Deadliest Catch (2005–…): Season 13, Episode 11 - Hurricane Alley - full transcript
When the Arctic opens up its winter wrath, the first of multiple back-to-back hurricanes descend on the fleet. Spotty fishing and mutiny also converge to create the perfect storm.
**
colburn: A big storm coming.
There's a lot of what ifs.
- It's hard to develop
- a fishing plan
When you're going out to 50
and 60-mile-an-hour winds.
[ Waves crash ]
The weather's picking up,
and it's only gonna get worse.
**
- look at that wave.
- Holy [bleep]
Deck, watch out!
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Man: Whoo!
Whoa! Whoa, what's that?
- -Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- -Look out!
Colburn: In about 24 hours,
all hell's gonna break loose
in the being sea.
* I'm wanted *
* wanted *
* dead or Ali-i-i-i-i-i-ve *
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narrator: 400 miles northwest
of Dutch harbor, Alaska...
Man: Strong winds...
40 to 55 miles per hour.
Patchy fog, rain and snow.
[Feedback]
This is gonna be a bitch.
Narrator: On the 113-foot
summer bay...
Bill: We got a blow coming.
We're gonna get our ass
kicked out of the north.
Then, by the end of the day,
I'm hoping that we're dialed in
with a high percentage
of our gear.
- Then, we get our ass kicked
- while we're fishing, I guess.
- Narrator: Captain
- "wild" bill wichrowski
Looks to get his opilio pots
in the water
before being battered
by an oncoming arctic storm.
Bill: It's gonna be a tough one.
I mean, quota's down 41%.
- Everybody's scrambling
- to catch something.
It's a very weird year.
There were guys out west
that found 200,
300, 400, 500, 600 crab,
but there were miles
and miles of nothing, too.
I mean, years ago, you could
put your pots anywhere.
Everybody was a good
opi fisherman.
- So, this is gonna take
- a little bit of a mind-set
To spread them out...
You know, look, find 'em,
and stay with 'em.
Narrator: In one of
the leanest years on record...
The idea of making
a better mouse trap
has always excited me.
So, we're gonna deploy
the crab calls in these pots.
Narrator: Bill's turning
to a new technology
that will bring the crab to him.
[Static]
Well, that's the theory.
- Bill: I got these buddies
- that are...
They're pretty high tech
on sounds in water.
I said, "oh, you're pretty good
at bringing fish
to a fishing lure.
How would it be to bring
a crab to a crab pot?"
**
narrator: A crab caller is
an electronic device
placed in a pot.
Once submerged,
a recording emits sounds
of a veritable feeding frenzy
to attract the biomass
to a potential food source.
We're trying to figure out if we
can extend the life of the bait,
maybe even eliminate a portion
- of the bait
- that you have to use,
And it can run up
to 2,400 hours,
which is basically 100 days.
This is new technology.
But you never know.
If we can instill
a feeding frenzy
- inside an already
- going on feeding frenzy,
- This could be
- some interesting viewing
For me and the boys.
So, the first test is gonna be,
see if it's obvious
- that we have a different amount
- of crab in each pot.
- We're gonna set one
- without the call,
Two pots with.
We're gonna continue that
until we run out of pots.
So, we'll be able to do
a comparison on the numbers
and get a better representation
of what's going on.
Buoy number one.
- Bill: You can let
- the first one go.
Going over.
**
so, put one in the next one.
Go up and down.
Just like that.
God, I hope
these things work!
- Make sure the doors
- are tight.
- You can let
- the first one go.
Making history
right now, boys!
**
I've seen the acoustics work
with sportfishing,
quite successfully,
so here we are.
We're gonna give it a try.
[Bleep] over the years...
lights, tin cans.
- I don't think
- they're gonna work.
Bill: Okay.
Release the crab callers!
Narrator: Thesummer bay
launches all 100 pots...
That'd be
the last one of these.
releasing the call
of the crab into the deep.
Bill: Started our experiment.
I guess time will tell
what we end up with here.
Whoo!
We're high-tech rednecks, man.
Weird science.
Narrator: 20 miles southwest...
[ Waves crash ]
**
Jake: Yeah, she's starting
to get with it.
Narrator:
On the 107-footsaga...
The weather's picking up,
but what's worse is,
I have no visibility.
You're getting 20-footers.
18-, 20-foot swells.
- Narrator: Captain Jake Anderson
- is face-to-face
With a 980-millibar
arctic storm.
I need to get this gear
off the boat,
and I'm in heavy,
freezing spray.
And the weather's picking up,
and it's only gonna get worse.
You guys down there?
Jake: Meet up in the galley,
a little quick chat.
- Let's give these guys
- just a quick...
Just a quick pep talk.
- Narrator: After struggling
- with personnel issues
During king season...
Move it!
Get the [bleep]
Out of here!
I asked Sean what he thought
about getting some help
for his alcoholism.
- Narrator: And then,
- letting go of his deck boss
Just two days ago...
- Jake:
- You guys all down here?
Man: Aye, yeah!
- Narrator:
- ...Jake checks to be sure
His crew is dialed in before
heading out into the storm.
Dean! Let's go, dude.
Come on!
He thinks he's
the captain, look.
He thinks...
he thinks I wait for him.
- He's not a part
- of the team then.
Hey, so be really [bleep] safe.
- Hannes, I want you
- running the crane.
- Just be really careful,
- go slow.
I'm not gonna push you.
I'm just gonna go full steam,
so be careful when you're
throwing the shots and the bags.
Lewis, if Dean says something
you don't like,
- choke his ass out for me,
- all right?
[ Laughter ]
Let's go now.
**
man: Whoa!
Yeah, we got
like 118, 119 pots.
We need to get them off
and in the water.
What's up, bud?
Narrator: Fashionably late...
First ten minutes,
so can't really expect much.
Narrator:
makes his entrance.
Deckhand Dean gribble
He thinks he just can do
whatever he wants.
I don't like it.
[ Buzzer blares ]
Here it goes!
Hannes: Hey!
Hey, watch it [bleep]
I put hannes on the crane
- just 'cause I know hannes
- will listen to me
- When I tell him
- to change something
About the way he's doing it.
[ Grunts ]
Whoo!
There's a huge storm
going on right now.
Rolling 35, freezing cold.
[Bleep] my face...
can't hide out there.
All: Go!
Jake: The weather
just keeps picking up.
It's on the starboard side.
It's right in their face.
Dave: Whoo!
