Posted in Season 5 on Jun 24th, 2009
On board the Northwestern the exhausted crew is confronted with another serious problem, ice. The string they are about to haul has been covered by the approaching ice flow making it difficult work to find and haul their gear. They need to haul and stack it quickly before the twenty five thousand dollars [...]
Posted in Season 5 on Jun 17th, 2009
Although the fishing has been pretty good, the weather and especially the ice have been wreaking havoc on the boats and their crews. The Wizard returns to try once again to get their season strated this time with Monty left behind. Upon reaching his favorite grounds he realized Sig and the rest of the fleet [...]
Posted in Season 5 on Jun 12th, 2009
Captain Andy decided to go against what the other Captains were doing and head back to the area they call Mr. Magoo where they had great sucess last year. Unfortunately, the crab just aren’t there this year. After pulling up poor catches, the crew decides it would be easier just to [...]
Posted in Season 5 on Jun 11th, 2009
In the final seconds of last weeks show, Monty and the other full shares aboard the Wizard were trying to secure a tarp over the pots in the bow. The plan was keep the freezing spray from sticking to the pots causing the dangerous weight to make the boat unstable. However, [...]
Posted in Season 5 on Jun 5th, 2009
After a warm welcome for returning Captain Phil Harris on the Cornelia Marie it’s back to business as the weather is nothing short of nasty. Captain Sig Hansen finally arrives back on the Northwestern two days later than planned after blizzard like conditions made flying in impossible. In the meantime the pranksters on [...]
Posted in Season 5 on Jun 4th, 2009
Opilio season always is a nail biter as the weather is even more of a factor with the dangerous ice packs and frozen spray, and the 2009 Opilio crab season is certainly fitting that description so far. Right from the beginning, while on a routine fuel run, the Wizard runs into huge problems as [...]