Deadliest Catch (2005–…): Season 13, Episode 7 - Poisoned at Sea - full transcript
[ Waves crash ]
Sig: We've got one.
Last final trip.
The gear is gonna have.
Massive soak on it.
Hopefully,
we can get a real big pick.
Put that in the boat,
put the Bobs on the boat,
season over.
- That's the plan...
- knock on wood.
**
Sean:
COD is a new fishery for me.
Yes, I need to do this trip.
The stakes are real.
I mean it's my money.
And my mom's money.
And my sister's money.
- Here we go...
- haul until fall.
Whether I'm making it.
Or spending it,
it effects my bottom line.
- Jake: Right now,
- I can't afford to wait minutes,
seconds.
Get that [bleep] thing.
Away from my window!
I have to catch crab.
- Well, then, [bleep]
- start pulling them all out!
[ Both scream ]
- I just want
- to get this crab caught
and get this trip over with.
* I'm wanted *
* wanted *
* dead or al-i-i-i-ve *
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Discovery communications
[ sea lions barking ]
- Narrator:
- just outside Dutch harbor...
On thesaga...
Hopefully,
I didn't put it in backwards!
- Narrator:
- ...Young captain Jake Anderson
tends to his latest problem...
Ah!
I put it in backwards.
Narrator: Installing his new
$5,000 anchor.
- Jake: If I didn't find
- this anchor this morning,
thedutchwhich was a miracle,
my quota definitely.
Would've been removed...
Quickly.
- We're all getting pretty good
- at this stuff
'cause that's just the way.
It's been this last year,
is fixing...
Fixing and fishing.
Thesagaalways continues,
it seems like.
Narrator: This season...
- [ Horn blares ]
- Jake: Fire in the engine room!
[ Coughing ]
Go get me.
A [bleep] Report!
- Narrator:
- ...Thesagahas had issues...
Both mechanical...
You got to be kidding me.
Move it.
Get the [bleep] out of here!
Narrator: And personal.
[Bleep] you!
Not a day care.
Jake: All right, we're gonna.
Put the new cable in.
Narrator: Now with one trip left.
To catch the rest of his quota.
We are getting on...
Back on track.
And getting on top of our stuff.
Jake needs his boat and crew.
Firing on all cylinders.
Sean: Hannes and I are okay.
He hasn't really came up to me.
And apologized yet.
So we'll see how it goes.
I believe he's over it though.
And I certainly don't.
Want him...
Getting hurt.
Jake: I just want to finish.
This is a marathon.
All right! Here goes nothing!
[ Whirring ]
- Hold up.
- make sure that chain don't go.
[ Indistinct talking ]
Yeah!
It worked!
Aussie! It worked!
[ Laughs ]
[Bleep] oh, okay.
Everybody okay?
I got ten fingers!
I got three toes.
Let's go.
King crab fishing!
Narrator: Across the harbor...
On the 110-footbrenna a.
Sean: Offload's done...
Ended up with 58,000 pounds.
Narrator: In his first season.
Fishing red crab,
captain Sean dwyer hauled in
$650,000.
In just three days.
Anything more
I can add on to this season.
- Is gonna help out
- myself and my crew
to make some more money.
It's really my only option.
This year.
- I mean, it's my business,
- my family's business.
With everything we do out here,
COD fishing in particular,
- is just to keep
- the boat running.
Narrator: To make up.
For having the fleet's.
Smallest king crab quota,
thebrenna apicked up.
A COD fish license.
- Sean: I've been
- making some calls,
- got the word out that
- I'm looking for crew members.
- A few friends of mine
- are interested.
Narrator:
But lost three crew men.
Sean: Pisses me off.
My whole crew quit on me.
Except for Tony.
- And you just don't want
- to go COD fishing?
No.
Take your [bleep]
- Pack it up
- on the way into town
and be gone.
- Full share,
- I've made about 35 grand.
Three days of fishing...
$35,000.
Walk away from a job like that,
- don't be surprised
- when there's guys lined up
to take your spot.
Narrator: Sean's first hire?
Wild bill's estranged son,
engineer Zack Larson.
Missed out on some good money.
For king crab.
But go COD fishing with Sean.
- And then I have a job
- for oakies.
That's exciting,
- and then we'll see
- at the end of the season
where it goes from there.
If my dad wants me.
A part of his company still.
Maybe I'm happier over here,
I don't know.
- Narrator:
- the rest of his crew is
a hodge podge of seasoned vets.
Right now, we just got to get.
This trip in the book.
Get that dialed in,
get the deck all ready.
We'll get it all figured out.
So that we're just...
You know, - pushing gear quick
- and just putting them
- in the tank.
Mm-hhm, right.
That's my plan.
[ Laughter ]
- -Right on.
- -but it will be fun so.
- -Sounds good.
- -all right, let's do it.
Thanks, guys.
COD fishing!
It's not gonna be an easy pick.
Not only is it a derby fishery,
- where you can catch
- as much as you can
as fast as you can,
you have to catch them fast.
So the COD Olympics'.
Opening ceremony.
Is right now.
- I'm gonna go tell the boys
- that we're ready to go,
have Zack get everything.
All fired up.
12 hours to the COD grind.
We're out of here!
- Sig: We're on the way
- to the gear.
Our off-load is done.
- Narrator:
- ...On the 125-footnorthwestern.
We got what I expected,
which is about 175,00,
178,000 pounds.
And we need another
25,000, 30,000 pounds.
How much in that one?
15.
Ugh!
Narrator: In a season.
Where water temperatures.
- Had him prospecting
- in the deepest corners
of the king crab grounds...
Woo!
Oh, yeah!
[ Cheering ]
Captain sig Hansen.
Finally nears the finish line.
Of this difficult fall season.
We have a town soak,
those pots are soaking.
So knock on wood...
Things will go well,
- and we can bring in
- our last trip.
- Not much left at all...
- get the gear on the boat,
20,000, 30,000 pounds,
we're done.
- Nick: We're
- on the final countdown here.
Guys are all frisky,
everybody's happy.
All right, dude.
Junior is running around.
The big question is,
do we have the crab.
And the gear.
And I suspect we do.
So I think all I got.
To worry about now.
Is getting those pots on safely.
[ Chuckles ] and then,
- I got another decision
- with Clark.
I'm pretty excited.
- I'm trying
- to not think about it
but...
I'm gonna have.
To make up my mind on that one.
And give Clark an answer.
Narrator: Four days ago,
greenhorn Clark pederson.
Asked sig for permission.
To marry.
His youngest daughter, Mandy.
My gut says they can wait,
wait another 10 years.
For all I care.
- Mandy can have
- any boy she wants,
in my mind.
But I'll push that off until.
We get these pots on board.
Narrator: For now,
crab takes precedence.
Over romance.
