Deadliest Catch (2005–…): Season 15, Episode 1 - Deadliest Catch - full transcript
On the cusp of king crab season, a massive new boat helmed by a renegade captain discovers the crab are all in one spot. As the fleet races to find the quarter billion-dollar hoard, ...
Narrator:
CRAB FISHING REMAINS ONE OF
THE WORLD'S MOST
DANGEROUS PROFESSIONS.
♪♪
WE PAY TRIBUTE TO
ALL THE FISHERMAN
AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE
MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
INCLUDING THOSE LOST THIS
JANUARY OFF THE OREGON COAST.
♪♪
AND NOW...
THE SEASON PREMIERE
OF "DEADLIEST CATCH."
Man: [ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
♪♪
-READY?
-ALL RIGHT, READY!
♪♪
Man: COMING UP, MONTE.
♪♪
THINGS ARE CHANGING
IN CRAB FISHING.
THEY LET THE BAD
GUYS OUT EARLY NOW.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
♪♪
OH, YEAH!
[ LAUGHING, CHEERING ]
[ LAUGHING ] OH, YEAH.
Man: OOH, THERE SHE COMES!
1,200 POTS I'VE BEEN THROUGH
AND THE CRAB ARE
ONLY IN ONE SPOT
RIGHT HERE IN THIS MUD PIT.
[ CHEERING ]
-YEAH, BABY!
9-8! 98, HARLEY!
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS BEFORE.
WHOO!
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
Man: [ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
-THE ROD'S COMING UP!
-COMING UP.
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, LET'S GET
THAT GEAR ON THE BOAT.
-GET UP, GET UP!
-GET, GET, GET, GET.
EVERY YEAR, THE STATE
OF ALASKA HAS ONE BOAT FISH
BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS
AND THIS YEAR THAT BOAT'S
THE SOUTHERN WIND.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY.
IT'S ABOUT KNOWING
WHERE THE CRAB ARE.
THAT'S 10 TIMES AS VALUABLE.
[ BEEPING ]
MAN:
Southern Wind'sdown there.
[ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
-Have you heard anything?
Well, those guys
are all going last.
IF I FIND ANYTHING,
I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A RUMOR
THAT THE CRAB ARE IN ONE SPOT.
AS GUYS FIND IT,
THEY BRING IN MORE GUYS
AND MORE GUYS AND MORE GUYS
AND IT TURNS INTO, LIKE,
A BATTLEGROUND.
IF YOU'RE FISHING IN
THOSE TIGHT QUARTERS,
THEY'RE GONNA START
PILE DRIVING THEIR GEAR,
AND IF THE COMPETITION
DOESN'T CRUSH YOU,
THE BERING SEA WILL.
♪♪
MOTHER NATURE IS PISSED OFF.
[ MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]
Man: [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
TO COME OUT ON TOP,
WE GOTTA STRIKE WHILE
THE IRON'S HOT.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S MY OWN MOM,
I'M SETTING THIS MOTHER DOWN.
OH, THIS IS GOOD.
YOU GOTTA ENDURE SUFFERING.
AH!
GET YOUR ASS OUT ON DECK
WITH THE REST OF THE CREW!
[ GROANING ]
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.
WHOA!
[ ALARM BEEPING ]
-COME ON, COME ON!
EVERY LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION
MAKES YOU A WINNER.
-OH, YEAH!
-OH, OH, YEAH!
WHOO!
-WHOO.
-YEAH, BABY.
-BANG.
-WATCH OUT.
WHOO!
[ CHEERING ]
♪♪
IT'S KING CRAB.
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING
IS GONNA HAPPEN.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
BRING IT.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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Narrator: OCTOBER,
DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA.
[ EAGLE CALLING, TWITTERING ]
♪♪
THE SCENT OF DIESEL
FUMES AND FISH
ARE A SURE SIGN
IT'S KING CRAB SEASON.
EVERYBODY SAYS "THE CRAB ARE
HERE, THE CRAB ARE THERE."
WE JUST NEED TO GET OUT THERE
AND FIRE OUT THESE POTS, MAN.
YEAH.
Narrator: BUT THIS YEAR, THERE'S
SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE AIR.
Man: I'M JUST LOOKING
FOR A PLACE TO SIT.
YEAH.
MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING
CALLED THE MUD PIT.
Sean: THE STATE LETS
ONE BOAT GO OUT
EVERY YEAR BEFORE
ANYONE ELSE AND FISH
TO COVER THE COSTS
OF THE FISHERY.
RUMOR HAS IT,
ALL HE COULD FIND WAS
ONE PILE OF CRAB OUT WEST
AND THEY'RE ALL
JAMMED IN ONE SPOT.
Narrator: THE PERSISTENT
RUMOR IS THE CRAB
ARE NO LONGER SPREAD ACROSS
THE 54,000 SQUARE-MILE
TRADITIONAL GROUNDS.
INSTEAD THEY HAVE AMASSED IN
A SINGLE, 800 SQUARE-MILE AREA
CALLED THE MUD PIT,
ONE OF THE COLDEST,
DEEPEST PARTS
OF THE KING CRAB GROUNDS.
ONE THING I DO KNOW IS
THE LAST FOUR YEARS
FISHING KING CRAB
IF THE WATER TEMPERATURE'S OFF
IF IT'S TOO WARM,
IF IT'S TOO COLD,
THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
THEY LIKE ONE
SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE
AND THAT'S WHERE
THEY'RE GONNA SIT.
Narrator:
IF THE INTEL IS ACCURATE,
CAPTAINS MUST MOVE QUICKLY
TO STAKE THEIR CLAIM
OR RISK MISSING OUT ON
THE $250,000 HORDE.
♪♪
Keith: IF THE WHOLE FLEET'S
FISHING ON ONE SPOT,
THERE'S GONNA BE
A LOT OF BATTLES.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I GOT A TON OF CRAB
TO CATCH THIS YEAR.
Narrator:
WIZARDCAPTAIN KEITH COLBURN
EYES HIS BIGGEST QUOTA
IN YEARS INCLUDING
A NEWLY ACQUIRED
100,000 POUNDS.
Keith:
IN ORDER TO GET THIS CRAB,
I HAD TO PAY $200,000 UPFRONT.
IF I DON'T CATCH THE CRAB,
I LOSE THE 200,000 BUCKS.
Narrator: THERE'S ONE OBSTACLE
THAT COULD PREVENT
THE VETERAN SKIPPER
FROM CLAIMING HIS SPOT
AS THE FLEET'S HIGH LINER.
THERE'S ONE THING MISSING
AND THAT'S MY BROTHER.
GET THE [BLEEP] OFF
MY BOAT NOW!
-GOOD. I WOULD.
-NOW!
-[BLEEP] YOU!
-PACK THEM AND LEAVE!
Narrator: LAST SEASON,
KEITH FIRED HIS BROTHER MONTE
OVER A DISAGREEMENT
ON HOW TO MANAGE THE CREW.
I'VE CUT 400,000 POUNDS OF OPIES
AND APPARENTLY, I NEED TO
FIND ANOTHER BOAT TO RUN.
♪♪
Narrator: EIGHT MONTHS
AFTER THEIR BLOW-UP,
THEY HAVE YET TO
KISS AND MAKE UP.
♪♪
WHERE THE HELL YOU BEEN?
YOU TOLD ME TO
MEET YOU HERE AT NOON,
IT'S, LIKE, 1:00.
I'M TRYING
TO MANAGE A BOAT, MOUSE.
I'VE GOT A QUOTA TO CATCH,
I'M TRYING TO DO IT
BY MYSELF THIS YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT WE GOTTA CATCH.
THAT'S A LOT OF CRAB TO CATCH.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
PROBABLY MORE THAN
YOU CAN HANDLE.
YEAH, OKAY, WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
I COULD USE YOUR HELP ON THIS.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
BOTTOM LINE IS, I NEED
MORE TIME AT THE WHEEL.
YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT TRYING
TO CHASE YOU OFF YOUR OWN BOAT.
I'M TRYING
TO GIVE YOU TIME NOW,
WE HAVEN'T HAD
ANY CRAB TO CATCH,
NOW WE'VE GOT SOME
CRAB TO CATCH.
AND SECOND, I NEED
A SERIOUS APOLOGY FROM YOU
IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE SQUAD!
MOUSE, YOU WANT A JOB?
YOU GOT A JOB.
YOU KNOW WHERE THE BOAT IS,
YOU COME FIND IT.
THERE'S A JOB
IF YOU WANT IT,
BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING
AN APOLOGY OUT OF ME!
IT AIN'T [BLEEP] HAPPENING!
♪♪
NOTHING EVER CHANGES.
♪♪
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
-THAT'S GOOD.
Narrator:
ACROSS THE HARBOR...
Man: LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
Narrator:
...ON THE NORTHWESTERN
IT'S MADE IT ONTO THE BOAT,
GET IT IN THE FREEZER.
ANOTHER 160 POTS.
Narrator:
ALL HANDS ARE ON DECK.
Mandy: BOYS SHOULD BE DOING
THE BAIT RIGHT NOW.
THAT WOULD BE 13,000 POUNDS,
ROUGHLY.
Narrator:
ALL HANDS THAT EXCEPT
THE ONES THAT SHOULD
BE ON THE WHEEL.
Matt: JUST WAITING FOR
CAPTAIN SIG RIGHT NOW.
HE'S COMING UP WAY
BEHIND THE REST OF US.
Mandy: WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON
MY DAD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS NOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
HOLDING HIM UP.
Narrator: CAPTAIN SIG HANSEN
IS A NO-SHOW.
SO HIS DAUGHTER AND MARITIME
ACADEMY ALUMNA, MANDY,
STEPS UP TO KEEP
THE CREW ON TRACK.
I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE THE BOAT READY TO GO.
THE FUEL, THE GEAR,
AND THE BAIT.
I WANT THE BOAT TO BE
150% FOR HIM TO COME HERE
THE LESS STRESS, THE BETTER.
THERE YOU GO! THERE YOU GO.
Narrator:
MANDY HAS BEEN TRAINING FOR
AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE HELM.
MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER
HANSEN RUNNING
THE FAMILY BUSINESS
ONE OF THESE DAYS.
MAKE SURE WE GOT
THE SURVIVAL SUITS.
Narrator: NOW SIG'S ABSENCE
MEANS THE PRESSURE IS ON.
WE GOT CLARK, CARL,
NORMAN, NICK.
WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE MORE DAYS
BEFORE THE CRAB SEASON STARTS.
SO MY DAD NEEDS TO GET HERE.
♪♪
WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. [ LAUGHS ]
NOW WHAT?
♪♪
[ BEEPING ]
WE'RE HOOKING UP THERE,
WE'RE HOOKING UP, RIGHT?
-YO.
-GOOD, GOOD, WE'RE GOOD.
YOU KNOW ALL THESE
GUYS ARE GONNA BE
CHASING THAT ONE HOT SPOT.
IT'S GONNA BE A BATTLE
TO GET YOUR GEAR
ON THE RIGHT CRAB,
BUT IT'S CRAB
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT WE DO.
Narrator:
CAPTAIN "WILD" BILL WICHROWSKI
READIES THE SUMMER BAY
FOR THE STARTING PISTOL.
Bill: YOU KNOW, OWNING A BOAT,
IT'S NOT CHEAP.
THERE'S A LOT MORE
RESPONSIBILITY.
Narrator: AND WITH $65,000
IN BOAT PAYMENTS
HANGING OVER HIS HEAD,
BILL NEEDS TO HIT
THE GROUND RUNNING.
IF WE LAND ON 'EM
WE'LL BE A HERO,
AND IF NOT,
WE'LL JUST KEEP LOOKING.
THIS YEAR, WE HAVE THREE VETS
AND TWO NEW GUYS.
THIS ONE IS UPSIDE DOWN.
Narrator: TWO NEW DECKHANDS
ISN'T MAKING
THE SKIPPER'S JOB ANY EASIER.
TWO NEW GREENHORNS.
COUNT 'EM, TWO.
I'M A FISHERMAN FROM FLORIDA,
AND BASED ON
THE WEATHER HERE TODAY,
I'M FEELING LIKE I CAN
HANDLE THE BERING SEA.
FIRST ONE IS ERIK
AND I'LL SAY HE'S A CHARACTER.
I KNOW THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE HARD,
BUT I USUALLY MAKE THINGS THAT
ARE TOUGH LOOK PRETTY EASY.
Bill: AND THEN THE OTHER
CHARACTER, GRIFFIN,
GRIF THE GRIFTER.
B-COMPLEX,
CURCUMIN EXTRACT,
FISH OIL...
BOTH OF HIS PARENTS
ARE PHYSICIANS,
OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T WANT
HIM TO BE A CRABBER.
THIS IS DEFINITELY
BLUE-COLLAR WORK
AND IT'S REALLY
HARD ON YOUR BODY.
SO MY DAD, HE RECOMMENDED
A LOT OF THIS STUFF
TO HELP ME RE-UP ON
VITAMINS AND MINERALS.
Bill: TO COME OUT ON TOP IN
A SEASON LIKE THIS,
YOU GOTTA GO IN TOUGH.
YOU GOTTA BE STRONG.
SOMETIMES THEY JUST CRUMBLE.
BUT I HOPE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
[ DOG WHIMPERING ]
Bill: WE ACTUALLY HAVE
A THIRD GREENHORN.
I CAN HERE HIM DOWN THERE,
HEY, BUDDY. YEAH, YEAH.
SO HERE'S RICO.
RICO'S PRETTY COOL.
HE COMES WITH BLING.
HE'S GOT RAIN GEAR.
HE'S ERIK'S SIDEKICK.
I ACTUALLY KIND OF LIKE
THE DOG BETTER THAN I LIKE ERIK.
THIS IS GONNA BE A LOT
OF WORK THIS SEASON.
WE HAVE TWO NEW GUYS
AND A DOG.
RICO SUAVE.
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
♪♪
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
[ BABY WHIMPERS ]
Narrator:
IN THE GALLEY OF THE SAGA,
CAPTAIN JAKE ANDERSON WRANGLES
HIS TWO FUTURE GREENHORNS.
WE GOTTA GO TALK BUSINESS
FOR MINUTE, OKAY?
[ CRIES ]
AIDAN, LOOK AT THIS!
LOOK AT THIS, IT'S LIKE
A STORE FULL OF CANDY.
Jenna: ALL RIGHT,
PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.
LET'S ROLL. WE GOTTA GO.
OKAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA
GO UPSTAIRS REAL QUICK.
Narrator:
FOR JAKE AND HIS WIFE, JENNA...
...THE START OF THE SEASON
PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SECURE THE FUTURE OF
THEIR GROWING FAMILY.
EVERY SINCE I TOOK
THE BOAT OVER,
WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERS, WE JUST
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON PAPER.
IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING
ON PAPER AT THIS POINT.
LET ME GRAB THE PHONE.
Narrator: JAKE TOOK COMMAND OF
THE SAGAFOUR SEASONS AGO,
BUT ONLY AS A CAPTAIN-FOR-HIRE.
BEING A PARTNER IN THE BOAT IS
THE NEXT STEP AFTER
BECOMING A CAPTAIN.
I CAN MAKE MORE,
I CAN BE HOME MORE,
I CAN HAVE MORE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY,
I CAN SPEND MORE
TIME WITH MY FAMILY.
WHERE YOU WANT IT, SEAN?
IT'S TIME TO GET STARTED
AND STOP TIP-TOEING AROUND.
♪♪
Narrator:
BUT THE FINAL SAY IS UP TO
BOAT OWNER LENNY HERZOG.
LENNY: Hello?
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
JENNA JUST CAME AND, YOU KNOW,
WE SAT DOWN AND HAD A LONG TALK
ABOUT INVESTING IN THE BOAT
AND I WAS THINKING
I WANT TO BUY IN.
♪♪
Narrator: DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA.
Jake: HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
Narrator:
CAPTAIN JAKE ANDERSON ATTEMPTS
TO STRIKE A DEAL FOR
EQUITY IN THE SAGA
WITH OWNER LENNY HERZOG.
I WAS THINKING,
I WANT TO BUY IN,
TO BUY 25% OF THE BOAT.
I NEED TO HAVE A PIECE
IF I'M GONNA STAY
A PART OF THIS OPERATION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
♪♪
OH, GOD. THANK GOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, LENNY.
OKAY.
I'M GONNA FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL.
ALL RIGHT, BYE-BYE.
HOLY COW.
ALL YOU.
Narrator:
TO MAKE HIS 25% STAKE A REALITY,
JAKE WILL HAVE TO HAUL IN AT
LEAST A 250,000 BUCKS
AFTER EXPENSES.
Jake: HERE'S THE HITCH, I GOTTA
CATCH THIS CRAB QUICKLY.
NOT JUST CATCH IT,
I GOTTA MAKE ENOUGH PROFIT
OFF OF THIS CRAB TO BUY IN.
THAT'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
IT'S A BIG STEP.
♪♪
♪♪
[ BELL DINGING ]
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
-LET'S GO, LET'S GO!
-OVERHEAD!
WE GOT EVERYBODY
ON DECK HERE, NOW?
Narrator:
THE BUZZ ABOUT A SINGLE,
$250 BILLION SCHOOL OF CRAB
HAS THE FLEET PREPPING
AT A FEVER PITCH.
DEFINITELY CHECK INSIDE!
THE TURNS ON THAT
ONE AREN'T DONE.
Narrator: IN THE WHEELHOUSE
OF THE BRENNA A...
WE'VE GOT A LOT RIDING
ON THIS SEASON.
I GOT SOME PRETTY
BIG PLANS COMING UP.
I GOT THINGS I'M KINDA
WORKING ON IN THE BACKGROUND.
Narrator: CAPTAIN SEAN DWYER
LOOKS BEYOND JUST THIS SEASON.
I REALLY WANT TO BUY A NEW BOAT.
THERE'S A BOAT FOR SALE,
THE DETERMINED.
I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
ON A LEGACY
THAT MY DAD STARTED FOR US
AND THAT'S WHAT
HE WOULD'VE WANTED, I MEAN,
HE WANTED US TO KEEP
TO MOMENTUM GOING,
KEEP GROWING THE BUSINESS.
THE ONLY WAY I CAN REALLY
MAKE THAT HAPPEN IS IF
WE GO OUT HERE, WE CRUSH IT,
AND THEN
I'VE GOT MONEY TO SPEND.
Narrator: WHILE THE YOUNG GUNS
ON THE BRENNA AAND THE SAGA
LOOK TO GROW THEIR EMPIRES,
-[ GROANS ]
-HEY, GUYS!
-HEY!
-YAY.
Narrator: A LEGENDARY VETERAN
FINALLY ARRIVES...
Sig: HELLO, MANDELINA!
...TO MANAGE HIS.
-HEY, HOW WAS YOUR FLIGHT?
-IT WAS GOOD.
YEAH?
I WAS LUCKY
TO GET ON THE PLANE.
♪♪
YOU GUYS GOT EVERYTHING GOING?
YEAH, EVERYTHING'S
READY TO GO, UM...
BAIT.
HAVE YOU GUYS TAKEN BAIT?
YEAH, WE GOT ABOUT
13,000 POUNDS ON BOARD.
REALLY?
CONTRACT SIGNED, COAST GUARD
CAME AND CHECKED US OFF.
WHAT ABOUT FISH AND GAME?
THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF.
CHECKED OUR GEAR,
YOU JUST HAVE TO SIGN OFF.
YEAH. I LIKE THAT.
WHY DON'T YOU GET THE GUYS,
LET'S HAVE A POW-WOW, ALL RIGHT?
♪♪
WELL, YOU GUYS DID
A GOOD JOB SO FAR, I MEAN,
I'M SORRY I WASN'T HERE.
BUT THE ONLY REASON
I COULDN'T GET UP HERE EARLIER
WAS BECAUSE I HAD ANOTHER
SLIGHT HEART ATTACK.
♪♪
SAME SON OF A BITCH THAT
ALMOST GOT ME LAST TIME.
OH, MY GOSH.
Man: SIG, I THINK YOU SHOULD
GO TO THE CLINIC.
Narrator: THREE YEARS AGO,
SIG SUFFERED
A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK...
YOU HAD THE WIDOWMAKER.
YOU'RE LUCKY.
Narrator:
...THAT ALMOST KILLED HIM.
WE WANT TO PREVENT
ANOTHER ONE 'CAUSE
A SECOND HIT, OBVIOUSLY,
THEN YOU GET WORSE
AND WORSE HEART FAILURE.
YOU KNOW, I REALIZED
SOMETHING'S WRONG.
I GOT TO THE EMERGENCY,
ONE OF MY ARTERIES WAS
COMPLETELY BLOCKED OFF.
DID THEY GIVE YOU
A GREEN LIGHT?
THEY GAVE ME A GREEN
LIGHT TWO DAYS AGO,
I HAD TO BEG FOR IT.
BASICALLY I HAD TO
B.S. MY WAY THROUGH IT.
-GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
-ROGER.
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
♪♪
Nick:
WELL, THAT WAS A SHOCKER.
I WAS WONDERING WHY
HE DIDN'T CALL
BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT.
IT'S KIND OF SHAKY, MAN.
