Nordic Monarch, and the F/V Aleutian Ballad, just to name a few. Between seasons, he sometimes worked at Pacific Seafood.

In 2011 or 2012, Hansen started having episodes of blurred vision and scrambled speech. His wife, Treasa, thought he was having a stroke and took him to the doctors. They gave him a clean bill of health and said he was probably having migraines. Go doctors! Not...

You can find the rest of Hansen's medical story on his GoFundMe page. Please visit it, donate if you can. GoFundMe has a minimum donation of $5. If everyone who visits the page could give $5, we could meet our goal in no time. The cost of this ugly battle will be one less thing for the Hansen's to worry about. If you can't donate, please, share the page everywhere, and say lots of prayers. We'll take all the help we can get.

Hansen has a hell of a fight on his hands, and he's up for the challenge. He's a highliner after all. They don't quit.

I just love this video! This is Hansen in 2013 before he found out he had a golf ball sized tumor in his head. I'm also a Jerry Reed fan!

Let's Help Hansen Fight!

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Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 17:54:00 +0000

King Crab Season Has Begun - Deadliest Catch

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 00:16:00 +0000

The season Red King Crab season has opened. Apparently there will be no Tanner Season this year. I just ran across this article and thought I would share it with you guys. Look for the Deadliest Catch stuff towards the bottom.

Crabbers Head to Bristol Bay.

The article includes the quota's and some of the names of the boats. Rumors have it Captain Bill with the Cape Caution and Elliott Neese with The Saga will also be on the show. It would have been okay with me if they left those two off and just did the show with the other four boats.

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Johnathan Hillstrand Needs Your Help

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 08:02:00 +0000

A while back Johnathan Hillstrand had asked for help for a friend's family, which if you know Johnathan, you know he doesn't usually do this type of thing.

Evidently some sick and twisted fan committed to sending a large amount of money and it was all just a scam to try and meet Johnathan or get close to him. So now weeks have been wasted and this young man and his family still need help.

The scam. If you know this sick woman, please turn her into the police. She needs help.

You can donate to help Thomas Doty and his family by visiting HealThomas. Time is critical for this young man and his family. Please help spread the word.

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Deadliest Catch After the Catch Episode 6 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:59:00 +0000

"Looking Ahead"

Mike and all the captains Bill, Sig, Keith, and Andy are at the table. Mike says he wants to look at what lies ahead because there are going to be a lot of changes on a lot of boats. Captain Bill says he would fire them all every year. Mike, you are really a glass half full kind of guy aren't you. Mike, I don't think you will fire them all. I think you will keep some of them. You had a lot of close calls this year. They go to the clip of Warren Hicks getting hit.with the pot. Captain Bill said the guy wasn't paying attention. It was kind of his fault. Captain Sig asked about the guy on the hydros. Captain Bill said lousy weather. Captain Sig, then it was his fault. You gotta be watching. Captain Bill,
Crosby Leveen pulled him out of the way. Mike looking at Captain Keith, he worked for you didn't he? Captain Keith, oh yeah we broke Crosby in. Crosby is a phenomenal athlete, he's quick and has a freak amount of strength. Being big, quick and strong is probably why the guy wasn't impaled.

Mike, the close call on the Wizard that I want to talk to you about, look at you your body language says I just don't want to go there. Captain Keith is sitting there with his arms across his chest. Captain Keith, I just don't want to see it. Mike, well we are gonna see it and go there. They show the clip of Monte and the Wizard stranded. I swear it looks like there was an avalanche that landed on the sea. Mike, I'm watching you watch that and I see yourself asking the question your brother just did. Where is everybody? Captain Keith, there was a freak tsunami that came through, no joke. He came in. He points to Captain Sig. He went in no problem. Bill got out barely. Monte came in says Sig got in I'll go in and then all of a sudden he sucked ice into the heat exchanger and lost power. Captain Bill, I was heading out of the harbor just before that happened. Captain Sig, I was on the beach watching it when you left, cause I was going to leave after Bill, then about an hour later he was gonna come in. Your brother was coming in and in that one hour the ice packed in there so tight the tug boat couldn't through it. Captain Bill, I was full power getting out of there and I couldn't hardly move. Captain Sig, his composure, you should be proud of that guy. He was calm on the radio, cause we was watching it and listening to it. Captain Sig pointing to Bill, he was watching it on the outside we were watching it from the inside of the harbor. Captain Bill, we were idling just outside the ice pack in case we had to swing around and come back in and. Captain Sig, the tide was coming in and pushing him towards the beach. Captain Keith, no joke that is the worst spot of the Bering Sea, right there at the turn getting into St. Paul Harbor. Wait I thought the rocks getting into Dutch was the worse place or False Pass. There are a lot of "Worst Places" out there. If there is any ice there is no worse spot. And all of a sudden he's yelling for his crew, he's downstairs off the helm? That's how bad it was. Trying to get his crew let's go, let's go. Mike, so what would have happened. Captain Bill, he could have dropped the hook and that might have slowed him down. Stopped it who knows. Captain Andy, you saw the bow of the Alaskan Monarch right there on the beach. That's what could have happened. Captain Sig, the only thing that saved him was because of the tsunami he had a big swell that was pushing his stern around. The waves were pushing him around. That's the only way to turn around because there is no room in there. Without the waves the Wizard wouldn't be here. I'm telling you. Remember the Monarch the boat that was beached and the guys used the pots and line to get off the boat to the beach so the USCG could pick them up. That's where they were. Mike, that's a heck of a thing. You can put bill boards and warning signs on a highway, but you know you leave the wreck there. (He points his finger as if to point out danger here)

Mike, what do you see for your brother? Captain Keith, I see him running the Wizard full time and me going into an administrator role. Mike, starting when? Captain Keith, pretty soon. Mike, no kidding. Keith, yep. The administrator? I'm just wrestling with the image of you handling paperwork in my mind. They all laugh.

Mike, there is a fair amount of uncertainty in the fleet. Here is a look at what is coming on the Ramblin' Rose. They show a clip of Elliott talking about his friends that work for him, while the guys are trashing him. Elliott joins the table. Captain Keith says is it Elliott or Mickey Mouse? Mike, Is this a crew blowing smoke and bitching or are these guys not coming back? Elliott, there are on the crew for ten months and are all coming back. Mike, you've been friends with these guys for a long time. You went to high school with one guy. When do you stop being friends and be there boss. Elliott, we go out together around water I'm the boss. If they don't like it they can pack their stuff and get off the boat. Captain Andy, You'll probably see as you get older too. I mean we've hired a lot of friends over the years and we go I'll never hire another friend. You're brother will recommend somebody and you'll go I'll never hire that guy. It's a bad thing sometimes but if it works out good it's good. Mike, when I talk to people about the show one of the things that most surprises them is how bad it can get and the stuff that can be actually be said right to your face and then it's okay. Captain Bill, I had a guy that wished me dead. He says, Jake Jolibois said to Zack I hope your ole man has a heart attack. I'm sick of listening to him. Jake Jolibois is not with me any longer but. Captain Andy breaks out laughing. Well now we know what happened there. I'd love to hear Jake's side of that story. I can't even imagine Jake saying that he must of been really tired, pissed or both. Mike, so there is an instance where there is a consequence for talking, but so many times it just seems like you guys know high pressure situation, just guys blowing off steam. Captain Keith, it's just when you throw the lines, the guy sitting upstairs, it's a different deal. I've been working with Gary Soper for twenty plus years, my brother forever, Lenny for a long time. I've known Freddie for 18-19 years but once you leave town the guy up there and what he says goes.

Mike looks at Elliott and says what about you? We just watched the last episode and I'm not sure what your future is. Elliott, um. Captain Bill, you haven't heard? Everyone laughs. Elliott, me and my buddy Steiner actually talked about getting our own boat. He's got pretty good credit and I've got cash. We've talked about buying our own crab boat. Mike, really? What's a decent crab boat set you back these days? Elliott, you pick one up for $800 or a million. I'd kind of like to get my own operation going like the rest of of these guys. It goes deckhand, engineer, captain, owner. I'd like to step into owner. Elliott has announced twice in the last week or so, once on Twitter and once on Facebook that I've seen that he will no longer be a captain on Deadliest Catch. He will still be a captain just not on the show.

Sig, Junior and Edgar are at the table. Mike, lets talk about the future of the Northwestern. Captain Sig, it's always changing isn't it. I like it when things stay the same. Mike looks at Edgar, you on the other hand are an agitator. Edgar, am I? Mike, are we getting to that point where you can actually realistically see yourself in the wheel house? Edgar, I would like to think so. Mike, is this something you would like to imagine as well? Looking at Sig. Sig, who knows maybe we will find him a boat someday. I have a hundred percent confidence in Edgar. We talked about blue crab or whatever. It's the handling techniques cause every boat is different. I know that boat better than I know my car. I just don't want to hurt anybody, learning and then all of a sudden you get in bad weather and somebody gets hurt at your expense and we don't want to go through that. So ya baby steps. We have a great safety record, it's untouched, it's super. So it works for us. Well there was the incident with Nick's nose. Just thinking about that. Ouch! Sig better be knocking on wood after that statement out loud. Sig, I'm proud of it. It's because of Sig, Edgar, Norman our family has kept it that way. It's not just one guy, it's to the crew and everybody. Mike, so Junior we wanted you here because you guys have been talking. New strategies? New alliances maybe? New partnerships maybe? Junior, ya if Edgar does go up for blue crab we've kind of been talking about partnering up and tackling blue crab. It's such a tough fishery. You really do need a partner you can trust and quite frankly I wouldn't trust anybody else. Edgar, quite frankly I need all the help I can get. Two boats, twice as many pots is better than one. You can cover more ground, you can feed information to each other about the speed of the crab. If they are here or there. Mike, so you can pot each other. Sig, now what happens when you both find the crab and it's a tiny little spot? Is there going to be room for both you guys? Are you going to share? It's just like you working with another Elliott. That ain't going to happen. Junior, I was that guy that they would give me old information and send me on wild goose chases and that's why I work alone. When you get a guy that's up and coming and trying to learn a fishery you can get that alliance, that can go on for years to come. It doesn't matter how good you are at some point you're not going to be the guy on the crab. So two guys are better than one. Mike, you are talking about trust. How do you know when you have that. Edgar, he knows how to lie to people on the radio (pointing to Sig) I don't. So he's got nothing to worry about me lying to him. (pointing to Junior). But I trust him as a Captain, I have all the respect in the world for him. Mike, and you can trust him because he is a piss poor liar. Edgar, and he's done the blue crab and done well at it. So who better to partner up with. Mike, so you get out there on the crab. You can almost square off on them so they can't get away from you, and no one else can come in. Captain Sig, they are going to make an Elliott fence is what they are going to do. LMAO Junior, I'll trust anybody once. First time they screw me they are on their own. And I don't think he will.

Mike asks Bill, your boy what do you see? Captain Bill, he's actually got a set of eggs which he didn't have before. Edgar, the only way his kid dealt with it was coming over to our boat and venting about it in town. Captain Sig, we are going to start charging for therapy I swear. Jake Anderson, it was funny though, so funny. Edgar, he respects and loves you a lot man. Mike, is he going to get more responsibility on the boat? Are you going to give him more?

Mike asks Jake about his license. Jake pulls out his license and says yesterday he got it. I still can't figure this out because at the end of last season they said he got his license too. Mike, so practically this means you could be the captain of a crab boat. Jake, It does. I think I probably could if need be, if I absolutely had too. I am a hundred percent confident I could get our boat to the dock safely. We wouldn't be fishing in 40 knot winds but I know I could do it. Edgar's taught me, he's taught me. I know I could do it. Captain Bill, he's a rare breed. You don't find many guys in the fleet that came with the desire and want to do this. He is one in a million. Captain Sig, an endangered species. Mike looks at Edgar holding up Jake's license and says do you have one of these. Edgar, I do not. Mike, what's up with that. Edgar, I don't need one for our boat. I really didn't plan on sticking around 24 years Mike. Mike, it was just a hobby that got out of control.

Captain John is at the table, oxygen and all. Mike, Johnathan I'm so glad to see you. How's it going brother? Have you seen what happened to you yet? Johnathan, no I have not. Mike, would you like too? Johnathan, yes. Mike, it's your lucky day. They show the clip of Johnathan on the bull again. and falling. He says that did not last very long. Mike, it just hurts me to watch it. It doesn't look like a big thing and then all of a sudden. Plus you get up pretty quick. John, I know I couldn't breathe. I know that much. I couldn't breathe for about ten seconds. I got four broken ribs, two are broke in multiple places so it's not very comfortable. Mike, you were smiling. Do you realize that? John, yeah cause Keith was going to be riding next. LMAO That Time Bandit Wizard love is still there.

They show the clip about Johnathan quitting smoking. Mike, how's it going. John, it's going a lot easier now that I can't breathe. I'm going to get it done. I sneak one once in a while. Mike, I saw you sneaking one today. John, yeah. Mike, you aren't supposed to be sneaking one with an oxygen bottle. Mike, you are going to go up like flash paper. Don't do that. John, how about this? How about next season I won't have a cigarette stick in my mouth. Want to wager on that? Mike, I'll tell you what I'll do. I can't be there to look at the cigarettes. It's not that I don't trust you but if you get fit. You quit smoking, do the exercise thing we were talking about. You run five miles in an hour. Just the thought of you in the little running shorts running around Dutch Harbor. You do that, you host the first and last act of After the Catch next year. You can ask anything you want.

Josh, Andy and Eddie Sr. join the table. Johnathan, I think I just wagered away the farm. Mike, what is he like when he is quitting smoking. Whatever Eddie said was beeped. Andy, he has the best intentions in the world. He beats himself up to much, he always says he is quitting for the grand kids. I've been with this guy my whole life. Either quit for your brother or quit for yourself. Quitting for the grand kids is great but quit for yourself first. You got a brother, I breathe in second hand smoke. I don't smoke. I'm going to take him home with me and get him checked out. I'm going to try and get us both in the best shape ever. He's my closest brother out of five and I don't want to loose him to this kind of crap. John, you are one my best friends too. Andy, brother you are on the drugs. You don't know what you are talking about.

Mike, so Eddie this is like gold watch country for you. This is your last year. John throws his gold watch at Eddie. Mike, that's actually not a bad watch. Keep an eye on that. Twenty five years what are you going to do? Eddie, actually I run the boat for John and Andy in the summer time so I'm still part of the team, just not part of the crab team. Andy, we are loosing two to three good guys that we've counted on our whole lives next year. Big things happening in the engine room. Neal? Mike, so it's going to be a totally different boat next year. Few people left. Mike, so are you accepting resumes from the general public? Looking for greenhorns? Andy, we are looking for experienced guys that we don't have to call green horns. Mike, how would the help wanted add for the Time Bandit read? Josh, high explosives. Andy, hopefully no smoking.

Captain Keith, talks about how great Roger is and that Lynn is Lynn. Captain Andy asks how long Lynn has been on board. Keith, four or five years. Andy, he will never be a deck hand. When I was 17 I wanted it so bad I watched the guy do the hydros, the hook. Within one years time you will be a deckhand if you want it so bad. I think. Mike, how important is team building to a captain and how important is competition on the deck. Keith, you gotta have some competition on deck otherwise everybody will just settle into a spot. You've gotta have guys pushing other guys to do better. Andy, it's cool to see that guy come on an he pushes the old guys to remember what they used to be like. Where did Roger come from? Keith, salmon fishing. Andy, so he knew to get up and go fishing. Sig, it's gotta be well rounded. We've got Nick Mavar and he's up there man. Aw come on Sig! He's still the old wise guy and then you got the young guys. You go burn yourselves out. You leave the old guy in there and he'll tell you what to do.

And there's another homemade type movie. Deadliest Drive. Starring Sig Hansen in his greatest hit since Cars 2. Sig has a pad of paper and a pen. He leans to Edgar and says can I get you an autograph little feller? Edgar, Really? "The Legendary" Junior Campbell. Junior is petting a horse telling it he wants to be the cattle driver that people talk about forever. Captain Keith - All alone because he wouldn't bring his crew to After the Catch. The Bad Ass Hillstrand Brothers. Captain John is on a horse and Captain Andy throws a lasso and lands it around John's neck. And Wild Bill finally in a place where his name makes sense! Horses, cattle, crabbers. What could possibly go wrong? Deadliest Drive. The guys are horses driving cattle. They cross a river. Brought to you in Opilioscope. Those little movies are great.

Cowboy Shawn Bailey joins the table. He talks about how a ranch works as a team just like on a crab boat. Andy said he had a blast roping and riding. Captain Bill, Did you see how big the horse was they gave me? Mike that was a sturdy animal. Bill said something but I couldn't understand what.

Another clip of Square Dancing with Edgar. In Norwegian I have no idea what he was saying. LMAO.

Mike we like to end with some of our favorite stuff. Somehow this pranky business, it starts at the beginning of the season and it ends... Captain Sig, it never ends. They show the clip of the Northwestern guys pranking the Time Bandit with flour. That seems like so long ago. Captain Sig is back at home with his wife looking as security camera footage. Johnathan and someone else maybe Scotty totally toilet papered Sig's house. Sig says I'm kicking ass right now. LMAO He goes out the door screaming Hillstrand! Johnathan is still in the yard with several others. Sig takes off running after him. He catches him and tells him life's a bitch. As Johnathan speeds away in his little red car Sig is screaming I know where you sleep! Mike, you've gotta love the get away car. You've been stewing about this all year and the best you can do is toilet paper? What are you 8? John, it was a rough season. It took a lot from us Mike. There was no time to prank because there was so much bad stuff going on. But I give the life raft in the wheel house about an eight. But get this we got billed for the life raft. Edgar, we went and got a condemned life raft and they said who do you want the bill to? We were like Andy. Andy it was like $850 bucks. That was the joke right there. Mike, that little toilet paper thing that was the same day Jake got married? Sig, yeah I thought we were safe going to have a party and next thing you know ding dong over here's got. He points to John. John, well we figured you had to be at the airport at 6 in the morning, people had a few drinks we figured it would be the perfect time to hit ya. Andy, he's got video surveillance everywhere. Jake Anderson joins the table. How'd you like that bill? They talk about Sig marrying Jake. John, says it was surprisingly done very well except Sig told Jake to get down on his knee to say his vows and when he was done he told Jenna okay it's time to get down on your knees. LMAO Everyone's laughing. He didn't mean it like that but. Sig, I think it's the only wedding in history that had hecklers in the crowd. John, my hats off to you for talking about God and telling them God will get you through. You're a hell of a man Sig Hansen. Ya the drugs are kicking in. LOL Just teasing Sig Andy, all the other captains used to say, if you need a few days to figure this out. I can hold back the paperwork. They show the clip from the wedding. They end the show with Jake and Jenna who haven't even had a honeymoon yet doing their first dance. The guys and their girls join in. And good news no one hit the floor this time. LOL

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Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 16 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 12:31:00 +0000

"The Bitter, Bloody End"

Wow! You can say that again. I didn't notice the title until now. LOL Very appropriate. What a season finale. I would say they saved all the good stuff for the end, but it was really a lot of bad stuff. This season needs to go down in the books as one of the worst ever, if not the worst. I'm looking forward to a better season next year.

This episode has a content warning at the beginning that it contains graphic images which some viewers might find disturbing. You know that's not a good sign. I don't remember normally seeing that before, anyway.

The episode starts off with Captain Keith Colburn saying the 2012 Opilio is not a nightmare, it's an ice-mare. Captain Andy Hillstrand says this is the worse ice stream they have ever had in their lives. He hopes it's the beginning of the end of getting the crab knocked out. Captain Sig Hansen, we need to get the boat full to be done with this season so we can go home. Captain Scott Campbell, we are fisherman. We catch our crab and go home. If we don't catch our crab, we don't go home.

At the Island of Saint George. The crew of the Kodiak are loading pots on board that are filled with snow. They load the pot onto the launcher, open the door, shake out the snow, iced up rope, and buoys of each pot before securing them on deck. Captain Bill is even out there with a shovel. Crosby Leveen says they are just going to have to work harder on deck to keep everything going.

Mike Vanderveldt is shoveling the snow off of the decks around the launcher. He reaches up and rests his left hand on the side of the launcher, kind of to brace himself while shoveling underneath the launcher with his right hand. Zach Larson is at the hydros. He moves the pot from the launcher. Mike Vandervelt falls to the ground screaming in pain. His finger got caught between the launcher and the pot.

He runs inside. He has torn or cut the tip of his ring finger off. He is sitting at the table in the galley being instructed by Nick Morrow exactly what to do. Nick tells him very calmly, wrap it up, control the bleed no matter how bad it hurts. He takes him to the bathroom sink and tells him to rinse his hand, it's going to hurt. Mike rinses his hand wincing in pain. Nick tells him, okay, pull it out, this is going to hurt. He pours peroxide on Mike's finger. Mike groans in pain. He lifts a leg and stomps it back down. You know that hurts like a you know what.

Nick, this is going to hurt, but we've got to keep pressure on it. Nick wraps the finger and instructs Mike to hold it with his other hand. Nick tells Mike, you are going to want to keep it over the sink. Try and calm down and control your heart rate. Mike, who is clearly in pain, raises his hand above his head. Nick tells him to sit down, so Mike sits on the toilet. Nick Marrow is like a robot ER doctor. I can't believe how calm and controlled he is. You would think he has done this a thousand times. I sure hope not.

Captain Bill sticks his head in the bathroom door and asks if he took the tip off. Mike says he slipped and put his hand down just as Zach was pulling it off the launcher and it just scissored it. Warren Hicks the greenhorn is just standing there watching. Captain Bill goes to the wheelhouse and calls someone and tells them they've had an incident on the dock.

