Deadliest Catch (2005–…): Season 14, Episode 6 - Deadliest Catch - full transcript
A massive arctic hurricane hits the fleet with high winds and big waves. On the Saga, an unstable stack threatens to capsize the boat. Wild Bill risks driving straight into the storm to ...
[ WAVES CRASHING ]
♪♪
THE WIND WAS EAST AT 35...
Bill: YOU KNOW, TO MAKE A LIVING
ON THE BERING SEA SUCCESSFULLY,
YOU NEED DRIVE.
YOU NEED TO WANT IT --
YOU NEED TO WANT IT BAD.
BUT THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME NOW
IS TO GET IT DOWN
AND NOT HURT OR INJURE ANYBODY.
GET THE GUYS HOME WITH A CHECK,
BUT GET THEM HOME IN ONE PIECE.
♪♪
Man: IT'S GETTIN'
HOSTILE OUT HERE.
♪♪
LOOK OUT.
LOOK OUT.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
THE NEW CAPTAINS --
IT KIND OF SCARES ME IN A WAY,
THAT THEY HAVE FIVE,
SIX LIVES IN THEIR HANDS
GOING OUT TO SEA.
I'VE DONE THIS 40 YEARS,
AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
I'M HANGING ON GOING,
"WHAT THE HELL DO I DO NOW?"
♪♪
GET DOWN!
GET DOWN!
YEE-HAW!
♪♪
IT'S GOING OVER!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
[ ALL CHEERING ]
♪♪
GET DOWN!
TIME TO GET IT ON.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
♪♪
Man: BAG 51 IS
IN THAT POT!
♪♪
Narrator: OVER HALFWAY
THROUGH THE FALL SEASON...
Sean: GETTING READY TO START
OUR BAIRDI TRIP HERE.
COMING IN HOT!
THE THING ABOUT BAIRDI IS,
IT'S JUST A LOT OF HARD WORK,
BUT NOW...
WE'VE GOT A BIG OLD STORM
COMING OUR WAY.
HERE'S DUTCH HARBOR,
AND HERE'S THE BERING SEA,
AND THAT IS
A HURRICANE FORCE LOW.
♪♪
Narrator:
A 1,600-MILE-WIDE STORM
IS LESS THAN 24 HOURS
FROM THE FLEET.
Automated voice: SATURDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.
Jake: GOING TO BLOW IT A DAY.
TONIGHT, GUSTS TO 60.
AND THEN THOSE SETS OF WAVES
WILL CONTINUE
TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER.
WHEN THERE'S BAD WEATHER,
ALL BETS ARE OFF.
Narrator: NOW EVERY CAPTAIN
WILL HAVE TO DECIDE
WHETHER TO TURN AND RUN...
Bill: I WANT
TO GET THE CRAB.
I WANT TO KEEP THESE GUYS
FROM GETTING BANGED UP.
Narrator: ...OR STICK IT OUT
AND FIGHT THROUGH THE BLOW.
Bill: TRYING TO POWER THIS OUT.
I'M NOT LETTING MY GUARD DOWN
'CAUSE ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
♪♪
250 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DUTCH HARBOR...
♪♪
...ON THE 128-FOOT
CORNELIA MARIE.
Casey: MONSTER STORM IN PROGRESS
FOR THE BERING STRAIGHT,
HEADED TOWARDS
THE ALEUTIANS.
BY TOMORROW AT
ABOUT 0600 ZULU,
THE WAVE FORECASTS
ARE FOR 60 FEET,
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
OF COMBINED SEAS.
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
WOO!
[ CHUCKLES ]
OH, THAT SUCKS.
Narrator: CO-CAPTAINS
CASEY MCMANUS AND JOSH HARRIS
ADD BAD WEATHER TO THEIR
GROWING LIST OF PROBLEMS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE HEADED BACK OUT
TO PICK UP OUR TOWN SOAK,
AND WE SET THIS FIRST ONE
ABOUT SIX DAYS AGO ALMOST.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BAIT
WE HAVE IN IT.
Narrator: AFTER A QUICK START
OUT OF THE GATE...
[ ALL CHEERING ]
OH, DOGGY!
Narrator: ...THE YOUNG CAPTAINS
HIT A DRY PATCH...
AAH!
OH, COME ON!
♪♪
Narrator: ...AND WERE
FORCED TO TOWN EARLY
TO CARE FOR TWO
INJURED DECKHANDS.
WE NEED EVERY PENNY WE CAN GET
TO KEEP THIS THING GOING.
♪♪
NOW, THE WEATHER THREATENS TO
CURTAIL OPERATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
Casey: IT IS NOT GONNA BE
REAL PRETTY OUT THERE.
I HOPE YOU GUYS WORE
YOUR WATERPROOF UNDERWEAR.
I SWEAR TO GOD.
PULL UP ON THIS ONE
EXTRA SLOW
JUST TO MAKE SURE
HE DOESN'T MISS.
THEY SAY IF YOU MISS
ON THE FIRST THROW,
THE REST OF YOUR STRING
IS GOING TO SUCK.
ON THIS FIRST ONE!
-THAT A BOY!
-YEAH!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
THIS BETTER HAVE
SOME CRAB IN IT,
OR WE'RE GOING TO BE
UP [BLEEP] CRICK.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO LET
THE PARTNERS DOWN.
I'VE NEVER COME IN SHORT
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE,
AND I DON'T WANT
TO DO THAT EVER.
♪♪
SHOW ME THE MONEY, BABY.
SHOW ME THE MONEY.
♪♪
[ WHIRRING ]
COME ON!
LIFT THAT PUPPY UP!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
[ Laughing ] YEAH!
[ LAUGHS ]
-OH, YEAH!
-WOW!
[ CHEERING CONTINUES ]
Casey: OH, MY GOD!
OH, THOSE LOOK LIKE
MONSTER CRAB!
OH, BUDDY!
OH, BUDDY!Josh: ONE WORD. "WOW."
[ CHUCKLES ]
-LOOK AT THAT!
-[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
[ CHEERING CONTINUES ]
YOU GUYS LIKE APPLES?
HOW YOU LIKE THEM
APPLES, HUH?
YEAH!
-YEAH!
-THAT'S A GOOD TIME!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
♪♪
OH, WHAT WAS
THE NUMBER ON THAT?
78.
♪♪
PHEW!
THAT'S A GOOD POT.
LET'S HOPE THE REST OF THEM
ARE JUST LIKE IT.
[ ALL CHEERING ]
WOW!
ANOTHER MONSTER!
-YEAH, BABY!
-WE'RE GOING TO GO HOME!
-NICE POT!
-LOOKING REALLY GOOD!
Man: MONEY,
MONEY, MONEY!
[ MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
WOO!
♪♪
60.
I WAS GETTING EXCITED.
THERE'S CRAB COMING ABOARD.
NUMBERS ARE HIGHER
THAN I EXPECTED.
I'M SUPER-HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
[ ALL CHEERING ]
WE GOT CRAB
IN THERE, BOYS!
LOOK AT THAT, JOSH.
IS THAT A HUNDO?
DO I HEAR A HUNDO?
[ ALL CHEERING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
-DREW, HOW MANY?
-WHAT WAS THAT, LARSON?
-84?
-84.
DREAMS CAN COME TRUE.
♪♪
WOO!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
YEAH!
♪♪
[ BIRDS SCREECHING ]
♪♪
♪♪
WHOO!
I GOT THIS.
I GOT THIS. AAAH!
♪♪
[ CHEERING ]
Narrator: WITH GOOD CRAB
BUT BAD WEATHER,
CORNELIAHAS GOT
TO CATCH THEIR QUOTA
BEFORE THEY'RE FORCED
OFF THE GROUNDS.
OUR BEST BET IS TO GET
OUR ASSES BACK TO DUTCH
AS SOON AS WE CAN
BECAUSE THERE'S A STORM
BLOWING OUR WAY.
WE WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE
BEFORE IT SHOWS UP.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
♪♪
WE GOT ONE
BIG STORM COMING.
WE DON'T WANT TO
BE OUT HERE FOR THAT.
♪♪
Narrator: 25 MILES SOUTH
ON THE EDGE OF A MASSIVE
ARCTIC HURRICANE...
SHOULD HAVE WEATHER
COMING OUR WAY PRETTY SOON.
...IS THE 107-FOOT SAGA.
WHOA!
♪♪
Man: GETTING READY FOR
THE BIG WAVE, DAVE.
♪♪
AW, NOT AGAIN!
WOO.
Jake: GO AHEAD AND SORT IT,
AND THEN STACK IT
FLAT UP THERE.
Man: OVERHEAD!
♪♪
RIGHT NOW THE GOAL IS
TO GET THESE POTS ON BOARD
AS FAST AS WE CAN.
HOPEFULLY I'LL GET
EVERYBODY SAFE INSIDE
BEFORE IT STARTS
BLOWING AROUND BAD.
Narrator: CAPTAIN JAKE ANDERSON
IS IN A RACE TO STACK HIS POTS
AND GET OUT OF HARMS WAY.
Jake: NOW I'M DOING
WHAT I WANT TO DO.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GOT
[BLEEP] NOTHING...
NO TABLE!
...YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE.
♪♪
Narrator: AFTER ENDING
HIS PARTNERSHIP
WITH WIZARDCAPTAIN,
KEITH COLBURN...
Jake: I'M SURE
KEITH MEANT WELL,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT
TO GET MY OWN [BLEEP].
Narrator: THE YOUNG SKIPPER
PLANS TO MAKE A BOLD MOVE
TO NEW GROUNDS.
Jake: HERE'S THE SOUTHERN STUFF.
HERE'S THE NORTHERN STUFF.
HERE'S THE MID STUFF.
FROM HERE, NOW I'M GOING
ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE
WHERE I THINK THERE'S CRAB,
AND I THINK THAT IT HASN'T
BEEN PICKED THROUGH.