And it's just getting
worse and worse right now.
Aah!
But still,
we have to keep going.
I got to get gear on crab.
**
narrator: The crew works hours
into the night
to get the entire 120-pot load
off the deck.
All right, here we go.
Yay!
Now it's up to the bait.
Narrator: With the deck clear...
Let's get this deck
in order and go to bed.
Narrator: The crew prepares
for the next day's haul.
What are you doing?
Despite
the captain's orders...
- Well, I've been running them
- since I was, like, a little kid.
[ Whirs ]
Dean is controlling
the crane.
Heads up!
[ Shouting in distance ]]
Don't [bleep]
That table up.
Damn it, Dean!
You shouldn't be
over there, dude!
- [ Scoffs ]
- Dean!
[ Whirring ]
Go down!
Go down!
Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa!
Dean!
Hey!
Aah!
Somebody
help me here!
[ Wind gusting ]
Narrator: On thesaga...
Man: Heads up!
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Watch out!
Damn it, Dean!
You shouldn't be
over there, dude.
Narrator:
works the crane
Deckhand Dean gribble
to move the sorting table
into position...
Go down!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Dean!
- Narrator:
- ...against the captain's orders.
Hey! Aah!
Dean!
Somebody - help me here!
Aah!
Please explain!
Damn it!
You did exactly
what I told you not to do.
Narrator: The 2,000-pound table
- crushed a quarter-inch
- hydraulic hose.
- Hannes,
- get your ass over there!
Don't ever let him
touch a thing..
- Did you...
- you wanna play that game?
You play that game,
get off my deck right now!
Get the [bleep]
Off my deck, Dean!
Dean!
Get off of my deck!
Or you're fired.
Five, four...
Three...
Two, one.
That's right, bitch!
Get the [bleep] off my deck!
**
he's gone.
Have fun, guys.
You can blame Dean.
- If we break those lines,
- we're [bleep]
- We're gonna be sorting out
- of [bleep] hose
The rest of the week.
- Jake: I haven't pulled
- one [bleep] pot,
- And we're already down
- another crew member,
And I'm cleaning house.
Until this boat is tip-top,
and this crew is tip-top,
I'm not gonna make them
a damn dime.
I will have a high liner.
I'm gonna be top dog.
I don't care what anybody says
about what I do or how I do it.
Narrator: 120 miles southeast...
- Colburn: It looks pretty ugly
- out here.
Narrator:
On the 155-footwizard.
The front end of this storm
is like fishing in a snow globe.
- Man: [ chuckling ]
- It's definitely not warm.
Colburn: The wind shifted around
to the east, northeast,
- and the wind that
- we're getting basically
The blizzard conditions.
- I'm pretty much blind up here
- at this point.
So we don't have time
to dilly-dally.
Narrator:
Facing slashed quotas...
Colburn: The crab
are dispersing.
They're doing erratic things.
Narrator: And an elusive prey...
- Colburn: We've got to catch
- our crab.
We've got to catch it fast.
- Narrator:
- ...captain Keith colburn
Has found a pocket of crab
that he's not willing
to let go of.
Everybody's gonna have to deal
with 50-, 60-mile-an-hour winds.
Narrator: Despite facing
a 240-mile-wide arctic storm...
[Bleep]
Keith has brought
in two new crew members
for the second trip.
Colburn: So,
we got a greenhorn, o.J.,
and we got a full-share guy
in Crosby.
Ah, this would be so much better
if we do this in board shorts.
- And then,
- we've got the same crew
I had for the first trip.
Another day back
in the home,
- 'cause you're definitely
- getting freezing spray
In the face at home,
aren't you?
I still have
over 100 pots to haul
on this town soak,
of which about 45 of them
are not set well
for a northerly wind.
- Right now, we just need to try
- to get as many of these pots
Hauled and reset that are set
to the north-northwest,
- and, hopefully,
- we can get them all reset
Before really get...
really get bit by
the hard northerlies.
Narrator:
to a broadside swell,
To avoid exposing his crew
Keith plans to reset his pots
into the weather,
allowing the skipper
to fish through the storm
using the bow
to shelter the deck.
- All right,
- where is this thing?
Where are you?
Come on.
I know you're right here.
Oh, this snow is
just killing me right now.
It's making it almost impossible
to haul the gear.
Narrator: Before the skipper
can reset his pots...
I mean, I'm down to like
zero visibility now.
Narrator: He has
to find them.
[ Sighs ]
Can't see anything.
There it is. Wow.
**
- it's probably gonna take me
- twice as long to haul these pots
As it normally would just
because I'm blind.
- I mean,
- I am absolutely, literally
Right in the middle
of the blizzard.
Gary: It's picked up pretty good
in the last six hours or so.
25 is all?
Oh, 125?
Okay, that works.
That's an 11-hour soak,
that's not bad.
- That means there's
- a little life on the bottom.
That's good.
This next spot is just
a few hundred feet away,
and I can't see it.
[ Wind gusting ]
Give me some eyeballs, soper.
Give me some eyeballs.
Right on, good eyes.
Yeah, you're definitely
pickin' them up before I am
- 'cause I'm just starting
- to get it right now.
[Bleep]
Oh, there it is, yeah.
I'm basically hauling gear
by braille right now, guys.
Oh! There it is.
Clear!
There it is.
**
- -yeah!
- -[ Indistinct shouting ]
280.
I tell you what...
- With this storm, I don't think
- we're gonna get rich,
But we're gonna
get something done.
We can grind our way through
and just work our way
through this big storm...
[Sighs] that'll be
an accomplishment in itself.
[ Birds squawking ]
I knew I was in for a long day
when I got up this morning.
Narrator: 420 miles northwest
of Dutch harbor...
[ Clanging ]
on thesummer bay...
Bill: There's no messing
with this weather.
- Narrator:
- Captain "wild" bill wichrowski
Fights the intensifying storm
for his first pots
of the winter season.
- You know, I don't even know
- how to describe this.
They're just stacked up,
one after the other.
Oh, these are the worst days
on the Bering sea.
It's cold. It's miserable.
Time to haul some gear,
put some crab on this boat
before the day's over.
- Narrator: Not only
- is the skipper
Fighting the weather...
This is the string that
we have the crab calls in.
- Narrator: He's awaiting
- the results
Of his very own.
Bering sea science experiment.
Sounds odd, I'm kind of nervous.
The ones with the crab calls,
they might be empty.
