(Left) Kiwi, Aleutian Ballad - Deadliest Catch, Season 1 with Allen Oakley, Early Dawn - Deadliest Catch, Season 3

Brian Mezich, Early Dawn - Deadliest Catch, Season 4

As seen on the Discovery Channel's Deadliest Catch....

ALLEN OAKLEY
F/V EARLY DAWN

Captain Allen Oakley, an intense and focused man, has served on the Early Dawn for the majority of his 21-year  career, and has skippered the boat for 15 of those years.    Allen saw the Early Dawn for the first time when he took a summer off from college to become a fisherman and knew  that "Someday, I had to get on that boat."  Little did he know that serving as a deckhand on the Early Dawn would lead to his partial ownership, as well as command, of the craft.  Allen who resides in Blaine, Wash., also owns partial shares in other fishing boats.