♪♪
HOPEFULLY THIS DOES BETTER.
I DON'T KNOW.
AT LEAST I'M TRYING HERE,
AND I'M DOING IT ON MY OWN.
♪♪
Sean: WE'RE
MAKING A MOVE.
AH, AND CROSSING
OUR FINGERS.
♪♪
WE WANT AT LEAST A 50 AVERAGE.
THAT WILL FILL UP THE BOAT
IN A COUPLE DAYS.
♪♪
CLEAR!
WATCH OUT!
[ JAKE SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
POT DOWN!
WATCH IT!
WHOA!
WHOA!
IT ALMOST CAME
OFF THE HOOK!
Narrator: STACKING GEAR
IN 60-KNOT WINDS
AND BUILDING SEAS IS NOT
FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
IT'S RIGHT THERE!
YOU CAN SEE THE HOOK
SITTING OUT,
RIGHT ON THE RAIL.
Man: HEY-O!
WATCH OUT!
JUST GO DOWN TO YOUR
LOCAL TRUCKING STATION,
GET ON THE TOP OF A TRUCK
AND TELL THEM TO DO
60 ON THE FREEWAY,
THEN HAVE HIM
CHANGE LANES RAPIDLY.
THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME THING
THAT THESE GUYS ARE DOING
ON TOP OF THIS STACK.
♪♪
OH, I AIN'T GOT A WHOLE
LOT OF TIME, MAN!
LET'S GO!
♪♪
Man: I GOT IT!
LAST POT.
♪♪
♪♪
YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL IT
START GETTING BUMPY.
♪♪
♪♪
SEAN...
WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK
ABOUT PUTTING THE CHAIN UP.
IT'S REALLY LOOSE.
Sean: YEAH.
♪♪
DEFINITELY NOT GOING ANYWHERE
UNTIL I GET A CHAIN ON.
IT CAN GET OUT OF CONTROL
REAL QUICK.
ALL IT WOULD TAKE WAS THREE,
FOUR POTS TO BREAK LOOSE.
SHE'D GO OVER ON HER SIDE,
THEN YOU TAKE ANOTHER WAVE,
BOOM, AND THEN SHE FLIPS OVER.
THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS.
Narrator: IF THE STACK
ISN'T TIED DOWN PROPERLY,
HEAVY SEAS CAN MOVE
IT BACK AND FORTH
UNTIL IT BREAKS THE POT TIES,
UNLEASHING 100,000
POUNDS OF GEAR
AND CAPSIZING THE BOAT.
♪♪
[ WAVES CRASHING ]
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
[BLEEP].
[ METAL CREAKING ]
♪♪
THE [BLEEP] MAN.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE --
SEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO SHOW THESE GUYS
HOW TO STACK A STACK ON.
[ METAL CREAKING ]
♪♪
-HOLD ON!
-OH, WAIT!
Narrator: ON THE SAGA...
[ METAL CREAKING ]
♪♪
THE [BLEEP] MAN!
YOU'VE GOT TO BE --
SEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO SHOW THESE GUYS
HOW TO STOCK A STACK ON.
Sean:
HOLY [BLEEP]
-WHOA! WATCH YOURSELF!
-HOLD ON!
♪♪
60-KNOT WINDS AND RISING SEAS
ARE PUSHING 100,000 POUNDS
OF GEAR ACROSS THE DECK...
♪♪
...THREATENING
TO CAPSIZE THE BOAT.
KEEP PULLING THAT CHAIN
UP THERE TO THE MIDDLE!
PULL IT UP THE MIDDLE RIGHT
THERE UNTIL IT GETS TIGHT!
♪♪
[BLEEP]
ARE THERE ANY
BOTTOM TIES, JACOB,
ON THE BOTTOMS ON THE POTS?
IT'S SLIDING LIKE THERE'S
NOTHING TIED TO THE BOTTOM.
Narrator:
DECKHAND JACOB HUTCHINS
IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR SECURING THE POTS.
Jacob: I WOULD TIE IT
TO THE RAIL
AND THEN ON
THE ADJACENT POT.
I DIDN'T DO SOME OF
THE BOTTOM ONES.
NOT GOING TO DO IT.
EVERY ONE SHOULD HAVE
TWO TIES ON THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S WHAT HOLDS IT IN.
THE TOP ONES DON'T DO
A [BLEEP] THING.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SLIDING.
THEY'RE ALL SLIDING.
WE HAVE TO BRING THEM DOWN.
BRING THEM DOWN.
Narrator:
FACING A 40-MILE STEAM,
JAKE HAS TO RESTACK
IN BUILDING WEATHER.
START BRINGING THEM DOWN.
[BLEEP]
Jacob: HOW MANY DO WE
HAVE TO MOVE DOWN?
ALL OF THEM!
[BLEEP]
THE WHOLE [BLEEP] STACK HAS
GOT TO COME OFF, DUDE!
ALL THE WAY
TO THE FIRST LAYER.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
IT NEEDED TO BE TIED!
THAT'S THE FIRST TAUNT TIE
YOU [BLEEP] TIE IN!
OH, MY GOD. THIS IS
GONNA BE TAKING LONGER
THAN [BLEEP]
ON THE GEAR!
SEAN IS JUST PISSED.
[BLEEP] ME!
NOTHING LIKE
UNSTACKING A STACK
YOU JUST SPENT HOURS STACKING
TO PISS YOU OFF.
THIS IS GONNA BE A [BLEEP]
ALL-NIGHTER HERE!
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BLOW
LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL.
♪♪
Narrator: 310 MILES NORTHWEST...
♪♪
Sean: LET'S DUMP THESE THINGS.
GOING OVER!
♪♪
...SKIRTING THE EDGE
OF THE STORM...
Sean: WE'RE GONNA GET
ALL THIS GEAR OFF
BEFORE IT GETS TOO CRAPPY.
Narrator: ...BRENNA A'S
SKIPPER, SEAN DWYER,
WORKS DOUBLE TIME
TO SET HIS POTS
BEFORE THE WEATHER
SHUTS HIM DOWN.
Tony: OKAY. WE'VE GOT ABOUT,
A LITTLE LESS THAN 50 POTS
TO GO BEFORE THIS STORM HITS,
AND WE WANT TO GET ALL 50 OFF,
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO FAST.
Sean: KING CRAB WAS GOOD.
WE WERE WITHIN THE TOP 1/3
OF BOATS FINISHING IN FLEET.
Narrator: AFTER COMING OFF
A STRONG KING SEASON,
WHERE HE MADE OVER
HALF $1 MILLION...
BEEN A COUPLE YEARS
SINCE I'VE FISHED BAIRDI,
BUT IT'S FUN TO GET BACK TO IT.
Narrator: ...SEAN'S NOW HUNTING
THE ELUSIVE BAIRDI CRAB.
20,000 POUNDS BAIRDI
SHOULD GO WELL.
HOPING TO GET UP INTO
JUST SOME PURE BAIRDI
RATHER THAN A MIX OF OPIES
AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WE SET UP HERE BY THE PUTTER,
FOOTBALL, DOUGHNUTY-HOLE AREA.
I FOUND THAT SANDY OR HARDER MUD
WAS ALWAYS THE BEST FOR BAIRDIS.
Narrator: ON HIS CHOSEN GROUNDS
AND WITH THE STORM CLOSING IN...
Sean: THE WIND IS
GOING TO BE COMING UP.
I'M GOING TO BAIL OUT.
AS SOON AS WE GET
THESE POTS OUT,
WE'RE NOT STAYING OUT HERE.
Narrator: ...SEAN WILL
UNLOAD HIS POTS
AND HEAD TO SAFETY.
SHOT IN THE DARK STRING.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO FOR IT.
THINGS ARE GETTING
A LITTLE BIGGER LIKE THIS.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT MORE STUFF
TO WATCH OUT FOR.
POTS ARE SWINGING MORE.
EVERYTHING IS MOVING.
♪♪
OH, LUKEY-LUKE,
MY LITTLE PROJECT CHILD.
LUKE MURKOWSKI,
WHO'S MY COUSIN
AND MY GREENHORN.
Narrator: STILL GETTING USE TO
THE QUICK PACE ON A CRAB BOAT,
GREENHORN LUKE MURKOWSKI
STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP.
Sean: LET'S SEE
HOW HE DOES.
THESE BOYS WILL NOT
LET HIM SLACK.
♪♪
♪♪
Hank: WATCH OUT, LUKE!
YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE!
HE'S GOT SOME PRESSURE
ON HIS SHOULDERS.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
Man: MOVE YOUR ASS,
GREENHORN!
♪♪
THERE'S NO WAY TO DESCRIBE
THE MENTAL ANGUISH
THAT GOES ON OUT THERE.
-LUKE!
-WAITING ON MURKOWSKI!
♪♪
COME ON, ROMEO!
LET'S GO!
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator: AFTER THREE HOURS...
Sean: LAST POT'S IN THE LAUNCHER
RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: ...SEAN APPROACHES
THE END OF HIS GEAR.
I'M GETTING RID OF THIS THING
AND HEADING FOR THE BARN.
♪♪
IT'S FAST, MAN.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
GLAD THESE POTS ARE
IN THE WATER FISHING.
GLAD SEAN IS GOING TO TAKE US
TO ST. PAUL TO HANG HER UP.
♪♪
Sean: I'VE GOT HIGH HOPES
FOR THIS STRING.
WE'LL SEE.
ALL RIGHTY.
SECURE THE DECK.
♪♪
HEADED TO ST. PAUL,
LET THESE THINGS SOAK
AND LET THE WIND BLOW.
[ WIND GUSTING ]
Narrator: 280 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR
ON THE LEADING EDGE
OF THE STORM...