LIKE, YOU'RE GONNA GO
BACK OUT TO SEA RIGHT NOW
WITH SOMEBODY THAT JUST
HAD A HEART ATTACK.
♪♪
Mandy:
YEAH, THE FIRST HEART ATTACK
SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EYE OPENER.
♪♪
I'M THANKFUL THAT I'M HERE,
I GET TO SPEND SOME
EXTRA TIME WITH HIM.
I WANT TO SUPPORT HIM
IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL JUST
MAKE IT THROUGH KING CRAB
AND GET HOME SAFE.
WATCH YOUR HANDS.
SECOND HEART ATTACK
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU,
I'M JUST GRATEFUL
MANDY'S OUT HERE.
YOU KNOW,
IF SHE'S GONNA OVERTAKE THIS
ONE OF THESE DAYS,
IF THAT'S THE IDEA OR THE PLAN,
THEN WE NEED
TO GET MOVING ON IT.
BOTTOM LINE, I JUST WANNA GET
OUT THERE AND START FISHING.
TIME IS SHORT.
♪♪
Narrator:
AS THE FLEETS SCRAMBLES
IN THE FINAL HOURS
BEFORE THE OPENING BELL...
♪♪
...ONE BOAT RETURNS TO PORT.
HER TANKS ALREADY
CHOCK FULL OF CRAB.
♪♪
A 148-FOOT BEHEMOTH,
THE SOUTHERN WIND.
Harley: WE'RE GONNA GO MAKE
OUR FIRST OFF-LOAD.
WE FOUND 'EM.
IT TOOK US A LITTLE BIT,
BUT NOW I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
♪♪
Narrator: CAPTAIN
STEVE "HARLEY" DAVIDSON SPENT
THE LAST 14 DAYS
ON AN EARLY TRIP
FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA.
THEY WERE GOING
80 MILES ACROSS THIS WAY
AND 70 MILES THAT WAY.
AND THE CRAB ARE ALL IN
ONE DAMN SPOT.
Narrator:
HARLEY'S HUGE HAUL CONFIRMS
THE TALK OF A MASSIVE
SCHOOL OF CRAB
IS MORE THAN JUST RUMOR
AND THAT EVERY CAPTAIN
MUST BLITZ THE GROUNDS
IN AN ALL-OUT LAND GRAB.
-How about it?
-HELL, YEAH!
LOUD AND PROUD, WE'RE HERE.
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
-YEAH!
[ CHEERING ]
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
WELL, HERE HE COMES.
IT'S A BEAST.
IT IS A BEAST.
THAT'S A BIG-ASS BOAT.
SOUTHERN WIND'SHERE.
EH, [BLEEP].
Man:
♪ TRY ME OUT FOR THE EVENING ♪
♪ LIVING IN A LIE ♪
♪ YOUR FIGURE IS ALARMING ♪
♪ TAKE ME TO THAT FIRE ♪
WITH A BOAT THAT SIZE,
PROBABLY SUCK UP
A 1,000 SQUARE-MILES OF CRAB
IN JUST TWO DAYS
WHERE IT WOULD TAKE ME FIVE.
SO I DON'T WANNA BE ANYWHERE
NEAR A BOAT LIKE THAT.
♪ I'M BETTER OFF ALONE ♪
Sean:
HARLEY'S PRETTY CUTTHROAT.
HE'LL JUST SNEAK
RIGHT UP ON YOU.
HE'S AGGRESSIVE.
Sig: WE'VE FISHED SIDE
BY SIDE BEFORE,
I KNOW HE CAN GO TOE TO TOE.
HE'S NOT A VERY BASHFUL PERSON,
BY ANY MEANS.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES
HIM A GOOD FISHERMAN.
♪ PUNISH YOURSELF
ON THE WEEKENDS ♪
♪ YOU SNEAK INTO THAT BAR ♪
Munsey: YOU GET OUT THERE
AND GET RIGHT ON THEM.
IT'S KIND OF OUR M.O.
WE GOT ONE OF THE BEST
CAPTAINS IN THE FLEET
RIGHT THERE IN THAT CHAIR, MAN.
EVERY YEAR, GET IT DONE,
GET HOME.
WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE
THE CRAB ARE SO,
WE'LL GET OUR THERE
AND GET RIGHT ON, YOU'LL SEE.
♪ I'M BETTER OFF ALONE ♪
I'D PUT THE SOUTHERN WIND
RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST
FOR GUYS THAT I DON'T LIKE
AND HARLEY IS THE GUY
THAT I DON'T LIKE.
LAST TIME I SAW HIM
WAS NOT A GOOD EVENT.
I GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH THAT
GUY OVER HIM STEALING CRABS,
STEALING INFORMATION,
SETTING ME DOWN.
WELL, LET'S JUST HOPE HE DOESN'T
GET HIS GEAR ANYWHERE NEAR OURS.
♪ I'M BETTER OFF ALONE ♪
EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE
FIGHTING FOR THAT AREA.
I'D LIKE TO GET OUT OF
HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
♪♪
-GOING FISHING!
[ SHIP HORN HONKS ]
Narrator: COMING UP...
WHO'S READY TO MAKE SOME MONEY?
I'M KIND OF STRESSED OUT.
INSTEAD OF GOING
WITH AN EIGHT MAN CREW,
I'M GOING
WITH A SEVEN MAN CREW.
IT'S GONNA BE
VERY COMPETITIVE.
Man: [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
LET'S GO ALL IN, BOYS.
Man: [ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
-GOING OVER!
-GOING OVER!
-GOING OVER!
-COME GET IT!
IT'S NOW OR NEVER AND I'M
PUTTING EVERYTHING ON BLACK.
-WHOA.
-YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!
WHOO! WE'RE MAKING MONEY NOW.
♪♪
Man: THERE'S ONE ON DECK.
6 1/2 BY 7.
RIGHT THERE ON THE END.
HOW YOU DOING UP THERE, TAY?
Narrator: LAUNCH DAY.
GETTING READY
FOR KING CRAB 2018.
-HOLD THAT.
-YEP.
Narrator: THE CREW OF
THE CORNELIA MARIERACES
TO LOAD THEIR FINAL POTS
BEFORE THROWING LINES.
WE GOT TWO POTS LEFT
TO GO ON THE BOAT
BEFORE WE CAN CAST THESE LINES.
LAST YEAR, WE CAME UP,
ABSOLUTELY KILLED IT.
BE TIME TO SEE IF WE
CAN DO IT ONCE AGAIN.
Narrator: LAST SEASON,
CAPTAIN JOSH HARRIS DELIVERED
A SUCCESSFUL,
$750,000 OPIE HAUL.
NOW, HE'S OUT TO PROVE
HIS PROWESS AT THE WHEEL
WAS NO FLUKE.
SUN DON'T SHINE ON
THE SAME DOG'S ASS EVERY DAY,
BUT HOPEFULLY,
IT'LL BE OUR DAY AGAIN.
YOU WANT TO PARK IT AND I'LL
PULL THAT HOSE OUT THE BACK?
Narrator:
WHILE THE CREW LOCKS DOWN
THE LAST OF THE POTS,
COOL, NO, MAN, DUDE, WE'RE
DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN THAT.
DEFINITELY, I MEAN,
WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD AT IT,
JOSH AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN
GRINDING THE BOTH ENDS SO...
Narrator:
CO-CAPTAIN CASEY McMANUS
WORKS TO LOCK DOWN
SOMETHING ELSE.
WE'D LOVE A SHOT AT IT.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH.
THANKS. BYE.
DUDE, IT SOUNDS LIKE
ONE OF THE BOATS
MIGHT BE GETTING TIED UP HERE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB
AND WE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE
HERE TO LEASE THAT QUOTA.
HOW MUCH QUOTA WE TALKING?
PROBABLY CLOSE
TO A $1 MILLION.
-REALLY?
-YEAH. IT'S SERIOUS, DUDE.
THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
I MEAN, LET'S GET THIS
THING GOING THEN.
Narrator:
IF JOSH AND CASEY CAN PULL OFF
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASON,
$1 MILLION IN CRAB QUOTA COULD
BE THEIRS FOR THE CATCHING.
Josh: THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN
WORKING FOR MY WHOLE CAREER.
AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE
TO GROW HERE SO, YOU KNOW,
ANY EXTRA QUOTA THAT WE CAN
POSSIBLE GET, WE'LL TAKE.
SCARY? YES.
RESPONSIBILITY? YES.
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY,
WITH ANY LUCK,
WE'LL KNOCK THIS
[BLEEP] OUT OF THE PARK.
-GET YOU SOME CRAB, GUYS!
-AMERICAN DREAM, BABY!
♪♪
[ SEALS BARKING ]
-GO!
-GO!
IT'S THAT TIME, BUD.
Narrator: IT'S ZERO-HOUR.
YEAH!
READY TO ROCK AND ROLL,
KING CRAB, 2018, LET'S GO! WHOO!
Narrator:
THE LIGHT'S FLASHING GREEN.
TIME TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN.
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
-LET'S GO, BOYS.
-GO, GO, GO!
-GO, GO.
-GO.
-GO!
Keith: RIGHT NOW,
I'M KIND OF STRESSED OUT.
I'M TRYING TO GET OUR GEAR ON.
-PUT HER DOWN!
-NO MORE!
NOW, INSTEAD OF GOING
WITH AN EIGHT MAN CREW,
I'M GOING
WITH A SEVEN MAN CREW.
NOT WHAT I ANTICIPATED.
Narrator:
TWO DAYS AFTER A SHOUTING MATCH
WITH BROTHER MONTE,
WE GOTTA GET
THE [BLEEP] OUTTA HERE,
WE'RE, LIKE, NINE MINUTES LATE.
Narrator:
THE REST OF THE FLEET IS LEAVING
AND CAPTAIN KEITH IS
STILL SHORTHANDED.
THAT'S GOOD! THAT'S GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, RIGHT ON.
HOLY [BLEEP]!
WELCOME BACK!
CAPTAIN MONTE'S BACK!
WHOO!
♪♪
HOW'S IT GOING?
WE'RE THROWING LINES, MAN.
WHAT'S UP?
WELL, I KNOW THE CREW
NEEDS ME AND BOAT NEEDS ME.
SO YOU'RE SAYING
YOU WANNA GO WORK?
WELL, I THINK, UH...
I NEED YOU ON
THE BOAT RIGHT NOW!
ARE YOU READY TO GO TO WORK?
WE GOTTA PUT OUR
[BLEEP] BEHIND US.
WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THIS LATER,
ARE WE FISHING
OR ARE WE NOT FISHING?
LET'S GO FISHING.
ALL RIGHT, THEN GET YOUR [BLEEP]
ON THE BOAT AND LET'S GO.
-ALL RIGHT.
-AND YOU'RE [BLEEP] LATE!
FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS!
ALL RIGHT, WELL,
LAST TIME IN 30 YEARS.
LET'S GO, COME ON.
[ LAUGHS ] YES.
WELCOME BACK, BUDDY!
-LET'S GO FISHING NOW, HUH?
-LET'S DO THIS! WHOO!
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, START THE BOW,
LET'S GET THE LINES
OFF THE BOAT
AND LET'S GO FISH, ALL RIGHT?
[ CHEERING ]
♪♪
LOOKS LIKE WE GOT OUR
FEARLESS RELIEF SKIPPER.
READY TO GO FISHING.
EVERYBODY WANT TO GIVE
CAPTAIN MONTE BIG, OLD HUG
AND KISSES RIGHT NOW!
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
LET'S JUST MOVE ON,
FORGET THE APOLOGIES,
WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT
LATER, RIGHT NOW,
EVERYTHING'S COPACETIC.
♪♪
IT'S GONNA BE VERY
COMPETITIVE BECAUSE
THE CRAB ARE PILED
IN ON ONE AREA.
Narrator: CAPTAINS AND CREWS ARE
READY AS THEY'RE GONNA BE.
LET'S GO, GO, GO!
Narrator: IT'S TIME TO FIND
THE ELUSIVE HORDE
OF KING CRAB AND CARVE
OUT THEIR PIECE OF
A POTENTIAL
$250 BILLION BONANZA.
LEAVING THE DOCK,
NO MORE EXCUSES.
GOING FISHING!
♪ LITTLE BIRD COMES WHISTLING ♪
♪ SAID TO GO WHERE I SHOULD ♪
-LET'S GO GET SOME CRAB, BUDDY.
-OH, YEAH.
-BYE.
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
OH, I LOVE YOU BUDDY,
I GOTTA GO FISHING.
♪ LITTLE GIRL, SHE'S HOWLING ♪
♪ SHE'S LOST IN A HAZE ♪
KING CRAB 2018.
-WHO'S READY TO MAKE SOME MONEY?
-WHOO!
BAM.
♪ DOWN, DOWN ♪
♪ DOWN, DOWN ♪
♪♪
I JUST HOPE TO GOD
THAT I'LL BE ABLE
TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY
THIS SEASON TO PAY FOR THE BOAT
BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING BACKWARDS.
♪ LITTLE GIRL, SHE'S TRAVELING,
SHE'S ALL RIGHT ♪
Sig: I WANT THE BOAT TO GO
TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
MANDY'S HERE, I WANT
TO TEACH HER THE ROPES.
I WANNA BUY A NEW BOAT
SO WE'VE JUST GOTTA
COME OUT HERE AND CRUSH IT.
♪ AND I'LL FOLLOW HER DOWN ♪
READY TO GO SLAY SOME CRAB,
BRING ON THE QUOTA!
♪♪
I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
I'VE NEVER HAD TWO GUYS WHO
HAVEN'T CRABBED ON A BOAT.
MIGHT HAVE OUR WORK
CUT OUT FOR US HERE.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
2018, BABY! WHOO!
♪♪
WHOO!
♪♪
♪♪
WE'RE MISSING,
WE'RE MISSING A GREENHORN.
-NO WAY.
-YEAH.
-ARE YOU SERIOUS?
-YEAH, I'M SERIOUS.
-WHERE DID HE GO?
-I HAVE NO IDEA.
♪♪
Narrator:
ABOARD THE SUMMER BAY...
WE'RE MISSING A GREENHORN.
-NO WAY.
-YEAH.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
Narrator: THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF 18-YEAR-OLD GREENHORN
GRIFFIN DOWNEY DRAWS THE CONCERN
OF CAPTAIN BILL AND HIS CREW.
LITTLE NERVOUS, YOU KNOW,
IF HE GOT HURT,
MAIMED, FALL INTO THE WATER.
♪♪
WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME YOU SAW GRIFFIN?
I'M GONNA LOOK IN HIS
DRAWERS AND SEE...
WHERE'S HIS WALLET,
HIS BAG, ALL THAT [BLEEP]?
-SLEEPING BAG'S GONE.
-SLEEPING BAG'S GONE?
RIGHT, WHEN WE GOT BACK
HERE GRIFFIN WAS LIKE,
"HEY, I'M GONNA
TAKE THE TRASH OUT."
AND I WAS LIKE,
"I HAVE MORE TRASH."
AND HE WAS LIKE,
"NO, NO, I'M GOOD."
THINK THAT MIGHT'VE
BEEN HIS BELONGINGS.
-OH, IN TRASH BAGS?
-IN A TRASH, JUST ONE.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER
REASON TO TAKE ONE TRASH BAG.
[BLEEP] ALL RIGHT,
THANKS, MAN.
-HE CHECKED IN?
-YEAH.
♪♪
Narrator:
DECK BOSS NICK McGLASHAN
CONFIRMS THAT GRIFFIN
IS AT THE HOTEL...
WELL, AT LEAST
WE KNOW GRIFFIN'S SAFE.
Narrator: ...WHICH MEANS
HE DIDN'T FALL OFF THE BOAT,
HE LEFT IT.
WOW, GRANTED,
WE'RE GLAD HE'S ALIVE,
BUT WHAT A CHICKEN
[BLEEP] WAY TO DO THIS.
♪♪
YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO BE
BETTER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE.
OKAY.
YEAH, YOU REALLY HAVE TO
STEP UP, MAN, NO JOKE.
BUT IF I KILL IT,
I GET A FULL SHARE?
[BLEEP] NO!
[ LAUGHTER ]
-WELL, YOU TRIED.
GET THE [BLEEP] OUT OF
THE WHEELHOUSE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator:
220 MILES NORTHWEST...
WE'RE COMING ROUND TURN, WE'RE
HEADING STRAIGHT NORTH, SO...
Narrator: ...THE NORTHWESTERN
REACHES THE MUD PIT
AHEAD OF THE PACK.
-OH, YEAH.
Narrator:
GETTING FIRST CRACK AT FINDING
THE $250 BILLION
CRAB HOARD BELOW.
WELL, I AM PRETTY CLOSE
TO READY, HOW ABOUT YOU?
YEAH, WE'RE READY.
WE JUST GOTTA BITE
THE HEAD OFF THE HERRING FIRST.
I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THAT!
Narrator:
BUT FIRST THAT FAVORITE
OF NORWEGIAN APPETIZERS.
Mandy: OH, MY GOD, I HATE THIS.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S THE NORTHWESTERNTRADITION
TO BITE THE HEAD OFF
THE HERRING FOR GOOD LUCK
SO GOTTA GET OUR GOOD LUCK
FOR OUR KING CRAB.
ALL RIGHT,
LUCKY HERRING TIME!
EVERYONE TAKE A PIECE.
IN THIS MISSION,
WE COULD USE A LITTLE LUCK.
-LET'S GO!
-AMERICA!
GOOD.
[ LAUGHS ]
AH.
I'LL TAKE ONE FOR YOU.
[ CHEERING ]
-LET'S GO.
-YEAH.
-ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
-ALL RIGHT.
Narrator:
THE NORSE CRAB GODS APPEASED,
SIG READIES FOR BATTLE.
WE'RE GONNA TRY THIS ONE
DEEP INTO THE WEST, RUN UP.
THE REASON
WE'RE OUT WEST LIKE THIS
IS BECAUSE IF IT'S
JUST ONE BODY OF CRAB,
EVENTUALLY, GUYS WILL
FIND OUT ABOUT IT
BOMB IN THERE AND THEN
PICK 'EM UP REAL QUICK.
Narrator:
THE CRAB HAVE MASSED SOMEWHERE
IN THE DEEP 800 SQUARE-MILE
COLD WATER MUD PIT.
SIG'S MISSION IS TO
PINPOINT THEIR LOCATION
BEFORE THE REST OF
THE FLEET PILES IN.
Sig: WE'RE GONNA FISH MORE GEAR
BECAUSE I GOTTA FEELING
THE CRAB ARE GONNA
BE HARDER TO FIND.
THIS IS JUST TO GET
A LAY OF THE LAND.
IF I LIKE IT, THEN I GOT
MY BULLETS ON MY BOAT
AND I CAN DIAL IN.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.
-LET'S GO.
-WE'RE READY.
♪♪
AAH!
EASY ON THE OLD TICKER!
-READY.
-GOING OVER.
[ MACHINE WHIRRING ]
EAT CRAB!
♪♪
WHOO, WE'RE MAKING MONEY NOW.
WE'RE FISHING,
WE ARE OFFICIALLY FISHING.
Narrator: WHILE THE NORTHWESTERN
PLANTS HER FLAG...
Man: TURN EVERYTHING
OVER TO THE WEST.
I'M THINKING
OF HEADING OUT THERE.
IT'S A LOTTA GEAR
IN A SMALL SPACE.
-IT'S LIKE A CONVENTION.
-WE'RE OUT IN THE WEST, BABY.
Narrator:
MORE AND MORE BOATS MUSCLE IN
TO THE TIGHT
800 SQUARE-MILE TERRITORY.
STRAP YOUR SIX SHOOTERS
AND YOUR BOOTS ON, BOYS,
BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE
COWBOYS AND WE'RE GOING WEST!
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, BOOM!
[ LAUGHS ] YEAH.
FIRST KING CRAB POT. WHOO!
♪♪
OVER!
THERE'S BLOOD, BABY.
LET'S GO, LET'S GO!
I THINK THERE'S CRAB
TO THE WEST SIDE.
THAT'S ALL ACTION,
LIFE ON THE BOTTOM.
IF YOU GOT A LOT OF THAT,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
SOME CRAB DOWN THERE.
LET'S GO ALL IN, BOYS.
HERE IT GOES...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
-WHOO, FIRED UP!
-KING CRAB, BABY.
Narrator: WITH INCREASINGLY
MORE BOATS PILING IN
TO THE WESTERN MUD PIT,
OTHER CAPTAINS SEE THE VALUE
OF BLAZING THEIR OWN
TRAIL OUTSIDE OF IT.
SEEK AND HUNT TRIP HERE.
IT'S KINDA WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO,
YOU HAVE TO SPREAD OUT.
UNLESS YOU'RE THE ONE
WITH THE INFORMATION,
IT'S A BUNCH OF BULL[BLEEP].
SO, WE'RE GONNA GO NORTHERLY
AND THEN GO NORTHWEST.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
REALLY LOOK AROUND
AND TRY TO FIND A LITTLE
JAG THAT'S GONNA PRODUCE.
I PLANNED TO GO NORTHEAST.
I'LL TAKE NO BOATS INSTEAD
OF THE MOB ANYTIME.
