Production Diary #8 From Discovery

This is Doug Stanley’s 8th blog entry about his travels with the F/V Timebandit.  His blog posts coincide with the eighth episode of Deadliest Catch we’re about to watch this evening. 
ENTRY  No. 8   Wind Whipped 
As we were leaving the port of Dutch Harbor and heading out into increasing winds and seas, the Time Bandit’s deckhands climbed [...]

This Alaskan Life: The Things You Need

by Toby Sullivan
March 28 - April 3, 2002 / Vol. 11, Ed. 13
You need Xtra Tuffs boots – two pairs for when the ankles get holes from being folded down to dry. Two sets of orange Grunden’s raingear, jacket and pants. Dutch Harbor brand gear is OK too, they even have pockets now. But the [...]

Nick Maurer on Discovery’s Livechat from 05/15/07

 F/V Wizard deckhand Nick Mauer chatted with Discovery this last Tuesday!  He’s been referred to as a “greenhorn” throughout the season but being filmed for the show Deadliest Catch is all that he’s a greenhorn to.  In real life, Nick has fished all his life and this is actually his fifth season out in the Bering [...]

Deadliest Catch Numbers…

From Discovery
8,000: The hours of footage shot over the course of the king and opilio crab seasons, filling 5,000 videotapes. This footage is painstakingly edited down to 12 one-hour episodes.
5,000: The pounds (2,268kg) of equipment the production team has to ship from Los Angeles to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to film Deadliest Catch. 
200: The number of [...]

Entry No. 7: The Storm Before Opilio Season

05/15/07  This is Production Diary #7, just posted on the Discovery website.  It’s written by producer and photographer Doug Stanley and it’s about his travels on the F/V Timebandit.
The Bering Sea was tossing, not quite a torment; whipped up, but waiting patiently.  The snow was falling lightly and the wind bit hard through the folds [...]

‘Deadliest Catch’ crew in golf tourney

From the Record Courier
The Swing for a Cure “Sharkey Begovich Memorial” Golf Tournament Board announced Tuesday that Capt. Keith Colburn, featured on The Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” series, will play in the afternoon flight of the tournament being held Sunday at the Genoa Lakes Resort Course.
 The captain and crew will be available for [...]

‘Deadly’ job doesn’t scare fisherman

Saturday, May 12, 2007 9:07 PM PDT

Daily World / Kathy Quigg Jerry Tilley, a commercial fisherman based in Westport, sorts through spot prawn on his boat, The Watchman. He missed the recent fishing trip due to shoulder surgery, but his sling did not stop him from helping his crew prepare the prawns for delivery. Tilley [...]

Captain Blake Painter Is A Good Samaritan

05/14/07 It’s always gratifying to see these Bering sea fishermen give a helping hand when needed. Captain Blake Painter of the F/V Maverick, who skippers his family’s vessel–F/V Evening Star–during part of the year, is no different. He was in the area of a distress call, and he stepped up to the plate and came [...]