Mike is sitting at the table in the galley. They show a shot of Mike's fingertip laying on a paper towel. It was cutoff just below the nail. Mike holds up his glove and says this is the glove I was wearing. It is a blue rubber glove with "pain" written across it. He holds up the glove for his right hand and says not that one. The right-hand glove has "joy" written across it.

Captain Bill comes back in and says he got a hold of somebody in town that is going to be there shortly. Mike tells Captain Bill he is sorry. Captain Bill says, what are you going to do? You cut your finger off so...

Nick says, Mike's gotta leave, he's flying out of here in 30 minutes, he's going to Anchorage. Zach comes in and apologizes to Mike saying he feels guilty. Mike tells him not to spend another second thinking about it. It wasn't his fault. As they are having this discussion, Zach is helping Mike to put his jacket on.

Mike is lifted by crane to the dock. Captain Bill tells the rest of the crew they will go out with a four-man crew, and Nick and Zach will have to do the hydros, definitely not an ideal situation.

On the Time Bandit. Captain Andy says, it's very nautical out. It's raining with 20-25-foot seas, wind blowing SE 40. Captain Andy says, it's hard to steer the boat, but he's going to get it done. The ice is about two miles away. Captain Andy needs another 150,000 pounds. Failure is not an option. Captain Johnathan says, it ain't pretty out here. There's got to be a light at the end of the tunnel for the longest season in the history books.

On deck, Eddie Jr., says this is the last season with his father. He's been helping him out, so he is ready when his dad isn't there. 46-year-old Eddie Uwekoolani is retiring at the end of opies. Captain Johnathan says he's watched Eddie work for 15 years. We've made some money, and I just watched him work. Mike Rowe, he's passing the torch to his 22-year-old son.

Captain Andy says he can't see but 200 feet in front of the boat. Anybody see a pot? Anybody? They find the pot. It's been soaking 24 hours. They pull it up. It's full. Everyone's doing the happy dance. They are ready to fill the boat and go home.

Eddie Jr. says he doesn't think his dad is going to miss fishing at all. Eddie Sr. is standing there watching the deck. Captain Andy says, Eddie is in retirement mode. You start thinking retirement you'll get yourself hurt.

Captain Andy says, look at this big wave right there. Holy mackerel. He starts screaming, "Watch out!"

On deck, Josh has a hold of a table full of crabs and it is rolling out of control. The pot goes to the back side of the boat, then rolls towards the launcher. Josh is trying to hold on to it, but he slips and lets go. It rolls up against the other side of the deck and the launcher and catches Eddie's elbow in between the table and launcher. He says he's okay, but it whacked his elbow good.

Captain Andy says, Josh couldn't hang on to his table. Josh says, the weather sucks, he just lost control and couldn't get the pin in on time. Eddie Jr. is laughing nervously saying there is a lot of stuff going wrong on the boat. I was just watching. I didn't know what to do. Eddie Sr., that's why it's a dangerous job. You've always gotta watch your "bleep."

The Wizard is in St. Paul offloading 394,000 pounds of crab. Captain Keith leaves. He flies out leaving Monte in charge. Captain Keith says this is the best and the worst season they've ever had. There is 500,000 pounds left to catch. Monte and the crew all seem pretty happy, especially Lynn Guitard. Captain Keith says, you are married to your boat, that's why it's so hard to retire.

Monte puts on his shades and pulls out of the harbor. They are pushing 900 RPMs and going nowhere. There are chunks of little ice everywhere. It almost looks like he is driving the boat through snow. All of a sudden, an alarm goes off.

Monte calls down and says, I need to talk to Lenny right away, somebody go get him. No one responds, the camera shows an empty hallway. Monte says where is everybody? Monte can't get anybody to answer. The boat is dead in the water bouncing around like a rubber duck in a bath tub. He heads down the hallway saying, where the f*** is everybody? He goes down to the engine room and asks Lenny, what do you got for temperature? Lenny says, 230 and steamy. Monte says, we need water on that engine somehow, and he heads back to the wheelhouse.

They show the boat in between what looks like a dock and a very rocky beach. Lenny comes up to the wheelhouse. Monte says, we need water, as much water on that engine, is that what you are doing? Lenny says, just on the tank. Monte, no on the whole engine. Lenny is concerned putting water on the engine will crack something. Monte tells him try to cool it any way he can.

He says, the engine has sucked up ice into engine so it's not getting cold seawater to it. The stuff is so thick it is clogging the suction. You can see the waves rolling under the ice. I swear it looks like snow on the water. With the waves rolling under it, it curls up and kind of looks like a sea monster's under there.

Gary Soper is in the wheelhouse with Monte. Monte says they just need a shot of water in the engine. They just need to thaw it out. He says, I know what we do. He picks up the phone and calls Lenny, tells him to close the suction so the ice will fall out, then reopen it. It works. They get going and get out of the ice. Monte says he thought they were going on the beach back there. She's a good girl, The Wiz.

On the Ramblin' Rose. They are getting ready to leave for fishing again. The crew is still unhappy. Dale Robertson says he's watched more movies on the boat than he has at his house in the last year and a half. He's spent 18 days on a boat with guys that are okay to work with but to hang out with... He has four kids and one on the way. He's made $4,000 this year compared to $51,000 last year. How is he expected to live on that?

Elliott says, he was bitching because they were fishing in the ice, now he is bitching because they aren't fishing. He doesn't want to fire him because he is a friend of his, but he just wants him off the boat. Dale is downstairs telling someone the whole operation is a joke that Mickey Mouse himself is running the boat. Elliott goes down to talk to Dale. Dale tells him he made 51 grand on the Atlantico last year and was home by the 17th of March. Elliott says, there wasn't ice last year. Dale, they are still fishing right now, guy.

Elliott and Dale start arguing. Dale telling Elliott, you really want to burn up your friend card right here? I don't mind working, guy, that's why I'm here. There is a lot of beeping going on. Elliott tells him just get his stuff and go. Dale leaves. Elliott says, we'll go with four guys. The rest of the crew is outside wrapping the boat in plastic wrap.

On the Seabrooke. Captain Scott informs the crew nothing is going to stop the ice from coming and it is coming. LMAO Mac White says he's treating us harshly, we can't get any bathroom break. I love him! Mahlon Reyes has to go to the bathroom. Captain Scott calls down and tells him, piss on deck when you gotta go, no sense in coming in and taking off all your clothes when you gotta take a leak. Mahlon has gotta go, and he's standing next to some kind of tank with water running out of it. Then they show what looks like Mac standing in the corner going. That's just sad. Someone could freeze something important off going outside in that kind of weather.

Captain Scott has a deadline date. He needs a 400 average. They pull a pot with 180 in it. Dewey Warren says they probably got 15 hours sleep in the last week. Mac is tired, cold, and hungry. Mahlon's nose is bleeding. He said it's because he is so full of ibuprofen, he has enough ibuprofen in him to dull a football team. All of a sudden, they are hit with a massive wave. It actually looked like two waves at the same time it was so big.

Mac says, thank you, may I have another. Captain Scott says, that was a doozy. Mac says, that's the wave you don't want to let your mom know hit you. Someone else said, I felt the whole boat shudder. Mac, a lot came down and then a shitload came down right after it. Boom! Boom! Captain Scott, it's just tide, just a little tide. The guys are just going to have to suck it up.

On the Northwestern. Captain Sig is returning to the same place he has already fished twice. Jake Harris is sleeping in the forepeak. Matt Bradley is laying down with his head in the doorway as a pillow. It looks very uncomfortable. I can't believe the guys are letting Jake Harris sleep, and they aren't pranking him while he's sleeping. I mean, what a perfect target.

They pull up a pot about half full of crab. Jake sleeps through the first three pots then gets up and goes to the wheelhouse. He asks Captain Sig if he thinks, since it's nice out, he could haul some pots. Captain Sig tells him to go ask Edgar, he doesn't want Edgar getting mad because he isn't on deck.

Jake goes and asks Edgar. Edgar says, no, if you need something to do, I can steer you in the right direction. Edgar tells Jake Anderson he'd better go have a talk with his boy. Jake Anderson says he pushed him to show initiative, but he wanted him to earn his way. Jake Anderson says he is kind of offended that he would think he could just skip over so many things.

At the end of the string, Jake Anderson tells Jake Harris, Sig is not going to just let anyone run the boat. Jake Harris walks away. Jake Anderson, I don't think it's hit him he doesn't have a boat. He's here because he doesn't have a boat. Not because he's gonna have a boat, because right now, in this moment, where he doesn't live in, is total chaos. He's my family, I love him but, at this point, he is going to have to grow up and figure out where you are, who you are, and what you gotta do to get what you need.

In the wheelhouse, Captain Sig listens to a Coast Guard call for the Alaska Juris, a trawler. The Alaska Juris is asking that they bring a back board with Velcro straps to get him up to the bow.

They cut to Captain Scott who says it sounds like a cable came loose and hit him in the head. Hopefully, they can get him off and get him the attention he needs.

The Alaska Juris tells the USCG his blood pressure is dropping, and his breathing is shallow, they aren't sure if he is breathing. His condition is worsening. One of the Coast Guard crew says, if he isn't breathing, he doesn't have much time left.

The Coast Guard asks permission to come aboard. The swimmer goes down. They show shots of the different captains listening to the call. After 12 minutes, the swimmer calls up to the helicopter and says, the man is deceased. The Coast Guard calls down and tells the captain of the Alaska Juris that the Coast Guard policy, in these kinds of situations, is a tough one for them and the crew. Unfortunately, they cannot take the risk to take the man off the boat. One of the Coast Guard guys says, there is chaos on board, he (Andrew Fotu, 25) had 2 brothers on board that are with him. The captain was crying.

On the Kodiak, Nick Marrow is running and learning the hydros, and the weather stinks. The crew is trying to deal with being short-handed, the weather, and keeping an eye on the green horn. Someone tells Warren Hicks spatial awareness.

Warren is throwing the buoys over the side, and Nick is bringing another pot onto the launcher with the crane when it comes flying around and smacks Warren Hicks. Crosby Leveen tried to pull him out of the way, but he was knocked down by the pot as well. Warren is on the ground rolling around in pain, and it sounds like he tells Crosby to secure the pot.

Captain Bill tells them to tend to Warren. The guys carry him inside. I hear him say, he's fine it just hurts like hell. He goes back out on deck and Captain Bill asks him if he is alive and can he keep rolling on this string. Captain Bill informs Nick when he is running the controls, it is his job to safely control the pots. Nick says, this is crabbing, sh*t happens.

On the Ramblin' Rose, Elliott is returning to the spot he was previously at. He gets there and the spot is frozen over. He decides to fish in the ice. They are going to drop 75 pots. Tim Lovins says, if they lose the pots, they pay for it, so they are counting on Elliott to make the right choice. Elliott is counting on the wind blowing the ice to the east. It's very strange as they dump the pots over the side, they just kind of sit there on the ice. The crew, of course, thinks he's nuts.

On the Wizard, Keith has called Monte to inform him he is agitated that he is not even calling the owner of the boat. He doesn't need to hear stuff from someone else in the fleet. Monte tells him, I just told you what was going on. Keith says, 24-48 hours after the event. Monte tells him he tried to call him, he guesses he should have kept calling him again and again.

Captain Keith, still angry, says he is 30 seconds away from pointing that boat towards Dutch Harbor and seeing me on the dock. Monte, in spite of the fact that it's your birthday today, I was kinda hoping "beep." Captain Keith, a whole bunch of beeps with a couple of birthdays mixed in. You've gotta tell me what's going on with my boat. Monte, In the future, I will keep you abreast of potential tragedies on the boat. Captain Keith tells him he's glad him, the boat, and guys are okay. Monte hangs up and says, I knew that wasn't going to be pleasant. He starts setting pots in the ice also.

Back on the Northwestern, they are pulling pots hoping to finish up their season. They are pulling full pots. They have the boat almost full. The guys start screaming they did it. They hauled 1.7 million pounds for the season worth 3.145 million dollars. The crew will walk away with an $80,000 dollar paycheck. Captain Sig calls Edgar to the wheelhouse to pull the last pot.

Jake Anderson says his life for the last two years has been like this season. You can't depend on anything. He's in charge of the deck, he never thought he would see that happen. Edgar is in the wheelhouse, he never thought Sig would let him.

Edgar tells Sig he is one of the best captains he has ever seen. Sig tells him the value he brought on deck was almost like a prison sentence to him, but it's time, so take it away.

Time for the flaming hook. Edgar calls down and asks the guys if they want Captain Sig to throw the hook. They say, let's do it. Edgar, Roger, your ex-captain is on the way out the door right now. Sig, ex-captain, I'll show you ex-captain. Edgar, and don't miss! Sig, I'm not going to miss. Sig throws the hook. It looked like he got it, but he didn't. The guys are screaming you did not! Jake Anderson, you are the worst! Sig, I didn't miss.

Jake Anderson, that's what we say every day, now you know how we feel. Everyone's laughing. Sig throws again and gets it. Edgar should have sped up like Sig does to the guys, then see if he gets the pot, instead of sitting still in the water.

On the Wizard, Monte is ready to pull pots. The first two pots comes up empty. Monte says it's a learning experience. Character building. The only way to go is up. They see a sea lion. The third pot comes up full. The full pots keep coming. This season the Wizard hauled 2.9 million pounds of crab worth 5.4 million dollars. Each deckhand will pocket $151,000 bucks. Wow, I think that's the biggest number I've heard.

On the Time Bandit, they are pulling pots in the ice right next to the ice flow. Captain Johnathan says, this season separates the men from the boys. People will talk about this season for years. Captain Andy says, the ice wins the war this year. One more pot to go and Eddie retires.

Captain Jonathan says, he thinks about Eddie and when they were 18 years old, seems like yesterday, then they are in their 40s. That's not right. Eddie said he was going to put it off for a couple more years, but this season has taken a beating on him. Eddie Jr. says he got to work with his dad and see what he was doing all these years, they aren't very close off the boat, but it's kind of sad to see him go.

The tanks are full. They call Eddie upstairs. They tell him to have a seat. He wants to know what the guys on deck are doing. Captain Andy says, I think they are just chipping ice. Really, they are setting up a firework display for Eddie. The Time Bandit hauled in 878,000 pounds worth 1.6 million. $74,000 for each deckhand.

The Kodiak hauled in 1.5 million pounds worth 2.8 million. Each deckhand gets $75,000.

On the Ramblin' Rose, the crew is still upset and voicing their opinions. Elliott's excited about full pots. The guys say, too little too late. It doesn't make up for the last six months. They end their season hauling 628,000 pounds worth 1.25 million dollars, the deckhands, $49,000.

And on the Seabrooke, Captain Scott is fried and looking a little hillbilly like. I don't think he shaved all season. 1.9 million pounds worth 3.5 million dollars. The deckhands get $81,000. Mac waves goodbye to the ice as they head home.

The Crab Count

Wizard 2,918,184
Seabrooke 1,872,600
Northwestern 1,700,000
Kodiak 1,550,000
Time Bandit 878,000
Ramblin' Rose 628,000

In Anchorage, Mike is getting his finger fixed. The doctor explains they will grind the finger bone back and wrap the skin over the end. He says, it's actually not too bad. It's not his finger. Mike was hoping to go back to the boat, but he is going home.

Back in Dutch, the Seabrooke unloads.

On the Ramblin' Rose, Elliott says he has 10 days off, then he is going long-lining. The he starts talking about his crew and how they didn't complain and didn't whine. I know he was listening to them. How can he say that? The crew walks away from the boat saying things like they are never stepping on that bad boy again, and may she rest in peace.

Captain Sig marries Jake and Jenna after fixing his tie and fixing him up. At the reception, Captain Johnathan and Captain Sig have a discussion about how Jake Anderson didn't have one drop of liquor at his bachelor party.

Captain Sig says, Jake Harris hasn't done that, and he needs to. It's pretty obvious. Captain Johnathan, right now, so many people want to do stuff for him, but he doesn't care. Sig, we can't do it for him, he has to do it himself. John, I love Jake, but he has a long way to go. Sig, a long way.

I am not a doctor, but Jake Harris appears to have meth face, and I can tell from the searches I am not the only one to think this. I noticed it last week, and it is worse on this week's show. I know this is not the path Phil envisioned for Jake. I hope someone can talk to Jake and get him headed down the right track. I know most of the people around him have tried. I don't want to see you on the dead celebrity list, Jake, please, get some help.

Captain Keith says, there are a lot of guys that want to be the captain, they are guys that think they should be captain, there are guys with the attitude of the captain, but they aren't the captain for a reason. They don't have what it takes. He says he's glad to see there are some young guys coming up that push themselves hard enough. They show pictures of Josh and Scotty. He laughs at Junior being a legend and says, only in his own mind. He says, Jake Anderson is going places.

They switch to Captain Johnathan who is talking about Jake Anderson about how well he is doing. He said, yesterday was one of the best days. They show shots from the wedding. But he is worried about Jake Harris. He thought he was doing well and he's not. Edgar says, we tried to show him the opportunity that he has, we just gave up. Captain John says, they just went through the worst evil season in his 32 years at sea and whatever he is doing is worse on his body than that was.

They show a picture of the Cornelia Marie, all pretty, in the yards. Captain John is just happy to feel the sun hit his skin.

They show everyone arriving home getting hugs and kisses.

In Memory of Andrew Fotu

Deadliest Catch After the Catch Episode 5 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 01:13:00 +0000

"Fishermen's Code"

At the table Mike Rowe, Andy Hillstrand, Sig Hansen, Edgar Hansen and Keith Colburn. Mike Rowe turns to Sig and says he saw something in his face watching the last episode that makes him wonder if the pucker factor wasn't a little higher than usual. Sig, just a little bit higher. Mike, on a scale of 1-10? Sig, 10, without a question. Captain Keith does an example of a slack tank with a glass, showing how the water sloshes back and forth. Captain Sig explained the series of events that went wrong. The bad weather, the alarm not working. Had Edgar not actually looked in the tank they would have stacked gear over the tank and never knew. There was some kind of air lock problem. They talk about Sig's dad and a boat called the Pacesetter that went down in 1995 because of a slack tank.

They show clips of the guys losing it. Keith yelling at Monte, the camera man, Johnathan shooting. Lots of different clips.

Elliott has joined the table. Edgar says they say accidents mostly happen on calm sunny days because your dreaming about home. Captain Andy you're dreaming about that new car. Captain Keith, you've usually just come through intense weather, so you get on good weather and get complacent. Elliott, sometimes your just day dreaming up there, driving on gear. In and out. In and out. Sig, your what? Just kidding. Mike Rowe, you made it sound dirty. LOL Sig, focus Elliott focus. Mike Rowe, I think he was. Point is when you lose focus the Bering Sea will find your weak spot. They show clips of the guys and accidents.

Captain Scott has joined the table. They start talking about getting your leg caught in the bite. Andy says the ones on the clip weren't that bad. He's seen guys where their boots get taken off and they get set on the rail. Sig says he won't set faster than 7 knots. Captain Keith got stuck in a line on the first string he ever set before everyone carried knives. He said the deckboss set all 225 pounds on him. It seemed like five minutes but it was probably only five seconds. The line went tight and exploded off of his leg. Mike Rowe, you remember that huh? Captain Keith, pretty vividly.

Mike Rowe, some rules are written. Some are more like a captains code.

They show a western made up of the Deadliest Catch guys. Hopefully someone will upload it for everyone to
see. Very cute. It looks like Scott and Elliott have a shootout right before it ends. They draw guns.

Captain Scott and Elliott discuss Elliott setting down pots on him. Mike asks Elliott to explain potting down. Elliott explains it and says he doesn't care if someone does it to him unless they get tangled up with him. Elliott says they try to keep a boat length away. Captain Scott said Elliott's pots got tangled up with his and he was pissed that's why he called him on an open channel instead of a side channel. Mike brings up that they were bringing up low numbers. Captain Scott said he had already been in there and everybody said hey this boats on good fishing and piled in there. Elliott, I had a good first trip. You weren't the only one. It wasn't like you were up there being a superstar or anything. Captain Scott, no there were other guys that had bigger trips than I did. Mike, the interesting thing is that you did call him out on 16 and it got public and on social media and everything.

They discuss that how small the blue crab area was. Captain Scott says usually you call the other captain and find out where his strings are. Keith does it with me. You get a little close when you are setting but you don't get tangled up. Elliott says the year before Captain Scott sat down every single one of his strings. Captain Scott, did I tangle you up? No. Elliott, I didn't call you on 16 and bitch about it. Whatever. You gotta go where the crab are. Captain Scott, tangling up buoys is a different story, you know that. Mike Rowe looks at Sig and says you look like you have something to say. Everyone laughs. Captain Sig, sometimes the gloves come off and you gotta get in there and rumble. I think times have changed. You got less boats. Now there is less gear on the grounds so everyone wants to be a gentleman. It's just one of those things. I've been fishing blue crab since 1978 for crying out loud. There is a lot of area. Trust me. Captain Andy, in the old days tangling up pots would piss guys off so bad. They would cut your pot off, sometimes shoot your buoys. Andy says it's bad when you tangle buoys cause it takes you time to untangle them, you get half the crab, you snap pots off because the lines rub together. Capt Sig confronts Elliott about Elliott setting along him last winter. Captain Sig says I was like hey kid what are you doing there? Setting. Elliott, no I wasn't setting gear. Sig, I said I got a string there. You kind of moved a little bit. The polite way to do it. Capt Scott, stop setting. Capt Keith, cut his line and shoot his buoys. LMAO Sig, and then maybe run over 1/4 of a mile. Capt Andy, I don't call up every guy and tell him where my string is cause I don't want him to know where every string of mine is. Captain Keith, in the old days you could walk across the bags they were so tight. You couldn't even drive through them. Mike Rowe, the question is did you do it on purpose. Elliott, I didn't see any of his bags tangled up with mine. Do you have footage of that? I think you would have bitched more if it had been. Captain Scott, that's the only reason I called and bitched because they were. Elliott, there's no way they could have been. I had just set them and you were hauling aways from where I was at. Capt Scott, we've got it on film. It showed it on the AIS. Capt Keith, what they didn't show was the money shot, your guys at the rail untangling the pots. Elliott, I did not see that. Elliott, there's no way they showed it on the computer screen because the AIS was off. Mike Rowe, I'm glad we worked this out. Capt Sig, you had to light that fire didn't you Keith.

