Lobstermen: Jeopardy at Sea
Encyclopedia
Lobstermen: Jeopardy at Sea is a multi-part documentary
/reality show on the Discovery Channel
chronicling the fall 2005 North Atlantic lobster fishing
season aboard several fishing boats. Created and narrated by Thom Beers
, it is heavily patterned after and can be considered a spin-off
of fellow Discovery Channel program Deadliest Catch
, which deals with Alaskan crab fishing
. Lobstermen debuted on June 20, 2006, one week after the finale of season two of Deadliest Catch in its former time slot.
The central story of the show is the struggle of first-year captain Scott Christopher and his boat, Dragon Lady, in their attempt to gain a foothold on the hotly contested fishing grounds of the Georges Bank
. In 2007, Lobster Wars
debuted, following not only Dragon Lady, but also four other lobster boats.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
/reality show on the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
chronicling the fall 2005 North Atlantic lobster fishing
Lobster fishing
Lobster fishing, sometimes called lobstering, is the commercial or recreational harvesting of marine lobsters, spiny lobsters or crayfish.-Lobster tools and technology:...
season aboard several fishing boats. Created and narrated by Thom Beers
Thom Beers
Thom Beers is an American television producer and narrator/ voice over artist. Beers, a former producer and executive with Turner Broadcasting and Paramount Syndicated Television, has produced over 40 television series since the mid 1990s, most under the banner of his own production company formed...
, it is heavily patterned after and can be considered a spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
of fellow Discovery Channel program Deadliest Catch
Deadliest Catch
Deadliest Catch is a documentary/reality television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel. It portrays the real life events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and C. opilio crab fishing seasons.The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor,...
, which deals with Alaskan crab fishing
Alaskan king crab fishing
Alaskan king crab fishing is carried out during the winter months in the waters off the coast of Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The commercial harvest is performed during a very short season, and the catch is shipped worldwide...
. Lobstermen debuted on June 20, 2006, one week after the finale of season two of Deadliest Catch in its former time slot.
The central story of the show is the struggle of first-year captain Scott Christopher and his boat, Dragon Lady, in their attempt to gain a foothold on the hotly contested fishing grounds of the Georges Bank
Georges Bank
Georges Bank is a large elevated area of the sea floor which separates the Gulf of Maine from the Atlantic Ocean and is situated between Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia ....
. In 2007, Lobster Wars
Lobster Wars
Lobster Wars, also known as Deadliest Catch: Lobstermen in the United Kingdom, is a documentary television series on the Discovery Channel. It documents men and one woman fishing for lobsters off the Georges Bank near the northeastern coast of North America...
debuted, following not only Dragon Lady, but also four other lobster boats.
Fishing vessels
The show was filmed aboard five fishing vessels.Fishing Vessel | Captain | Notes |
---|---|---|
Capt. Bligh | Keith Chasse | |
Courtney Elizabeth | Tim Handrigan | |
Debbie Ann | Norbert Stamps | |
Direction | Grant Moore | |
Excalibur | Joel Hovanesian | Fishing trawler |
Episodes
Six episodes of the show were produced.- Episode 1: "Land of the Giants"
- Episode 2: "The Draggers are Coming"
- Episode 3: "Cat and Mouse Game"
- Episode 4: "Breaking Point"
- Episode 5: "Here Come the Crabs"
- Episode 6: "Storm of the Season"