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HERE ARE SOME INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT DEADLIEST CATCH!!!
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The Wizard's bait cutter is called The Cookie Monster
Andy Hilstrand is the only member of the Hilstrand fishing family that is still married.
Norman Hansen is a little camera shy.
Edgar Hansen is the relief Capt of the Northwestern,He runs the boat and crew for samon & cod seasons.
Both Time Bandit and the Northwestern fish with bigger pots than the rest of the fleet.
The "Big Valley"disaster happened because the boat was dangerously overloaded with pots also the storm was a big factor.
Every fisherman on the bering sea must take a test. This test is to see how long it takes him/her to get into a survival suit a crewman has under 1 minute no more.
Working on the Bering Sea is the worlds deadliest job.
Phil's diet is Coffee, Cigarettes, Redbull.
By the end of the seasons, All 40 cameras get damaged. Each camera is worth $7000.
Keith has a sign that says "straighten up your attitude or your swimming back to Dutch Harbour.
Jake A will do anything Edger tells him to.This was only his rookie yr.
In the 3rd season when josh fell overboard on the TRAIL BLAZER it was Russell Newberry & capt Andy & Niel Hilstrand was the 3 that rescued him & it was Josh's B-Day too.
"Mother Nature will always win"- Edger Hansen.
Johnathan is hard on his son because he wants Scotty to take over the boat one day.
At the beginning of the King '07, Phil was averaging 6 keepers per pot.. this is the worst start in all of Phil's career.
The deckhands wear portable microphones.
Phil didn't puncture a lung, he had a blood clot.
The wizard & the CM & Fierce Allegance can carry 250 pots giving them a edge on the rest of the fleet the N.W is next hauling 200 pots.
The captains don't use a pot data sheet, they just write down the number of crab.
Keith believes it is bad luck for the captain to fill out the log book.
Waves in the Bering Sea can get way over 40 feet.
The cameramen also wear orange fishing gear.
Opies is Phil's forte.
Ice can move up to 40 miles per day!
Each pot weighs about 1,000lbs.
Most fishing boats have scuba gear so they can repair problems underwater.
Many captains believe its bad luck to bring a woman on a fishing boat.
A hopper was found inside a Northwestern pot.
During Phil's medical emergency, the cameraman was responceable to tell Murray if anything else happened to Phil.
Phil asked the Camera Crew not to tell any of his crew members about his emergency because if they were worrying about Phil, they wouldn't be completely focused on fishing.
Keith has lots of "mood swings"
One of the biggest rules on the seas YOU DO NOT GO UP TO THE WHEEL HOUSE AND QUESTION THE CAPT OR GET IN HIS FACE!!
Phil has been fishing for 17 years on the Cornelia Marie AND CAPT PHIL IS A CO-OWNER also.
Crab boats have 3 tanks the front tank,the middle tank & the AFT TANK.
At the end of each season, Edger always sets fire to the last hook a norweigen thing they call it the FLAMING HOOK It brings good luck at the start of the next season.
The fishing boats don't say in Alaska they all go to there home ports after fishing opies this is done so they can do repairs.
Phil has been fishing since he was 7.
The cameramen use Chase Boats which Capt larry Hendrick & the SEA STAR that is the only one there is the other shots are from the indvid boats
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Capt Keith has had to stop chewing by his drs so no Capt Keith DOES NOT CHEW TOBACCO!!
Sigs crew says they feel overworked.
Crew members sometimes have to pay for a Med E Vac.
Scotty from the time bandit, is a 4TH generation crab fisherman.
Within 24 hours of the opie '05 season, 6 people died.
The Wizard is 64 years old and was officially a naval vessel.
The Bering sea is unpredictable.
The Wizard had a huge hole in the crab tank which meant all the crab were escaping.
All fishing boats have fresh water tanks to hold fresh water for Showers, drinking water ETC.
The anchor chain ways more than the anchor.
Russel of the Time Bandit says "A captain is a deckhand with no brains"
Sig is from Norway.
The Northwestern was one of the first boats to fish Opie.
The lisa Marie is one of the smallest boat in the WHOLE fleet.



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