Deadliest Catch Season 15

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

Of course.

8 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Gotta give the editors credit, they are good at what they do. 

Yet we all still watch. 

[billfromlaketravis 11448]

12 hours ago, kevwun said:

I am betting 90% of that stuff is made up.  What was Johnathan gonna do if he caught that boat?  Also, a stern chase like that would have taken several hours for him to actually catch up to it.

I was talking more black/unregistered buoys. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

I want to know how a chick named Sophia winds up going by Bob. 

https://www.instagram.com/sophiarosebud/

[The Ace of Aces 5175]

Wait the writers have scripted zombie boats that mess with pots now?

Hahhahahahahha oh man 

[Texzilla58 4732]

I want to know how a chick named Sophia winds up going by Bob. 
https://www.instagram.com/sophiarosebud/

She seems like a cool chick based on her ig. Nice to look at, hunts, shoots guns, rides motorsickles, is redoing her boat. So far I like Bob.

I predict the Summer Bay is going to be more volatile than issues with poachers. Wild Bill doesn’t play well with others. Ever. I think Harley is going to have challenges with his co-captain.
The need all this new blood though.

Question: isn’t the Coast Guard supposed to be protecting this fishery from these poachers?

[The Ace of Aces 5175]

35 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:

She seems like a cool chick based on her ig. Nice to look at, hunts, shoots guns, rides motorsickles, is redoing her boat. So far I like Bob.

I predict the Summer Bay is going to be more volatile than issues with poachers. Wild Bill doesn’t play well with others. Ever. I think Harley is going to have challenges with his co-captain.
The need all this new blood though.

Question: isn’t the Coast Guard supposed to be protecting this fishery from these poachers?

Narrator: the poachers aren't new, or worse than before. This article is from nearly 2 decades ago about how bad poachers were hurting the market. https://www.alaskajournal.com/community/2006-09-10/illegal-crab-pinching-market-alaska-fishermen 

 

[Lat22 4010]

Good season opener. We have a new boogeyman, some required cultural check marks, and I bet ole Jake and Bob got a little something going on after dark. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

What happened to Harley’s boat? He seems to have fallen WAY down the pecking order. 

[kevwun 15769]

Maybe running the big boat isn’t worth it with no red king or opilio seasons?  I know he works for Trident and I’m not sure if he owns a boat.

Edited April 21, 2023 by kevwun

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

Yeah, whatever his boat was on previous seasons most certainly ain’t his now. 

[Texzilla58 4732]

Gotta be a story on Harley’s situation. He presented himself as the owner of his old rig, and now he’s doing a Casey McManus mentorship for this kid on a small rig.

[billfromlaketravis 11448]

Pretty meh transition episode especially following a good premiere. I realize much of it is scripted, but Jake just continues to be too trusting. He should have at least traded his bairdi info for a favor down the road. Unless… they all work for Trident and he’s contractually operated to help the fleet. 
 

I know they’re never, ever, going to show him on camera, but is Edgar the Northwestern’s engineer? 

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

Most likely. 

Who dies, or is about to? I'm not gonna watch 'til tomorrow, ain't worried about spoilers. 

[billfromlaketravis 11448]

19 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Most likely. 

Who dies, or is about to? I'm not gonna watch 'til tomorrow, ain't worried about spoilers. 

Sig’s mom. 

Edited April 26, 2023 by billfromlaketravis

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

Figured, they didn't leave much for the drama. 

[billfromlaketravis 11448]

2 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Figured, they didn't leave much for the drama. 

Yeah. Kind of a sad ending. Something similar happened to me with my grandmother. 
 

Probably not the best forum for it, but maybe it’ll reach someone. If a loved one is in hospice care, go immediately to visit. I waited until the morning and just missed saying good bye to my Granny. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

Bought this today at Costco. If I die, someone sue McManus for me. 

 

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

On 4/20/2023 at 12:39 PM, Lat22 said:

some required cultural check marks 

Yep, & one is already getting WAY too much screen time. 

 

Funny how ‘Bob’ didn’t make an appearance for the Jake drama this week. 

[Lat22 4010]

No way anybody grabs the phone, tells the captain to do his job, then hangs up on him.  I'm surprised Keith didn't throw him overboard.  Then again, we all understand that most of this stuff is made up.

[kevwun 15769]

Yeah, that's all fake.  Keith isn't a good enough actor to pull that off.  You could tell when he left the wheelhouse and was bowing up on the deck yelling that it was an act.

[The Ace of Aces 5175]

1 hour ago, Lat22 said:

No way anybody grabs the phone, tells the captain to do his job, then hangs up on him.  I'm surprised Keith didn't throw him overboard.  Then again, we all understand that most of this stuff is made up.

That guy was a deckhand for a few years in Saga and was shown to be a good hard worker before injury. It’s all fake. Even Sogntelljg Norm about their mom had to be fake for camera cause Edgar is on the boat still. 

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

Guess your ban on watching is over. 

[The Ace of Aces 5175]

1 hour ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Guess your ban on watching is over. 

It’s a background watch just to see how bad the writing is now. It’s so poorly acted it’s a good comedy. 

[Texzilla58 4732]

Yeah, that's all fake.  Keith isn't a good enough actor to pull that off.  You could tell when he left the wheelhouse and was bowing up on the deck yelling that it was an act.