WAY DOWN TO THE SOUTH,
NOBODY'S HERE.
I MEAN, NOBODY FOR MILES,
IT'S NOW OR NEVER
AND I'M PUTTING
EVERYTHING ON BLACK.
GO AHEAD AND LET IT GO.
Narrator: LEAVING THE REST
OF THE FLEET BEHIND
TO FIGHT IT OUT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO GET 'EM.
Narrator: JAKE, KEITH,
AND BILL ROLL THE DICE,
GAMBLING BIG ON GROUNDS BEYOND
THE CROWDED MUD PIT.
-GOING OVER!
-GOING OVER!
GOING OVER!
-YEAH, BUDDY!
-YEAH, BABY!
WHOO-HOO!
WHOO-WHOO! WHOO!
♪♪
ERIK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
OUT HERE FIVE MINUTES AGO.
[ GROANS ]
WE'RE DOWN A DECKHAND.
-HEY, IS ERIK OUT THERE?
-NOT YET.
♪♪
Narrator: AS BILL'S CREW
WRESTLES TO GET THE STACK OFF,
NEW GREENHORN, ERIK,
STRUGGLES TO GET HIS GEAR ON.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS HARD LEAVING
THE DOCK ONE GUY SHORT.
WE'RE REALLY GONNA
NEED ERIK TO STEP UP.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
WE GOT ONE SHOT TO DO IT
AND IF WE DO IT WRONG,
HE GETS BURNED OUT OR LOSES IT
MENTALLY THEN WE'RE SCREWED.
AND YOU,
ARE YOU MY THERAPY DOG?
ARE YOU GONNA HELP ME
GET THROUGH ALL MY WOES?
OR ARE YOU GONNA ABANDON ME?
[ WHIMPERING ]
JUST LIKE THE REST OF THEM.
WHOO.
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator:
225 MILES FROM DUTCH HARBOR...
Keith: ALL RIGHT, MOUSE,
WATCH OUT IN THERE.
Narrator:
...ON THE WIZARD...
MOUSE, PLEASE DO NOT
LEAVE A BUNCH OF CARROTS
SITTING AROUND
MY GOD[BLEEP] WORKSPACE.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL GET
MY [BLEEP] OUT OF THERE.
ALL RIGHT?
YOU GOTTA TRAVEL
A MILE AND A HALF
BACK DOWN THE HILL,
THE FIRST CRAB BOX.
Keith: RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HAULING
THE BEGINNING OF THE GEAR.
WE HAD GOOD FISHING
IN 2016 RIGHT HERE.
2015 RIGHT HERE AND LAST YEAR,
THERE WAS SOME CRAB
WAS FOUND UP HERE.
HOPEFULLY, WE'LL SEE
SOME KIND OF LIFE.
YOU KNOW, 14-HOUR SOAK,
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR, MOUSE?
CRAB AN HOUR?
CRAB AN HOUR, YEAH.
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
Narrator: CAPTAIN KEITH
FORGOES THE CROWDED
WESTERN MUD PIT.
INSTEAD, HE BEE-LINES IT
TO MORE ISOLATED GROUNDS
IN THE NORTHEAST.
WE GOT ALL THIS
GEAR SCATTERED OUT.
WE'VE PROBABLY GOT 50 MILES
OF DIRT COMING OR SOMETHING.
NOBODY'S OVER HERE BUT US.
YOU KNOW, OVER THERE
YOU GOT THE [BLEEP] MOB.
Narrator: NOW, IT'S TIME TO SEE
IF HIS LONE-WOLF STRATEGY
HAS PUT THEM ON THE MONEY.
THERE'S GONNA BE
A LOT OF RUNNING AROUND.
LOT OF LOOKING',
LOT OF SEARCHING,
SO GETTING ON SOME HOT
FISHING'S GONNA BE TOUGH.
-[ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
-2018!
HOW MANY BOATS AROUND HERE?
LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, WE LIKE
TO DO OUR THINGS ALONE.
THERE WE GO.
ON THE BOW.
GO TIME, FREDDIE!
YEAH, BABY! ACTION.
[ MEN SHOUT INDISTINCTLY ]
FIRST POT, FIRST POT,
NEEDS SOME ACTION, MAN.
ANY LUCKY STUFF GOING ON?
COME ON, GUYS, WE NEED TO HELP.
DO THE CRAB DANCE,
DO THE KNOCK, DO SOMETHING.
OH, THERE WE GO.
YEAH, BABY! COME ON...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
♪♪
I GOT A LOT RIDING ON
THIS KING CRAB SEASON
AND I CAN'T FAIL,
I CAN'T [BLEEP] FAIL.
GOTTA MAKE SURE WE GET THIS DONE
AND THAT WE CATCH THIS CRAB.
WE'RE BACK IN ACTION, BABY!
WE JUST NEED TO SEE SOME LIFE,
JUST SOME LIFE.
WE NEED TO SEE THAT
THERE'S CRAB OUT THERE.
♪♪
GIVE US SOME GOOD NUMBERS, BABY!
-OH, [BLEEP].
-WHAT THE [BLEEP]?
YEAH, THEY'RE GETTING A FEW,
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
SMALL CRAB IN THAT POT.
♪♪
THREE, OKAY, THREE.
THREE CRAB.
CERTAINLY, NOT GONNA PANIC.
YOU KNOW THIS AREA HERE, MAN,
THEY CAN ZERO-ZERO-ZERO,
150 JUST LIKE THAT.
[ SNAPS FINGERS ]
♪♪
[BLEEP] DAMN IT!
ALL RIGHT, LET'S AT LEAST
GET A 10-COUNT OUT OF THAT.
TWO, TWO CRAB.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE AFTER.
-NO GOOD.
-THREE.
NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD.
NOT GOOD! NOT GOOD AT ALL!
NOT THE FAST FISHING
WE NEED.
OH. [BLEEP].
WHAT IS THIS?
♪♪
WELL, WE KNOW WHERE NOT TO GO.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
GET THIS GEAR UP
AND GET OUT OF HERE.
Narrator:
50 MILES OF EMPTY POTS
WILL PUSH THIS LONE WOLF
BACK TO THE PACK.
UNFORTUNATELY,
WE HAVE NO OPTIONS.
I CAN'T AFFORD TO JUST KEEP
RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES
LOOKING FOR CRAB.
I GOT TO GET SOME
CRAB ON THIS BOAT.
SO, WE NEED TO GET
OUR GEAR DOWN THERE.
♪♪
COME ON!
Narrator: COMING UP...
Sig:
RADAR'S STARTING TO FILL UP.
YOU WANT TO GET
THE CRAB IN THE TANK.
♪♪
WHOO!
YOU GOTTA WATCH YOUR ASS.
THIS LITTLE PUNTY HOLE,
ALL TO OURSELVES.
-YEAH!
-YEAH!
NOW, THAT'S WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL POT.
OPEN THE BOMBAY DOORS, BOYS!
DUMP IT.
HE'S ABOUT 50 FEET
OFF MY STARTER RAIL [BLEEP].
-JOSH!
-CHILDISH [BLEEP] NONSENSE.
WHOA...
♪♪
MAN: All right,
do you have any...
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
-I don't know.
But there might be
a bunch of stuff going on...
Far West,
so hopefully we'll see...
Narrator: 240 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DUTCH HARBOR.
There's a lot of
freaking gear around.
That means everybody's here.
Everybody.
Narrator: OVER HALF THE FLEET
PACKS INTO
THE 800 SQUARE-MILE MUD PIT.
Casey: POT OVER THERE
AND MORE POTS OVER THERE.
Josh: EVERYBODY'S SETTING
TO CRAB IN ONE SPOT.
Narrator: CHASING DOWN
THE $250 BILLION SHOAL.
WELL, IT WAS RUMORED CRAB
WERE GONNA BE IN ONE SPOT
THIS YEAR, PROBABLY,
A LITTLE DEEPER.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE RADAR,
GUYS ARE STARTING TO PILE IN
ALREADY LIKE A BUNCH OF SHEEP.
Narrator:
ON THE NORTHWESTERN...
IT GETS MORE COMPETITIVE.
YOU ONLY GET A COUPLE OF PICKS.
IT'S USUALLY THE FIRST GUYS IN
THAT CAN GET OUT
WITH THEIR HEADS HIGH
AND GETS CRAB IN THE TANK.
Narrator: CAPTAIN SIG
AND HIS DAUGHTER, MANDY,
PULL UP TO THEIR
FIRST PROSPECT POT.
HERE WE GO.
COME ON!
WHOA.
-YEAH!
-COME ON!
COME ON!
Clark: WE'RE GONNA SPOT CHECK
ONE OF OUR POTS HERE.
WE'RE GONNA CHECK
AND SEE WHAT WE GOT.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF
THERE IS A SIGN OF LIFE.
Narrator: IT'S THE FIRST
CHANCE TO FIND OUT
IF THIS LEGENDARY HOARD IS
REAL OR JUST A FISH STORY.
♪♪
WHOO-HOO!
THE RULE OF THUMB IS IF
YOU'RE ON SUPER GOOD FISHING,
A CRAB AN HOUR IS THE BEST.
Narrator: ONE CRAB ENTERING
EACH POT PER HOUR
WOULD BE THE SIGN OF LIFE
THE CAPTAIN'S LOOKING FOR.
[ WHIRRING ]
-OH, YEAH.
-WHOO!
WE GOT LIFE!
HO-HO!
-[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
-YEAH, 45, AT LEAST.
BIG ONES?
-YEAH!
-I'M GONNA COME LOOK.
WATCH IT, OUT, MOVE,
MOVE, MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!
WHOO!
THERE'S A LOT MORE BIG
IN THERE THAN SMALL!
-YEAH!
-WHOO!
AHH, YEAH!
♪♪
-You want to know what we have?
-HOW MANY?
-65.
-65 IN 18?
-Yeah.
-BOOM! [BLEEP].
DUDE,
THAT'S THREE CRAB AN HOUR.
OH, YEAH!
OH, IT'S ON, IT'S ON!
IT'S ON!
Narrator: A THREE CRAB AN HOUR
PACE IS A TANK STUFFER,
PROOF THAT THEY'RE
ON THE MUD PIT'S
$250 BILLION MOTHER LODE.
YOU TELL ME,
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SET?
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
WE CAN SET ANY DIRECTION.
I CAN SET 'EM IN
CIRCLES IF I WANTED TO.
NO ONE CAN TELL
YOU WHAT TO DO.
SOMEBODY COMES IN,
"OH, THEY'RE TOO CLOSE,
OH, THEY'RE...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]."
KISS MY ASS!
YOU CAN SET 'EM ANYWAY YOU
WANT, ANYWHERE YOU WANT,
ANY HOW YOU WANT.
-SO, HOW WOULD YOU SET 'EM?
-EAST TO WEST.
-EAST?
-I'M GONNA GO ACROSS.
-GOOD CALL!
-I'M GONNA GO ACROSS.
GOOD CALL!
OKAY, LET'S GET
'EM IN THE WATER.
GO!
♪♪
THESE ARE THE ONES
MANDY PICKED OUT.
SHE'S HEADING 'EM EAST TO WEST
BECAUSE OF THAT ONE POT
WE FOUND THAT HAD 65 IN 18.
IT'S GONNA GET TIGHT IN HERE.
SO THE MAIN THING IS
TO GET YOUR GEAR IN,
NOT ON SOMEBODY IF
YOU CAN HELP IT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF
WHAT WE'RE DOING.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST
PLAYING THE GAME.
I LIKE PLAYING THE GAME.
♪♪
WIZARD'SRIGHT THERE.
IS HE SETTING?
Narrator:
AFTER A FULL THROTTLE STEAM,
CAPTAIN KEITH ELBOWS
HIS WAY INTO THE MUD PIT.
LOOKS LIKE SIG AND I ARE
GONNA BE DUKING IT OUT
A LITTLE BIT HERE.
WE'RE GONNA SLAM
THAT GEAR IN THERE
AND WE'RE NOT GONNA
TAKE A NIBBLE OUT OF THAT
SHOAL OF CRAB.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE
A REAL HEALTHY BITE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THESE
BOATS RIGHT HERE.
THEY'RE JUST ABSOLUTELY BOMBING
THIS AREA HERE IN FORMATION.
♪♪
COMING DOWN HERE AT YOU, MATEY!
DON'T MAKE US ANY MONEY
SITTING ON THE BOW!
MOUSE,
I'VE BEEN TRAVELING AROUND
PATHS WHERE I WANTED TO SET
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT
TO SHOW MY CARDS YET.
SEAN ON THE BRENNA
'CAUSE HE'S TRAVELING
RIGHT THROUGH HERE AS WELL.
BUT AT THIS POINT,
YOU KNOW WHAT,
A COUPLE OF TWO OR THREE
BOATS GOING RIGHT THROUGH
WHERE I WANT TO SET.
I'M [BLEEP] SHOWING THE CARDS.
I'M SETTING MY GEAR.
BRAVO, BRAVO, SET 'EM
WHEN IT'S READY.
YEAH, BABY!
[ MEN SHOUT INDISTINCTLY ]
THERE SHE GOES!
THAT'S WHAT WE BEEN
WAITING FOR!
♪♪
IS HE TURNING TO
SET RIGHT THERE?
Narrator:
CLOSING IN ON ALL SIDES,
THE FLEET IS TURNING THE MUD PIT
INTO THE BATTLEGROUND
EVERYONE FEARED.
ALL READY, BOYS.
ARE WE READY?
WE ARE READY!
Narrator: BRENNA ACAPTAIN,
SEAN DWYER'S FIRST POTS
WILL LET HIM KNOW IF
THESE CROWDED WATERS
ARE WORTH GOING
TOE TO TOE WITH THE BIG BOYS.
LOTS OF LIFE, LOTS OF
ACTION ON THE SOUNDER
MEANS THAT THERE'S
STUFF DOWN THERE
THAT THE CRAB ARE EATING.
WE'RE FIGHTING THE SEASON
RIGHT HERE.
Sean: THE PRESSURE'S BEEN ON ME
TO PERFORM, HONESTLY.
I'M TRYING TO BUY ME A BOAT
SO I'M HOPING THAT
THIS THING PRODUCES.
♪♪
HERE IT COMES!
COME ON, COME ON!
OH, [BLEEP],
LOOK AT THAT THING!
WHOA-HO, YEAH!
[ CHEERING ]
WHOO-HOO! HALFWAY FULL.
WHOO!
WHOO!
♪♪
THERE'S JUST TONS OF CRAB.
♪♪
THERE'S RIDERS
DOWN THERE TOO, SO...
HOLD ON, I'M ENJOYING THIS.
I'M ENJOYING THIS.
54! YEAH!
THAT'S THE KIND OF POT THAT
YOU CAN BUY A NEW BOAT WITH.
BOOM!
♪♪
THIS POT HAS RIDERS IN IT, TOO.
WHAT THAT TELLS ME,
THERE'S STILL CRAB DOWN THERE
TRYING' TO GET INTO
THIS VERY POT.
THEY WANT IN, THEY'RE NOT
DONE YET, THEY NEED MORE.
-57!
-WHOO!
57!
Narrator:
LOADED POTS ARE ALL THE PROOF
SEAN NEEDS TO MAKE
A STAND AT THE MUD PIT.
AND HE WASTES NO
TIME ROLLING HIS GEAR
BACK ONTO THE BIOMASS.
-GET UP.
-GET IT, GET IT, GET IT, GET IT.
[ CHEERING ]
BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG,
BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG!
GOING OUT!
♪♪
LET'S GO, BOYS.
YEAH!
SWEET!
♪♪
THIS IS EXACTLY
THE START OF WHAT WE NEED.
WE KEEP CATCHING POTS LIKE THIS,
WE ARE ON OUR WAY HOME
AND I'M GONNA BUY A NEW BOAT.
♪♪
WHAT?
THERE'S GEAR OVER HERE.
WHO IS IT?
3-5-2-6-5.
WITH A W ON TOP.
WIZARD.
♪♪
CAPTAIN KEITH
ON THE WIZARD.
OOH, WHAT IS THAT?
A NORTHWESTERNPOT?
MAN, THERE IS GEAR EVERYWHERE.
♪♪
GOOD [BLEEP].
I'm gonna bring some
gear in tonight.
Yeah, people are hitting it
really hard.
All the crab are
jammed in one place.
Narrator: IN THE CROWDED WATERS
OF THE MUD PIT...
[ LAUGHS ]
Sean: CAPTAIN KEITH.
OOH, WHAT IS THAT?
A NORTHWESTERNPOT?
WHAT?
MAN, THERE IS GEAR EVERYWHERE.
Narrator:
POTS BELONGING TO THE WIZARD
AND THE NORTHWESTERNSURROUND
CAPTAIN SEAN DWYER'S SECOND SET.
THEY SET RIGHT THROUGH MY GEAR,
RIGHT ON MY GEAR.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING BUOYS
FROM THE OTHER BOAT
GOING BY EVERY OTHER POT
SO THIS GUY'S STEALING
HALF OUR CRAB.
Narrator:
THE INFLUX OF ENEMY POTS
THREATENS TO DERAIL
SEAN'S QUICK KING SEASON
AND HIS ABILITY
TO BUY A NEW BOAT.
Zack: WELL, SOMEBODY
DECIDED TO SIT DOWN
ON OUR BLACKJACK CABLE.
IT'S NOT HELPING US OUT.
I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
NAVIGATE AROUND THESE GUYS.
♪♪
Narrator: DOWN SOUTH,
FAR FROM THE PACKED WATERS
OF THE MUD PIT...
ABOUT 60-70 MILES AWAY
FROM THE NEAREST BOAT.
I'M MORE NERVOUS THAN ANYTHING.
ALL RIGHT, HERE SHE COMES.
Narrator:
SAGACAPTAIN, JAKE ANDERSON,
IS HALFWAY THROUGH
HIS FIRST PICK.
[ WHIRRING ]
-OH!
WHOMP, WHOMP, WHOMP.
♪♪
WHOMP, WHOMP, WHOMP.
WE'RE IN FEMALE COUNTRY.
NOT GOOD!
ALL GARBAGE HERE!
-ALL GARBAGE!
-FEMALES.
Narrator: ONLY MALE CRAB CAN
LEGALLY GO INTO THE TANKS.
3-0.
TWO SAVES!
Narrator: SO, AN ALL-FEMALE HAUL
WON'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP
THE CAPTAIN'S BOTTOM LINE.
SO ZERO ON THAT ONE.
THIS IS A TERRIBLE START.
WE MIGHT AS WELL BE IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE SAHARA
WITHOUT A GLASS OF WATER.
OH!
BUNCH OF FEMALES.
OH!
FEMALES.
NOT GOOD.
Narrator:
JAKE'S GAMBLE TO GO IT ALONE
AND FISH OUTSIDE
THE STORIED MUD PIT IS A BUST.
[ BLEEP ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
SAGA,JAKE SPEAKING.
IT'S SEAN.
Yo, Jake,
how you looking man?
I AM ON NOTHING.
I got nothing in my pots.
OH, REALLY?
WHOO! YEAH!
I'M ON SUPER HOT FISHING,
BUT NOW THESE GUYS ARE
JUST SLAMMING IT WITH GEAR.
I'M CROSSING SIG AND KEITH
AND ALL THESE GUYS.
YOU KNOW, UNCLE FESTER
AND OLD MAN WINTER
ARE TRYING TO
POACH MY TERRITORY.
THESE OLDER GUYS,
THEY'RE TELLING ME,
DON'T CROSS MY GEAR,
YOU'RE SETTING TOO CLOSE,
BUT THEN THESE OLDER
GUYS HAVE SET ME DOWN
IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
HOW MUCH GEAR YOU GOT ON BOARD?
I GOT 91, 92 POTS.
DUDE, LET'S SET THEM DOWN, BUD.
BOX 'EM OUT.
I'll help you.
DUDE, I WILL POT HIS ASS DOWN.
THOSE TWO ARE THE WORST
PARTNERS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
JAKE, JAKE.
I'M TRYING TO TEACH
YOU HOW TO FISH, JAKE.
STOP WALKING ON ME.
FIND YOUR OWN
[BLEEP] INFORMATION!
GO OUT AND FIND IT YOURSELF!
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT!
GET OUT, GET OUT!
Narrator:
SCARRED BY PAST PARTNERSHIPS
WITH KEITH AND SIG...
Jake: THEY'RE THE WORST.
YOU HELP THEM CATCH THEIR CRAB
THEN THEY TELL YOU
TO [BLEEP] OFF.
Narrator:
...JAKE JOINS THE RESISTANCE.
I HATE FISHING WITH THOSE GUYS.
I WANT THEM TO LOSE!
I WANT THEM TO FAIL!
Sean:
DUDE, HE'S PASSIONATE.
THIS GUY WANTS ONE
THING AND IT'S BLOOD.
Well, let's do it, dude.
Let's box 'em out.
GO [BLEEP] BEAT THOSE GUYS!
Narrator: THE PLAN?
DRIVE THEM OUT BY
DROPPING THEIR OWN POTS
ON THE VETERANS' GEAR,
STEALING AWAY
KEITH AND SIG'S CRAB.
I DO WANT TO CATCH MY CRAB.