Narrator: The crew has rigged
the pots with electronic lures,
which emit the sounds
of crabs devouring food.
- Bill: Pots been in the water
- a little over 30 hours,
So if there's
anything down there,
we should get it in the pots.
I think these crab calls
are gonna work great.
Yeah, we'll see.
Hopefully, they're chumming
in on the crab.
Regardless of what
the crab call does,
I need to see
some crab in these.
The boys need to put
some stuff in the tank.
All right,
off to one without.
Come on, baby!
Yeah, baby, come on!
Narrator: Pot number one,
no crab caller.
What does it look like?
What does it look like?
But lots of crab.
Yeah!
There's crab in it.
Pretty good,
looks like a full pot to me.
Give me some
twos and threes here.
I need some 200 and 300s.
Yeah! Whoo!
Whoo-hoo!
- This looks like nice big,
- clean crab.
Holy... nice crab.
Lots of them.
266.
Looks like we're gonna get
some crab in the tank.
We're about to see
if there's a big difference,
any difference, or inconclusive.
Narrator: Pot number two
has a crab caller...
[ All shouting ]
and lots of crab.
That's solid.
- A little light
- on the one corner.
Gary: 90. 9-0.
80, 8-0.
We got 306!
That's 3-0-6!
[ Howls ]
Awesome.
It's looking really good
for the lures right now.
I'm pretty stoked.
Doesn't seem very okay,
yeah.
- Narrator: Unfortunately,
- the first crab caller
Filled with water,
destroying
the electronic speaker.
I wonder - how that tastes.
Yeah!
They're full of water,
every single one of them.
- Narrator: And the others aren't
- looking much better.
That one didn't
make it to the bottom
- without filling up
- with water.
All of them
are full of water?
Yeah.
**
[bleep]
Well, disappointed
in the crab calls,
- but we're gonna
- keep messing with it.
I mean, it's...
this is the first trial run.
Put it on hold for now
and back to work.
- Narrator: Wild bill's
- high-tech experiment
May have come up short...
Bill: Get it up!
- Narrator: But the captain's
- old-school wisdom
Is still bringing crab
over the rail.
1-9-0!
That's 190!
It's looking a lot better
on the table.
Still not gigantic numbers,
but I think this fishing's
gonna get really good
here shortly.
**
Johnathan:
There's a big wave.
Hang on, guys.
Ow!
Narrator:
215 miles northwest...
That was like a 25-footer.
That came from.
Narrator: On thetime bandit.
The weather seems to be
picking up more and more.
It's getting pretty
nautical out.
- Johnathan: It took three days
- to get to town,
A day to offload,
and 2 1/2 days
to get back out here.
Do the math.
- Narrator:
- Captain Johnathan hillstrand
Has returned
to the Russian line...
630 miles from Dutch harbor.
Oh, yeah!
[Bleep] yeah!
Ho! Ho!
- My hair's standing
- on my neck!
Whoo-hoo!
- Narrator: After his gamble
- on the Russian grounds
Paid off big...
Those are beautiful.
I want to eat some right now.
Yeah, baby!
Yeah, baby!
Narrator: The veteran skipper
is back
and ready to double down.
Johnathan: We're a long ways
from home.
I mean, the wind's
just come up about 45.
We get some good gusts.
Just had a 25-foot wave
roll through.
Narrator: There to greet him,
a 240-mile-wide arctic storm.
- I just got to make sure
- I don't hurt nobody.
Someone got hurt,
I don't know if the helicopter
can fly this far out here.
The main thing is, we're back.
- Hopefully, the crab
- that are on the bottom
We saw seven days ago
aren't going anywhere very fast.
If we can get on a 400-average,
we'll be home in a couple weeks.
If we don't, I mean,
we might be out here a month.
- Narrator: So far,
- the captain's had a nice payout
On his Russia risk.
- I mean, we could be
- out here a long time,
And this weather
is not being nice.
Narrator: But if his
town soak flops,
it's back to the drawing board.
Freddy: Fly dog!
Phillip: Direct hit!
Pow!
Whoo!
- -Yeah!
- -Come on!
Come on, crabs!
Yeah, baby!
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Drumroll, please.
- -[ Shouting ]
- -Here we go, here we go.
Freddy: Come on, baby!
**
narrator: On thetime bandit...
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Come on, crabs!
- Narrator:
- ...captain Johnathan hillstrand
Waits for a verdict
on his seven-day.
Russian town soak.
Drumroll, please.
Yes!
Here we go, here we go.
Come to papa.
Come on, baby!
Uh-oh, not good.
Blank.
[Bleep]
Man: No crab.
That was a strikeout for us.
I want to check the next one.
[Bleep]
So, all those pots on the hill
might not be good at all.
I got to figure this out.
- The only way to figure this out
- is to pull some gear.
I'll get them!
Narrator: After feasting on crab
during his first trip...
Man:
Uh-oh. Uh-oh!
What the hell?
- Narrator: The skipper's
- second go-around
Is coming up with only scraps.
Wow.
- That's the craziest thing
- I ever seen.
That's not gonna
catch crab there.
Damn, - this is miserable.
Just windy as [bleep]
It's cold.
Spray to the face.
- Johnathan: This is sort of like
- king crab fishing here,
Where you could just be
a little bit off.
- We'll find out
- where they're laying.
This string's gonna
tell me everything.
I go from shallow deep
to shallow.
- Narrator:
- Moving further north...
So this is about
a fathom shallower.
See what this has.
- Narrator:
- ...Johnathan looks to new depths
In hopes of intercepting
the Russian crab.
[ Pounding rhythmically ]
Freddy:
Oh, [bleep] Yeah, baby!
[ Indistinct cheering ]
That's got crab legs.
Yes, thank you.
-[ Cheering ]
Yeah, baby, yeah!
That's got a lot of crab!
A lot of crab!
[Bleep] day, brothers.
Good stuff!
Oh! Monsters right here!
Look at that wave.
Holy [bleep]
Wave, watch out!
Hey! Watch out!
-[Bleep]
Pay no attention to the pot that
just slid behind you.
Pay no attention to that!
**
guys, just watch it.
- What do we got?
- What do we got?!
Come on, baby!
[ Cheering ]
Oh, yeah! Yeah, yeah.
Oh, yeah, baby!
- [ Smooching ]
- Coming in!
- Narrator: Not only
- is the retiring captain
Back on the crab...
We're gonna be okay.
That's 600 crab.
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Narrator: He's on the
hottest fishing in the fleet.
