Swords Season 1 DVD

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Swords Season 1 DVD
Inside the Swords Season 1 DVDs, you meet a motley crew whose passion is the high sea, and for whom stormy sailing is the norm. Fishing is their lifeline and swordfish are their bread and butter, so it's no shock that the tempers run high anytime foreign fleets encroach and destroy valuable equipment. The Swords DVDs take you into the action, as the struggle to catch the fish who fight back is caught on film, and a race to the market is the final reward. The Swords Season 1 DVDs are exclusive to the Discovery Channel Store. Swords enters the high risk world of New England's long line fishermen who risk all to catch an elusive prey in some of the most dangerous waters on the planet. They are uniformly tough and resilient and they need to be as every day could be their last. The Swords DVDs show that they hunt swordfish- magnificent giants of the deep that can weigh over a thousand pounds. The best time to catch these migratory fish is every Fall when they can be found in the waters around the Grand Banks off Newfoundland and the Georges Bank off the Gulf of Maine. Watch the Swords videos and see that these waters are also home to some of the wildest storms on earth. Cold fronts racing in from Canada meet hurricanes from the south and the results are a truly awe inspiring display of power by nature - the most famous example being "The Perfect Storm" of 1991. The Swords Season One DVDs series follows four boats (The Eagle Eye II, Big Eye, Seahawk & Frances Ann) that head into these stormy waters hoping to hit the jackpot. The skippers of the boats use every ounce of experience and knowledge they have to try and find the fish. The risks are incredible. In the Swords Season 1 DVDs you learn that it costs around $60,000 to make the month long journey and they need to catch thousands of pounds of fish just to break even. One big fish can be worth as much as $20,000 so a trip can turn from disaster to success in seconds. Each skipper in the Swords DVDs has his best spots and knows how to read the waters and temperatures to try and find the best fish. Once the fish are caught, it's a race back to market where the first back gets the highest prices. This job is physically and mentally exhausting. Twenty-hour days are the norm. Six-inch hooks fly off the deck attached to a 40-mile long line and can take a deck hand down 100 ft deep in seconds. Fishing gear can be dragged away and destroyed by monster trawlers from foreign fleets who have no respect for fellow fishermen. And even if the crew catches plenty of fish, they still have to make it home alive. The rewards are great but the risks are even greater. It's a gamble where lives are on the line. Buy the Swords Season 1 DVDs, and follow the captain and crews of four fishing boats as they risk life and limb to bring in a big catch. 1. Voyage to Hell: The Fall sword fishing season gets off to a rocky start after engine failure aboard the Sea Hawk sends the Eagle Eye II on a mission of mercy. Then a ... More »

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