Deckhand
F/V Stephanie Sue Llc
Nome, Alaska
Summer Crabbing: I arranged and stacked crab pots on deck and tied gear down. Then I hauled 50lbs bait bags, assisting crane operator lowering bait onto boat, shredded bait, and stuffed bait into bait bags, piled the bait in one spot in the boat, cleaned the deck, removed the crab pot from stack, baited the crab pot and set it. I also operated the boat, threw the hook and pulled the line in, wrapped the line onto the hauling block, opened crab pot, picked measured and counted crab, stored product away, emptied out the old bait bags and reset the crab pots, or stacked them on the deck to set the gear at a different location due to poor catch. Offload catch, cleaned the deck head back out to sea.Halibut fishing: Set the drum on deck, bolted it down, getting the long line gear from storage and bringing down to boat. Assisted crane operator with bait onto boat, arranging bait on deck to thaw, chopped up bait and placing them in salt water brine before heading out to sea. Along with ice filled insulated boxes. While heading out to the fishing grounds I baited the hooks, including folding snap gear and arranging in totes or buckets. Upon reaching fishing grounds, I tied buoy to the end line. let line out depending on depth, tied anchor on line and toss anchor overboard, when it touches sea bottom, I snap on baited hooks throughout the string tied anchor on, then buoy. In the morning, afternoon, and evenings. Throw the hook and line pull in and untie buoy and anchor and attach to drum, while reeling in the string, I unsnap the baited hooks handing to other deckhand vise visa placing baited hooks in totes and buckets. Gaffing halibut moving catch and snapping to on line on the gunwale, gilling and gutting cleaning catch and placing catch on ice. Rebait hooks and set string again. Offload catch and clean boat.