Congratulations are in order for Deadliest Catch captain Sig Hansen as he welcomed his very first grandchild on Father’s Day! The little “catch of the day” comes courtesy of Sig’s oldest daughter, Nina. Grandpa Sig took to Facebook to share a number of photos with baby Jaxsen, grandma June, and mama Nina: “Finally a proud…
Deadliest Catch star Sig Hansen has apologized for an altercation with an Uber driver that ended up in his arrest. The celebrity crab-boat captain was out celebrating Norway’s Constitution Day in Seattle late Wednesday night and early Thursday morning. He and three others called for an Uber and everything was going fine until the driver…
The estranged daughter of charismatic sea-captain Sig Hansen has sued The Deadliest Catch star, alleging that he sexually abused her as a toddler. Melissa Eckstrom, a 28-year-old attorney who lives in the Seattle area, accuses Hansen of molesting her as a 2-year-old in 1990 following an acrimonious divorce between her mother, Lisa Eckstrom, and the…
Normally when I do a story about cast shake ups it is in reference to The Real Housewives or Love and Hip Hop, but today Captain Josh Harris officially announced that his boat the Cornelia Marie will not be filming for Deadliest Catch Season 13 after appearing in all 12 previous seasons. The announcement came…
Are the Deadliest Catch captains paid? Discovery’s massively popular series has just introduced a brand-new spinoff–and the ‘Dungeon Cove’ variant offers a whole host of new challenges for cast members and viewers alike. The Oregon-based take shows the lengths that six captains will go for Dungeness crab–one of the most popular varieties in all North…
I’ve been a huge fan of Discovery’s ground-breaking (sea-breaking?) reality series Deadliest Catch for a decade now, and after all those years I still had a number of questions about the show and Bering Sea crab fishing. Little did I realize that many of the questions I had (and many that I didn’t realize I…
It was reported earlier today that Deadliest Catch and Celebrity Apprentice star Captain Sig Hansen had to be airlifted to a hospital after collapsing on board his boat while fishing for crab off the Alaskan coast. According to the initial report, “Sig and the crew of the F/V Northwestern were at sea, with cameras rolling,…
Deadliest Catch‘s Tony Lara died in his sleep this weekend at the age of 50. He was in South Dakota for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. After working alongside Capt. Phil Harris for years in the 1990s, Tony temporarily took over as captain following Phil’s death in 2010. Tony went on to star in six episodes of the…
Tonight, on an all-new episode of Discovery’s award-winning reality series Deadliest Catch, things get interesting when the Wizard’s Captain Keith Colburn goes against his superstitious nature and hires his first ever female deckhand, Amy Majors. “You know, I’m obviously not bringing a girl out here that’s never fished,” Keith says in the preview clip…
Every season of Discovery’s Deadliest Catch has it’s share of casualties, and this season has been no exception. One of the “men down” this time around is F/V Northwestern Relief Skipper/Deckboss/Cook/Chief Engineer and Captain Sig Hansen’s younger brother Edgar Hansen. Edgar was forced to leave the Northwestern due to pain from a spinal condition…
On the current season of Discovery’s award-winning reality series Deadliest Catch, the crews battled through a historically terrible Bering Sea storm, making what was already one of the most challenging and high-risk jobs on the planet even more so. But turbulent seas are nothing new for F/V Northwestern deckhand Jake Anderson, who has battled them both literally…
The current season of Discovery’s award-winning reality series Deadliest Catch has been focused on the impact of Super Typhoon Nuri on the fleet. For Saga captain Elliott Neese, though, it’s been the turbulent inner storm of drug addiction that has posed the biggest threat to his (and his crew’s) fishing season, and potentially his career….
Discovery’s 13-time EMMY Award winning series Deadliest Catch always lives up to its non-hyperbolic title, but this season is even deadlier than usual as the crews battle through hurricane-force winds and waves up to 50 feet courtesy of Super Typhoon Nuri. On Tuesday night’s episode things go from bad to worse for the boats choosing…
I write about celebrities and reality shows for a living, so I wouldn’t usually expect to enjoy writing a post about catching crabs. But, thanks to Deadliest Catch, there are exceptions. Discovery’s ground-breaking reality series about the dangers of offshore fishing in the Bering Sea off of Alaska’s coast returns for its eleventh season tonight,…
The 2014 Emmy Awards kicked off last night in Los Angeles as statuettes were handed out for the Creative Arts Emmys, which included a lot of technical categories as well as some rather high-profile awards for guest actors, Best Animated Series and several reality programming categories. Keep reading for a complete list of winners and the rankings so far of which shows and networks have the most bling heading into next week’s Primetime Emmys!
Discovery has announced the premiere date for the upcoming 10th season of their wildly popular show Deadliest Catch. As part of the press release, it was also revealed that FV/Northwestern captain Sig Hansen’s daughter Mandy Hansen will be joining the cast! See some great candid pics of Mandy and read the full press release about Season 10 which includes some plot info for one of the loveliest catches of the Northeast.
See photos of Deadliest Catch star Sig Hansen growing up in a fishing family. Includes a photo of him and his brothers Edgar and Norman as boys and a picture with his father Sverre Hansen aboard the Northwestern!
If you thought you had to be fearless to go alligator hunting with the Swamp People or tough to fish crab with the guys from the Deadliest Catch, you’re not going to believe what is involved in Noodling, the outdoor sport highlighted on Animal Planet’s new show, Hillbilly Hand Fishin’.
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