Discovery Vs. Cornelia Marie

in other news pertant to the CM, on FB travis loftland sais he was going crabbing this year on, guess where, the CM. now, how did they manage to get quotas?

I wish the Harris men luck, but I do not want to watch them. If they are serious fishermen, then they will not worry about the lack of cameras. And surely Travis could find a better job than the one on the Cornelia Marie.

Maybe that is the only boat that would have Travis. Did he even fish last season? I don't recall seeing him after he was fired from the TB.

What I had read was that the underwriting insurance company would NOT underwrite the boat with Josh or Jake as captain of record. That is why they had to have an experienced captain on board "running" the boat. We saw Jake do a few turns at the wheel with Derrick but I have never seen a shot of Josh so much as doing wheel watch. That is why I could not believe these rabid Phil fans who believe that he rose 3 days later in Josh/Jake can keep on spouting how the boys are ready to captain the boat and that they have all the experience that they need to run the boat. I cannot imagine Travis signing on with Josh and Jake actually running the boat alone. I assume this will be something similiar to the Jake Anderson on the Kiska Sea arrangement. I would be interested to find out if either J or J actually work the deck this season.

Please Discovery do not reward these two for their incompetent behaviors and sense of entitlement.

Maybe Keith gave Josh some quota to keep Freddy. How much does it cost to lease quota ? Expect an announcement that the CM is back on the show soon.

First time posting here. And HI!

To the topic -
Anyone else hopes the boys make a successful comeback?
And not for the image. Not for the "show". Not even for their late father ( RIP ) .. But for themselves. 
To hear the other Captains and fishermen talk, that is something that runs through their veins. Passed down from one generation to the next.
It's a way of life.
I believe both Josh and Jake have that. But first thing's first.
Baby brother NEEDS to get clean and stay clean. There's no other way around it.

And maybe the halt of filming, maybe not having the lime light on them will help them stay in line of what needs to be done. The less distractions they have, the better motivated they will become.

And if they feel they can NOT achieve this, or lack the desire, they need to hand the CM over to someone else.

Just my opinion.

Thanks for the warm welcome.

And yeah. I agree. That's why I was saying it might be a great improvement to all angles if avoid the lime light. And if it's all they're after, we will soon find out.
I'm usually the cynical one. I'm usually the one to wash my hands of a dooming situation.
But I have to root for them.
Some of their stories hit home for me. And it seem very hopeless for me.

I had one person who backed me 100% ... Rooted for the underdog. And the underdog prevailed.

So .. I want to believe they can overcome anything and do what needs to be done... For themselves.

I'm fairly certain we've not heard the last of the Harris Brothers. So we shall see.

I don't mean to shoot the flames of hell at them. We have watched them forever. What I think would be totally appropriate would be some cameo type shots.... heading out of port to the sea with a narrative by one of them.... back in port at the dock unloading the crab and doing some chatter. I believe that everyone wants them to do well. I just wish they would be more honest in what they are after. Personally I love a good underdog story and I wish them well.

"Last year Edgar said in the last show that he would not be fishing if he was not on the show."

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I don't remember Edgar saying anything of the sort on After the Catch. I remember Edgar saying that he would believe the CM was back to fishing after he actually saw her on the water.
OH WAIT, did you mean Edgar himself would not be fishing if not for the show? That I remember.

Me, personally, I could care less if Josh was motivated to go on the show because cameras were there. While his father was still alive, he never claimed to be on the CM for any other reasons than to make money and spend time with his father. After all, Jonathan Hillstrand normally captained another boat during Opies, so he is obviously there during Opies for rhe cameras as well.

What bothers me and pisses me off about what Josh Harris is doing is that he seems to have bought the CM for the sole purpose of staying on the show. I'm vary sympathetic to a kid wanting to carry on the family business, but that is NOT what it looks like is happening here. He seems to care more about getting taped than making the CM a viable business. I want to see a working boat, not an entitled brat. Plenty of those I can watch without sending a monthly payment to Comcast.

I lost respect for Josh after his treatment of Derrick Ray. Derrick used the tough love approach to shake him back into reality. Josh nor the legion of Harris fans were ready for that and Capt Derrick was vilified. As much as I missed Phil, I understood what Derrick was trying to do.

I think Freddy is smart enough to stick with Keith, especially with the responsibilities of a his new young family. Josh has a child now too. He should be putting her needs first and WORK for it. Not chase some celebrity fantasy.

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Really? Where did you see that? I'm confused. What about Bill? Man I hope he's not going to the CM.

I'll believe Murray is coming back when I see him on TV. He was absolutely disgusted with Discovery's manipulation of story lines, and if I recall correctly his wife was publically vocal about that on her Facebook page. I think people are reaching.

JMHO, it is inconceivable that Scotty Hillstrand would leave the TB to fish on the CM. The CM has no quota. Even if they could get some quota at the 11th hour, it would be nowhere near the quota the TB has. Scotty now has his cousin on board, so he can't just go off on a lark and expect that his place as Hillstrand of record for his generation will be enough to ensure his future leadership of the TB. I wonder if whoever Josh's "people" are this round they are blowing these rumors around like smoke to keep up interest.

Oh, and I saw the change.org petition for keeping the CM on the show. Lest we forget, the same CM of the current no quota status. Seriously, I would be embarrassed to sign a petition to keep a boat that has no crab quota on a show about crab fishing.

I thought Murry returned to his home in NM to run a business of some sort. I seem to recall something along those lines, although it wouldn't prevent him from fishing/crabbing part-time.