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Ohio Mom: What do you like to do best, throw the hook, bait, or sort?
Russell Newberry: It used to be an ego thing throwing the hook but I've gotten older now to the point I'd rather sort crab and stay away from the rail. Not that I'm scared of it, but I'd rather just sit back and let them get the pot on board. The most dangerous part is transferring the pot from the block to the pot launcher. A lot of bad things can happen at that point.
Kelly RN: Does everyone that fishes on the Bering Sea usually live in Alaska as well, or do some people just come in for the season?
Russell Newberry: Of course, people come in for the season. A lot of boats are registered in Seattle and Oregon. I don't know the percentage, but I do know that our vessel is registered in Alaska.
zach071591: Hey Russ do you stay in touch with Andy and Jonathan during off-season?
Russell Newberry: Absolutely. Jonathan has a gill netting operation in the same area as I do, so I see him even on my off times. He's in and out of Homer all the time. Andy lives in Indiana, and my mom and dad are in Tennessee, so it's just a short hop from there. I've been threatening to go see his horse operation so at some time I'll be able to do that.
_20racer: What are snow crab called?
Russell Newberry: They are called opilio crab. They are one and the same. I don't know how they got the name "snow crab" - maybe it was just easier to say.
keng_RI: How long have you known the Hillstrands?
Russell Newberry: They've been coming up for the summer since I moved here. We didn't go to high school together, but I've known who they are for 25 years probably. But since I started crabbing 15 years ago, they were on a boat and I was on a different boat. So I've been around them since we were teenagers.
san: Does your daughter express any interest in fishing? How does she feel about her dad being a crab fisherman?
Russell Newberry: At this point, I think she's still young enough that she doesn't know all the dangers that go on out there. She likes to see me on TV, and she goes with me on brief trips on my gill netter. Little boating stuff. She seems to have an interest in it, and what little kid doesn't like seeing fish flopping around. Now my mother is a whole different situation!
