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whatever · Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Location: Korea: More fun than jail.

I love to flame people and just let that shit soak. After a while, that mfer will be full of crabs... $$$

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Craven Moorehead · Joined: 14 Jan 2006

Yeah.....yeah! Definitely?

Crabs, haha!

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mysteriousdeltarays · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 8:00 am Post subject:

I note that a lot of females do that work.

GerryTulip · Joined: 14 Nov 2007

That show is all I ever watch on discovery I absolutely love it.

Plenty of bait.
Plenty of soak.
Plenty of crab.

Great documentary series but could you actually imagine working on one of those boats! I'd hate to be a greenhorn stuck at the cod grinding machine for an 18 hour shift!

gmat · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

Yeah that show is great. Good $$$ , but brutal work on the deck for sure. Pay for deckhands seemed to average around $40,000 to $45,000 during the ophelia crab season just finished. Anyone know how long they were working for that season.

kingplaya4 · Joined: 14 May 2006

Apparently you can get good money fishing salmon in the offseason (although not near as much as crabbing). Anyone else thinking if these visa restrictions get too tight it might be time to head for Alaska?

jlb · Joined: 18 Sep 2003

kingplaya4 · Joined: 14 May 2006

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True, but they make that kind of money in one month. 40-50k is a good haul though, probably 20k is more typical, and if you have real bad luck you could end up with 10k. Still not bad for a month of work even as grueling as it is.

Crowzone · Joined: 31 Jul 2006

The seasons are quota based, as far as I can tell. Like after X number of pounds of crab have been dropped off for processing, the season ends.

When they did the Alaskan King Crab season it lasted for about 14 days of fishing -- So they could be making 40k in 2 weeks.

Then they go do other things for the rest of the year.

seoulman1 · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Location: Jamsil

cruisemonkey · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:50 pm Post subject:

Been there, done that and have the scars to prove it. Smile

I've been on the Nortwestern and would to love to see English teachers fish. On second thought - "No!" (a green deckhand is more of a liability than an asset). When I watch the show I can smell and taste the vessel.

Three words come to mind: cold, wet, pain (and more pain)...LOL.

yingwenlaoshi · Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Location: ... location, location!

What about the job prospects in the oil sands of Alberta? I heard they pay 100,000/year. And they train you for free.

The Hammer · Posted: Sat Dec 01, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject:

That show is the same every time.

200 miles north of Dutch Harbor the blah, blah, blah picks up a string of crap pots blah, blah, blah.

gmat · Joined: 29 Jan 2003

cruisemonkey · Posted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 12:30 am Post subject:

"They're robots... just f'ing robots! (Sig's favourite saying).

"Don't whine... it's only a broken finger... pain builds character. *beep*!"

"Eff ya, eff ya, F-C-K-Y-A. Eff ya, eff ya, F-C-K-Y-A. I really hate your f#cking guts, I'm gonna kick you in the nuts. F-C-K-Y-A. Eff ya, eff ya, F-C-K-Y-A."