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Keith Colburn, Page 4
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 Jump to a Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Biznatjenn: I know that you reset pots that are on the crab, but I'm wondering how many pots are pulled in total? Keith Colburn: We very rarely set back. Setting back means you haul a pot, it has great fishing, and you set it right back where it was. How many do we haul? As few as possible, and as full as possible :-) But generally a trip of snow crab is about 1000 pots per trip. Ted: How in the world can you do this season after season? It has to be more than just the money. Keith Colburn: It's definitely more than just the money. I'm a commercial fisherman now, and it is my livelihood, so it pays the bills and I make great money. But I feel good on the ocean, like I'm at home. I really enjoy fishing crab. I enjoy fishing in general. It's part of my life, and something I truly love. So that's the main thing that keeps bringing me back year after year. Thomas Moxley: Capt. Keith, what is your favorite soap? I like Coast and Head & Shoulders. Keith Colburn: (laughing) I am a connoisseur of soap! But I've found that Ivory seems to be the best for day to day use, and Irish Spring when I really want to jazz things up. Stelheader: Captain, all fishermen have their honey holes. Do you worry that you may lose some of these because of TV? Keith Colburn: I work and help people out a little more than people are led to know. In the beginning I had some honey holes and was very protective of them. If you're the high boat in the season, someone's going to talk. The rumor will get out, and crab boats are so amazingly efficient when it comes to finding crab that secrets don't last long in the Bering Sea. Christina: Good evening Captain Keith. What decides the take home pay that each deck hand gets? Keith Colburn: The hierarchy on the boat is the captain gets paid the most. Generally your engineer/mate/deck boss will get roughly 1/2 to 3/4 of the captain's share. Greenhorns will get about half of what a full share crewman will get. But there's no set in stone formula; it's based on what each crewman brings to the boat. People look at the numbers on TV and think they'll get rich fishing, but they're looking at full share deckhands, and you don't become a full share deckhand in one week, month or year. It takes years to truly become a full share hand. Firebird: Greetings from Colorado. My question is have you ever in your career had to abandon ship or get into a survival suit? Keith Colburn: No, I've never had to abandon ship. I have been in survival suits hundreds of time, in the water for training, but I've never had to don one to save my life. I'm knocking on wood. NSU Sweets: Have you ever let a camera person take over the wheel for a few minutes so you could go down to the galley for a bit? Would you ever consider it? Keith Colburn: Yes, I've had the cameraman sit in the chair, and take them out shortly thereafter. I let one cameraman set three pots, and they were the worst three pots in the string! KRABBY KAT: Who named the boat? Keith Colburn: John Jorgensen. It's named after his grandfather's boat called the Wizard that was an old wooden schooner from the early 1900's. ConradLL: When you are back home after a season, is it easy to jump back into the everyday routines (sleeping 6 hours a night, no worries about life or death decisions), or do you find yourself unsettled for a while? Keith Colburn: I struggle to get back into everyday life. I've been accused of being a "linear" person in that I focus on a certain item and I'm very good at it. So when I get home and have boat, family, baseball, all these things going on, I struggle to get back into it. It takes a while. Angelia67: Are you often told that the viewers feel the actions, the heartbreak, the worry and the joys of each crew? Keith Colburn: I believe that people do get attached to the men and women on Deadliest Catch. I think that's one of the reasons the show is so popular. I haven't had anyone come up to me yet and tell me what I'm going to do next. Discovery: Captain Keith, thanks for being here today! Before we have to end the chat, do you have anything to add for your fans? Keith Colburn: I've been threatening for a long time, but within the week we will have a Crab Wizard store on the Crab Wizard website, with lots of cool Wizard stuff. I appreciate the immense amount of people that are on this chat and I'm overwhelmed by the number of people on the list. I wish I could answer every one of your questions. Go to www.crabwizard.com and go to the forum, and I will do my best to periodically show up and answer questions. Discovery: Send a shout-out! Call the guys toll-free and leave a message for your favorite crew. http://dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/audio-messages/audio-messages.html Tune in for the next episode of Deadliest Catch, Tuesday at 9 p.m. E/P. A production of LiveWorld, Inc. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. |
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