They discuss whether it is cool to hire another guys deckhand. Kado joins the table. They ask Kado his opinion of the potting down. He says you assume the guys upstairs are communicating. Capt Keith, oh yeah we're communicating. Hey a-hole, what the "bleep" are you doing?. Mike, You've worked for both of these guys. What's the difference in their style? Kado, sleep, food, and crab. OUCH! Capt Keith, three important things. Mike Rowe looking to Junior, you've told me more than once you were a "bleep" to work for. He then turns to Elliott and says can you confirm that? Elliott, I would never step foot on a boat of his again. Captain Keith asks Elliott when he worked for Junior. He said six or seven years ago. Capt Scott says he was a lot younger then, I was like Elliott. A tyrant starting out and I learned that doesn't work. All you do is burn crew out. Mike Rowe, but when it comes to swapping crew it's like Days of Our Lives sometimes.

Captain Scott, you want to make sure it's a clean break, because sometimes the crew is looking for greener pasture. With Kado it was a clean break. Guy will do that to me, you come in an unload crab and a guy will think it's greener pasture and pack up and leave when you are getting ready to leave again. I have enough respect for all the captains to make sure it was a clean break, if you guys didn't get along that's fine, that's you guys issue not mine, but I'm going to give this guy a shot. Mike Rowe, it's a free country.

Capt Andy, when Phil was alive Josh wanted to come work on my boat. I told him I will not take you unless your old man says it's alright. So then he went back and thank god he stayed with him the last season he had with him. Captain Sig, it was a class move.

Josh Harris joins the table. Josh is really hoarse. Andy asks him if he learned any lessons from when you start running the boat. He said his dad told him that it is very simplistic with the boat, it came down to the crew is like a pumping heart of the boat like a battery source. And you don't want to drain your battery source.

They run the clip of Josh and Derrick Ray last year on After the Catch. Josh says there are very few times you see me flip out but when he started talking trash about my dad on my dad's boat. That's just hot buttons. Mike Rowe, you have new opportunities in the works. Josh, I don't want to jinx anything. But he says they are working on things to better themselves and get a boat they desire. They are taking every step and every precaution. Capt Andy, I'll tell you what he's trying to do. He's trying to be a crab boat captain for the 2012 king crab season. Mike Rowe, gentleman do you think he can do it? Captain Keith, do you think you are ready? Josh, I've been working really hard at this. I have the opportunity and I'm not going to stop. This is something I really want to do. Elliott, says he thinks he's going to have trouble getting insurance, he's been fishing since he was ten and it's really hard to do. Josh, I have a check list and I'm going through it and doing what needs to be done to make it happen.

Mike Rowe asks Edgar what he meant the other day by he missed being that guy. Edgar, you miss the weather. Mike asks Sig if he missed his brother. Sig says no. You miss the security blanket. When you have a system that works it's a safety net, a security blanket. I didn't miss my brother I see him all the time. Edgar, the boat will run with me on board and I understand that. Mike Rowe, you need an Edgar. They show the clip of Edgar patching the hydro leak. Mike Rowe, singing here he comes to save the day... Do you have a big red S under there? Edgar, that's what I like about being me I guess. Knowing what to do when the crap hits the fan and just doing it. Capt Sig said it would have taken 3 days had they had to go to town and they were on the crab. Mike asks Jake A how well he knows the engine. He says he can turn it on and off and he follows Edgar everywhere. They are going to put him on as Chief this summer. Captain Sig interrupts and says he's selling himself short again. Don't do that! He's learned more in the last couple of years that you can shake a stick at. Jake A, I don't like boasting. Capt Sig, shut up! He knows the fuel system, the manifold, he's run the engine room the last couple of trips. Our life was in your hands so don't ever sell yourself short. Stop it!

Mike Rowe, it's a mechanical world and we seen how things can go horribly wrong in a second on the Time Bandit this season. They show Scotty blowing up the ice and breaking the coiler. Mike, you broke the coiler what's the big deal. Capt Andy, the coiler is another deckhand without it, it slows everything down. Edgar, I hate to say it but the same thing happened to us but I fixed it. I'm just saying. Captain Andy says this was pot metal and there is a lot more involved in this one. Mcgyver no offense. Edgar insists it was the same thing. Andy, they hand coiled and that's how we got through the trip Norwegian style. They discussed how hard it is to coil wet, jelly fish slimmed rope.

We see a video of Captain Andy Alpine sliding. Envision a big fiberglass water slide with no water. Andy went down one in a sled screaming like a girl which I really hope was a voice over. He crashed at the end. I had to wonder if Josh did the voice over since he is so hoarse. I hope he feels better soon. I thought the scrape on Andy's arm was from bull riding. Maybe it was from the sledding. I can't remember if he said when they were posting pictures of their battle wounds.

They discuss greenhorns but then show a clips of Lenny and Keith fighting. Several of the clips show Lenny quite angry. Keith says everyone thinks he's uncle Lenny. Capt Andy, I've never seen that side of him before. That's the first time. Capt Andy, It's a fine line, like with Eddie they've been with you for years so you give them a little slack and it gets out of hand and it gets to where... You gotta go. The best deckhands are 18-27. There are 40-50 year old guys that can do the job, but they are going to break down. Mike Rowe, for every cranky experienced guy there is a good nature'd guy. They show a clips of Mac White on the Seabrooke. I love Mac! LMAO There was a clip of him on the phone ordering 2 large pizza's to the Bering Sea out near St. Matthews Island. He says 24 hours? $1200 Deal! Dinner's done, I'm getting it flown in. LOL Mac's at the table. Captain Scott says he is the backbone of the Seabrooke. Mac used to work for Scott's dad, he says he got bumped down to Junior. Everyone laughs. Mac said oh no because he's young. He's going to grind us and that's what he does. Wow that was too short. They should have had Mac on longer.

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Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 15 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 23:18:00 +0000

"Release the Beast"

The full fleet is back on the fishing grounds, in the ice. Elliott thinks the sea is looking like it's going to become unfishable again.

230 to the NW of Dutch Harbor on the Time Bandit. They are getting ready to pull pots set thirty six hours ago. Capt Andy Hillstrand is 40 miles south of St. Paul. He says the ice is way below where they said it would be. How much farther south do I need to go to get away from the ice? Captain Andy is trying to get up to the end of his 25 pot string but he can't because of the ice.

Captain John says this is hell right here. They show shots of the the damage to the boat from the ice. Travis throws the hook trying to get the pot but hits the ice pack a couple of times. They get the pot up and there are only a few crab in the pot. Captain Andy says they need about 100,000 more pounds. They are pulling pots with about 50 crabs. The two brothers are arguing about how to go about getting the pots. Captain Andy tells Captain Johnathan as he is leaving the wheelhouse still arguing with him that he could really use some coffee right now. LOL

Ut-oh Captain Johnathan is out on the deck with the shot gun. He starts shooting at the ice on the boat. He fires several rounds and screams stay away and don't come back. Mike Fourtner says I had a twelve gauge going off by my head! Wow! Eddie Uwekoolani says wasted good ammo. Someone said you should always watch your back for heavy gunfire. Mike, that's how we get rid of ice Time Bandit Style. Twelve gauge baby. Captain Andy, I think Johnathan needs to go home and take a break. Captain Johnathan says he feels a lot better now. Andy, I'm sure you do! Johnathan, Feels good to release the beast. You were adopted Andy. Andy, I know. I'm from the smart family. LMAO Brotherly love.

On the Northwestern. They are pulling up full pots. Matt Bradley, We have a plethora of crab, a plethora. The boys are happy. Captain Sig is looking at the ice report. He tells the boys the ice is coming down and they have to stack them on right now. That pretty much killed the good mood. Captain Sig, I just feel like we are pretty much going in the right direction and we hit a brick wall again.

Edgar Hansen is standing on deck kind of looking around saying I don't know, somethings fishy. You know how you get that feeling something ain't right. Mike Rowe, Edgar notices a change in the way the boat is riding. Edgar, She's feeling heavy. Captain Sig, she's having a hard time idling. Edgar you want to come up?
He shows Edgar the gauge and says she's struggling, I'm freaking out right now. Edgar, I'll go check it out. Edgar heads back out to the deck. He pulls a lid off one of the tanks. It's full of water. He says OMG that tanks supposed to be empty. That's our stability right there. Nick Mavar is standing there with a look of surprise and terror on his face. I don't know how else to describe it. Edgar says that will sink a boat right there.

They are carrying 50 tons of excess water. Edgar informs Captain Sig. Sig, Holy shit. Pump it down. Edgar, I know. I thought we were heavy. They show a demonstration of how water in the middle tank can tip a ship over. Edgar starts working on pumping the water out. Sig, this is right out of a nightmare novel. Edgar, says the pump should be empty in 18 minutes. It's been pumping for 25 and it's not even half way empty. The boat is rocking and rolling on the waves. The tank lid is off and the water from the waves keep going in the tank. Maybe they should put the lid back on the tank. Edgar, it's pumping out like crazy. Mike Rowe, finally the tank is empty but the problem is not solved. The low level alarm isn't working. Jake Anderson and Edgar Hansen must fix the alarm. They go down into the tank while water pours down in on top of them. Edgar Mcgyver's it back together. Edgar fixes it. The alarm starts working. Jake Harris says music to my ears.

Captain Sig says his old man had a boat called the Fore Most. That boat sank because of a slack tank. Captain Sig tells Edgar and Jake A that's how dad's boat sank. If you hadn't opened that hatch, we'd be done. Somebody's watching us man. Let's shake it off, dry off and start hauling.

On the Ramblin' Rose. They are pulling big pots. The biggest hot streak of Elliott's career. Elliott's not celebrating. He says the whole deal with Val is making his life hard. Elliott says if he stays out there one more day, it will be cutting it close on getting in to his court date. The guys say the have a craffic jam! Elliott tells them not to reset. He can't risk missing the court date. The guys aren't happy. Elliott, the only reason I'm out here is to take care of my kids. It'll "beep" if I can't see them for a year. If he doesn't get the crab caught none of them will be able to feed their kids.

295 miles to the NW of Dutch. On the Wizard Monte's at the wheel. Monte says he doesn't think the ice edge is far. He wouldn't set here he would set over here and he points to the computer screen. Monte, you can set the gear where you want. It's your decision, Captain Keith, you don't set the gear until you have a massive amount of information and right now we don't have enough. Monte heads down to sleep. Captain Keith thinks they only have about 48 hours before they shut down again. He calls Soper and wakes him up telling him we need 5 guys. He's not waking Monte up because he says he will put doubt in his mind whether this is a smart move or not. They start setting pots in the middle of chunks of ice. Keith says his brother is going to be uncomfortable with this set, for very good reason he is uncomfortable with this set.

Monte gets up and asks Keith where did you make it to? Keith tells him not very far. He tells Monte we are dumping them all. Monte tells him it's his call. Captain Keith says that's what he expected from him. He knows his brother.

250 miles NW of Dutch on the Kodiak. Captain Bill is getting ready to haul gear. The first pot comes up pretty full. Looking good. Big numbers, but Captain Bill takes his pots and moves to get away from the ice. Mike Vandervelt is teaching Zack Larson the hydros. It doesn't take long before Captain Bill starts giving Zack a hard time and calling him a girl. Zack responds by telling him it won't be long before he thinks about taking Bill's last name and ruining that family legacy. Captain Bill laughs.

In Dutch Harbor. They show a shot of what looks like an eagle eating a dead fox. Elliott is tied up at the dock on a phone call to the court. We hear pieces of the court conversation. The judge says Elliott called Val's mother in Oregon and told her he was going to take the kids to Mexico. Elliott says it isn't true. The crew is downstairs complaining about fishing. The judge says on 1/14/12 there were 54 missed calls. Elliott said that was over a 12 or 14 hour period. Not right in a row. The judge says clearly there is a problem here. He issues a long term protective order. Elliott is not happy, but the judge says he cannot telephone contact or communicate in anyway directly or indirectly except in regards to the children and visitation with children. He has to stay away from Val's residence and not be within 500 feet.

Elliott goes down and tells the guys. He's happy he can still talk to the kids. They head back out.

The Crab Count

Wizard 1,500,000
Seabrooke 1,100,000
Northwestern 983,600
Kodiak 755,000
Time Bandit 426,275
Ramblin' Rose 354,150

The Wizard boys get mohawks.

On the Wizard. Monte is back at the wheel. Not happy about hauling gear in the ice. He thinks Captain Keith is a lunatic for setting gear there. Captain Keith walks up behind him. They are passing ice bergs in the water. Captain Keith is back at the wheel Monte is out on deck. Captain Keith says Monte is a captain and doesn't like being out on deck. He doesn't blame him, he doesn't want to be out there either. The difference is he was smart enough to buy a boat. Ouch! They were looking at a buoy and boom. It sank. Gone. Captain Keith calls the guys in. He said we gambled and it didn't pay off. He is going to cut his loses and leave. They are down eight pots. Captain Keith admitted Monte was right. He shouldn't have set his gear there. I think if he got all but eight pots back, that sounds pretty lucky.

On the Ramblin' Rose. Elliott is talking to another captain getting bad news about the ice. He goes and tells the crew, the ice is covering everything up again. Between Val and the ice Elliott says he is ready to have a nervous breakdown. Elliott says this is the season they will dub when hell froze over.

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Deadliest Catch After The Catch Episode 4 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:59:00 +0000

"Gamblers"

Elliott Neese is at the table with Mike Rowe. Great! Rolling eyes and sarcasm. Enough with Elliott already. Mike Rowe tells Elliott he was trying to remember the other captains their first year on the show. Elliott says last year was hard because it was his first year as captain and with cameras in his face. Mike asks what changed? Last year he was telling the cameras a lot to get out of the wheelhouse. What changed? Are you finding your way? Elliott said he got to see the show last year and see what actually comes of all the filming. It's pretty cool to see yourself on TV. Mike says it seems like a new level of personal stuff with you. Why did you let us in? Elliott explains that that's what is going on in his life right now.

Mike asks Elliott about dealing with bad news and really great news at the same time. Referring to the call about the restraining order and pulling up big pots of crab. Elliott says he hadn't talked to his kids in two months. He just needed a little personal time. Mike Rowe says a restraining order, what's going on? Elliott says he is a dual citizen of Mexico and America and she got a notion that he was going to take their kids and go to Mexico. He told her he was in the middle of the Bering Sea with 800,000 pounds of crab left to catch. When am I going to be home to take the kids to Mexico? Elliott said he doesn't want to talk bad about her because she is the mother of his kids but she has some issues. When you are with someone that long you get comfortable with it. He just wants her to be happy and wishes her the best. She still hasn't let him see or talk to the kids. He's only talked to them twice since Christmas. That's sad. I hope Val remembers some day the kids will be grown up and want to know why she wouldn't let them at least talk to their dad on the phone.

Mike points out that there is about a generation between Elliott and the other captains but they've all gone through it. Sig Hansen joins the table. Captain Sig says he remembers Elliott calling him on a radio show once and asking how he deals with the cameras. Sig says he told him to let them loose and do their job. Mike asks Sig how hard it was for him in his season one. Sig says he was a tyrant. Mike, a nightmare. Sig says it took until the third year. They had the captains cam and they didn't have that before. I wouldn't let them film me for nothing. I threatened to go in. Sig ended up throwing a twenty thousand dollar camera in the ocean. He says he and Elliott had a lot in common. Sig says he sees him evolving. Experience comes with time.

Wow Mike Rowe's hat is really frayed. Somebody needs to give him a new Time Bandit hat.

They show clips of the guys leaving Dutch and Captain Keith and Monte rolling the dice. Mike says I love that he says any combination of five and he rolls two fives. Captain Keith says they only rolled the dice once. No joke. Captain Andy Hillstrand has joined the table.

Mike asked Captain Sig why he decided not to go out. Sig said they didn't have a choice. He explains that there are northern and southern shares. A percentage of the crab that he catches, that he owns or is leased has to go to the island. To Saint Paul. He said they left before the island completely shut down. He said there were 350 people sitting there for months. Those guys didn't make a dime with no one bringing crab in to process. He said he spent four days just trying to get out of there, to fly out, and those guys were suffering. Captain Andy said his boat was getting beat up for months. So his thinking was take a break for a month and come back and the ice should be receding by then. But they came back and still got their asses kicked.

Mike says to Keith you deliver to St. Paul. Keith says ya, six times as a matter of fact. Keith said they had exhausted all their southern shares on their first trip except 100,000 pounds. They still had about 1.8 million to go north. He said it was strategy and luck getting in and out of there. He'll never do it again. As they cut away to commercial Captain Andy said their boats paid a heavy price for it. The bows of their boat were destroyed. OH NO!

They come back. Mike Rowe is reading tweets. One of them from Heidi Miller who wants to know if any of them ever feel like running their fingers through Captain Bills hair. It's purdy. Captain Bill is now at the table he runs his fingers through his hair saying this one's for you Heidi.

Andy and Sig are gone, Freddie is at the table. Mike says lets talk about the green horns. He calls Keith the green horn slayer. Captain Keith says he doesn't want to be. Mike, and yet you are. They show clips of Keith and the green horns and Keith counting them on his fingers. He might have counted thirty. They come back to the table Elliott says if he would have had a green horn in his wheelhouse in full rain gear he would have fired him on the spot. Mike asks why? Elliott says you don't wear rain gear in the wheelhouse, it's disrespectful. Really, I thought he was worried about the floors getting wet. Mike asks Freddie if he would wear his rain gear in the wheelhouse. He's says of course. Captain Keith says the deal is you don't wear your rain gear in the galley or the wheelhouse but there are times when stuff is happening. I don't care if you are wearing rain gear or not we've got stuff to do. Captain Bill says coming up to bitch in your gear is a no no but if there is danger or somethings going on. Mike, but how do you know? If you Brady how do you know? Mike, you're looking through the training manual, oh wait there is none. Elliott, this is the training manual, watching Deadliest Catch. Brady joins the table. Captain Keith doesn't look happy to see him. They show a clip of him quitting. Brady is the guy that left before off loading the crab that Keith would not give a ride to the airport. Brady says he has worked a lot of different boats and has never been treated like a "beep" before. Elliott asked if he had ever worked on a crab boat. He said Steiner put his name on the line to recommend Brady to Elliott who then recommended him to Keith. Elliot said he should have at least off loaded the crab.

Captain Keith addresses Brady. You came on the boat the same time as Chris did. Did you rig the gear? Brady, no. Keith, Did you upload the gear? Brady, no. Keith, did you bait like only 400 pots? Did you off load the gear? Did you off load the crab? Did you do anything? You went down when Chris who had never fished, never even seen the ocean was going up and you were going down. I don't get it. And the most irritating thing to me was I asked you to stay on. Do you know what you lost? Roger just made close to $60,000 for Opies. Brady, cool. Keith, That was your money, you gave it away. Mike, so explain how it is different on other boats. Brady, the boat I'm on now is better as a team, there's no bitching. Captain Bill asks if he is crabbing, Brady says yes crabbing and cod. Mike asks what boat he's on? He says he's on the Burton. It's not crabbing like you guys but its crabbing. Elliott says that not even f'ng crabbing. That's a 58 footer from what I recall. That's not a crab boat on the Bering Sea. Mike, Freddie it's different being a crabber versus fishing cod and doing other things. Maybe the question is why did Steiner think Brady would be right on a crab boat? Elliott says the guy is built for crabbing he looks tough, I guess what it all comes down to is if you have the mental will to do it. Some guys don't. Mike asks Freddie if he thinks he was patient with Brady. Freddie says he was. It's one simple thing we want. Just work your ass off and shut the f up. ROTFLMAO Earn that respect.

Mike, do most people know that? Did you know it? Brady, yes. Captain Keith, then why did you come out there? Brady, did I not work hard enough? Captain Keith, no I thought you did great, I thought you did adequate. That's why I said you still had an Opie job. I didn't fire you man, I tried to keep you on the boat, but you did something that I've seen maybe once or twice in twenty seven years. Mike, the walk off. Keith, ya throwing the bags on the dock before the lines hit the dock. That is like something you just don't do. Captain Keith said it's like he said it's the most important thing (points to Freddie) it's respect. Brady, I just didn't feel like it was a team out there. It didn't feel like a team to me. Keith, we put in 120,000 pounds in seven days, you can't do that if it isn't a team Brady. Mike, it's obviously not a fit. Look if it were any other work place. A factory floor, construction, an accounting office... I'll see you in HR, I'll have your license. He's going to sue you and win. It's straight up verbal abuse. This doesn't happen in offices. Keith, lives aren't at stake when you are in an accounting office. It is a boot camp and it is a hard core dangerous job. It's so loud you have to yell. We don't change diapers in the Bering Sea.