IT'S RIPPING RIGHT NOW.
THE WIND IS COMING
RIGHT OFF THE BEACH.
I'M SURE IT'S BLOWING 45.
Narrator: ...BRENNA A'S
SKIPPER, SEAN DWYER,
IS LOOKING FOR SAFE HARBOR...
DON'T THINK THEY'RE REALLY
SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THAT.
Narrator:
...WHILE HIS CREW RECOVERS
FROM THEIR MARATHON SET.
THIS ONE'S PRETTY SWOLLEN.
THIS ONE IS GETTING THERE,
A LITTLE SHAKY, TOO.
IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, THAT'S JUST
PART OF THE DEAL.
♪♪
LUKE HAS GOT
A LITTLE INFLAMMATION.
HE'S A LITTLE PUFFY
IN THE HANDS.
♪♪
WASHING THIS [BLEEP]
DISH OF MINE.
[ DISH CLATTERS ]
[ CHUCKLES ]
THAT'S MY GUY,
RIGHT THERE.
[ WIND GUSTING ]
Sean: GO AHEAD AND GET IT
HANGING WHEN YOU'RE READY.
♪♪
WE ARE GOING TO DROP THE ANCHOR
HERE BEHIND ST. PAUL.
[ WIND GUSTING ]
Narrator: WITH WINDS
AT 50 KNOTS,
THE YOUNG SKIPPER
ISN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.
OKAY. GO AHEAD.
♪♪
WELL, NOW WE JUST
SIT AND WAIT.
THE WEATHER IS ONLY
GONNA GET WORSE.
♪♪
ON THE CORNELIA MARIE...
Josh: WE STAY OUT HERE,
WE RISK LOSING A GOOD
PORTION OF OUR LOAD
OR OUR LIVES.
SO...
♪♪
Narrator: JOSH AND CASEY MAKE
THE TOUGH CALL TO HEAD IN EARLY.
♪♪
Jake: THERE'S A STORM
A-BREWING.
IT RISES REAL QUICK.
Narrator: AND ON THE SAGA...
Jake: UNFORTUNATELY,
I HAVE TO MAKE MOVES.
Narrator: ...JAKE HAS NO CHOICE
BUT TO HEAD INTO THE WEATHER
TO FIND HIS NEW GROUNDS.
I DON'T EVEN CARE
IF THE NEXT AREA IS WORSE.
I JUST NEED TO GET AWAY
FROM THIS SPOT.
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator: 50 MILES SOUTHWEST...[ MAN CHEERING ]
...ON THE 113-FOOT SUMMER BAY...
♪♪
♪♪
Bill: WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS
HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET
OUR BEHINDS HANDED TO US,
SO TO SPEAK.
Narrator: WHILE MOST CAPTAINS
RUN AND HIDE...
TIME TO GET IT ON.
Narrator: ...VETERAN SKIPPER
"WILD" BILL WICHROWSKI
WILL KEEP FISHING,
GAMBLING THAT HE CAN
TAKE HIS CRAB
OUT OF THE TEETH
OF THE ARCTIC STORM.
IT'S BEEN A LONG SEASON,
ONE OF THE...
WORST STARTS EVER FOR ME.
OH!
ONE CRAB. ZERO-ONE.
[BLEEP] DAMN IT!
Narrator:
AFTER SUFFERING THROUGH
THE SLOWEST START
OF HIS CAREER...
Bill: COME ON!
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A CAR SALESMAN.
Narrator: ...BILL HAS PULLED OUT
ALL THE STOPS TO CHASE THE CRAB.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WITH THESE ELECTRONIC GRAPPLE.
[ ALL CHEERING ]
YEAH, BABY!
[ CHEERING, LAUGHTER ]
NOW THAT THE CAPTAIN
IS ON DESCENT...
Bill: TIDES ARE RIPPING.
SEAS ARE COMING UP.
Narrator: ...HE REFUSES
TO LET 60-KNOT WINDS
AND BUILDING SEAS
KEEP HIM FROM HIS BOUNTY.
THE BERING SEA SAYS, "NO!
NOT GONNA FINISH UP
BEFORE I KICK YOUR ASS!"
♪♪
COMING UP.
OH, YEAH!
YEAH! YEAH!
IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN
RIGHT NOW!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
♪♪
THE STORM IS GOING TO COME
THROUGH FAST AND HARD.
I'M NOT SURE HOW BIG THE SEAS
ARE GOING TO BE.
I JUST CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS
FREAKING SEASON TO BE OVER, MAN.
♪♪
COME ON.
[ DEVICE BEEPS ]
SHOW ME SOME LOVE.
♪♪
YEAH!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
[ CHEERING CONTINUES ]
♪♪
COLOR IS IN IT.
OH, YEAH!
ALL THESE ARE WHITE BELLIES.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
♪♪
THAT'S NICE CRAB.
♪♪
YEAH!
OH, YEAH!
♪♪
HAPPY FOR THE RESULTS EVEN
THOUGH THEY'RE INCONCLUSIVE.
THAT'S WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, BUDDY!
♪♪
♪♪
WE'VE GOT SOME HELLACIOUS
[BLEEP] TIDES COMING.
AW, BOY.
♪♪
NOT REALLY LOOKING AT HOW
EVERYBODY'S DOING INDIVIDUALLY,
I'M JUST KEEPING
THE WAVES OFF THE BOAT.
YEAH!
WOO!
THERE'S A FEW CRAB IN THESE.
IT LOOKS NICE.
IT'S THE GOOD STUFF.
[ ALL CHEERING ]
I MEAN, WE FOUGHT TO GET
DOWN HERE AND FIND [BLEEP].
WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR ASS
KICKED BY THE TIDE.
♪♪
Narrator: FACING
THE BIGGEST TIDAL SURGES
IN THE UNITED STATES,
EACH POT POSES A CHALLENGE.
THEY'RE COMING WITH SUCH FORCE
BECAUSE OF THE TIDE.
SIX-SECOND INTERVALS,
SO EVERY SIX SECONDS,
YOU'RE ON TOP OF A WAVE.
DOWN AND UP FOR SIX SECONDS.
DOWN AND UP FOR SIX SECONDS.
THERE'S NO TIME TO RECOVER
BETWEEN THEM.
♪♪
IT'S GETTING SCARY.
HERE, BE SAFE OR DIE.
THOSE ARE OUR ONLY
TWO OPTIONS.
♪♪
Man: IT'S GETTING
HOSTILE OUT HERE!
♪♪
GET DOWN!
Narrator: 185 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR
ON THE SUMMER BAY...
Man: IT'S GETTING
HOSTILE OUT HERE!
♪♪
GET DOWN!
♪♪
BE CAREFUL OVER THERE,
TIMMY, ON THE RAIL.
IT'S HARDER FOR ME
TO SEE THOSE, MAN.
HANG IN THERE.
Narrator: "WILD" BILL IS
BATTLING TO FILL HIS TANKS,
BUT THE BERING SEA IS
BATTLING BACK.
♪♪
IT'S A [BLEEP] STORM.
OH, NO!
BIG TIDES MAKE
THE CRAZIEST SEAS,
AND WE HAVE SOME
BIG TIDES RIGHT NOW.
♪♪
WELL, THE WEATHER'S
PICKED WAY UP.
[ WAVE CRASHES ]
AND THE TIDE IS RIPPING.
FISHING HAS GONE TO [BLEEP]
WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE.
♪♪
[ WHIRRING ]
♪♪
[BLEEP] SCRAPS.
SEVEN.
OH, HERE'S A BIG ONE HERE.
COME AROUND. COME AROUND.
COME AROUND.
LOOK OUT. LOOK OUT.
♪♪
♪♪
Man: GO!
PUT THEM BACK THERE!
GO! GO! GO!
FOR WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY,
RIGHT NOW I'M NOT GOING
TO RISK LIFE AND LIMB
FOR THAT [BLEEP].
♪♪
YEAH, WE'LL GET
THIS STUFF BUTTONED UP,
AND WE'LL COME IN FOR A WHILE.
YOU GUYS GET SOMETHING TO EAT,
TAKE A BREAK.
♪♪
Narrator: WITH NUMBERS DROPPING
AND THE SWELL RISING,
THE SALTY SKIPPER RETREATS
TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.
Bill: YEAH, THIS CAN
BEND AND BREAK THINGS.
♪♪
BEND METAL, BREAK PEOPLE.
♪♪
TOMORROW WILL BE
A NEW DAY ON THE CRAB.
♪♪
Narrator: 15 MILES NORTHEAST...
♪♪
THROW IT OVER!
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A STORM HERE.
Narrator: ...ON THE SAGA.
YOU KNOW, WATER SEEMS
RELATIVELY SOFT
TILL IT COLLECTS TOGETHER
AND BASHES INTO SOMETHING.
IT BECOMES, LIKE,
A CONCRETE FIST.
YEE-HAW!
Narrator: AFTER A HARROWING
40-MILE STEAM FROM THE NORTH
TO NEW GROUNDS IN THE SOUTH,
CAPTAIN JAKE ANDERSON
SETS HIS GEAR
IN A HOWLING GALE.
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
I ACTUALLY LIKE IT
WHEN IT'S ROUGH,
BUT IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT
MORE DANGEROUS.
THROW IT OVER!
I RAN ABOUT
40 MILES TO THE SOUTH.
HOPEFULLY THIS DOES BETTER.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT HAS TO DO BETTER
THAN FIVES AND TENS,
LET ME TELL YOU.
AT LEAST I'M TRYING HERE,
AND I'M DOING IT ON MY OWN.
Narrator:
A PARTNERSHIP WITH KEITH,
WHICH BROUGHT HIM NORTH,
DIDN'T PAY OFF.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO,
BUT ALL I KNOW IS,
I'M AS FAR AWAY
FROM THAT NORTHERN STUFF
AS I COULD POSSIBLY GET --
BAD LUCK UP THERE.