Oh, yeah!
Whoo, whoo!
[ Cheering ]
600s, hopefully.
[ Cheering ]
6-4-5!
645, yeah, baby!
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
645.
Yeah!
Hell, yeah!
[ Bell ringing ]
Look at this, baby!
Look at it!
[ Cheering ]
Man: Oh, my god,
look at all that crab!
Ow! Yeah!
Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo!
Do-do-do-whoo!
[ All cheering ]
Narrator:
220 miles southeast...
- Jake: I'm starting to see
- the weather start to pick up.
On thesaga.
Jake: High seas...
Cold temperatures.
It's hard to haul
because of the [bleep] weather.
It looks like it's gonna be
19-footers, 18-footers.
- Narrator:
- ...captain Jake Anderson readies
To haul his first opie string
in building seas...
We're running a four-man deck.
Dean's in his [bleep] bed.
- Narrator: And he's doing it
- a man down.
We got Dean on probation.
He's got put inside.
It's really just
[bleep] us even more.
- Narrator: Deckhand Dean gribble
- has been confined
To his quarters
for insubordination.
Jake: I'm gonna make him sweat,
and I'm gonna force him
to be humble.
Narrator: Just 12 hours ago...
- Jake: Hannes,
- get your ass over there.
Don't ever let him
touch a thing.
You wanna play that game?
Get the [bleep]
Off my deck right now!
And then maybe then
he'll think twice
about flipping off the skipper.
[ Seagulls crying ]
- All right,
- first pot of the season, baby.
Whoo!
And... he missed it.
-[ Indistinct shouting ]
-[Bleep]
Come on, get it.
[ Shouting continues ]
Oh, my...
I'd like to see
at least 100 in this one.
I got it.
My god, it's like
their first time fishing.
[ Whirring ]
Not bad.
Not [bleep] bad at all!
There it goes.
There you go!
Jake: That looks pretty good
for 13 hours.
144, right on, you guys.
That's really good.
[ Grunts ]
Narrator: The crab are
cooperating...
Aah!
but the same can't be said
for the rookie crew.
These guys are having a hell
of a time figuring it out.
Here comes a big fattie.
Holy [bleep]
- -Oh, my...
- -Whoo!
[ Indistinct shouting ]
- Don't give up
- before the game's started.
You guys are all
giving up too fast.
Man: God, man.
- Narrator: With his deck
- struggling...
Watch it, watch it!
Stupid!
Narrator: The skipper
has a tough choice...
leave Dean on ice...
[ All grunting ]
or help his crew
by giving him a reprieve.
I'm ready to call it quits
and go home, okay?!
Damn it, these guys.
- They're not gonna
- figure it out.
[ Wind whistling ]
Man: What the hell is that?!
- -What is that?
- -What is that?
- -What is that?!
- -What is that?
[ All shouting ]
[ Shouting intensifies ]
Johnathan: I think Freddy's gone
over the [bleep] edge.
That's a crazy man.
[ Chuckles ]
What the [bleep], man?
That was ridiculous.
I'm scared for some people's
lives down there.
We need a nap.
These boys need a nap.
I need a nap.
-[ Laughter ]
Some kind of chicken.
[ Laughs ]
- -[ Laughter ]
- -Yeah, baby!
[ Laughs ]
**
this is has been
a long night.
Narrator: In spite of
an insubordinate crewman,
Jake pulls ahead
of thenorthwestern.
Narrator: On thesaga...
Did you see the bags
on the port side, Davey?
Jake: Without Dean on deck,
the deck can't get
their [bleep] figured out.
Narrator: Two hours in
to his first opilio haul...
All in all, it's not working.
- Narrator:
- ...captain Jake Anderson's crew
Is still struggling on deck.
Jake: Figure something out.
- I'm sure I'll have
- a talk with Dean.
- Narrator: Even though
- he's thesaga's
Most experienced crewman,
Dean gribble remains
in the captain's doghouse.
Oh, thanks, bro.
Whoops.
Narrator: Now to get back
in Jake's good graces,
the veteran deckhand brings
the captain a peace offering.
I need you to watch
these guys, Dean.
- I need to pay attention
- around the boat.
Yeah.
Anyway, dude, - we're good.
We'll just keep having this
conversation
'cause I like ya.
Cool, man.
All right, cool.
Thank you - for that sandwich.
Holy [bleep]
I feel so much better!
Jake: I really care
about the guys that I hire.
And I don't give up on them.
I feel good about that talk.
Yeah, I just talked to Jake,
- so I'm gonna head back
- out on deck
And give these guys a hand.
Jake: If I'm yelling at you,
it means I'm still fighting
to keep you there.
I don't want to give up on you.
Narrator: 120 miles southeast...
- Colburn: Whoa,
- that's a creepy-looking wave.
On thewizard...
[ Laughs ]
I think that's
an excellent call.
- Narrator:
- Captain Keith colburn
Continues to fish
despite 50-knot winds
and raging seas.
Coming up.
- All I need to do
- is get this string.
All the gear's been set
the way I need it.
So, we're lined up and dialed in
to be bale to haul gear
in a northerly
and northwesterly wind.
That one looked - pretty good.
There had to be 300
or more on that thing.
- Narrator: For the last
- 30 hours...
The skipper has been hauling
and resetting his pots
so that he can safely grind
into the storm.
Colburn: Before daylight,
we should have
all the gear re-situated,
set for the weather.
At this point, right now,
we've got forces colliding,
- and we're right
- in the middle of it.
[ Indistinct talking ]
Narrator: But until all his pots
are correctly positioned...
**
- whoa. What's that?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Look out!
O.j.: Holy [bleep]
Narrator: Keith's crew
remains dangerously exposed
to the broadside swell.
I'll be a happy guy when
we get this string over with.
You all right, oj?
It's good, man.
Producer: - How you feeling?
[ Laughs ]
- I bet oj's having
- second thoughts
About being
the bait bitch now.
Colburn: This string has
been a nightmare.
But the good news is,
I've got this pot and one more,
and then that is it.
Jacob: Here we go, Tyler,
here we go!
Pot one, coming up.
[ All cheering ]
- Let's go ahead
- and secure things real quick,
Come on in.
**
narrator: With this
30-hour grind behind them...
- And all the gear
- I've got out here
That I've reset is set
for the weather.
- Narrator: Captain Keith
- and his crew
Recharge for the next one.
Adios, amigos!
I go to sleep!
