Catchs

Tom McMahon shared a detailed account of the final night of his son Joe McMahon's life in a piece he wrote for Moms Demand Action — a subsidiary of gun control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. He recounted how the…

Sig Hansen believes his newer crewmen on "Deadliest Catch" inspire young fans at home to improve their work ethic by showing them what it takes to have a job that requires physical and mental strength. And his main hope is…

Jake Anderson's measures to keep his vessel in a such particular fashion may seem confusing to some. But with the constant danger present on the Alaskan waters, it pays to be overly cautious.  Before "Deadliest Catch" aired…

Per an interview with Edgar Hansen published by Fox Seattle's iWitness news team in 2008, Discovery's camera crew sleeps throughout the vessel when they're aboard filming for "Deadliest Catch."  "The camera guys we have on…

Fans of "Deadliest Catch" and the spinoff "Deadliest Catch: The Viking Returns" know that Jake Anderson, who got his start on Sig Hansen's F/V Northwestern, has been through a lot in life. Trials include his addiction…

Johnathan Hillstrand is perhaps best known to many as the longtime captain of the Time Bandit, a ship he has put to good use on "Deadliest Catch." But what happens when the hard-headed ship captain finds himself on dry land?…

Since the time fans first met Sig Hansen up until recently, the captain of the Northwestern shared little about himself or his work that didn't point to Alaska. In fact, when fishing anywhere else, he has been vocal about…

The life of a crab fishing captain is a challenging one. On top of performing typical managerial duties, they also have an entire crew of valuable lives to watch over. But some days, stranger instances occur that even the…

The gap between the responsibilities assigned to the crab catching deckhands of a boat, compared to those of the captain, is as wide as the Bearing Sea, itself. When it comes to brothers Sig and Edgar Hansen, this positional…

Captain Jake Anderson and Jenna met each other at a festival in Seattle in Ballard — a nearby neighborhood. Anderson was not out enjoying the festivities; instead, he was working diligently on shipyard duty. That didn't stop…