BLACK COD FISHING ON THE OCEAN PEARL
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.พ. 2025
- On this episode I show you the ins and outs of black cod (sablefish) trap fishing on our flagship OCEAN PEARL. During this 40+ day excursion we navigate the near coastal waters of British Columbia,Canada. The crew of the vessel includes myself and 9 other sea dogs. Thanks for watching and be sure to like and sub if you enjoyed it! For more adventures with Al check out my channel and instagram at / skipper_al
for seafood inquiries go to our website www.finestatse...
Music: @epidemicsound
This is so fascinating how your process works. Please do more of these!
Hey I really appreciate it! Thanks for watching!!
Thanks for the awesome video, no BS just what you do and how you do it. You tube needs more of this.
Appreciate it man, thanks for watching!
This video is awesome! Thank you for showing step by step how the process works. Very informative. Excellent editing and drone work too. Keep up the great work.
I have a friend who fishes black cod, and I had no idea what he was doing out there. Thanks for being such a fantastic teacher.
Amazing. You guys work your asses off. Thanks for helping us understand where our food comes from
Thanks for watching man I appreciate it!
Quite the ship Skipper! Thanks for the tour!
Awesome video. Brought back memories of my Coast Guard days in the Bering Sea
@@nitwitboy really appreciate it, thanks for watching! 🏴☠️🦅
I love the catches and the adventures. BEAUTIFUL places you go to.
@@ianleroux2567 we sure are lucky to live and work in such an amazing place, thanks for watching!🏴☠️🦅
This is better than any episode of deadliest catch
Wow that is very nice of you to say! Thanks so much for watching!
THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR START TO FINISH OF HOW YOU PREP THE LINE TO CATCHING, CLEANING, THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS EXCELLENTLY PROCESSED, ALL YOU CREW MEMBERS WORK SO WELL, TOGETHER LOVE WHAT YOU DO , PLEASE CONTINUE TO WHAT YOU DO, SO WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING, GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.
Thanks so much for watching Larry!! See you on the next one !! 🤘🤘
just found your you tube so SOOO cool to watch I have now subscribe thankyou watching from new Zealand
Thank you I really appreciate it, thanks for watching from down under! 😂🦅🦅
You need more of these fishing videos, they're so great!
I'm working on one as we speak
Soaked at that Hot Spring many times. Cool vid skipper Al!
Hey thanks for watching dude! Such a cool spot eh! 🦅🦅🦅👍👍
Not staged like the deadliest catch... this is far superior 👍
Thanks for watching!!
Skipper Al, I trust you and family are well. Well done to you and your shipmates for helping the Albatross, it meant no harm. Take care and be safe. Tim W, England💪
It’s a mariners worst nightmare to harm an albatross, very BAD luck!
This was put together well your editing and drone footage along with great background audio made this captivating. Thanks
Hey thanks so much I really appreciate it! And thanks for watching! 🦅🦅
That was a great vid Al, well done. :)
@@allancrow134 thanks so much for watching Allan! 🦅🏴☠️
Absolutely amazing!! The life of a seaman! Beautiful work from everyone! Wild experience I’d love to venture! The hot spring location was stunning too. Lovin it
Great video skipper al keep up the good content
@@jakepsaila5 thanks man!!! 🦅🦅👍👍
This is easy to watch. It is educational and you speak to us in a manner that is easy to listen and learn. Doing what you do every day and teaching us what you do and the help you give to insure the future. I am going to follow your videos. Thank you on many levels.
That means a lot David thank you. I try to just speak easy and be myself when I make these videos, instead of cramming content down your throat like a lot of other bloggers do. Take care man and thank you!
Awesome job on the Vid Brother👌🏼👏🏼👍🏼👍🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼
@@stevenclever thanks for watching dude!
Very informative keep them coming .THANK YOU.
@@rustyhagen3604 thanks for watching 🦅🦅🏴☠️🏴☠️!
@@rustyhagen3604 thanks for watching 🦅🦅🏴☠️🏴☠️!
Greatly informative video. Thank much from NL
@@perrymurphy4100 thanks for watching Perry!! 🦅🦅🏴☠️🏴☠️
Thanks a lot for sharing this beautiful experience. You guys are doing great job. Nice ship (Ocean Pearl).
Really appreciate it! And thanks for watching 🤗🤗
Brave Brave men working in conditions most would never see . My mothers family had a cod ship working the North Sea in what was known as the cod wars in the late sixties and early seventies many men lost their lives back then as health and safety was down to the man himself. Great video thanks for sharing it with us.