- Colburn: I can already tell
- the writing's on the wall.
We're probably gonna have
25-footers or better out here
within the next few hours.
And it's only gonna get worse.
**
colburn: A big storm coming.
There's a lot of what ifs.
- It's hard to develop
- a fishing plan
When you're going out to 50
and 60-mile-an-hour winds.
[ Waves crash ]
The weather's picking up,
and it's only gonna get worse.
**
- look at that wave.
- Holy [bleep]
Deck, watch out!
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Man: Whoo!
Whoa! Whoa, what's that?
- -Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- -Look out!
Colburn: In about 24 hours,
all hell's gonna break loose
in the being sea.
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narrator: 400 miles northwest
of Dutch harbor, Alaska...
Man: Strong winds...
40 to 55 miles per hour.
Patchy fog, rain and snow.
[Feedback]
This is gonna be a bitch.
Narrator: On the 113-foot
summer bay...
Bill: We got a blow coming.
We're gonna get our ass
kicked out of the north.
Then, by the end of the day,
I'm hoping that we're dialed in
with a high percentage
of our gear.
- Then, we get our ass kicked
- while we're fishing, I guess.
- Narrator: Captain
- "wild" bill wichrowski
Looks to get his opilio pots
in the water
before being battered
by an oncoming arctic storm.
Bill: It's gonna be a tough one.
I mean, quota's down 41%.
- Everybody's scrambling
- to catch something.
It's a very weird year.
There were guys out west
that found 200,
300, 400, 500, 600 crab,
but there were miles
and miles of nothing, too.
I mean, years ago, you could
put your pots anywhere.
Everybody was a good
opi fisherman.
- So, this is gonna take
- a little bit of a mind-set
To spread them out...
You know, look, find 'em,
and stay with 'em.
Narrator: In one of
the leanest years on record...
The idea of making
a better mouse trap
has always excited me.
So, we're gonna deploy
the crab calls in these pots.
Narrator: Bill's turning
to a new technology
that will bring the crab to him.
[Static]
Well, that's the theory.
- Bill: I got these buddies
- that are...
They're pretty high tech
on sounds in water.
I said, "oh, you're pretty good
at bringing fish
to a fishing lure.
How would it be to bring
a crab to a crab pot?"
**
narrator: A crab caller is
an electronic device
placed in a pot.
Once submerged,
a recording emits sounds
of a veritable feeding frenzy
to attract the biomass
to a potential food source.
We're trying to figure out if we
can extend the life of the bait,
maybe even eliminate a portion
- of the bait
- that you have to use,
And it can run up
to 2,400 hours,
which is basically 100 days.
This is new technology.
But you never know.
If we can instill
a feeding frenzy
- inside an already
- going on feeding frenzy,
- This could be
- some interesting viewing
For me and the boys.
So, the first test is gonna be,
see if it's obvious
- that we have a different amount
- of crab in each pot.
- We're gonna set one
- without the call,
Two pots with.
We're gonna continue that
until we run out of pots.
So, we'll be able to do
a comparison on the numbers
and get a better representation
of what's going on.
Buoy number one.
- Bill: You can let
- the first one go.
Going over.
**
so, put one in the next one.
Go up and down.
Just like that.
God, I hope
these things work!
- Make sure the doors
- are tight.
- You can let
- the first one go.
Making history
right now, boys!
**
I've seen the acoustics work
with sportfishing,
quite successfully,
so here we are.
We're gonna give it a try.
[Bleep] over the years...
lights, tin cans.
- I don't think
- they're gonna work.
Bill: Okay.
Release the crab callers!
Narrator: Thesummer bay
launches all 100 pots...
That'd be
the last one of these.
releasing the call
of the crab into the deep.
Bill: Started our experiment.
I guess time will tell
what we end up with here.
Whoo!
We're high-tech rednecks, man.
Weird science.
Narrator: 20 miles southwest...
[ Waves crash ]
**
Jake: Yeah, she's starting
to get with it.
Narrator:
On the 107-footsaga...
The weather's picking up,
but what's worse is,
I have no visibility.
You're getting 20-footers.
18-, 20-foot swells.
- Narrator: Captain Jake Anderson
- is face-to-face
With a 980-millibar
arctic storm.
I need to get this gear
off the boat,
and I'm in heavy,
freezing spray.
And the weather's picking up,
and it's only gonna get worse.
You guys down there?
Jake: Meet up in the galley,
a little quick chat.
- Let's give these guys
- just a quick...
Just a quick pep talk.
- Narrator: After struggling
- with personnel issues
During king season...
Move it!
Get the [bleep]
Out of here!
I asked Sean what he thought
about getting some help
for his alcoholism.
- Narrator: And then,
- letting go of his deck boss
Just two days ago...
- Jake:
- You guys all down here?
Man: Aye, yeah!
- Narrator:
- ...Jake checks to be sure
His crew is dialed in before
heading out into the storm.
Dean! Let's go, dude.
Come on!
He thinks he's
the captain, look.
He thinks...
he thinks I wait for him.
- He's not a part
- of the team then.
Hey, so be really [bleep] safe.
- Hannes, I want you
- running the crane.
- Just be really careful,
- go slow.
I'm not gonna push you.
I'm just gonna go full steam,
so be careful when you're
throwing the shots and the bags.
Lewis, if Dean says something
you don't like,
- choke his ass out for me,
- all right?
[ Laughter ]
Let's go now.
**
man: Whoa!
Yeah, we got
like 118, 119 pots.
We need to get them off
and in the water.
What's up, bud?
Narrator: Fashionably late...
First ten minutes,
so can't really expect much.
Narrator:
makes his entrance.
Deckhand Dean gribble
He thinks he just can do
whatever he wants.
I don't like it.
[ Buzzer blares ]
Here it goes!
Hannes: Hey!
Hey, watch it [bleep]
I put hannes on the crane
- just 'cause I know hannes
- will listen to me
- When I tell him
- to change something
About the way he's doing it.
[ Grunts ]
Whoo!
There's a huge storm
going on right now.
Rolling 35, freezing cold.
[Bleep] my face...
can't hide out there.
All: Go!
Jake: The weather
just keeps picking up.
It's on the starboard side.
It's right in their face.
Dave: Whoo!
And it's just getting
worse and worse right now.
Aah!
But still,
we have to keep going.
I got to get gear on crab.
**
narrator: The crew works hours
into the night
to get the entire 120-pot load
off the deck.
All right, here we go.
Yay!