WELL, YOU CAN GET BOTH 'CAUSE
THERE'S A TON OF CRAB HERE
AND YOU NEED TO GET UP HERE
BEFORE THOSE LITTLE MEN
FREAKING TRY TO TAKE IT ALL.
See how they like it when
the tables are turned.
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator: RETURNING TO
THE WESTERN MUD PIT.
ONE OVER!
YEAH!
Narrator:
CAPTAIN STEVE "HARLEY" DAVIDSON
STEERS THE MASSIVE SOUTHERN WIND
BACK TO HIS OLD HOT SPOT.
BACK HOME AGAIN.
I'M DONE WITH THAT
ALASKA STATE CRAB,
AND SO NOW IT'S MY TURN
TO GO CATCH OUR CRAB.
♪♪
WE'RE GONNA GO HIT THIS
LITTLE MUD PIT I GOT.
IT'S JUST RIGHT ON THE EDGE
OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN FISHING.
I'M GONNA JUST TURN
AND BURN AND SET THESE PUPPIES
RIGHT IN IT.
I JUST KIND OF
KEPT IT IN RESERVE.
♪♪
Narrator: WHILE THE REST OF
THE FLEET SCOURS
THE 800 SQUARE-MILE AREA,
BASED ON AGING INTEL...
ALL TO OURSELVES,
THIS LITTLE HONEY HOLE.
Narrator: ...HARLEY MANAGED TO
KEEP A SMALL CANYON
ON THE FAR WESTERN EDGE OF
THE MUD PIT, HIS SECRET.
HOLD, HOLD, HOLD.
WHOO!
SO I'M GONNA GO WITH THIS
ANGLE ON THE WAVES,
SO YOU GOTTA WATCH YOUR ASS.
♪♪
Y'ALL READY TO LET IT RIP?
♪♪
RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING
AT A DITCH,
WHICH MEANS THAT
WE'RE SIDE TO ALL THE WAVES.
THAT MEANS YOU GO DOWN INTO
A DITCH, YOU GET KNOCKED AROUND.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING
IN A WASHING MACHINE.
NOT A LOT OF FUN.
Narrator: TO DROP HIS POTS
AT A PRECISE LOCATION,
HARLEY DRIVES BROADSIDE
TO THE WEATHER.
♪♪
THEY CAN COME SURFING OVER
THE SIDE ON THIS COURSE,
FOR SURE.
POT OVER.
I REFUSE TO STOP
OR DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
THESE GUYS ARE SKILLED ENOUGH,
THIS BOAT'S AWESOME ENOUGH
THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE ON LIKE THIS.
THIS FLEET'S PRETTY EFFICIENT,
WHEN THEY COME IN
THEY CAN GOBBLE SOME CRAB.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA LET ME HAVE
THIS TO MYSELF FOREVER,
SO I GOTTA MAKE HAY RIGHT NOW.
TIME TO GET THESE IN THE WATER.
♪♪
CHECK IT OUT.
THIS IS WHY IT TAKES ME A LONG
TIME TO GET MY RAIN GEAR ON
IN THE MORNING, I'VE GOTTA
DRESS THE CHIHUAHUA, TOO.
[ SEAGULLS CALLING ]
ALL RIGHT, GUYS,
FIRST POT COMING UP.
♪♪
Nick: WE'RE ON OUR FIRST STRING
OF OUR 2018 RED CRAB
SEASON RIGHT NOW.
JUST HOPING THAT
CAPTAIN WILD BILL
put us on some crab.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY AROUND,
IF WE FIND CRAB, IT'S AWESOME.
I'M NOT OVERLY EXCITED
AND I'M SOMEWHAT OPTIMISTIC,
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
Narrator: IGNORING
THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM,
CAPTAIN "WILD" BILL
IS SET AWAY FROM THE DOG PILE,
EVEN FURTHER WEST
THAN THE MUD PIT.
THE WEST SIDE HAS BEEN
HOTTER THAN HELL, I JUST,
WE'VE JUST GONE TO WHERE
WE'VE HAD SOME HISTORY
IN THE PAST,
COVERED A BUNCH OF DEPTHS.
THE BEST WAY IS TO PUT A POT
IN THE WATER, HAUL IT,
SEE THE CRAB, AND WORK
OFF YOUR OWN INFO.
♪♪
WHERE'S ERIK?
I DON'T KNOW.
OH, WHERE IS ERIK?
WHERE IS ERIK?
I'VE BEEN ASKING
THAT QUESTION A LOT.
THERE'S NO ERIK ON DECK,
HE'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
I KNOW HE'S LATE ON DECK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS CONCEPT
HAS NOT REACH HIS [BLEEP] BRAIN.
WE SHOULD JUST START
CALLING HIM WALDO,
IF YOU COULD EVER FIND HIM.
OH, THERE HE IS.
HEY, THERE HE IS!
WHERE'S WALDO?
NOW HE JUST WALKED UP WITH
A PAIR OF PANTS ON, NOTHING,
A PAIR OF RAIN PANTS.
NOWHERE CLOSE TO
BEING READY TO GO.
YOU'RE LATE AGAIN!
YEAH, HAVING A [BLEEP]
FASHION EMERGENCY.
FASHION EMERGENCY IS
ERIK'S EXCUSE THIS TIME.
HAVEN'T HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE.
♪♪
♪♪
COME ON, MOTHER[BLEEP].
CRAB! CRAB!
OH, PLEASE,
LET THERE BE CRAB!
A LITTLE NERVOUS,
A LITTLE NERVOUS.
I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
HOPEFULLY, IT'S A LUCKY BREAK,
SOMETIMES THEY WASH YOUR WAY,
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
WATCH, COVER YOUR...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
♪♪
LET'S GO, COME ON.
WHOA.
[ CHEERING ]
FIRST POT OF THE SEASON,
I TRY NOT TO GET TOO PUMPED,
BUT...
YEAH...
THAT'S ALL MALE!
YEAH, THERE'S A BIG ONE THERE!
NO COMPLAINTS.
THIS POT'S LOOKING LIKE
SOMEWHERE IN THE 40s AND 50s.
OH, YEAH!
NICE, BIG, CLEAN CRAB.
-YEAH!
-YEAH.
-[ LAUGHS ]
-WHOO.
-WHOO.
-WHOO!
4-0! WHOO! YEAH.
Narrator: WHILE OTHER CAPTAINS
SCRATCH AND CLAW
FOR THEIR SHARE OF
THE CRAB HORDE,
BILL HAS FOUND HIS VERY
OWN HONEY HOLE.
YEAH, BABY.
HEY.
HOORAH.
[ DOG WHINES ]
YOU EXCITED?
YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY FOR ME.
WE'RE CATCHING CRAB.
[ CHEERING ]
FULL OF CRABS.
NINE POUNDS.
CHA-CHING.
Narrator: THE BIG NUMBERS ARE
GREAT NEWS FOR EVERYONE.
EXCEPT, MAYBE, ERIK, WHO IS NOW
RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN
JUST GETTING DRESSED.
HEY, THAT'S LOOSE,
THAT'S LOOSE.
WHAT DO I DO WITH HER?
ERIK IS STEADILY
GOING DOWNHILL.
WHAT IS GOING ON OVER HERE?
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED,
LIKE WE REALLY,
QUIET, QUIET, QUIET,
ALL RIGHT?
-LISTEN TO ME.
-OKAY.
WE REALLY NEED YOU
TO PERFORM OUT HERE,
WE REALLY NEED YOU TO,
LIKE, YOU KNOW, STEP UP.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S THE...
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA YELL
AT HIM, TOO, FOR NOT WORKING.
GET IT TOGETHER.
Bill: I HAVE A FUNNY FEELING
HE'S NOT GONNA MAKE IT.
♪♪
Narrator: 225 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DUTCH HARBOR,
YEAH, 2018, LET'S GO, WHOO!
♪♪
EVERYBODY SAID THAT
THE CRAB ARE IN ONE SPOT,
WELL, WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT IF
THEY'RE RIGHT OR THEY'RE WRONG.
Narrator: CORNELIA MARIE
CAPTAINS JOSH HARRIS
AND CASEY McMANUS
HAUL THEIR FIRST POTS
OUT OF THE CROWDED MUD PIT.
I'M REALLY HOPING THERE'S
A LOT OF CRAB IN THIS POT,
BECAUSE IF WE DO
GOOD THIS SEASON,
THEN WE GOT A SHOT
AT A LOT OF QUOTA.
Narrator: ON THE LINE,
A CHANCE TO SECURE $1 MILLION
OF EXTRA QUOTA,
IF THEY CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH
THE CROWD AND HIT PAYDIRT.
COME ON, GET IN!
♪♪
PLEASE BE IN THERE,
PLEASE BE IN THERE.
JOB'S UP, WHOA!
-YEAH!
-YEAH!
[ LAUGHING ]
NOW THAT'S WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S A [BLEEP]
BEAUTIFUL POT.
YEAH, BABY, THERE'S THE MEAT!
♪♪
BERING SEA CHERRIES.
♪♪
THAT'S 70 ON THAT ONE,
CASEY.
7-0.
-70.
-70.
WHOO!
YEAH, BABY, LOOK AT THAT!
HOLY [BLEEP], YEAH!
OH, YEAH!
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED,
RIGHT THERE,
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
WE NEED RIGHT THERE.
WHOO!
Narrator: NOW THAT THE MASSIVE
HORDE OF CRAB IS NO LONGER
A RUMOR...
GOING OVER.
Narrator:
...THOSE WHO GOT THERE EARLY
GORGE ON THE $250,000 BOUNTY.
THE RADAR'S STARTING TO
FILL UP, YOU KNOW,
GUYS WERE WORRIED ABOUT CRAB
BEING IN ONE SPOT,
AND NOW IT'S STARTING
TO LOOK LIKE THAT'S THE CASE.
I'M JUST GLAD WE GOT IN
SOON ENOUGH,
BECAUSE BY THE TIME
THIS WAR'S OVER,
YOU WANNA
GET THE CRAB IN THE TANK.
YOU SEE THESE BOATS,
AND THEY'RE ALL,
JUST, LIKE, FARMING OUT HERE.
Narrator: SKIPPER KEITH COLBURN
IS READY TO FEAST...
OH, THERE HE IS.
DUDE, YOU SEEING
WHAT I'M SEEING?
HE'S GOING RIGHT THROUGH
MY GEAR RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: ...AT THE EXPENSE OF
BRENNA ACAPTAIN, SEAN DWYER.
OH, DUDE, HE IS UP
IN YOUR GEAR RIGHT NOW.
OH, MY GOD.
WE'RE GONNA SET ABOUT
10 POTS OFF THE END
AS AN ACTUAL STRING, THEN
WE'LL SET ANOTHER STRING.
[ LAUGHS ]
[ BIRDS CALLING ]
WHAT THE [BLEEP]?
WHO'S THAT?
[ BIRDS CALLING ]
WHAT THE [BLEEP]?
-THAT'S JUST BOMBARDING.
-YEAH.
Narrator: CAPTAINS SEAN AND JAKE
TAKE UP POSITIONS TO
BOX IN THE WIZARD.
♪♪
YEAH, WELL, YOU'RE ABOUT
50 FEET OFF MY STARBOARD RAIL,
[BEEP]HOLE, I'M TRYING
TO SET GEAR HERE.
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
HEY, HOLD THAT POT,
DON'T SET THAT POT,
I GOT HIM COMING RIGHT UP
ON MY STARBOARD SIDE, GUYS.
SET 'EM FELLAS.
LOWER!
THERE SHE GOES!
WHOO-HOO, HELL, YEAH.
WHOO!
OPEN THE BOMB BAY DOORS, BOYS.
GET 'EM.
Narrator:
FOR EVERY POT KEITH SETS,
THE YOUNG CAPTAINS SET TWO OF
THEIR OWN IN THE SAME SPOT...
[ CHEERING ]
Narrator: ...SIPHONING OFF
WOULD-BE WIZARDCRAB.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: BASICALLY, CRABBER
CODE FOR COCKING A SHOTGUN
AND SHOUTING,
"GET OFF MY LAWN!"
HELLO.
YOU GUYS, MAN,
THIS IS NOT [BLEEP] SMART.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE [BLEEP] UP TO.
GO AHEAD, DUMP IT.
[BLEEP] YOU GUYS.
SET 'EM BOYS.
HE'S PISSED.
DUMP IT.
Man:
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
[BLEEP] IDIOTS, MAN.
JUST [BLEEP] LUNACY.
THIS IS [BLEEP] CHILDISH
[BLEEP] NONSENSE.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS,
COMING HARD TO PORT, HERE.
[BLEEP] THESE GUYS.
GUYS, GO HAVE SOME FUN
ON YOUR OWN, OKAY?
DUDE, HE'S RUNNING.
Yeah, he's making
a break for it, man.
Jake: [ LAUGHS ]
WE GOT HIM, WE GOT HIM!
LATER, PROFESSOR.
THESE GUYS THINK
THEY'RE GONNA PLAY SOME
CHILDISH PRANK ON ME,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY GOT ANOTHER THINK COMING.
Narrator: INSTEAD OF RUNNING
FROM THE BATTLE...
GET THE WELDER OUT,
GET THE WELDER OUT.
GET THE POT OUT OF THE RACK,
GET IT OUT OF THE RACK,
TIE THAT [BLEEP] DOWN,
AND GET READY TO HAUL A POT.
WE'RE HAULING ONE OF [BLEEP]
JAKE'S POTS, ALL RIGHT?
NOT GOOD.
Narrator: ...THE VETERAN SKIPPER
ENGINEERS A SALTY RETALIATION.
I NEED SOME EYEBALLS ON
THE PORT SIDE,
I GOT ONE MORE POT OVER THERE
I WANNA GO GRAB, THE BRENNA'S.
RIGHT ON, BABY.
WELCOME ABOARD.
WE'RE SETTING BOTH THESE --
WE'RE WELDING THESE TWO POTS
TOGETHER, GUYS.
WELD THE [BLEEP] TOGETHER,
WE'RE GONNA SET 'EM
RIGHT TOGETHER,
[BLEEP] AROUND WITH THEM
AS MUCH AS YOU [BLEEP] WANT,
MAKE SURE THEY
GET THE PRESENT BACK.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY,
PAYBACK IS A BITCH!
♪♪
RIGHT ON, FREDDY.
THESE [BLEEP] GUYS THINK
THEY CAN [BLEEP] PLAY GAMES
WITH A [BLEEP] OLD PRO?
[BLEEP] THESE GUYS.
♪♪
Narrator:
THIS WEEK ON SALTY TAKES,
HEY, WHERE WE GONNA FISH?
[ DOG WHINES ]
EARN YOUR BISCUITS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
[ DOG WHINES ]
I WAS GONNA START AT
THE SOMBRERO IN YOUR HONOR,
BUT I THINK IT'S ALL SMALLS
AND FEMALES.
[ DOG WHINES ]
WELL, LOOK AT YOU,
YOU'RE SMALL AND MALE, HA!
WANNA GO A LITTLE DEEPER?
[ WHINES LOUDLY ]
ALL RIGHT, WELL,
DON'T GET TOO BOSSY,
I'M JUST ASKING FOR HELP,
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO
TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
GO GET ME A SANDWICH,
AND I'LL LET YOU GO.
[ DOG WHINES ]
♪♪
TAKE ALL FOUR BAGS
AND TIE THEM TOGETHER
SO THAT ALL FOUR BAGS GO OVER IN
ONE BIG WAD OF [BLEEP].
Narrator:
ON THE PACKED WESTERN MUD PIT...
I THINK HE'S GOT
MY POT ON BOARD.
UH, HE MIGHT HAVE
ONE OF MINE, TOO.
HE'S JUST TRYING TO
GET HIS REVENGE.
GO AHEAD AND DUMP IT.
GOING OVER.
Narrator: VETERAN SKIPPER
KEITH COLBURN FIRES BACK
AFTER BEING SET DOWN BY YOUNGER
CAPTAINS SEAN AND JAKE.
[ LAUGHING ]
OH, BOY, I THINK THEY'RE
GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME
WITH THAT ONE.
OH, DUDE, WHAT THE HELL
DID HE DO TO THAT THING?
[ BLEEP ]
THAT'S DEFINITELY OUR GEAR
AND THE SAGA'SGEAR
ALL WRAPPED TOGETHER.
-DID YOU GET 'EM BOTH?
-YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY.
DAMN IT, JUST RUN BOTH
LINES AT THE SAME TIME,
COIL THEM SEPARATELY.
DAMN, THIS IS
A [BLEEP] SNAILS.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED THE CRANE
AND THE PICKING HOOK,
AREN'T YOU?
OH, DUDE.
DUDE, HE HAD TIME
TO WELD THOSE TWO?
Sean: OH, YEAH,
THEY'RE WELDED TOGETHER.
BRING IT UP, BRING IT UP,
BRING IT UP.
-BE VERY CAREFUL.
-DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.
THERE'S GARBAGE
BAGS IN THE BOTTOM.
AND THEY GAVE US
THEIR TRASH, TOO.
[ BLEEP ]
WHAT THE EFF, BRO?
[ LAUGHING ]
[ GRUNTING ]
POW, POW, OOH, OOH!
OOH, OOH!
WELDED TOGETHER,
WE NEED A, UH...
RUN, RUN FOR A CUTTING DISK.
IT'S A [BLEEP] DAMN
BRAND-NEW POT.
[ SAW WHIRRING ]
WELL PLAYED, SIR,
WELL PLAYED.
I'M OUT OF HERE, GOOD RIDDANCE,
ENJOY THE DAY.
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
KEITH BAILED OUT,
WE SCARED HIM OFF,
BUT HE GOT US BACK.
ALL IS FAIR IN
THE GAME OF BERING SEA WAR.
♪♪
Narrator: 50 MILES NORTH,
FAR FROM THE FLEET...
...ON THE SUMMER BAY...
I AM ULTRA EXCITED,
WE GOT ABOUT THREE MILES
OF SOLID NUMBERS, THE MIDDLE
WAS KIND OF A SWEET SPOT,
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD
AND PLACE IT.
EXTRA BAIT IT, AND YOU GOTTA
LET IT SIT A LITTLE BIT.
Narrator: CAPTAIN "WILD" BILL
BOMBARDS A SCHOOL OF CRAB
AWAY FROM THE MAIN HORDE.
WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD
FISHING PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY,
WE'RE SETTING THESE POTS
BACK ON THE CRAB WE SAW.
Narrator: TO FILL HIS TANKS,
BILL LEANS ON
THREE VETERAN DECKHANDS.
I'M WORRIED.
I'M USED TO HAVING FIVE GUYS.
I GOT 3 1/2.
MY THREE GUYS,
THEY'LL TRY THEIR DAMNEDEST
UNTIL THEY GET BURNED OUT.
LOWER.
♪♪
OH, [BLEEP] ERIK'S
NOT OUT THERE AGAIN,
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE [BLEEP] HIS PROBLEM IS.
Narrator: ERIK'S PROBLEM?
HE DOESN'T OWN A WATCH.
♪♪
I THINK HE JUST WANTS
TO GET FIRED, YOU KNOW?
HE'S [BLEEP] WITH OUR MONEY.
I DON'T WANT TO BURY
THE KID,
BUT SOMETIMES [BLEEP]
JUST GETS TO BE TOO MUCH.
♪♪
GET YOUR [BLEEP] OUT ON
DECK WITH THE REST OF
THE CREW, YOU LAZY [BLEEP].
I'VE HAD ENOUGH, YOU [BLEEP].
YOU'RE MESSING WITH
MY LIVELIHOOD,
YOU [BLEEP] SUCKER.
YOU [BLEEP] DO IT AGAIN
I'M GONNA SEE HOW TOUGH YOU
REALLY ARE, YOU [BLEEP].
DO YOU UNDERSTAND, [BLEEP]?
DO I HAVE TO [BLEEP]
SAY ANYTHING MORE TO YOU?
♪♪
OKAY, LET HER GO,
WE'RE GONNA GO ON THE MARK.
♪♪
HE'S THE LAST ONE OUT
BY 10, 15 MINUTES?
IT'S UNHEARD OF BY ANYBODY,
LET ALONE THE NEW GUY.
IT'S YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH BAIT
FOR THE STRING, AND THERE
WASN'T ENOUGH [BLEEP] BAIT.
Bill: THIS IS WORK
AND I DON'T THINK HE'S EVER
HAD TO WORK BEFORE IN HIS LIFE.
MY MISTAKE.
I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BE ABLE
TO HELP SOMEBODY OUT,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT SURE THERE IS
ANY HELPING THIS [BLEEP].
♪♪
Narrator:
BACK IN THE WESTERN MUD PIT...
Sig: NOW MAKE A TURN,
SO YOU'RE NOT PUSHING ON
THE RUDDER TOO HARD.
NOW YOU'RE -- JAM IT,
RIGHT DOWN, RIGHT DOWN,
ALL THE WAY.
GET HER GOING, THERE YOU GO.
[ BLEEP ]
SO WE'RE COMING UP ON
THE FIRST BAG OF MY STRING HERE,
OF MY DECK LOAD.
I'M REALLY HOPING FOR
A SIGN OF CRAB HERE.
