Deadliest Catch v Tuna Wranglers
04/01/09 01:26 Filed in: Fishing
In a bid to outdo the ever popular World's Dealiest Catch, Discovery producers have tried to convince the public that Australia's sun-bleached laid back Tuna catchers are a force to be reckoned with on the high seas. Perlease!!
While superstars of the high seas, Sig and his crew, manhandle huge crab pots and 180 lb coils of rope, the Aussie Tuna wranglers are delicately tossing their sardines, one by one, back into the sea.
While the US captain of the lonely trawler in the Bering Sea worries that his crab boat will be broken in half by rogue waves, the Tuna Wranglers' captain is worried he won't be able to get back to port before the sea changes from a mill-pond into a 2 foot choppy sea.
While Sig worries that the weight of his ice-encrusted crab catch may roll the top-heavy boat into the deadly waters, the Aussie dude is worrying if he has enough sun block for the 3 days' sunbathing while his support ship refuels.
Whereas Sig and co look at splitting a couple of hundred thousand dollars with the crew, the Aussie guy is creaming into his wallet, as he works out that the 240 tons of tuna floating in the net behind his boat will net a cool $10m.
While Sig has to work out the location of the crabs himself, Aussie guy is on the radio telling his personal plane-flying tuna spotter to send him to a good shoal.
As Deadliest Catch guys talk about the pain and suffering of days of work without rest, the Australians bitch and moan about the boredom of sitting on their butts for 9 days while the tuna decide what they are going to do.
The only things they have in common are, they are all in a boat, all on the water, all after fish and all enjoy feeding false info to their competitors. Oh, and they all like a beer and all return to port smelling like a whore's drawers. Apart from that, I don't think there is any comparison between the two crews, and I think I would rather watch Australian Knitting than these softy Australian fishermen being talked up into something they are not.
Of course, who wants to be a tuna diver sucked to the bottom of a 300 foot net full of tuna, not me. Then again, who wants to jet about in speed boats and swim with harmless sharks? Me.
Bottom line, tuna fishing is almost fun, apart from the boredom. It makes for good TV, for 2 minutes. On the other hand, when you realise the Deadliest Catch guys have about 60 seconds life expectancy when they take a swim, for me, the crab fishing job is the bottom of my to-do list, but top of my to-watch list. What do you think?
While superstars of the high seas, Sig and his crew, manhandle huge crab pots and 180 lb coils of rope, the Aussie Tuna wranglers are delicately tossing their sardines, one by one, back into the sea.
While the US captain of the lonely trawler in the Bering Sea worries that his crab boat will be broken in half by rogue waves, the Tuna Wranglers' captain is worried he won't be able to get back to port before the sea changes from a mill-pond into a 2 foot choppy sea.
While Sig worries that the weight of his ice-encrusted crab catch may roll the top-heavy boat into the deadly waters, the Aussie dude is worrying if he has enough sun block for the 3 days' sunbathing while his support ship refuels.
Whereas Sig and co look at splitting a couple of hundred thousand dollars with the crew, the Aussie guy is creaming into his wallet, as he works out that the 240 tons of tuna floating in the net behind his boat will net a cool $10m.
While Sig has to work out the location of the crabs himself, Aussie guy is on the radio telling his personal plane-flying tuna spotter to send him to a good shoal.
As Deadliest Catch guys talk about the pain and suffering of days of work without rest, the Australians bitch and moan about the boredom of sitting on their butts for 9 days while the tuna decide what they are going to do.
The only things they have in common are, they are all in a boat, all on the water, all after fish and all enjoy feeding false info to their competitors. Oh, and they all like a beer and all return to port smelling like a whore's drawers. Apart from that, I don't think there is any comparison between the two crews, and I think I would rather watch Australian Knitting than these softy Australian fishermen being talked up into something they are not.
Of course, who wants to be a tuna diver sucked to the bottom of a 300 foot net full of tuna, not me. Then again, who wants to jet about in speed boats and swim with harmless sharks? Me.
Bottom line, tuna fishing is almost fun, apart from the boredom. It makes for good TV, for 2 minutes. On the other hand, when you realise the Deadliest Catch guys have about 60 seconds life expectancy when they take a swim, for me, the crab fishing job is the bottom of my to-do list, but top of my to-watch list. What do you think?
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