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anyone addicted to the the Deadiest Catch?

Hey EM, can't sleep, and fishing does nothing for my dopamine elevation, nor am I pacified by it... but I think you are cool.
 
why do they call deadliest catch. what is so deadly about fishing?
 
Didn't saladfork do this? AAP...I think the conditions/weather make it dangerous, if I remember correctly from a previous post of SF's....or someone here.
 
eddymerckx said:
i even watch the reruns....but all they do is fish for crab?????
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I LOVE that show. That is one of the few shows that I miss now that I don't get cable.
 
I mean really, what kind of lame-o dies from fishing? Crab fishing at that. I know some people that died from crabs once their spouse caught them, but let's be real.

When I see the title Deadliest Catch, all I think about is my ex-BF that I narrowly escaped from.
 
AAP said:
I mean really, what kind of lame-o dies from fishing? Crab fishing at that. I know some people that died from crabs once their spouse caught them, but let's be real.

When I see the title Deadliest Catch, all I think about is my ex-BF that I narrowly escaped from.
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They are crab fishing when the water and weather is the roughest
 
salad fork worked on the farwest leader (one of the boats on the tv show). . .big balls work. . .not for the faint of heart. . .or stomach :sick:
 
I love that show. My favorite boat is from Seattle... gotta cheer on the home team. :)
 
I find it interesting, but it seems to be redundant after a while.
 
*The_West* said:
would any of you guys do that for a job? i dont think i could handle it! im not very good with the cold
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I did it for a year, was crazy shit. Do a post search under my name for F/V FarWest Leader... I posted a few stories. All the boats on the Discovery show are Trident Seafood boats, same company I worked for. I was on the FarWest Leader 12 years ago.
 
dirty~d~ said:
I love that show. My favorite boat is from Seattle... gotta cheer on the home team. :)
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Northwestern... Funny those two guys are still alive (Ice heads), I watched happy gilmore on that boat one day.
 
SaladFork said:
I did it for a year, was crazy shit. Do a post search under my name for F/V FarWest Leader... I posted a few stories. All the boats on the Discovery show are Trident Seafood boats, same company I worked for. I was on the FarWest Leader 12 years ago.
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posts on here? im not sure what you mean, i couldnt find any. i want to read some though!
 
SaladFork said:
http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/chat-conversation/plans-weekend-595232-8.html

I said 12 years ago, and 10 in that thread... It was actually 11 lol, I was 23 and i'm 34 now. :)

Please don't hate me for that shit lol
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oh my gawd, that sounds insane! i mean, i like to think of myself as pretty tough but there is no way i could handle that. i dont like the cold, and my fingers stop working long before anyone starts feeling the cold.
i bet that job sorts the men from the boys!
nah i couldnt handle getting up that early every single day, feeling sick as a dog, puking everywhere, being pissed wet through every second while working, smelling like shit all the time, stupid high waves, cages crashing about, mearly dying 2.5 times a day. lol, mucho respect to you, but i think id rather stick to watching it on tv.
 
*The_West* said:
oh my gawd, that sounds insane! i mean, i like to think of myself as pretty tough but there is no way i could handle that. i dont like the cold, and my fingers stop working long before anyone starts feeling the cold.
i bet that job sorts the men from the boys!
nah i couldnt handle getting up that early every single day, feeling sick as a dog, puking everywhere, being pissed wet through every second while working, smelling like shit all the time, stupid high waves, cages crashing about, mearly dying 2.5 times a day. lol, mucho respect to you, but i think id rather stick to watching it on tv.
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You would be surprised... I grew up in the Cascades so cold and wet was the norm for me. It's all about good gear and prep so you don't get that wet or cold. Hands never got to cold but trying to open them after a few hours of sleep was interesting... Ibuprofen 800's become your friend. Takes a few weeks but you get passed the smell nonstop fish stink. You have eyes in the back of your head while on deck constantly watching for waves. First time I got into big water and walked out on deck I felt SOOO exposed. Being in the troff of a 50 ft wave is an amazing feeling while pots are swinging over head and all you hear is big diesel engines roaring. You get a scene of how small you really are.

It was exciting, I will never be able to do something like that again (not that I really want to). But I always tell anyone if they have a chance try it, it will change your perspective I know it did mine. It taught me a lot about hard work, compromise and sacrifice.
 
i was just being a bit dramatic. if someone offered me to try it i would have a go, i will officially try anything once. its the kind of job you cant even really imagine without trying it, i guess once you got used to the shitty things it would be an experience to remember, and i also guess the bonds you would form with people, way away from civilisation, working together day and night, watching eachothers back and working together through dangerous conditions others will never experience, would be pretty strong. you ever talk to any of the guys you were on the trawler with?
 
SaladFork said:
You would be surprised... I grew up in the Cascades so cold and wet was the norm for me. It's all about good gear and prep so you don't get that wet or cold. Hands never got to cold but trying to open them after a few hours of sleep was interesting... Ibuprofen 800's become your friend. Takes a few weeks but you get passed the smell nonstop fish stink. You have eyes in the back of your head while on deck constantly watching for waves. First time I got into big water and walked out on deck I felt SOOO exposed. Being in the troff of a 50 ft wave is an amazing feeling while pots are swinging over head and all you hear is big diesel engines roaring. You get a scene of how small you really are.