♪♪
YOU GUYS READY?
WHOO!
WHOO! GET HER
IN THE BALL GAME.
THIS IS GAME DAY, BITCHES!
♪♪
-YEAH, BUDDY.
-YEAH, BUDDY!
WE DID A SPOT CHECK
ON OUR FIRST STRING,
THERE WAS 65 IN IT.
GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED,
I HOPE WE HIT SOMETHING.
Narrator: A THREE CRAB AN HOUR
PROSPECT POT
CONVINCED THE HANSENS TO DROP
THEIR REMAINING GEAR...
HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND
A LITTLE SPOT, YOU KNOW,
HAMMER THAT DOWN, AND GET
SOMETHING GOING HERE.
Narrator: ...AND MAKE THE MOST
OF THESE GROUNDS
BEFORE THEY'RE
COMPLETELY OVERRUN.
[ WHIRRING ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
♪♪
[ WHIRRING ]
OH, YEAH, THERE WE GO!
-THERE WE GO.
-YEAH!
-YEAH!
-DON'T MISS A BEAT.
-THAT WAS AWESOME!
-YEAH!
COME ON, MAN,
YOU GOTTA ENJOY.
YOU KNOW,
A WORD ABOUT HAULING POTS,
YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK
AT THE CRAB ON THAT,
LOOK AT THE TABLE, IT'S FULL!
-YEAH.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
70, 7-0.
-BANG.
-COME ON!
LET'S GO GET SOME, COME ON.
COME ON, BABY,
SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT.
OOH.
[ WHIRRING ]
YEAH!
OH, BOY.
Mandy: HA, HA.
OH, YEAH!
YEAH!
WHOO!
WHAT WOULD KEITH DO?
[ IMITATES DANCE BEAT ]
74.
74!
74. COME ON!
♪♪
SO YOUR GUT WAS RIGHT.
YOU WANTED TO GO EAST WEST,
KIND OF DO THAT, WE'LL SEE.
ONCE WE GET TO THE END OF
THIS STRING, WE'LL KNOW.
THEN YOU REALLY CAN DIAL IN,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
-YEAH.
-REALLY DIAL.
LIKE NAPALM.
BANG!
[ CHEERING ]
IT'S GONNA BE A WAR OUT THERE.
WE KNOW THERE'S CRAB OUT THERE.
WE GOT ALL OUR BAGS, WE GOT
ALL OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET,
AND THAT'S IT.
AND THE BAD NEWS IS THE FLEET'S
GOT GEAR IN THERE, TOO.
[ LINE RINGING ]
IT'S ABOUT GOING OUT
AND CATCHING YOUR CRAB,
AND BEATING THE BOAT
NEXT TO YOU.
Is that you, Sean?
HEY, BUDDY,
ONE DOWN ONE TO GO, HUH?
SIG'S NEXT.
HE WON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
♪ AH ♪
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE
SETTING RIGHT
ON TOP OF OTHER PEOPLE.
WE GOT A FAIR AMOUNT OF
QUOTA TO CATCH,
WE REALLY GOTTA DO IT WELL,
BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF EYES
ON US RIGHT NOW.
THE COMPETITION IS GONNA BREAK
SOME OF THESE GUYS.
HEY, I KNEW YOU TOLD ME
THAT YOU WOULDN'T GO UNLESS
I BROUGHT YOUR HUMAN WITH YOU,
BUT WHAT'S UP WITH HIM?
IT'S GAME ON. IT'S NOW OR NEVER.
COME ON NOW, COME ON NOW,
BE NICE TO ME.
♪ AH, AH, AH ♪
OOH.
[ CHEERING ]
SIG AND KEITH AND BILL,
THIS IS GONNA BE SO COOL,
TO COME AND JUST
SMOKE THEIR ASS.
I'M COMING FOR 'EM,
AND THEY BETTER KNOW IT.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪ WHEN IT ALL GOES DOWN ♪
♪ I'M GONNA RUN THIS TOWN ♪
AH!
I CAN'T LET YOU FIGURE OUT
IF DEATH IS A BIG
ENOUGH CONSEQUENCE FOR YOU.
♪ LIVE IN THIS TOWN ♪
♪ DIE IN THIS TOWN ♪
♪ ONCE AGAIN, HERE WE GO ♪
♪ ANOTHER NAME WILL FALL ♪
Sig: YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH
BEFORE IT BEATS YOU.
HOW MANY CHANCES YOU GONNA GET?
♪ THOUGHT YOU WAS GOOD, HUH? ♪
MORNING, GUYS, WE GOT
OUR BUTTS HANDED TO US
LAST NIGHT.
THE WIZARDIS TAKING ON WATER.
THEY HAVE TO PLAY CAT
AND MOUSE WITH THE ICE.
GO, GO, GO, GO, GO!
[ CHEERING ]
HEY, WHAT WAS THAT?
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
♪ I WON'T DIE IN THIS TOWN ♪
[ SIREN WAILS ]
CRAB FISHING REMAINS ONE OF
THE WORLD'S MOST
DANGEROUS PROFESSIONS.
♪♪
WE PAY TRIBUTE TO
ALL THE FISHERMAN
AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO HAVE
MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE.
INCLUDING THOSE LOST THIS
JANUARY OFF THE OREGON COAST.
♪♪
AND NOW...
THE SEASON PREMIERE
OF "DEADLIEST CATCH."
Man: [ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
♪♪
-READY?
-ALL RIGHT, READY!
♪♪
Man: COMING UP, MONTE.
♪♪
THINGS ARE CHANGING
IN CRAB FISHING.
THEY LET THE BAD
GUYS OUT EARLY NOW.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪♪
♪♪
OH, YEAH!
[ LAUGHING, CHEERING ]
[ LAUGHING ] OH, YEAH.
Man: OOH, THERE SHE COMES!
1,200 POTS I'VE BEEN THROUGH
AND THE CRAB ARE
ONLY IN ONE SPOT
RIGHT HERE IN THIS MUD PIT.
[ CHEERING ]
-YEAH, BABY!
9-8! 98, HARLEY!
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING
LIKE THIS BEFORE.
WHOO!
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
Man: [ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
-THE ROD'S COMING UP!
-COMING UP.
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, LET'S GET
THAT GEAR ON THE BOAT.
-GET UP, GET UP!
-GET, GET, GET, GET.
EVERY YEAR, THE STATE
OF ALASKA HAS ONE BOAT FISH
BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS
AND THIS YEAR THAT BOAT'S
THE SOUTHERN WIND.
IT'S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY.
IT'S ABOUT KNOWING
WHERE THE CRAB ARE.
THAT'S 10 TIMES AS VALUABLE.
[ BEEPING ]
MAN:
Southern Wind'sdown there.
[ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER]
-Have you heard anything?
Well, those guys
are all going last.
IF I FIND ANYTHING,
I'LL LET YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A RUMOR
THAT THE CRAB ARE IN ONE SPOT.
AS GUYS FIND IT,
THEY BRING IN MORE GUYS
AND MORE GUYS AND MORE GUYS
AND IT TURNS INTO, LIKE,
A BATTLEGROUND.
IF YOU'RE FISHING IN
THOSE TIGHT QUARTERS,
THEY'RE GONNA START
PILE DRIVING THEIR GEAR,
AND IF THE COMPETITION
DOESN'T CRUSH YOU,
THE BERING SEA WILL.
♪♪
MOTHER NATURE IS PISSED OFF.
[ MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ]
Man: [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
TO COME OUT ON TOP,
WE GOTTA STRIKE WHILE
THE IRON'S HOT.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S MY OWN MOM,
I'M SETTING THIS MOTHER DOWN.
OH, THIS IS GOOD.
YOU GOTTA ENDURE SUFFERING.
AH!
GET YOUR ASS OUT ON DECK
WITH THE REST OF THE CREW!
[ GROANING ]
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED.
WHOA!
[ ALARM BEEPING ]
-COME ON, COME ON!
EVERY LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION
MAKES YOU A WINNER.
-OH, YEAH!
-OH, OH, YEAH!
WHOO!
-WHOO.
-YEAH, BABY.
-BANG.
-WATCH OUT.
WHOO!
[ CHEERING ]
♪♪
IT'S KING CRAB.
ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING
IS GONNA HAPPEN.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
BRING IT.
CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY
DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator: OCTOBER,
DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA.
[ EAGLE CALLING, TWITTERING ]
♪♪
THE SCENT OF DIESEL
FUMES AND FISH
ARE A SURE SIGN
IT'S KING CRAB SEASON.
EVERYBODY SAYS "THE CRAB ARE
HERE, THE CRAB ARE THERE."
WE JUST NEED TO GET OUT THERE
AND FIRE OUT THESE POTS, MAN.
YEAH.
Narrator: BUT THIS YEAR, THERE'S
SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THE AIR.
Man: I'M JUST LOOKING
FOR A PLACE TO SIT.
YEAH.
MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING
CALLED THE MUD PIT.
Sean: THE STATE LETS
ONE BOAT GO OUT
EVERY YEAR BEFORE
ANYONE ELSE AND FISH
TO COVER THE COSTS
OF THE FISHERY.
RUMOR HAS IT,
ALL HE COULD FIND WAS
ONE PILE OF CRAB OUT WEST
AND THEY'RE ALL
JAMMED IN ONE SPOT.
Narrator: THE PERSISTENT
RUMOR IS THE CRAB
ARE NO LONGER SPREAD ACROSS
THE 54,000 SQUARE-MILE
TRADITIONAL GROUNDS.
INSTEAD THEY HAVE AMASSED IN
A SINGLE, 800 SQUARE-MILE AREA
CALLED THE MUD PIT,
ONE OF THE COLDEST,
DEEPEST PARTS
OF THE KING CRAB GROUNDS.
ONE THING I DO KNOW IS
THE LAST FOUR YEARS
FISHING KING CRAB
IF THE WATER TEMPERATURE'S OFF
IF IT'S TOO WARM,
IF IT'S TOO COLD,
THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
THEY LIKE ONE
SPECIFIC TEMPERATURE
AND THAT'S WHERE
THEY'RE GONNA SIT.
Narrator:
IF THE INTEL IS ACCURATE,
CAPTAINS MUST MOVE QUICKLY
TO STAKE THEIR CLAIM
OR RISK MISSING OUT ON
THE $250,000 HORDE.
♪♪
Keith: IF THE WHOLE FLEET'S
FISHING ON ONE SPOT,
THERE'S GONNA BE
A LOT OF BATTLES.
BUT I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I GOT A TON OF CRAB
TO CATCH THIS YEAR.
Narrator:
WIZARDCAPTAIN KEITH COLBURN
EYES HIS BIGGEST QUOTA
IN YEARS INCLUDING
A NEWLY ACQUIRED
100,000 POUNDS.
Keith:
IN ORDER TO GET THIS CRAB,
I HAD TO PAY $200,000 UPFRONT.
IF I DON'T CATCH THE CRAB,
I LOSE THE 200,000 BUCKS.
Narrator: THERE'S ONE OBSTACLE
THAT COULD PREVENT
THE VETERAN SKIPPER
FROM CLAIMING HIS SPOT
AS THE FLEET'S HIGH LINER.
THERE'S ONE THING MISSING
AND THAT'S MY BROTHER.
GET THE [BLEEP] OFF
MY BOAT NOW!
-GOOD. I WOULD.
-NOW!
-[BLEEP] YOU!
-PACK THEM AND LEAVE!
Narrator: LAST SEASON,
KEITH FIRED HIS BROTHER MONTE
OVER A DISAGREEMENT
ON HOW TO MANAGE THE CREW.
I'VE CUT 400,000 POUNDS OF OPIES
AND APPARENTLY, I NEED TO
FIND ANOTHER BOAT TO RUN.
♪♪
Narrator: EIGHT MONTHS
AFTER THEIR BLOW-UP,
THEY HAVE YET TO
KISS AND MAKE UP.
♪♪
WHERE THE HELL YOU BEEN?
YOU TOLD ME TO
MEET YOU HERE AT NOON,
IT'S, LIKE, 1:00.
I'M TRYING
TO MANAGE A BOAT, MOUSE.
I'VE GOT A QUOTA TO CATCH,
I'M TRYING TO DO IT
BY MYSELF THIS YEAR.
THAT'S WHAT WE GOTTA CATCH.
THAT'S A LOT OF CRAB TO CATCH.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
PROBABLY MORE THAN
YOU CAN HANDLE.
YEAH, OKAY, WHATEVER.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
I COULD USE YOUR HELP ON THIS.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW.
BOTTOM LINE IS, I NEED
MORE TIME AT THE WHEEL.
YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT TRYING
TO CHASE YOU OFF YOUR OWN BOAT.
I'M TRYING
TO GIVE YOU TIME NOW,
WE HAVEN'T HAD
ANY CRAB TO CATCH,
NOW WE'VE GOT SOME
CRAB TO CATCH.
AND SECOND, I NEED
A SERIOUS APOLOGY FROM YOU
IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE SQUAD!
MOUSE, YOU WANT A JOB?
YOU GOT A JOB.
YOU KNOW WHERE THE BOAT IS,
YOU COME FIND IT.
THERE'S A JOB
IF YOU WANT IT,
BUT YOU'RE NOT GETTING
AN APOLOGY OUT OF ME!
IT AIN'T [BLEEP] HAPPENING!
♪♪
NOTHING EVER CHANGES.
♪♪
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
-THAT'S GOOD.
Narrator:
ACROSS THE HARBOR...
Man: LET'S GO, LET'S GO.
Narrator:
...ON THE NORTHWESTERN
IT'S MADE IT ONTO THE BOAT,
GET IT IN THE FREEZER.
ANOTHER 160 POTS.
Narrator:
ALL HANDS ARE ON DECK.
Mandy: BOYS SHOULD BE DOING
THE BAIT RIGHT NOW.
THAT WOULD BE 13,000 POUNDS,
ROUGHLY.
Narrator:
ALL HANDS THAT EXCEPT
THE ONES THAT SHOULD
BE ON THE WHEEL.
Matt: JUST WAITING FOR
CAPTAIN SIG RIGHT NOW.
HE'S COMING UP WAY
BEHIND THE REST OF US.
Mandy: WE'VE BEEN WAITING ON
MY DAD FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS NOW.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
HOLDING HIM UP.
Narrator: CAPTAIN SIG HANSEN
IS A NO-SHOW.
SO HIS DAUGHTER AND MARITIME
ACADEMY ALUMNA, MANDY,
STEPS UP TO KEEP
THE CREW ON TRACK.
I JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE
WE HAVE THE BOAT READY TO GO.
THE FUEL, THE GEAR,
AND THE BAIT.
I WANT THE BOAT TO BE
150% FOR HIM TO COME HERE
THE LESS STRESS, THE BETTER.
THERE YOU GO! THERE YOU GO.
Narrator:
MANDY HAS BEEN TRAINING FOR
AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE HELM.
MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER
HANSEN RUNNING
THE FAMILY BUSINESS
ONE OF THESE DAYS.
MAKE SURE WE GOT
THE SURVIVAL SUITS.
Narrator: NOW SIG'S ABSENCE
MEANS THE PRESSURE IS ON.
WE GOT CLARK, CARL,
NORMAN, NICK.
WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE MORE DAYS
BEFORE THE CRAB SEASON STARTS.
SO MY DAD NEEDS TO GET HERE.
♪♪
WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. [ LAUGHS ]
NOW WHAT?
♪♪
[ BEEPING ]
WE'RE HOOKING UP THERE,
WE'RE HOOKING UP, RIGHT?
-YO.
-GOOD, GOOD, WE'RE GOOD.
YOU KNOW ALL THESE
GUYS ARE GONNA BE
CHASING THAT ONE HOT SPOT.
IT'S GONNA BE A BATTLE
TO GET YOUR GEAR
ON THE RIGHT CRAB,
BUT IT'S CRAB
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S WHAT WE DO.
Narrator:
CAPTAIN "WILD" BILL WICHROWSKI
READIES THE SUMMER BAY
FOR THE STARTING PISTOL.
Bill: YOU KNOW, OWNING A BOAT,
IT'S NOT CHEAP.
THERE'S A LOT MORE
RESPONSIBILITY.
Narrator: AND WITH $65,000
IN BOAT PAYMENTS
HANGING OVER HIS HEAD,
BILL NEEDS TO HIT
THE GROUND RUNNING.
IF WE LAND ON 'EM
WE'LL BE A HERO,
AND IF NOT,
WE'LL JUST KEEP LOOKING.
THIS YEAR, WE HAVE THREE VETS
AND TWO NEW GUYS.
THIS ONE IS UPSIDE DOWN.
Narrator: TWO NEW DECKHANDS
ISN'T MAKING
THE SKIPPER'S JOB ANY EASIER.
TWO NEW GREENHORNS.
COUNT 'EM, TWO.
I'M A FISHERMAN FROM FLORIDA,
AND BASED ON
THE WEATHER HERE TODAY,
I'M FEELING LIKE I CAN
HANDLE THE BERING SEA.
FIRST ONE IS ERIK
AND I'LL SAY HE'S A CHARACTER.
I KNOW THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE HARD,
BUT I USUALLY MAKE THINGS THAT
ARE TOUGH LOOK PRETTY EASY.
Bill: AND THEN THE OTHER
CHARACTER, GRIFFIN,
GRIF THE GRIFTER.
B-COMPLEX,
CURCUMIN EXTRACT,
FISH OIL...
BOTH OF HIS PARENTS
ARE PHYSICIANS,
OBVIOUSLY THEY DIDN'T WANT
HIM TO BE A CRABBER.
THIS IS DEFINITELY
BLUE-COLLAR WORK
AND IT'S REALLY
HARD ON YOUR BODY.
SO MY DAD, HE RECOMMENDED
A LOT OF THIS STUFF
TO HELP ME RE-UP ON
VITAMINS AND MINERALS.
Bill: TO COME OUT ON TOP IN
A SEASON LIKE THIS,
YOU GOTTA GO IN TOUGH.
YOU GOTTA BE STRONG.
SOMETIMES THEY JUST CRUMBLE.
BUT I HOPE THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
[ DOG WHIMPERING ]
Bill: WE ACTUALLY HAVE
A THIRD GREENHORN.
I CAN HERE HIM DOWN THERE,
HEY, BUDDY. YEAH, YEAH.
SO HERE'S RICO.
RICO'S PRETTY COOL.
HE COMES WITH BLING.
HE'S GOT RAIN GEAR.
HE'S ERIK'S SIDEKICK.
I ACTUALLY KIND OF LIKE
THE DOG BETTER THAN I LIKE ERIK.
THIS IS GONNA BE A LOT
OF WORK THIS SEASON.
WE HAVE TWO NEW GUYS
AND A DOG.
RICO SUAVE.
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
♪♪
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
[ BABY WHIMPERS ]
Narrator:
IN THE GALLEY OF THE SAGA,
CAPTAIN JAKE ANDERSON WRANGLES
HIS TWO FUTURE GREENHORNS.
WE GOTTA GO TALK BUSINESS
FOR MINUTE, OKAY?
[ CRIES ]
AIDAN, LOOK AT THIS!
LOOK AT THIS, IT'S LIKE
A STORE FULL OF CANDY.
Jenna: ALL RIGHT,
PUT IT IN YOUR POCKET.
LET'S ROLL. WE GOTTA GO.
OKAY, WE'RE JUST GONNA
GO UPSTAIRS REAL QUICK.
Narrator:
FOR JAKE AND HIS WIFE, JENNA...
...THE START OF THE SEASON
PRESENTS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SECURE THE FUTURE OF
THEIR GROWING FAMILY.
EVERY SINCE I TOOK
THE BOAT OVER,
WE HAVE BEEN PARTNERS, WE JUST
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ON PAPER.
IT'D BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING
ON PAPER AT THIS POINT.
LET ME GRAB THE PHONE.
Narrator: JAKE TOOK COMMAND OF
THE SAGAFOUR SEASONS AGO,
BUT ONLY AS A CAPTAIN-FOR-HIRE.
BEING A PARTNER IN THE BOAT IS
THE NEXT STEP AFTER
BECOMING A CAPTAIN.
I CAN MAKE MORE,
I CAN BE HOME MORE,
I CAN HAVE MORE.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY,
I CAN SPEND MORE
TIME WITH MY FAMILY.
WHERE YOU WANT IT, SEAN?
IT'S TIME TO GET STARTED
AND STOP TIP-TOEING AROUND.
♪♪
Narrator:
BUT THE FINAL SAY IS UP TO
BOAT OWNER LENNY HERZOG.
LENNY: Hello?
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
JENNA JUST CAME AND, YOU KNOW,
WE SAT DOWN AND HAD A LONG TALK
ABOUT INVESTING IN THE BOAT
AND I WAS THINKING
I WANT TO BUY IN.
♪♪
Narrator: DUTCH HARBOR, ALASKA.
Jake: HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
Narrator:
CAPTAIN JAKE ANDERSON ATTEMPTS
TO STRIKE A DEAL FOR
EQUITY IN THE SAGA
WITH OWNER LENNY HERZOG.
I WAS THINKING,
I WANT TO BUY IN,
TO BUY 25% OF THE BOAT.