A tweet on screen from @YanceyFD: Does anyone on the Bering Sea have a bigger heart than Freddie? I think not! So true Fran and very cool getting your tweet on TV.

Mike asks Captain Bill if he would have changed it differently. Bill, I have five guys and I always hate it when guys kill the green horn right off the bat. My idea is keep the guy, teach him, let him get over the curve. (of everything hurting) Once you get past that curve then you become part of the team, so I typically don't let my guys chew on them for quite a while. Captain Keith, Wild Bill is giving us the warm and fuzzy. Mike Rowe, its enough to make you want to run your fingers through his hair. Mike thanks Brady for coming. Mike says he didn't look great on that video but you're a grown man you make your decisions and live with the fall out. Captain Keith, You know what Brady, you got balls for showing up. He reaches across the table and shakes Brady's hand.

They show clips of the guys playing poker and clips of the show. Andy and Scott are at the table. Mike says poker seems to be a good metaphor. Is it like playing Stud? Captain Keith says no it's like Hold 'Em when you turn up the card and make a decision and then like crab fishing you're all in. Mike, do you still feel like you are competing with each other? Captain Sig, always with each other. Mike, why Junior? Junior, because if you don't catch your crab quick enough then you could be waiting 4 or 5 days to unload. There is only four or five canneries for sixty boats out there. So sometimes you gotta bluff. Let people think you don't have good fishing going on when you do and sneak in and out real quick. Like this year with Opilio you could maybe sneak in and get a delivery before somebody else, maybe the ice came in and they aren't going to be able to deliver. Captain Keith like with my boat being so big, if I'm full, it's going to plug up the factory for twenty four - thirty six hours. Nobody wants to get stuck behind me.

Mike, Bill are you on the hook for quota either way. Captain Bill, yes if you take on the task you gotta perform. Mike, plus you have fuel costs, food costs, bait. Elliott said they were paying $6.25 - 6.50 for fuel, their fuel bill was $190,000 for the season. Captain Keith, no my fuel bill was close to $400,000 for this season. Mike Rowe, half a million dollars in gas! Captain Andy, that's when him and Monte go you got this one? Captain Keith, I filled up at the pump the other day. $110,000 to fill up. So if anyone is bummed out when they go to the pump and it's $3.22 a gallon...

Mike says one of the biggest decisions you guys had to make this year basically came down to color. Besides the color what is the difference. Captain Sig says size. Okay, I won't go there. LOL I'm running behind today. Gotta behave. Captain Keith 4.2 pounds vs 7 pounds. Captain Andy says price too. It was like $8 a pound for Red King Crab and $5 something for Blue. Captain Keith says this year was over $10 for Red Crab. Captain Sig and they taste the same. Captain Andy, no they're different. I like the taste of Blue Crab better. Captain Sig, no don't say that. You want the high price. Captain Keith, the biggest difference is in Asia, red is a power color. So the red crab garners more value, even though once you cook them they are red. That's what I was thinking too, once you cook 'em.

Mike Rowe, on one hand your red quota was lower than it's ever been, on the other hand it was a big red year. You went blue. Captain Scott, that's one of the things I regret the most is that I didn't get to take part in that phenomenal red fishing. Mike Rowe, there is a sense that blue crab is an opportunity for up and comers, is that right? Captain Sig, the reality is we used to fish blue crab in August and September they would school up. Now they have us fishing it in the winter months. They are spread out in a thin layer and harder to catch. Plus you have the grind and the weather. For the young guys that want to go up and do it great! I did it one year, you can have it man! Elliott, the weather would be nice in November. These guys go down south and be done in ten days. We spent four months up there. Mike, so why go? Captain Keith, I had some great blue crabs back in the '90's. I learned a real quick lesson this year. We are fishing a month and a half later this year, they are not schooled up, it's a completely different fishery. Mike, but you hedged though. You went red and blue. Keith, I did hedge. I covered my bets. Elliott, actually talking about bets here. I had a bet with you and you. (He points to Junior and Keith) He had a bet with each of them for $1000. Elliott says he beat Keith and he hasn't paid up yet. Captain Keith, no but I loaned you seventy pots. Mike Rowe says that's what you call a tease. They go to commercial.

They come back talking about bets. Keith said when he got out there Junior was already out there a day ahead of him. He asked him if he wanted to jump in on the bet with him and Elliott. Keith said he's not a fool. The bet was first one to 100,000 pounds. Junior kicked butt! Keith never made it to $100,000 pounds. So Junior made $1000, Elliott broke even. Keith is out $1000 which he pulled out of his pocket and paid to Elliott. Elliott already paid Junior. Mike said a lot of things happened because of that wager. Mike said you went to Hall Island, way up north, where they caught no crab. Captain Keith said last time he fished up there that's where they made their big haul. Mike, does anybody live up there? Elliott, no it's a big desolate rock. He said he left ten pots up there. Once the weather cleared they went back up there and got an 18 average. Okay did he spend more on gas than the pots were worth? Mike, I heard it looked black. Elliott, well when you have forty foot waves, it stirs it up. Andy, how deep is the water up there? 18 fathoms? It's shallow. 100 ft - 80 foot of water. Mike, and where were the crab? They vanished. Is it because they were caught? Sig, no they dig in for security. They'll dig in and hang on. Captain Scott, they are trying to hang on for dear life man. Elliott, it's real rocky. They get knocked around and killed. Mike, I guess if you are a crab your options are really limited. Andy says people ask them all the time why they don't mingle. Gang wars. Mike, if you're a red crab and you see a blue crab. Andy, says you're a big red crab (imitating a crab). Mike, do you ever see a sort of purple off spring. LMAO

Now we have a clip of more bull riding titled Bull Riding with Captain Keith. This time Captain Keith is on a mechanical bull with Captain Johnathan at the controls. LOL He got thrown off a lot.

Mike says you guys destroyed Breckenridge and Breckenridge helped destroy you. Captain Keith and Andy show their skinned arms. Mike, the funny thing is we are about as far from water as we have ever been and you guys absolutely managed to find some. Oh yes, the river rafting. I almost forgot about that. Looks like the whole gang is there Josh and all of them. Captain Keith's Overboard! But he was rescued by Captain Sig. Sig says he was light as a feather baby.

Ryan Collins owner of the Aspen Canyon Ranch is at the table. Mike asks if these guys have been behaving. Ryan says no, but they've been great. We have horseback and hunting. Mike, I just feel like it's a boy scout trip that got out of hand. Sig, we were shooting a lot of guns. We have a sharp shooter right here. He points to Wild Bill. Mike, what happened with the pinata? Captain Andy, all I was told is it was a pirate pinata, put the blindfold on. Mike, how do we get to a point where there is a pinata hanging in a room and he has a baseball bat. Ryan, seven gallons of whiskey. LOL, That'll do it. They show clips of Andy trying to hit the pinata after being swung around three times. The first time he hit the pinata, the second time he hit the light hanging from the ceiling, he thought he was swinging at the pinata and kept hitting the light. Josh Harris came in from behind to try and move him or do something. I don't know how Josh didn't get hit with the bat. Scott, I didn't want to get close to him swinging the bat. Mike, so no one wanted to get close to him cause he was blind folded, full of whiskey, swinging an aluminum bat and destroying this man's light fixtures? Scott, we got the bat's taken away from us after that. Ya think? Mike, next time I'm in Breckenridge I do believe I'm going to stay at the Aspen Canyon Ranch. Captain Keith says he can honestly say it's the best three days he's had in a long time.

Mike Rowe, we are going to end the show with what people call crab porn, it's why people watch the show. Because in the end beyond all the drama and screaming, watching you guys haul in the crab is a lot of fun.

Captain Sig says like getting a pot of gold, like hitting a jackpot in Vegas. Bill there's days like this when you don't want to go back. Captain Keith, you sit and watch it and I want to be on the boat right now. Captain Sig and you aren't counting money. You are looking at the crab going yeah! Captain Keith, I was watching that last segment and I was wondering if you are going to fish blues next year. (Looking to Scott & Elliott) Same bet goes down between the three of them this time. $5000. That was it for this week. Great show.

I've heard people in Canada don't get After the Catch until the season ends. This week I find out that the people in the UK don't even get After the Catch. That's a crying shame. I can't imagine Deadliest Catch without After the Catch right after the episode. Come on Discovery! What are you thinking? They need After the Catch in the UK and Canada needs it after the episode. Don't make them wait, that's cruel. If you have a Facebook page please support the group Deadliest Catch UK a group that was started to prove to Discovery they want to see After the Catch in the UK.

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Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 14 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 21:33:00 +0000

"Fearless Leaders"

The episode starts out in late February. All of the boats except the Seabrooke and Wizard appear to be tied up at the dock. Yep, the boys are flying back in after three weeks off.

The guys are loading the pots back onto the boats. Captain Sig is counting on Jake Harris to step it up and put in one hundred percent.

On the Time Bandit, Captain Johnathan has his iPod with an X-ray of his back. He has herniated disks and three pinched nerves. What was he thinking getting on that bull? OMG Captain Andy is putting him on top secret probation. He is not allowed to lift more than two pounds.

On the Kodiak, they are going a deckhand short since Jason Rainwater is gone. Captain Bill is looking to greenhorn Warren Hicks to pick up the slack. He hopes he starts catching on better but says he is a scared kid.

Elliott Neese is headed for the boat. He says with the situation he has a home he probably should have just stayed away. Elliott gets back to the boat and only one deckhand has quit. I think he said Cadito. It didn't sound like Kado and Kado was gone before. Elliott is not broken hearted over the guy leaving. The crew is still mad about being left behind when Elliott went home. Elliott is listening to them talk about him. He needs to catch some crab.

The boats are leaving Dutch Harbor, ready for some crabbing.

The Wizard is still out, they filled their boat in less than six days. They are headed to deliver when they lose all power. They were in the middle of pulling up a pot. They save the pot. Engineer Lenny Lekanoff goes to see what's going on and turn on the emergency power. They lost their generator. He get's the back up generator going and discovers the main generator has a massive oil leak. There is another guy in the engine room helping Lenny. I'm not sure who it is. He's wearing yellow gloves.

On the Seabrooke they are crawling through the ice. Captain Scott says it took them about an hour to go three miles through the ice which is on top of his gear. He has a processor date to meet. Very interesting, they showed a picture of the boat in the broke up ice trying to get to a pot, but behind the boat it doesn't look like there is any ice. LOL Clear seas. They get the pot and pull it up. It's about a third full. I hear someone say ut-oh. They are dirty. Captain Scott says that's some of the skankiest crab he's seen in years. There was even mud in the pot. Captain Scott said that's because the pot was drug over half a mile. The mud suffocates the crab and kills them. They were able to save some of the crab from the pot but not as many as Captain Scott would like. The delivery is in three days. They have to keep working.

On the Northwestern, Captain Sig is trying to figure out where to fish. He returns to where they were three and a half weeks ago. Right in the middle of setting Jake Harris asks Matt Bradley to take over and leaves the deck. He goes in and takes a nap. Jake Anderson, even his own dad used to yell at him for this kind of behavior. Nobody is going to change unless they want to change. Matt Bradley, Is he sitting down in there? I'll kill him. Captain Sig says it's only a matter of time before someone snaps. Unless it's affecting me I'll stay out of it, hopefully it doesn't continue.

The Ramblin' Rose decides to gamble and go west. Everyone told Elliott there was ice there but there isn't. Elliott goes down and addresses the crew about them being mad because he went home and they had to stay. He tells them if everyone keeps bitching and whining everyone is going home. Way to win friends and influence people Elliott. He says he's tired of everyone moaning, he'll just hire a bunch of new guys. Steiner asks why he is starting the trip out like this. They have a discussion with a lot of beeping. Steiner says everyone was out fishing and now you're starting this all up again. Elliott asks if everybody wants to be there and make some money or go home? Gee, I think I'd of asked that question before leaving the dock. The crew goes out on deck and says the same thing. LMAO That he waited until they got all the way out there to ask that. It would have been messed up if someone said they wanted to go home, because he would have to take them back to Dutch or port somewhere.

On the Kodiak. Captain Bill only took sixty five pots. Less pots, less crew, more work. Warren Hicks the greenhorn is having problems tying up the bags. One of the crew is instructing Warren not to lift his feet and to stay out of the line. Next thing you know he's wrapped up in the line while throwing the buoys. Nick Marrow pushed him down on his back to the deck and the line came off his leg.Again no knife out, I never see a knife to cut the line. Captain Bill asks Warren where he keeps his wallet. He says if he gets sucked over the side, he gets to keep his money. Warren doesn't understand why Bill would say something like that. Nick tells him it's crabbing dude, that's how it is. The guys go inside and are taking off their gear when Mike Vanderveldt first tells Warren he's glad he's okay, then tells him it would have been funny if he went overboard. This pisses Warren off. One of the other guys tells Warren if that happens again to lay down on the deck. Mike "Vandy" tells him he has chased a guy down the deck that way. He's the guy that keeps him alive out there to remember that. He doesn't want to hear anymore of his back talk.

On the Seabrooke. Captain Scott is pulling up pots with riders, clean with keepers but the guys are too tired to celebrate. They've had about hour and half of sleep in thirty nine hours. Mac White says this is the first time ever he is tired. Captain Scott tells everybody stop, they are screwing stuff up. They have a pot in the rack and a pot hanging. Scott is instructing the crew what to do, calling each crew member out by name and telling them what to do. Mac White says the skipper should write a book "Crab Fishing For Dummies" a step by step to walk you through it. In six hours they went through 72 pots and nearly stuff the pots. It sure sounded like Mike Rowe said six hours. That's not adding up to me. Captain Scott says in 48 hours the boys got an hour and half off. Captain Scott tells the crew imagine if we would have been hauling 12 pots an hour from the get go, we would have been out of here 18 hours ago. Mac White says next trip. Captain Scott tells them good job boys, good job. The difference in captains and crews on the Seabrooke and Ramblin' Rose always amaze me. Captain Scott is also young but is respected so much more by everyone; crew, other captains, fans. It's not about age.

The Crab Count

Wizard 1,500,000
Seabrooke 1,100,000
Northwestern 510,315
Time Bandit 377,125
Kodiak 315,200
Ramblin' Rose 108,300

On the Kodiak. Captain Bill tells Warren lets get some of the crab out of the tank so we have room for more. LOL Captain Bill says if you don't call BS on that one you're a sheep. Warren is taking Crab out of the tank and putting them in the white tubs. Bill tells him that was a little bit of an IQ test and thanks him for being diligent.

On the Ramblin' Rose. Elliott is having a hard time focusing because of stuff at home. He said he's 90% focused at home 10% is fishing which isn't right. They pull up the first pot. It's about a quarter full. He said it had 460. Sure didn't look like that many to me. The next pot is about half full. Elliott is now down on deck. I don't know who's driving the boat. Steiner says I actually saw Elliott smile, that was kinda weird. LMAO He says he was happy to see that, kind of puts a smile on his face. Elliott gets a call from home that his ex is seeking a restraining order against him. Elliott says he hasn't talked to his kids in two weeks and if she goes through with the year long restraining order he won't be able to talk to them for even longer. Well if Elliott did nothing wrong, I hope the cameras were there to catch it. It's a shame to see the kids in the middle of this. They seem to love their dad and he does seem to love them. Elliott is ready to cry, he says he is at a point where he has had enough. He gets out of the front of the camera and goes downstairs. Again. Who is driving? Aaron Steiner is on deck excited about the crab trying to give Elliott the count and he says their fearless leader is gone, no one at the wheel. Elliott returns to his chair. He's ready to be finished fishing so he can go home. Elliott is rambling on about family being more important than fishing and how it's a lonely life being a fisherman. Not something he wants for his kids.

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Deadliest Catch After The Catch Episode 3

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 21:51:00 +0000

"View From Shore"

At the table are Captains Andy, John, Keith, Sig and Elliott Neese. Johnathan is there with oxygen on. He apparently left the hospital to do the show. His idea. Then he went right back after the show was over. Mike Rowe teases him about the bull they call Snowflake. Johnathan says he had a crushed lung, 4 broken ribs one in three places and a hurt pride. Captain Keith says he shouldn't have hurt pride he got on a bull. Elliott, you cowboy'd up. Mike Rowe, you went almost point eight seconds. Everyone is laughing. Captain Sig the table saying don't make him laugh. Captain Johnathan says you know what there was no lesson to be learned. Andy laughs. Johnathan says he just cowboy'd up. I find it interesting that we didn't see Captain Andy on a bull, with all the horse back riding he does. Was he smart enough not to do it or did they just not show us?

They show the clip of the Time Bandit coming into the harbor listing at a 45 degree angle. Andy tells Neal see how bad it is we are rolling over. Captain Johnathan, that's the third time that has happened. We thought we were old enough and smart enough that wouldn't happen again. Captain Andy says he's been iced up worse before and they only had 70 pots on the boat, he was trying to turn starboard but the winds were blowing 100. He said they moved the crane up at the same time and busted the hydraulic line so he couldn't move the pots. It was a bad feeling, he definitely changed his underwear. He said if he died in site of shore he would have been so mad. Mike Rowe says Deadliest Catch really isn't about fishing. It's about living, coming and going, people, friends and family.

Mike says Elliott had a lot of issues at home this year and thanks him for letting the cameras go home with him. Elliott says he had a lot of issues. Johnathan offers him some oxygen. Elliott talks about how hard it is keeping a relationship while you are at shore. They show the clip from the show. Elliott said she has custody of the kids and he can't see them or talk to them. He's spoke to them twice since Christmas. Elliott says the old guys tell him if you want to be a crab captain you have to have at least one divorce. I've got mine.

Captain Sig asks him if he takes responsibility for it, because as you grow up you take responsibility. Elliott says 99% is him. He said when his first kid was born he left 3 days later and came back 18 months later. It's what you have to do to support your family. They get accustomed to driving the Mercedes and living in the big house, it's what you have to do. If you try and stay home and spend time with them, they still want that stuff. You can't have both.

Mike Rowe, leaving family to fish is tough. People write poems about that stuff. I'm sure that was a reference to our Time Bandit Poet - Stacey S. She writes awesome poems.

Captain Johnathan says some women are stronger than others. Some grow up in fishing families and are used to it. Others need to be held everyday.

They show clips of Johnathan leaving the grand kids, and different shots of the guys at home.

Edgar Hansen joins the table. They ask him about how his last good bye was after being home a year.

Jake Anderson joins the table. They show the clip of him going to the spot where his dad disappeared. Jake Harris is at the table. Andy and John are gone. Mike Rowe says while you were going through this we were burying Phil. We know Phil and we lost Phil. That was the story. What was it like for you dealing with this stuff with your own pop while the world was watching Phil laid to rest. Jake A, sometimes it was kind of hard because you want your own dad to be important too. It was really tough. I don't know if I can explain it right, but it seemed like everyone was looking the other way and ran away from it. Nobody wanted to acknowledge it. And that's how it felt, but that was just me.

Edgar Hansen says that's got to be the toughest guy he's ever met. Captain Sig, he also lost his sister then going through his own personal demons at the same time. Mike Rowe tells him he aged more than a year in a year. He paid some dues. He talks about how he does it to try and make his dad proud, like with Sig. Josh says that amount of loss is unbearable. Edgar tells Jake if he is confused about doing the right thing keep doing it, because he is doing the right thing. That gives him strength. Josh says people always told them what to do and you start screwing up. You have to follow your own path.

They show the clip of Jake and Josh Harris talking. Jake Harris is now at the table. Mike Rowe says apologies in advance but I gotta ask what's going on. Josh talks about the changes they have had to make in their life. He says if they don't get the boat in the next couple of months they are just going to be deck hands. I have seen a couple of pictures of the Cornelia Marie salmon fishing this season, but I have been unable to tell if Jake or Josh are on board. Mike, it's interesting you say us but you are also using the word me and him. Jake Anderson tells Jake Harris that your brother has an opportunity to own the boat again but it is without you because of your reputation, you will not be able to be a part of it. Because of the in town, because of the reputation you required. You know I always call you on your shit because I love you. Edgar, that's the only reason you were on our boat because everybody loves you. Our crew loves you, loves your dad, we wanted to help. Jake Harris, when you work for people like Sig, they're as good as it gets. Sig, when you were on the boat all I thought about was what would Phil want and he already said it. You gotta earn it yourself. First we gave you opportunity because we want to help you, we love your dad, great but then it's up to you the rest of the way. That's just not on the boat. What I learned about you over the course of time having you on the boat which was great is you have to do the same thing on the beach. You gotta have the same will power on the beach and be a responsible person there and then take that to the seat. Just like a family man. You've got to take responsibility for the family. That's how you become a man and a responsible one. Boy they are getting real with Jake. Josh is just sitting silently. Jake Harris, that's why I love this man right here. Jake Anderson says I'm so hard on you. Jake Harris tells him again he loves him because he can't get that from anyone else. Where you are sitting I can't get that from anyone else in my life.

