Deadliest Catch

By John Scott Lewinski Nothing says "holiday season" like tornadoes, ghosts and animal dung. So, Discovery Channel is running marathons of their reality shows to make the yuletide season gay. Nov. 28: Dirty Jobs - 10 a.m. - 3 a.m. Dec. 26: Deadliest Catch - 9 a.m. - 3 a.m.

By Robert Seidman via press release: DISCOVERY CHANNEL CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS WITH ALL-DAY MARATHON LINEUPS (Silver Spring, MD) – This holiday season, Discovery Channel has lined up all-day marathons of hit series MYTHBUSTERS, DEADLIEST CATCH, DIRTY JOBS, STORM CHASERS and GHOST LAB.  On November 2...

In preparation for the next season of Deadliest Catch (Yes, there is a light ahead in the tunnel), four memebers of the production and film team recently received training from the U.S. Coast Guard. The training was designed to hopefully keep the crew safe while working in the harsh Bering se...

Phil Harris, captain of the Cornelia Marie, will seek applicants Saturday at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for a crew to go out on his next Alaskan king crab fishing excursion in the Bering Sear.

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Two Manatee County companies have landed a pretty big catch. Trinity Design Group has designed the label for a new drink mix marketed by the two co-captains on the Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch". The captains were there this morning to watch the presses run on the first 35,000 label...

 CA The June 2 at 9PM ET/PT episode of DEADLIEST CATCH is the start of the Opelio crab fishing season and the stakes are higher than ever, with some of the most dangerous weather conditions the boats have ever faced.

By Betty Chu Well, what else can you look forward to this April?  Wait 'til you meet the newest addition to the fleet: the crew of the Lisa Marie fishing vessel. Capt. Wade Henley leads his crew of five aboard this lovely lady.  With a capacity of only 55 pots, she's the smallest boat fishing in the fleet this...

By Robin Bennefield King crab season has begun! October 15 is the official start of this year's season. The Northwestern, Time Bandit, Cornelia Marie and the Wizard are docked, stocked and ready to roll from Dutch Harbor for the fifth television season of... King crab season has begun! October 15 is the official...

 United States By MATTHEW B. CRAWFORD The television show “Deadliest Catch” depicts commercial crab fishermen in the Bering Sea. Another, “Dirty Jobs,” shows all kinds of grueling work; one episode featured a guy who inseminates turkeys for a living. ...

A group of crab fishermen has brought the Sea Star, an old crab boat featured on the Discovery Channel show, to Seattle's fishermen's harbor, put ... www.npr.org

 WA Opponents of the proposed Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska have recruited the skipper of a high-profile crab boat for their campaign against the development. Sig Hansen has a recurring role in the "Deadliest Catch" cable TV reality show. ...

 United States Opponents of the proposed Pebble Mine in southwest Alaska have recruited the skipper of a high-profile crab boat for their campaign against the development. Sig Hansen has a recurring role in the "Deadliest Catch" cable TV reality show. ...

By Geeky Swedes reader Rob Senita attended Saturday's sold-out Deadliest Catch fan convention in Seattle featuring Ballard's most famous fishermen. Rob filed this report from "CatchCon" below... One of the hottest tickets in town today was not the Mariners or Sounders, but CatchCon. Discovery Channel p...

 MO Season 5 of Discovery Channel’s top-rated reality series “Deadliest Catch” began last night. The show follows several crab boats and their crews as they embark on one of the most dangerous occupations around. It’s not unlike checking up with old ...

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 MO Deadliest Catch" season-opener, 8 pm, Discovery Channel. "Alaska Week" brings back this reality show, finding the captains in crisis. Some must make up for expensive ship renovations; two are awaiting medical news that could sideline them for this ...

Watch just one episode of Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" and you may change your mind. The crab fishermen on "Deadliest Catch" risk their lives daily out on the treacherous seas off the coast of Alaska, and viewers get to settle into their warm ...

Capt. Rick Fehst gives a lesson on prospecting for the biggest and best crab of the pack. dsc.discovery.com

By Healthy Shana DEADLIEST CATCH when the 2008 King crab season opens. All eyes points to 53° 52’ North / 166° 31’ West: Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Captains Sig Hansen (Northwestern), Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand (Time Bandit), Phil Harris (Cornelia Marie) and Keith Colburn (Wizard) are all back for another...