I NEED TO HAVE A PIECE
IF I'M GONNA STAY
A PART OF THIS OPERATION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
♪♪
OH, GOD. THANK GOD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, LENNY.
OKAY.
I'M GONNA FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL.
ALL RIGHT, BYE-BYE.
HOLY COW.
ALL YOU.
Narrator:
TO MAKE HIS 25% STAKE A REALITY,
JAKE WILL HAVE TO HAUL IN AT
LEAST A 250,000 BUCKS
AFTER EXPENSES.
Jake: HERE'S THE HITCH, I GOTTA
CATCH THIS CRAB QUICKLY.
NOT JUST CATCH IT,
I GOTTA MAKE ENOUGH PROFIT
OFF OF THIS CRAB TO BUY IN.
THAT'S A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY.
IT'S A BIG STEP.
♪♪
♪♪
[ BELL DINGING ]
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
-LET'S GO, LET'S GO!
-OVERHEAD!
WE GOT EVERYBODY
ON DECK HERE, NOW?
Narrator:
THE BUZZ ABOUT A SINGLE,
$250 BILLION SCHOOL OF CRAB
HAS THE FLEET PREPPING
AT A FEVER PITCH.
DEFINITELY CHECK INSIDE!
THE TURNS ON THAT
ONE AREN'T DONE.
Narrator: IN THE WHEELHOUSE
OF THE BRENNA A...
WE'VE GOT A LOT RIDING
ON THIS SEASON.
I GOT SOME PRETTY
BIG PLANS COMING UP.
I GOT THINGS I'M KINDA
WORKING ON IN THE BACKGROUND.
Narrator: CAPTAIN SEAN DWYER
LOOKS BEYOND JUST THIS SEASON.
I REALLY WANT TO BUY A NEW BOAT.
THERE'S A BOAT FOR SALE,
THE DETERMINED.
I GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD
ON A LEGACY
THAT MY DAD STARTED FOR US
AND THAT'S WHAT
HE WOULD'VE WANTED, I MEAN,
HE WANTED US TO KEEP
TO MOMENTUM GOING,
KEEP GROWING THE BUSINESS.
THE ONLY WAY I CAN REALLY
MAKE THAT HAPPEN IS IF
WE GO OUT HERE, WE CRUSH IT,
AND THEN
I'VE GOT MONEY TO SPEND.
Narrator: WHILE THE YOUNG GUNS
ON THE BRENNA AAND THE SAGA
LOOK TO GROW THEIR EMPIRES,
-[ GROANS ]
-HEY, GUYS!
-HEY!
-YAY.
Narrator: A LEGENDARY VETERAN
FINALLY ARRIVES...
Sig: HELLO, MANDELINA!
...TO MANAGE HIS.
-HEY, HOW WAS YOUR FLIGHT?
-IT WAS GOOD.
YEAH?
I WAS LUCKY
TO GET ON THE PLANE.
♪♪
YOU GUYS GOT EVERYTHING GOING?
YEAH, EVERYTHING'S
READY TO GO, UM...
BAIT.
HAVE YOU GUYS TAKEN BAIT?
YEAH, WE GOT ABOUT
13,000 POUNDS ON BOARD.
REALLY?
CONTRACT SIGNED, COAST GUARD
CAME AND CHECKED US OFF.
WHAT ABOUT FISH AND GAME?
THEY HAVE TO SIGN OFF.
CHECKED OUR GEAR,
YOU JUST HAVE TO SIGN OFF.
YEAH. I LIKE THAT.
WHY DON'T YOU GET THE GUYS,
LET'S HAVE A POW-WOW, ALL RIGHT?
♪♪
WELL, YOU GUYS DID
A GOOD JOB SO FAR, I MEAN,
I'M SORRY I WASN'T HERE.
BUT THE ONLY REASON
I COULDN'T GET UP HERE EARLIER
WAS BECAUSE I HAD ANOTHER
SLIGHT HEART ATTACK.
♪♪
SAME SON OF A BITCH THAT
ALMOST GOT ME LAST TIME.
OH, MY GOSH.
Man: SIG, I THINK YOU SHOULD
GO TO THE CLINIC.
Narrator: THREE YEARS AGO,
SIG SUFFERED
A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK...
YOU HAD THE WIDOWMAKER.
YOU'RE LUCKY.
Narrator:
...THAT ALMOST KILLED HIM.
WE WANT TO PREVENT
ANOTHER ONE 'CAUSE
A SECOND HIT, OBVIOUSLY,
THEN YOU GET WORSE
AND WORSE HEART FAILURE.
YOU KNOW, I REALIZED
SOMETHING'S WRONG.
I GOT TO THE EMERGENCY,
ONE OF MY ARTERIES WAS
COMPLETELY BLOCKED OFF.
DID THEY GIVE YOU
A GREEN LIGHT?
THEY GAVE ME A GREEN
LIGHT TWO DAYS AGO,
I HAD TO BEG FOR IT.
BASICALLY I HAD TO
B.S. MY WAY THROUGH IT.
-GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
-ROGER.
YOU'RE ALL RIGHT, BUDDY.
♪♪
Nick:
WELL, THAT WAS A SHOCKER.
I WAS WONDERING WHY
HE DIDN'T CALL
BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT.
IT'S KIND OF SHAKY, MAN.
LIKE, YOU'RE GONNA GO
BACK OUT TO SEA RIGHT NOW
WITH SOMEBODY THAT JUST
HAD A HEART ATTACK.
♪♪
Mandy:
YEAH, THE FIRST HEART ATTACK
SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EYE OPENER.
♪♪
I'M THANKFUL THAT I'M HERE,
I GET TO SPEND SOME
EXTRA TIME WITH HIM.
I WANT TO SUPPORT HIM
IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL JUST
MAKE IT THROUGH KING CRAB
AND GET HOME SAFE.
WATCH YOUR HANDS.
SECOND HEART ATTACK
AND I GOTTA TELL YOU,
I'M JUST GRATEFUL
MANDY'S OUT HERE.
YOU KNOW,
IF SHE'S GONNA OVERTAKE THIS
ONE OF THESE DAYS,
IF THAT'S THE IDEA OR THE PLAN,
THEN WE NEED
TO GET MOVING ON IT.
BOTTOM LINE, I JUST WANNA GET
OUT THERE AND START FISHING.
TIME IS SHORT.
♪♪
Narrator:
AS THE FLEETS SCRAMBLES
IN THE FINAL HOURS
BEFORE THE OPENING BELL...
♪♪
...ONE BOAT RETURNS TO PORT.
HER TANKS ALREADY
CHOCK FULL OF CRAB.
♪♪
A 148-FOOT BEHEMOTH,
THE SOUTHERN WIND.
Harley: WE'RE GONNA GO MAKE
OUR FIRST OFF-LOAD.
WE FOUND 'EM.
IT TOOK US A LITTLE BIT,
BUT NOW I KNOW WHERE THEY ARE.
♪♪
Narrator: CAPTAIN
STEVE "HARLEY" DAVIDSON SPENT
THE LAST 14 DAYS
ON AN EARLY TRIP
FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA.
THEY WERE GOING
80 MILES ACROSS THIS WAY
AND 70 MILES THAT WAY.
AND THE CRAB ARE ALL IN
ONE DAMN SPOT.
Narrator:
HARLEY'S HUGE HAUL CONFIRMS
THE TALK OF A MASSIVE
SCHOOL OF CRAB
IS MORE THAN JUST RUMOR
AND THAT EVERY CAPTAIN
MUST BLITZ THE GROUNDS
IN AN ALL-OUT LAND GRAB.
-How about it?
-HELL, YEAH!
LOUD AND PROUD, WE'RE HERE.
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
-YEAH!
[ CHEERING ]
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
WELL, HERE HE COMES.
IT'S A BEAST.
IT IS A BEAST.
THAT'S A BIG-ASS BOAT.
SOUTHERN WIND'SHERE.
EH, [BLEEP].
Man:
♪ TRY ME OUT FOR THE EVENING ♪
♪ LIVING IN A LIE ♪
♪ YOUR FIGURE IS ALARMING ♪
♪ TAKE ME TO THAT FIRE ♪
WITH A BOAT THAT SIZE,
PROBABLY SUCK UP
A 1,000 SQUARE-MILES OF CRAB
IN JUST TWO DAYS
WHERE IT WOULD TAKE ME FIVE.
SO I DON'T WANNA BE ANYWHERE
NEAR A BOAT LIKE THAT.
♪ I'M BETTER OFF ALONE ♪
Sean:
HARLEY'S PRETTY CUTTHROAT.
HE'LL JUST SNEAK
RIGHT UP ON YOU.
HE'S AGGRESSIVE.
Sig: WE'VE FISHED SIDE
BY SIDE BEFORE,
I KNOW HE CAN GO TOE TO TOE.
HE'S NOT A VERY BASHFUL PERSON,
BY ANY MEANS.
AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES
HIM A GOOD FISHERMAN.
♪ PUNISH YOURSELF
ON THE WEEKENDS ♪
♪ YOU SNEAK INTO THAT BAR ♪
Munsey: YOU GET OUT THERE
AND GET RIGHT ON THEM.
IT'S KIND OF OUR M.O.
WE GOT ONE OF THE BEST
CAPTAINS IN THE FLEET
RIGHT THERE IN THAT CHAIR, MAN.
EVERY YEAR, GET IT DONE,
GET HOME.
WE ALREADY KNOW WHERE
THE CRAB ARE SO,
WE'LL GET OUR THERE
AND GET RIGHT ON, YOU'LL SEE.
♪ I'M BETTER OFF ALONE ♪
I'D PUT THE SOUTHERN WIND
RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST
FOR GUYS THAT I DON'T LIKE
AND HARLEY IS THE GUY
THAT I DON'T LIKE.
LAST TIME I SAW HIM
WAS NOT A GOOD EVENT.
I GOT INTO A FIGHT WITH THAT
GUY OVER HIM STEALING CRABS,
STEALING INFORMATION,
SETTING ME DOWN.
WELL, LET'S JUST HOPE HE DOESN'T
GET HIS GEAR ANYWHERE NEAR OURS.
♪ I'M BETTER OFF ALONE ♪
EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE
FIGHTING FOR THAT AREA.
I'D LIKE TO GET OUT OF
HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
♪♪
-GOING FISHING!
[ SHIP HORN HONKS ]
Narrator: COMING UP...
WHO'S READY TO MAKE SOME MONEY?
I'M KIND OF STRESSED OUT.
INSTEAD OF GOING
WITH AN EIGHT MAN CREW,
I'M GOING
WITH A SEVEN MAN CREW.
IT'S GONNA BE
VERY COMPETITIVE.
Man: [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
LET'S GO ALL IN, BOYS.
Man: [ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
-GOING OVER!
-GOING OVER!
-GOING OVER!
-COME GET IT!
IT'S NOW OR NEVER AND I'M
PUTTING EVERYTHING ON BLACK.
-WHOA.
-YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!
WHOO! WE'RE MAKING MONEY NOW.
♪♪
Man: THERE'S ONE ON DECK.
6 1/2 BY 7.
RIGHT THERE ON THE END.
HOW YOU DOING UP THERE, TAY?
Narrator: LAUNCH DAY.
GETTING READY
FOR KING CRAB 2018.
-HOLD THAT.
-YEP.
Narrator: THE CREW OF
THE CORNELIA MARIERACES
TO LOAD THEIR FINAL POTS
BEFORE THROWING LINES.
WE GOT TWO POTS LEFT
TO GO ON THE BOAT
BEFORE WE CAN CAST THESE LINES.
LAST YEAR, WE CAME UP,
ABSOLUTELY KILLED IT.
BE TIME TO SEE IF WE
CAN DO IT ONCE AGAIN.
Narrator: LAST SEASON,
CAPTAIN JOSH HARRIS DELIVERED
A SUCCESSFUL,
$750,000 OPIE HAUL.
NOW, HE'S OUT TO PROVE
HIS PROWESS AT THE WHEEL
WAS NO FLUKE.
SUN DON'T SHINE ON
THE SAME DOG'S ASS EVERY DAY,
BUT HOPEFULLY,
IT'LL BE OUR DAY AGAIN.
YOU WANT TO PARK IT AND I'LL
PULL THAT HOSE OUT THE BACK?
Narrator:
WHILE THE CREW LOCKS DOWN
THE LAST OF THE POTS,
COOL, NO, MAN, DUDE, WE'RE
DEFINITELY INTERESTED IN THAT.
DEFINITELY, I MEAN,
WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD AT IT,
JOSH AND I HAVE BOTH BEEN
GRINDING THE BOTH ENDS SO...
Narrator:
CO-CAPTAIN CASEY McMANUS
WORKS TO LOCK DOWN
SOMETHING ELSE.
WE'D LOVE A SHOT AT IT.
ALL RIGHT. WE'LL STAY IN TOUCH.
THANKS. BYE.
DUDE, IT SOUNDS LIKE
ONE OF THE BOATS
MIGHT BE GETTING TIED UP HERE.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB
AND WE MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE
HERE TO LEASE THAT QUOTA.
HOW MUCH QUOTA WE TALKING?
PROBABLY CLOSE
TO A $1 MILLION.
-REALLY?
-YEAH. IT'S SERIOUS, DUDE.
THAT'S A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
I MEAN, LET'S GET THIS
THING GOING THEN.
Narrator:
IF JOSH AND CASEY CAN PULL OFF
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL SEASON,
$1 MILLION IN CRAB QUOTA COULD
BE THEIRS FOR THE CATCHING.
Josh: THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN
WORKING FOR MY WHOLE CAREER.
AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE
TO GROW HERE SO, YOU KNOW,
ANY EXTRA QUOTA THAT WE CAN
POSSIBLE GET, WE'LL TAKE.
SCARY? YES.
RESPONSIBILITY? YES.
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY,
WITH ANY LUCK,
WE'LL KNOCK THIS
[BLEEP] OUT OF THE PARK.
-GET YOU SOME CRAB, GUYS!
-AMERICAN DREAM, BABY!
♪♪
[ SEALS BARKING ]
-GO!
-GO!
IT'S THAT TIME, BUD.
Narrator: IT'S ZERO-HOUR.
YEAH!
READY TO ROCK AND ROLL,
KING CRAB, 2018, LET'S GO! WHOO!
Narrator:
THE LIGHT'S FLASHING GREEN.
TIME TO PUT THE HAMMER DOWN.
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
-LET'S GO, BOYS.
-GO, GO, GO!
-GO, GO.
-GO.
-GO!
Keith: RIGHT NOW,
I'M KIND OF STRESSED OUT.
I'M TRYING TO GET OUR GEAR ON.
-PUT HER DOWN!
-NO MORE!
NOW, INSTEAD OF GOING
WITH AN EIGHT MAN CREW,
I'M GOING
WITH A SEVEN MAN CREW.
NOT WHAT I ANTICIPATED.
Narrator:
TWO DAYS AFTER A SHOUTING MATCH
WITH BROTHER MONTE,
WE GOTTA GET
THE [BLEEP] OUTTA HERE,
WE'RE, LIKE, NINE MINUTES LATE.
Narrator:
THE REST OF THE FLEET IS LEAVING
AND CAPTAIN KEITH IS
STILL SHORTHANDED.
THAT'S GOOD! THAT'S GOOD.
ALL RIGHT, RIGHT ON.
HOLY [BLEEP]!
WELCOME BACK!
CAPTAIN MONTE'S BACK!
WHOO!
♪♪
HOW'S IT GOING?
WE'RE THROWING LINES, MAN.
WHAT'S UP?
WELL, I KNOW THE CREW
NEEDS ME AND BOAT NEEDS ME.
SO YOU'RE SAYING
YOU WANNA GO WORK?
WELL, I THINK, UH...
I NEED YOU ON
THE BOAT RIGHT NOW!
ARE YOU READY TO GO TO WORK?
WE GOTTA PUT OUR
[BLEEP] BEHIND US.
WE CAN ARGUE ABOUT THIS LATER,
ARE WE FISHING
OR ARE WE NOT FISHING?
LET'S GO FISHING.
ALL RIGHT, THEN GET YOUR [BLEEP]
ON THE BOAT AND LET'S GO.
-ALL RIGHT.
-AND YOU'RE [BLEEP] LATE!
FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS!
ALL RIGHT, WELL,
LAST TIME IN 30 YEARS.
LET'S GO, COME ON.
[ LAUGHS ] YES.
WELCOME BACK, BUDDY!
-LET'S GO FISHING NOW, HUH?
-LET'S DO THIS! WHOO!
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, START THE BOW,
LET'S GET THE LINES
OFF THE BOAT
AND LET'S GO FISH, ALL RIGHT?
[ CHEERING ]
♪♪
LOOKS LIKE WE GOT OUR
FEARLESS RELIEF SKIPPER.
READY TO GO FISHING.
EVERYBODY WANT TO GIVE
CAPTAIN MONTE BIG, OLD HUG
AND KISSES RIGHT NOW!
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
LET'S JUST MOVE ON,
FORGET THE APOLOGIES,
WE'LL DEAL WITH THAT
LATER, RIGHT NOW,
EVERYTHING'S COPACETIC.
♪♪
IT'S GONNA BE VERY
COMPETITIVE BECAUSE
THE CRAB ARE PILED
IN ON ONE AREA.
Narrator: CAPTAINS AND CREWS ARE
READY AS THEY'RE GONNA BE.
LET'S GO, GO, GO!
Narrator: IT'S TIME TO FIND
THE ELUSIVE HORDE
OF KING CRAB AND CARVE
OUT THEIR PIECE OF
A POTENTIAL
$250 BILLION BONANZA.
LEAVING THE DOCK,
NO MORE EXCUSES.
GOING FISHING!
♪ LITTLE BIRD COMES WHISTLING ♪
♪ SAID TO GO WHERE I SHOULD ♪
-LET'S GO GET SOME CRAB, BUDDY.
-OH, YEAH.
-BYE.
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
OH, I LOVE YOU BUDDY,
I GOTTA GO FISHING.
♪ LITTLE GIRL, SHE'S HOWLING ♪
♪ SHE'S LOST IN A HAZE ♪
KING CRAB 2018.
-WHO'S READY TO MAKE SOME MONEY?
-WHOO!
BAM.
♪ DOWN, DOWN ♪
♪ DOWN, DOWN ♪
♪♪
I JUST HOPE TO GOD
THAT I'LL BE ABLE
TO MAKE ENOUGH MONEY
THIS SEASON TO PAY FOR THE BOAT
BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING BACKWARDS.
♪ LITTLE GIRL, SHE'S TRAVELING,
SHE'S ALL RIGHT ♪
Sig: I WANT THE BOAT TO GO
TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
MANDY'S HERE, I WANT
TO TEACH HER THE ROPES.
I WANNA BUY A NEW BOAT
SO WE'VE JUST GOTTA
COME OUT HERE AND CRUSH IT.
♪ AND I'LL FOLLOW HER DOWN ♪
READY TO GO SLAY SOME CRAB,
BRING ON THE QUOTA!
♪♪
I'VE NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE.
I'VE NEVER HAD TWO GUYS WHO
HAVEN'T CRABBED ON A BOAT.
MIGHT HAVE OUR WORK
CUT OUT FOR US HERE.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
2018, BABY! WHOO!
♪♪
WHOO!
♪♪
♪♪
WE'RE MISSING,
WE'RE MISSING A GREENHORN.
-NO WAY.
-YEAH.
-ARE YOU SERIOUS?
-YEAH, I'M SERIOUS.
-WHERE DID HE GO?
-I HAVE NO IDEA.
♪♪
Narrator:
ABOARD THE SUMMER BAY...
WE'RE MISSING A GREENHORN.
-NO WAY.
-YEAH.
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
Narrator: THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF 18-YEAR-OLD GREENHORN
GRIFFIN DOWNEY DRAWS THE CONCERN
OF CAPTAIN BILL AND HIS CREW.
LITTLE NERVOUS, YOU KNOW,
IF HE GOT HURT,
MAIMED, FALL INTO THE WATER.
♪♪
WHEN WAS THE LAST
TIME YOU SAW GRIFFIN?
I'M GONNA LOOK IN HIS
DRAWERS AND SEE...
WHERE'S HIS WALLET,
HIS BAG, ALL THAT [BLEEP]?
-SLEEPING BAG'S GONE.
-SLEEPING BAG'S GONE?
RIGHT, WHEN WE GOT BACK
HERE GRIFFIN WAS LIKE,
"HEY, I'M GONNA
TAKE THE TRASH OUT."
AND I WAS LIKE,
"I HAVE MORE TRASH."
AND HE WAS LIKE,
"NO, NO, I'M GOOD."
THINK THAT MIGHT'VE
BEEN HIS BELONGINGS.
-OH, IN TRASH BAGS?
-IN A TRASH, JUST ONE.
BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER
REASON TO TAKE ONE TRASH BAG.
[BLEEP] ALL RIGHT,
THANKS, MAN.
-HE CHECKED IN?
-YEAH.
♪♪
Narrator:
DECK BOSS NICK McGLASHAN
CONFIRMS THAT GRIFFIN
IS AT THE HOTEL...
WELL, AT LEAST
WE KNOW GRIFFIN'S SAFE.
