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Local Boat Heads South For ‘Wicked Tuna’
With the severe storm passed and the snotty seas subsided, the Ocean City-based sportfishing boat “Foolish Pleasures” with Captain Dale Lisi and crew left the resort area on Monday for the Outer Banks in North Carolina to begin preparing for the latest season of “Wicked Tuna.” Lisi and the “Foolish Pleasures” based at the Ocean City Fishing Center in West Ocean City were chosen as one of a handful to participate in and appear on the latest season of “Wicked Tuna.” Read the article here 16:45
Portland-based fishing boat captain and daughter to be featured on ‘Wicked Tuna’
Pete Speeches sees himself as a competitive guy, competing against the unpredictability of nature every time he sets foot on his boat. So when Speeches and his daughter Erin signed up to be featured on the new season of the popular tuna-fishing reality show “Wicked Tuna,” he wasn’t looking to just get his face on TV or for a career in acting. He was looking to win. “I’m not in the habit of not catching fish, I like to be the guy who catches fish,” said Speeches, 54, who fishes out of Portland on a boat named for his daughters, the Erin & Sarah. Read the article here 12:51
In Court: ‘Wicked Tuna’ star pleads guilty to fraud
A man featured on the reality television show “Wicked Tuna” pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal charges in Vermont he received government disability benefits while he was fishing on the show. Paul Hebert, 50, of Gloucester, Massachusetts, entered the pleas in U.S. District Court in Burlington to charges of Social Security and Medicaid fraud. Hebert was charged last summer with accepting more than $44,000 in Social Security and Medicaid disability benefits between 2010 and 2013. As part of a plea agreement with prosecutors, Hebert agreed to pay more than $53,600 in restitution. Attorneys are recommending probation for four years. Sentencing is set for May. Video, Read the article here. 13:04
Area Boat Prepping For ‘Wicked Tuna’ Television Spotlight
While most of the Ocean City fishing fleet is settling in for the siege with the arrival of frigid temperatures and rough seas, at least one popular resort-based charter fishing boat is quietly preparing for the opportunity of a lifetime. Captain Dale Lisi of the “Foolish Pleasures” based at the Ocean City Fishing Center in West Ocean City has been chosen as one of a handful to participate in and appear on the latest season of “Wicked Tuna.” Read the article here 20:32
‘Wicked Tuna’ star Paul Hebert agrees to plead guilty, sentencing deal would keep him out of jail
Wicked Tuna” cast member Paul Hebert, facing federal charges in Vermont that he illegally collected more than $44,000 in Social Security, disability and Medicaid payments for two years, is looking to make a deal that could keep him out of jail. The other two counts originally contained in the indictment, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Ophardt said Monday, will be dismissed if the agreement is accepted by the court and Hebert meets all conditions. “Paul Hebert agrees to plead guilty because he is, in fact, guilty of the above crimes,” said the plea agreement, Read the rest here 06:57
‘Wicked Tuna’ Star To Plead Guilty To Fraud Charges
Law360, New York (January 8, 2016, 3:19 PM ET) — A fisherman accused of falsely collecting over $44,000 in Social Security and Medicaid benefits by claiming he was unemployed while actually starring in the National Geographic Channel reality TV series “Wicked Tuna” will plead guilty to the charges after reaching a plea agreement on Thursday. Paul Hebert, a fisherman who has appeared on four seasons of “Wicked Tuna,” will change his plea on January 20 and has reached a plea agreement with the government on charges he fraudulently applied for Supplemental Security Income and Medicaid benefits… This will be updated, link 18:13
‘Wicked Tuna’ Exclusive Clip: It’s A New Day & Everyone’s Looking For The First Catch
“Wicked Tuna’s” fifth season will pick up with some captains still struggling after the rough winter season captured in spinoff series “Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks.” This season, newcomer Captain Pete Speeches of the Erin & Sarah leaves his home port in Maine to fish in Gloucester waters. Speeches is a skilled fisherman with decades of experience, and his arrival makes the local captains nervous. Speeches fishes with his oldest daughter, Erin, a recent college graduate who is embarking on her first season of commercial fishing. Video, Read the article here 11:15
‘Wicked Tuna’ captains to participate in OBX Seafood Fest on Saturday, Oct. 17
The four local captains who starred in ‘Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks’ will be on hand at the Outer Banks Seafood Festival on Saturday, Oct. 17. Joining the event will be Britt Shackelford of the Doghouse; Greg Mayer, Fishin’ Frenzy; Charlie Griffin, Reels of Fortune; and Captain Tami Gray, Reel Deal. A captain’s tent will be located close to the Outer Banks Catch tent, which is one of the larger main attraction tents at the festival. Organizers are planning for two separate autograph signing sessions, from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Additionally, Captains Griffin and Gray will be participating throughout the day in activities within the Outer Banks Catch tent. Read the rest here 08:15
Former Wicked Tuna Fisherman Adam Moser dies from suspected drug over dose.