Sig: We're gonna start going.
Through the gear.
And, hopefully,
we've got enough crab.
In the gear.
To top off our quota.
These have gone about four days.
In the water.
So we should be okay.
We need about a 20 average,
21 average.
So I suspect we've got that.
Okay, first pot's up here.
Oh, no!
Oh, no!
What do we got?
Edgar: Pretty meek.
You'd think after four days,
there'd be more.
**
Nick: Ugh!
I'm so [bleep].
27.
- Sig: It should have been
- better than that
but as long as we get.
A dab of crab in every pot,
I think we'll be okay.
Oh, boy.
15!
We need more than that.
[ Whirring ]
It's not looking real good.
Oh, no!
Narrator: What was billed.
As one last easy trip...
-[Bleep]
A big nine, niner.
Edgar: Zero nine!
Zero nine.
Is now turning in to a grind.
[ Sighing ] oh, my gosh.
These first three so far.
Ain't hitting real well.
Oh, no!
No!
[ Groans ] oh, no!
I think we're in trouble.
[Bleep] me!
Started out at twenties,
and now we're on.
To fives, fours, sixes.
It's definitely.
Got me concerned.
We've got the last of our pots.
After this.
And if they fail,
we got to set some back.
- Narrator: If sig has
- to extend the clean up trip,
it won't come cheap.
Every additional day at sea.
Subtracts $3,000.
From his bottom line.
- I'm trying to stay positive,
- you know?
- I promised myself
- at the beginning of the season,
stay positive.
And look forward.
Oh!
Not enough of 'em.
Narrator: 100 miles northeast.
Of Dutch harbor...
On thebrenna a.
[ Sighing ] yeah.
Good looking fishing weather.
Really good looking.
Narrator: After a 12 hour steam,
captain Sean dwyer arrives.
At the COD grounds.
Off utamac island.
- We've got to just figure out
- what I want to do here.
I'm looking.
For a certain type of bottom.
The key is gonna be.
To get set up in a good spot.
And let the fish run.
Into the pots.
Narrator: Scraping by.
King season with a small quota.
Sean: If COD can get me through.
To the next year,
then that's what I got to do.
Narrator: The young skipper is.
Banking on his new COD license.
To keep.
His family business afloat.
I mean, it's kind of.
A COD freeway out here.
I just want to be.
In the right Lane.
Fish aren't like crab.
They're fast.
You can chase crab,
you can't chase fish.
So just setting up shop.
In their environment,
and they'll just come.
Hit the gear.
- Narrator:
- COD are too fast to chase,
so captains place pots.
To draw the fish in.
Once committed to a spot,
the crew re-baits.
And resets in that location.
As many times as possible.
To create a bait cloud.
That attracts COD.
For miles in every direction.
Jake: We've got 72 hours.
From when that first fish.
Comes over the rail.
And goes in the tank.
To when that fish needs to be.
At the dock, delivered.
Or you run the risk of the fish.
Going bad in your tank,
basically.
There's bacteria in the fish.
That will start to eat it.
From the inside out.
- Narrator: Unlike crab
- that can survive in the tank
for 7 to 14 days,
COD have a much smaller window.
To get from boat to cannery.
- Sean: You know,
- with this short trip,
the key is gonna be.
To get the gear on the meat.
Before...
You run out of time, basically.
So, we've got to choose wisely.
I'm the stock man today.
I tied them down so...
I untied them.
[ Laughs ]
You can see my abs,
like "aah!"
- Sean: All right,
- the first pot of the season
is ready to go over the rail.
Go ahead and send it.
[ Cheering ]
Here we go.
**
- narrator: With the first pot
- over the rail...
- You're gonna have to pull up
- on this one a little bit.
Thebrennawill.
Call these grounds home.
Until the clock runs out.
- We're gonna launch
- a hundred more.
[ Laughs ]
**
our pots are in the water,
bating them.
Hopefully, we got.
A lot of COD going.
Got a short trip here,
so gonna make the most of it.
Or we spend a lot of money.
In town at the bar.
Sean: These are my strings.
These areas were.
Real fishy-looking.
So...
But I really don't know.
Just got to see what happens.
Narrator: 140 miles northeast...
On thesaga.
We got 72,000 pounds to get.
There's today and tomorrow.
To do it.
It gives me 34 hours to fish.
- Narrator: After a season
- of mechanical delays,
crew problems,
and a nervous owner.
Looking over his shoulder...
So it's 20 pots here.
We want to stay at 50 average.
These are it.
This is gonna be.
What fills the boat.
- Narrator:
- ...Captain Jake Anderson has
just a day and a half.
To catch the rest of his quota.
- I hope you guys enjoyed
- your last nap.
- So whether these are
- good or not,
they're coming on.
I can't afford.
To reset these back.
Then pick 'em back up.
'Cause I won't have enough time.
To leave tomorrow.
- I'm actually really nervous
- right now.
Here we go.
**
first pot's in the block.
[ Sighs ]
- I just want
- to get this crab caught
and get this trip over with.
Bring forth the crab!
No.
I think they're small.
Mostly females here.
You say one-four?
[Bleep]
**
eight crab,
eight crab.
[Bleep]
Not good, dude.
That means my average has.
Got to go up now.
For this string.
Hannes: Whoa.
The tide is changing,
so it's up against the wind.
And now the swell is.
Getting bigger.
And it's on the starboard side.
So I don't want anybody.
To get hurt.
You guys got to watch
your rail areas.
Be careful, be careful.
Narrator: Already short.
Of his 50 average...
Three-six!
Jake now contends.
With stacking, hauling,
and building seas.
It's gonna be a long string.
**
ugh.
What?
Narrator: Adding.
To the young skipper's woes...
Whoa! Watch it.
The [bleep] is going on?
Narrator: A deck.
Backsliding into dysfunction.
God, Sean, you're scaring.
The [bleep] out of me.
Okay on the deck?
Yeah!
Jake: Put it on the tunnel.
Is he pulling over.
All the way?
Give it a little more.
You got to have people push.
Don't [bleep] stand there.
Where the [bleep] is everybody?
Hannes! Stop [bleep] smoking!
I'm getting [bleep].
This shouldn't even
[bleep] happen!
- It's up against the cleat.
- I can't pull it anymore.
- [Bleep] start pulling them
- all out!
[ Waves breaking ]
Narrator: On thesaga...
Jake: Don't [bleep] stand there,
where the [bleep] is everybody?
Hannes, stop [bleep] smoking.
I'm getting [bleep].
- This shouldn't even
- [Bleep] Happen.
[Bleep] start pulling them.
All out!
- Narrator: Disappointed
- with bad numbers
and a crew that.
Can't get their pots in a row.
Jake: Between Dean.
Hooking them up wrong,
Sean stacking them wrong,
- we're a [bleep] clown show
- right now.