Now it's up to the bait.
Narrator: With the deck clear...
Let's get this deck
in order and go to bed.
Narrator: The crew prepares
for the next day's haul.
What are you doing?
Despite
the captain's orders...
- Well, I've been running them
- since I was, like, a little kid.
[ Whirs ]
Dean is controlling
the crane.
Heads up!
[ Shouting in distance ]]
Don't [bleep]
That table up.
Damn it, Dean!
You shouldn't be
over there, dude!
- [ Scoffs ]
- Dean!
[ Whirring ]
Go down!
Go down!
Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa!
Dean!
Hey!
Aah!
Somebody
help me here!
[ Wind gusting ]
Narrator: On thesaga...
Man: Heads up!
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Watch out!
Damn it, Dean!
You shouldn't be
over there, dude.
Narrator:
works the crane
Deckhand Dean gribble
to move the sorting table
into position...
Go down!
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Dean!
- Narrator:
- ...against the captain's orders.
Hey! Aah!
Dean!
Somebody - help me here!
Aah!
Please explain!
Damn it!
You did exactly
what I told you not to do.
Narrator: The 2,000-pound table
- crushed a quarter-inch
- hydraulic hose.
- Hannes,
- get your ass over there!
Don't ever let him
touch a thing..
- Did you...
- you wanna play that game?
You play that game,
get off my deck right now!
Get the [bleep]
Off my deck, Dean!
Dean!
Get off of my deck!
Or you're fired.
Five, four...
Three...
Two, one.
That's right, bitch!
Get the [bleep] off my deck!
**
he's gone.
Have fun, guys.
You can blame Dean.
- If we break those lines,
- we're [bleep]
- We're gonna be sorting out
- of [bleep] hose
The rest of the week.
- Jake: I haven't pulled
- one [bleep] pot,
- And we're already down
- another crew member,
And I'm cleaning house.
Until this boat is tip-top,
and this crew is tip-top,
I'm not gonna make them
a damn dime.
I will have a high liner.
I'm gonna be top dog.
I don't care what anybody says
about what I do or how I do it.
Narrator: 120 miles southeast...
- Colburn: It looks pretty ugly
- out here.
Narrator:
On the 155-footwizard.
The front end of this storm
is like fishing in a snow globe.
- Man: [ chuckling ]
- It's definitely not warm.
Colburn: The wind shifted around
to the east, northeast,
- and the wind that
- we're getting basically
The blizzard conditions.
- I'm pretty much blind up here
- at this point.
So we don't have time
to dilly-dally.
Narrator:
Facing slashed quotas...
Colburn: The crab
are dispersing.
They're doing erratic things.
Narrator: And an elusive prey...
- Colburn: We've got to catch
- our crab.
We've got to catch it fast.
- Narrator:
- ...captain Keith colburn
Has found a pocket of crab
that he's not willing
to let go of.
Everybody's gonna have to deal
with 50-, 60-mile-an-hour winds.
Narrator: Despite facing
a 240-mile-wide arctic storm...
[Bleep]
Keith has brought
in two new crew members
for the second trip.
Colburn: So,
we got a greenhorn, o.J.,
and we got a full-share guy
in Crosby.
Ah, this would be so much better
if we do this in board shorts.
- And then,
- we've got the same crew
I had for the first trip.
Another day back
in the home,
- 'cause you're definitely
- getting freezing spray
In the face at home,
aren't you?
I still have
over 100 pots to haul
on this town soak,
of which about 45 of them
are not set well
for a northerly wind.
- Right now, we just need to try
- to get as many of these pots
Hauled and reset that are set
to the north-northwest,
- and, hopefully,
- we can get them all reset
Before really get...
really get bit by
the hard northerlies.
Narrator:
to a broadside swell,
To avoid exposing his crew
Keith plans to reset his pots
into the weather,
allowing the skipper
to fish through the storm
using the bow
to shelter the deck.
- All right,
- where is this thing?
Where are you?
Come on.
I know you're right here.
Oh, this snow is
just killing me right now.
It's making it almost impossible
to haul the gear.
Narrator: Before the skipper
can reset his pots...
I mean, I'm down to like
zero visibility now.
Narrator: He has
to find them.
[ Sighs ]
Can't see anything.
There it is. Wow.
**
- it's probably gonna take me
- twice as long to haul these pots
As it normally would just
because I'm blind.
- I mean,
- I am absolutely, literally
Right in the middle
of the blizzard.
Gary: It's picked up pretty good
in the last six hours or so.
25 is all?
Oh, 125?
Okay, that works.
That's an 11-hour soak,
that's not bad.
- That means there's
- a little life on the bottom.
That's good.
This next spot is just
a few hundred feet away,
and I can't see it.
[ Wind gusting ]
Give me some eyeballs, soper.
Give me some eyeballs.
Right on, good eyes.
Yeah, you're definitely
pickin' them up before I am
- 'cause I'm just starting
- to get it right now.
[Bleep]
Oh, there it is, yeah.
I'm basically hauling gear
by braille right now, guys.
Oh! There it is.
Clear!
There it is.
**
- -yeah!
- -[ Indistinct shouting ]
280.
I tell you what...
- With this storm, I don't think
- we're gonna get rich,
But we're gonna
get something done.
We can grind our way through
and just work our way
through this big storm...
[Sighs] that'll be
an accomplishment in itself.
[ Birds squawking ]
I knew I was in for a long day
when I got up this morning.
Narrator: 420 miles northwest
of Dutch harbor...
[ Clanging ]
on thesummer bay...
Bill: There's no messing
with this weather.
- Narrator:
- Captain "wild" bill wichrowski
Fights the intensifying storm
for his first pots
of the winter season.
- You know, I don't even know
- how to describe this.
They're just stacked up,
one after the other.
Oh, these are the worst days
on the Bering sea.
It's cold. It's miserable.
Time to haul some gear,
put some crab on this boat
before the day's over.
- Narrator: Not only
- is the skipper
Fighting the weather...
This is the string that
we have the crab calls in.
- Narrator: He's awaiting
- the results
Of his very own.
Bering sea science experiment.
Sounds odd, I'm kind of nervous.
The ones with the crab calls,
they might be empty.
Narrator: The crew has rigged
the pots with electronic lures,
which emit the sounds
of crabs devouring food.
- Bill: Pots been in the water
- a little over 30 hours,
So if there's
anything down there,
we should get it in the pots.
I think these crab calls
are gonna work great.
