Rick Quashnick

Biography: Along with his wife Donna, Rick is the co-owner and is the co-captain of the Maverick, which he has been captaining for almost 16 years in the waters of Alaska.

Rick is a second generation fishermen and got his start in commerical fishing in the state of Oregon. He would fish on board his family boat, a 28 foot gillnet boat, in the waters of the Columbia River fishing for salmon, shad, and smelt. He would meet his future wife, Donna, right after high school and would soon marry her. After that the two of them would raise their family of five daughters. Rick and Donna where force to diversify after the 1980 Mount Saint Helens Volcano eruption, whom ash fall ruined a good majority of the fish runs. So they brought their boat, the 92ft Maverick, and Rick would fish as many seasons as were available in the Alaska waters. Since then, the two of them have operated and worked together for 14 years building one of the most successful fishing operations in the dangerous watersAlong with his wife Donna, Rick is the co-owner and is the co-captain of the Maverick, which he has been captaining for almost 16 years in the waters of Alaska.

Rick is a second generation fishermen and got his start in commerical fishing in the state of Oregon. He would fish on board his family boat, a 28 foot gillnet boat, in the waters of the Columbia River fishing for salmon, shad, and smelt. He would meet his future wife, Donna, right after high school and would soon marry her. After that the two of them would raise their family of five daughters.

Rick and Donna where force to diversify after the 1980 Mount Saint Helens Volcano eruption, whom ash fall ruined a good majority of the fish runs. So they brought their boat, the 92ft Maverick, and Rick would fish as many seasons as were available in the Alaska waters.

Since then, the two of them have operated and worked together for 14 years building one of the most successful fishing operations in the dangerous waters of Alaska’s Bering Sea.

Rick's boat the Maverick is one of the smallest boats in the fleet, being 92 feet, but it catches just as much as the big guns. Rick is extremely devoted to his crew. Instead of selling his quota, like a good majority of the much smaller boats did, and putting his crew out of work, he chose to continue fishing.

Durring the summer mouths, Rick hands over the Maverick, to Blake to fish for halibut while Rick runs a 32ft gillnet boat, the Miss Donna in Bristol Bay. … Expand