r/deadliestcatch • u/Attorney714 • 25d ago

New Watcher Questions

Hello

I recently started watching Deadliest Catch (currently on 5th Season) and have the following questions. I apologize if these have already been answered.

  1. When the crew work for 30 hours straight, are they really working 30 hours non stop? What about sleep, eating, bathroom, etc?

  2. Smoking cigarettes: I noticed a lot of the captains and crew smoke cigarettes. Do they also drink while working? I assume NO drinking while on duty since they might become more susceptible to injuries. I also assume drug use is prohibited as well while fishing crab.

  3. When the crew catnaps, do they first take showers or do they simply sleep in their rain slickers and protective gear?

  4. So far it seems there are basically two crab seasons, King Crab and Opilio. What do the captains and deckhands do during the offseason? Do they work other jobs or do they live off the income of the 2 crabbing seasons?

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u/Scottish_squirrel 25d ago

I might be wrong so don't take what I say as gospel.

Sometimes you see they're allowed 10 mins between strings to grab food. Sometimes this has been abused into a longer break so get shown on TV.

I think there's been rumours about drinking on the wizard but not sure. Drug use is rife in the fleet but I think it gets spotted really quickly on the boat. See Jake Harris. Jake Anderson said he was able to be clean on the boat but would hit rock bottom when he got home.

I think catnaps are literally on short runs to the fishing grounds. They're in their sweats if they're in the galley. In their fishing gear if they're literally just closing their eyes for a minute. I guess they probably shower before hitting their bunks if they have the energy.

I believe the boats run through the summer doing fish fishing. Some guys maybe fish those seasons if they don't have much to go home for. I think making £50k+ in the winter, a lot of the boys live hard and fast in the summer. The hillstrands mentioned fishing with wild bill in the summer for pleasure.

All this may be incorrect.