Times sure have changed! Thanks for watching Mike! 👍👍
Nice Vid Alec. Thanks for the tour.
Thanks for watching Chris! 🤘🤘
What an awesome video! Glad I stumbled upon it and get to see what’s day in the life looks like.
Keep up the good work, great content and stay safe out there!
Hey thanks for watching Lee! Hopefully we will see you soon 👍👍
Great job Al, really liked the detail in this vlog.
Thanks rob!! Glad you liked it 🤘🤘
Not ai buddy maybe things have changed In the last 20 years
@@McTickles777 yes I guess I’m glad they have!
Love this video! The whole channel is pretty awesome. We reteieved one of your A7's from a remote location this summer.
@@kimberleeulmer6228 thanks for watching I really appreciate it! I’m not sure what an A7 is but I’m assuming you’re talking about one of our bouys!?
@@Skipper_al yeah, the polyform A7's. Retrieved in the trees.
@@kimberleeulmer6228 that’s awesome, where about are you guys located!?
@@Skipper_al i sent you a message thru finestatsea . Looks like we got some heavy weather coming this week. Stay safe out there!
It's great to see the next generation has hard workers!!!👍
Thanks Brian, it feels like there is less and less of us but we do still exist! Thanks for watching man
Hello Sir, I never knew that about Albatrosses.🤔 Always learn something new every day. Take care and be safe my friend. Tim W, England.
Thanks for watching Tim! Always a treat to hear from you 👍🦅
Incredible video! Great content, editing and education! 😊
@@sneaks01 thanks dude really appreciate it!! 🏴☠️🦅
Great captain to work for; i have worked for Numerous disfunctional ones .
@@greghertzberg6220 there is definitely some colourful characters on this coast 😂 thanks for watching! 🦅🏴☠️
Truly appreciated and enjoyed the video Skipper Al!... Instantly subbed after a few minutes in!.😂
That’s awesome Roger thank you! And thanks for watching!!
Awesome video buddy, thanks for letting us be part of seeing your fun i mean your hard work. When it stops being fun that's when you do something else. Because if you don't enjoy what you are doing, you will hate getting up each day and going to work and that's a boring sad life. Only you can change it if its not something you love to do. I'd love doing that myself, except for getting that cold rain slapping up side the face an head during those really cold days for hours and hours. I love being out on boats. If I lived up there I'd want to hitch a ride to go out for a few days. 👍
Those are some true words of wisdom right there 👍👍 thanks for watching man!
Very well done!!! Glad to see many of the systems still installed. Way to go FAS
Hay Dan thanks for watching man!! Hope all is well!!
Awesome vid 👌 i love seeing my island so well represented
Appreciate it man, thanks for watching! 🦅
Great vid.
@@isickofit thanks dude!
300 fathoms! 548 meters that’s impressive when you think about it.
I’ve always talk to fishermen about details of different types of fishing, and they often are hesitant to talk about it. I know that I’m very interested in all the details and I bet there are many others who are interested.
I enjoy your videos because you explain what’s happening with enough detail to have a decent idea about the operation.
One big observation is the amount of investment in a commercial operation. It’s overwhelming when considering the $$$$ cost of that setup, before you even start fishing. I will never complain about the cost of a premium piece of fish that I pickup at my local retailer.
I always try to buy Canadian fish, because it’s a superior product is every way.
@@peterparsons7141 yeah and often we are fishing up to 700 fathoms, super deep it’s crazy. And I really appreciate you saying that Peter, it’s something we get a lot of is people complaining about fish prices and it hurts when we put everything we have into it.
Wow you answered most if not all you comments .. Subbed for that
Hahah thanks I try, I love getting feedback as this is all new to me. I started the channel a year ago! Thanks for watching Steve!
Awesome video thanks can’t wait to see more
Hey thanks for watching!
Awesome video. Black cod is delicious like Chilean sea bass but sustainable.
My absolute favourite fish! Thanks for watching!! 👍👍
Nice clean opperation,stock assessment all part of a good sustainable fisheries
So important! Thanks for watching stephen!!
That was an awesome video ty
Thanks for watching!!
My homie Jason out there teaching the tricks of the trade lol! Love that guy!! See you guys on the 20th at offload!!!
You’re the new cook right!? See you then!
