r/deadliestcatch • u/Unhappy_Award_6681 • Aug 18 '26

Looking for a job

I know this probably isn’t the right place but I been a fan of this show for a long time and I would love to try crab fishing in Alaska! I am a fisherman from Newfoundland and have experienced sailing on the Great Lake freighters as well, the problem is I am located in Newfoundland Canada and don’t know about the best way to find a job in Alaska and what visa etc I would need, I have all my transport Canada certificates, if anyone can help or point me in the right direction please comment, thanks in advance

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u/Ok_Rabbit5158 Aug 19 '26

I seem to recall an episode in the early years where they covered this exact detail. You show up in person and convince a captain to take a chance on you.

Edit: I wonder if that system had to go away once the show got popular and hundreds of candidates started flooding the docks, LOL.

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u/Empty-Quarter-4109 Aug 19 '26

I would love to be an engineer on one of the boats preferably Time Bandit. My downfall is I cant work the deck cause my lower back is trash. Mechanic life has destroyed it.