 WA Hansen, appearing with Captain Keith Colburn to promote the new season of "The Deadliest Catch," said he would "absolutely not" tell his crew about what happened with the Katmai, which sank while film crews were shooting aboard his boat, ...

Even the lowest of positions on a crab boat is a valuable one. The Early Dawn's greenhorn works hard and is ready to pick up anyone's slack. dsc.discovery.com

By Robin Bennefield All the boats have left the docks with captains and crew aboard, in the hunt for their biggest pots yet. But who’s left behind? What happens in Dutch Harbor when the crab boats are away? Well, it seems the Unalaskans... All the boats have left the docks with captains and crew aboard, in the hunt fo...

 CA Now in its fifth season, the series is as fresh and compelling as the very first show we created," said John Ford, President and General Manager, Discovery Channel. DEADLIEST CATCH is produced for Discovery Channel by Original Productions. ...

 Canada It's a recipe for good programming by the Discovery Channel, which has also highlighted other dangerous jobs through successful documentary series in recent years, including The Deadliest Catch and Ice Road Truckers. ...

By opilia Wilkins’ father, Dan, said his son inquired about the career after seeing the TV show “Deadliest Catch,” which features the exploits of similar fishing boats doing the dangerous work. After making his own way to Seattle, the company flew Wilkins to Anchorage and then to the port of Dutch H...

By Robin Bennefield One of the adventurous producers and cinematographers Beers describes returns to share his behind-the-scenes insights. Look out for Doug Stanley???s production diary on our site with the return of the new season of Deadliest Catch on April 15.

By Robin Bennefield The first season of Deadliest Catch premiered April 12, 2005, but the story of how Deadliest Catch began starts in 1998, when Thom Beers, creator and executive producer of the series, stepped aboard the F/V Fierce Allegiance. It was an...

By opilia The October 15th Bristol Bay Red King Crab season is about to kick off and most fishing vessels are well on their way or already in Dutch Harbor preparing for their grueling work.  The “talk on the dock”–according to a Seattle, WA insider– is that Original Productions has many new cameramen...

After months and months of delay the game is due to be released tomorrow. You can order your copy of Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm Here… Heard enough? Click below to buy and download Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm… The game was inspired by Sig, Edgar and Norman Hansen — three brothers who have made their living crab fishing on the Bering Sea aboard their family’s fishing vessel, the Northwestern. The Hansen brothers started game development with Liquid Dragon Studios in October 2005. With waves over 40 feet high, Deadliest Catch Alaskan Storm features the best wave effects in a video game to date. In the words of Capt. Sig Hansen, “It may not be life or death, but chills went up my spine the first time I saw Northwestern sink in the game.”   [read the full post]

Here is a snippet from Discovery Channel’s live chat transcript with Capt. Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie…. slushie000: What’s the rest of your family like? Phil Harris: Well, there’s only my two boys, my dad and myself. I think everybody knows what my kids are like. And then my dad, He’s kind of the rock of all of us. Here is a snippet from Discovery Channel’s live chat transcript with Capt. Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie…. Discovery: Welcome to our weekly Deadliest Catch chat series. Tonight’s guest is Capt. Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie. How’s he doing these days? Find out, and see what he thinks about life at sea with his sons, [...]   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Lisa Knight) We've been watching reruns of the "Deadliest Catch" on the internet. Makes me want to eat crab! CRAB MEAT AU GRATIN 1 lb. crab meat 1 c. grated Cheddar cheese 5 tbsp. butter 3 tbsp. flour 1 c. milk 1 c. chicken bouillon ...

By opilia Discovery held a livechat interview with Josh Harris of the F/V Cornelia Marie a few weeks ago and Josh shared some of his thoughts on ‘Deadliest Catch’, fishing, and his dad–Capt Phil!  It’s not exactly a new chat, but it’s new for Deadliest Reports! Josh Harris: What up?

The Extras in Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm are some of the best surprises in the game, especially if you are a fan of the show. Literally dozens of videos become unlocked as you complete missions and progress further into the game. ...

By opilia Andy Hillstrand, co-captain of the F/V Time Bandit, was gracious enough to take some time out of his very busy schedule to answer a few questions for WagNBrag.com. Hillstrand explains what it’s like to go from pulling up king crabs in the Bering Sea to training a horse in the Heartland of Amer...

