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Maple Valley Native Takes on Storms, Crabs and Reality TV

Maple Valley Native Takes on Storms, Crabs and Reality TV

Danger is all in a day’s work for this Deadliest Catch captain

Johnathan Hillstrand was practically born with sea legs. The Maple Valley resident says his earliest memory is that of being on a boat with his father at age 3. He followed in his dad’s footsteps, becoming a crab fisherman right after high school, but never expected his work would make him famous. In 2005, when…

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