Yessir
@@Skipper_al
I'm glad you take time to assess the fish stocks
It’s the most important thing to do to ensure our kids and grandkids still have fish to catch. Thanks for watching!
Fantastic showing of the mighty ocean pearl life !!
Thanks dude!!
Excellent video my man and thank you for sharing.
Hey thanks so much for watching!
Great Job!
Thanks man!
@@Skipper_al Your welcome
Very interesting! BTW.. I do love me some COD!
Thanks for watching!! Check out our website and order some! Finest at sea
That’s a good haul of cash flow there! I bought black cod and halibut from fish ex outta anchorage 40lbs at a time and it’s beautiful as fresh as I can get in Arizona and it’s here in 24hrs FedX!! Thanks for your hard work much appreciated
@@chapsteronetime2000 pretty amazing how technology allows us to get fish across the world to people who live thousands of miles from the ocean. Thanks for supporting the commercial fisherman, and thanks for watching!!🏴☠️🏴☠️🦅🦅
@ yes it is amazing how fast they you guys get it from catch, clean, flash, packed sealed and shipped!! Sad part for me I used to live in Bellingham WA, used to travel to Canada play hockey growing up for years, later on my grandpa had a cabin up in Barkley sound thru the late 80’s & 90’s I believe it was the lady rose longest ferry-boat ride I can remember getting there! 😆 but all the kings, silvers and fish we could catch loved it!! Lost it in the family feud when he passed unfortunately and now just a memory and pics for me to share w my kids here in AZ!! Keep up the grind and enjoy yourself hot springs adventures and all that comes to you brother!!
Lots of info, thanks for sharing. Tough job out there.
Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it 👍👍🦅
Great to see some Canadian content !!
Thanks for watching bob!
Great video, I commercial fished for about 15 years. The only thing I saw that was scary to me was the crew getting underneath the vats when off loading, I have seen straps slip off and also fail. Obviously if you are under all that weight, you are gone.
Yeah man I agree. No matter how many times you tell Somone for some reason they think they can help by looking up at it or guiding a heavy load when a crane is lifting it…. It drives me bonkers . Thanks for watching dude!
Awesome show lil bro 💥
Thanks big sis 😘
A fisherman myself and skippper. Unreal how good the litte space on this boat is utilized. Good fishing.
The design of this ship is so well thought out. And the hill is absolutely amazing sea boat
I’ve known/seen from a distance since late 70’s. Always with respect. We did tuna from 56’ vessel. “White Hope”. Kinda small by comparison. Great, informative video. Nice to get on and below deck. Seems like A1 crew. Thanks.
That’s cool man I love hearing from other people in the industry! Thanks for watching dude!
Excellent....thank you.
Thanks for watching!!
Great content! 22 degrees from the panhandle of Texas!
Hey that’s awesome! Thanks for watching 🦅🦅
I like that boat setup 🔥
Thanks uncle Dave!😂 she is a true work horse!
Great video.. Thanks
Thanks again dood!
Looking forward to seeing more...
The music is not necessary, but I'll give you two thumbs up
Thanks for watching!
Backbreaking . Thanks folks
Thanks for watching!!
YOU BOYS DESERVE EVERYTHING YOU GET,,, THERE MUST BE EASIER WAYS OF EARNING A LIVING,, GOOD LUCK STAY SAFE
I helped build the Ocean Pearl at Allied shipbuilders in North Vancouver. I was a painter, it was the largest fish boat built there in the 11 years that l worked there.
@@dougpazdzierski3632 hey thanks for the comment, that is really cool you were there! Must have been amazing to see that ship being built! Thanks for watching 🦅🦅
@@Skipper_al The vessel was built for Blair Pearl, A super nice guy. 😉🇨🇦
@@stevecarlisle3323 He was a great man, Rest in Peace.
Al, Well done...good to know!
Thanks for watching!
Just great
Thanks for watching!!
Caught my first black cod on hook and line in Monterey Bay CA on Christmas Eve. Caught some nice Dungeness crab as well and they went into a big pot of cioppino for Christmas dinner. Have to love the electric reels for fishing deep water!
Wow I’ve never had that fish but I just looked it up and it looks amazing!! I’ll have to make it! Thanks for watching, good luck on you’re future fishing endeavours!!
That's was cool mate.Subbed from Oz 🙂
Hey thanks for watching dude!! Come on up to Canada and come for a fish! 😂🦅
Good stuff keep more coming please
Hey thanks for watching!!