Edgar, there are only two reasons I even wanted or accepted you. Jake Harris, this is the hardest man. Edgar, let me finish. To show you how to live or show you how to fish. You didn't want to fish right from the get go, someone tried to show you how to live and you didn't want to hear it. So from the early start I lost every ounce of respect from you. I gave up. I shouldn't have. I apologize for that. Captain Sig, at the end of the season he was stepping up, but the guys had to pick up a lot of slack along the way and in life they are not going to be there to do that. In life you gotta figure that out on your own. Edgar, I tried to help. We still want to help. I don't know how many more boats are going to give you a chance. Edgar is now slamming the table. This is your last chance probably sitting right in front of you and he is your family. Captain Sig, Edgar wanted you off the boat hands down. I said no way, I backed you up 100% if it was up to him you would have been gone. Boy there is an awful lot of tough love at this table. I guess some of the guys have learned how to get real at meetings. That's probably a good thing. Edgar, the point is you guys have an opportunity, a big one there is still a chance. Jake Harris looks at Edgar and says can I still give you a hug? Josh, if things go the way they are going, your reputation because of your decision making is injured. I'm pulling for you more than anyone else. Jake interrupts, I do know how to be a crab fisherman. Josh, you don't know a lot of stuff. You think you know a lot of stuff, you don't show it fully. You've got to make the change to prove it. Mike Rowe, when it comes to guts, you are here, talking in front of cameras and good on ya. That ain't easy. Edgar gets up and gives Jake Harris a hug as they go to commercial and says tough love. Hey that's what I said!

As they go to commercial they put up a screen that says "On June 27th 2012, the remains of Jake Anderson's father were found. When Jake got the news, he was fishing on the Bering Sea."

Captain Wild Bill joins the table. They show clips of him and Zack on the boat. Captain Bill says he is a divorced parent. Zack was raised by his mom, he's a hell of a kid but he has no balls. Even took a different last name. Bill never wanted to have him on the boat or to be a fisherman, but he wants him to be a man and what a better place to do it. He says he's a hell of a dude now. He's proud of him. Captain Sig says his kid is the nicest kid. You can tell he was raised by momma. No offense. LOL Captain Andy says Bill doing this now is a good time, because earlier Wild Bill. Captain Sig, he wouldn't have a kid no more. Someone maybe Edgar said he didn't get the name Wild for nothing. Wild Bill's dad was an ex marine corp drill instructor. Bill said he was mean as shit. They would hear him pull up and head out the back door.

Captain John says their father people would say they could actually hear him up the inlet. He said there was one summer where people would actually go to the fuel dock because he went through over 54 crew members. So they knew when he came in he would be hiring 2 or 3 new guys. Andy says for one trip.

Captain Sig says his grandfather was the icon hero with the wooden ships and all. He was the guy that was gentle and wanted to make you proud. So he's the guy I would call and then you call your old man and hear you could have done better.

Mike Rowe looks to Captain Scott now at the table and says tell me about the Colonel. Scott was a knot head as bad as they come and got kicked out of the house at the age of 18. He never had a good relationship with his dad, one because he was gone all the time and two he was such a screw up he had to prove himself to his dad. When he went fishing his dad told the crew to break this kid. I don't want him fishing and in this life style. I felt like I had to prove myself to my dad. I still do. He's proud and telling everyone else. Sig, but he'll never tell it to you. They all relate to that. Captain Andy says two times in his life his dad told him he loved him. Captain Johnathan, he only told me once. Andy, cause he loved me more. John, I was dad's favorite though. Captain Scott's dad still manages the boat. They still fight but they work it out. Captain Bill, it's strange though when your own kid is on board. Captain Andy when I saw the guy go over board I thought please don't let that be Scotty. In a flash, then it's get the guy out of the water.

Sheila McCormack the supervising producer joins the table. Mike Rowe, you have reputation of a no nonsense tough broad with a heart of gold. Any truth to that? Sheila, total all truth. Especially the heart of gold part. Mike Rowe so if Deadliest Catch the show were a crab boat, she'd be the deck boss? The guys start saying she'd be the captain ending up with Captain Keith saying she would be the Fleet Commander. She would be the Admiral. Captain Sig when we are at sea and we need something it is done. Even if it's personal. Captain Bill, she never takes no for an answer. We've had some discussions where I didn't want to do something and she'll say that's not the answer I'm going to take. Mike Rowe, when Phil died and Jake went into rehab. I don't know many producers that did what you did. You went above and beyond. Sheila, I loved Phil. We were good friends. When he stroked I went from Dutch to Anchorage and spent the last two weeks of his life with him. Then took the boys to Seattle and helped them try and lead their life because they were lost. Jake especially. She took him to rehab, when he got out he stayed with her for a couple of weeks. She said it was natural to do it and Phil would have wanted it.

Captain Sig talks about when they did Catch Con. During Catch Con they had body guards. After Catch Con they all went to Sigs house for a party. One of the body guards had one too many or ten or twelve. Sig says we got big tough fisherman afraid of this guy. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't kick this guy out. And she had this guy out in about 30 seconds. Shelia marched him all the way to the middle of the street. Sig says he was a nice guy. It was just one of those days.

Sheila says her crew is a pain in the ass too. They start talking about the camera guy that went in the water to get a shot of the underneath of the ice. Captain Bill says all this for a piece of video. There's a guy who earned his Emmy today. Shane Moore joins the table. Shane says he asked Bill if this is a bad idea. Bill said yes, but this is how I'd do it. Shane talks about how tough it is to film from the chase boat and not run into the guys.

We see a clip of Fly Tying with Wild Bill. LMAO he says it's how he relaxes but there is an awful lot of cursing going on.

They show a clip of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire. They talk about the Fisherman's fund and how it is putting the first kids through college.

They show a clip of the guys fly fishing with Billy Berger. Mike Rowe says he thinks this was the activity that caused the least damage. As far as he knows no one was impaled. LMAO Andy if fly fishing sitting on the shore. Johnathan is screaming I want a trout and I want it now. Captain Sig says this is for the birds, give me a crab pot. Captains Keith and Bill are actually out in the lake. Captain Keith caught one. He is the only one who caught one. Captain Bill said there was one blind fish in the lake. Captain Keith said you got five loud obnoxious crabbers yelling and screaming. The fish are on the bottom going what's going on up there?

Wow. Great episode.

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Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 13 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:17:00 +0000

"Landlocked"

The Time Bandit is pulling into the harbor and starts listing. They are all iced up.

The Ramblin' Rose, Wizard, Kodiak and Northwestern are at the dock. They show a picture of a smaller boat that appears to have sunk at the dock. The ice pack has come down to far to crab so the guys are going to head home until it pulls back some. Nick Mavar says ironically this is the nicest day they've had since they have been there.

Jake Anderson is giving Jake Harris a pep talk. Jake Harris doesn't appear to be paying attention. Jake Harris says he has a reputation where he doesn't need to be pushed. Jake Anderson says what is your reputation? It's in the stinker dude! Jake Harris, you guys act like what I'm doing right here is going to benefit me on a multi-million dollar operation that we got going on over there. It ain't nothing like that.

Edgar Hansen hits the switch and the boat goes dark. Time to go home.

Captain Keith and Monte roll the dice to decide whether to keep fishing or not. Captain Keith thinks they can get another week in. They roll the dice, get double fives. They decide to keep fishing. They just delivered 398,000 pounds.

The Time Bandit is coming in with 40,000 pounds of ice on it. Even Travis' mustache has ice on it. Captain Andy can't see out his windows. He yells at Mike Fourtner to clean the windows so he can see. Neal is in the wheelhouse. The Time Bandit is leaning to the port side. If Captain Andy can get to the dock in time he may be able to secure the boat to counter the list otherwise he risks rolling into the dock and rolling over. Mike Rowe says the skipper has one chance to pull into the dock. They make it. Scotty says that is the closest they've come to rolling over, he was a little scared. Mike Fourtner says in his 14 years on the boat he has had more firsts this season than they have ever had. Mike says that is the scariest tie up he's ever had. Captain Andy thinks the ice is trying to tell him something.

On the Ramblin' Rose. Elliott is talking to one of his kids on the phone. He has been at the dock for three days. Aaron Steiner says he went up to talk to Elliott but he was on the phone and ignored him. This operation seems to be falling apart. Nick Dryden says this is a chicken shit operation. Elliott says the guys are mad they haven't gotten any settlements in six months now. One of the guys called the boat the Rusty Rose. Elliott calls Lenny to tell him the guys are upset about loosing money. Lenny informs Elliott there ain't no money, because you're losing money. He has got to be able to cover expenses. The fact that they can't he blames on Elliott. Lenny tells Elliott every decision that was made was the wrong one. It's a disaster. Elliott tries to explain to Lenny that the guys want to go home. Everyone else is going home. They want a vacation. Lenny tells Elliott he thinks its him that wants to go home not the guys. He says you can't take a vacation in the middle of crab season. Lenny tells him to fly home and if the crew doesn't show back up when it's time to show back up then you don't have a job. Lenny hangs up on him.

Elliott goes and tells the crew they can go home. Elliott leaves to go home. The guys on the boat talk about leaving. They think he cares more about himself than the crew and he brings his family problems to the boat.

On the Seabrooke. They are still fishing. Creeping through an ice flow. They pull up a pot full of crab. 945 jam packed pots. Mac White is impressed. He says that's an Opie mountain. 1075. Junior says he went big everyone else went home. The pots keep coming up full. Even though they are on big pots Junior doesn't set back he says you have to keep moving. The crew doesn't understand why they aren't resetting. Junior says this is the kind of trip that will be legendary.

The Wizard heads out. Captain Keith knows where Junior is fishing so he is going to look for fresh grounds.

Captain Scott wants to fish right up next to the ice.

On the Kodiak they are almost ready to go home. Captain Bill goes to talk to Jason Rainwater before he goes home. He calls him to the wheelhouse. Captain Bill tells Jason every confrontation they have had he has been in. He thinks it would be better if he finds another boat. Jason wants him to rethink it. Jason asks for one more chance promising not to argue or fight. Captain Bill says no. Jason is not what he is looking for in a deckhand. Jason wishes these guys would go tell Captain Bill to give him a chance. This is a huge deal and bad for his reputation. I guess he should of thought of that before he was fighting with everyone. I don't think they'll go save his butt.

Elliott gets home to Homer. His kids are happy to see him. Valerie Gunderson their mother, not so much. Val informs him this isn't home. Elliott wants to get his girl friend back. She says he had seven years to get it right, he just couldn't. They start arguing and Valerie asks him to leave. He does. Elliott says he kicked dope way easier than he can kick that girl. He used to do a lot of cocaine and quit it cold turkey. He says he physically hurts not having her.

Captain Sig is home in Seattle Washington. Captain Sig talks about how Jake Anderson has stepped up and Jake Harris has got to understand that other people rely on him.

Josh Harris heads over to see Jake Harris. I could be wrong but that looks like Josh's house. Kind of odd to see him knocking. Jake tells him working on the Northwestern is different and he misses the Cornelia Marie. Jake tells Josh he wants to work with him. He misses him. Josh reminds him they run a straight boat, which Jake says is getting old. Josh says they have to make it work or they are going to be bankrupt.

Jake Anderson drives out to the area where his dad went missing. This is the second time I'm watching this and it is once again it's giving me goose bumps. The remains of Jake's father were found last Tuesday and them airing this this week is just freaky timing I guess. I still can't believe they found his dad so close to where he went missing and they didn't find him before now. Jake complained the police weren't looking. It certainly makes it seem like that was the case to me. Hopefully now that they have the remains, the family will get some answers to what really happened. I won't say get closure because I don't believe you can ever really get closure. Jake talks about how when they buried Captain Phil he pretended it was his dad too and how his dad never got a funeral. He drives to the place where the truck was found. He says there was blood spatter on the key and the wind shield, when he saw that he knew his dad was killed. Jake says the police can forget about his dad and the community can look the other way, but he will never look the other way.

The Crab Count

Wizard 885,000
Seabrooke 580,250
Northwestern 510,315
Time Bandit 377,125
Kodiak 315,200
Ramblin' Rose 108,300

Captain Keith says he is making the boys dinner. He fills a plate with candy bars and takes it to them.

Captain Keith has 240 pots he wants to catch 400,000 pounds. If they average 350 a pot they can do it in 8 days. Captain Keith talks about being 3 million dollars in debt 3 years ago. Now it is only half that much. The guys are pulling up nice full pots.

On the Seabrooke. Junior has moved closer to the ice edge. Mac White says the crab like being near the ice. They like that cold water because in the end they are going to be in hot water. LOL They pull up a pot, it looks pretty small. The pot is full of females and juveniles. Junior says the females are usually in the shallows. He's never seen them out here. Junior says two miles to the east they were getting thousands. He was hoping to top off his tanks with these two strings. Captain Scott is dumb founded. They rail dump a pot. Captain Scott says the glory hole is dried up.

Elliott is home looking at the ice chart. The same one I was looking at all season. That's funny.

Captain Scott had surgery this morning to have a kidney stone removed. Yep he's still getting those darn things. I hope all went well and wish him a speedy recovery. I told him to quit eating rocks, but maybe he's sneaking over to the east coast and eating stone crab.

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Johnathan Hillstrand - Time Bandit

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 06:07:00 +0000

I see a lot of people searching Johnathan Hillstrand sick or on oxygen. So, in case you haven't seen the episode or didn't read it, Johnathan went bull riding when he was in Breckenridge, Colorado, for After the Catch. The bull bucked him off, he broke four ribs in seven places and punctured a lung. That info is straight from him via Twitter.

Hopefully, he will be back to 100% soon. But if you've ever had a broken rib, then, you know they smart for a while. Feel better soon, Captain John. I hope you finally got your iPad.

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Deadliest Catch After The Catch Episode 2

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 05:56:00 +0000

"Ambition"

The beginning with the guys on horse back is awesome.

At the table are Mike Rowe, Captain's Andy, Sig, Keith and Elliott Neese.

Mike asks Captain Andy about Captain Johnathan. he says he has four broken ribs and a floating one. He said he's the worst patient in the world. He just wants his damn iPad. LMAO.

They discuss the ice. Captain Andy says he's never seen anything like it in 31 years. This is Elliott's first time driving through the ice. At one point Elliott's boat was covered he said he looked like a big ice cube. Mike Rowe said he looked like a glazed doughnut. Elliott looks like he just woke up.

They show the two Eddie's getting hit by the ice again. Eddie Sr joins the table. They said the piece of ice that hit Eddie was 250 pounds. Captain Andy says another three inches it would have been another medevac. Captain Keith says it wouldn't have been a medevac. Mike Rowe says one of those black helicopters.

They show a clip that hasn't aired yet of the ice. It's Captain Andy on the Time Bandit trying to navigate through the ice. He hollers down and tells everybody to get up because they might be sinking. There are ice bergs everywhere. He has got to be missing Captain John. Captain Andy said they went into town and came back out five hours later and things usually don't change but they had 8ft seas and ice everywhere that kept getting bigger and bigger. Then they got stuck. Usually you can navigate around, but they couldn't and all of a sudden they kept hitting the side of the boat AND it was at night making seeing even more difficult. Captain Keith said when he got home it was three weeks before the nightmares stopped. He said one night he woke up in the kitchen. He said he pulled the boat out of gear went down to the galley to get a cup of coffee, he was surrounded by ice and he gets to the refrigerator and he realizes he's not on the boat he's at his house. Captain Andy says when you go to sleep and you are seeing icebergs you know it's bad. Captain Sig explains how you don't have brakes on a boat to just stop. Captain Andy talks about twenty foot icebergs hitting you in the swell. Oh dang! Flying ice for real! I never even thought about that. Great now something else to worry about. Flying icebergs!

Junior has joined the table. They talk about how the crab are near the ice. Captain Keith says you have to remember the ice has more than just water in it. It has nutrients in it that drop down as the ice melts so the crab will follow it.

Clips of the outhouse race! Captain Sig and the Deadliest Catch guys win.

Mike Rowe starts giving Junior a hard time about being a legend. Capt Bill is now at the table. Elliott is gone. Junior says everybody at this table is a legend. They discuss whether you have to be dead to be considered a legend and talk about a guy called "Hip" Bill Prout. Captain Keith says they call him the Mystic Man, the magician. And a guy named Joe Wavey who did not leave the wheel house for ten days. Evidently when he touched his auto pilot and stuff it would shock him. Captain Bill said he told him he knows what's wrong he can fix it. Captain Bill says in a gruff voice imitating Joe, leave it alone. When I get sleepy I touch it. Joe Wavey worked with Captain Phil Harris. They said Phil worked his first year for free with him and they called Joe "Dirt" because he never showered.

Phil's dad joins the table. Grant Harris, he will be 79 in July. He quit fishing three years ago. He started fishing when he was 26 or 27. Captain Andy says it will never be the same as it was in the old days. They talk about a man named Lloyd Button Juneau that caught 7 million pounds in his first year. Ahhh The derby days. Back in the day they had round pots that you could roll to the rail. Who knew?

Captain Bill and Junior are gone and Elliott is back. Captain Sig says he doesn't have anything to prove anymore. He just wants to stay alive. Elliott says he revamped things for Opies because they worked the guys to hard. He has to figure out where the line is. Mike Rowe says the real question is who is in charge because you are not the owner you are the Captain. Elliott says it's way different for him because all the other guys own their boats. They can do whatever they want. They show the clip of Elliott getting the call from the owner saying they've got to step it up or he's sending up another boat. Lenny Herzog the owner of the Ramblin' Rose joins the table. He says everyone has someone at home making sure everyone gets paid, delivery dates are made on time, checking weather. He lists several things. Captain Keith said it's hard to be the Captain and have someone in your ear. He said no offense Lenny but if you're going to trust some one with the boat. You gotta leave them alone even if he's a kid. I don't know, Elliott would have stayed out in that hurricane if Lenny hadn't of made him come in. Elliott says he's not really a kid. Captain Keith informs him for a Bering Sea Captain he's a kid. LOL Lenny is Captain Andy's Co-op manager. Captain Andy says he is trying to help you not hurt you. Lenny explains his other partner has brought the boat home for thirty years safe. Captain Sig tells Elliott you can't expect to manage the boat when you are still learning how to run the boat. You aren't there yet. You've got to learn to be a fisherman first. Elliott says the canneries are in charge. Lenny explains that the cannery said that boat is never going to deliver there again if it's late and Elliott was late. The shit runs down hill. Mike Rowe asks who ultimately is in charge. Lenny says he is the captain of his domain on the boat, but if he doesn't do what I tell him, then he's lost his job.

Poor Captain John! There is a preview of next weeks show with him sitting at the table with oxygen on. Holy cow!

Everyone is gone but Mike, Sig and Andy. They show a clip of the contest on the Time Bandit that Josh won. When they come back Eddie Sr, Josh and Travis are there. Travis talks about how he tried to sabotage Josh by hanging the bait on the first pot wrong. That's why the first pot was blank. They said the contest builds morale and breaks up the monotony. Captain Andy says they told Phil they would teach the boys. It let him set pots and make decisions on his own. We thought he was going to fail miserably. Josh Harris says he learned a lot this year it was like a cram session. Mike Rowe asks was it fun. Josh replies is the boat Catholic? Travis says he doesn't know what it's like coming from Cornelia but walking on the Time Bandit is a camaraderie like no other he's seen in 14 years. Josh says there is never a bad mood on that boat. If someone is in a bad mood we all chip in to cheer them up. Mike Rowe asks Captain Sig if he ever wonders what it would be like to have a little of that love on the Northwestern. Captain Sig says it's Norwegian love baby.

Jake Harris has joined the table. Mike Rowe says millions of people are waiting to see how things turn out for the Harris boys. Josh says he's learned a lot of humility and to listen. That you will make mistakes but you can't put peoples lives at risk. He talks about having a Captain he wasn't allowed to ask questions too(Derrick Ray). He said he could ask anyone on this boat questions and it was perfectly okay. That's because the Time Bandit is so awesome! Mike asks Jake Harris how his similar experience is working out. Jake replies the right way, wrong way, Norwegian way. Turns out it works. That's the best part.

Evidently the town of Breckenridge crowned Sig King Uller? He has a fuzzy hat with horns. It's named after a God that is supposed to bring snow for the winter because it's a big snow town. So Sig is going to bring in the snow next winter. Jake is now wearing the hat. Mike told him he looks like a Pez dispenser. He asks how many Norwegian Gods are there? Mike Rowe says he can count four. Jake says I can count two. Mike says you were going to say Sig and Edgar weren't you. Edgar has now joined the table and says let the ass kissing begin.

They show the clip of Jake Harris learning to throw the hook the Norwegian way.

They are showing the guys at the Aspen Canyon Ranch roping cattle. You know Andy is going to show them how to do this. Jake Harris gets on a horse. Andy hollers at him just remember when you hit the ground to stop, drop and roll. The guy there tells Jake you just don't look right to me. I have a better horse for you. He uncovers a horse statue training thing that's used for learning to rope steer. Josh doesn't like horses, they don't like him. Jake is just happy he didn't get bit this time. Captain Sig says it's the first time he's seen Josh with his mouth shut for more than thirty seconds and he was sweating bullets.Captain Andy says Josh told him just as long as you are with me. Then they started telling him there were mountain lions there, they had him all freaked out. Mike Rowe says they are just messing with each other day in and day out.

Great episode.

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Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 12 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 23:39:00 +0000

"Collision Course"

Three weeks into the season and everyone is fighting the ice. The Captains are trying to retrieve their gear.

On the Kodiak. They are trying to retrieve gear and getting nailed with green water. They are pulling up pots of 400. Captain Bill said he has had more water come over the rail in the last two strings than he has the last two or three seasons. Those are some impressive waves. A big wave came over so high it went over the stacked pots. Captain Bill decides to shut fishing down until daylight.

On the Time Bandit. Captain Andy says it's extreme out. It's blowing NE 50 and 10 degrees out. The guys are deicing the boat. Eddie Uwekoolani, Sr is retiring at the end of this year. He says he is too old for it. He is 46 and has been on the Time Bandit 14 years. Eddie is trying to pass on 26 years of crabbing wisdom to Eddie Jr. Eddie is bent over doing something on the deck and a piece of ice nails him right across the middle of the back. He said it kind of knocked the wind out of him. It's like getting hit in the back with a piece of steel.

