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05-17-2006, 12:00 PM
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Re: Discovery Channel: \"Deadliest Catch\"
I spent a summer in Alaska and lived with a friend who had spent a few summers fishing King Salmon. The stories he has are unreal...people will be out at sea for around a month at a time. Depending on how market and their luck is, they'll make between 1K and 15K just as a regular fisherman, not the captain. A lot of the bars in Homer (the town I was in) have bells where fisherman will come back from their trip, and flush with cash, ring the bell, signalling that they're paying for everyone's drinks that night. My friend didn't know anyone personally that died, but was on a boat when someone broke their leg two weeks into the trip, and rather than going back to a hospital, they set it and kept fishing since the six person crew was making about 5k/day at the point. I've heard stories about people getting rescued by the Coast Guard, and essentially, that show is the truth.
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05-17-2006, 12:09 PM
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Re: Discovery Channel: \"Deadliest Catch\"
I can't remember the exact numbers, but on season one of the series, didn't the boat that made the most money make 500k for the captain/owner, and each of the crew made 25k? All of that for what, five days?
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05-17-2006, 01:13 PM
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Re: Discovery Channel: \"Deadliest Catch\"
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I can't remember the exact numbers, but on season one of the series, didn't the boat that made the most money make 500k for the captain/owner, and each of the crew made 25k? All of that for what, five days? [/ QUOTE ] That sounds about right for the top boat, but I'm pretty sure they were out there fishing for weeks. The King Crab boats are normally out to sea for close to a month, so those guys do earn their money.
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05-17-2006, 01:15 PM
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Re: Discovery Channel: \"Deadliest Catch\"
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[ QUOTE ] I can't remember the exact numbers, but on season one of the series, didn't the boat that made the most money make 500k for the captain/owner, and each of the crew made 25k? All of that for what, five days? [/ QUOTE ] That sounds about right for the top boat, but I'm pretty sure they were out there fishing for weeks. The King Crab boats are normally out to sea for close to a month, so those guys do earn their money. [/ QUOTE ] I had friends that worked swordfish boats back when I was a commercial fisherman. As I recall, the season was like three months and they made around $150k.
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05-17-2006, 01:53 PM
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Re: Discovery Channel: \"Deadliest Catch\"
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This was on while I was surfing the net one day and now I'm hooked. It's just amazing the conditions these guys work in. No wonder crab legs are so expensive. [/ QUOTE ] [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] this show. My fiancee and I are, er, hooked.
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#19
05-17-2006, 02:04 PM
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Re: Discovery Channel: \"Deadliest Catch\"
Great show! Didn't one episode show them doing the food shopping and it was like $3,000. to stock the boat?
Some of those waves are just plain scary ....! 24 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]s
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#20
05-17-2006, 02:10 PM
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Re: Discovery Channel: \"Deadliest Catch\"
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] I can't remember the exact numbers, but on season one of the series, didn't the boat that made the most money make 500k for the captain/owner, and each of the crew made 25k? All of that for what, five days? [/ QUOTE ] That sounds about right for the top boat, but I'm pretty sure they were out there fishing for weeks. The King Crab boats are normally out to sea for close to a month, so those guys do earn their money. [/ QUOTE ] I had friends that worked swordfish boats back when I was a commercial fisherman. As I recall, the season was like three months and they made around $150k. [/ QUOTE ] Is that 150K each or per boat?
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