Narrator: NOW THE YOUNG SKIPPER
HAS GONE OUT ON HIS OWN
IN THE WORST WEATHER
OF THE SEASON.
THIS IS A HAIL MARY RIGHT HERE.
♪♪
-GOING OVER, GUYS.
-HEY! HEY! HEY!
GOING OVER!
WATCH THOSE LINES!
♪♪
WHOA!
CAREFUL UP THERE!
HAVING WEATHER ON THE STARBOARD
SIDE IS THE WORST FOR US
BECAUSE ALL OUR EQUIPMENT
IS WIDE OPEN.
ALL OUR PERSONNEL ARE
RIGHT NEXT
TO THE STARBOARD RAIL.
Narrator: WITH WINDS INCREASING
AND SEAS BUILDING,
MOVING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS
OF METAL ACROSS A SLICK DECK
MAKES A DANGEROUS JOB
DOWNRIGHT DEADLY.
♪♪
-HANG ON, HANG ON!
-GOING TO COME DOWN!
Sean: OKAY.
♪♪
HOPEFULLY,
THE CRAB'S HERE!
LINE ON DECK!
NO! NO! NO!
COMING IN!
[BLEEP] DOWN!
HOLY [BLEEP]!
[ JAKE TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
YOU SCARED THE [BLEEP]
OUT OF ME, DUDE!
[ SIGHS DEEPLY ]
♪♪
Narrator: GREENHORN JOSH TAYLOR
WAS THROWING THE BAGS
WHEN HE BROKE ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT RULES OF CRAB FISHING:
HE LIFTED HIS FOOT OFF THE DECK
AND GOT IT TANGLED IN THE TRAIL
OF AN 800 POUND POT
PLUNGING STRAIGHT
INTO THE ABYSS.
♪♪
IT'S LIKE ONE OF
THOSE OLD, MORBID...
FREAKING DARK-AGE
TORTURE CHAMBER DEVICES.
THEY'LL JUST RIP YOUR LEG
RIGHT OFF
OR TAKE YOU DOWN WITH IT.
IT'S PRETTY UGLY.
SO I HOPE HE LEARNED HIS LESSON.
♪♪
Sean: YEAH, THAT WAS
A LITTLE SCARY, YOU KNOW.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GUYS
LOST IN THIS INDUSTRY
WITH ACCIDENTS LIKE THAT.
Jake: LAST POT.
HOPEFULLY THIS DOES BETTER.
GOING OVER!
♪♪
Narrator: THIS WEEK
ON "SALTY TAKES"...
Sean: OH-HO!
LOOK AT THAT!
DOES IT HURT?
NO.
...BEWARE THE CLAW.
OH, SWOLLEN-HAND
SYNDROME!
MANY A CRAB FISHERMAN HAVE
SUFFERED THE CLAW,
THE BASEBALL MITT
THAT TURNS INTO THE CLAW
HE NORMALLY WALKS AROUND
ALL WEIRD ANYWAY!
-[ LAUGHTER ]
-YEP.
ICE THEM DOWN, DUDE.
Luke: I HAVE
EXTREME RESPECT
FOR PEOPLE WHO DO THIS
FOR A LIVING
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT EASY
ON YOUR BODY, SO...
HANK, BADASS [BLEEP].
Sean: WHOA, ARE YOU
BREAKING WALLS RIGHT NOW?
ZACH, YOU TOO, MAN.[ LAUGHS ]
YEAH.
HE BROKE THE WALL.
SPEAKER OF TRUTHS.
♪♪
Narrator: THE NORTHWESTERN
CONTINUES TO LEAD THE PACK,
BUT PROTEGE JAKE ANDERSON
IS EYEING THE TOP SPOT.
Narrator: 290 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DUTCH HARBOR...
♪♪
THE WIND HASN'T DIED
ALL THE WAY DOWN,
BUT BETTER THAN IT WAS.
...THE STORM BLOWS ITSELF OUT.
♪♪
FIRST POT COMING UP.
Narrator: CAPTAIN
SEAN DWYER PREPARES
TO RETRIEVE THE POTS HE SET
BEFORE BEING CHASED OFF
THE GROUNDS BY WEATHER.
I JUST NEED TO KEEP
A GOOD AVERAGE THROUGH THE YEAR,
OVER 100 THROUGH THE YEAR,
AND WE'RE DONE.
♪♪
YEAH!
WOO!
♪♪
WHAT'S IT TAKE TO BE
A GOOD FISHERMAN?
I THINK YOU JUST GOT
TO BE STUBBORN,
JUST GOT TO WANT IT.
♪♪
♪♪
MAN: Oh, no!
♪♪
ISN'T GOOD, BOYS.
NOT GOOD!
LOOKS PRETTY SKINNY,
SMALLS AND FEMALES.
Zach: I THINK
THAT WILL DO IT.
OH, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF BAIRDI ON THE TABLE HERE!
LOOKS LIKE SOME OPIES.
I DON'T KNOW IT MIGHT BE HARD
FOR US ON THIS ONE.
♪♪
THAT FIRST POT HAD 33 IN IT.
♪♪
[BLEEP]
FIRST ONE, TOO.
♪♪
WHEN WE GOT THE FIRST POT UP,
IT WASN'T AS GOOD AS WE WANTED.
THANK GOD, THERE'S 100 MORE.
COMING UP RIGHT NOW.
-WHAT DO WE GOT THERE REALLY?
-NOT ENOUGH. NOT ENOUGH.
♪♪
THIS IS HORRIBLE!
LOOKS PRETTY SMALL.
NEED THIS STRING TO PICK UP.
[ WHIRRING ]
TWO CLAWS.
I'M HOLDING OUT HOPE THAT
THE LAST COUPLE STRINGS
WILL MAKE UP FOR THIS ONE,
BUT...I DON'T KNOW.
Narrator: 275 MILES SOUTHEAST...
♪♪
...WITH THE SKIES CLEARING...
[ BIRDS SQUAWKING ]
♪♪
THE WEATHER IS JUST
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS OUT.
WELL, I CAN SEE MY ENTIRE STRING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
...THE SAGA'SJAKE ANDERSON
LOOKS FOR HIS FORTUNES
TO RISE AS THE SEAS SUBSIDE.
AFTER CALLING FIVE CRAB A POT
IN A STORM
AND THEN RUNNING WITH THE
WEATHER ON THE SIDE FOR HOURS,
I'VE GOT TO GET SOME CRAB
ON THE BOAT,
AND I'VE GOT TO GET IT ON QUICK.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
James: WE'RE IN
A NEW LOCATION.
GET THESE [BLEEP] TANKS FILLED
AND GO HOME. YOU KNOW?
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR --
BIG MONEY, BIG MONEY.
Narrator:
STRIKING OUT ON HIS OWN,
THE YOUNG CAPTAIN SET
150 POTS DOWN SOUTH.
NOW, HE'S LOOKING
FOR A BIG PAYDAY.
AND HERE COMES THE FIRST POT.
♪♪
♪♪
THIS COULD CHANGE
THE REST OF THE SEASON.
HOPEFULLY JUST --
WHEN WE'RE PICKING UP THIS GEAR,
WE CAN PICK THEM UP
AND START THINKING
ABOUT GOING HOME.
SEE SOME CRAB.
♪♪
[ WHIRRING ]
-YEAH!
-[ CHEERING ]
[ JAKE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[BLEEP], SON!
James: YOU GUYS JUST
MAKE SURE TO BRING ME BACK
SOME ORIGINAL.
BRING YOU BACK
SOME PICTURES!
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S GOING TO BE 50.
-OH, YEAH!
-THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE!
THIS IS WHAT WE WANT!
Jake: IT'S A BIG ONE!
THESE CRAB RIGHT HERE ARE
AT 7.4-POUND AVERAGE.
James: THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR, JAMIE!
5-3!
-5-3?!
DAMN!, THOSE THINGS
ARE BIG, DUDE!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
IT'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE!
LOOK AT THAT PILE!
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF
THIS [BLEEP] BEAST!
THIS IS MEAT!
THIS FILLS UP A TANK REAL FAST!
♪♪
-61!
-THAT'S AWESOME!
[ LAUGHS ]
AWESOME!
-[ ALL CHEERING ]
-[BLEEP] WOO!
LOOK AT THAT!
[ LAUGHTER ]
WOO! THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR!
-YEAH!
-WOO!
71!
7-1!
7-1, HUH?
WOO-HOO!
WE'RE IN THE CRAB, BABY!
WE'RE IN THE CRAB!
♪♪
I'VE GOT 33!
♪♪
YEAH!
WEATHER IS NICE!
CRAB IS AWESOME!
YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR
ANYTHING BETTER RIGHT NOW.
[ LAUGHS ]
LOOK AT ALL THESE CRAB!
HAD I NOT DECIDED
TO COME DOWN HERE,
I WOULDN'T BE GETTING ANYTHING
CLOSE TO THIS.
Narrator: JAKE STAYED TRUE
TO HIS INSTINCTS,
AND NOW HE AND HIS CREW
ARE REAPING THE REWARDS.
Jake: THIS HAIL MARY IS..
IT DONE DID IT.
I FOUND CRAB.
NOW I JUST HAVE TO DIAL THEM IN
SO I CAN CATCH THEM ALL.
CRAB IN THE TANK!
MONEY IN THE BANK!
NICE JOB, GUYS!
♪♪
THE WIND WAS EAST AT 35...
Bill: YOU KNOW, TO MAKE A LIVING
ON THE BERING SEA SUCCESSFULLY,
YOU NEED DRIVE.
YOU NEED TO WANT IT --
YOU NEED TO WANT IT BAD.
BUT THE BIGGEST THING FOR ME NOW
IS TO GET IT DOWN
AND NOT HURT OR INJURE ANYBODY.
