just got a new job
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dam612
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greenhorn status prb if its your first time, youll be doing most of the bitch work. baiting traps, lugging equipment, being the reason for the fuckups that werent your fault lol. hope the seas are kind to you. you might miss the hot roof once your on a hot boat for a long time stanking like rotting fish.
JohnnyGreenfingers
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Watch Lobstermen or whatever that lobster version of Deadliest Catch is called.
That should give you a decent idea what to expect, they love filming the greenhorns on those shows.
That should give you a decent idea what to expect, they love filming the greenhorns on those shows.
dam612
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working on a boat pays as much as you can catch. i know people that have worked for weeks without a paycheck. captain has to cover fuel, bait, repairs and equipment before he pays his workers. but there is chance to make bank if you hit a bunch of nice strings.
racerboy71
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this is what i was thinking... i'm not one who's big on boats, so this wouldn't be much of a dream job and i'd probably be begging them to take me back to the hot roof after a few hours out on the seas..
yah, they have that show on discovery channel, i'd surely check it out if i were going to be getting a job on the seas...
good luck no matter what with the new job.. are you going to be fishing out of maine??
kizphilly
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yeah it pretty much depends on what we catch. when he first offered me the job i said no didnt wanna be away from home to long but fuck it there aint nothing around here to stick around for anyway.yeah maine was only there once before it was cold as shit. and thanks i gonna need it the first week is gonna be hell
racerboy71
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maine is beautiful, a far cry from philly though, lol. my gf lives up there and i go up to visit a few times a year or so.. went up once on new years eve, fucking coldest weather ever.. on the ride i home, i drove past this frozen lake that had those ice huts on it with people ice fishing in them.. the fucking huts had chimneys and fireplaces it is so damn cold up there..
it hasn't been a very cold winter up there this year, pretty much like the rest of the east coast..
sounds like a cool job, i'd try it myself other than the fact that i get super sea sick..
not sure if i would get used to it after a few days and find my sea legs like they say or i'd be sick the whole time, and guess what?? i'm not looking to find out anytime soon, lol..i went striper fishing with my buddy a few years ago in the atlantic, at the cape may rips, where the delaware meets the atlantic, and it's notoriously rough there.. i spent 90% of the trip in the cabin puking my guts up...
racerboy71
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yah, i have too, drugs on boats is usually a pretty big no no from what i've seen.. the thing is smoking would ease my stomach and make me able to work, but w/e...
anyone watch deadliest catch on discovery? those two brothers who's father, phil, died a few years ago, the one brother was caught smoking on the ship and the new captain freaked on him over it..
racerboy71
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man, i must have taken about 5 or so dramamine(sp?) and smoked a few doobs on the ride down and still puked my guts up, lol...
kizphilly
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yeah i know that was the first thing he told me lol he siad he dont give a fuck what i do when im off the boat i wouldnt risk it anyway you never know what can happen when ur at sea.
ill be going up there in april so the weather shouldnt be that bad.it crazy thou cause i havent been out of philly since i was 16 so its defintly gonna take some getting use to going from being on concrete to a boat goig up and down.maine is beautiful, a far cry from philly though, lol. my gf lives up there and i go up to visit a few times a year or so.. went up once on new years eve, fucking coldest weather ever.. on the ride i home, i drove past this frozen lake that had those ice huts on it with people ice fishing in them.. the fucking huts had chimneys and fireplaces it is so damn cold up there..
it hasn't been a very cold winter up there this year, pretty much like the rest of the east coast..
sounds like a cool job, i'd try it myself other than the fact that i get super sea sick..
i went striper fishing with my buddy a few years ago in the atlantic, at the cape may rips, where the delaware meets the atlantic, and it's notoriously rough there.. i spent 90% of the trip in the cabin puking my guts up...
racerboy71
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yah, i'm a big head, and i don't even think i'd risk smoking on a working boat like that... just too much shit that can go wrong imo..
how long are you going to be out at a time?? if i remember from that show right, i think you go out for a few days at a time, come back in and off load the catch, then go back out right after...
just not so sure how long the season is or w/e though..
kizphilly
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i dont really know i guess im going to find out lol.he said ill pretty much be living on the boat for the most part.
racerboy71
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lol, you're a brave man kiz, don't ask any ?s, just show up to work, i like that, lol..
kizphilly
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lol not really i only talked to my uncle for a couple min i gotta call my cousin tomm he is pretty much gonna explain everything in detail for me.he is one of the hardes working ppl i ever known he is pretty much on that boat all year roundlol, you're a brave man kiz, don't ask any ?s, just show up to work, i like that, lol..
racerboy71
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damn, i need a job too, but i think i will keep looking, lol...
