Pots of Gold - Alaska King Crab Fishing History

[geppegep]

everything is bigger in America, and then even bigger in Alaska

[monsterouso]

They should do a documentary series on crab fishing on TV

[BigMrJuarez]

@monsterouso I know huh? And they should call it DEADLIEST CATCH.

[zzzthaoster]

eww butter on crab, that's not the real way to eat it, make some hot spicy sauce!

[jeffscheuer]

John, really interesting stuff! I enjoy the Deadliest Catch and this was just as interesting, if not more.

[deniskatashkentskiy]

yo how much money can i make on this job for a month?

[twilightaddict25]

I think after a few years, these crabs are going to be extinct :(

[chairde]

I was sad to hear that one of the Captains died. It was Captain Harris and I don't remember the name of his ship. Was it cornelis marie or something,..damn I hate growing old and not remembering things. In any case may God bless and keep the good Captain in paradise.

[pla1554alaska]

Very interesting! I cooked on the king crab boats back in 1978 thru 1980 until I broke my leg in town during the king crab season and had to get off the boat. I use to know who all these guys are but that was a long time ago. Thanks for the video!

[joysun1355]

OMG!

[dick110590]

im sorry i havent bought or eaten those even once. Im just curious how much do they cost here in the US? like 1 whole alive and cooked in restaurant?

[BassmasterD]

oh my good God.

if i were there i'd be happy as a clam nabbing a few (20 or 100 LOL) of those and freezing them for feasts over the year.

[chairde]

The crab fishermen of Alaska are real men.

[nocorporateamerica]

LOL

You really must stop watching the Discovery Channel.

[pla1554alaska]

And women! I am female and use to work on the crab boats here but I was the cook. I would sort crab and fill bait jugs and I even learned how to coil the line and throw the hook but the heavy work of moving those 7X 1,000 pound pots around the deck and getting up on the stack of pots to tie them secure I left to the men because that is a very hard job and really a man's job-it is very dangerous! Well said by you-crab fishermen are real men (or they don't last long at the job!)

[chairde]

@pla1554alaska

I tip my hat to you!

[PATNOCO]

Hi, I've also worked on Crab Boats in Alaska at the same time that you did 1978/1980 , we were based in Cold Bay, I started on the Factory Ship then I finally managed to go on the Crab Boats, put some money aside then went to the Big Island of Hawaii to rest, spended all the money then joined the French Foreign Legion, now I'm retired and live in the North of France, cheers to you.

[xmicfernzx]

@chairde yeah real men. and then the ship start to sink.. screaming like bitch rofl

[shamanmann001]

yall say they are poor hick rednecks when 1/2 of the guys that go up there probly make 10 times as much money as you do but do 500 times the work

[nocorporateamerica]

Yup,

That they may. But is this world a better place when money and resources are in the hands of rednecks? NOT

Ever see a red neck donate money.

[snowbiker111]

better in the hands of rednecks than the rich....

[UlvYngling]

white trash rednecks are kewl!

[hellokitty2007]

If I was Japanese I would boycott American products. They are crap anyway.

[chairde]

Why do you use such a racist term??

[nocorporateamerica]

oh why god, are you trying to be an idiot?

these white fisherman attacked unarmed fishermen in the open seas that didn't belong to them, simply because they aren't white. even now the alaskan fishing industry is barred to whites only, 100% of ownership and 99% of workers are white.

[chairde]

nocorporateamerica just what reference do you cite for your statistics? I would like to know how the fishing industry keeps nonwhites from fishing on the high seas. The licenses are handed out by the government and inspected by the Coast Guard so how are the nonwhites kept out? Please give me real facts to support your contentions.

[nocorporateamerica]

For one, due dilligence is a good thing, meaning, you should google questions you have.

its all there, including the historical event of the white fisherman against the "invading fisherman" despite it was international waters.

[chairde]

Just as I thought. You have no clue.

[nocorporateamerica]

I am sure Charide, you don't want the world you have set up in your mind disturbed.

Sorry to have sprinkled reality in your norman rockwell little world.

Watch some hollywood hype and feel better.

Or better yet, Bill Oreilly will be on tonight.

[chairde]

I question some of your self made facts and you fall to pieces.

[nocorporateamerica]

Charide

Denial is a effective tool. I hope it makes you sleep better at nights.

Keep in mind no one seeks your apporival.

Things are what they are.

[chairde]

nocorporateamerica,

My opinion is that these fishermen are hard working people. The difficulty of fishing in those rough cold waters is stunning. This occupation appears to be very dangerous. If you don't agree with that then it is you who is in denial.

[nocorporateamerica]

All fisherman are hard working people.

For these rogue alpha males to be roaming international waters with a canon and terrorizing other "hard working people" who actually work harder because they had to travel further is a crime.

The red necks are just lucky its the Japanese, had it been European or Middle Eastern fishing boats, they would have brought guns and canons also.

I personally would have no problem taking down these fishing boats with canons on them.

[chairde]

nocorporateamerica,

Hey calm down girl. There are no red necks fishing the waters off Alaska. Red necks are from the southern United States. Alaska is the northern most part of the USA. I have serious doubt that you would survive in waters off the coast of Alaska. Ha, ha you're such a fag.

[pla1554alaska]

If you must know, a lot of the fishermen here are from Norway. There are people fishing on these boats from everywhere.  I don't know what you are really saying because it is so diverse here that I am a minority here and I am white-born and raise in America!

[pla1554alaska]

I live here and you don't know what you are talking about! Yea-the guys on the Deadliest Catch are white but that is only the show-this is a very diverse community and a very diverse fishing business!

[nocorporateamerica]

white trash rednecks dominate the crab industry?

[chairde]

Why do you use such a racist term? These are men who are working and you should respect all workers throughout the world.

[cafebreve]

I've been a crabber for 13+yrs, I have broke my hand,4 ribs,foot, fractured my hip, tibia, and and my wrist, I have a scar form being stabbed by a wire hanging on the pot in my stomach, scars from numerous other things, This job is Dangerous, but mostly mentally stressful for the green hands! It will break a grown man down as soon as 1 day. I have see men cry to get off the boat! these videos aren't bad..But when the weather turns, and gets stormy, people Die, but you still work through that!

[krita35]

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[baliwkuya]

now they have a show about crab fishing in alaska ^_^ on discovery channel... forgot name though sorry

[citius80]

Deadliest Catch on Discovery

[liquidbend]

very cool i love alaska so much and wish to live there soon.

[megabraddotcom]

Let's see the rest of this! What do ya say?

[citius80]

Hey, I'll try to get the rest of this up by this weekend. I've been busy and I have to spend some time to edit the second half. Thanks for asking...

[megabraddotcom]

Right on, thanks! Never seen this before. Very informative. It even shows footage of guys bottom dragging for King Crab,..heh heh heh... Old school.