Formerly featured fishing vessels edit

Fishing Vessel Captain Deadliest Catch season(s) After the Catch The Bait
Aleutian Ballad. Jerry "Corky" Tilley 2, 3
Arctic Dawn. Ole Helgevold Pilot
Big Valley[a] Gary Edwards 1 (Opilio season)
Billikin. Jeff Weeks 1 (Opilio season)
Cape Caution. Bill "Wild Bill" Wichrowski 9, 10, 11, 12 1, 2
Early Dawn Allen Oakley 3
Rick Feast 4
Erla-N Bing Henkel Pilot
Farwest Leader. Greg Moncrief 3
Fierce Allegiance. Tony LaRussa[b] Pilot, 1 (King Crab season)
Incentive Harry Lewis 5 (Opilio season) 3
Kiska Sea. Mike Wilson 9 (Opilio season)
Kodiak. Bill "Wild Bill" Wichrowski 6, 7, 8 5, 6
Lady Alaska. Pete Liske 1 (Opilio season)
Lisa Marie. Wade Henley 5 (King Crab season)
Lucky Lady. Vince Shavender 1 (King Crab season)
Maverick Rick Quashnick 1 (Opilio season), 2, 3 (Opilio season) 1
Blake Painter 3 (King Crab season)
North American Sten Skaar 4
Ramblin' Rose. Elliott Neese 7, 8 5, 6
Retriever Jim Stone 1 (Opilio season)
Rollo Eric Nyhammer[c] 2
Seabrooke Scott "Jr." Campbell 7, 8, 9, 10 5, 6 1, 2
Brad Petefish 10 (King Crab season, Bairdi season)
Sea Star. Larry Hendricks Pilot, 1, 3, 4, 5 (chase boat) 1, 2, 3
Time Bandit[d] Johnathan Hillstrand
(King Crab and Bairdi seasons)[e]

Andy Hillstrand
(Opilio season)

2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 1, 2
Trailblazer[f] Wayne Baker 3, 5
Vixen[g] Shaun Miles 1 (Opilio season)
Western Viking. Coleman Anderson 1 (King Crab season)
  1. ^ During the shooting of the first season of Deadliest Catch, the F/V Big Valley sank on January 15, 2005, sometime after 0734 Alaska Standard Time when the Coast Guard first detected her EPIRB signal. Five members of the six-man crew perished; three were never found. Cache Seel was the only survivor. Discovery Channel camera crews on the Maverick and Cornelia Marie captured the first footage of the debris field, confirming that the boat had capsized and gone down. The search for the ship is featured in the episode "Dead of Winter."
  2. ^ Not to be confused with former Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, and St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa.
  3. ^ Nyhammer, captain of the F/V Rollo, served as a senior deckhand on the North American during the King crab portion of season 4.
  4. ^ The F/V Time Bandit can be seen in the background of the behind in the scenes episode serving as the main chase vessel during season 1, though she is never officially identified during the season itself.
  5. ^ Following emergency propeller and shaft replacements on the Time Bandit, Andy turned over the helm to Johnathan for the final Opilio run of Season 10.
  6. ^ The F/V Trailblazer was seen in the season 3 episodes "Man Overboard!" and "Cheating Death." She was also featured in the fifth season.
  7. ^ The F/V Vixen did have a film crew on the boat; none of the footage aired in the U.S. version but did air in some of the international editions.