Awesome video! Hope you will do one during the tuna season
We sure will! Thanks for watching!!
Thank you mister for sharing your experience, happy to see your video for us ocean warriors,
Success always to sea warriors...👍
Thanks for watching brother!
Hell yea keep these videos up! awesome
Thanks for watching my Erik!! Will do!!!
Great video
Thanks dude!
When i was a kid a long time ago (70's), my parents would bring back pieces of delicious smoked sable fish (black cod) from the kosher grocery store. Hard to find it anywhere these days.
Our store specializes in smoked black cod! Check out our website finestatsea.com thanks for watching!
😮
😅😅and 😅😅have 6😮@@Skipper_al
Great channel you should have your own show on The Discovery Channel.🐟🐠
Yeah I wish that would be pretty cool 😂😂
Hey skipper Al I was a crew member on the Ocean Pearl for many trips and you are wrong about a few things, black cod and dogfish were definitely something that we were after but we also rigged the boat up for squid, drift nets , ans a shelter deck for processing the squid , but yea she is a fine boat and had the best crew on the coast
Not to sure what I am wrong about here? I just didn’t mention the squid? Or did it fish squid before it fished dogfish
No offense but i dont think you did mention the squid fiasco, and i do believe that we geared up for dogfish before the squid , it was a big deal back then because, it involved the cooperation of 2 governments and the logistics of involving 3 boats ( ocean pearl,La Porche ,and the shima maru) we certainty did catch lots of squid but the bycatch was horrifying and ultimately Blair decided it was the wrong type of boat for that fishery, and we went back to doing what we did best , black cod.
Oh non taken moe! I love here about the history! That’s really cool!!
@@Skipper_al I am impressed with some of the changes you guys have made to hauling gear at the rail,we used to operate the winch ftom the deck, and now its all from the wheelhouse, its was possible, but it was always a mad scramble to run back to the winch handle before the next trap gets hauled into the block, then the skipper would get pissed. Also we mostly used 2 men to stack traps, but with smaller strings, i can see its easy enough for one guy , provided that the height of the stack is not too high, it would be cool to demonstrate to your viewers how 2 men in a big swell, the gravity defying trick, of timing the toss to chuck the traps over 20 high. Anyway you are doing a good job of showing how it all goes down, brings back some memorys, thanks for doing this, Moe
@@Skipper_al I forgot to mention that i wrote and recorded a song about fishing on the ocean pearl, its called I dont care about the money anymore, i played it for Blair before he passed away.
I am professional squid hunter been for 47 minutes now… I usually began my seasons in may finish in July fishing in the Red Sea, the Nile river and Amazon to finish fun
Wow that’s quite the trip!
this was pretty cool!
Thanks for watching dude I appreciate it!
Like number 1K... hell yeah
Hahah right on, thanks so much for watching!
I agree!
Thanks for watching!! 🤘🤘
Very cool. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching man!
Hey Al,my name's on that cork behind ya in yur secret spot. Signed Douglas C.
@@charlesbey8636 fantastic, lots of cool stuff hanging in there! Thanks for watching fellow seafarer!! 🫡 🏴☠️🦅
@@Skipper_al 👍
Really cool video i own 2 boats that fish black cod wish the were worth something the price is in the dumps but that’s fishing good content tho my friend
Thanks man, yeah sucks about the prices but that’s the way she goes sometimes!
great vid
Thanks for watching dude!
Wicked fishing adventure. I'm hungry now LOL. Keep the content coming
Thanks dude glad you liked it!
Al that's no secret hot springs I've been there back in day of road building n logging
@@f.lindstrom8947 I realize that… I just don’t want all them Instagram clowns flying there jets there to get a picture next to it.
Yea Bobby
My boy Bobby 👌👌
You call the fins collars.
Here in Ontario Canada our walleye fins are called walleye wings.
Cool to hear a different name.
✌️🇨🇦
That’s so funny 😂😂 yeah they are my favourite part of the fish, so tasty! Thanks for watching!
Aloha. Very educational. Is this the Black Pearls traditional fishing crew, or an amuglation of crew, scientists, and students?
Yes so on this trip we had 10 of our normal crew on the boat and 2 scientists. Throughout the 46 days we went in every two weeks to change the science staff out because they don’t want to do a 40+ day stint. So we ended up having 3 different pairs of scientist on the boat. On a normal trip there is 13 crew as the boat fishes 24 hours a day. So shift work and always 8 crew on deck at any given time. Thanks for watching! I’m coming to Hawaii in March!