Narrator: ...WHICH MEANS
HE DIDN'T FALL OFF THE BOAT,
HE LEFT IT.
WOW, GRANTED,
WE'RE GLAD HE'S ALIVE,
BUT WHAT A CHICKEN
[BLEEP] WAY TO DO THIS.
♪♪
YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO BE
BETTER THAN YOU THINK YOU ARE.
OKAY.
YEAH, YOU REALLY HAVE TO
STEP UP, MAN, NO JOKE.
BUT IF I KILL IT,
I GET A FULL SHARE?
[BLEEP] NO!
[ LAUGHTER ]
-WELL, YOU TRIED.
GET THE [BLEEP] OUT OF
THE WHEELHOUSE.
[ LAUGHTER ]
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator:
220 MILES NORTHWEST...
WE'RE COMING ROUND TURN, WE'RE
HEADING STRAIGHT NORTH, SO...
Narrator: ...THE NORTHWESTERN
REACHES THE MUD PIT
AHEAD OF THE PACK.
-OH, YEAH.
Narrator:
GETTING FIRST CRACK AT FINDING
THE $250 BILLION
CRAB HOARD BELOW.
WELL, I AM PRETTY CLOSE
TO READY, HOW ABOUT YOU?
YEAH, WE'RE READY.
WE JUST GOTTA BITE
THE HEAD OFF THE HERRING FIRST.
I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THAT!
Narrator:
BUT FIRST THAT FAVORITE
OF NORWEGIAN APPETIZERS.
Mandy: OH, MY GOD, I HATE THIS.
YOU KNOW,
IT'S THE NORTHWESTERNTRADITION
TO BITE THE HEAD OFF
THE HERRING FOR GOOD LUCK
SO GOTTA GET OUR GOOD LUCK
FOR OUR KING CRAB.
ALL RIGHT,
LUCKY HERRING TIME!
EVERYONE TAKE A PIECE.
IN THIS MISSION,
WE COULD USE A LITTLE LUCK.
-LET'S GO!
-AMERICA!
GOOD.
[ LAUGHS ]
AH.
I'LL TAKE ONE FOR YOU.
[ CHEERING ]
-LET'S GO.
-YEAH.
-ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT.
-ALL RIGHT.
Narrator:
THE NORSE CRAB GODS APPEASED,
SIG READIES FOR BATTLE.
WE'RE GONNA TRY THIS ONE
DEEP INTO THE WEST, RUN UP.
THE REASON
WE'RE OUT WEST LIKE THIS
IS BECAUSE IF IT'S
JUST ONE BODY OF CRAB,
EVENTUALLY, GUYS WILL
FIND OUT ABOUT IT
BOMB IN THERE AND THEN
PICK 'EM UP REAL QUICK.
Narrator:
THE CRAB HAVE MASSED SOMEWHERE
IN THE DEEP 800 SQUARE-MILE
COLD WATER MUD PIT.
SIG'S MISSION IS TO
PINPOINT THEIR LOCATION
BEFORE THE REST OF
THE FLEET PILES IN.
Sig: WE'RE GONNA FISH MORE GEAR
BECAUSE I GOTTA FEELING
THE CRAB ARE GONNA
BE HARDER TO FIND.
THIS IS JUST TO GET
A LAY OF THE LAND.
IF I LIKE IT, THEN I GOT
MY BULLETS ON MY BOAT
AND I CAN DIAL IN.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO THIS.
-LET'S GO.
-WE'RE READY.
♪♪
AAH!
EASY ON THE OLD TICKER!
-READY.
-GOING OVER.
[ MACHINE WHIRRING ]
EAT CRAB!
♪♪
WHOO, WE'RE MAKING MONEY NOW.
WE'RE FISHING,
WE ARE OFFICIALLY FISHING.
Narrator: WHILE THE NORTHWESTERN
PLANTS HER FLAG...
Man: TURN EVERYTHING
OVER TO THE WEST.
I'M THINKING
OF HEADING OUT THERE.
IT'S A LOTTA GEAR
IN A SMALL SPACE.
-IT'S LIKE A CONVENTION.
-WE'RE OUT IN THE WEST, BABY.
Narrator:
MORE AND MORE BOATS MUSCLE IN
TO THE TIGHT
800 SQUARE-MILE TERRITORY.
STRAP YOUR SIX SHOOTERS
AND YOUR BOOTS ON, BOYS,
BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE
COWBOYS AND WE'RE GOING WEST!
THAT'S WHERE IT'S AT, BOOM!
[ LAUGHS ] YEAH.
FIRST KING CRAB POT. WHOO!
♪♪
OVER!
THERE'S BLOOD, BABY.
LET'S GO, LET'S GO!
I THINK THERE'S CRAB
TO THE WEST SIDE.
THAT'S ALL ACTION,
LIFE ON THE BOTTOM.
IF YOU GOT A LOT OF THAT,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
SOME CRAB DOWN THERE.
LET'S GO ALL IN, BOYS.
HERE IT GOES...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
-WHOO, FIRED UP!
-KING CRAB, BABY.
Narrator: WITH INCREASINGLY
MORE BOATS PILING IN
TO THE WESTERN MUD PIT,
OTHER CAPTAINS SEE THE VALUE
OF BLAZING THEIR OWN
TRAIL OUTSIDE OF IT.
SEEK AND HUNT TRIP HERE.
IT'S KINDA WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO,
YOU HAVE TO SPREAD OUT.
UNLESS YOU'RE THE ONE
WITH THE INFORMATION,
IT'S A BUNCH OF BULL[BLEEP].
SO, WE'RE GONNA GO NORTHERLY
AND THEN GO NORTHWEST.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO
REALLY LOOK AROUND
AND TRY TO FIND A LITTLE
JAG THAT'S GONNA PRODUCE.
I PLANNED TO GO NORTHEAST.
I'LL TAKE NO BOATS INSTEAD
OF THE MOB ANYTIME.
WAY DOWN TO THE SOUTH,
NOBODY'S HERE.
I MEAN, NOBODY FOR MILES,
IT'S NOW OR NEVER
AND I'M PUTTING
EVERYTHING ON BLACK.
GO AHEAD AND LET IT GO.
Narrator: LEAVING THE REST
OF THE FLEET BEHIND
TO FIGHT IT OUT.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO GET 'EM.
Narrator: JAKE, KEITH,
AND BILL ROLL THE DICE,
GAMBLING BIG ON GROUNDS BEYOND
THE CROWDED MUD PIT.
-GOING OVER!
-GOING OVER!
GOING OVER!
-YEAH, BUDDY!
-YEAH, BABY!
WHOO-HOO!
WHOO-WHOO! WHOO!
♪♪
ERIK WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
OUT HERE FIVE MINUTES AGO.
[ GROANS ]
WE'RE DOWN A DECKHAND.
-HEY, IS ERIK OUT THERE?
-NOT YET.
♪♪
Narrator: AS BILL'S CREW
WRESTLES TO GET THE STACK OFF,
NEW GREENHORN, ERIK,
STRUGGLES TO GET HIS GEAR ON.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS HARD LEAVING
THE DOCK ONE GUY SHORT.
WE'RE REALLY GONNA
NEED ERIK TO STEP UP.
♪♪
♪♪
♪♪
WE GOT ONE SHOT TO DO IT
AND IF WE DO IT WRONG,
HE GETS BURNED OUT OR LOSES IT
MENTALLY THEN WE'RE SCREWED.
AND YOU,
ARE YOU MY THERAPY DOG?
ARE YOU GONNA HELP ME
GET THROUGH ALL MY WOES?
OR ARE YOU GONNA ABANDON ME?
[ WHIMPERING ]
JUST LIKE THE REST OF THEM.
WHOO.
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator:
225 MILES FROM DUTCH HARBOR...
Keith: ALL RIGHT, MOUSE,
WATCH OUT IN THERE.
Narrator:
...ON THE WIZARD...
MOUSE, PLEASE DO NOT
LEAVE A BUNCH OF CARROTS
SITTING AROUND
MY GOD[BLEEP] WORKSPACE.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL GET
MY [BLEEP] OUT OF THERE.
ALL RIGHT?
YOU GOTTA TRAVEL
A MILE AND A HALF
BACK DOWN THE HILL,
THE FIRST CRAB BOX.
Keith: RIGHT NOW, WE'RE HAULING
THE BEGINNING OF THE GEAR.
WE HAD GOOD FISHING
IN 2016 RIGHT HERE.
2015 RIGHT HERE AND LAST YEAR,
THERE WAS SOME CRAB
WAS FOUND UP HERE.
HOPEFULLY, WE'LL SEE
SOME KIND OF LIFE.
YOU KNOW, 14-HOUR SOAK,
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR, MOUSE?
CRAB AN HOUR?
CRAB AN HOUR, YEAH.
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
Narrator: CAPTAIN KEITH
FORGOES THE CROWDED
WESTERN MUD PIT.
INSTEAD, HE BEE-LINES IT
TO MORE ISOLATED GROUNDS
IN THE NORTHEAST.
WE GOT ALL THIS
GEAR SCATTERED OUT.
WE'VE PROBABLY GOT 50 MILES
OF DIRT COMING OR SOMETHING.
NOBODY'S OVER HERE BUT US.
YOU KNOW, OVER THERE
YOU GOT THE [BLEEP] MOB.
Narrator: NOW, IT'S TIME TO SEE
IF HIS LONE-WOLF STRATEGY
HAS PUT THEM ON THE MONEY.
THERE'S GONNA BE
A LOT OF RUNNING AROUND.
LOT OF LOOKING',
LOT OF SEARCHING,
SO GETTING ON SOME HOT
FISHING'S GONNA BE TOUGH.
-[ SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY ]
-2018!
HOW MANY BOATS AROUND HERE?
LIKE WE ALWAYS DO, WE LIKE
TO DO OUR THINGS ALONE.
THERE WE GO.
ON THE BOW.
GO TIME, FREDDIE!
YEAH, BABY! ACTION.
[ MEN SHOUT INDISTINCTLY ]
FIRST POT, FIRST POT,
NEEDS SOME ACTION, MAN.
ANY LUCKY STUFF GOING ON?
COME ON, GUYS, WE NEED TO HELP.
DO THE CRAB DANCE,
DO THE KNOCK, DO SOMETHING.
OH, THERE WE GO.
YEAH, BABY! COME ON...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
♪♪
I GOT A LOT RIDING ON
THIS KING CRAB SEASON
AND I CAN'T FAIL,
I CAN'T [BLEEP] FAIL.
GOTTA MAKE SURE WE GET THIS DONE
AND THAT WE CATCH THIS CRAB.
WE'RE BACK IN ACTION, BABY!
WE JUST NEED TO SEE SOME LIFE,
JUST SOME LIFE.
WE NEED TO SEE THAT
THERE'S CRAB OUT THERE.
♪♪
GIVE US SOME GOOD NUMBERS, BABY!
-OH, [BLEEP].
-WHAT THE [BLEEP]?
YEAH, THEY'RE GETTING A FEW,
BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF
SMALL CRAB IN THAT POT.
♪♪
THREE, OKAY, THREE.
THREE CRAB.
CERTAINLY, NOT GONNA PANIC.
YOU KNOW THIS AREA HERE, MAN,
THEY CAN ZERO-ZERO-ZERO,
150 JUST LIKE THAT.
[ SNAPS FINGERS ]
♪♪
[BLEEP] DAMN IT!
ALL RIGHT, LET'S AT LEAST
GET A 10-COUNT OUT OF THAT.
TWO, TWO CRAB.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE AFTER.
-NO GOOD.
-THREE.
NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD, NOT GOOD.
NOT GOOD! NOT GOOD AT ALL!
NOT THE FAST FISHING
WE NEED.
OH. [BLEEP].
WHAT IS THIS?
♪♪
WELL, WE KNOW WHERE NOT TO GO.
THAT'S FOR SURE.
GET THIS GEAR UP
AND GET OUT OF HERE.
Narrator:
50 MILES OF EMPTY POTS
WILL PUSH THIS LONE WOLF
BACK TO THE PACK.
UNFORTUNATELY,
WE HAVE NO OPTIONS.
I CAN'T AFFORD TO JUST KEEP
RUNNING AROUND IN CIRCLES
LOOKING FOR CRAB.
I GOT TO GET SOME
CRAB ON THIS BOAT.
SO, WE NEED TO GET
OUR GEAR DOWN THERE.
♪♪
COME ON!
Narrator: COMING UP...
Sig:
RADAR'S STARTING TO FILL UP.
YOU WANT TO GET
THE CRAB IN THE TANK.
♪♪
WHOO!
YOU GOTTA WATCH YOUR ASS.
THIS LITTLE PUNTY HOLE,
ALL TO OURSELVES.
-YEAH!
-YEAH!
NOW, THAT'S WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL POT.
OPEN THE BOMBAY DOORS, BOYS!
DUMP IT.
HE'S ABOUT 50 FEET
OFF MY STARTER RAIL [BLEEP].
-JOSH!
-CHILDISH [BLEEP] NONSENSE.
WHOA...
♪♪
MAN: All right,
do you have any...
[ Speaks indistinctly ]
-I don't know.
But there might be
a bunch of stuff going on...
Far West,
so hopefully we'll see...
Narrator: 240 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DUTCH HARBOR.
There's a lot of
freaking gear around.
That means everybody's here.
Everybody.
Narrator: OVER HALF THE FLEET
PACKS INTO
THE 800 SQUARE-MILE MUD PIT.
Casey: POT OVER THERE
AND MORE POTS OVER THERE.
Josh: EVERYBODY'S SETTING
TO CRAB IN ONE SPOT.
Narrator: CHASING DOWN
THE $250 BILLION SHOAL.
WELL, IT WAS RUMORED CRAB
WERE GONNA BE IN ONE SPOT
THIS YEAR, PROBABLY,
A LITTLE DEEPER.
YOU CAN SEE ON THE RADAR,
GUYS ARE STARTING TO PILE IN
ALREADY LIKE A BUNCH OF SHEEP.
Narrator:
ON THE NORTHWESTERN...
IT GETS MORE COMPETITIVE.
YOU ONLY GET A COUPLE OF PICKS.
IT'S USUALLY THE FIRST GUYS IN
THAT CAN GET OUT
WITH THEIR HEADS HIGH
AND GETS CRAB IN THE TANK.
Narrator: CAPTAIN SIG
AND HIS DAUGHTER, MANDY,
PULL UP TO THEIR
FIRST PROSPECT POT.
HERE WE GO.
COME ON!
WHOA.
-YEAH!
-COME ON!
COME ON!
Clark: WE'RE GONNA SPOT CHECK
ONE OF OUR POTS HERE.
WE'RE GONNA CHECK
AND SEE WHAT WE GOT.
I JUST WANT TO KNOW IF
THERE IS A SIGN OF LIFE.
Narrator: IT'S THE FIRST
CHANCE TO FIND OUT
IF THIS LEGENDARY HOARD IS
REAL OR JUST A FISH STORY.
♪♪
WHOO-HOO!
THE RULE OF THUMB IS IF
YOU'RE ON SUPER GOOD FISHING,
A CRAB AN HOUR IS THE BEST.
Narrator: ONE CRAB ENTERING
EACH POT PER HOUR
WOULD BE THE SIGN OF LIFE
THE CAPTAIN'S LOOKING FOR.
[ WHIRRING ]
-OH, YEAH.
-WHOO!
WE GOT LIFE!
HO-HO!
-[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
-YEAH, 45, AT LEAST.
BIG ONES?
-YEAH!
-I'M GONNA COME LOOK.
WATCH IT, OUT, MOVE,
MOVE, MOVE, MOVE, MOVE!
WHOO!
THERE'S A LOT MORE BIG
IN THERE THAN SMALL!
-YEAH!
-WHOO!
AHH, YEAH!
♪♪
-You want to know what we have?
-HOW MANY?
-65.
-65 IN 18?
-Yeah.
-BOOM! [BLEEP].
DUDE,
THAT'S THREE CRAB AN HOUR.
OH, YEAH!
OH, IT'S ON, IT'S ON!
IT'S ON!
Narrator: A THREE CRAB AN HOUR
PACE IS A TANK STUFFER,
PROOF THAT THEY'RE
ON THE MUD PIT'S
$250 BILLION MOTHER LODE.
YOU TELL ME,
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO SET?
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
WE CAN SET ANY DIRECTION.
I CAN SET 'EM IN
CIRCLES IF I WANTED TO.
NO ONE CAN TELL
YOU WHAT TO DO.
SOMEBODY COMES IN,
"OH, THEY'RE TOO CLOSE,
OH, THEY'RE...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]."
KISS MY ASS!
YOU CAN SET 'EM ANYWAY YOU
WANT, ANYWHERE YOU WANT,
ANY HOW YOU WANT.
-SO, HOW WOULD YOU SET 'EM?
-EAST TO WEST.
-EAST?
-I'M GONNA GO ACROSS.
-GOOD CALL!
-I'M GONNA GO ACROSS.
GOOD CALL!
OKAY, LET'S GET
'EM IN THE WATER.
GO!
♪♪
THESE ARE THE ONES
MANDY PICKED OUT.
SHE'S HEADING 'EM EAST TO WEST
BECAUSE OF THAT ONE POT
WE FOUND THAT HAD 65 IN 18.
IT'S GONNA GET TIGHT IN HERE.
SO THE MAIN THING IS
TO GET YOUR GEAR IN,
NOT ON SOMEBODY IF
YOU CAN HELP IT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF
WHAT WE'RE DOING.
RIGHT NOW, WE'RE JUST
PLAYING THE GAME.
I LIKE PLAYING THE GAME.
♪♪
WIZARD'SRIGHT THERE.
IS HE SETTING?
Narrator:
AFTER A FULL THROTTLE STEAM,
CAPTAIN KEITH ELBOWS
HIS WAY INTO THE MUD PIT.
LOOKS LIKE SIG AND I ARE
GONNA BE DUKING IT OUT
A LITTLE BIT HERE.
WE'RE GONNA SLAM
THAT GEAR IN THERE
AND WE'RE NOT GONNA
TAKE A NIBBLE OUT OF THAT
SHOAL OF CRAB.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE
A REAL HEALTHY BITE.
AND YOU CAN SEE THESE
BOATS RIGHT HERE.
THEY'RE JUST ABSOLUTELY BOMBING
THIS AREA HERE IN FORMATION.
♪♪
COMING DOWN HERE AT YOU, MATEY!
DON'T MAKE US ANY MONEY
SITTING ON THE BOW!
MOUSE,
I'VE BEEN TRAVELING AROUND
PATHS WHERE I WANTED TO SET
'CAUSE I DON'T WANT
TO SHOW MY CARDS YET.
SEAN ON THE BRENNA
'CAUSE HE'S TRAVELING
RIGHT THROUGH HERE AS WELL.
BUT AT THIS POINT,
YOU KNOW WHAT,
A COUPLE OF TWO OR THREE
BOATS GOING RIGHT THROUGH
WHERE I WANT TO SET.
I'M [BLEEP] SHOWING THE CARDS.
I'M SETTING MY GEAR.
BRAVO, BRAVO, SET 'EM
WHEN IT'S READY.
YEAH, BABY!
[ MEN SHOUT INDISTINCTLY ]
THERE SHE GOES!
THAT'S WHAT WE BEEN
WAITING FOR!
♪♪
IS HE TURNING TO
SET RIGHT THERE?
Narrator:
CLOSING IN ON ALL SIDES,
THE FLEET IS TURNING THE MUD PIT
INTO THE BATTLEGROUND
EVERYONE FEARED.
ALL READY, BOYS.
ARE WE READY?
WE ARE READY!
Narrator: BRENNA ACAPTAIN,
SEAN DWYER'S FIRST POTS
WILL LET HIM KNOW IF
THESE CROWDED WATERS
ARE WORTH GOING
TOE TO TOE WITH THE BIG BOYS.
LOTS OF LIFE, LOTS OF
ACTION ON THE SOUNDER
MEANS THAT THERE'S
STUFF DOWN THERE
THAT THE CRAB ARE EATING.
WE'RE FIGHTING THE SEASON
RIGHT HERE.
Sean: THE PRESSURE'S BEEN ON ME
TO PERFORM, HONESTLY.
I'M TRYING TO BUY ME A BOAT
SO I'M HOPING THAT
THIS THING PRODUCES.
♪♪
HERE IT COMES!
COME ON, COME ON!
OH, [BLEEP],
LOOK AT THAT THING!
WHOA-HO, YEAH!
[ CHEERING ]
WHOO-HOO! HALFWAY FULL.
WHOO!
WHOO!
♪♪
THERE'S JUST TONS OF CRAB.
♪♪
THERE'S RIDERS
DOWN THERE TOO, SO...
HOLD ON, I'M ENJOYING THIS.
I'M ENJOYING THIS.
54! YEAH!
THAT'S THE KIND OF POT THAT
YOU CAN BUY A NEW BOAT WITH.
BOOM!
♪♪
THIS POT HAS RIDERS IN IT, TOO.
WHAT THAT TELLS ME,
THERE'S STILL CRAB DOWN THERE
TRYING' TO GET INTO
THIS VERY POT.
THEY WANT IN, THEY'RE NOT
DONE YET, THEY NEED MORE.
-57!
-WHOO!
57!
