Lady D'Friskies and I were vacationing in Oregon and Washington for the last two weeks - we just stumbled into Astoria, Oregon last weekend during the Commercial Fishermen's Festival. The big attraction were appearances by most of the "Deadliest Catch" crews - we happen to be in town the same afternoon as Captains Jonathan and Andy .

It looked as if they were enjoying themselves tremendously, and seemed to very outgoing and down-to-earth. They came off as exactly the same characters as shown on the show - although they stated that you could not help but be yourself with amount of time they spend in front of the cameramen on the boat under those conditions.

My understanding was that they donated their appearance fees to a fund for the families of lost/injured fisherman. The brothers also raffled off a Harley trip for two riders the following day with the proceeds also going to charity - when we left, they had over 125 takers signed up at $100 per ticket.

Tidbid - apparently some of the DC crews are making more $$ from TV revenues and appearances than from fishing - and that there is a --lot-- of jealousy among the fleet about some of the crews "going Hollywood"

You mean Hillstrand?

True. Never post after the third beer!

Cat Food Flambe';499823 wrote:True. Never post after the thirteenth beer!

fixed

i think their getting sued by discovery for breach of contract as well

sportchampps;500429 wrote:i think their getting sued by discovery for breach of contract as well

THAT wasn't mentioned! But I see what you mean...
http://www.realitytvworld.com/news/discovery-sues-deadliest-catch-hillstrand-brothers-over-spinoff-11559.php

V-ball - after thirteen beers, I wouldn't have been able to even log in - at age 51, my liver ain't what it used to be. Thank Gawd...

Why sign a contract and not full fill it?

well they are no longer on Deadliest catch. They quit and so did Sig and the Northwestern because of the lawsuit

All's well again on the Bering Sea...

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=11838791

Seriously - what could the idiots at the Discovery Channel thinking when they filed that lawsuit?

Cat Food Flambe';514225 wrote:Seriously - what could the idiots at the Discovery Channel thinking when they filed that lawsuit?

Maybe this?

"Also as part of the deal, the Hillstrands have agreed to finish work on "Hillstranded," the spinoff that prompted the standoff."

I'm glad they worked it out. The northwestern is my favorite boat.

Im so gkad they worked this out the cornela marie time badnit and northwestern are my 3 favorites and it woulda been a werid season without those 2 n the marie without phil