Joey Jones is a seasoned commercial fisherman based in Moss Landing, California. His first encounter with the ocean was at the age of nine, and he has been in love with it ever since. His father was in the military and retired at Fort Ord, which brought Jones to Monterey. Jones began his career in the fishing industry at a young age, working at Randy's fishing trips at the age of eleven, taking care of the skiffs. By the time he was twelve or thirteen, he started deckhanding for Randy II, marking the beginning of his fishing career.

Joey Jones was a commercial fisherman who fished for salmon, albacore, anchovies, and herring along the central California coast. He speaks of how he got into commercial fishing, the boats he owned, and how the industry changed during the forty years he fished. Unfortunately, Joey Jones was lost at sea on April 3, 2008.