Deadliest Catch

[mrfish1991]

Hey guys, back to Murray for a second. I believe a few episodes ago he explained why he was leaving the ship. He kept telling his daughter "just one more season/year" and he did that a couple years in a row. He finally felt that it was time to leave and have time with his daughter.

I believe it went something like that anyway

[mrklean]

That was Lenny from the wizard that said that, he stopped after king season went to the wheel house and told keith

[walleyes12]

Yep, that was Lenny from the Wizard, he was a solid deck hand!

[Sandmannd]

I wonder what they would say if I brought a pod into Cub or Rainbow or Sam's.

That that would be hilarious Gary. Let me know if you do that, I would love to be there.

[Sandmannd]

I thougth Murray did say something to the affect that he kept promising to quit crabbing. I could be wrong though.

[Pickelfarmer]

Looks like tonights show is going to be a good one. Lots of Ice and it looks like Phil is going to run into a problem with his holding tanks..

[Watson]

You should turn on Discovery now they have the captains on the cash cab.

[Pickelfarmer]

Yeah I just caught the tail end of that. Looked like Andy Hilstrand might have had a few cocktails before he got in the cab . Cool to see they gave all the money they won away.

By the way. Good to see you on here Watson.. want to buy a chainsaw??

[bassNspear]

this is such a great show. There getting out of control right now with the ice. Andy might have had a few drinks, but that boat always seems to find there stuff.

[Pickelfarmer]

Very cool show last night. I can't beleave there was nobody out counting the crab when the Time Bandit off loaded. If I went to all that trouble to catch the dang things I sure would make sure I got paid for the right amount.

Did anyone happen to see the "After the catch" show that came on after DC? Pretty cool to see those guys just sit around and talk about what you don't see on the show.

[solbes]

I watched the show too last night. Andy was pretty PO'd at his crew, but honestly it should have been his job to make sure someone did it. It was everyone's job so no one did it. His brother was just livid, you could tell.

Is captain Phil's crew going to need a rescue? They must've either gotten stuck in the ice, or had other troubles. Even as much money is on the table, I can't imagine fishing that close to the ice pack. Seems like a death wish to me.

[evinrude19]

Is captain Phil's crew going to need a rescue? They must've either gotten stuck in the ice, or had other troubles.

could be Phil's heart condition coming back again? i hope not though that guy needs a good luck streak. he goes through to much stuff like all the repairs he did to his boat right at the start of the season. and now he has the cracked water pump thing for the holding tank. Come on Phil!!!

[crothmeier]

i think they got froze in. the quick flashed the cornelia marie in a sea of white, then the chopper heading out.

[federline]

Totally addicted to this show since the first episode. Reminds me of so many things I like... never ending hay baling, a lot like crabbing; yummy pile of snow crab; childhood in Maryland with Chesapeake blue crabs (smaller scale, many same principles), crabs were a big part of the culture there, too; just being on a boat for an adventure like most of my fishing outings. :-) Also like the staying up for days at a shot, sleep deprivation is fun sometimes - sometimes. :-)

Also love Ice Road Truckers, having come from multiple generations of truckers, having my own commercial license, and living many weekends out on the ice in winter...

Also like the looks of Swamp Loggers, another occupational slogfest reality show; have in-laws in the swamps of eastern NC where the logging is done...

They need to make one of these for farming, I swear. Isn't farming still one of the hairiest jobs for injury? Remember say 20 years ago, the documentary of the wheat combine crews who went all over during harvest pulling fields?

[Sandmannd]

Hopefully Phil's kid didn't get them in trouble.

Yea it should have been Andy's job to make sure someone was counting the crab.

What do you guys think of the Wizard, not sure how they are going to end up this year.

[bschmitty83]

I'm not sure how the Wizard will end up. I think Keith lost his edge a little after their accident. Of course it could be the show's producers just milking the drama for ratings, but on the last show he seemed very nervous out there with the bad weather coming in. In the end they'll probably come in with their full load of crab, just a few days later than the rest of the boats. Kind of like the King Crab season and the Cornelia Marie.

[Wanderer]

We went to the Grand Buffet at the Mille Lacs Casino Friday night. They have Snow Crab and Baradia Crab. It was a good time for a taste test to see the difference.

But I tell ya, the shameless way some people were shoveling that crab onto their plates - man you'd have thought they off loaded one of the boats right there to keep up.

[Pickelfarmer]

yeah some of the people at these things go wild. I'm sure thats why Crab is so darn expencive. Keeps old Phil and the boys in business..

[bschmitty83]

I don't know if anyone else saw this. It's not related to a fishing vessel, but thought I'd post this story about the USCG rescuing two guys in a 15' skiff off the Aleutian Islands.

6/23/09

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Rod Whitehead had doubts of seeing his five children again as he marked 52 hours adrift in an open skiff in the northern Pacific on Father's Day.

But that afternoon, as hypothermia and dehydration threatened, Whitehead and deckhand Bill Osterback spotted a basket and a swimmer breaking through the heavy Aleutians Islands fog as they were lowered from a Coast Guard helicopter.