The Time Bandit finally gets to their pots. They start pulling them up with very little crab inside. Then Eddie Sr gets hit with a big chunk of ice. He turns around, walks away from the crab table and collapses on deck crying out in pain. I'm not sure if they said he got hit in the head or the hip. They straighten out one of his legs and then try and help him inside. They end up carrying him in. Captain Andy is screaming at them over the hailer asking why they walk under the cranes. They get Eddie Sr's rain gear off and tell him to take it easy. Eddie Jr says the ice has it out for the Uwekoolani's. Captain Andy said Eddie almost got his hip dislocated. Eddie Sr goes into the galley and and lays on the seat at the table, rubbing his hip with tears in his eyes because the pain is so bad. I hate to say it, but I think someone needs to get Eddie some ice for his hip.

On the Seabrooke. Captain Scott says he just spent $250,000 on repairs. He can't screw this up. They pull up a pot 3/4 full. Kado says the grass is definitely greener on the Seabrooke. The pots keep coming up full. Now Captain Scott has to decide whether or not to set back. I'm thinking he's going to go for it. Yep, he does. He says go big or go home. You're always bold until you see the ice.

On the Ramblin' Rose. Elliott has retrieved half of his pots. He is pulling up pots with very little crab. Now he is talking about trying to get his baby's momma back. After twelve hours of lousy fishing, Elliott tells the crew to come in for a rest. He puts Candiolo Oleano (Sorry not sure on the spelling of that) on wheel watch. Everyone goes to bed. Candiolo turns on the radio and promptly falls asleep. He wakes up just as they are heading into a pack of ice. Geez didn't the camera man see Titantic? That's crazy he didn't wake him up before they go ramming into the ice pack. They looked to be moving at a pretty good clip too, they weren't going slow into the pack. Candiolo wakes up and sees they are heading into a bunch of broken up ice. He jumps out of his chair and hollers for Elliott who gets in the chair and stops the boat. The hull is only 1/4 of an inch thick. Elliott sends the guys down to check for leaks. Elliott decides it's just a break off of flow and decides to go through it. They make it through the ice. If Elliott addressed the crew member falling asleep at the wheel, they didn't show it.

On the Northwestern. Captain Sig's crew has been grinding for twenty hours straight. The sun is coming up. Captain Sig tells the crew they have nine miles until the next string to go eat. Edgar Hansen is giving Jake Anderson some constructive criticism. It's hard to hear him but something about Jake A not helping with the log books and stuff and the other crew members not liking it. Jake A is not happy about it and starts going on about all the stuff he does for the boat when they are at home. Jake goes into the galley and addresses the rest of the crew about it. Matt Bradley tells him he would like to say good job. Then he starts going off on Matt about how he goes off and gets high and expects to get his job back while the rest of them are there compensating for him fighting to stay there. He says some of us want to move on and move forward. Captain Sig says all the ruckus down there, it sounds like Jake is finally stepping up. The louder the better. Jake A tells Matt that just hurts my feelings dude. Captain Sig comes into the galley and says all he hears is freaking out and screaming. Jake A tells him they are complaining because he didn't do the dishes for three days or something I just went. Captain Sig, well then why don't you do the dishes? Edgar says he's too busy doing log books. Matt says Jake is getting ready to get married, he just bought a house which is more than he can say for himself. Matt would like to see him do something different.

On the Seabrooke. They are pulling up full pots from the set back. 835 crabs the last pot. So far he hasn't seen any ice. He has three more pots to grab. Then he sees big ole chunks of ice up in front of them. Time for the buoy hunt. He doesn't want to leave even three pots. They head into the ice. Captain Scott says this ice would peel some boats open like a pop can. They have found two pots. A sea lion is sun bathing on the ice. They find the last pot. They are topping off their tanks and heading in. Captain Scott said they loaded the boat in 240 pots. The quickest he's ever done it before was 356 pots. He sets the pots again and heads in to unload.

On the Ramblin' Rose. They have pulled all of their pots up. He is headed in. He says the season is coming to a screeching halt before it even gets started. He calls home.and asks his wife to be his Valentine. She tells him she is seeing someone else. He asks is she is sleeping with him or letting the kids around him. He asks how he is being weird about it. He says if it's a friend of his he is going to be pretty unhappy.

Crab Count

Northwestern 498,200
Wizard 485,000
Time Bandit 298,600
Kodiak 273,145
Seabrooke 162,000
Ramblin' Rose 90,420

On the Kodiak. They are having a waffle challenge. One of the guys has challenged Crosby to eat 28 waffles in an hour for $100. Gross! He throws them up.

On the Northwestern Captain Sig has been at the wheel for forty hours straight. The guys are pulling up a pot. Captain Sig feel asleep at the wheel leaving the boat in gear. He apologizes to the crew and asks Edgar to come drive for ten pots. Edgar says they get to kill three birds with one stone. He gets some time behind the wheel, Sig gets some sleep and he gets to see what Jake Anderson is made of.

Edgar puts Jake A on the crane. Jake tells Edgar he knows he's watching and it makes him nervous. Edgar says he has watched Jake grow into a man. He should know what to do when problems arise. Right? Edgar leaves the chair and heads downstairs. I smell trouble. LOL Edgar goes downstairs and shuts the crane off and heads back upstairs. He says the first thing they are going to do is go Edgar, Edgar. What is Jake Anderson going to do? Edgar watches on the monitor and says Jake is in the engine room. He didn't even say anything. Edgar calls down and tells the guys don't tell Jake A, but I just turned the crane motor off. Jake A is in the wrong side of the engine room trying to locate the problem. He goes back on deck and back downstairs. He found the problem. Edgar hollers downstairs and says whats going on? I see you running around the engine room like a little monkey. Jake A starts laughing and says you sneaky little.. Edgar laughs, what did you find? Jake A you turned the hydraulic pump off. Edgar, you know what I found? You didn't relay any information to me that something was wrong. Poor Jake, he can't win. Jake says you should just be proud. Edgar says I give you a two on a scale of one to ten. Matt Bradley says if it would have been a real emergency he might have notified the Captain, within three working days.

On the Time Bandit. Captain Andy is almost finished pulling gear. They are starting to see small chunks of ice. Eddie Sr is back on deck.

The Wizard is also headed to Dutch. Captain Keith says he'd rather be the guy that is smart, not screwed.

The Seabrooke is completing their off load with a floating processor because St. Paul is frozen over. 162,000 with 1.67 pound average. The biggest they have seen so far this season. Two days of fishing for $300,000. Pretty damn good. They are headed back out. Captain Scott wants a million dollars worth of crab.

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Deadliest Catch After The Catch 2012 Episode 1

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 01:09:00 +0000

The Captains are in Breckenridge Colorado. Boy do they look hot on horses and in cowboy hats. And no I am not talking about the outside temperature.

They meet at a place called the Whale's Tail. The band's name is Leftover Salmon. LOL

Captain's Sig, Keith and Andy are at the table with Mike Rowe. Captain Johnathan is MIA. Captain Andy says they found out he is not a cowboy. Captain Johnathan got on a bull named "Snowflake" he was bucked off and broke 4 ribs. All the Captains are laughing about it. Apparently Captain Keith also rode a bull and stayed on about 1/10th of a second longer than Johnathan. Mike Rowe says he is there so he wins.

Captain Keith says they had the biggest season they ever had, even with all the ice. They discuss the quantity and longevity of the ice. Captain Andy says they saw ice out in 2,000 fathoms. Captain Keith says the ice usually starts to recede in March. This year it didn't recede until May.

Captain Bill joins the table. His pots were drug 27 miles by the ice. Captain Sig explains how the ice drags the pot over the edge and they lose them. Mike asks them at what point does it quit being crab season and become find your gear season. Captain Bill said they had two trips that were fishing the rest were ice related. Captain Sig some guys lost all their gear. If you lose 200 pots that's about 300-350 thousand dollars worth of gear. Captain Bill says you have to go scavenge for gear. Mike Rowe asks at what point do you stop? Captain Sig says you can't stop.

They talk about Captain Keith using his knuckle crane to break the ice which is not standard operating procedures. Captain Keith says he hasn't heard of anyone doing that before. I remember one of the boats doing that before to get out of the dock. They finally got tugs up there to break up the ice to help with the harbors.

They show and discuss Travis Loftland falling over board. Travis joins the table and spills a beer. LOL He says that is the first time he has seen the footage. Travis impaled his chest on a big eye thing, Andy was concerned about crushing him between the boat and the dock. I hadn't even thought about that. Travis talked about his first deck boss Mongo who he watched die from hypothermia. Travis says he was embarrassed and pissed that he did something so stupid.

The discussion turns to Captain Keith's green horns and then to Chris Scambler. Chris joins the table. Apparently Captain Keith had asked Chris if he had seen the show. He told him it's twenty times harder than you think. Chris says he lied to him, its like 75 times harder. Chris has had hard luck with jobs he wanted to learn a trade. Captain Sig says the way Captain Keith spoke to Chris was not brutal, its normal to them. You have to speak to them that way for their own good. Captain Andy said there no HR on our boats. Captain Sig says if there was we wouldn't have a fleet. Chris Scambler doesn't remember much after they took him out of the forepeak. Chris was close to a total body shut down. At one point his heart rate was at 180 and his BP was continuing to drop. Captain Keith said he was getting ready to check out. Freddie Maughtai joins the table. Freddie said he felt like it was his fault, maybe he was too hard on Chris. Captain Sig says if he isn't hard on you you might end up in that helicopter for other reasons. That's his job. Mike Rowe tells Freddie he has 3 seconds if he wants to say you're sorry. Freddie says I'm not sorry. Mike Rowe asks Chris one final question saying he doesn't want to pry, but did Captain Keith touch your pee pee? LMAO Captain Keith says every man has had a moment when he's had to go to the bathroom real bad. There was no way. Mike Rowe interrupts we'll take that as a yes. They never did say what exactly caused Chris to collapse. As they go to commercial Mike Rowe says I'll bet he had to touch the pee pee just a little bit, it would be impossible not too. Oh geez!

They come back from commercial and Mike asks Captain Keith what Chris says as he walked away. Captain Keith, he said next time someone gives you a hard time about that just remind them that was a crab table I was peeing on. That's what I said! Boil those crab. They are thankful to be laughing about the situation because it was such a close call.

They have a man Hunter Mortenson and his rescue dog Tally showing and talking about how they do rescues in an avalanche. Very cool.

Elliott and Bill join the table again and they all discuss the weather. Captain Scott, Jr joins the table and talks about losing his engines. Captain Scott talked about doing suicide sets with one engine. He has only had to do that a couple of times in his career.

They have a clip of Captain Johnathan Hillstrand called Horse 101. He shows the horse and says the throttle is right here. He grabs one of the horses ears. He says the other ear is the clutch. He checks to see if the carpet matches the drapes. LMAO He looks at the horses back side. He lifts the horses leg and says he's checking the tire pressure. He says you have to watch out for exhaust and points to the horses rear end. He says the intake can take your fingers off pointing to the horses mouth. He says Swedish people get on this side, he jumps up and lays across the horse not able to get on the back says never mind. I wonder if Captain Sig taught him that?

They come back and Edgar is at the table. They discuss his coming back. Edgar says watching the show he said his boat needed him. Edgar screams at Captain Keith a lot watching the show.

The Captain's had a Phil Harris Memorial Dog Sled Race on bicycles. I think Edgar won.

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Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 11 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 23:49:00 +0000

"No Exit"

This episode starts off with the ice trying to pin the Northwestern into the dock in St. Paul.

The Time Bandit is wrapping their gear with tarps and saran wrap to try and protect it from the ice. Captain Johnathan's back is still bothering him from when he was catching air on deck in last weeks episode so he has decided to stay in Dutch and see the Chiropractor. Captain Andy will have to weather the storm without Captain Johnathan.

On the Kodiak Captain Bill is out with pancake ice everywhere trying to retrieve his 45 pots. He gives the crew somewhat of a pep talk. They have to fight with the ice to get their pots back. They pull a pot up right next to the boat with crab in it. Jason Rainwater is still fighting with the crew.

On the Wizard Captain Keith is pulling into a frozen St. Paul harbor. He wants to get in unload his crab and get out. He is afraid the harbor will freeze them in.

Captain Sig sees The Wizard coming in and breaking up some of the ice, so hopefully it will help them get out.

Captain Keith stops dead in the water before he reaches the dock. He is going to try and turn the boat to break up the ice so he can get to the dock. After eight hours they finally get to the dock.

Ten hours later the Northwestern finishes unloading. They now have to get out of the harbor. Captain Sig has a couple hundred thousand dollars of gear he needs to fetch. Captain Sig is going to tie the bow down and use the dock for leverage to pivot the stern to try and get to open water. The line holding them to the dock snaps but they break free and get out into the harbor. They get out.

The Seabrooke is in Dutch Harbor 16 days behind the rest of the fleet. He has three new deckhands; Kado, Dewey Warren and Kyle Bab. There are guys in the engine room still working on the engine. They are finally fixed up, loaded up and ready to roll.

Captain Andy is thirteen minutes from his gear. He has half a million dollars on the line right now. Travis says there hasn't been any ice to be seen. They start pulling gear. They have their coiler fixed. They have nice full pots. They get all 80 pots. They can see the ice pack coming as they finish up.

Captain Sig is in open water headed for his pots. Jake Harris is sleeping while the rest of the crew is eating. The rest of the crew is throwing what looks like pieces of bread at him. They wake him up and head out on deck. They start to pull up nice full pots. Edgar Hansen calls up to Captain Sig. He wants to file a missing persons report. The age and description; 26 about 90 pounds looks real tired, they aren't sure if he fell overboard or what. Captain Sig is going to send a team to scour the boat to see if there are any missing bodies sleeping in a corner or huddled someplace. Jake Harris is in getting his gear on. Captain Sig isn't sure what is going on with Jake Harris. Matt Bradley says Jake is just doing enough to get by. Captain Sig thinks as the new guy Jake Harris should be putting the extra effort in. He says if your head isn't in the game this could turn into a long prison sentence. They continue pulling pots with 7 and 800 crab.

The crew goes into eat in between strings. Everyone is eating except for Jake who is in another room by himself. He misses being with his brother out at sea. He misses the Cornelia Marie.

The Seabrooke is setting pots. Captain Scott says this will be a slow set with all the new guys. Kyle is on the crane. He drops a pot back on the stack. Luckily no one was under it.

Crab Count

Wizard 401,125
Northwestern 320,000
Time Bandit 172,000
Kodiak 145,600
Ramblin' Rose 78,000
Seabrooke 0

The Northwestern gets a little bird in their galley. Edgar Hansen catches it and sets it free on deck.

Back in St. Paul the Wizard is finished unloaded and is surrounded by ice. Captain Keith goes back and forth to break up the ice and get the boat turned to get out of the harbor. Captain Keith says he is almost at full ahead and they are at a dead stop. Captain Keith tells Lenny to let him know if they get close to the dock. Lenny tells him five feet and they are touching. Captain Keith does not hear him and he pops a buoy up next to the dock. He and Lenny argue over whether Lenny said anything or not. Captain Keith goes down and tells Lenny he needs him to project towards the loud hailer and goes back up to the wheelhouse. Lenny says he doesn't want to argue. Captain Keith is trapped in the ice and is running out of options. He decides to use his knuckle crane to try and bust up the ice. He finally breaks through and is able to get out.

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Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 10

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:59:00 +0000

"Rise and Fall"

Edgar Hansen is feeling his aches and pains again. This time it's his neck. He says you have to make a choice sometime or the boats going to make it for you.

The fleet receives news that the ice is moving down. They have northerly winds and the ice is going to be an issue. Mike Rowe says the decisions the Captains make now will affect their entire seasons.

The Wizard is pulling pots. They were pulling pots of 400-450, now they are pulling 250-300 and the numbers are dropping. Captain Keith Colburn is going to move north past the rock pile towards the ice. They have a new green horn, Roger Schloshnick? Captain Keith tells Lynn Guitard and Roger they have to step up due to Monte's bum shoulder and Lenny Lenkanoff's hand injury. Captain Keith puts Lynn on the hook. Why isn't Gary Soper assigning positions if he is the deck boss? Roger is getting the pots ready. Captain Keith says Roger is the first green horn in ten years he hasn't had to tell here's the bin, when we start to get a little low let me know. He thinks Roger is a keeper. I wonder who hired Roger, Monte or Keith.

Captain Keith hollers down and tells Lynn he needs to bring his A game at the rail. Captain Keith wants to get the gear on quick and get out of there before the ice comes down. Lynn throws and misses. He throws again and gets it on the second toss. But when he throws for another pot he misses again. Captain Keith says he needs to step up. This is Lynn's fifth year on the boat.

Captain Bill is hoping for a big Opie season like with Kings. Their first pot comes up empty. They pull up some pots with crab but they are small pots. Jason Rainwater is running the hydraulics. Zach says Jason is the most likely one to hurt someone. He is the most erratic on the hydros. Mike Vanderfelt is trying to help Jason. I don't think Jason appreciates the help. Captain Bill says he thinks Jason has been on one other boat. If he was half as good as he says he is he'd have a hot shot deckhand. Jason and Mike argue back and forth. Mike tells Jason he has a brick in his head, Jason tells Mike he is going swimming. They go to commercial, come back and they are still fighting. I think they need some Midol or chocolate on the Kodiak. That is one cranky crew. Captain Bill tells them to settle down and be professional, do their job. Finally Captain Bill shuts fishing down. He orders the guys off deck. The guys are in the galley and he tells Jason he has a way of getting under people's skin. Jason says I'm not perfect but he isn't either. The bickering starts again. OMG! They are like little kids. They need slapped upside the head, a time out or something.

Captain Bill informs them insurance wise if any blows are thrown on the boat, they both have to go. If that happens it messes with everyone's income and they aren't going to F with his income. Captain Bill gives them contracts to sign that say if they fight they will lose their job and forfeiture of the 1% per their contract. He says if they can't deal with it be a man and quit when they get to town. They sign the contracts and then Jason starts in again on how Mike can never say he is wrong.

On the Time Bandit Captain Andy says there will be no relief of pressure until they are headed back to Dutch Harbor with a full load. Captain Johnathan says it's cold as hell out there, its mind over matter. You don't mind and we don't matter. The crew is still hand coiling. They have been grinding all night, but they have been pulling in good pots. That always helps.

Captain Johnathan wants to get in on the action. He heads out on deck. Captain Andy tells him to be careful or he will have to pull him off deck. He says Johnathan has had health problems over the last year. He said he needs to do his cardio and keep his back straight. Captain Johnathan is throwing the hook. Ut-oh! Last time he threw the hook there was blood. He's not keeping his feet down; he's scaring me with that line. He throws the buoy back and hits Scotty in the head. LOL Captain John is coiling way faster than the other guys. Captain John decides to celebrate by catching some air and aggravates an old back injury. Wow! Now I'm thinking that mechanical bull got John's cardio in for the day, but besides being bruised, having a punctured lung and broken ribs, I'll bet that didn't help his back any. Poor John. Captain Andy says John seems to be having some issues. Captain John comes into the wheelhouse and tells Andy he hurt his back. John says when you get inactive and old it's really bad on you. He just didn't want to hurt his back anymore. He wants his back to get better. Me too John.

Back on the Wizard. Captain Keith is still trying to get the pots on deck to head north. Lynn is missing half the throws. Captain Keith says he can't go fast because he can't trust Lynn to get the pots. Roger on the other hand is stepping it up. Roger says the bait situation is really tight, so he has to stay with it. Not over bait or under bait, just enough to catch the fish and keep the Captain happy. Captain Keith hears this and yells down to Roger he'll be an all-star if he keeps doing stuff like that. Thank you. Wow it's refreshing to hear a compliment from Captain Keith. Do you think someone put some Prozac or something in his coffee? LOL Captain Keith says Roger has been kicking ass since he stepped on this boat. He's what I've been looking for, for a long time. Roger is like an energizer bunny running around on deck. Meanwhile, Lynn Guitard has missed again. Captain Keith yells down at some point Lynn I need to be able to drive the boat. Right now you are driving the boat. Captain Keith tells the guys to take a break. They should put Freddie on the hook. Gary Soper says he tries hard, he means well, he has been a long time in the making. Myself, I'm about ready to give up on the little guy. Roger takes his gloves off, his hands are swollen but he says he can muscle through it.

Captain Keith has a talk with Lynn. He tells him the whole boat is depending on him throwing the hook right now. You're off the hook. Captain Keith says he needs to show confidence. The next string they pull he wants Lynn to stack it. Lynn says all right. Captain Keith leaves. Lynn says I've got to figure it out.

The Northwestern is fishing on crowded grounds to avoid the ice. He hasn't fished there in a while. They pull up a full pot, much better than he expected. They set back. The pots are stuffed. Edgar is hurting. Matt is looking good. I'm glad to see him there and doing well. Captain Sig says its good fishing, its great fishing, its fantastic fishing, its phenomenal fishing, its f'ng awesome fishing. LMAO Ya think he's happy? For nine hours they pull pots full of crab. Captain Sig goes to check the tanks. It might be a personal best, 143 pots for 120,000 pounds. Jake Anderson says that's $240,000 worth of product in about a little over 24 hours. Captain Sig says it was easy. We got an extra guy what a difference. Edgar says if you got an extra guy you should get rid of one. Why don't you let me run the boat for a string or two? Sig says you might as well as good as its going. It's not like you're going to hurt anything. We got an extra guy, do it. It's the perfect time to do it. Jake Anderson says I got it down here dude. That's one thing I have always admired on the Northwestern is how long the crew has been together and the experience they have on deck. Captain Sig says you are now the official Deck Boss while he is picking gear, then you're it. So you can argue with him all you want I'm out of it. Hum, I wonder if Sig will go take a nap while Edgar is driving. LOL I'm thinking no. Jake Anderson tells Edgar we'll take care of you. Edgar, no I'll take care of you, hopefully.

