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A few years later, when Keith took over in the wheelhouse, Monte became deck boss. Monte earned his Coast Guard mate's license in 1992 and upgraded to a master's in 1995. By that time, Keith and Monte began operating the Wizard full time together as captain and relief captain/mate.
In 1995, Keith and Monte began operating the Wizard full time together as Captain, and Relief Captain/Mate. Monte took command of the F/V Sea Fisher in 1998, and then the F/V Norseman in 2001. During these years Monte, and Keith were very successful working together as partner boats.
In 1988, three years after he arrived, he became a full-share deckhand on the Wizard. He earned his U. S. Coast Guard license in 1990 and moved from the deck to the wheelhouse. Two years later, he received his captain’s license and has remained there as the skipper.
Under John Jorgensen’s tutelage while still active as a captain, Keith Colburn learned the ropes of becoming a proficient crab captain. Wizard ranks in top 5 for King Crab allocations. In 2005, when NOAA under the Department of Commerce enacted the Crab Rationalization program, vessels of the Bering Sea were awarded IFQs (individual fishing ...
18 sie 2024 · Built in 1945 as a US Navy yard oiler, the Wizard had a colorful past before it was transformed into a crab-catching marvel by John Jorgensen in 1978. After a brief stint as a molasses hauler...
As a skilled captain aboard the crabbing fishing vessel, Wizard, Keith is cast in the reality series Deadliest Catch. The Placerville, California, native is a first-generation crab fisherman who moved from Lake Tahoe in 1985 at the age of 22 to Alaska where he began his fishing career.
7 mar 2023 · Later that year, on July 16, 2019, Keith Colburn's former mentor and first deck boss on the Wizard, Michael "Bear" Rogers, passed away peacefully at only 66 years old.
