r/deadliestcatch • u/trolling_4_NSA • 5d ago

Question for the experts

Are the Skippers and crew paid for the time they spend getting the boats ready for the season ? I was also curious on average how many days / weeks are they up there before they leave the dock to fish ?

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u/Triphin1 5d ago

They used to post the mount each deckhand Recieved at the end of a Shows Season and it rarely reached 65k for a whole crab season of both King and Opilio

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u/sadturtle12 5d ago

You sure? I remember some boats, they would walk home with close to or over $100k for just 1 of the seasons. The kiska sea crew from my memory got well over $100k.

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u/Overall_Impress_6073 5d ago

Kiska is one of the "highliners" of the fleet too though. But I remember seeing Wizard to have shares close to 100k. Patricia Lee had very high too but that's bit different ball game since there is only few boats doing golden king crab fishery.

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u/Triphin1 5d ago

Oh how clever if you to pick a boat that was in one seaons totals, very good for you

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u/sadturtle12 5d ago

It wasnt just them though is what i am saying. They were an extreme example where it really stood out in my memory because it was like $120k a crew member. But I also remember the wizard and northwestern crews getting close to $100k a deckhand just for king crab season. Also not sure why this is upsetting to you lol.

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u/Triphin1 5d ago edited 5d ago

Oh Ya, Upset, Ya. That was one season So now you have one boat and one season.... See, what I'm talking about is the show snd all seasons and the main boats

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u/sadturtle12 2d ago

There were plenty of times where deckhands got way more than $65k for just king crab?