R U Interested in working in Alaska Fishing or Crabbing?
- Thread starter NOKUY
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shit ta get on a boat most just need an id.
they dont deal w/ the taxes thats your shit.
last boat i worked on was a halibut longline boat out of seward alaska, and they gave me 100 bucks every time we offloaded...was like 15 times in 9 weeks..and got a final check of a bit over 30,000 last day.
they didnt do payroll tax..that was on me, but i havent sent in a tax return in over 15 years.
Back in the early 80's I was close to running instead of doing the mandatory 12 months jail time for my 2nd DWI offense in NY. My only lucrative option was a fishing boat my brother-in-law was setting me up with in Alaska that he'd worked on, tough dirty work but great money & few options made it look appealing to me. Luckily enough my attorney was as crooked as the judge and a $5,000 payoff kept me free, the judge sent everyone in felony court to jail that day except me, I was called to the bench last & was threatened by the judge that I was next to go to jail if I returned to his court. Anyway my back couldn't stand the amount of work required on a fishing/crabbing boat today as I'm approaching 60 soon enough. If any of those boats had a cooks position (not that I've seen one) open I'd be able to nail it.
yeah bro almost all cook jobs require u to be a deckhand too....ive seen a few exceptions.
i hate cooking, and that actually helped me, cuz it meant more galley time for the rest...and more deck tgime for me.
GoneGrowing
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Hey NOKUY, cool of you to offer this information man!
I'm from europe, but I'm definitely intrigued by this, have been considering going to alaska or canada if I was able to find me some hard work that can pay well. Would have to work out visa and stuff, but this is some interesting stuff man
greetings
gonegrowing
I'm from europe, but I'm definitely intrigued by this, have been considering going to alaska or canada if I was able to find me some hard work that can pay well. Would have to work out visa and stuff, but this is some interesting stuff man
greetings
gonegrowing
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LolaGal
OK Nok! I want a nice cushy job as an RN in a summer camp full of spoiled bratty kids, where I do absolutely nothing, have my own quarters and no drug test please. Or even better RN at a Lodge or something with adults....
shit when fishermen come in the ladies know it...im gonna stop there so i dont offend anyone.
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LolaGal
hahaahaha... nope no place for me.
A nice Lodge in Alaska would be nice for the summer though.....
A nice Lodge in Alaska would be nice for the summer though.....
you've never been to dutch harbor or kodiak have u?
ya ya but i think it is shitty enough working at a job with nothing but guys. Especially old jambly guys.
being with no one but them for a few months would just really suck all the more.
Are you a little homophobic......And you would be surprised just how tough these "old jambly guys" are....
mr.winkles
New member
is this info going to be available for a while? i want to do this; have for a while now. just been to high to figure out how to start. so the only idea i have currently is to get like 50-100phone #s and call everyone asking if theyre hiring people w no experience.
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Teeg420
I couldn't do it. I get seasick way too easy. Plus have you seen the fisherman at your local harbor? They are weathered and lonely people, not all but a majority of them are where I live. I would too if I had been acustomed to making a good living by catching fish and suddenly there aren't any fish to catch. kind of sad around here, 3 years ago the harbor was busy, people from all over the pacifc coast coming and going offloading tons of fish, now its a ghost town.
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movingtocally
I'd rather be homeless.
Those dudes have testicles that would make a mule jealous.
Those dudes have testicles that would make a mule jealous.
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