GET THE GUYS HOME WITH A CHECK,
BUT GET THEM HOME IN ONE PIECE.
♪♪
Man: IT'S GETTIN'
HOSTILE OUT HERE.
♪♪
LOOK OUT.
LOOK OUT.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
THE NEW CAPTAINS --
IT KIND OF SCARES ME IN A WAY,
THAT THEY HAVE FIVE,
SIX LIVES IN THEIR HANDS
GOING OUT TO SEA.
I'VE DONE THIS 40 YEARS,
AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE,
I'M HANGING ON GOING,
"WHAT THE HELL DO I DO NOW?"
♪♪
GET DOWN!
GET DOWN!
YEE-HAW!
♪♪
IT'S GOING OVER!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
[ ALL CHEERING ]
♪♪
GET DOWN!
TIME TO GET IT ON.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
♪♪
Man: BAG 51 IS
IN THAT POT!
♪♪
Narrator: OVER HALFWAY
THROUGH THE FALL SEASON...
Sean: GETTING READY TO START
OUR BAIRDI TRIP HERE.
COMING IN HOT!
THE THING ABOUT BAIRDI IS,
IT'S JUST A LOT OF HARD WORK,
BUT NOW...
WE'VE GOT A BIG OLD STORM
COMING OUR WAY.
HERE'S DUTCH HARBOR,
AND HERE'S THE BERING SEA,
AND THAT IS
A HURRICANE FORCE LOW.
♪♪
Narrator:
A 1,600-MILE-WIDE STORM
IS LESS THAN 24 HOURS
FROM THE FLEET.
Automated voice: SATURDAY
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY.
Jake: GOING TO BLOW IT A DAY.
TONIGHT, GUSTS TO 60.
AND THEN THOSE SETS OF WAVES
WILL CONTINUE
TO GET BIGGER AND BIGGER.
WHEN THERE'S BAD WEATHER,
ALL BETS ARE OFF.
Narrator: NOW EVERY CAPTAIN
WILL HAVE TO DECIDE
WHETHER TO TURN AND RUN...
Bill: I WANT
TO GET THE CRAB.
I WANT TO KEEP THESE GUYS
FROM GETTING BANGED UP.
Narrator: ...OR STICK IT OUT
AND FIGHT THROUGH THE BLOW.
Bill: TRYING TO POWER THIS OUT.
I'M NOT LETTING MY GUARD DOWN
'CAUSE ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
♪♪
250 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DUTCH HARBOR...
♪♪
...ON THE 128-FOOT
CORNELIA MARIE.
Casey: MONSTER STORM IN PROGRESS
FOR THE BERING STRAIGHT,
HEADED TOWARDS
THE ALEUTIANS.
BY TOMORROW AT
ABOUT 0600 ZULU,
THE WAVE FORECASTS
ARE FOR 60 FEET,
SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
OF COMBINED SEAS.
WHAT THE [BLEEP]
WOO!
[ CHUCKLES ]
OH, THAT SUCKS.
Narrator: CO-CAPTAINS
CASEY MCMANUS AND JOSH HARRIS
ADD BAD WEATHER TO THEIR
GROWING LIST OF PROBLEMS.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE HEADED BACK OUT
TO PICK UP OUR TOWN SOAK,
AND WE SET THIS FIRST ONE
ABOUT SIX DAYS AGO ALMOST.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH BAIT
WE HAVE IN IT.
Narrator: AFTER A QUICK START
OUT OF THE GATE...
[ ALL CHEERING ]
OH, DOGGY!
Narrator: ...THE YOUNG CAPTAINS
HIT A DRY PATCH...
AAH!
OH, COME ON!
♪♪
Narrator: ...AND WERE
FORCED TO TOWN EARLY
TO CARE FOR TWO
INJURED DECKHANDS.
WE NEED EVERY PENNY WE CAN GET
TO KEEP THIS THING GOING.
♪♪
NOW, THE WEATHER THREATENS TO
CURTAIL OPERATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
Casey: IT IS NOT GONNA BE
REAL PRETTY OUT THERE.
I HOPE YOU GUYS WORE
YOUR WATERPROOF UNDERWEAR.
I SWEAR TO GOD.
PULL UP ON THIS ONE
EXTRA SLOW
JUST TO MAKE SURE
HE DOESN'T MISS.
THEY SAY IF YOU MISS
ON THE FIRST THROW,
THE REST OF YOUR STRING
IS GOING TO SUCK.
ON THIS FIRST ONE!
-THAT A BOY!
-YEAH!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
THIS BETTER HAVE
SOME CRAB IN IT,
OR WE'RE GOING TO BE
UP [BLEEP] CRICK.
I REALLY DON'T WANT TO LET
THE PARTNERS DOWN.
I'VE NEVER COME IN SHORT
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE,
AND I DON'T WANT
TO DO THAT EVER.
♪♪
SHOW ME THE MONEY, BABY.
SHOW ME THE MONEY.
♪♪
[ WHIRRING ]
COME ON!
LIFT THAT PUPPY UP!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
[ Laughing ] YEAH!
[ LAUGHS ]
-OH, YEAH!
-WOW!
[ CHEERING CONTINUES ]
Casey: OH, MY GOD!
OH, THOSE LOOK LIKE
MONSTER CRAB!
OH, BUDDY!
OH, BUDDY!Josh: ONE WORD. "WOW."
[ CHUCKLES ]
-LOOK AT THAT!
-[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
[ CHEERING CONTINUES ]
YOU GUYS LIKE APPLES?
HOW YOU LIKE THEM
APPLES, HUH?
YEAH!
-YEAH!
-THAT'S A GOOD TIME!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
♪♪
OH, WHAT WAS
THE NUMBER ON THAT?
78.
♪♪
PHEW!
THAT'S A GOOD POT.
LET'S HOPE THE REST OF THEM
ARE JUST LIKE IT.
[ ALL CHEERING ]
WOW!
ANOTHER MONSTER!
-YEAH, BABY!
-WE'RE GOING TO GO HOME!
-NICE POT!
-LOOKING REALLY GOOD!
Man: MONEY,
MONEY, MONEY!
[ MAN SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
WOO!
♪♪
60.
I WAS GETTING EXCITED.
THERE'S CRAB COMING ABOARD.
NUMBERS ARE HIGHER
THAN I EXPECTED.
I'M SUPER-HAPPY RIGHT NOW.
[ ALL CHEERING ]
WE GOT CRAB
IN THERE, BOYS!
LOOK AT THAT, JOSH.
IS THAT A HUNDO?
DO I HEAR A HUNDO?
[ ALL CHEERING ]
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
-DREW, HOW MANY?
-WHAT WAS THAT, LARSON?
-84?
-84.
DREAMS CAN COME TRUE.
♪♪
WOO!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
YEAH!
♪♪
[ BIRDS SCREECHING ]
♪♪
♪♪
WHOO!
I GOT THIS.
I GOT THIS. AAAH!
♪♪
[ CHEERING ]
Narrator: WITH GOOD CRAB
BUT BAD WEATHER,
CORNELIAHAS GOT
TO CATCH THEIR QUOTA
BEFORE THEY'RE FORCED
OFF THE GROUNDS.
OUR BEST BET IS TO GET
OUR ASSES BACK TO DUTCH
AS SOON AS WE CAN
BECAUSE THERE'S A STORM
BLOWING OUR WAY.
WE WANT TO GET OUT OF HERE
BEFORE IT SHOWS UP.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
♪♪
WE GOT ONE
BIG STORM COMING.
WE DON'T WANT TO
BE OUT HERE FOR THAT.
♪♪
Narrator: 25 MILES SOUTH
ON THE EDGE OF A MASSIVE
ARCTIC HURRICANE...
SHOULD HAVE WEATHER
COMING OUR WAY PRETTY SOON.
...IS THE 107-FOOT SAGA.
WHOA!
♪♪
Man: GETTING READY FOR
THE BIG WAVE, DAVE.
♪♪
AW, NOT AGAIN!
WOO.
Jake: GO AHEAD AND SORT IT,
AND THEN STACK IT
FLAT UP THERE.
Man: OVERHEAD!
♪♪
RIGHT NOW THE GOAL IS
TO GET THESE POTS ON BOARD
AS FAST AS WE CAN.
HOPEFULLY I'LL GET
EVERYBODY SAFE INSIDE
BEFORE IT STARTS
BLOWING AROUND BAD.
Narrator: CAPTAIN JAKE ANDERSON
IS IN A RACE TO STACK HIS POTS
AND GET OUT OF HARMS WAY.
Jake: NOW I'M DOING
WHAT I WANT TO DO.
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GOT
[BLEEP] NOTHING...
NO TABLE!
...YOU'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE.
♪♪
Narrator: AFTER ENDING
HIS PARTNERSHIP
WITH WIZARDCAPTAIN,
KEITH COLBURN...
Jake: I'M SURE
KEITH MEANT WELL,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT
TO GET MY OWN [BLEEP].
Narrator: THE YOUNG SKIPPER
PLANS TO MAKE A BOLD MOVE
TO NEW GROUNDS.
Jake: HERE'S THE SOUTHERN STUFF.
HERE'S THE NORTHERN STUFF.
HERE'S THE MID STUFF.
FROM HERE, NOW I'M GOING
ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE
WHERE I THINK THERE'S CRAB,
AND I THINK THAT IT HASN'T
BEEN PICKED THROUGH.
♪♪
HOPEFULLY THIS DOES BETTER.
I DON'T KNOW.
AT LEAST I'M TRYING HERE,
AND I'M DOING IT ON MY OWN.
♪♪
Sean: WE'RE
MAKING A MOVE.
AH, AND CROSSING
OUR FINGERS.
♪♪
WE WANT AT LEAST A 50 AVERAGE.