Narrator: Captain Jake Anderson.
Is losing Patience.
And nobody is innocent.
The other guys are just.
Standing there.
We've got to get the [bleep]
Out of here.
- I don't want
- to see us go in light.
And I don't want.
To see us go in unsafe.
Okay, I just want this string.
To be over with.
These pots are just...
[Bleep] dangerous.
- I just want
- to get 'em on board.
Right now,
the sea state is very confused.
They're coming in.
From all directions.
I'm having trouble landing pots.
In the rack,
having trouble.
Stacking the pots.
It's creating.
A lot longer haul time.
We were doing 20 pots an hour.
- That means this string
- would have taken us
an hour and a half.
We're now into like hour four.
This sucks, man.
The weather,
the [bleep] numbers.
Twenty four!
Still short.
Jake: Oh [bleep] Sean.
Get that [bleep] thing.
Away from my window!
[Bleep] [bleep]
[ Sighs deeply ]
- Yeah, there was
- an out of control pot there,
and it didn't have to be.
Out of control.
And it came within inches.
Of three of my windows.
This is not the time,
really, to be a hero.
This isn't the time to make.
Things easy for yourself.
- Right now,
- it's just the time for things
to be boring, dull, safe.
- -[ Screams ]
- -whoa!
What the [bleep]?
[ Sighs ]
Narrator: Building weather.
And the flailing crew.
Continue to test the captain.
- And then,
- we're done for the night.
[Bleep]
Swing the block in,
tie it down.
I'm done for the night.
- Narrator: But instead
- of losing his cool,
Jake calls a time out.
- The weather is just
- too dangerous,
so I'm just shutting down.
Yeah...
Well, that's good news.
I thought I was gonna be able.
To go through the night.
We have 22 hours left.
I have one string I got to haul.
I got weather against me.
I just want to get.
This gear hauled.
Narrator: 140 miles southwest...
On thebrenna a.
Sean: Early morning, 3:00 A.M.
Narrator: In an effort to keep.
- His family business
- above water...
This is gonna be fast paced.
We got 105 pots.
We got a long [bleep] day.
- Narrator:
- ...Captain Sean dwyer prepares
for a 72-hour.
COD fishing marathon.
Sean: If we can get going fast,
we'll haul,
we'll take a couple hour nap.
- We'll haul,
- we'll take a two hour nap.
And it will just be like that.
All the way through the trip.
Let's see,
I hope we got some fish.
It's kind of exciting.
See if I set them.
In the right spot or not.
Let's get these.
COD Olympics started.
First pot, first string.
Coming up right here.
Oh, in line.
**
**
we got some fish.
Skunked.
[ Laughs ]
Not very good.
- First fish just went
- in the tank,
so the 72 hour COD marathon.
Begins right now.
Pot number one, nothing.
See how pot number two does.
Four fish, four fish.
Not so good there.
Four fish,
they're all under size.
Well, fishing sucks so far.
But we officially started.
The 72 hour marathon,
so here we go.
Haul until we fall.
Narrator: Even with bad pots,
the short time frame.
Forces the captain.
To re-set where he is.
Sean: This string has.
The potential to be fast.
Set it back.
But you got to get fast,
you got to be fast.
At splitting shots...
Throwing them.
On top of the pot.
You know? All that counts.
- Keep that fire stoked,
- you know?
[Bleep] [bleep]
Can't miss, man!
- There's a lot of gear
- around me.
I mean I got a pot right there.
That I just set.
- This pot in the block,
- the next one right off the bow.
You can't miss.
Narrator: With just.
A tenth of a mile between pots,
every missed throw disrupts.
The skipper's rhythm.
And wastes valuable time.
- Sean's going faster
- on the bags
- so Tony's got to be
- on his "a" game
over there at the rail.
- Tony: Oh no!
- -you can't miss.
That was an easy throw.
He just fouled it.
- Make the second one
- count, Tony!
No!
Oh, no!
Sean: Twice!
[Bleep]
I got to turn around.
That's gonna take some time.
And that clock's still ticking.
We're already.
Not catching any fish.
- So going slow like this,
- having a [bleep]
Just killing us,
killing us.
If the fishing stays like this.
All the way through...
What's the point?
- You know, I want to kind of see
- how much fuel we're burning,
- how much bait
- we're going through.
I don't want to be.
Losing money out here.
**
four fish a pot,
that ain't gonna cut it.
Narrator: 200 miles northeast.
Of Dutch harbor...
Aboard thenorthwestern.
[ Seagulls calling ]
- With a few minutes
- before reaching
the top of the string.
Sig: That's fine.
Let's get the waste.
Over here.
Greenhorn and possible-Hansen.
By marriage,
Clark Peterson,
takes the opportunity.
To make a good impression.
You know - what you can do?
Clark: Huh? Oh, yeah.
Just hit the console.
- Just a real easy wipe,
- you know?
Yeah, much better.
All right.
Thank you.
All right, no biggie.
[ Laughing ]
He's being solid, you know?
He hasn't been playing games.
He just, you know...
He's really into it.
- He's all about the deck
- and learning.
So I'm proud of him that way.
But I haven't given him.
My decision yet,
have I?
Anyway...
Fishing first.
We're off to our final string.
Here up to the northeast.
And...
See if we can't head her.
To town here.
- Narrator:
- after a long, slow grind,
captain sig Hansen is banking.
That these last pots.
Put an exclamation point.
On his king crab season.
Sig: We should be okay.
But you never know.
Wecannottake this for granted.
Narrator: Coming up short.
Means re-baiting, re-setting...
And starting over.
Sig: I think that, you know,
if we're gonna get a little hit,
this is the place.
**
[ sighs ]
[ Whirring ]
[ Indistinct shouting ]
-[ Laughs ]
Whoo!
Sig: Oh, yeah!
That's a half full pot.
**
looks like nice big crab.
Make me want to cry.
64
64? Good.
[ Laughter ]
Man: Yeah, buddy!
- Oh yeah.
- whew.
Oh yeah.
[ Cheering ]
Man: Best string ever!
That's good.
All clean crab, all big.
Give me a total.
Man: 57, 34, 47, 64,
and this last one, four-four.
- Sig: Yeah. So mostly,
- 50s and 40s.
- That's good.
- that'll get us home.
Last pot coming up.
Feels good.
- Edgar: Yeah,
- it was a great season.
It was fast...
Fast, smooth...
Nobody got hurt.
Monster king crab, 2016.
- Narrator:
- with his quota secure...
Where's Clark?
- Yeah your son in law
- is right here.
Oh, okay.
I never said son-in-law.
That has not been.
Determined yet.
- Narrator: Captain sig has
- just one last piece of business
on the table.
He calls you daddy!
Don't call me "daddy."