Adam James Moser, age 27, of Portsmouth, N.H. passed away September 19, 2015, from an apparent overdose
. He was raised in East Kingston, N.H., born on January 23, 1988 in Manchester, N.H., son of James and Jeanne (St. Pierre) Moser. Adam graduated Exeter High School in 2006 and Temple University in 2011 with a major in actuarial science. He was most recently employed by P.J. Day Masonry and formerly of the Wicked Tuna – Pinwheel adventure. He was the originator of the Harpoon Counter! Read the rest here 20:56
‘Wicked Tuna’ fisherman Paul Hebert pleads not guilty to fraud
A Gloucester fisherman featured on the reality show “Wicked Tuna” pleaded not guilty Monday in Vermont to federal fraud charges that he collected government benefits while claiming to be disabled. Prosecutors say while Hebert was seen manning big fishing rods and harpooning huge fish on the National Geographic Channel reality show, he was at the same time claiming he was unable to work, with no income, no vehicle and no assets. They say during that period he was actually living with a woman and his child, owned a vehicle, and, at one point, a home. Read the rest here 09:05
‘Wicked Tuna’ star indicted on federal fraud charges, due in court on Aug. 10
A star of TV’s “Wicked Tuna” has been indicted on federal fraud charges. The indictment says Paul Hebert claimed to be disabled and unable to work while he was catching fish and appearing on the National Geographic Channel reality show. The four-count indictment against the 50-year-old from Gloucester, Massachusetts, was filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Burlington, Vermont. It alleges that Hebert accepted a little more than $44,000 in Social Security and Medicaid benefits between 2010 and 2013. Hebert’s attorney, Robert Goldstein of Boston, says his client is innocent. link 15:44
‘Wicked Tuna’ captains barred from Bluefin Blowout
A spokesman for the reality TV show explained: “The fifth season of ‘Wicked Tuna’ will be in production during the Bluefin Blowout this year and, though the show has highlighted the tournament in prior years, we are focusing on the competition between our featured boats for the new season. As a result, the ‘Wicked Tuna’ captains will unfortunately not be able to compete in the Blowout this time around.” Dave Carraro, said he was disappointed with show’s decision.,, (photo GMG) Read the rest here 09:33
“Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks”. New Name, Same Game, with new twist!
This season comes with a new title that has a distinctly local flavor. The name has been changed from Wicked Tuna: North vs. South, to Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks. And it comes with new twist. One of the local boats—the Reel Action—features the show’s first female crew. Being one of the few female captains out there is something Captain Tami Gray has gotten used to, having worked in this male-dominated industry for most of her life. One of her reasons for doing the show was to demonstrate that women are just as capable of hauling in a catch as men are. Read the rest here 09:45
The Life of a Tuna Fisherman: Featuring Wicked Tuna’s Captain Dave Marciano
There are a million and one different ways a man can earn a living to take care of his family. He could be a handy man nestled away in a quaint college town in Florida, a petro chemical analyst doing physical and analytical testing on petroleum products in Texas, a young barista in the Pacific Northwest or a tuna fisherman in Gloucester, Massachusetts, which may not be the most glamorous of ways to make a living but certainly comes with plenty of highs and lows along the way. Read the rest here 07:56
Newburyport pair’s custom fishing rods used on ‘Wicked Tuna’
Every TV show needs its support team that works behind the cameras, and a small Newburyport company finds itself supplying Reel Easy custom rods to a series that focuses on catching the huge Atlantic bluefin tuna. Ed Fontes and his son, Jeff, make the custom rods that are used on the show “Wicked Tuna,” a reality series about commercial fishermen based in Gloucester who fish for the tuna. The show covers their work in the North Atlantic. Read the rest here 15:26
TV’s ‘Wicked Tuna’ fishermen, seafood chefs to headline 2015 Maine Fishermen’s Forum
This year, David Carraro and his first mate, Sandro Maniaci, from the National Geographic Channel program “ Wicked Tuna” are expected to help attract attendees to the 2015 Maine Fishermen’s Forum in Rockport. The three-day event at The Samoset Resort in Rockport is scheduled to start about 8 a.m. Thursday morning and last through Saturday evening. The annual conference draws hundreds of fishermen and their families, regulators and industry representatives to three days worth of information sessions on a variety of fishing and seafood-related topics. Read the rest here 07:59
SW Boatworks builds big boat for big-time tuna hunter, by Stephen Rappaport
For the past several years, Carraro has fished aboard Duffy 38 Tuna.com. This spring, he will move his operations to a new Calvin Beal 44 that will have the same name, but is a much larger boat. The new boat is 44 feet long and has a beam of 17 feet 6 inches — 16 feet 2 inches at the transom — and will weigh close to 35,000 pounds ready to go. The Duffy, now sold, was 38 feet 6 inches long — 35 feet on the waterline — with a beam of 14 feet and a displacement closer to 28,000 pounds — all big differences at sea. Read the rest here 17:59
