A candid narrative deconstructs the turbulent personal and professional life of the late Deadliest Catch star Phil Harris. Told by Harris’ sons and written with the help of journalists Springer and Chavez, this biography of the reality-TV star captures the gritty details of his high-speed life, declining health and death. Harris surely personified the prologue’s [...]
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Son of Cornelia Marie Devlin. More info at MorganHoward.me.Author Archive | Morgan Howard
Deadliest Catch Season 9
From EW.com Tonight, Deadliest Catch returns for its ninth season on Discovery, and there is top-notch drama even before the fleet leaves Dutch Harbor. Here, courtesy of exec producer David Pritikin, is a tease of what’s to come. • Elliott Neese is now his own boss: Fired from the Ramblin’ Rose in the offseason, the show’s [...]
Deadliest Catch Captains talk Social Media
Some of the Deadliest Catch Captains visited Austin to participate in the SXSW festival. Johnathan Hillstrand , Sig Hansen and Keith Colburn had a lively conversation with Shira Lazar of “What’s Trending” about how they use social media. It was a good conversation and humorous as Johnathan talked about why he stopped following Alec [...]
Matt Fahey: Deadliest Catch cameraman faces new challenge
“It was probably going to sea on the Cornelia Marie for the first time. It was for Phil’s memorial. To be part of such a special occasion, and to be documenting it made me really appreciate the community here and the culture of fishing. It was a unique experience and it would have to be [...]
Why is Deadliest Catch so Popular?
This blog is in response to a recent article in the New York Times entitled, “A Soap Opera on the High Seas”. The article was mostly about Thom Beers, the creator of Deadliest Catch but it also attempts to explain why “Deadliest Catch” is so popular. (referring to Thom Beers) “He turned crab fishing into [...]
Thom Beers: Deadliest Catch Creator
I met Thom Beers while at the televised memorial of Capt. Phil. He introduced himself as the creator of “Deadliest Catch”, but I of course knew who he was. I could tell he took great ownership in the show. At the time of Phil’s passing he seemed to be highly involved in all aspects of [...]
FV Northwestern under State Investigation for Rat
Do you remember during the fifth episode of Season 8 when the crew of the FV Northwestern finds a rat aboard? The crew plays around with the critter until finally it goes overboard. Well, now apparently the State of Alaska is investigating the FV Northwestern for “harboring a rat” which can amount to a [...]
Cornelia Marie Summer Wrap-up
The FV Cornelia Marie (CM) finished a 64 day salmon tendering contract on August 17th. Once again, the Skipper for salmon tendering was Jerry Meals and the deckhands this year were Colton Meals, Mark Wicks, Boris Roderiguiz and Casey Arcin. Overall, the salmon season went well for the Cornelia Marie and crew. The crew [...]
Remains of Jake Anderson’s father found
According to the Anderson family website and news reports, the remains of Jake’s father, Keith Anderson, have been found. According to KOMO news, “Last Saturday, a hiker reported finding human remains about a mile from the spot where Anderson’s truck had been found. Sheriff’s deputies brought in cadaver dogs to search the area and were [...]
In Memory of Mark Anderson
The FV Cornelia Marie lost one its past deckhands and engineers – Mark Anderson. Mark passed away from ongoing heart problems with a recent complication of pneumonia that took his life. You can see Mark during Season three of Deadliest Catch. During that season Murray Gamrath was Engineer. Upon Mark’s passing, Murray said: I met [...]
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