THAT WILL FILL UP THE BOAT
IN A COUPLE DAYS.
♪♪
CLEAR!
WATCH OUT!
[ JAKE SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
POT DOWN!
WATCH IT!
WHOA!
WHOA!
IT ALMOST CAME
OFF THE HOOK!
Narrator: STACKING GEAR
IN 60-KNOT WINDS
AND BUILDING SEAS IS NOT
FOR THE FAINT OF HEART.
IT'S RIGHT THERE!
YOU CAN SEE THE HOOK
SITTING OUT,
RIGHT ON THE RAIL.
Man: HEY-O!
WATCH OUT!
JUST GO DOWN TO YOUR
LOCAL TRUCKING STATION,
GET ON THE TOP OF A TRUCK
AND TELL THEM TO DO
60 ON THE FREEWAY,
THEN HAVE HIM
CHANGE LANES RAPIDLY.
THAT'S ABOUT THE SAME THING
THAT THESE GUYS ARE DOING
ON TOP OF THIS STACK.
♪♪
OH, I AIN'T GOT A WHOLE
LOT OF TIME, MAN!
LET'S GO!
♪♪
Man: I GOT IT!
LAST POT.
♪♪
♪♪
YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL IT
START GETTING BUMPY.
♪♪
♪♪
SEAN...
WE MIGHT WANT TO THINK
ABOUT PUTTING THE CHAIN UP.
IT'S REALLY LOOSE.
Sean: YEAH.
♪♪
DEFINITELY NOT GOING ANYWHERE
UNTIL I GET A CHAIN ON.
IT CAN GET OUT OF CONTROL
REAL QUICK.
ALL IT WOULD TAKE WAS THREE,
FOUR POTS TO BREAK LOOSE.
SHE'D GO OVER ON HER SIDE,
THEN YOU TAKE ANOTHER WAVE,
BOOM, AND THEN SHE FLIPS OVER.
THAT'S HOW IT HAPPENS.
Narrator: IF THE STACK
ISN'T TIED DOWN PROPERLY,
HEAVY SEAS CAN MOVE
IT BACK AND FORTH
UNTIL IT BREAKS THE POT TIES,
UNLEASHING 100,000
POUNDS OF GEAR
AND CAPSIZING THE BOAT.
♪♪
[ WAVES CRASHING ]
[ INDISTINCT TALKING ]
[BLEEP].
[ METAL CREAKING ]
♪♪
THE [BLEEP] MAN.
YOU'VE GOT TO BE --
SEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO SHOW THESE GUYS
HOW TO STACK A STACK ON.
[ METAL CREAKING ]
♪♪
-HOLD ON!
-OH, WAIT!
Narrator: ON THE SAGA...
[ METAL CREAKING ]
♪♪
THE [BLEEP] MAN!
YOU'VE GOT TO BE --
SEAN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO SHOW THESE GUYS
HOW TO STOCK A STACK ON.
Sean:
HOLY [BLEEP]
-WHOA! WATCH YOURSELF!
-HOLD ON!
♪♪
60-KNOT WINDS AND RISING SEAS
ARE PUSHING 100,000 POUNDS
OF GEAR ACROSS THE DECK...
♪♪
...THREATENING
TO CAPSIZE THE BOAT.
KEEP PULLING THAT CHAIN
UP THERE TO THE MIDDLE!
PULL IT UP THE MIDDLE RIGHT
THERE UNTIL IT GETS TIGHT!
♪♪
[BLEEP]
ARE THERE ANY
BOTTOM TIES, JACOB,
ON THE BOTTOMS ON THE POTS?
IT'S SLIDING LIKE THERE'S
NOTHING TIED TO THE BOTTOM.
Narrator:
DECKHAND JACOB HUTCHINS
IS RESPONSIBLE
FOR SECURING THE POTS.
Jacob: I WOULD TIE IT
TO THE RAIL
AND THEN ON
THE ADJACENT POT.
I DIDN'T DO SOME OF
THE BOTTOM ONES.
NOT GOING TO DO IT.
EVERY ONE SHOULD HAVE
TWO TIES ON THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S WHAT HOLDS IT IN.
THE TOP ONES DON'T DO
A [BLEEP] THING.
THAT'S WHY IT'S SLIDING.
THEY'RE ALL SLIDING.
WE HAVE TO BRING THEM DOWN.
BRING THEM DOWN.
Narrator:
FACING A 40-MILE STEAM,
JAKE HAS TO RESTACK
IN BUILDING WEATHER.
START BRINGING THEM DOWN.
[BLEEP]
Jacob: HOW MANY DO WE
HAVE TO MOVE DOWN?
ALL OF THEM!
[BLEEP]
THE WHOLE [BLEEP] STACK HAS
GOT TO COME OFF, DUDE!
ALL THE WAY
TO THE FIRST LAYER.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
IT NEEDED TO BE TIED!
THAT'S THE FIRST TAUNT TIE
YOU [BLEEP] TIE IN!
OH, MY GOD. THIS IS
GONNA BE TAKING LONGER
THAN [BLEEP]
ON THE GEAR!
SEAN IS JUST PISSED.
[BLEEP] ME!
NOTHING LIKE
UNSTACKING A STACK
YOU JUST SPENT HOURS STACKING
TO PISS YOU OFF.
THIS IS GONNA BE A [BLEEP]
ALL-NIGHTER HERE!
ALL RIGHT.
IT'S GOING TO BLOW
LIKE A BAT OUT OF HELL.
♪♪
Narrator: 310 MILES NORTHWEST...
♪♪
Sean: LET'S DUMP THESE THINGS.
GOING OVER!
♪♪
...SKIRTING THE EDGE
OF THE STORM...
Sean: WE'RE GONNA GET
ALL THIS GEAR OFF
BEFORE IT GETS TOO CRAPPY.
Narrator: ...BRENNA A'S
SKIPPER, SEAN DWYER,
WORKS DOUBLE TIME
TO SET HIS POTS
BEFORE THE WEATHER
SHUTS HIM DOWN.
Tony: OKAY. WE'VE GOT ABOUT,
A LITTLE LESS THAN 50 POTS
TO GO BEFORE THIS STORM HITS,
AND WE WANT TO GET ALL 50 OFF,
SO WE'RE GOING TO GO FAST.
Sean: KING CRAB WAS GOOD.
WE WERE WITHIN THE TOP 1/3
OF BOATS FINISHING IN FLEET.
Narrator: AFTER COMING OFF
A STRONG KING SEASON,
WHERE HE MADE OVER
HALF $1 MILLION...
BEEN A COUPLE YEARS
SINCE I'VE FISHED BAIRDI,
BUT IT'S FUN TO GET BACK TO IT.
Narrator: ...SEAN'S NOW HUNTING
THE ELUSIVE BAIRDI CRAB.
20,000 POUNDS BAIRDI
SHOULD GO WELL.
HOPING TO GET UP INTO
JUST SOME PURE BAIRDI
RATHER THAN A MIX OF OPIES
AND ALL THAT STUFF.
WE SET UP HERE BY THE PUTTER,
FOOTBALL, DOUGHNUTY-HOLE AREA.
I FOUND THAT SANDY OR HARDER MUD
WAS ALWAYS THE BEST FOR BAIRDIS.
Narrator: ON HIS CHOSEN GROUNDS
AND WITH THE STORM CLOSING IN...
Sean: THE WIND IS
GOING TO BE COMING UP.
I'M GOING TO BAIL OUT.
AS SOON AS WE GET
THESE POTS OUT,
WE'RE NOT STAYING OUT HERE.
Narrator: ...SEAN WILL
UNLOAD HIS POTS
AND HEAD TO SAFETY.
SHOT IN THE DARK STRING.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO FOR IT.
THINGS ARE GETTING
A LITTLE BIGGER LIKE THIS.
YOU'VE GOT A LOT MORE STUFF
TO WATCH OUT FOR.
POTS ARE SWINGING MORE.
EVERYTHING IS MOVING.
♪♪
OH, LUKEY-LUKE,
MY LITTLE PROJECT CHILD.
LUKE MURKOWSKI,
WHO'S MY COUSIN
AND MY GREENHORN.
Narrator: STILL GETTING USE TO
THE QUICK PACE ON A CRAB BOAT,
GREENHORN LUKE MURKOWSKI
STRUGGLES TO KEEP UP.
Sean: LET'S SEE
HOW HE DOES.
THESE BOYS WILL NOT
LET HIM SLACK.
♪♪
♪♪
Hank: WATCH OUT, LUKE!
YOU'VE GOT TO MOVE!
HE'S GOT SOME PRESSURE
ON HIS SHOULDERS.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
Man: MOVE YOUR ASS,
GREENHORN!
♪♪
THERE'S NO WAY TO DESCRIBE
THE MENTAL ANGUISH
THAT GOES ON OUT THERE.
-LUKE!
-WAITING ON MURKOWSKI!
♪♪
COME ON, ROMEO!
LET'S GO!
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator: AFTER THREE HOURS...
Sean: LAST POT'S IN THE LAUNCHER
RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: ...SEAN APPROACHES
THE END OF HIS GEAR.
I'M GETTING RID OF THIS THING
AND HEADING FOR THE BARN.
♪♪
IT'S FAST, MAN.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON.
GLAD THESE POTS ARE
IN THE WATER FISHING.
GLAD SEAN IS GOING TO TAKE US
TO ST. PAUL TO HANG HER UP.
♪♪
Sean: I'VE GOT HIGH HOPES
FOR THIS STRING.
WE'LL SEE.
ALL RIGHTY.
SECURE THE DECK.
♪♪
HEADED TO ST. PAUL,
LET THESE THINGS SOAK
AND LET THE WIND BLOW.
[ WIND GUSTING ]
Narrator: 280 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR
ON THE LEADING EDGE
OF THE STORM...