I heard him!
My wife.
Thinks the world of him.
So do I.
He's very respectful.
And, you know, he's Sincere.
You can tell so...
I think it's a little early.
I think they can, you know...
- You don't have
- to rush into things,
but who am I to talk right?
So...
But...
It also gives you the power.
To play with him a little bit.
Well, does he hold air
or is it just a facade?
- Is he one of them guys
- that pretends like
he's all, you know,
humble and respectful, or what?
Or is he full of crap?
He's humble and respectful,
but he ain't real bright.
[ Laughing ]
Real bright?
No.
Well, coming from you,
that says a lot.
I'm pretty smart.
[ Chuckling ]
"I'm pretty smart."
I don't think I ever saw him
make a dinner once, did he?
Does he even know how to cook?
He's looking for one.
Of them getaway weddings.
They're going to their honeymoon
in akutan.
[ Laughs ]
That was good.
Hey, Edgar,
is Clark throwing the last one?
Edgar: Yeah, yes sir.
You want to aim.
Between the trailer back.
- And the cork...
- aim for that.
- Okay, Clark,
- this one's all you.
Take your time.
If you miss, it's bad luck.
- If you hit,
- it's good luck for next season.
Clark: It's bright.
Hey, don't miss.
Your future depends on it.
[ Laughs ]
**
yeah, buddy!
Yeah, baby.
Nick: Now go for it.
Edgar:
[ Laughing ] yeah!
It's still going.
Whoo!
I think you got my answer.
Thank you, sig,
I appreciate it.
- It's all good, man.
- welcome to the family.
I hope she says "yes", pal.
- Narrator: After battling
- through a tough season,
thenorthwestern.
Finished up strong,
loading 200,000 pounds.
Of king crab.
In just two weeks.
Each deck hand.
Will pocket $60,000.
That ought to buy a nice ring,
right, Clark?
Sig: Season over.
It's always nice to go home.
Narrator: And the award.
For most improved fisherman.
Goes to...
Drum-roll, please...
Captain Jake Anderson.
Jake: How you doing my love?
What?
No way, you're pregnant?
[ Applause ] good job.
So which time was it?
[ Laughs ]
How many times - were there?
So was it in homer?
I'm trying to remember.
Which time it was.
A homer baby.
I'm so happy.
Oh, my god.
I'm gonna be a dad...
Again.
Narrator: 240 miles northeast.
Of Dutch harbor...
On thesaga.
Jake: So I stopped last night.
Due to weather.
I'm getting.
To my very last string.
I was supposed to be done.
Eight hours ago.
Narrator: With the seas down...
Jake: My nerves are shot.
- Narrator: Captain
- Jake Anderson hones in
on the string that could.
Make or break his trip.
I have to go in.
I can't set a string.
Back out to soak.
This is the very last string.
It's my very last chance.
If I don't get 'em,
I don't get 'em.
Ole: Coming towards you.
Swing!
Whoa.
Whoa!
- Jake:
- so, as far as my crew goes.
Yeah.
I try to motivate them.
But every thing's going.
As it always has on thesaga.
Always move forward.
You'll want to take it past.
Jake: So, where's Dave at?
Is Dave okay?
I can't even see him.
[Bleep].
- Narrator:
- with only 25 pots to haul
before heading in...
Jake: [bleep] Kidding me.
Thesagagoes down a man.
- Jake: What was he doing
- eating pork chops?
We haven't had pork chops.
For over a week.
Pork chops?
I don't even know the last time.
We even ate pork chops.
On this boat.
This... is just not going.
How I anticipated it.
Now he just compromised.
The whole crew.
Now we're shorthanded.
I'm trying to remain calm,
but...
I think I'm screwed.
Four-eight, 48!
It's getting better.
**
coming on.
Oh, my god!
Look at that pot.
Wow!
86!
[ Laughing ]
Narrator: With big numbers.
Stuffing his pots...
This is exactly.
What I needed.
Thesagahas a chance.
To fill the tanks.
And make the deadline...
Jake: Dave being sick is gonna.
Slow everything down.
Now we're shorthanded.
Last day, putting the stack on.
Narrator: Crew pending.
Jake: I have to get out of here.
The weather is gonna pick up.
The plant's expecting.
At a certain time.
- I was supposed
- to leave the grounds
- last night
- at 2:00 A.M. the 10th.
It's now 12:21 the 10th.
Narrator: Working the stack.
Is hard with a full crew.
With a man down, it's brutal.
Jake: Just gonna go talk to Dave
real quick.
- Narrator: The young skipper
- gets motivational.
Jake: Dave.
There's 18 pots left.
I just need you.
To finish them out.
Whatever it takes.
- I don't...
- you don't have to do much.
Just [bleep]
Fight it through.
For yourself.
18 [bleep] Pots,
that's it.
Right.
- We've all [bleep]
- been there.
Mm-hmm.
- Come on!
- you can do it, champ.
You can [bleep] do it,
Dave.
You're strong!
Jake: Right now,
he has a chance to show himself.
And us that he's a real crabber.
Dave: I heard you [bleep]
Can't do this without me!
[ Cheering ]
Jake: I'm so proud of him.
I don't know.
It don't look fun,
I'll tell you that much.
This is the thing.
About crab fishing,
is no matter how you feel,
no matter how bad you're hurt,
a crab fisherman fights.
To stay on deck.
Sean: Whatever it takes.
To get her done, you know?
We're all here for Jake.
We're all here for each other.
- Bottom of the ninth inning
- right now.
And get this game over with,
you know?
- Hopefully, we can still win this
- in extra innings.
Oh, boy.
Oh, yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
We're on 'em baby!
[ Laughs ]
76.
[ Chuckling ] oh, yeah!
93! 93!
Jake: 93?
Yeah, Roger.
This is... [ chuckles ]
- This is more
- than what I needed.
This is everything I wanted.
To get so we can go home.
And get all our money.
108!
- -Whoo!
- -108?!
We finally break a hundred!
Narrator: After rallying.
His crew and his crab count,
Jake has scored the biggest pot.
Of the season.
Jake: One more pot.
Please, for the love of god,
do not miss.
Sean: - whoo! Touchdown!
Oh my [bleep].
Fantastic job.
-[Bleep] "a."
Let's get this pot on the boat.
Jake:
Lock everything up, head in.
**
[ sighs ]
Five-three,
good job Jake!
Secure the table up.
On top of the stack,
get the hell - out of here.
- Narrator:
- with the final pot on board...
[ Retching ]
Dave takes.
His last opportunity.
To give a little back.
- Sean: Yeah,
- this is the way to end it,
that's for sure.
- Narrator: After a grueling
- king crab season,
Jake hauled his entire
200,000-pound quota,
paying each deck hand $60,000.
And pushed the boat.