On the Ramblin' Rose has brought books with him so he can read to his son. He tries to call him and can't get through, he lost service. They pull their first pot. They have crab but it's not a lot. Elliott, everyone says they want to be a crabber, be careful what you wish for.

Back on the Wizard Captain Keith is watching his stack shift. Lynn has not tied the stack right. Lynn is in the forepeak telling someone he didn't get a couple of the pots tied tight. Captain Keith comes down and says Lynn come here. Keith tells Lynn that stack you put on is rail to rail. That's a nightmare I can't afford any longer. Captain Keith tells him he's off the stack. Someone I'm pretty sure the new guy Roger says Lynn should know better. He should be a full share deckhand by now. He should be running stuff out there. As the boat rolls, the pots shift from side to side. Captain Keith says someone could get crushed. How many times are you going to let someone put other people at risk before you just stop doing it? Roger is still going strong on deck. Captain Keith says he has a good head, strong back and a good attitude. That's three attributes he's struggled to find when he's hired greenhorns. Captain Keith calls Roger to the wheel house. He tells Roger he's likes what he's seeing. Roger says he's trying his hardest Keith. I don't think Roger is really a greenhorn, he may be on this boat, but I'm thinking he's got some experience from somewhere. Captain Keith tells Roger without giving you too much of a compliment I'm pretty impressed. You've done a good job, you're hustling, I haven't seen you get behind on anything they've asked you to do. Wow that's two compliments in one show. After 6 days he gives Roger a half a percent raise.

Crab Count

Northwestern 120,000
Wizard 112,500
Time Bandit 102,500
Kodiak 25,000
Ramblin' Rose 21,000
Seabrooke 0

Captain Sig lets Edgar take the wheel. He says it was at Edgar's request which is what he's been waiting on all along. Wait has that not been what Edgar has been telling him the last couple of years? That's what I was hearing. Edgar tells the guys to keep their eyes open he doesn't want anyone getting hurt on his head. Captain Sig says he isn't planning on going anywhere but you never know. Captain Sig sits in the other chair and says he feels like he is in a high chair. Edgar is looking for the next pot. Captain Sig spots it. The pots are still coming up full. Edgar is trying to write down numbers about the pot and drifts off course. The weather is picking up. Edgar is worried about getting into the waves right. He says it's going to take more than one string to take over completely. Baby steps. Captain Sig just looks at him. LMAO

It's kind of weird watching the show and seeing Olympus and not Coors. I guess the Seabrooke is getting her engine repaired. Missed you Captain Scott.

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DIE-ner Get it? The Movie

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 05:55:00 +0000

This is a low budget or B rated horror film. You never quite know how they are going to be. This one turned out pretty good. Of course I may be a little biased because my Twitter and Facebook friend Maria Olsen is in the movie.

But seriously, the movie has a serial killer who is killing people that are coming back as zombies. I found several parts comical. I don't usually find myself laughing during horror flicks but I did with this one. I even found a new use for duct tape in the film. LOL I give it three stars.

The movie was written and directed by Patrick Horvath and the cast includes: Josh Grote, Parker Quinn, Liesel Kopp, Larry Purtell, Maria Olsen, Jorge Montalvo, Daniel Schweiger, Scott Fish, and Brodrick Thornsberry.

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Today's Soaps

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:05:00 +0000

I just want to say the Young & the Restless if freaking me out with this aging of half the children and not aging the others. It's very weird. I want to see my sexy guys. Not these little kids. We need more Cane and they need to bring back Chance and Ronan.

You would think with the canceling of All My Children and One Life to Live they would have kept the best writers on General Hospital. I can't believe the best they could come up with the new babies being born was yet another baby swap and DNA test swap. I mean seriously guys. I don't want another show to get canceled. You could have done better.

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Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 9 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 21:01:00 +0000

"Nowhere to go but down"

The show starts out with Captain Andy Hillstrand screaming get everybody up here, there's ice everywhere. The Time Bandit is pulling up to the dock to tie up and a man falling over board. This time the fall looked like he made a good attempt of hanging on to the dock, but failed due to the snow and ice.

In Dutch Harbor the Ramblin' Rose and Seabrooke are getting ready for Opies. It's the harshest winter in decades. There is 160 million dollars of Opilio Crab to catch. Captain Keith Colburn says it's probably the biggest crab season they have had for price and volume for the last fifteen years. Remember the Red King Crab season was cut so they need to catch all the opies they can to make up for it. Captain Scott Campbell, Jr says if they can't get the crab in and delivered, there is going to be a lot of guys in trouble.

Captain Keith says the Blue & Red King crab season was a disaster for him. Mike Rowe says this was the worst season of Keith's career. Captain Keith is playing catch up, he has 3.25 million dollars invested in his boat, so when they get a big season they can kick everyone's a$$.

The boat is ready to go but the crew is not. Monte Colburn is still recovering from his shoulder surgery. Lenny Lekanoff has stitches in the palm of his hand shaped like a backwards L. OWWW Captain Keith said this happened 2 days before they shipped out in the engine room. Captain Keith said he tried to go short handed; he didn't have Monte with him and look what happened. A medevac, a drunk, a kid that didn't want to work and a knuckle head. They have a new guy Roger. Captain Keith says if everything works out they will catch 2.2 million pounds, that's 4.5 million dollars.

The boats are readying their pots. Elliott Neese is on the phone trying to call his ex girlfriend, the mother of his two children. He got a recording. The number you have reached.... Mike Rowe, in the off season the couple split up. Elliott, the last year all crab fishing brought me is heart ache. He lost his girlfriend of a long time, his kids, and his house. The money is good but it isn't everything. The crew is discussing that Elliott's head isn't in the game and how bad blue crab season was. Mike Rowe, now Elliott's career hangs in the balance. Elliott, the owners were a little pissed off over blue crab season. If we don't catch 'em, I think this might be the last year you see me on the Bering Sea. I wonder if the owner sent the second boat out. And I guess they decided not to show us the Elliott's blue crab getting seized. And he has to do it without his deckboss "Kado". Elliott says Kevin Davis "Kado" had a terrible attitude and he told him if he couldn't fix it he could leave. So he did. LMAO I don't blame Kado one bit. A man's got to eat. He went to the Seabrooke and talked to Junior. Junior's no dummy! He snatched him up. Captain Scott tells Kado he's not a yeller, screamer or a be littler, he just expects him to give a hundred and ten percent. They are not the top boat for nothing. Captain Andy questioned the "top boat" comment. LOL Kado agreed to give Captain Scott one year.

Captain Sig Hansen is yelling at the crew trying to get the pots ready. He tells them they are idiots! The crew starts laughing at each other calling each other idiots. Captain Sig says he feels better when Edgar Hansen is on board but god help you when it doesn't go his way. Its 4am, Sig says they have their pots on; it took them a whole hour.

The Time Bandit is heading down the harbor to pick up their pots. They pull up to the dock; one man is throwing the line, the other jumps for the dock and falls in. It's Travis Loftland in the water. Captain Andy Hillstrand is screaming man over board! Eddie has the life ring. Mike Fortner is getting in his survival suit. Captain Andy is screaming he's been in the water too long. Mike is in his survival suit trying to get to him. Eddie has thrown him the ring. They pull him up. Someone says that'll wake you up. Travis goes in and strips his clothes off. He is shivering hard. He is wrapped in a blanket shivering trying to get warm when Captain Andy comes in pointing his finger at him and screaming don't ever do that again. Travis says Roger. Captain Andy tells them they reacted too slow and he has to wear a vest when jumping off the boat. That scared Andy for sure. He said his legs were shaking. He also said he lost his voice screaming man over board. That is the first crew member to fall overboard. Captain Johnathan was the other. Interesting both times happened at the dock. Maybe they should get a plank or a little bridge like the Navy guys use. Captain Sig said whoever fell over was an idiot. LOL You had to be there. Eddie Uwekoolani, Sr said it took way too long to get him out of the water. Captain Andy said another minute and he wouldn't have been able to lift his arms. That's unacceptable. Travis said that is the first time he has been in the water. Someone said it won't be the last. Captain Andy says we are done. There ain't nothing going to happen on this boat anymore.

Captain Scott drives over to see Elliott. He doesn't want him to think he pouched his crewman. Captain Scott should just tell him you stole my crab, I'm stealing your guy. Captain Scott tells Elliott Kado came to him and he needed someone to replace Bob. I think Elliott said he has no problem Scott taking him. I'm warning you all my guys are glad he's gone because he has the worst attitude I've ever seen. Ya, Kado and the whole crew had an attitude. I'd have an attitude also on a boat that isn't catching crab. Scott leaves. Elliott says if he hated working for me, he's going to hate working for that guy. I don't agree with that at all.

The Captains get a weather report of heavy freezing spray. I don't know how many times I saw that on the weather report for opies. I think it was about every day. Northern winds bring in the fog. Captain Scott said in 1972 the ice covered the whole Bering Sea, all the way down to Unimak Pass, there was no open ground and they are predicting it could be worse than 1972. If that happens we are screwed. Captain Bill says this is not going to be fun. These guys are going to hate this. Captain Sig says we are running out of time. The ice is coming down and it's got legs on it. The fleet heads out.

There is 160 million pounds of crab to be caught before the ice shuts them down.

On the Seabrooke as they are pulling out of Dutch an alarm goes off. Captain Scott's engine is overheating. He replaced the starboard engine last season, cost him $65,000. Now the port engine is acting up. It's overheating. It's at 215 degrees. It should be at 173-174 which is normal. Captain Scott says if that goes it's another hundred thousand dollars. If it gets up to 220 degrees it will take the engine out. He returns to Dutch.

295 miles NW of Dutch on the Northwestern. The guys are getting bait ready, it's snowing and they are already washing ice off the deck. They start setting pots. Oh no they forgot to bite the head off the herring! Okay I'm blaming the whole bad season on Sig. Idiot! LMAO They have set the first string. Captain Sig goes out and asks "What do you guys call that? Speed setting?" He then informs them they should get to bed; they are going to start rolling early. Then Edgar notices Jake Harris is nowhere to be found. He says he is the first off deck every time he's noticed so he doesn't know. He's getting under his skin. Jake Harris is in the kitchen doing dishes. At least he's working. He says he finds himself thinking about the Cornelia Marie when he is outside quite a bit. With every dime he and his brother are making they are trying to get the Cornelia Marie back fishing again. Jake hollers out the door to Edgar. You got it? Edgar says sarcastically that's okay we got it. Edgar says if he runs off deck first after a string it's going to be a long season for him. He can guarantee you that much.

135 miles SE on the Time Bandit just south of St. George Island they have iced up twice now and everything is frozen solid again. Captain Andy has ordered the crew to de-ice the boat. It's opening day. Scotty Hillstrand decides to plant a mortar in the ice and blow it off. It worked great until the ice fell and it snapped the arm off the coiler. Now they are going to have to hand coil. Edgar said that happened to his coiler but he fixed it. Captain Andy says nothing about the start of this season has been ideal at all. Someone maybe Captain Johnathan says it's just been a nightmare.

135 miles NW of Dutch Harbor on the Kodiak. Captain Wild Bill Wichrowski is ready to go. Zack Larsen almost gets crushed by a pot.

175 miles to the NW on the Ramblin' Rose they are setting pots. Elliott is on the phone again. He gets a recording please leave a message. Aaron Steiner and Nick Dryden were the only ones to return. So there are new guys Dale Roberts, Candito and Kevin. They show Elliott making a call and getting a message again. They start setting pots. Two pots in the greenhorn is having problems getting the bags over the side of the boat. Elliott makes a call again still can't get through. Six hours into setting Elliott still can't get an answer at home. Last pot. Elliott makes a call again. Still gets a recording. Elliott says he needs to decide what to do either stick with crabbing or do something new, because in a couple of years he's going to be too old to do something else. ?? I'm not sure what he meant by that. There are a lot of older guys crabbing or that have started new careers. He says it pretty much all hinges on a 5'9" 125 pound blonde. You hear the phone recording again. The blonde must be the ex because the new girl friend looked like a brunette to me. In fairness to Elliott, he said he only called twice not as many times as they showed. And he wanted to talk to the kids not the ex. He also said things are over with the ex and he is very happy with his new girl friend.

Crab Count: Everyone 0.

On the Northwestern they are biting the head off the herring. Edgar is wiping the head of the herring in fish crap. Nick Mavar has to bite the head off. Captain Sig is ready to throw up just watching. Nick takes a bite and does throw up. Matt Bradley was gagging. Nasty! They nuked the herring also, so it was the worst one they ever had. Nick says it tastes like chicken. LOL

235 miles NW of Dutch Harbor on the Time Bandit. Captain Andy is getting ready to start pulling pots. He's hoping for a 300 average. Captain Andy says if they don't hit the crab right away they are in trouble. They are hand coiling. I guess it's better they broke the coiler and not the block. Captain Johnathan says they'll figure it out. They pull the pot up. It is empty. The pots keep coming up empty. Captain Andy says this is a train wreck. A line snaps out of the block and Mike says that almost went around my neck. Mike says he doesn't plan on loosing his life for a bunch of bleeping crab.

On the Wizard, Captain Keith is trying to walk through the hallway with a cup of coffee as the boat is rolling. That looked a little staged to me. Keith doesn't want Monte or Lenny running the block with their injuries. They pull a pot it's half full. The pots are coming up looking great. The last pot they showed had 535. Captain Keith says it's a little unnerving because if you start on hot fishing there is really no where to go but down.

And the previews show all the evil, evil ice.

The captains are currently filming After the Catch in Breckenridge, Colorado. They were all together last night and joined us on Twitter to watch the show, except Captain Johnathan, we missed you John. Several of the deckhands joined us as well. I want to say thank you to all of them. I don't know about everyone else but I had a blast. There was a lot of idiot calling and a lot of ragging on Captain Keith to help people go pee. So much fun!

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'Deadliest Catch': Capt. Keith Colburn talks 'epic' season in Bering Sea ice - From Inside the Box - Zap2it

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 22:18:00 +0000

Here's Captain Keith Colburn's take on this years Opie's season.

It's getting ready to get crazy! I can't wait to see Opie season this year.

'Deadliest Catch': Capt. Keith Colburn talks 'epic' season in Bering Sea ice - From Inside the Box - Zap2it

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Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 8 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Thu, 31 May 2012 06:57:00 +0000

"The Aftermath"

Sorry I'm running behind. I've been without power and internet most of the day due to a nice little thunderstorm.

We start off with clips of Captain Scott, Jr and the Seabrooke twisting in the waves with his one engine. I think he stayed out a little longer than he should have too.

Captain Scott is still in the Serichef Strait trying to get to cover at St. Matthews Island. After five hours he finally makes it to St. Matthews. Captain Scott, Jr says he thinks that's probably the most nervous he's ever been.

Captain Sig Hansen on the Northwestern is still battling the storm. Matt Bradley wants to go where he can wear sun glasses and a t-shirt. LOL I'll bet he does. Captain Sig is finishing up Kings and trying to prepare the gear for Opies. Most Captains do this at the dock, but not Captain Sig. He is watching the weather and trying to get the guys to hurry. Of course they are gripping about it. Captain Sig says they are doing many jobs down there and when things get hay wire that's when things go wrong. Jake Anderson says last day man, this is when you get hurt. Then a pot comes flying off the launcher just missing I think Matt. Jake Anderson was hurrying and didn't secure the pot correctly.

The Northwestern caught 151,000 pounds of Red King Crab valued at $1.6 million dollars, each deckhand share, $48,000.

Captain Scott is looking for his legendary status, Elliott is just trying to keep his job, Capt Wild Bill is trying to get his new crew working like he wants.

Captain Keith hasn't had an easy day all season. He is getting ready to pull the string they set in Chris's honor. Then Captain Keith gets a call from Chris who says he is going through a lot of tests. They can't figure out what happened to him. Chris doesn't remember any of it. He thanks Captain Keith for giving him the opportunity and Captain Keith tells him he is proud of him.

Captain Keith goes down and tells the crew he has heard from Chris Scambler. He doesn't want to say he is doing great but he is doing better than he was. He is being Medevaced to Providence in Anchorage for further testing.

They start pulling pots the first one is half full. Captain Keith looks like he could cry. The string is good.

On the Kodiak they are also on the crab pulling up some nice pots. Then one of their pots comes loose from the launcher, just missing Jason Rainwater's arm. I think someone needs to rig the launchers with a safety mechanism so when the dogs aren't engaged it won't tilt or shake. Someone get on that please. Edgar, Neal? One of the engineers should be able to fix that. How about it? Can't you invent or rig that?

Elliott Neese is still looking for crab, with the threat of the owner to send up another boat if he doesn't pull 6,000 pounds a day. He pulls up a pot with one crab, then three. I don't think he's going to make it at this rate. He just sits and shakes his head. For five hours they pull next to nothing. He's thinking about pulling up his gear and moving. He calls Captain Scott. That's some nerve to pull up next to him, steal his crab and then ask him for help. Seriously? Captain Scott tells him to sit tight and let the crab settle down from the storm. Of course Elliott doesn't listen and pulls all his gear and moves to Hall Island.

Captain Scott is pulling really low pots, but he is resetting, even though they don't normally set back on blanks. He thinks the crab will start feeding again once they settle down from the storm. Plus there is the whole moving thing with one engine. If they come up blank again then he will have to rethink his plan.

The Kodiak is pulling their last string. Captain Bill tells Zack Larson he's on the hook. Captain Bill wants Zack to be good at throwing the hook and to be the go to guy. Zack throws and misses. Captain Bill tells him to take his hood off and quit throwing like a girl. Zack throws and misses again. Captain Bill says he will put up with the stress for the good numbers. Zack has had more misses on this string than he has all season. He can't wait to get off the boat. Captain Bill isn't too happy either.

On the Time Bandit. They are pulling loaded pots, they are almost done. Captain Andy is playing with a yo-yo. Captain John calls the crew to the wheel house and tells them they get to be Captain. He sets up a contest. Each crew member will set a 5 pot string. The wager $1000 each. Whoever pulls up the most crab from their string will win $5000. Captain Andy will be the official judge.

Scotty Hillstrand sets his first. Then Travis Loftland, Eddie Uwekoolani, Mike Fortner, and Josh Harris. Josh says this is the first string of King crabs he has set. He opens the window and smells for crab farts and looks for bubbles. This is his spot he smells crab farts. LOL He wants to be like Andy, John and his dad. Be victorious. Captain Johnathan says I miss your dad. Josh says me too, me too.

The Ramblin' Rose is setting at Hall Island, Captain Scott is holding his ground. He says he has to be patient and let the crab come back to the gear.

The Kodiak is back in Dutch unloading her 126,000 pound haul. 1.3 million dollar catch. Each crewman will pocket $20,000. The crew is prepping the pots for Opies. Captain Bill is watching them and notices they didn't put 3 shots in the pots. He says something Zack and says they did the same thing last year he should know better. Zack says we haven't left for Opies yet. Captain Bill is pissed again. He says they lost 2 out of ten cod pots right off the bat last year. He's done everything he can to turn this kid into a man.

Later that night he meets with Zack. Zack doesn't think it's the end of the world because they haven't started fishing yet. Captain Bill doesn't understand the mediocrity of this crew. Captain Bill wants it all fixed before they leave the dock. Then Captain Bill brings up when he tried to show Zack how to throw the hook and Zack basically told him to stick it. Bill says if it happens one more time they are going to have some major problems.

On the Wizard they are setting gear and Brady Quinn is running behind on bait. Captain Keith thinks he might be shell shocked after seeing Chris pulled off the boat. Brady says he's sick of getting bitched at by everybody. He's taking his time and not keeping up. Captain Keith goes down to talk to him. Brady says he's trying to run around and do everything. Captain Keith informed him he wasn't running around anywhere, he was wondering around in a comatose daze, like a zombie. Captain Keith tells him he will walk out of there with $10,000 in his pocket in four days if he can get the job done. Captain Keith tells him the guys will be patting him on the back. Brady goes back on deck.

The Ramblin' Rose is now pulling pots at Hall Island. Elliott says he'll be more than happy if they pull more than 12 a pot. The first pot comes up one crab. The next pot looks empty. Now Elliott is throwing a clip board or something in the wheel house. The next pot comes up empty as well.

Kado is not happy. He threw the hook and missed. Elliott started giving him a hard time and told Carper to throw the hook. Tim says if he wants to start talking sh-t about that we'll have to start talking about not catching crab.

On the Time Bandit it's Travis's birthday. Captain Johnathan says he is going to go give him his present and you guys come around the back and get him. The guys have red solo cups. Mike Fortner has eggs in his, Captain Andy has cake mix in his. Mike says there is water outside so they are good to go. Travis opens his present. It's an airplane. The guys sneak up behind him and dump the cake mix and eggs on his head. Poor Travis. LOL

Captain Scott needs 25,000 pounds more. There is a green horn on deck, Mahlon Reyes talking about he just wants a chunk of money to take home and right now they aren't seeing it. Mac White says we are ready for battle right now! I love Mac! They pull up a pot with 14 crab. The pots are looking good. Bob Perky bows to Captain Scott. Mike Rowe says Junior called the Bering Sea's bluff. Scott is happy. In nine hours they stuffed the tanks.

