Trawler Wars - coming to a screen near you - soon!

Two of the Trawler Wars stars in the making - in their youth and languishing at the bar in the Swordfish in Newlyn, from the left, Don Liddicoat, skipper of the Filadelfia, Billy Bunn - skipper of the standby vessel Putford Provider, Roger Coutsoubos currently mate on the Twilight III and skipper/owner Mervyn Mountjoy - ex Ocean Harvester.

Countdown the days - eleven days to go before Trawler Wars hits the TV screens at 9pm on Sunday 26th September. While the rest of the Discovery Channel viewing world may find some of the more unusual language (terminology that is) a little hard to follow, those who are more than familiar with the characters in the series will no doubt find much to smile about at the interaction 'twixt skippers, crews, boats and ports.

The Yourdiscovery website has posted plenty of background information, photos and even guides to the fish being caught and the fishing gear used.

If that wasn't enough, there are a dozen short clips with highlights from each episode - all of them make fishing with a couple of dozen huge crab pots a la Dangerous Catch look somewhat samey - from heart attack to heartache its all in a weeks fishing for the Sou'West beamer fleet.

There is a Facebook page where you can get closeer to the community and the guys who make it all happen.