I pushed myself.
And now I feel like a captain.
Sig: We've got one.
Last final trip.
The gear is gonna have.
Massive soak on it.
Hopefully,
we can get a real big pick.
Put that in the boat,
put the Bobs on the boat,
season over.
- That's the plan...
- knock on wood.
**
Sean:
COD is a new fishery for me.
Yes, I need to do this trip.
The stakes are real.
I mean it's my money.
And my mom's money.
And my sister's money.
- Here we go...
- haul until fall.
Whether I'm making it.
Or spending it,
it effects my bottom line.
- Jake: Right now,
- I can't afford to wait minutes,
seconds.
Get that [bleep] thing.
Away from my window!
I have to catch crab.
- Well, then, [bleep]
- start pulling them all out!
[ Both scream ]
- I just want
- to get this crab caught
and get this trip over with.
* I'm wanted *
* wanted *
* dead or al-i-i-i-ve *
captions by vitac...
Captions paid for by.
Discovery communications
[ sea lions barking ]
- Narrator:
- just outside Dutch harbor...
On thesaga...
Hopefully,
I didn't put it in backwards!
- Narrator:
- ...Young captain Jake Anderson
tends to his latest problem...
Ah!
I put it in backwards.
Narrator: Installing his new
$5,000 anchor.
- Jake: If I didn't find
- this anchor this morning,
thedutchwhich was a miracle,
my quota definitely.
Would've been removed...
Quickly.
- We're all getting pretty good
- at this stuff
'cause that's just the way.
It's been this last year,
is fixing...
Fixing and fishing.
Thesagaalways continues,
it seems like.
Narrator: This season...
- [ Horn blares ]
- Jake: Fire in the engine room!
[ Coughing ]
Go get me.
A [bleep] Report!
- Narrator:
- ...Thesagahas had issues...
Both mechanical...
You got to be kidding me.
Move it.
Get the [bleep] out of here!
Narrator: And personal.
[Bleep] you!
Not a day care.
Jake: All right, we're gonna.
Put the new cable in.
Narrator: Now with one trip left.
To catch the rest of his quota.
We are getting on...
Back on track.
And getting on top of our stuff.
Jake needs his boat and crew.
Firing on all cylinders.
Sean: Hannes and I are okay.
He hasn't really came up to me.
And apologized yet.
So we'll see how it goes.
I believe he's over it though.
And I certainly don't.
Want him...
Getting hurt.
Jake: I just want to finish.
This is a marathon.
All right! Here goes nothing!
[ Whirring ]
- Hold up.
- make sure that chain don't go.
[ Indistinct talking ]
Yeah!
It worked!
Aussie! It worked!
[ Laughs ]
[Bleep] oh, okay.
Everybody okay?
I got ten fingers!
I got three toes.
Let's go.
King crab fishing!
Narrator: Across the harbor...
On the 110-footbrenna a.
Sean: Offload's done...
Ended up with 58,000 pounds.
Narrator: In his first season.
Fishing red crab,
captain Sean dwyer hauled in
$650,000.
In just three days.
Anything more
I can add on to this season.
- Is gonna help out
- myself and my crew
to make some more money.
It's really my only option.
This year.
- I mean, it's my business,
- my family's business.
With everything we do out here,
COD fishing in particular,
- is just to keep
- the boat running.
Narrator: To make up.
For having the fleet's.
Smallest king crab quota,
thebrenna apicked up.
A COD fish license.
- Sean: I've been
- making some calls,
- got the word out that
- I'm looking for crew members.
- A few friends of mine
- are interested.
Narrator:
But lost three crew men.
Sean: Pisses me off.
My whole crew quit on me.
Except for Tony.
- And you just don't want
- to go COD fishing?
No.
Take your [bleep]
- Pack it up
- on the way into town
and be gone.
- Full share,
- I've made about 35 grand.
Three days of fishing...
$35,000.
Walk away from a job like that,
- don't be surprised
- when there's guys lined up
to take your spot.
Narrator: Sean's first hire?
Wild bill's estranged son,
engineer Zack Larson.
Missed out on some good money.
For king crab.
But go COD fishing with Sean.
- And then I have a job
- for oakies.
That's exciting,
- and then we'll see
- at the end of the season
where it goes from there.
If my dad wants me.
A part of his company still.
Maybe I'm happier over here,
I don't know.
- Narrator:
- the rest of his crew is
a hodge podge of seasoned vets.
Right now, we just got to get.
This trip in the book.
Get that dialed in,
get the deck all ready.
We'll get it all figured out.
So that we're just...
You know, - pushing gear quick
- and just putting them
- in the tank.
Mm-hhm, right.
That's my plan.
[ Laughter ]
- -Right on.
- -but it will be fun so.
- -Sounds good.
- -all right, let's do it.
Thanks, guys.
COD fishing!
It's not gonna be an easy pick.
Not only is it a derby fishery,
- where you can catch
- as much as you can
as fast as you can,
you have to catch them fast.
So the COD Olympics'.
Opening ceremony.
Is right now.
- I'm gonna go tell the boys
- that we're ready to go,
have Zack get everything.
All fired up.
12 hours to the COD grind.
We're out of here!
- Sig: We're on the way
- to the gear.
Our off-load is done.
- Narrator:
- ...On the 125-footnorthwestern.
We got what I expected,
which is about 175,00,
178,000 pounds.
And we need another
25,000, 30,000 pounds.
How much in that one?
15.
Ugh!
Narrator: In a season.
Where water temperatures.
- Had him prospecting
- in the deepest corners
of the king crab grounds...
Woo!
Oh, yeah!
[ Cheering ]
Captain sig Hansen.
Finally nears the finish line.
Of this difficult fall season.
We have a town soak,
those pots are soaking.
So knock on wood...
Things will go well,
- and we can bring in
- our last trip.
- Not much left at all...
- get the gear on the boat,
20,000, 30,000 pounds,
we're done.
- Nick: We're
- on the final countdown here.
Guys are all frisky,
everybody's happy.
All right, dude.
Junior is running around.
The big question is,
do we have the crab.
And the gear.
And I suspect we do.
So I think all I got.
To worry about now.
Is getting those pots on safely.
[ Chuckles ] and then,
- I got another decision
- with Clark.
I'm pretty excited.
- I'm trying
- to not think about it
but...
I'm gonna have.
To make up my mind on that one.
And give Clark an answer.
Narrator: Four days ago,
greenhorn Clark pederson.
Asked sig for permission.
To marry.
His youngest daughter, Mandy.
My gut says they can wait,
wait another 10 years.
For all I care.
- Mandy can have
- any boy she wants,
in my mind.
But I'll push that off until.
We get these pots on board.
Narrator: For now,
crab takes precedence.
Over romance.
Sig: We're gonna start going.