How does a crab pot cost $4000? It seems like it’s basically a few welds and some cyclone fence.

[The Ace of Aces 5175]

23 minutes ago, Texzilla58 said:

How does a crab pot cost $4000? It seems like it’s basically a few welds and some cyclone fence.

The manufacturer in 2018 said they cost $1,250 each

https://www.heraldnet.com/business/an-arlington-companys-crab-pots-star-on-deadliest-catch/#:~:text=On the other hand%2C “king,traps sell for %241%2C250 each.

[Lat22 4010]

I wonder if the pots have something built into them so they don’t become ghost traps when lost. 

[Bevo in VA 342]

On 4/27/2023 at 10:45 PM, Lat22 said:

I wonder if the pots have something built into them so they don’t become ghost traps when lost. 

Saw it on an early season where the pots have a biodegradable "rot cord" that breaks down after a number of days so anything can get out at that point.

[billfromlaketravis 11448]

On 4/27/2023 at 5:37 PM, The Ace of Aces said:

The manufacturer in 2018 said they cost $1,250 each

https://www.heraldnet.com/business/an-arlington-companys-crab-pots-star-on-deadliest-catch/#:~:text=On the other hand%2C “king,traps sell for %241%2C250 each.

Sure but how much to ship them up to Dutch?

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

Ol’ boy Monte ain’t exactly jumping back on deck to help. 

Sean appears to be playing AA-ball now. Always thought he was fairly successful before. 

[Nole-4-Life 802]

7 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Ol’ boy Monte ain’t exactly jumping back on deck to help. 

Sean appears to be playing AA-ball now. Always thought he was fairly successful before. 

Yeah what's up with the guy Sean was going to partner with? He seemed like a slacker, which I'm sure was exacerbated for dramatic purposes.

[The Ace of Aces 5175]

14 hours ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:

Ol’ boy Monte ain’t exactly jumping back on deck to help. 

Sean appears to be playing AA-ball now. Always thought he was fairly successful before. 

Dwyer owns and operates three boats and is the also now the fleet experience manager for Trident. 

I haven't watched the latest ep as I haven't needed background noise ... did they show him trying to get a job on deck of another boat or something? That'd be hilarious if the writers did that. 

[kevwun 15769]

No, he was on a boat that he was talking about selling his quota to.  He was on the deck talking to the crew.

[billfromlaketravis 11448]

I like Sean. Hopefully he’s in this season. 

[Texzilla58 4732]

I think Sean made a business decision on paper before doing his due diligence, to park the Brenna A and share his quota with another boat. He said he wanted to save the $50k it would take to get his boat provisioned and ready to go.

I think it might have made for some great high seas comedy between Sean and the wackiest ship in the fleet.

[Texzilla58 4732]

Supposedly Rick is an expert captain, well regarded, and catches crab and controls a shitton of quota. I’d like to know his role in this ruse. DC is now as staged as WWE.

All this poacher drama is also nonsense. All the boats have NOAA observers on board unseen on camera. The loads have to be certified when offloaded. The Coast Guard would be out there enforcing fishery restrictions.

The show is practically unwatchable.

[billfromlaketravis 11448]

Somebody will die on the Aleutian Lady. Who will it be?

[Texzilla58 4732]

Fentanyl smoking on the time bandit? Is she smoking Midol? Lady Eskimo piss on the pots…success!

“How long does her period last?”

“I don’t know. A month?”

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

Smoking fentanyl is pretty fucking low on my list of things to do. Smoking fentanyl on a boat in the Bering Sea is REAL fucking low. 

[Texzilla58 4732]

I wasn’t smoking fentanyl. I was smoking Midol!

[kevwun 15769]

That would explain why she was curled up on the floor in the fetal position.  It's impressive she could move or talk.

[Texzilla58 4732]

Smoking fentanyl is pretty fucking low on my list of things to do. Smoking fentanyl on a boat in the Bering Sea is REAL fucking low. 

Smoking fentanyl on a boat in the Bering Sea during your period on national TV is even Realer lower.

[kevwun 15769]

Next question would have been, hey buddy, how do you know what someone smoking fentanyl smells like?

[billfromlaketravis 11448]

51 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Next question would have been, hey buddy, how do you know what someone smoking fentanyl smells like?

Given the context, I’d assume he’s a recovering addict. 

[Nole-4-Life 802]

3 minutes ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Given the context, I’d assume he’s a recovering addict. 

I think that's a common theme among deckhands.

[Mittens 8259]

It was a producer/cameraman, not a deckhand, iirc.

[Texzilla58 4732]

If a camera guy fucks up on DC they likely pull hanging out at a 600lb Life person’s house filming them wipe their ass with a stick.

[Nole-4-Life 802]

16 hours ago, Mittens said:

It was a producer/cameraman, not a deckhand, iirc.

Still over the course of this show there have been several deckhands with substance abuse problems.

[Texzilla58 4732]

I think the general situation for most of these fishermen is a wide range of issues: booze, drugs, broken marriages. In and out of work.

I would think there is a fair amount of opioid addiction from dealing with injuries and speed for the long hours of grueling work.

[VABuckeye 2472]

5 hours ago, Nole-4-Life said:

Still over the course of this show there have been several deckhands with substance abuse problems.

Man, I miss Nick McGlashin.

[shadow_operative2.0 15950]

Pretty good episode this week, can’t complain.