For the North American the season is finally winding down, and by all means has been a successful return into fishing after the boat’s three year hiatus.  Not nearly as successful as the crew had been hoping for, was the greenhorn nicknamed D-BO, who Captain Sten gracefully has to explain that he just wasn’t fit for crab fishing.  Regardless, there is no shame as D-Bo is well aware he was able to at least in part hold his own out on the Bering Sea.  While returning back to St. Paul to offload they also pause to reflect on the life of the brother of greenhorn Davin Nes, who was killed as the season started.  Jeff Nes had fallen from a stack of crab pots stacked four high on the deck of the Sea Warrior and perished.   Davin and his other brother Jonathan had flo...   [read the full post]

By Steve Kohlbecker The best thing to eat at the China Buffet is the King Crab legs. What makes them so delicious is not only the butter you dunk them in, but the sheer amount of energy it takes to get them. Deadliest Catch is a reality show on the ...

By Clay Irving Servings: 6 cups. We are huge fans of the Discovery Channel's "Deadliest Catch" and Capt. Phil Harris is one of our favorites on the show. I found this archived from 1997 courtesy of Seatlle PI and Emeril Lagasse. ½ cup boiling potato, ...

By xbox Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm is a pretty easy game to recommend. Either you are a fan of the TV show and will enjoy it or you aren’ta fan so you’ll hate it and see nothing but flaws. It isn’t pretty, it isn’t without some bugs, ...

By opilia As you can see, the Northwestern is ‘deckless’ at this stage.  Later in July, Sig Hansen will be seen in downtown Seattle as the Grand Marshall of the 2008 Sea Fair Torchlight Parade.  Word is, the F/V Northwestern will have VIP status in the event and will be featured as well.  Great time to vi...

Over on the Time Bandit, the crew continues pulling up strong numbers of crabs per pot, in a race to beat the approaching weather. The help out as an extra man on deck, Captain Jonathan Hillstrand head down on deck to lend a helping hand. Trying to add more flair to the task at hand, his attempt at...

By Tempo How often can you say you admire a reality TV star? Even fans of the shows sometimes grow tired of the continual emphasis on the dangers the men face (a loose cable, narrator Mike Rowe warns on “Deadliest Catch,” “could slice a deck hand in half!”).

By opilia Photo courtesy of Discovery) Photo courtesy of Discovery) Keith Colburn: Yes, I’ve had the cameraman sit in the chair, and take them out shortly thereafter. I let one cameraman set three pots, and they were the worst three pots in the string!

By opilia ’Deadliest Catch’ image courtesy of Discovery) Image courtesy of Discovery) Northwestern crew from season 1. Frothy Bronson: Do you like Alaska or Seattle more? Sig Hansen: I like to live in Seattle. It is my home. Although I love Alaska for the beauty it has.

ANCHORAGE - The owner and captain of a fishing vessel featured on the Discovery Channel's popular reality show "Deadliest Catch" has pleaded no contest to a single count of illegally possessing undersized crab, according to Alaska State ...

By opilia The owner and captain of a fishing vessel featured on the Discovery Channel’s popular reality show “Deadliest Catch” has pleaded no contest to a single count of illegally possessing undersized crab, according to Alaska State Troopers.Richard S. Quashnick, 52, of the Maverick, was fine...

By opilia From Discovery…. Photo courtesy of Discovery) Lita: What was your boat fishing for when it wasn’t fishing for king crab during the past three years? Nick: Hey Capt., in your opinion, how hard is it to become a greenhorn/deckhand if you have no family in the fishing biz?

By opilia Two weeks ago, Discovery held a livechat with the Northwestern’s greenhorn–who’s now become a half-share deckhand–Jake Anderson.  There’s a some interesting ‘Deadliest Catch’ trivia to learn here.  For example, Jake was never a complete greenhorn, he’d fished before, just not for th...

By Bobbo Gus The Hansens and the Northwestern are featured on Discovery Channel's highest rated and Emmy nominated series -- "Deadliest Catch." The series that captivated nearly three million viewers each week returns for a fourth season this April.

Alaskan crab fishing is an incredibly brutal job: brutal waves, freezing temps, rough waters, large machinery, swinging crab pots that weigh tons, a 100% chance of injuries and worse. The men are away from their families and are never entirely sure whether or not they will ever see them ag...