IT'S RIPPING RIGHT NOW.
THE WIND IS COMING
RIGHT OFF THE BEACH.
I'M SURE IT'S BLOWING 45.
Narrator: ...BRENNA A'S
SKIPPER, SEAN DWYER,
IS LOOKING FOR SAFE HARBOR...
DON'T THINK THEY'RE REALLY
SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE THAT.
Narrator:
...WHILE HIS CREW RECOVERS
FROM THEIR MARATHON SET.
THIS ONE'S PRETTY SWOLLEN.
THIS ONE IS GETTING THERE,
A LITTLE SHAKY, TOO.
IT'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, THAT'S JUST
PART OF THE DEAL.
♪♪
LUKE HAS GOT
A LITTLE INFLAMMATION.
HE'S A LITTLE PUFFY
IN THE HANDS.
♪♪
WASHING THIS [BLEEP]
DISH OF MINE.
[ DISH CLATTERS ]
[ CHUCKLES ]
THAT'S MY GUY,
RIGHT THERE.
[ WIND GUSTING ]
Sean: GO AHEAD AND GET IT
HANGING WHEN YOU'RE READY.
♪♪
WE ARE GOING TO DROP THE ANCHOR
HERE BEHIND ST. PAUL.
[ WIND GUSTING ]
Narrator: WITH WINDS
AT 50 KNOTS,
THE YOUNG SKIPPER
ISN'T TAKING ANY CHANCES.
OKAY. GO AHEAD.
♪♪
WELL, NOW WE JUST
SIT AND WAIT.
THE WEATHER IS ONLY
GONNA GET WORSE.
♪♪
ON THE CORNELIA MARIE...
Josh: WE STAY OUT HERE,
WE RISK LOSING A GOOD
PORTION OF OUR LOAD
OR OUR LIVES.
SO...
♪♪
Narrator: JOSH AND CASEY MAKE
THE TOUGH CALL TO HEAD IN EARLY.
♪♪
Jake: THERE'S A STORM
A-BREWING.
IT RISES REAL QUICK.
Narrator: AND ON THE SAGA...
Jake: UNFORTUNATELY,
I HAVE TO MAKE MOVES.
Narrator: ...JAKE HAS NO CHOICE
BUT TO HEAD INTO THE WEATHER
TO FIND HIS NEW GROUNDS.
I DON'T EVEN CARE
IF THE NEXT AREA IS WORSE.
I JUST NEED TO GET AWAY
FROM THIS SPOT.
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator: 50 MILES SOUTHWEST...[ MAN CHEERING ]
...ON THE 113-FOOT SUMMER BAY...
♪♪
♪♪
Bill: WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS
HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET
OUR BEHINDS HANDED TO US,
SO TO SPEAK.
Narrator: WHILE MOST CAPTAINS
RUN AND HIDE...
TIME TO GET IT ON.
Narrator: ...VETERAN SKIPPER
"WILD" BILL WICHROWSKI
WILL KEEP FISHING,
GAMBLING THAT HE CAN
TAKE HIS CRAB
OUT OF THE TEETH
OF THE ARCTIC STORM.
IT'S BEEN A LONG SEASON,
ONE OF THE...
WORST STARTS EVER FOR ME.
OH!
ONE CRAB. ZERO-ONE.
[BLEEP] DAMN IT!
Narrator:
AFTER SUFFERING THROUGH
THE SLOWEST START
OF HIS CAREER...
Bill: COME ON!
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
A CAR SALESMAN.
Narrator: ...BILL HAS PULLED OUT
ALL THE STOPS TO CHASE THE CRAB.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WITH THESE ELECTRONIC GRAPPLE.
[ ALL CHEERING ]
YEAH, BABY!
[ CHEERING, LAUGHTER ]
NOW THAT THE CAPTAIN
IS ON DESCENT...
Bill: TIDES ARE RIPPING.
SEAS ARE COMING UP.
Narrator: ...HE REFUSES
TO LET 60-KNOT WINDS
AND BUILDING SEAS
KEEP HIM FROM HIS BOUNTY.
THE BERING SEA SAYS, "NO!
NOT GONNA FINISH UP
BEFORE I KICK YOUR ASS!"
♪♪
COMING UP.
OH, YEAH!
YEAH! YEAH!
IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN
RIGHT NOW!
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
♪♪
THE STORM IS GOING TO COME
THROUGH FAST AND HARD.
I'M NOT SURE HOW BIG THE SEAS
ARE GOING TO BE.
I JUST CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS
FREAKING SEASON TO BE OVER, MAN.
♪♪
COME ON.
[ DEVICE BEEPS ]
SHOW ME SOME LOVE.
♪♪
YEAH!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
[ CHEERING CONTINUES ]
♪♪
COLOR IS IN IT.
OH, YEAH!
ALL THESE ARE WHITE BELLIES.
THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
♪♪
THAT'S NICE CRAB.
♪♪
YEAH!
OH, YEAH!
♪♪
HAPPY FOR THE RESULTS EVEN
THOUGH THEY'RE INCONCLUSIVE.
THAT'S WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, BUDDY!
♪♪
♪♪
WE'VE GOT SOME HELLACIOUS
[BLEEP] TIDES COMING.
AW, BOY.
♪♪
NOT REALLY LOOKING AT HOW
EVERYBODY'S DOING INDIVIDUALLY,
I'M JUST KEEPING
THE WAVES OFF THE BOAT.
YEAH!
WOO!
THERE'S A FEW CRAB IN THESE.
IT LOOKS NICE.
IT'S THE GOOD STUFF.
[ ALL CHEERING ]
I MEAN, WE FOUGHT TO GET
DOWN HERE AND FIND [BLEEP].
WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR ASS
KICKED BY THE TIDE.
♪♪
Narrator: FACING
THE BIGGEST TIDAL SURGES
IN THE UNITED STATES,
EACH POT POSES A CHALLENGE.
THEY'RE COMING WITH SUCH FORCE
BECAUSE OF THE TIDE.
SIX-SECOND INTERVALS,
SO EVERY SIX SECONDS,
YOU'RE ON TOP OF A WAVE.
DOWN AND UP FOR SIX SECONDS.
DOWN AND UP FOR SIX SECONDS.
THERE'S NO TIME TO RECOVER
BETWEEN THEM.
♪♪
IT'S GETTING SCARY.
HERE, BE SAFE OR DIE.
THOSE ARE OUR ONLY
TWO OPTIONS.
♪♪
Man: IT'S GETTING
HOSTILE OUT HERE!
♪♪
GET DOWN!
Narrator: 185 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DUTCH HARBOR
ON THE SUMMER BAY...
Man: IT'S GETTING
HOSTILE OUT HERE!
♪♪
GET DOWN!
♪♪
BE CAREFUL OVER THERE,
TIMMY, ON THE RAIL.
IT'S HARDER FOR ME
TO SEE THOSE, MAN.
HANG IN THERE.
Narrator: "WILD" BILL IS
BATTLING TO FILL HIS TANKS,
BUT THE BERING SEA IS
BATTLING BACK.
♪♪
IT'S A [BLEEP] STORM.
OH, NO!
BIG TIDES MAKE
THE CRAZIEST SEAS,
AND WE HAVE SOME
BIG TIDES RIGHT NOW.
♪♪
WELL, THE WEATHER'S
PICKED WAY UP.
[ WAVE CRASHES ]
AND THE TIDE IS RIPPING.
FISHING HAS GONE TO [BLEEP]
WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE.
♪♪
[ WHIRRING ]
♪♪
[BLEEP] SCRAPS.
SEVEN.
OH, HERE'S A BIG ONE HERE.
COME AROUND. COME AROUND.
COME AROUND.
LOOK OUT. LOOK OUT.
♪♪
♪♪
Man: GO!
PUT THEM BACK THERE!
GO! GO! GO!
FOR WHAT WE'RE SEEING TODAY,
RIGHT NOW I'M NOT GOING
TO RISK LIFE AND LIMB
FOR THAT [BLEEP].
♪♪
YEAH, WE'LL GET
THIS STUFF BUTTONED UP,
AND WE'LL COME IN FOR A WHILE.
YOU GUYS GET SOMETHING TO EAT,
TAKE A BREAK.
♪♪
Narrator: WITH NUMBERS DROPPING
AND THE SWELL RISING,
THE SALTY SKIPPER RETREATS
TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY.
Bill: YEAH, THIS CAN
BEND AND BREAK THINGS.
♪♪
BEND METAL, BREAK PEOPLE.
♪♪
TOMORROW WILL BE
A NEW DAY ON THE CRAB.
♪♪
Narrator: 15 MILES NORTHEAST...
♪♪
THROW IT OVER!
WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF A STORM HERE.
Narrator: ...ON THE SAGA.
YOU KNOW, WATER SEEMS
RELATIVELY SOFT
TILL IT COLLECTS TOGETHER
AND BASHES INTO SOMETHING.
IT BECOMES, LIKE,
A CONCRETE FIST.
YEE-HAW!
Narrator: AFTER A HARROWING
40-MILE STEAM FROM THE NORTH
TO NEW GROUNDS IN THE SOUTH,
CAPTAIN JAKE ANDERSON
SETS HIS GEAR
IN A HOWLING GALE.
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
I ACTUALLY LIKE IT
WHEN IT'S ROUGH,
BUT IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT
MORE DANGEROUS.
THROW IT OVER!
I RAN ABOUT
40 MILES TO THE SOUTH.
HOPEFULLY THIS DOES BETTER.
I DON'T KNOW.
IT HAS TO DO BETTER
THAN FIVES AND TENS,
LET ME TELL YOU.
AT LEAST I'M TRYING HERE,
AND I'M DOING IT ON MY OWN.
