Captain Elliott Neese got an early start in the fishing game and quickly rose up the ranks to become the youngest crab Captain of the Bearing Sea. Elliott was born in Mexico and moved to Alaska while also spending some time in California. Elliott first went on board a fishing boat when he was only a small child and at age 10 began fishing. At age 18, Elliott started crab fishing and soon became the captain of his first cod boat at 19. Again at age 25, Elliott got another job as captain of a halibut fishing boat, and more recently at age 28 became the youngest crab Captain in the Bearing Sea and star of the Discovery Channel TV show “The Deadliest Catch.”

Discovery first went to a friend of Elliott’s and asked to be featured on the show, but later declined. Elliott thought he’d be interested and contacted Discovery. As soon as Discovery heard of the 28 year old captain of a crab boat, they wouldn’t stop calling and quickly put him in the new season of the show. Elliott talks about what it’s like being on the show saying, “Having cameras rolling 24 hours a day is definitely different from what you’re used to, but you get used to it. The camera crews are good at what they do,  but in certain times, they just need to get out of the way.”

When asked about snowboarding Elliott says he used to ride all the time, mostly backcountry in Alaska, building a cheese wedge and riding that all day, but now doesn’t find enough time to go riding as often as he used to. On top of the already hectic fishing schedule that can call for 21 hours of work starting around 7am and ending at 4am the next day, with only 3 hours of sleep between shifts, Elliott now needs to find time to deal with all the publicity that comes with being on the Discovery show “The Deadliest Catch.”  This Friday, he’s headed out to Hawaii for about 10 days to talk about the season with the other Captains on the show. “It takes up a lot of free time but it’s not as bad as some of the other captains who are out for months at a time dealing with interviews and showings for Discovery.”

“Shout outs go to the boys in the Big Island and Pat McCarthy with the 686 hookup.”  Elliott can be seen wearing 686 gear all over the place, be sure to look for your favorite brand on Discovery’s, “The Deadliest Catch”.

Check out more info on Elliott and the Ramblin’ Rose here: www.fvramblinrose.com/crew/

Here are some photos from life on the Ramblin’ Rose!