@@Skipper_al Aloha. Good information and very educational. That last day looked sporty to say the least. Mahalo.
Lived in SOOKE B.C . Might remember that boat.
Thanks for watching dude! I’m sure you’ve seen it around!
Seen this boat up in Port Ed a few times
@@roblockhart8410 we used to unload up there a lot!
Respect. I will take better care of my Cod order next time. Be well.
Thanks for watching!!
Minus 40 C is also coincidentally minus 40 degrees in human language. Normally, one must calculate a difference. For instance, zero degrees in Celsius is 32 degrees in human language.
How do you stack them on the trais when it's rough? Cool video
We have big long bars that lock onto the outside of the freezer plates, which stop the trays from sliding out! Thanks for watching!
It would be awesome to spend a few days at sea on a boat like this. If I was coastal I would do it for free just to get the experience.
@@road2exile not on this boat 😂 if you left on it you wouldnt be home for 50 days! Trust me you would t want to work for free 😂 thanks for watching!
@@Skipper_al I think 50 days might be a bit much for my sea legs. LOL
I work aboard "PERSISTENT " as a butcher/freezer man and 1st mate. We power troll, longline and dingle bar from Sitka. She came from Canada as a tuna freezer troller. 54ft blue steel boat. Do you know "PERSISTENT " ?
Hi Scott! That’s amazing! I do actually know the boat and believe it or not we own two of her sister-ships! The “Hannah Lio” and the “Kal Anne” Great boats. Thanks for watching dude! 🦅👋
@@Skipper_al WOW
I'm mind blown, the Ocean Pearl is a MONSTER.
That's a super impressive boat, crew, every aspect. You, my man are living the dream. This what happens when you are born to it. Flat Out Killer Skip
Hahah right on thank you Scott! Tight lines brother 🤘🤘
Do you guys get much bycatch fishing like this? And do the scientists keep track of it? I think saw one little rockfish of some sort at the beginning there.
Our bycatch trap fishing is very minimal. In one load which is 300,000 pounds of blackcod we get plus or minus 6 thousand pounds of rockfish. Anything with a low survival rate must be kept. And absolutely EVERYTHING is accounted for. We are monitored by camera systems that record 100% of the hauls and when the boat gets in it is reviewed by authorities and if they find any discrepancy between the logbooks and the camera we would get audited and fined. It’s a great system and keeps all fisherman accountable!
@Skipper_al That's interesting to know you guys have cameras. If you guys were in Alaska a boat this size that does its own processing would probably have to have an observer on board at all times.
Well the trawl fleet has observers that go out on the boat… the problem with that is they can be paid off… not sure if the same thing happens in Alaska but there has been some instances here.
@@Skipper_al Not that I'm aware of recently but I've heard stories of it happening in past decades.
Great to see the commercial fishing side of black cod ! Not sure if enjoy being out in that weather though. What do you do with bycatch ?
Hey Stijin! We are really good at targeting blackcod so we have one of the smallest bycatch compared to any commercial fishery. For species that do not have a good chance of survival we are required to keep specifically rockfish, nothing goes to waste and it all goes to market. That being said, when we do a load on the pearl, we get roughly 300,000# of blackcod and roughly 3-6,000# of rockfish… so a very small portion of our load is bycatch. Any other species that can be returned to the water and survive will be but every single fish is accounted for by us and then later audited by the camera system that constantly records us while we fish. This keeps the fisherman accountable and an discrepancies in the counts versus the camera system can lead to heavy fines. Thanks for watching dude! I hope all is well!
Too bad.You guys never let me go on one of the charters This was the trip after my last one I miss the pearl she's a beautiful ship but I don't miss being on it 90 day's lol
@@Workhardsavemore who’s this?
@Skipper_al it's chris aka beaver
I did Every james trip up until this last one on your video
Love the pearl I miss that boat and talk about that beauty every day There is a reason I've stayed on there.Three trips in a row plus long arm is a good man I miss all the crew I would experience some of the best times of my life on my boat I love fas I'm proud to have worked on that beauty
And Joey still owes me prawns lol
That’s some big chain on foward anchor. Assume you have one on rear?
Yeah it’s heavy as all get out. Great for anchoring in those extremely windy days, but it’s not often that it’s actually used, this boat never stops. I’ve actually only launched it a hand full of times. Only need the one anchor on the bow, we don’t have one on the stern.
Thanks for watching!!