"I don't know how much longer we could have made it in the skiff. We were just so cold," Whitehead, 50, said Monday from his home in Adak. "It was pretty much a miracle that they found us."

Whitehead and his 50-foot fishing boat, the Larisa M., had been hired by a Bureau of Land Management survey crew. For five years, he has escorted BLM survey crews to ancient island village sites where 25,000 Aleuts once lived.

Whitehead spent Friday moving the crew from cove to cove along uninhabited Amatignak Island, the southernmost point in Alaska. The closest port is Adak, about 120 miles to the northeast and 1,300 miles southwest of Anchorage.

Osterback, 35, joined him on his last trip, to pick up the survey crew and their gear.

"We were just trying to get everything done, and we made a mistake and we paid for it," Whitehead said.

As they motored through howling winds and 12-foot waves toward the island, their 15-foot skiff hit a rock and the motor died.

The wind pushed the powerless skiff toward a shallow reef, battered by 20-foot waves.

"We knew it would kill us if we went in there," Whitehead said.

They managed to row the unwieldy boat around the rocks. In his last radio message to the surveyors, he said someone would need to get to the Larisa M. and radio for help.

"I was concerned it would take quite a few days before people noticed we were in a bad situation," he said.

As darkness fell, they kept rowing toward shore, then reversing course in the heavy surf. They rowed for 15 hours, until at 6 a.m. Saturday, when they could no longer see the island.

Whitehead believed the BLM crew would be able to cobble something together to reach his fishing boat. "They're a pretty resourceful group," he said.

The surveyors fashioned a raft out of flotsam: boards placed on buoys and held together with fishing net.

With makeshift paddles, they reached the Larisa M at 10:30 p.m. Saturday and called the Coast Guard, which launched a search from Kodiak Island.

But time was running out for Whitehead and Osterback. Their rain gear was soaked by waves splashing over the bow. For provisions, they had one pint bottle of water and one energy bar. They ate half of the bar Friday and the remainder on Saturday, along with a few sips of water.

By Sunday, the wind had died down but another hazard had set in: fog.

Whitehead remained calm, but wondered whether he would ever again see his children, who range in age from 7 to 19.

"What are the odds of them actually finding you with the fog coming through?" he said.

Furthermore, he could no longer feel his feet when he stood up, his hands were numb and he shivered continuously. The temperature hovered around 40 degrees, the National Weather Service reported.

"There's nobody out there to help you, you know? You don't see people out here, no other boats. You're kind of on your own," he said.

Early Sunday afternoon, they heard "little plane noises" through the fog. A Coast Guard C-130 Hercules soon spotted them and dropped a radio, a satellite beacon and three bottles of water. In a second pass, the airplane dropped survival suits and food.

Coast Guard spokeswoman Sara Francis said the skiff was found 14 miles south of Amchitka Island. The boat had drifted at least 75 miles west, crossing 50-mile wide Amchitka Pass.

Five hours later, with the C-130 still circling overhead, the helicopter showed up. The crew could not see the tiny boat but honed in with radio directional, as Whitehead slowly counted down over the radio.

The rescue swimmer ushered the men, now wearing survival suits, into the water and the rescue basket.

The helicopter reached Adak Sunday night. Whitehead and Osterback were treated for dehydration.

Whitehead credits both the Coast Guard rescuers and the BLM crew for saving their lives.

"They're tough guys and the only reason the Coast Guard came is because they built that raft," he said.

[Sandmannd]

Amazing story, I couldn't imagine going through anything like that.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

Last nights was good- Phil blowing his motor saw that coming and before his mechanic even got there I was thinking the same thing, didn't this guy just have his engines rebuilt? I'm with Phil somewhat that if he is paying this guy to fix his engine why does it keep breaking? But he was part to blame IMO for pushing them thru the ice.

Capt Sig- so did he have a heart attack? Nothing more about him after his chest pain and he looked fine on after the catch.

Capt Keith has definately lost his edge but he got in on some crab in the calm seas at least

[Sandmannd]

Yea, you can't totally blame the mechanic when you are abusing the motor like that. But man, it's pricy to fix and I could see why he gets upset. They really played up his call to the coast guard and then he was just asking them what the ice was like. I was glad it wasn't anything major, but there was no reason for Discovery to play it up like that.

Not sure what Sig had, I tend to think it's Anxioty most likely with all his gear inside the ice pack. Stress does wicked things to you especially with no sleep added to it.

[bschmitty83]

I agree you can't blame the mechanic. Yeah it would be frustrating as heck to keep paying for repairs, but how can the mechanic predict what will break. Now if he was paid to go through the entire engine(s) and fix parts that were worn out and he didn't do that, then it's a different story. Just my two cents, but if I take my car into the shop to get the radiator fixed and next week the fuel pump goes out, I can't really get mad at the mechanic.

I would bet Sig was having an anxiety attack. That or maybe severe heartburn. You gotta think that if it was a huge concern he'd have told his crew. I think all the cigs, coffee, and lack of sleep finally caught up to him.

[Pickelfarmer]

Crab Farts!!! Phil was on his game last night. WOW. what a show. These guys have really got me hooked. great show last night I think.

[broken_line]

maby he got some really bad cramps!