Yeah, we'll see.
Hopefully, they're chumming
in on the crab.
Regardless of what
the crab call does,
I need to see
some crab in these.
The boys need to put
some stuff in the tank.
All right,
off to one without.
Come on, baby!
Yeah, baby, come on!
Narrator: Pot number one,
no crab caller.
What does it look like?
What does it look like?
But lots of crab.
Yeah!
There's crab in it.
Pretty good,
looks like a full pot to me.
Give me some
twos and threes here.
I need some 200 and 300s.
Yeah! Whoo!
Whoo-hoo!
- This looks like nice big,
- clean crab.
Holy... nice crab.
Lots of them.
266.
Looks like we're gonna get
some crab in the tank.
We're about to see
if there's a big difference,
any difference, or inconclusive.
Narrator: Pot number two
has a crab caller...
[ All shouting ]
and lots of crab.
That's solid.
- A little light
- on the one corner.
Gary: 90. 9-0.
80, 8-0.
We got 306!
That's 3-0-6!
[ Howls ]
Awesome.
It's looking really good
for the lures right now.
I'm pretty stoked.
Doesn't seem very okay,
yeah.
- Narrator: Unfortunately,
- the first crab caller
Filled with water,
destroying
the electronic speaker.
I wonder - how that tastes.
Yeah!
They're full of water,
every single one of them.
- Narrator: And the others aren't
- looking much better.
That one didn't
make it to the bottom
- without filling up
- with water.
All of them
are full of water?
Yeah.
**
[bleep]
Well, disappointed
in the crab calls,
- but we're gonna
- keep messing with it.
I mean, it's...
this is the first trial run.
Put it on hold for now
and back to work.
- Narrator: Wild bill's
- high-tech experiment
May have come up short...
Bill: Get it up!
- Narrator: But the captain's
- old-school wisdom
Is still bringing crab
over the rail.
1-9-0!
That's 190!
It's looking a lot better
on the table.
Still not gigantic numbers,
but I think this fishing's
gonna get really good
here shortly.
**
Johnathan:
There's a big wave.
Hang on, guys.
Ow!
Narrator:
215 miles northwest...
That was like a 25-footer.
That came from.
Narrator: On thetime bandit.
The weather seems to be
picking up more and more.
It's getting pretty
nautical out.
- Johnathan: It took three days
- to get to town,
A day to offload,
and 2 1/2 days
to get back out here.
Do the math.
- Narrator:
- Captain Johnathan hillstrand
Has returned
to the Russian line...
630 miles from Dutch harbor.
Oh, yeah!
[Bleep] yeah!
Ho! Ho!
- My hair's standing
- on my neck!
Whoo-hoo!
- Narrator: After his gamble
- on the Russian grounds
Paid off big...
Those are beautiful.
I want to eat some right now.
Yeah, baby!
Yeah, baby!
Narrator: The veteran skipper
is back
and ready to double down.
Johnathan: We're a long ways
from home.
I mean, the wind's
just come up about 45.
We get some good gusts.
Just had a 25-foot wave
roll through.
Narrator: There to greet him,
a 240-mile-wide arctic storm.
- I just got to make sure
- I don't hurt nobody.
Someone got hurt,
I don't know if the helicopter
can fly this far out here.
The main thing is, we're back.
- Hopefully, the crab
- that are on the bottom
We saw seven days ago
aren't going anywhere very fast.
If we can get on a 400-average,
we'll be home in a couple weeks.
If we don't, I mean,
we might be out here a month.
- Narrator: So far,
- the captain's had a nice payout
On his Russia risk.
- I mean, we could be
- out here a long time,
And this weather
is not being nice.
Narrator: But if his
town soak flops,
it's back to the drawing board.
Freddy: Fly dog!
Phillip: Direct hit!
Pow!
Whoo!
- -Yeah!
- -Come on!
Come on, crabs!
Yeah, baby!
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Drumroll, please.
- -[ Shouting ]
- -Here we go, here we go.
Freddy: Come on, baby!
**
narrator: On thetime bandit...
[ Indistinct shouting ]
Come on, crabs!
- Narrator:
- ...captain Johnathan hillstrand
Waits for a verdict
on his seven-day.
Russian town soak.
Drumroll, please.
Yes!
Here we go, here we go.
Come to papa.
Come on, baby!
Uh-oh, not good.
Blank.
[Bleep]
Man: No crab.
That was a strikeout for us.
I want to check the next one.
[Bleep]
So, all those pots on the hill
might not be good at all.
I got to figure this out.
- The only way to figure this out
- is to pull some gear.
I'll get them!
Narrator: After feasting on crab
during his first trip...
Man:
Uh-oh. Uh-oh!
What the hell?
- Narrator: The skipper's
- second go-around
Is coming up with only scraps.
Wow.
- That's the craziest thing
- I ever seen.
That's not gonna
catch crab there.
Damn, - this is miserable.
Just windy as [bleep]
It's cold.
Spray to the face.
- Johnathan: This is sort of like
- king crab fishing here,
Where you could just be
a little bit off.
- We'll find out
- where they're laying.
This string's gonna
tell me everything.
I go from shallow deep
to shallow.
- Narrator:
- Moving further north...
So this is about
a fathom shallower.
See what this has.
- Narrator:
- ...Johnathan looks to new depths
In hopes of intercepting
the Russian crab.
[ Pounding rhythmically ]
Freddy:
Oh, [bleep] Yeah, baby!
[ Indistinct cheering ]
That's got crab legs.
Yes, thank you.
-[ Cheering ]
Yeah, baby, yeah!
That's got a lot of crab!
A lot of crab!
[Bleep] day, brothers.
Good stuff!
Oh! Monsters right here!
Look at that wave.
Holy [bleep]
Wave, watch out!
Hey! Watch out!
-[Bleep]
Pay no attention to the pot that
just slid behind you.
Pay no attention to that!
**
guys, just watch it.
- What do we got?
- What do we got?!
Come on, baby!
[ Cheering ]
Oh, yeah! Yeah, yeah.
Oh, yeah, baby!
- [ Smooching ]
- Coming in!
- Narrator: Not only
- is the retiring captain
Back on the crab...
We're gonna be okay.
That's 600 crab.
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Narrator: He's on the
hottest fishing in the fleet.
Oh, yeah!
Whoo, whoo!
[ Cheering ]
600s, hopefully.
[ Cheering ]
6-4-5!
645, yeah, baby!
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
645.