Through the gear.
And, hopefully,
we've got enough crab.
In the gear.
To top off our quota.
These have gone about four days.
In the water.
So we should be okay.
We need about a 20 average,
21 average.
So I suspect we've got that.
Okay, first pot's up here.
Oh, no!
Oh, no!
What do we got?
Edgar: Pretty meek.
You'd think after four days,
there'd be more.
**
Nick: Ugh!
I'm so [bleep].
27.
- Sig: It should have been
- better than that
but as long as we get.
A dab of crab in every pot,
I think we'll be okay.
Oh, boy.
15!
We need more than that.
[ Whirring ]
It's not looking real good.
Oh, no!
Narrator: What was billed.
As one last easy trip...
-[Bleep]
A big nine, niner.
Edgar: Zero nine!
Zero nine.
Is now turning in to a grind.
[ Sighing ] oh, my gosh.
These first three so far.
Ain't hitting real well.
Oh, no!
No!
[ Groans ] oh, no!
I think we're in trouble.
[Bleep] me!
Started out at twenties,
and now we're on.
To fives, fours, sixes.
It's definitely.
Got me concerned.
We've got the last of our pots.
After this.
And if they fail,
we got to set some back.
- Narrator: If sig has
- to extend the clean up trip,
it won't come cheap.
Every additional day at sea.
Subtracts $3,000.
From his bottom line.
- I'm trying to stay positive,
- you know?
- I promised myself
- at the beginning of the season,
stay positive.
And look forward.
Oh!
Not enough of 'em.
Narrator: 100 miles northeast.
Of Dutch harbor...
On thebrenna a.
[ Sighing ] yeah.
Good looking fishing weather.
Really good looking.
Narrator: After a 12 hour steam,
captain Sean dwyer arrives.
At the COD grounds.
Off utamac island.
- We've got to just figure out
- what I want to do here.
I'm looking.
For a certain type of bottom.
The key is gonna be.
To get set up in a good spot.
And let the fish run.
Into the pots.
Narrator: Scraping by.
King season with a small quota.
Sean: If COD can get me through.
To the next year,
then that's what I got to do.
Narrator: The young skipper is.
Banking on his new COD license.
To keep.
His family business afloat.
I mean, it's kind of.
A COD freeway out here.
I just want to be.
In the right Lane.
Fish aren't like crab.
They're fast.
You can chase crab,
you can't chase fish.
So just setting up shop.
In their environment,
and they'll just come.
Hit the gear.
- Narrator:
- COD are too fast to chase,
so captains place pots.
To draw the fish in.
Once committed to a spot,
the crew re-baits.
And resets in that location.
As many times as possible.
To create a bait cloud.
That attracts COD.
For miles in every direction.
Jake: We've got 72 hours.
From when that first fish.
Comes over the rail.
And goes in the tank.
To when that fish needs to be.
At the dock, delivered.
Or you run the risk of the fish.
Going bad in your tank,
basically.
There's bacteria in the fish.
That will start to eat it.
From the inside out.
- Narrator: Unlike crab
- that can survive in the tank
for 7 to 14 days,
COD have a much smaller window.
To get from boat to cannery.
- Sean: You know,
- with this short trip,
the key is gonna be.
To get the gear on the meat.
Before...
You run out of time, basically.
So, we've got to choose wisely.
I'm the stock man today.
I tied them down so...
I untied them.
[ Laughs ]
You can see my abs,
like "aah!"
- Sean: All right,
- the first pot of the season
is ready to go over the rail.
Go ahead and send it.
[ Cheering ]
Here we go.
**
- narrator: With the first pot
- over the rail...
- You're gonna have to pull up
- on this one a little bit.
Thebrennawill.
Call these grounds home.
Until the clock runs out.
- We're gonna launch
- a hundred more.
[ Laughs ]
**
our pots are in the water,
bating them.
Hopefully, we got.
A lot of COD going.
Got a short trip here,
so gonna make the most of it.
Or we spend a lot of money.
In town at the bar.
Sean: These are my strings.
These areas were.
Real fishy-looking.
So...
But I really don't know.
Just got to see what happens.
Narrator: 140 miles northeast...
On thesaga.
We got 72,000 pounds to get.
There's today and tomorrow.
To do it.
It gives me 34 hours to fish.
- Narrator: After a season
- of mechanical delays,
crew problems,
and a nervous owner.
Looking over his shoulder...
So it's 20 pots here.
We want to stay at 50 average.
These are it.
This is gonna be.
What fills the boat.
- Narrator:
- ...Captain Jake Anderson has
just a day and a half.
To catch the rest of his quota.
- I hope you guys enjoyed
- your last nap.
- So whether these are
- good or not,
they're coming on.
I can't afford.
To reset these back.
Then pick 'em back up.
'Cause I won't have enough time.
To leave tomorrow.
- I'm actually really nervous
- right now.
Here we go.
**
first pot's in the block.
[ Sighs ]
- I just want
- to get this crab caught
and get this trip over with.
Bring forth the crab!
No.
I think they're small.
Mostly females here.
You say one-four?
[Bleep]
**
eight crab,
eight crab.
[Bleep]
Not good, dude.
That means my average has.
Got to go up now.
For this string.
Hannes: Whoa.
The tide is changing,
so it's up against the wind.
And now the swell is.
Getting bigger.
And it's on the starboard side.
So I don't want anybody.
To get hurt.
You guys got to watch
your rail areas.
Be careful, be careful.
Narrator: Already short.
Of his 50 average...
Three-six!
Jake now contends.
With stacking, hauling,
and building seas.
It's gonna be a long string.
**
ugh.
What?
Narrator: Adding.
To the young skipper's woes...
Whoa! Watch it.
The [bleep] is going on?
Narrator: A deck.
Backsliding into dysfunction.
God, Sean, you're scaring.
The [bleep] out of me.
Okay on the deck?
Yeah!
Jake: Put it on the tunnel.
Is he pulling over.
All the way?
Give it a little more.
You got to have people push.
Don't [bleep] stand there.
Where the [bleep] is everybody?
Hannes! Stop [bleep] smoking!
I'm getting [bleep].
This shouldn't even
[bleep] happen!
- It's up against the cleat.
- I can't pull it anymore.
- [Bleep] start pulling them
- all out!
[ Waves breaking ]
Narrator: On thesaga...
Jake: Don't [bleep] stand there,
where the [bleep] is everybody?
Hannes, stop [bleep] smoking.
I'm getting [bleep].
- This shouldn't even
- [Bleep] Happen.
[Bleep] start pulling them.
All out!
- Narrator: Disappointed
- with bad numbers
and a crew that.
Can't get their pots in a row.
Jake: Between Dean.
Hooking them up wrong,
Sean stacking them wrong,
- we're a [bleep] clown show
- right now.
