Shawn Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 the red king crab season ended the last episode, tonight is the start of the Opilio crab season. Cant wait. I love this show. Am i the only crazy one but who else would like to try this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I like the show, them boys do see some Nasty weather, however, I think that the show is kind of scripted at times ( but it makes the show ). For example, not to be rude, but -- you don't take a rodeo clown ( last year's show ) and throw him on a boat for the first time in his life and expect him to make it :rolleyes: The "greenhorns" do make the show more interesting :D:D:D I have over 20 years experience working on the ocean, so I'm allowed to pick the show apart :D:D:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Its a great show....watch it all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 alaskahuntress has been there and done that. i've had the opportunity, but never would. those waves would have me chumming the entire time... it is a very good show, with a lot of realism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I tape the show every week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bowhunter56 Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Watcher here also.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I watch the show every week. I agree with Lewis and I was wondering why Muoy the rodeo clown was allowed to come back for another season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c_lou Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 We never miss an episode. Not sure I would be able to do it, those guys are pretty hardcore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I didn't get to see it last night, but usually watch it ALL the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Watch it all the time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 I watch it every week!Opilio season looks tough.I imagine they'll be busting ice off the ships on next weeks show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Yep I watch it all the time........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missed160 Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Love that show. 20 yrs ago I would liked to have tried it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NS whitetail Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 The one that was on last night here, was the show where the greenhorn on the Early Dawn fell asleep on his watch. I will tell you, that happens way too much around here. I know of a few collisions at sea because of that happening and of a few guys who have ran their boats aground because of someone at the wheel sound to sleep while on their way home from a fishing trip I have never fell asleep ( came close many times ), when I get in that state, I get up out of the captains chair and walk around. When you have guys turned in their bunks and your at the wheel, everyone's life's are in your hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 Watch it all the time,dont think I could handle those waves that they had last night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aksheephuntress Posted June 4, 2008 Report Share Posted June 4, 2008 alaskahuntress has been there and done that. i've had the opportunity, but never would. those waves would have me chumming the entire time... it is a very good show, with a lot of realism. .....Yes...Thanks for mentioning that, SteveB.-.... -Yeah, I did my time out there...in the early '90's, before the fisheries instituted the I.F.Q.'s ( Individual Fishing Quotients)...assigned to each F/V , based upon an average of their catch from previous years... -was a controversal change to the crab fishery...but in the long-run, made it somewhat safer... -I always thought, out there, hauling those crab pots out in the Aleutians...that "Somebody should film this!"... -Yeah, we would be on deck ,setting and hauling gear...in up to 20' seas- The F/V Handler...a 125' crabber, with 5 crew and a skipper..was one of the most successful boats out of Kodiak.....We fished with those same boats, that are on this show...-You mention The Handler to those guys..and they would tell you of Her legend...(She is out of Seattle, now...)-the sister ship is the Alicia Jean. The Handler, at that time, was owned by a Marine...on Her starboard side, under the wheelhouse window, were the the words.."The only easy day was Yesterday"... -We had 6x6 pots we single-set, and also 140 lb Dungie pots that we longlined...I fished the (brown)King Crab seasons, from Feb-end of April...then, I would do the herring roe openers, on a different boat(salmon...changed over to a herring seine...)- in Togiak (near Dillingham). -My first year commercial fishing, it was during salmon...in South East Alaska...before I even went to Kodiak, and got into crabbing...I was one of just a few women who held a crewshare position on a crabber...they liked it, too, because I was an EMT, and I could weld.... -I have watched this show, whenever I manage to catch it, when it's on...-I watched with great sadness, the loss ...and footage of the rescue attempt..of the crew of the Big Valley....:(I knew Gary, and his wife(a school teacher there in Kodiak)...and my last year fishing , I helped sand and re-paint the Big Valley. -Lewis is so right about the dangers of falling asleep while on wheel watch...sometimes the combo of severe lack of sleep, and the mesmerizing lifting and falling of the bow, riding the waves, lulls you into a fight to keep sleep at bay- -Ironically...South East Alaska was a lot more tretcherous during wheel watches, than out in the Bering ...lot of stuff to watch out for... -I think the show is really cool...glad they are portraying this..and the lobster fishing show they have on TV, too, from the Atlantic... -I am a little miffed at how they picked those particular boats, though... I knew them and the skippers, and I know of a few others, currently, in Kodiak that would be a lot better to depict in the show...(for various reasons...)- -Sometimes I miss crabbing...-and sometimes I am so glad to never go out on the water again- ...a love/hate thing, I guess... -I know for one thing, I'll never forget my clove hitch, sheetbend, or bowline....and feeling anything brush against my feet will make me jump like a cat, and get out of the way of that line- -Great show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowslinger Posted June 5, 2008 Report Share Posted June 5, 2008 i love that show but cant watch it here i have too many trees around me so i cant get a dish to work oh well end of the month i'll be moving than i'll get to watch all the reruns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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