Narrator:
A PARTNERSHIP WITH KEITH,
WHICH BROUGHT HIM NORTH,
DIDN'T PAY OFF.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO,
BUT ALL I KNOW IS,
I'M AS FAR AWAY
FROM THAT NORTHERN STUFF
AS I COULD POSSIBLY GET --
BAD LUCK UP THERE.
Narrator: NOW THE YOUNG SKIPPER
HAS GONE OUT ON HIS OWN
IN THE WORST WEATHER
OF THE SEASON.
THIS IS A HAIL MARY RIGHT HERE.
♪♪
-GOING OVER, GUYS.
-HEY! HEY! HEY!
GOING OVER!
WATCH THOSE LINES!
♪♪
WHOA!
CAREFUL UP THERE!
HAVING WEATHER ON THE STARBOARD
SIDE IS THE WORST FOR US
BECAUSE ALL OUR EQUIPMENT
IS WIDE OPEN.
ALL OUR PERSONNEL ARE
RIGHT NEXT
TO THE STARBOARD RAIL.
Narrator: WITH WINDS INCREASING
AND SEAS BUILDING,
MOVING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS
OF METAL ACROSS A SLICK DECK
MAKES A DANGEROUS JOB
DOWNRIGHT DEADLY.
♪♪
-HANG ON, HANG ON!
-GOING TO COME DOWN!
Sean: OKAY.
♪♪
HOPEFULLY,
THE CRAB'S HERE!
LINE ON DECK!
NO! NO! NO!
COMING IN!
[BLEEP] DOWN!
HOLY [BLEEP]!
[ JAKE TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
YOU SCARED THE [BLEEP]
OUT OF ME, DUDE!
[ SIGHS DEEPLY ]
♪♪
Narrator: GREENHORN JOSH TAYLOR
WAS THROWING THE BAGS
WHEN HE BROKE ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT RULES OF CRAB FISHING:
HE LIFTED HIS FOOT OFF THE DECK
AND GOT IT TANGLED IN THE TRAIL
OF AN 800 POUND POT
PLUNGING STRAIGHT
INTO THE ABYSS.
♪♪
IT'S LIKE ONE OF
THOSE OLD, MORBID...
FREAKING DARK-AGE
TORTURE CHAMBER DEVICES.
THEY'LL JUST RIP YOUR LEG
RIGHT OFF
OR TAKE YOU DOWN WITH IT.
IT'S PRETTY UGLY.
SO I HOPE HE LEARNED HIS LESSON.
♪♪
Sean: YEAH, THAT WAS
A LITTLE SCARY, YOU KNOW.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GUYS
LOST IN THIS INDUSTRY
WITH ACCIDENTS LIKE THAT.
Jake: LAST POT.
HOPEFULLY THIS DOES BETTER.
GOING OVER!
♪♪
Narrator: THIS WEEK
ON "SALTY TAKES"...
Sean: OH-HO!
LOOK AT THAT!
DOES IT HURT?
NO.
...BEWARE THE CLAW.
OH, SWOLLEN-HAND
SYNDROME!
MANY A CRAB FISHERMAN HAVE
SUFFERED THE CLAW,
THE BASEBALL MITT
THAT TURNS INTO THE CLAW
HE NORMALLY WALKS AROUND
ALL WEIRD ANYWAY!
-[ LAUGHTER ]
-YEP.
ICE THEM DOWN, DUDE.
Luke: I HAVE
EXTREME RESPECT
FOR PEOPLE WHO DO THIS
FOR A LIVING
BECAUSE THIS IS NOT EASY
ON YOUR BODY, SO...
HANK, BADASS [BLEEP].
Sean: WHOA, ARE YOU
BREAKING WALLS RIGHT NOW?
ZACH, YOU TOO, MAN.[ LAUGHS ]
YEAH.
HE BROKE THE WALL.
SPEAKER OF TRUTHS.
♪♪
Narrator: THE NORTHWESTERN
CONTINUES TO LEAD THE PACK,
BUT PROTEGE JAKE ANDERSON
IS EYEING THE TOP SPOT.
Narrator: 290 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DUTCH HARBOR...
♪♪
THE WIND HASN'T DIED
ALL THE WAY DOWN,
BUT BETTER THAN IT WAS.
...THE STORM BLOWS ITSELF OUT.
♪♪
FIRST POT COMING UP.
Narrator: CAPTAIN
SEAN DWYER PREPARES
TO RETRIEVE THE POTS HE SET
BEFORE BEING CHASED OFF
THE GROUNDS BY WEATHER.
I JUST NEED TO KEEP
A GOOD AVERAGE THROUGH THE YEAR,
OVER 100 THROUGH THE YEAR,
AND WE'RE DONE.
♪♪
YEAH!
WOO!
♪♪
WHAT'S IT TAKE TO BE
A GOOD FISHERMAN?
I THINK YOU JUST GOT
TO BE STUBBORN,
JUST GOT TO WANT IT.
♪♪
♪♪
MAN: Oh, no!
♪♪
ISN'T GOOD, BOYS.
NOT GOOD!
LOOKS PRETTY SKINNY,
SMALLS AND FEMALES.
Zach: I THINK
THAT WILL DO IT.
OH, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT
OF BAIRDI ON THE TABLE HERE!
LOOKS LIKE SOME OPIES.
I DON'T KNOW IT MIGHT BE HARD
FOR US ON THIS ONE.
♪♪
THAT FIRST POT HAD 33 IN IT.
♪♪
[BLEEP]
FIRST ONE, TOO.
♪♪
WHEN WE GOT THE FIRST POT UP,
IT WASN'T AS GOOD AS WE WANTED.
THANK GOD, THERE'S 100 MORE.
COMING UP RIGHT NOW.
-WHAT DO WE GOT THERE REALLY?
-NOT ENOUGH. NOT ENOUGH.
♪♪
THIS IS HORRIBLE!
LOOKS PRETTY SMALL.
NEED THIS STRING TO PICK UP.
[ WHIRRING ]
TWO CLAWS.
I'M HOLDING OUT HOPE THAT
THE LAST COUPLE STRINGS
WILL MAKE UP FOR THIS ONE,
BUT...I DON'T KNOW.
Narrator: 275 MILES SOUTHEAST...
♪♪
...WITH THE SKIES CLEARING...
[ BIRDS SQUAWKING ]
♪♪
THE WEATHER IS JUST
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS OUT.
WELL, I CAN SEE MY ENTIRE STRING
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
...THE SAGA'SJAKE ANDERSON
LOOKS FOR HIS FORTUNES
TO RISE AS THE SEAS SUBSIDE.
AFTER CALLING FIVE CRAB A POT
IN A STORM
AND THEN RUNNING WITH THE
WEATHER ON THE SIDE FOR HOURS,
I'VE GOT TO GET SOME CRAB
ON THE BOAT,
AND I'VE GOT TO GET IT ON QUICK.
THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
James: WE'RE IN
A NEW LOCATION.
GET THESE [BLEEP] TANKS FILLED
AND GO HOME. YOU KNOW?
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR --
BIG MONEY, BIG MONEY.
Narrator:
STRIKING OUT ON HIS OWN,
THE YOUNG CAPTAIN SET
150 POTS DOWN SOUTH.
NOW, HE'S LOOKING
FOR A BIG PAYDAY.
AND HERE COMES THE FIRST POT.
♪♪
♪♪
THIS COULD CHANGE
THE REST OF THE SEASON.
HOPEFULLY JUST --
WHEN WE'RE PICKING UP THIS GEAR,
WE CAN PICK THEM UP
AND START THINKING
ABOUT GOING HOME.
SEE SOME CRAB.
♪♪
[ WHIRRING ]
-YEAH!
-[ CHEERING ]
[ JAKE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[BLEEP], SON!
James: YOU GUYS JUST
MAKE SURE TO BRING ME BACK
SOME ORIGINAL.
BRING YOU BACK
SOME PICTURES!
THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.
IT'S GOING TO BE 50.
-OH, YEAH!
-THAT'S WHAT WE WANTED TO SEE!
THIS IS WHAT WE WANT!
Jake: IT'S A BIG ONE!
THESE CRAB RIGHT HERE ARE
AT 7.4-POUND AVERAGE.
James: THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING FOR, JAMIE!
5-3!
-5-3?!
DAMN!, THOSE THINGS
ARE BIG, DUDE!
[ ALL CHEERING ]
IT'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE!
LOOK AT THAT PILE!
LOOK AT THE SIZE OF
THIS [BLEEP] BEAST!
THIS IS MEAT!
THIS FILLS UP A TANK REAL FAST!
♪♪
-61!
-THAT'S AWESOME!
[ LAUGHS ]
AWESOME!
-[ ALL CHEERING ]
-[BLEEP] WOO!
LOOK AT THAT!
[ LAUGHTER ]
WOO! THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE LOOKING FOR!
-YEAH!
-WOO!
71!
7-1!
7-1, HUH?
WOO-HOO!
WE'RE IN THE CRAB, BABY!
WE'RE IN THE CRAB!
♪♪
I'VE GOT 33!
♪♪
YEAH!
WEATHER IS NICE!
CRAB IS AWESOME!
YOU COULDN'T ASK FOR
ANYTHING BETTER RIGHT NOW.
[ LAUGHS ]
LOOK AT ALL THESE CRAB!
HAD I NOT DECIDED
TO COME DOWN HERE,
I WOULDN'T BE GETTING ANYTHING
CLOSE TO THIS.
Narrator: JAKE STAYED TRUE
TO HIS INSTINCTS,
AND NOW HE AND HIS CREW
ARE REAPING THE REWARDS.
Jake: THIS HAIL MARY IS..
IT DONE DID IT.
I FOUND CRAB.
NOW I JUST HAVE TO DIAL THEM IN
SO I CAN CATCH THEM ALL.
CRAB IN THE TANK!
MONEY IN THE BANK!
NICE JOB, GUYS!