Narrator: Captain Jake Anderson.
Is losing Patience.
And nobody is innocent.
The other guys are just.
Standing there.
We've got to get the [bleep]
Out of here.
- I don't want
- to see us go in light.
And I don't want.
To see us go in unsafe.
Okay, I just want this string.
To be over with.
These pots are just...
[Bleep] dangerous.
- I just want
- to get 'em on board.
Right now,
the sea state is very confused.
They're coming in.
From all directions.
I'm having trouble landing pots.
In the rack,
having trouble.
Stacking the pots.
It's creating.
A lot longer haul time.
We were doing 20 pots an hour.
- That means this string
- would have taken us
an hour and a half.
We're now into like hour four.
This sucks, man.
The weather,
the [bleep] numbers.
Twenty four!
Still short.
Jake: Oh [bleep] Sean.
Get that [bleep] thing.
Away from my window!
[Bleep] [bleep]
[ Sighs deeply ]
- Yeah, there was
- an out of control pot there,
and it didn't have to be.
Out of control.
And it came within inches.
Of three of my windows.
This is not the time,
really, to be a hero.
This isn't the time to make.
Things easy for yourself.
- Right now,
- it's just the time for things
to be boring, dull, safe.
- -[ Screams ]
- -whoa!
What the [bleep]?
[ Sighs ]
Narrator: Building weather.
And the flailing crew.
Continue to test the captain.
- And then,
- we're done for the night.
[Bleep]
Swing the block in,
tie it down.
I'm done for the night.
- Narrator: But instead
- of losing his cool,
Jake calls a time out.
- The weather is just
- too dangerous,
so I'm just shutting down.
Yeah...
Well, that's good news.
I thought I was gonna be able.
To go through the night.
We have 22 hours left.
I have one string I got to haul.
I got weather against me.
I just want to get.
This gear hauled.
Narrator: 140 miles southwest...
On thebrenna a.
Sean: Early morning, 3:00 A.M.
Narrator: In an effort to keep.
- His family business
- above water...
This is gonna be fast paced.
We got 105 pots.
We got a long [bleep] day.
- Narrator:
- ...Captain Sean dwyer prepares
for a 72-hour.
COD fishing marathon.
Sean: If we can get going fast,
we'll haul,
we'll take a couple hour nap.
- We'll haul,
- we'll take a two hour nap.
And it will just be like that.
All the way through the trip.
Let's see,
I hope we got some fish.
It's kind of exciting.
See if I set them.
In the right spot or not.
Let's get these.
COD Olympics started.
First pot, first string.
Coming up right here.
Oh, in line.
**
**
we got some fish.
Skunked.
[ Laughs ]
Not very good.
- First fish just went
- in the tank,
so the 72 hour COD marathon.
Begins right now.
Pot number one, nothing.
See how pot number two does.
Four fish, four fish.
Not so good there.
Four fish,
they're all under size.
Well, fishing sucks so far.
But we officially started.
The 72 hour marathon,
so here we go.
Haul until we fall.
Narrator: Even with bad pots,
the short time frame.
Forces the captain.
To re-set where he is.
Sean: This string has.
The potential to be fast.
Set it back.
But you got to get fast,
you got to be fast.
At splitting shots...
Throwing them.
On top of the pot.
You know? All that counts.
- Keep that fire stoked,
- you know?
[Bleep] [bleep]
Can't miss, man!
- There's a lot of gear
- around me.
I mean I got a pot right there.
That I just set.
- This pot in the block,
- the next one right off the bow.
You can't miss.
Narrator: With just.
A tenth of a mile between pots,
every missed throw disrupts.
The skipper's rhythm.
And wastes valuable time.
- Sean's going faster
- on the bags
- so Tony's got to be
- on his "a" game
over there at the rail.
- Tony: Oh no!
- -you can't miss.
That was an easy throw.
He just fouled it.
- Make the second one
- count, Tony!
No!
Oh, no!
Sean: Twice!
[Bleep]
I got to turn around.
That's gonna take some time.
And that clock's still ticking.
We're already.
Not catching any fish.
- So going slow like this,
- having a [bleep]
Just killing us,
killing us.
If the fishing stays like this.
All the way through...
What's the point?
- You know, I want to kind of see
- how much fuel we're burning,
- how much bait
- we're going through.
I don't want to be.
Losing money out here.
**
four fish a pot,
that ain't gonna cut it.
Narrator: 200 miles northeast.
Of Dutch harbor...
Aboard thenorthwestern.
[ Seagulls calling ]
- With a few minutes
- before reaching
the top of the string.
Sig: That's fine.
Let's get the waste.
Over here.
Greenhorn and possible-Hansen.
By marriage,
Clark Peterson,
takes the opportunity.
To make a good impression.
You know - what you can do?
Clark: Huh? Oh, yeah.
Just hit the console.
- Just a real easy wipe,
- you know?
Yeah, much better.
All right.
Thank you.
All right, no biggie.
[ Laughing ]
He's being solid, you know?
He hasn't been playing games.
He just, you know...
He's really into it.
- He's all about the deck
- and learning.
So I'm proud of him that way.
But I haven't given him.
My decision yet,
have I?
Anyway...
Fishing first.
We're off to our final string.
Here up to the northeast.
And...
See if we can't head her.
To town here.
- Narrator:
- after a long, slow grind,
captain sig Hansen is banking.
That these last pots.
Put an exclamation point.
On his king crab season.
Sig: We should be okay.
But you never know.
Wecannottake this for granted.
Narrator: Coming up short.
Means re-baiting, re-setting...
And starting over.
Sig: I think that, you know,
if we're gonna get a little hit,
this is the place.
**
[ sighs ]
[ Whirring ]
[ Indistinct shouting ]
-[ Laughs ]
Whoo!
Sig: Oh, yeah!
That's a half full pot.
**
looks like nice big crab.
Make me want to cry.
64
64? Good.
[ Laughter ]
Man: Yeah, buddy!
- Oh yeah.
- whew.
Oh yeah.
[ Cheering ]
Man: Best string ever!
That's good.
All clean crab, all big.
Give me a total.
Man: 57, 34, 47, 64,
and this last one, four-four.
- Sig: Yeah. So mostly,
- 50s and 40s.
- That's good.
- that'll get us home.
Last pot coming up.
Feels good.
- Edgar: Yeah,
- it was a great season.
It was fast...
Fast, smooth...
Nobody got hurt.
Monster king crab, 2016.
- Narrator:
- with his quota secure...
Where's Clark?
- Yeah your son in law
- is right here.
Oh, okay.
I never said son-in-law.
That has not been.
Determined yet.
- Narrator: Captain sig has
- just one last piece of business
on the table.
He calls you daddy!
Don't call me "daddy."
I heard him!
My wife.
