

“Deadliest Catch” fans’ hopes were crushed as Time Bandit was put up for sale on Dock Street Brokers in 2019. The Time Bandit is all put back together and running great 🙂 Eddie Sr, Eddie Jr and Axel are bringing it back to Homer. He continued with the heartbreaking news: ‘This is the first time in 38 yrs I’m going to miss a Bering Sea King crab season, besides the closer in the mid 80s!! Our main engine blew up so no season!!!’ĭespite not knowing if Time Bandit’s and its crew were returning to the series, fans’ spirits were lifted after Johnathan revealed promising news days later on the boat’s status, while thanking his fans for the continued support as well: ‘Thank You everyone for all your encouraging posts!! God Bless You All! My wife and I have been busy moving to pierce county. So it doesn’t look like we will be back on the show! #deadliestcatch’. As of today, we don’t have an agreement to have cameras on the boat. We will be fishing as soon as the engine is back on the boat. Johnathan made the announcement on his Twitter account: ‘For all who are asking what our plans are for the season. Unfortunately, a failure in family’s fishing boat Time Bandit’s engine made it impossible for the brothers to go crab fishing in 2018. Knowing Johnathan was still actively fishing, fans of the show were hopeful the family would eventually comeback to “Deadliest Catch”. Unfortunately, paperwork and permits did not come through, so Capt Johnathan is back fishing Kings and Opilio crab this year.’

In a Facebook post on Jonathan’s official page, his social media assistant Shelly answered fans’ questions regarding this issue: ‘Plans were made for Capt Johnathan to “retire” from King Crab and Opilio Crab fishing, to start a brand new crab fishery this year. However, as JohNathan continued sharing videos on social media of himself fishing, it was speculated his real reason for leaving was different from what was announced. Andy appeared in the show mainly during the Opilio crab season, while his brother Jonathan was in charge during the King crab season.Īndy’s brother Johnathan announced at the end of “Deadliest Catch” 13th season his retirement, and with him his boat and family would also exit the show. Showcasing crude, sensitive and somewhat violent situations, the audience of “Deadliest Catch” is mostly male, of ages largely in the 18 to 49 age group.
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This reality TV show centers on the life on board with various fishing boats’ crews, as they sail seas risking their life in commercial fishing, one of the most dangerous jobs in the world, as fishermen have a fatality rate higher than flight engineers and pilots. Officially licensed as captains with more than three decades of experience, Andy and Johnathan appeared for the first time in second season of Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch”.
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Spending the majority of his life aboard commercial ships, Andy is an expert not only on the workings of the fish trade, but has also acquired technical and practical experience on how to manage and navigate commercial fishing boats. There’s no information about Andy’s education, however, it’s known that he’s passionate about music, and plays various instruments such as guitar and drums.Īndy has been co-Captaining his family’s crab fishing boat Time Bandit for years, along with his brother Johnathan. One of my favorite Captains ⚓️⚓️ #timebanditcaptain #andyhillstrandĪ post shared by Kelley M Bushner on at 11:01am PDT