Wicked Tuna Fisherman Tyler McLaughlin Receives Prestigious First Responder Award
New Hampshire fisherman Captain Tyler McLaughlin was named as a 2015 Hero by the Red Cross of Northwest Massachusetts for his heroic efforts rescuing a sinking vessel in October 2014. The prestigious First Responder Award was presented to McLaughlin by American Red Cross Board Member DawnMarie Corneau at the season four premiere of National Geographic Channel’s hit series Wicked Tuna at the New England Boat Show. Read the rest here 10:00
A Good Interview With Dave Carraro of ‘Wicked Tuna’ – which premieres Sunday, Feb. 15 at 9 p.m
Dave Carraro is a common presence on National Geographic Channel’s Wicked Tuna, the popular reality series that documents the wildly competitive tuna fishing industry out of Gloucester, Mass. Carrarro, captain of the FV-Tuna.com boat, is seen as a leader among his fellow fishers; he’s a man who has brought a sense of prestige and bankable success to the sometimes fraught waters of this uncommon trade. On the new season of Wicked Tuna, which premieres Sunday, Feb. 15 at 9 p.m., Carraro said there will definitely be a lot of fish. Read the rest here 19:57
‘Wicked Tuna’ boat rescues 2 as Miss Sambvca sinks
Dennis Bonazzoli was pretty sure he was about to die. Bonazzoli was standing on the roof of the rapidly sinking Miss Sambvca in numbingly cold and churning water off the southern edge of Jeffreys Ledge on the night of Oct. 19. The water temperature was 58 degrees. The air temperature was 38 degrees and seas were running at a hard 10 to 12 feet. And if it weren’t for the courageous and selfless acts of Capt. Tyler McLaughlin on the Pinwheel, Bonazzoli and his Miss Sambvca captain, Dave Potter, both could have gone to frigid, lonely and watery deaths. Read the rest here 08:44
N.C. boat captains put on a show for “Wicked Tuna”
Reality? For the most part, say three Outer Banks fishing captains who participated on “Wicked Tuna: North vs. South.” “Let’s just say it wasn’t a documentary,” Britton Shackelford, captain of Doghouse, said of the National Geographic series that concluded last Sunday. Shackelford’s peers on the southern team were Reed Meredith on Wahoo and Greg Mayer on Fishin’ Frenzy. Read the rest here 19:03
‘Wicked Tuna’ may be as good as it gets this winter – The Bermuda perspective
The show basically follows the lives of several boat crews, all of whom fish on boats based in the fishing seaport of Gloucester, Massachusetts. Apart from contributing significantly to National Geographic’s share of the television audience, tourism in this town, about 50 miles from Boston, has enjoyed a boom based on the series. Read more here 14:05
National Geographic’s ‘Wicked Tuna’ visits Jack’s Waterfront Bar 5 to 9 p.m. Friday – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday
Jack’s Waterfront Bar on the Morehead City waterfront will host a reception honoring the National Geographic channel show “Wicked Tuna North vs. South”from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Capt. Reed Meredith of the Wahoo, Capt. Gary Mayer of the Fishin’ Frenzy and Capt. Britton Shackleford of the Doghouse are the commercial fishermen who will make appearances. Read the rest here 11:42
‘Wicked Tuna: North vs. South’s’ Dave Marciano: ‘Sailing down from Gloucester was a nightmare’
Q, How would you compare the fish in the Outer Banks to the ones in Gloucester? A: Historically, we get bigger fish back home. But [last summer], because of water conditions, the water got real hot, our fish were … a smaller run than,,, Read the rest here 14:56
‘Wicked Tuna’ – The boys are back – Catch it – Season 3
The aquatic battle continues with National Geographic Channel’s Season 3 of “Wicked Tuna,” which airs Sunday night at 9. And this season promises to be the most competitive yet, with a larger number of captains competing to see who pulls in the most lucrative catch of the giant bluefin tuna, which can weigh more than 1,500 pounds and can sell for more than $20,000. Read more@GDT 00:50
National Geographic Orders ‘Wicked Tuna’ Spinoff Series From Craig Piligian
National Geographic Channel is building a franchise around one of its highest-rated series, Wicked Tuna. The cable network has greenlighted a spinoff series, Wicked Tuna: North vs. South (working title). Produced by Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Studios, which is behind the original series, the spinoff will begin filming off the coast of the Outer Banks in North Carolina this winter and will premiere in the U.S. and globally this summer. Read [email protected] 14:25
‘Wicked Tuna’ Season 3 Preview: Hook It, Harpoon It, Repeat [Exclusive Video] Here
Wicked Tuna’s Captain Dave Marciano Fan Lookin’ for TailsUp Support – Facing Heart Surgery – Give her a Tweet!
Deborah O’Connor@dimondsnpearls7 10 Nov
@CaptMarciano Good morning Capt Dave !! Im havin heart surgery Tues the 12th. I was hopin u & crew could send plenty of #TailsUp 4 support. https://twitter.com/dimondsnpearls7/status/399550905991049216?refsrc=email 12:20
The competitive Hebert Brothers are making waves on “Wicked Tuna.”
“Wicked Tuna” is a reality television show on the National Geographic Channel that documents the competitive New England-based commercial bluefin tuna industry. It’s also a story of the hard-core East Coast fishermen who make their living off the giant tuna — fishermen who live for the sport more@bdn 17:45