The Seabrooke hauled in 280,500 pounds of crab worth 2.1 million dollars. Each deckhand will get $50,000. WOW I didn't think we would ever see someone pull up that many Blue King Crab. I hope Junior didn't tell Elliott where the crab are.

The Wizard is finishing up with the Red King Crab. They are chaining down the pots and heading for Dutch. Brady is missing. He has walked off deck. Captain Keith tells him to go back out. Brady says he was just standing there. Captain Keith tells him he tired of his attitude, he needs to find a way to control it. This isn't video games on moms couch anymore. Back in the wheelhouse Captain Keith says I don't think he respects his fellow crew men, I don't think he respects me and I know unequivocally he has no respect for the Bering Sea. I call that three strikes.

On the Time Bandit. Time to pull the contest strings. Each of the guys are driving as they set and pulled their strings. Scott had 57, Travis 38, Eddie 64, Mike has 64 also. It's a tie. Josh pulls his string, a rainbow appears. He has crab in the pots. Josh wins the bet. He's screaming domination over the hailer. Plus that finishes off the quota of 92,000 pounds worth $828,000. Each deckhand gets $42,000.

Josh goes back on deck bragging just a little too much. The boys direct him back to his bait bin. LOL Scotty is calling him a cheater and telling him he had insider information when the rest of the guys grab Josh and duct tape him to a ladder. Johnathan says that's still not going to shut him up, so they promptly duct tape his mouth. Mike says he wants my signature really bad. He signs the duct tape across Josh's mouth. Captain Andy says that's how we roll. LOL You gotta love these guys!

The Ramblin' Rose crew is eating. Elliott tells the crew don't worry it will get better. Kado says it can't get any worse. Elliott back in the wheelhouse says Kado has crossed the line, he is thinking about getting rid of him. Kado is in the galley saying Elliott is not a good leader. Elliott calls Kado up to the wheel house and asks him if he is sticking around. He says he is checking with everyone. Kado says he is not staying for Christmas. Kado asks if he is going to fire him. Elliott says he is thinking about rotating him out. Now Kado is mad, he leaves the wheelhouse talking about everything he has been through with this guy. Kado says if he is going to fire me over something like that, I'll go home.

Crab Count

Seabrooke 280,000
Wizard 176,100
Northwestern 151,000
Kodiak 126,000
Ramblin' Rose 103,400
Time Bandit 92,100

The Wizard pulls back into Dutch. Captain Keith says Brady has the hit the dock and hit the road look. Captain Keith says don't let him leave he has some paperwork to do. Captain Keith goes to look for the greenhorn who is packing and asks him what he is doing. He says he is going to the airport. Captain Keith tells him given the way you are leaving I'm not giving you a ride to the airport. He isn't even staying to help offload. Freddie says we go through greenhorns like butter, he makes me sick to my stomach. Captain Keith says over the loud speaker on his way off lets give him a round of applause. You guys have seen the first ever come in go out do nothing guy. Lenny says the guy is a loser. Captain Keith says god help me that is not what this generation is all about. The Wizard had 1.4 million dollars worth of crab. $47,000 for each deckhand. They still have 50,000 pounds of blue crab to get now and they are down 2 greenhorns.

Elliott is still fishing, talking about going back on deck to work. He says its about the same amount of money with a lot less headache.

The Time Bandit is approaching it's home port in Homer Alaska. Mike Rowe says it's the first time in four years. I don't think that is right though, at least not according to the marine map. They pay respect to their dad. Andy says they haven't had the boat home in about three years. I could swear they were in Homer last year according to the marine traffic map.

The Northwestern guys are back in Dutch and ready to head home.

The Seabrooke arrives safely back in port. Saying 200,000 pounds is more than anyone has ever caught up there and next year he is going to catch even more.

The Time Bandit is met by Momma Joan and Andy's daughter. Captain Johnathan asks how grandma is doing? Momma Joan says she is waiting for you. Grandma Jo is my hero.

The preview clips show someone stepping on the side of the Time Bandit to jump onto the dock. Their foot slips and they fall between the dock and the boat. It looks like they just miss one of those big metal thingys they tie the boat up too. It's hard to tell who it is that falls in, their face is half covered. I'm thinking maybe Josh. In a previous preview they showed Mike and I think Johnathan in the wheelhouse screaming man over board so I don't think it was one of them. The guys have done a good job of keeping whoever fell overboard a secret that's for sure. There is someone hanging off the side of a boat, someone else appears to have lost a finger tip and Captain Andy is screaming get everybody up here, there's ice everywhere.

Finally a song! "Troubled Sea" Performed by Marc Clayton and the Lazy Suns, written by Marc Clayton and Perry Margouleff.

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Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 7 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Thu, 24 May 2012 02:41:00 +0000

"I Don't Wanna Die"

We start off with a recap of Chris Scambler and Captain Keith making the Coast Guard call again. The Coast Guard is 15 minutes away. Good thing they weren't farther away, Chris isn't looking too good.

The person on the radio asks Captain Keith if they have administered any aid at this time. Captain Keith tells her what they have done. The guys are pouring Gatorade down Chris's throat. It's been 45 minutes. Captain Keith says he needs some bodies on deck real quick.

The USCG helicopter arrives, they put a swimmer on deck to assess the patient. Gary Soper is on deck with Freddie. Gary says he's never been in a medevac rescue like this. Kind of has him nervous. They set the swimmer down on top of the pots.

Captain Keith tells Soper to take the wheel and monitor the helo. The USCG guy goes to Chris, he asks him his name and if he can hear him. Chris responds but I don't know what he said. I'm pretty sure it wasn't Chris or Scambler. The USCG man asks Captain Keith what happened? Captain Keith tells him he literally walked off deck complaining of numbness, tingling and he started convulsing. The USCG man tells Chris they are going to lower a litter and get him to Cold Bay.

They lower the litter and strap Chris Scambler in. They take him up on deck. His hands are still are cramped up like claws. They get on deck and put the litter on the crab table so the helicopter can lift him off. Then Chris informs them he has to pee. Captain Keith, Lenny Lekanoff, and Freddie Maughtai get up on the table, turn the litter sideways and Captain Keith holds Chris's pants open so he can pee. I really can't believe they are showing this on television. LMAO Chris is okay. I can laugh now. Nice steady stream. I'm going to say he's not to dehydrated. Okay so I'm not a big Captain Keith fan but I gotta give props where props are due. The man gets credit for helping the dude to pee and probably getting pee on his shoes. That gets bonus points in my book and he hardly even knows this guy. I sure hope they bleach that table. Ewwww! Boil your crabs for sure people. They might have been on that table.

They load Chris into the helicopter and then the swimmer successfully. Captain Keith goes back to the wheelhouse where Gary Soper is. Everyone is just standing around in shock, I think just trying to figure out what the heck went wrong with Chris. Again, credit to Chris Scambler, he did work until he dropped. Better than a lot of the greenhorns we've seen.

Captain Keith says he doesn't know what to say, he is speechless. What do you do? One minute you are setting gear, the next minute you are in the middle of a major medical emergency. Mike Rowe says the crew is shell shocked. I'd say that about sums it up. Now Captain Keith wonders it he made a mistake keeping someone that was incapable of doing this job, doing this job. There is no question he was a fish out of water. Captain Keith worries they did something wrong or were too tough on him. I don't know. Last week they showed Chris eating a pretty good meal before he went out on deck. I don't think he was seasick from what they showed us. I think he must have had a medical condition he didn't know about. Maybe we will find out eventually. Freddie would like a chance to apologize to him, he says he feels like an ass and feels sick to his stomach.

Captain Keith goes out to tell the guys they did a stellar job during the emergency and that Chris was in good hands. Captain Keith thinks the best thing to do is to start setting gear to get their heads back in the game. Do what they do. They are going to dedicate the first string to Chris.

On the Northwestern, Time Bandit, Seabrooke and Ramblin' Rose. They are listening to a weather report telling them an Artic hurricane is on it's way. Captain Scott, Jr says they are talking about this is the storm of the century. Two storms are colliding creating the most severe hurricane to hit the Bering Sea since 1977. It will blow through the blue crab grounds and then the red.

Most of the fleet is hiding behind St. Matthew's Island. Mike Rowe says retreat is not an option for the Ramblin' Rose. Elliott tells the crew about the weather. They are upgraded from 45 to 70 and 20 footers to 35 footers. That they are actually calling it a hurricane. Elliott tells them the weather man could be wrong, they are still going to haul gear, they have a job to do. He's not going to get much gear hauled if he gets his crew killed. The crew is not happy and knows it's going to be bad. They are not confident that Elliott will worry about their safety. Elliott can hear them on deck. He doesn't seem to be bothered by their comments. I wonder how far the hurricane will move set pots? They pull up a pot with one crab. The waves are getting rather big. Elliott's response. The guys are young they can handle it. Shaking my head and biting my tongue. After six hours of pulling pots with one's and two's. The men say it just isn't worth it. Elliott calls down and tells Kado he doesn't want to hear another word. Someone says this is crazy it doesn't make sense. He's a f'ng idiot. One of the guys says he's going to kill us. He's going to grind us until we fall. I think it was Steiner his friend that said that.

A call comes in from the owner. Elliott tells him they have 15 pots left in the string. The owner tells him to anchor up with the rest of the fleet. Elliott isn't happy. He still doesn't trust the weather report. He says it was blowing 55 yesterday, it went up 5 knots, now it's a big deal. He shuts the crew down. Elliott is pissed off, but it isn't his boat he is putting at risk. Not to mention the crew.

Captain Keith looks at the storm on the radar. He says that's a huge storm. It's covering a 1000 miles and it's heading for Elliott and Captain Scott, Jr. He says if they aren't anchored up behind that island they are crazy. So does Elliott not have the same radar? Can he not see that too? Why doesn't he believe the weather report or the radar. I'm trying really hard here not to call Elliott names.

Captain Sig Hansen is almost finished. He is trying to top off his tanks before the storm hits. He wants a 1000 crab or better. Jake Anderson wants to get home to his fiance and new house. Jake Harris is hoping to get invited back for opies. Jake Harris says he is just trying to sit back and do his job. Captain Sig think Jake is awfully quite. He wonders if he is home sick or what is going on. Captain Sig says it doesn't feel like he is part of the gang yet.

The storm is rolling in as the Northwestern pulls up on their first pot. They pull up the pot it is half full. Nick Mavar says this is a plane ticket right here. Someone yells way to go Hansen! 52 crab in that pot. The next pot is equally as full. They get to the last pot. Edgar has a hook with gloves on it. Two white gloves, one for his dad and one for Captain Phil Harris. A black one for his mother in law that just passed and a green one for Jake Harris because he is still a little green. LMAO Jake Harris says aw come on. He sets the hook on fire. Captain Sig says if you get the pot it's good luck for the next season, if he misses he'll kill him. I always wonder why the fire doesn't burn through the rope and they don't loose the hook. Jake throws the hook and gets the pot.

Captain Sig invites Jake Harris back for Opies.

On the Seabrooke, Captain Scott Campbell, Jr is the last man out fishing. He says he hasn't seen the fleet take cover like this ever. UM Dude you only have one engine. Get out of there! Captain Scott is trying to bring in more crab than anyone else. He wants that legendary status. We want you to have that status alive Captain Scott. I don't like this, get out of there. They pull up a pot with 23. He's still doing way better than Elliott. The next pot has 29. The weather is getting worse. It's blowing 60-70. Junior says it's not gusting, it's just blowing. After six hours Junior is finally forced to quit and go to St. Matthew Island which is 34 miles away. Captain Scott now says we should have left earlier.

Seabrooke 184,450
Northwestern 151,000
Wizard 112,500
Kodiak 104,750
Ramblin' Rose 93,400
Time Bandit 89,500

On the Ramblin' Rose, now anchored behind the island, Elliott is checking the anchor and playing in the wind. He says it blowing 75-80 gusting at 110. He's now glad he's where he is. He says they are a quarter of a mile from the beach and they are taking green water over the bow. Good thing the owner is smarter than he is. One of the guys says he's glad he sent his check home because if they went out they could use the money to bury him with. Now that's just sad that the crew has so little faith in their Captain.

The Seabrooke is still limping to the island with her one engine. Captain Scott says it's like driving 50 mph with a flat front tire. I keep thinking of a photo I saw of the Seabrooke in port listing to one side. It looked pretty bad. Bob Perky said it had something to do with the way the tanks were filled, that it always did that. Well the tanks are full now. So is she listing as well as limping to the island? They are going through the Sarichef Strait. A narrow four mile long channel between St. Matthew and Hall Islands. It's strong currents and reefs are known for shredding boats. Mike Rowe says the violent water around St. Matthews has claimed 7 fishing vessels and 58 lives. Captain Scott cannot even see the Island visibility is so bad. He is relying on his depth finder. Captain Scott says if they loose their engine they will be on the beach so fast it isn't even funny. Mac White says you can hear the wind howling, he hasn't heard howling like that in a while. Captain Scott says it's so turned up right now he's bearly getting a reading on how deep it is. Alarms go off. The depth gauge fails. Scott says it's like shooting in the dark.

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Deadliest Catch Season 8 Episode 6 Recap

noreply@blogger.com (Ohrant) — Thu, 17 May 2012 04:00:00 +0000

"Vital Signs"

Finally I get to watch Deadliest Catch.

A teaser pre show. Captain Keith Colburn is in a room with the new greenhorn Chris Scambler is on the floor. Captain Keith says he needs a pulse and blood pressure immediately. He needs to call the Coast Guard. He asks Chris are you with me? How many fingers am I holding up? He holds up two fingers. Chris says four. It looks like they are in the fore peak and Chris is on the floor. Captain Keith says alright I'm calling the Coast Guard. He runs to the wheel house, picks up the mic takes several deep breaths and calls the Coast Guard.

For those of you who missed the post with the Coast Guard call in November, here it is again. Coast Guard Call

On the Northwestern. Edgar Hansen is on the phone with someone telling them he is sorry, she was like a mom to him too. He has gotten a call from home, his wife just flew back from Norway, she lost her mom.

In the wheel house Captain Sig just needs 30,000 more pounds and they can go home. The pots have been soaking for five and a half days. The guys are all anxious to see what they have in the pots. The first pot comes up with one crab. Nick Mavar says this sucks. The next pot has eight. They pull the next pot and the line snaps out of the block. No one gets hurt. The line almost got Matt Bradley's fingers but Edgar Hansen threw out some extra line and saved Matt's fingers and the empty pot.

They were hoping for a good string to go home, instead it is their worst so far.

Back on the Wizard. Chris Scambler and Grady Quinn are still struggling with the basics. They are pulling up decent pots and setting back. Captain Keith says Grady and Chris have no clue they are only going to move as fast as they are told. Lenny is tired of babysitting.

They pull one pot and the weather picks up. Captain Keith says we are going to start rolling again. He has two kids out there that aren't ready to work in this kind of weather. Captain Keith shuts down the fishing.

The Seabrooke is in St. Paul Harbor for their second off load. Elliott just lost $1000. Woo HOO! Go Captain Scott. There was no doubt in my mind who would win that contest. But Captain Scott isn't in a mood to celebrate, he only has one main engine working still and doesn't know if they can even find parts to fix it. Trying to haul gear with one main is not going to be fun. The good news, Junior just delivered 60,000 pounds worth over $420,000. I guess he'll have money for parts if he can find them. Junior calls his dad (Colonel) to help find parts. His dad tells him some of the parts need to be made at the factory in Germany. Captain Scott is concerned because the weather is getting bad, 45 mph winds in the harbor. He's afraid if they don't get out of there, they will shut the harbor down and he won't be able to leave. I'm not so sure leaving in bad weather with one engine is such a good idea. Captain Scott's out of there. He says he has no choice. If they don't get the rest of their quota the guys go home broke, so they tough it out with one engine. I see Captain Scott is advertising for Bass Pro Shops. I wonder if he's met Jamie McMurray.

Captain Scott's first test, getting out of the harbor. A little tricky with the rocks. If anything happens with the good engine they could end up on the rocks or the beach. They make it. Captain Scott, Jr does not like running with one engine. He says he feels like he is going to school with his pants half down. LOL

On the Ramblin' Rose. The owner wants results now! Lenny the owner has told Elliott Neese to start catching crab or he will send another boat up there to do it. LMAO I love it! Elliott tells the crew they have to pull 6,000 pounds a day for them not to send another boat. So far they have not topped 4,000. Is that Kado eating a Popsicle? I guess he's not cold. LOL. He tells the crew they have to put all the gear together and start turning numbers. UM I'm pretty sure the crew is doing their job. Heck they are even adding in the babies to increase the numbers. Maybe if the captain would find his own crab instead of stealing half of someone else's they would have better results. Elliott says they need to find 15's and 20's but he doesn't think they are going to find it. They pull a pot with five crab. Elliott says they are going back to the old style of fishing. He's going to grind the crew. Needless to say the crew isn't happy. One of them says something is wrong upstairs. Then Steiner catches his leg in the line, Nick yanked him free.

On the Wizard. They have 25 ft seas and are still shut down. Chris is in the galley eating. It doesn't seem like the greenhorns are experiencing any sea sickness. Gary Soper talks about keeping track of the new guys. They are starting to pull pots anyway. They pull a pot, Keith orders the greenhorns to take shelter, he's worried about them being on deck. The crane drops a pot. Brady took the blame for not hooking the pot up correctly. No one was hurt by the falling pot. Captain Keith sends everyone back in the house. He says this is not fishing weather, it is put all the boys in their bunk and hide out weather. Time for a movie!Ya!

Northwestern 123,900
Seabrooke 117,240
Kodiak 93,775
Time Bandit 81,755
Wizard 79,150
Ramblin' Rose 73,200

Finally the Time Bandit! Everyone is tired. Captain Johnathan threw a seal bomb at them. LMAO Someone saw it coming and took off running. Nothing like getting bombed on a fishing boat. Like the pirate days. Where's Errol Flynn? And back to commercial.

What the heck is this? They did that last week with the coffee scene on the Northwestern. One short scene and then back to commercial. Are the Hillstrands and Hansens fighting with Discovery again? I haven't seen anything. What the heck is going on? This is crap!

Back on the Seabrooke. Elliott calls Captain Scott and congratulates him. Elliott tells Scott he'll have a thousand dollars waiting for him. Captain Scott is going to put it towards his $70,000 repair.

They have hurricane warnings but the skies are beautiful right now. They pull up a pot with 9 crab. The wind is showing up early. The wind takes a pot and swings it back overboard. The crew let it go and no one was hurt.

On the Wizard. The weather has calmed down. Mike Rowe says greenhorn school is in full session. Gary Soper says you have to teach them how to make coffee, how to clean up after themselves. The things their parents should have taught them. Lenny says Christopher is doing way better tying knots today. Then Chris runs over and stands next to the pots. He says his right arm has shooting pains going down it, he doesn't know what is going on. He seems to be short of breath. Gary takes him to talk to Keith. They go in the forepeak and Gary starts helping him take his gear off. Freddie goes in the wheel house and Captain Keith starts questioning him about Soper helping Chris off deck. Freddie takes the wheel while Captain Keith goes to see what is going on. Chris says he feels like he is going to pass out. Dang I hope the dude ain't having a heart attack. He lays down on the deck. Captain Keith comes in the door and wants to know what is going on.

Captain Keith tells him you need to talk to me. Tell me what is going on. Chris says his face is numb. He's all tingly. Chris says he's tingly from his head down to his fingers, he's starting to feel it in his tongue. Captain Keith asks him if this has ever happened before? If he's ever had an allergic reaction. Chris says absolutely not. Captain Keith is asking questions trying to figure out what's going on. He says he wants his feet up in case he is going into some kind of shock. He tells him to breathe regularly. Captain Keith says he's got to call the Coast Guard he doesn't know what's going on. He tells Soper to put something under his head and put his feet up. He starts to leave then turns back to Chris and says are you with me? Please tell me, talk to me, tell me how many fingers you see Chris. He holds up two fingers. Chris says four. Captain Keith runs for the wheel house. He tells Freddie he doesn't know what is going on with the kid, he doesn't know if he is having some kind of a seizure or if he is going into shock or what. He doesn't call the Coast Guard. He goes back to Soper and Chris and says give me a status report. Is he the same or worse? He tells Soper I want his rain gear off I want to make sure you monitor his breathing. I want a pulse and blood pressure immediately. Soper starts cutting Chris's rain gear off. Captain Keith is out of breath, he's not sounding too good. Someone says he's dehydrated. Captain Keith says lets get some water in him right away. Someone else hollers no he needs Gatorade. Ya, if he's dehydrated. Captain Keith tries to ask him when the last time he had something to drink was. Chris is out of it.

Captain Keith goes to the wheel house and calls the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman. The guys are down in the forepeak pulling Chris's clothes off and moving him to the kitchen table. Someone says he's cold. They put a pillow under his head and put his feet up then start pouring Gatorade down his throat. Chris' fingers seem to be cramping or something. The crew are taking his blood pressure and pulse, Captain Keith is now calling Com State. He tells them he has a crew member that is showing signs of possibly suffering from dehydration, showing signs of shock, possible convulsions and is barely coherent.

I gotta give Chris credit, he kept working until he dropped. Maybe Monte was on to something.

The show ended there leaving us hanging. And again with no song. Where are Paul Hepker and J Peter Robinson? Come on Discovery, we need some tunes. Pay the boys to write us some. Call Troy Huls or Captain Andy to write us a song. Something! No Time Bandit, no tunes. I'm feeling neglected and abused. I'm not a happy camper.

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