Chapter 8~ Good Fishing

As the rumors circulated that the season would close soon, Fierce Allegiance was still having trouble finding the crab. "Two words to some the season up, this sucks!" He growled. "But it is what it is and that's that." He turned his attention back to an upcoming string. "Hopefully these will show some good numbers." He thought.

150 miles away, Northwestern was on solid good numbers of 400 plus. She worked well into the night, determined to catch as many crab as she could before the season ended. When it ended, she did not know but she did know that she wanted full tanks when that happened. The first pot in a string that'd been set back three times already came up stuffed. "OH YEAH BABY!" She cheered. Sig grinned. "I love it." He said.

100 miles to the south, the Saga was still grinding away. Unlike Allegiance who couldn't seem to find any crab, or Northwestern who was on a herd of them, he was having moderate luck with an average of 200-300 crab. "Eh, could be better." He said. "But it could be worse too." "Don't you say that!" exclaimed his captain. "It's bad luck." "Oops, sorry." Saga muttered. To the camera he added "He's a superstitious old coot."

Fierce Allegiance eyed the pot as it drew closer and closer to the surface. "Oh please." He whispered. The pot broke the surface, stuffed with opilio crab. "YES OH YES!" Allegiance yowled. "About time." He felt like a little kid who'd just opened a piƱata and found all the goodies inside. "I love my job." He laughed breezily.

Just as the going got good for all boats the call came over the radio. "The Alaskan Department of Fish and Game has announced a close to the season commencing in 36 hours, that is all." Northwestern smacked her bow hard on the water. "Ugh." She groaned. "Why do they do that just as the fishing is getting good?" She whined. "It is what it is girl." Sig sighed. "It's the law and I can't change that." "If only." She muttered.

With the season closing in just 36 hours, all the boats were rushing to fill their tanks as quickly as possible. "We have some serious catching up to do." Allegiance muttered. "Down the coffee boys, it's gonna be a long all nighter."