One of our readers posted a comment to our forums recently, suggesting that some (or all) of the fishermen featured on Deadliest Catch seem to be hamming it up for the cameras and inventing dramas/scenarios that they know will make for good television. The truck prank, for example - would the Hillstrand brothers have gone through all that trouble if they didn’t have an international television audience watching them? Sure, we know these fishermen work hard and play hard - they always have - but I guess its a fair question… has the Deadliest Catch phenomenon changed the way these fishermen do their jobs when they’re on camera?

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Original post by deadliest catch fan