It's sad that the Cornelia Marie won't make it this season. The boys weren't able to put the funds together to get it going after a rocky last season. Now Jake and Josh Harris are now working for the Time Bandit and the Northwestern.
The king crab quota has been cut in half this year to preserve the crab grounds for future generations leaving a tough choice for most boats, fish for the king crab anyway and earn half the money or gamble on the no quota and harder to find blue crab that is further up north in harsher seas and weather.
The fleet is split about fifty fifty with the more seasoned captains choosing the fish for king crab except for veteran captain Keith Colburn of the Wizard to go up north and gamble.
So far the first strings on every ship have pulled up poor numbers except for the first two pots for the Northwestern. Good numbers and then they fell off to single digits fast! This is going to be one rough season. The previews showed big waves, hurt men, bad weather, and the horrific words, "Man overboard!"
Looking forward to this season and enjoying every bit of it!
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
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