Yeah!
Hell, yeah!
[ Bell ringing ]
Look at this, baby!
Look at it!
[ Cheering ]
Man: Oh, my god,
look at all that crab!
Ow! Yeah!
Whoo-whoo-whoo-whoo!
Do-do-do-whoo!
[ All cheering ]
Narrator:
220 miles southeast...
- Jake: I'm starting to see
- the weather start to pick up.
On thesaga.
Jake: High seas...
Cold temperatures.
It's hard to haul
because of the [bleep] weather.
It looks like it's gonna be
19-footers, 18-footers.
- Narrator:
- ...captain Jake Anderson readies
To haul his first opie string
in building seas...
We're running a four-man deck.
Dean's in his [bleep] bed.
- Narrator: And he's doing it
- a man down.
We got Dean on probation.
He's got put inside.
It's really just
[bleep] us even more.
- Narrator: Deckhand Dean gribble
- has been confined
To his quarters
for insubordination.
Jake: I'm gonna make him sweat,
and I'm gonna force him
to be humble.
Narrator: Just 12 hours ago...
- Jake: Hannes,
- get your ass over there.
Don't ever let him
touch a thing.
You wanna play that game?
Get the [bleep]
Off my deck right now!
And then maybe then
he'll think twice
about flipping off the skipper.
[ Seagulls crying ]
- All right,
- first pot of the season, baby.
Whoo!
And... he missed it.
-[ Indistinct shouting ]
-[Bleep]
Come on, get it.
[ Shouting continues ]
Oh, my...
I'd like to see
at least 100 in this one.
I got it.
My god, it's like
their first time fishing.
[ Whirring ]
Not bad.
Not [bleep] bad at all!
There it goes.
There you go!
Jake: That looks pretty good
for 13 hours.
144, right on, you guys.
That's really good.
[ Grunts ]
Narrator: The crab are
cooperating...
Aah!
but the same can't be said
for the rookie crew.
These guys are having a hell
of a time figuring it out.
Here comes a big fattie.
Holy [bleep]
- -Oh, my...
- -Whoo!
[ Indistinct shouting ]
- Don't give up
- before the game's started.
You guys are all
giving up too fast.
Man: God, man.
- Narrator: With his deck
- struggling...
Watch it, watch it!
Stupid!
Narrator: The skipper
has a tough choice...
leave Dean on ice...
[ All grunting ]
or help his crew
by giving him a reprieve.
I'm ready to call it quits
and go home, okay?!
Damn it, these guys.
- They're not gonna
- figure it out.
[ Wind whistling ]
Man: What the hell is that?!
- -What is that?
- -What is that?
- -What is that?!
- -What is that?
[ All shouting ]
[ Shouting intensifies ]
Johnathan: I think Freddy's gone
over the [bleep] edge.
That's a crazy man.
[ Chuckles ]
What the [bleep], man?
That was ridiculous.
I'm scared for some people's
lives down there.
We need a nap.
These boys need a nap.
I need a nap.
-[ Laughter ]
Some kind of chicken.
[ Laughs ]
- -[ Laughter ]
- -Yeah, baby!
[ Laughs ]
**
this is has been
a long night.
Narrator: In spite of
an insubordinate crewman,
Jake pulls ahead
of thenorthwestern.
Narrator: On thesaga...
Did you see the bags
on the port side, Davey?
Jake: Without Dean on deck,
the deck can't get
their [bleep] figured out.
Narrator: Two hours in
to his first opilio haul...
All in all, it's not working.
- Narrator:
- ...captain Jake Anderson's crew
Is still struggling on deck.
Jake: Figure something out.
- I'm sure I'll have
- a talk with Dean.
- Narrator: Even though
- he's thesaga's
Most experienced crewman,
Dean gribble remains
in the captain's doghouse.
Oh, thanks, bro.
Whoops.
Narrator: Now to get back
in Jake's good graces,
the veteran deckhand brings
the captain a peace offering.
I need you to watch
these guys, Dean.
- I need to pay attention
- around the boat.
Yeah.
Anyway, dude, - we're good.
We'll just keep having this
conversation
'cause I like ya.
Cool, man.
All right, cool.
Thank you - for that sandwich.
Holy [bleep]
I feel so much better!
Jake: I really care
about the guys that I hire.
And I don't give up on them.
I feel good about that talk.
Yeah, I just talked to Jake,
- so I'm gonna head back
- out on deck
And give these guys a hand.
Jake: If I'm yelling at you,
it means I'm still fighting
to keep you there.
I don't want to give up on you.
Narrator: 120 miles southeast...
- Colburn: Whoa,
- that's a creepy-looking wave.
On thewizard...
[ Laughs ]
I think that's
an excellent call.
- Narrator:
- Captain Keith colburn
Continues to fish
despite 50-knot winds
and raging seas.
Coming up.
- All I need to do
- is get this string.
All the gear's been set
the way I need it.
So, we're lined up and dialed in
to be bale to haul gear
in a northerly
and northwesterly wind.
That one looked - pretty good.
There had to be 300
or more on that thing.
- Narrator: For the last
- 30 hours...
The skipper has been hauling
and resetting his pots
so that he can safely grind
into the storm.
Colburn: Before daylight,
we should have
all the gear re-situated,
set for the weather.
At this point, right now,
we've got forces colliding,
- and we're right
- in the middle of it.
[ Indistinct talking ]
Narrator: But until all his pots
are correctly positioned...
**
- whoa. What's that?
- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Look out!
O.j.: Holy [bleep]
Narrator: Keith's crew
remains dangerously exposed
to the broadside swell.
I'll be a happy guy when
we get this string over with.
You all right, oj?
It's good, man.
Producer: - How you feeling?
[ Laughs ]
- I bet oj's having
- second thoughts
About being
the bait bitch now.
Colburn: This string has
been a nightmare.
But the good news is,
I've got this pot and one more,
and then that is it.
Jacob: Here we go, Tyler,
here we go!
Pot one, coming up.
[ All cheering ]
- Let's go ahead
- and secure things real quick,
Come on in.
**
narrator: With this
30-hour grind behind them...
- And all the gear
- I've got out here
That I've reset is set
for the weather.
- Narrator: Captain Keith
- and his crew
Recharge for the next one.
Adios, amigos!
I go to sleep!
- Colburn: I can already tell
- the writing's on the wall.
We're probably gonna have
25-footers or better out here
within the next few hours.
And it's only gonna get worse.
**