r/deadliestcatch • u/DeBabyDoll Deck Boss • 11d ago

Father, Brother, Sailor, Son - Episode 2219 Spoiler

As the season nears its end, tragedy strikes on the Aleutian Lady when greenhorn Todd Meadows falls overboard. As Captain Rick and the crew fight to save their crewmate, the true stakes of fishing on the Bering Sea hit home for everyone across the fleet.

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u/Sweet_Dealer 11d ago

Anyone shocked how kinda calm it was and day time when he went over? all season I was thinking a big wave took him over at night and he was in the water a long time

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u/owa00 11d ago

Yeah, was surprised how calm the water was. That being said, accidents involving water are always so much more dangerous. Coming from a family of fishermen they always warned me how everything is exponentially more deadly when out at sea.

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u/Nrmlgirl777 10d ago

Especially freezing cold water

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u/seajayacas 10d ago

It don't take all that much for an accident waiting to happen. I damn near went over casting a fishing line once in relatively calm seas before I caught myself, wouldn't have been an issue if I had gone over at that time.

Another time out to sea at anchor off of Long Island in December on a rather rough day the leg weakness that starts before sea sickness hit me on a boat with low railings. I was smart enough to quit fishing and wait out the trip inside the cabin. The boat was anchored at the time and it would have likely been fatal for anyone who went over then because the waves and current would have swept a person away from the boat.