Crab fishermen baffled by stardom

By Cristy Fry
Oh, Lord, it’s hard to be humble especially if you are a star of one of the most popular shows on television, and, as happened last month, 160,000 NASCAR fans are screaming your name, as excited by your presence as they are by that of auto racing’s biggest name, Dale Earnhardt Jr.

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Red Carpet Fishing Gear For Deadliest Production Crew: 2006

 
LOS ANGELES, CA - AUGUST 19: The (Production) crew of The Deadliest Catch arrives at the 2006 Creative Arts Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on August 19, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

As seen on TV

•F/V Time Bandit enjoys celebrity status on “The Deadliest Catch.”
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
June 21, 2006

HOMER TRIBUNE/Layton Ehmke

Neil Hillstrand brandishes the ink showing his family’s crabbing boat, which is one of several Alaska boats featured on “The Deadliest Catch” TV series on the Discovery Channel. Hillstrand has been crabbing with his family 20 years.

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