Deadliest Catch

Fierce Allegiance

The series premiere of America’ Toughest Jobs takes the 13 contestants to Dutch Harbor Alaska to work theBering Seas aboard a crab boat, which happens to be the world most dangerous job (ala Deadliest Catch). Many of the contestants are leaving behind jobs sitting behind desks for the grim reality of just how tough this other world can be. Bering Sea crabbers face an almost 100% injury rate as well as grim statistics about the number of lives lost at sea. Freezing cold conditions and long work loads can take their toll on even some of the world’s toughest. After a brief introduction the contestants will be expected to perform all of the various work duties done at sea by a greenhorn or junior deckhand. These include grinding bait, baiting the pots, launching and then after soaking for some time they will need to be hauled back aboard, the crab sorted and then the 800 pound pots will have to be stacked. The four worst performers will return for addition 2 days aboard the boat until the weakest contestant is eliminated.

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Hard to imagine making this kind of money on just a few short weeks, no matter how hard the work is.  But that’s the drawer to put your life on the line as the stakes are extremely high.  But it’s about more than just the money as for many of them it’s in their blood as the only way of life they know.

Time Bandit $1,700,00 Total $52,000 per deckhand
Northwestern $1,600,00 Total $48,000 per deckhand
Cornelia Marie $1,200,000 Total $35,000 per deckhand
Wizard $1,500,000 Total $31,000 per deckhand
North American $349,000 Total $21,000 per deckhand (2 week season)
Early Dawn $523,000 Total $28,000 per deckhand

Here are a few short videos showing some of the gameplay in the upcoming video game, Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm. The title is expected to be released sometime in mid May. From the looks of the videos, the overall graphics don’t look bad. The majority of the game centers on the simulation aspect as players will be able to choose from one of the boats from the series or can use their own custom vessel. They can also choose crew members and decide whether to go for the experienced (and well paid) crew or mix in some greenhorns. Every decision impacts the game. Even the migration pattern of the crabs have been recreated in the game to make it as every bit lifelike as possible.

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The last episode of Deadliest Catch showed Capt. Phil fall asleep in the wheelhouse of the Cornelia Marie. It also showed him ingesting a steady diet of Red Bulls and cigarettes, which added to the stress already involved in the job can’t be good for the human body. His problems have recently been made public being published on the Cornelia Marie’s website.

As the video below will shed some light into upcoming episodes of the show, I won’t go into detail, but will leave it up to you whether or not to watch the interview below. Here’s the excerpt that was posted regarding Capt. Phil….

It appears the word is out… Captain Phil faced a fatal situation this season, but we don’t know when or what episode it will show up on. In fact, he’s still not fully recovered as of today. But, let Captain Phil tell you in his own words what really happened… after the jump is a video from a WGN TV9 interview he did in Chicago with Keith Colburn.

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This was just posted on the F/V Evening Star’s website.

“For all of you fans of Blake and the Maverick, thanks for your support. Its a sad thing that was done to this fine boat and her wonderful crew by the people from Hollywood. I am sorry to tell you that you won’t see them again.

Discovery Channel used to be one of the last bastions of good TV. They had the reputation of carrying programs that were educational and honest but not anymore.”

Here’s some more of the article…

We’ve all been punk’d.

When Original Productions approached Blake about being in season three of DC he told them NO. After the way they treated him in season two, pretending he had quit the Maverick when they knew better, he was not interested. Oh how they begged and pleaded. They promised they would “do him right”, they gave him their word. In our world, a man’s word is his bond, apparently it means nothing in theirs.

The Cornelia Marie, Aleutian Ballad and Maverick are partner boats, they fish together and share information. There are signed agreements enabling them to run each other’s crab gear. The supposed secret conversation between Blake and Phil never happened. To those who don’t know, Phil was on a phone and Blake was on a radio.

The film crew insisted on their own private stateroom on board. They would lock themselves inside and chatter back and forth with their cohorts on the other vessels. It was they who kept the big bet going, constantly telling him he was in the lead. I wonder just how much they influenced the out come.

Contrary to what you were told, Blake worked closely with Capt. Corky of the Aleutian Ballad, and they found the crab on their own. Right from the start. He also knew exactly what he had on for the final delivery and it was the correct amount. We won’t throw the crewman under the bus who was supposed to be watching the scales and keeping track of the totes of crab. He already feels bad enough.

The portrayal of the crew of the Maverick was insulting. These are fine, experienced, hard working young men. Scott has 18 years of experience and Mike has been on the Maverick for three years. While Marvin and Ed are new to the boat, Marvin has worked on the Bering and Ed is a captain out of the Columbia River.

If you believe any of the fabricated drama we have a bridge in Brooklyn and ocean front property in Arizona to sell you.

You won’t see Blake on the Maverick for opilio season due to the fact that he was skippering the Evening Star again for Dungeness crab. The area we chose to fish did not open until mid-January making him unavailable for the Maverick’s delivery dates again.

No drama.

For all of you fans of Blake and the Maverick, thanks for your support. Its a sad thing that was done to this fine boat and her wonderful crew by the people from Hollywood. I am sorry to tell you that you won’t see them again.

Discovery Channel used to be one of the last bastions of good TV. They had the reputation of carrying programs that were educational and honest but not anymore.