“Bad Boys of the Bering Sea’s” latest and last stop: Tampa, Florida

The Crabbroker along with his entourage of the very “deadly” Bad Boys of the Bering Sea, just spent the last two days in Tampa, Florida, spreading the word and raising awareness of Alaska fisheries, especially the crab fisheries.  This could very well be their last pit stop before heading to Dutch Harbor for the October [...]

There’s alot of crab fishing to be done this season!

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game just announced the total quotas or catch limits for the Bering sea crab seasons for 2007-2008.  It looks like there’s a lot more crab to be caught this season!  The higher the total catch limit, the higher the Individual fishing quotas for each fishing vessel taking part in the crab fishery. 
The Bristol Bay [...]

Captain Sig Hansen at Macy’s in Seattle, Sat. Sept. 29th

After making multiple appearances in Australia and New Zealand for the start of “Deadliest Catch” season 3, Sig Hansen of the F/V Northwestern literally must have zipped back to Seattle for the launch of Helly Hansen apparel at Macy’s. It’s not too late to greet one of our favorite fishermen! He’ll be there tomorrow!  For [...]

Fishing Vessel and Crew status for “Deadliest Catch” season 4

The question is, which crews will be returning to season 4…and will there be “new” blood as well…the information available is this:
F/V Northwestern                  CONFIRMED!
F/V Time Bandit                     CONFIRMED!
F/V Cornelia Marie                 CONFIRMED!
F/V Wizard                              CONFIRMED!
F/V Maverick                          CONFIRMED by reliable “sources” but unconfirmed  
                                                   by the actual owners–Rick & Donna Quashnick
                                                        

The “Bad Boys of the Bering Sea” made it to Dover Delaware again!

Hail to the Crabbroker for consistently bringing us news and photos on the latest appearances made by the “Bad Boys of the Bering Sea”
Their latest stop was in the Dover, Delaware area where they made as many appearance as “humanly” possible in a five day period. 
The Crabbroker described their agenda in Dover as aggressive [...]

Deckboss Scott Templin of the F/V Maverick

The name may not necessarily sound all that familiar, but Scott Templin has been a featured fisherman on “Deadliest Catch” for the last two years.  This last season, he came unto the F/V Maverick as the Deckboss, replacing Blake Painter who skippered the boat during King crab season.  The year before that however, he was a deckhand [...]

CEO of Original Productions Thom Beers, discusses his many shows

Thom Beers, CEO of Original Productions, the man behind such hit series’ as ”Deadliest Catch”, “Ice Road Truckers”, “Lobster Wars”, and more.  And that’s not to mention the many shows in the works, recently was interviewed by radio 106.7 WJFK.  Interesting discussion!  Beers not only talks about his existing shows, and those to come, but also explains how [...]

“Deadliest Catch” Skippers appeared at the Working Waterfront Festival in New Bedford, Mass.

By way of a near miracle, Captains Phil Harris and Johnathan Hillstrand managed to pull themselves away from a jam-packed weekend in Dover, Delaware to attend the New Bedford Working Waterfront Festival this last Saturday afternoon, where they met many fans, talked about fishing, and paid tribute to the lost fishermen of the area.  Phillip Devitt [...]