Thinks the world of him.
So do I.
He's very respectful.
And, you know, he's Sincere.
You can tell so...
I think it's a little early.
I think they can, you know...
- You don't have
- to rush into things,
but who am I to talk right?
So...
But...
It also gives you the power.
To play with him a little bit.
Well, does he hold air
or is it just a facade?
- Is he one of them guys
- that pretends like
he's all, you know,
humble and respectful, or what?
Or is he full of crap?
He's humble and respectful,
but he ain't real bright.
[ Laughing ]
Real bright?
No.
Well, coming from you,
that says a lot.
I'm pretty smart.
[ Chuckling ]
"I'm pretty smart."
I don't think I ever saw him
make a dinner once, did he?
Does he even know how to cook?
He's looking for one.
Of them getaway weddings.
They're going to their honeymoon
in akutan.
[ Laughs ]
That was good.
Hey, Edgar,
is Clark throwing the last one?
Edgar: Yeah, yes sir.
You want to aim.
Between the trailer back.
- And the cork...
- aim for that.
- Okay, Clark,
- this one's all you.
Take your time.
If you miss, it's bad luck.
- If you hit,
- it's good luck for next season.
Clark: It's bright.
Hey, don't miss.
Your future depends on it.
[ Laughs ]
**
yeah, buddy!
Yeah, baby.
Nick: Now go for it.
Edgar:
[ Laughing ] yeah!
It's still going.
Whoo!
I think you got my answer.
Thank you, sig,
I appreciate it.
- It's all good, man.
- welcome to the family.
I hope she says "yes", pal.
- Narrator: After battling
- through a tough season,
thenorthwestern.
Finished up strong,
loading 200,000 pounds.
Of king crab.
In just two weeks.
Each deck hand.
Will pocket $60,000.
That ought to buy a nice ring,
right, Clark?
Sig: Season over.
It's always nice to go home.
Narrator: And the award.
For most improved fisherman.
Goes to...
Drum-roll, please...
Captain Jake Anderson.
Jake: How you doing my love?
What?
No way, you're pregnant?
[ Applause ] good job.
So which time was it?
[ Laughs ]
How many times - were there?
So was it in homer?
I'm trying to remember.
Which time it was.
A homer baby.
I'm so happy.
Oh, my god.
I'm gonna be a dad...
Again.
Narrator: 240 miles northeast.
Of Dutch harbor...
On thesaga.
Jake: So I stopped last night.
Due to weather.
I'm getting.
To my very last string.
I was supposed to be done.
Eight hours ago.
Narrator: With the seas down...
Jake: My nerves are shot.
- Narrator: Captain
- Jake Anderson hones in
on the string that could.
Make or break his trip.
I have to go in.
I can't set a string.
Back out to soak.
This is the very last string.
It's my very last chance.
If I don't get 'em,
I don't get 'em.
Ole: Coming towards you.
Swing!
Whoa.
Whoa!
- Jake:
- so, as far as my crew goes.
Yeah.
I try to motivate them.
But every thing's going.
As it always has on thesaga.
Always move forward.
You'll want to take it past.
Jake: So, where's Dave at?
Is Dave okay?
I can't even see him.
[Bleep].
- Narrator:
- with only 25 pots to haul
before heading in...
Jake: [bleep] Kidding me.
Thesagagoes down a man.
- Jake: What was he doing
- eating pork chops?
We haven't had pork chops.
For over a week.
Pork chops?
I don't even know the last time.
We even ate pork chops.
On this boat.
This... is just not going.
How I anticipated it.
Now he just compromised.
The whole crew.
Now we're shorthanded.
I'm trying to remain calm,
but...
I think I'm screwed.
Four-eight, 48!
It's getting better.
**
coming on.
Oh, my god!
Look at that pot.
Wow!
86!
[ Laughing ]
Narrator: With big numbers.
Stuffing his pots...
This is exactly.
What I needed.
Thesagahas a chance.
To fill the tanks.
And make the deadline...
Jake: Dave being sick is gonna.
Slow everything down.
Now we're shorthanded.
Last day, putting the stack on.
Narrator: Crew pending.
Jake: I have to get out of here.
The weather is gonna pick up.
The plant's expecting.
At a certain time.
- I was supposed
- to leave the grounds
- last night
- at 2:00 A.M. the 10th.
It's now 12:21 the 10th.
Narrator: Working the stack.
Is hard with a full crew.
With a man down, it's brutal.
Jake: Just gonna go talk to Dave
real quick.
- Narrator: The young skipper
- gets motivational.
Jake: Dave.
There's 18 pots left.
I just need you.
To finish them out.
Whatever it takes.
- I don't...
- you don't have to do much.
Just [bleep]
Fight it through.
For yourself.
18 [bleep] Pots,
that's it.
Right.
- We've all [bleep]
- been there.
Mm-hmm.
- Come on!
- you can do it, champ.
You can [bleep] do it,
Dave.
You're strong!
Jake: Right now,
he has a chance to show himself.
And us that he's a real crabber.
Dave: I heard you [bleep]
Can't do this without me!
[ Cheering ]
Jake: I'm so proud of him.
I don't know.
It don't look fun,
I'll tell you that much.
This is the thing.
About crab fishing,
is no matter how you feel,
no matter how bad you're hurt,
a crab fisherman fights.
To stay on deck.
Sean: Whatever it takes.
To get her done, you know?
We're all here for Jake.
We're all here for each other.
- Bottom of the ninth inning
- right now.
And get this game over with,
you know?
- Hopefully, we can still win this
- in extra innings.
Oh, boy.
Oh, yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
We're on 'em baby!
[ Laughs ]
76.
[ Chuckling ] oh, yeah!
93! 93!
Jake: 93?
Yeah, Roger.
This is... [ chuckles ]
- This is more
- than what I needed.
This is everything I wanted.
To get so we can go home.
And get all our money.
108!
- -Whoo!
- -108?!
We finally break a hundred!
Narrator: After rallying.
His crew and his crab count,
Jake has scored the biggest pot.
Of the season.
Jake: One more pot.
Please, for the love of god,
do not miss.
Sean: - whoo! Touchdown!
Oh my [bleep].
Fantastic job.
-[Bleep] "a."
Let's get this pot on the boat.
Jake:
Lock everything up, head in.
**
[ sighs ]
Five-three,
good job Jake!
Secure the table up.
On top of the stack,
get the hell - out of here.
- Narrator:
- with the final pot on board...
[ Retching ]
Dave takes.
His last opportunity.
To give a little back.
- Sean: Yeah,
- this is the way to end it,
that's for sure.
- Narrator: After a grueling
- king crab season,
Jake hauled his entire
200,000-pound quota,
paying each deck hand $60,000.
And pushed the boat.
I pushed myself.
And now I feel like a captain.