After the Catch

Hello Fishies!

As most of you know Discovery Channel is going to run a four part series called After the Catch. It is to air immediately after the newest episode of Deadliest Catch on Tuesday nights. The format appears to be Mike Rowe and Larry Hendriks, along with a few of the captains and crews sitting around a table at the Lockspot Café in Ballard, Washington. They will discuss clips that have aired and previously unseen footage, as well as tell stories.

Fans of the NW, TB and CM, rest assured that the love fest is reported to continue, for a few of the other boats, well maybe not so much. They may give you the impression that all were together for the entire filming, but they most definitely were not. Some of them were shoved off to the side for almost all of the filming and only used a time or two. The commentary from these people may not have anything to do with what they were actually shown on the clips. There may be torpedoes in the water and it’s possible that they are not finished trashing some boats. It will be interesting to see who makes the final cut and who does not.

Most of the boats were tendering the herring fishery when this was filmed May 17/18. Consequently, some of the people appearing went to great expense in order to be there. Word has it that one captain hired a relief skipper at a great cost only to be almost totally ignored. Because of the herring fishery, most of the crews stayed in Alaska, but DC doesn’t seem to care about them this year anyway.

The tension in the café was quite palpable at times. A certain captain’s daughter, that we would have all loved to have seen on the series, voiced her opinions of the entire proceeding in such a way as to gain an escort off the premises! One source tells me that while some were there, we won’t get to hear from any of the women except in film clips.

Rescuees from seasons past and present were there and you are supposed to see and hear from them. For the wing nuts that still say the TB rescue was staged, well, let’s just hope that this will shut them up. But then again, perhaps they will foment a new and improved line of bs regarding Kevin Davis’ rescue on the Saga from Season One.

Someone forgot to keep an eye on the amount of liquid truth serum a few of the guys were imbibing. The resultant conversation confirmed just about everything that I have told you about the show in previous blogs. Most notable of these was that deck load of dead opilio crab from one and the order of the crab catch/rescue from another.

So why After the Catch? Rumors are a flyin’ on that one. Some speculate that this is the end of Deadliest Catch as you know it. Perhaps it will re-incarnate as a TV drama series with actors instead of fishermen playing actors. The word on the docks is that no other boats want anything to do with the show due to the nonsensical editing and poor treatment of some. (If you recall, there was a tremendous amount of blurring out of people and vessels this year as they refused to participate by signing a release). Some say that there is so much animosity between some boats and camera crews they won’t let them back aboard. Some say they are going to follow just a few boats for their entire seasons. Yet others say they are looking to exploit other fisheries.

Guess we will just have to

Stay tuned!

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