It was exciting, I will never be able to do something like that again (not that I really want to). But I always tell anyone if they have a chance try it, it will change your perspective I know it did mine. It taught me a lot about hard work, compromise and sacrifice.
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they make insane amounts of money pretty damned fast, though. I could see the draw of it.
 
heatherrae said:
they make insane amounts of money pretty damned fast, though. I could see the draw of it.
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I call it 'The never ending vicious cycle of failure.' and almost all the guys who keep going back up to fish have habits that require them to sober up for a season and make back the money they blew while on a three month bender.

*The_West* said:
oh my gawd, that sounds insane! i mean, i like to think of myself as pretty tough but there is no way i could handle that. i dont like the cold, and my fingers stop working long before anyone starts feeling the cold.
i bet that job sorts the men from the boys!
nah i couldnt handle getting up that early every single day, feeling sick as a dog, puking everywhere, being pissed wet through every second while working, smelling like shit all the time, stupid high waves, cages crashing about, mearly dying 2.5 times a day. lol, mucho respect to you, but i think id rather stick to watching it on tv.
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I don't talk to anyone I was up there with. You do become close to them in some ways. But 90% of them are scumbags and outside of a work environment I wouldn't hang with them.

And it was a schooner, not a trawler :p
 
SaladFork said:
I don't talk to anyone I was up there with. You do become close to them in some ways. But 90% of them are scumbags and outside of a work environment I wouldn't hang with them.

And it was a schooner, not a trawler :p
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i bet. well, its not the kind of job that checks your criminal history is it? i guess they are the kind of people who wouldnt be able to keep normal jobs working with normal people?
whats the difference between a schooner and a trawler?
 
*The_West* said:
i bet. well, its not the kind of job that checks your criminal history is it? i guess they are the kind of people who wouldnt be able to keep normal jobs working with normal people?
whats the difference between a schooner and a trawler?
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No background checks when I did it, I did take a piss test though and passed. It's just a really different way of life, when you are up there all you have it what you can fly in, which is one big military style duffle bag. You live out of that for months. I think people get used to that way of living, its very simple but not every rewarding. We did a lot of drinking and it was hard to get booze. You could only get it in Dutch harbor and we hardly went there. I bought a bottle off a Russian guy who was offloading their tramper in akutan (check this place out it was a trip - http://home.gci.net/~daeubank/Akutan/), cost me 100 bux US. Lots of down time between seasons, I stayed up there and did not go home. I worked on boat repairs, fixing crab pots and learning about hydraulics.

Schooner has a house in front and in back, back is the wheel house. And the deck area is in the middle where you work, generally the safest since you have three sides of protection. Trawlers have the wheel house in front and long poles on the side that drag squid or herring bait to catch fish. Then the drag boats, which have the wheel house in the front and long body which they drop a tube sock style net and rape the fuck out of the ocean.

:)
 
that akutan place has some pretty breath taking scenery, huh?
lol, im sure you needed to do a lot of drinking, you couldnt do a job like that and just sit around being sober when you had some hours to relax.
 
*The_West* said:
that akutan place has some pretty breath taking scenery, huh?
lol, im sure you needed to do a lot of drinking, you couldnt do a job like that and just sit around being sober when you had some hours to relax.
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It was all tundra which was fun to hike up and roll down. It's like a big moss mattress lol. It was very nice up there, I did spend part of the summertime there cod fishing. The town had one car which was used to haul workers from the airport to the plant during season. The airport was sea plane access only and that picture is of the goose which was the only plane that flew there. Very small maybe 100 people lives there year round and they are all really mean Native Americans.
 
SaladFork said:
It was all tundra which was fun to hike up and roll down. It's like a big moss mattress lol. It was very nice up there, I did spend part of the summertime there cod fishing. The town had one car which was used to haul workers from the airport to the plant during season. The airport was sea plane access only and that picture is of the goose which was the only plane that flew there. Very small maybe 100 people lives there year round and they are all really mean Native Americans.
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one car lol. its hard to imagine places like this exist living where i do. i need to spread my wings and travel more. are the native americans really mean?
 
*The_West* said:
one car lol. its hard to imagine places like this exist living where i do. i need to spread my wings and travel more. are the native americans really mean?
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Yeah it was a shock for me also, 3rd world up in those parts. Yea they are mean and will shank you over a bottle of Jack Daniels.
 
SaladFork said:
Yeah it was a shock for me also, 3rd world up in those parts. Yea they are mean and will shank you over a bottle of Jack Daniels.
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thats a weird one for me to get my head round-it looks so beautiful. when i think of a 3rd world country i think of a sandy shit hole. fuckin hell, that is pretty mean!
 
*The_West* said:
thats a weird one for me to get my head round-it looks so beautiful. when i think of a 3rd world country i think of a sandy shit hole. fuckin hell, that is pretty mean!
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That place would be gone if it wasn't for Trident having a plant on the same island. There has to be some type of agreement with the natives out there leasing the land. Just don't see how you could sustain otherwise.
 
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