Narrator:
LOADED POTS ARE ALL THE PROOF
SEAN NEEDS TO MAKE
A STAND AT THE MUD PIT.
AND HE WASTES NO
TIME ROLLING HIS GEAR
BACK ONTO THE BIOMASS.
-GET UP.
-GET IT, GET IT, GET IT, GET IT.
[ CHEERING ]
BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG,
BIG, BIG, BIG, BIG!
GOING OUT!
♪♪
LET'S GO, BOYS.
YEAH!
SWEET!
♪♪
THIS IS EXACTLY
THE START OF WHAT WE NEED.
WE KEEP CATCHING POTS LIKE THIS,
WE ARE ON OUR WAY HOME
AND I'M GONNA BUY A NEW BOAT.
♪♪
WHAT?
THERE'S GEAR OVER HERE.
WHO IS IT?
3-5-2-6-5.
WITH A W ON TOP.
WIZARD.
♪♪
CAPTAIN KEITH
ON THE WIZARD.
OOH, WHAT IS THAT?
A NORTHWESTERNPOT?
MAN, THERE IS GEAR EVERYWHERE.
♪♪
GOOD [BLEEP].
I'm gonna bring some
gear in tonight.
Yeah, people are hitting it
really hard.
All the crab are
jammed in one place.
Narrator: IN THE CROWDED WATERS
OF THE MUD PIT...
[ LAUGHS ]
Sean: CAPTAIN KEITH.
OOH, WHAT IS THAT?
A NORTHWESTERNPOT?
WHAT?
MAN, THERE IS GEAR EVERYWHERE.
Narrator:
POTS BELONGING TO THE WIZARD
AND THE NORTHWESTERNSURROUND
CAPTAIN SEAN DWYER'S SECOND SET.
THEY SET RIGHT THROUGH MY GEAR,
RIGHT ON MY GEAR.
I'VE BEEN WATCHING BUOYS
FROM THE OTHER BOAT
GOING BY EVERY OTHER POT
SO THIS GUY'S STEALING
HALF OUR CRAB.
Narrator:
THE INFLUX OF ENEMY POTS
THREATENS TO DERAIL
SEAN'S QUICK KING SEASON
AND HIS ABILITY
TO BUY A NEW BOAT.
Zack: WELL, SOMEBODY
DECIDED TO SIT DOWN
ON OUR BLACKJACK CABLE.
IT'S NOT HELPING US OUT.
I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
WE GOTTA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO
NAVIGATE AROUND THESE GUYS.
♪♪
Narrator: DOWN SOUTH,
FAR FROM THE PACKED WATERS
OF THE MUD PIT...
ABOUT 60-70 MILES AWAY
FROM THE NEAREST BOAT.
I'M MORE NERVOUS THAN ANYTHING.
ALL RIGHT, HERE SHE COMES.
Narrator:
SAGACAPTAIN, JAKE ANDERSON,
IS HALFWAY THROUGH
HIS FIRST PICK.
[ WHIRRING ]
-OH!
WHOMP, WHOMP, WHOMP.
♪♪
WHOMP, WHOMP, WHOMP.
WE'RE IN FEMALE COUNTRY.
NOT GOOD!
ALL GARBAGE HERE!
-ALL GARBAGE!
-FEMALES.
Narrator: ONLY MALE CRAB CAN
LEGALLY GO INTO THE TANKS.
3-0.
TWO SAVES!
Narrator: SO, AN ALL-FEMALE HAUL
WON'T DO ANYTHING TO HELP
THE CAPTAIN'S BOTTOM LINE.
SO ZERO ON THAT ONE.
THIS IS A TERRIBLE START.
WE MIGHT AS WELL BE IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE SAHARA
WITHOUT A GLASS OF WATER.
OH!
BUNCH OF FEMALES.
OH!
FEMALES.
NOT GOOD.
Narrator:
JAKE'S GAMBLE TO GO IT ALONE
AND FISH OUTSIDE
THE STORIED MUD PIT IS A BUST.
[ BLEEP ]
[ TELEPHONE RINGING ]
SAGA,JAKE SPEAKING.
IT'S SEAN.
Yo, Jake,
how you looking man?
I AM ON NOTHING.
I got nothing in my pots.
OH, REALLY?
WHOO! YEAH!
I'M ON SUPER HOT FISHING,
BUT NOW THESE GUYS ARE
JUST SLAMMING IT WITH GEAR.
I'M CROSSING SIG AND KEITH
AND ALL THESE GUYS.
YOU KNOW, UNCLE FESTER
AND OLD MAN WINTER
ARE TRYING TO
POACH MY TERRITORY.
THESE OLDER GUYS,
THEY'RE TELLING ME,
DON'T CROSS MY GEAR,
YOU'RE SETTING TOO CLOSE,
BUT THEN THESE OLDER
GUYS HAVE SET ME DOWN
IN SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.
HOW MUCH GEAR YOU GOT ON BOARD?
I GOT 91, 92 POTS.
DUDE, LET'S SET THEM DOWN, BUD.
BOX 'EM OUT.
I'll help you.
DUDE, I WILL POT HIS ASS DOWN.
THOSE TWO ARE THE WORST
PARTNERS IN THE ENTIRE WORLD.
JAKE, JAKE.
I'M TRYING TO TEACH
YOU HOW TO FISH, JAKE.
STOP WALKING ON ME.
FIND YOUR OWN
[BLEEP] INFORMATION!
GO OUT AND FIND IT YOURSELF!
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT!
GET OUT, GET OUT!
Narrator:
SCARRED BY PAST PARTNERSHIPS
WITH KEITH AND SIG...
Jake: THEY'RE THE WORST.
YOU HELP THEM CATCH THEIR CRAB
THEN THEY TELL YOU
TO [BLEEP] OFF.
Narrator:
...JAKE JOINS THE RESISTANCE.
I HATE FISHING WITH THOSE GUYS.
I WANT THEM TO LOSE!
I WANT THEM TO FAIL!
Sean:
DUDE, HE'S PASSIONATE.
THIS GUY WANTS ONE
THING AND IT'S BLOOD.
Well, let's do it, dude.
Let's box 'em out.
GO [BLEEP] BEAT THOSE GUYS!
Narrator: THE PLAN?
DRIVE THEM OUT BY
DROPPING THEIR OWN POTS
ON THE VETERANS' GEAR,
STEALING AWAY
KEITH AND SIG'S CRAB.
I DO WANT TO CATCH MY CRAB.
WELL, YOU CAN GET BOTH 'CAUSE
THERE'S A TON OF CRAB HERE
AND YOU NEED TO GET UP HERE
BEFORE THOSE LITTLE MEN
FREAKING TRY TO TAKE IT ALL.
See how they like it when
the tables are turned.
♪♪
♪♪
Narrator: RETURNING TO
THE WESTERN MUD PIT.
ONE OVER!
YEAH!
Narrator:
CAPTAIN STEVE "HARLEY" DAVIDSON
STEERS THE MASSIVE SOUTHERN WIND
BACK TO HIS OLD HOT SPOT.
BACK HOME AGAIN.
I'M DONE WITH THAT
ALASKA STATE CRAB,
AND SO NOW IT'S MY TURN
TO GO CATCH OUR CRAB.
♪♪
WE'RE GONNA GO HIT THIS
LITTLE MUD PIT I GOT.
IT'S JUST RIGHT ON THE EDGE
OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN FISHING.
I'M GONNA JUST TURN
AND BURN AND SET THESE PUPPIES
RIGHT IN IT.
I JUST KIND OF
KEPT IT IN RESERVE.
♪♪
Narrator: WHILE THE REST OF
THE FLEET SCOURS
THE 800 SQUARE-MILE AREA,
BASED ON AGING INTEL...
ALL TO OURSELVES,
THIS LITTLE HONEY HOLE.
Narrator: ...HARLEY MANAGED TO
KEEP A SMALL CANYON
ON THE FAR WESTERN EDGE OF
THE MUD PIT, HIS SECRET.
HOLD, HOLD, HOLD.
WHOO!
SO I'M GONNA GO WITH THIS
ANGLE ON THE WAVES,
SO YOU GOTTA WATCH YOUR ASS.
♪♪
Y'ALL READY TO LET IT RIP?
♪♪
RIGHT NOW WE'RE SITTING
AT A DITCH,
WHICH MEANS THAT
WE'RE SIDE TO ALL THE WAVES.
THAT MEANS YOU GO DOWN INTO
A DITCH, YOU GET KNOCKED AROUND.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE BEING
IN A WASHING MACHINE.
NOT A LOT OF FUN.
Narrator: TO DROP HIS POTS
AT A PRECISE LOCATION,
HARLEY DRIVES BROADSIDE
TO THE WEATHER.
♪♪
THEY CAN COME SURFING OVER
THE SIDE ON THIS COURSE,
FOR SURE.
POT OVER.
I REFUSE TO STOP
OR DO ANYTHING DIFFERENT.
THESE GUYS ARE SKILLED ENOUGH,
THIS BOAT'S AWESOME ENOUGH
THAT WE CAN
CONTINUE ON LIKE THIS.
THIS FLEET'S PRETTY EFFICIENT,
WHEN THEY COME IN
THEY CAN GOBBLE SOME CRAB.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA LET ME HAVE
THIS TO MYSELF FOREVER,
SO I GOTTA MAKE HAY RIGHT NOW.
TIME TO GET THESE IN THE WATER.
♪♪
CHECK IT OUT.
THIS IS WHY IT TAKES ME A LONG
TIME TO GET MY RAIN GEAR ON
IN THE MORNING, I'VE GOTTA
DRESS THE CHIHUAHUA, TOO.
[ SEAGULLS CALLING ]
ALL RIGHT, GUYS,
FIRST POT COMING UP.
♪♪
Nick: WE'RE ON OUR FIRST STRING
OF OUR 2018 RED CRAB
SEASON RIGHT NOW.
JUST HOPING THAT
CAPTAIN WILD BILL
put us on some crab.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY AROUND,
IF WE FIND CRAB, IT'S AWESOME.
I'M NOT OVERLY EXCITED
AND I'M SOMEWHAT OPTIMISTIC,
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW.
Narrator: IGNORING
THE CONVENTIONAL WISDOM,
CAPTAIN "WILD" BILL
IS SET AWAY FROM THE DOG PILE,
EVEN FURTHER WEST
THAN THE MUD PIT.
THE WEST SIDE HAS BEEN
HOTTER THAN HELL, I JUST,
WE'VE JUST GONE TO WHERE
WE'VE HAD SOME HISTORY
IN THE PAST,
COVERED A BUNCH OF DEPTHS.
THE BEST WAY IS TO PUT A POT
IN THE WATER, HAUL IT,
SEE THE CRAB, AND WORK
OFF YOUR OWN INFO.
♪♪
WHERE'S ERIK?
I DON'T KNOW.
OH, WHERE IS ERIK?
WHERE IS ERIK?
I'VE BEEN ASKING
THAT QUESTION A LOT.
THERE'S NO ERIK ON DECK,
HE'S NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
I KNOW HE'S LATE ON DECK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS CONCEPT
HAS NOT REACH HIS [BLEEP] BRAIN.
WE SHOULD JUST START
CALLING HIM WALDO,
IF YOU COULD EVER FIND HIM.
OH, THERE HE IS.
HEY, THERE HE IS!
WHERE'S WALDO?
NOW HE JUST WALKED UP WITH
A PAIR OF PANTS ON, NOTHING,
A PAIR OF RAIN PANTS.
NOWHERE CLOSE TO
BEING READY TO GO.
YOU'RE LATE AGAIN!
YEAH, HAVING A [BLEEP]
FASHION EMERGENCY.
FASHION EMERGENCY IS
ERIK'S EXCUSE THIS TIME.
HAVEN'T HEARD THAT ONE BEFORE.
♪♪
♪♪
COME ON, MOTHER[BLEEP].
CRAB! CRAB!
OH, PLEASE,
LET THERE BE CRAB!
A LITTLE NERVOUS,
A LITTLE NERVOUS.
I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
HOPEFULLY, IT'S A LUCKY BREAK,
SOMETIMES THEY WASH YOUR WAY,
SOMETIMES THEY DON'T.
WATCH, COVER YOUR...
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
♪♪
LET'S GO, COME ON.
WHOA.
[ CHEERING ]
FIRST POT OF THE SEASON,
I TRY NOT TO GET TOO PUMPED,
BUT...
YEAH...
THAT'S ALL MALE!
YEAH, THERE'S A BIG ONE THERE!
NO COMPLAINTS.
THIS POT'S LOOKING LIKE
SOMEWHERE IN THE 40s AND 50s.
OH, YEAH!
NICE, BIG, CLEAN CRAB.
-YEAH!
-YEAH.
-[ LAUGHS ]
-WHOO.
-WHOO.
-WHOO!
4-0! WHOO! YEAH.
Narrator: WHILE OTHER CAPTAINS
SCRATCH AND CLAW
FOR THEIR SHARE OF
THE CRAB HORDE,
BILL HAS FOUND HIS VERY
OWN HONEY HOLE.
YEAH, BABY.
HEY.
HOORAH.
[ DOG WHINES ]
YOU EXCITED?
YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY FOR ME.
WE'RE CATCHING CRAB.
[ CHEERING ]
FULL OF CRABS.
NINE POUNDS.
CHA-CHING.
Narrator: THE BIG NUMBERS ARE
GREAT NEWS FOR EVERYONE.
EXCEPT, MAYBE, ERIK, WHO IS NOW
RESPONSIBLE FOR MORE THAN
JUST GETTING DRESSED.
HEY, THAT'S LOOSE,
THAT'S LOOSE.
WHAT DO I DO WITH HER?
ERIK IS STEADILY
GOING DOWNHILL.
WHAT IS GOING ON OVER HERE?
YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED,
LIKE WE REALLY,
QUIET, QUIET, QUIET,
ALL RIGHT?
-LISTEN TO ME.
-OKAY.
WE REALLY NEED YOU
TO PERFORM OUT HERE,
WE REALLY NEED YOU TO,
LIKE, YOU KNOW, STEP UP.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S THE...
[ DOG WHIMPERS ]
YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA YELL
AT HIM, TOO, FOR NOT WORKING.
GET IT TOGETHER.
Bill: I HAVE A FUNNY FEELING
HE'S NOT GONNA MAKE IT.
♪♪
Narrator: 225 MILES NORTHWEST
OF DUTCH HARBOR,
YEAH, 2018, LET'S GO, WHOO!
♪♪
EVERYBODY SAID THAT
THE CRAB ARE IN ONE SPOT,
WELL, WE'RE ABOUT TO FIND OUT IF
THEY'RE RIGHT OR THEY'RE WRONG.
Narrator: CORNELIA MARIE
CAPTAINS JOSH HARRIS
AND CASEY McMANUS
HAUL THEIR FIRST POTS
OUT OF THE CROWDED MUD PIT.
I'M REALLY HOPING THERE'S
A LOT OF CRAB IN THIS POT,
BECAUSE IF WE DO
GOOD THIS SEASON,
THEN WE GOT A SHOT
AT A LOT OF QUOTA.
Narrator: ON THE LINE,
A CHANCE TO SECURE $1 MILLION
OF EXTRA QUOTA,
IF THEY CAN NAVIGATE THROUGH
THE CROWD AND HIT PAYDIRT.
COME ON, GET IN!
♪♪
PLEASE BE IN THERE,
PLEASE BE IN THERE.
JOB'S UP, WHOA!
-YEAH!
-YEAH!
[ LAUGHING ]
NOW THAT'S WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S A [BLEEP]
BEAUTIFUL POT.
YEAH, BABY, THERE'S THE MEAT!
♪♪
BERING SEA CHERRIES.
♪♪
THAT'S 70 ON THAT ONE,
CASEY.
7-0.
-70.
-70.
WHOO!
YEAH, BABY, LOOK AT THAT!
HOLY [BLEEP], YEAH!
OH, YEAH!
THAT'S WHAT WE NEED,
RIGHT THERE,
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT
WE NEED RIGHT THERE.
WHOO!
Narrator: NOW THAT THE MASSIVE
HORDE OF CRAB IS NO LONGER
A RUMOR...
GOING OVER.
Narrator:
...THOSE WHO GOT THERE EARLY
GORGE ON THE $250,000 BOUNTY.
THE RADAR'S STARTING TO
FILL UP, YOU KNOW,
GUYS WERE WORRIED ABOUT CRAB
BEING IN ONE SPOT,
AND NOW IT'S STARTING
TO LOOK LIKE THAT'S THE CASE.
I'M JUST GLAD WE GOT IN
SOON ENOUGH,
BECAUSE BY THE TIME
THIS WAR'S OVER,
YOU WANNA
GET THE CRAB IN THE TANK.
YOU SEE THESE BOATS,
AND THEY'RE ALL,
JUST, LIKE, FARMING OUT HERE.
Narrator: SKIPPER KEITH COLBURN
IS READY TO FEAST...
OH, THERE HE IS.
DUDE, YOU SEEING
WHAT I'M SEEING?
HE'S GOING RIGHT THROUGH
MY GEAR RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: ...AT THE EXPENSE OF
BRENNA ACAPTAIN, SEAN DWYER.
OH, DUDE, HE IS UP
IN YOUR GEAR RIGHT NOW.
OH, MY GOD.
WE'RE GONNA SET ABOUT
10 POTS OFF THE END
AS AN ACTUAL STRING, THEN
WE'LL SET ANOTHER STRING.
[ LAUGHS ]
[ BIRDS CALLING ]
WHAT THE [BLEEP]?
WHO'S THAT?
[ BIRDS CALLING ]
WHAT THE [BLEEP]?
-THAT'S JUST BOMBARDING.
-YEAH.
Narrator: CAPTAINS SEAN AND JAKE
TAKE UP POSITIONS TO
BOX IN THE WIZARD.
♪♪
YEAH, WELL, YOU'RE ABOUT
50 FEET OFF MY STARBOARD RAIL,
[BEEP]HOLE, I'M TRYING
TO SET GEAR HERE.
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
HEY, HOLD THAT POT,
DON'T SET THAT POT,
I GOT HIM COMING RIGHT UP
ON MY STARBOARD SIDE, GUYS.
SET 'EM FELLAS.
LOWER!
THERE SHE GOES!
WHOO-HOO, HELL, YEAH.
WHOO!
OPEN THE BOMB BAY DOORS, BOYS.
GET 'EM.
Narrator:
FOR EVERY POT KEITH SETS,
THE YOUNG CAPTAINS SET TWO OF
THEIR OWN IN THE SAME SPOT...
[ CHEERING ]
Narrator: ...SIPHONING OFF
WOULD-BE WIZARDCRAB.
[ LAUGHS ]
Narrator: BASICALLY, CRABBER
CODE FOR COCKING A SHOTGUN
AND SHOUTING,
"GET OFF MY LAWN!"
HELLO.
YOU GUYS, MAN,
THIS IS NOT [BLEEP] SMART.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE [BLEEP] UP TO.
GO AHEAD, DUMP IT.
[BLEEP] YOU GUYS.
SET 'EM BOYS.
HE'S PISSED.
DUMP IT.
Man:
[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]
[BLEEP] IDIOTS, MAN.
JUST [BLEEP] LUNACY.
THIS IS [BLEEP] CHILDISH
[BLEEP] NONSENSE.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS,
COMING HARD TO PORT, HERE.
[BLEEP] THESE GUYS.
GUYS, GO HAVE SOME FUN
ON YOUR OWN, OKAY?
DUDE, HE'S RUNNING.
Yeah, he's making
a break for it, man.
Jake: [ LAUGHS ]
WE GOT HIM, WE GOT HIM!
LATER, PROFESSOR.
THESE GUYS THINK
THEY'RE GONNA PLAY SOME
CHILDISH PRANK ON ME,
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THEY GOT ANOTHER THINK COMING.
Narrator: INSTEAD OF RUNNING
FROM THE BATTLE...
GET THE WELDER OUT,
GET THE WELDER OUT.
GET THE POT OUT OF THE RACK,
GET IT OUT OF THE RACK,
TIE THAT [BLEEP] DOWN,
AND GET READY TO HAUL A POT.
WE'RE HAULING ONE OF [BLEEP]
JAKE'S POTS, ALL RIGHT?
NOT GOOD.
Narrator: ...THE VETERAN SKIPPER
ENGINEERS A SALTY RETALIATION.
I NEED SOME EYEBALLS ON
THE PORT SIDE,
I GOT ONE MORE POT OVER THERE
I WANNA GO GRAB, THE BRENNA'S.
RIGHT ON, BABY.
WELCOME ABOARD.
WE'RE SETTING BOTH THESE --
WE'RE WELDING THESE TWO POTS
TOGETHER, GUYS.
WELD THE [BLEEP] TOGETHER,
WE'RE GONNA SET 'EM
RIGHT TOGETHER,
[BLEEP] AROUND WITH THEM
AS MUCH AS YOU [BLEEP] WANT,
MAKE SURE THEY
GET THE PRESENT BACK.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY,
PAYBACK IS A BITCH!
♪♪
RIGHT ON, FREDDY.
THESE [BLEEP] GUYS THINK
THEY CAN [BLEEP] PLAY GAMES
WITH A [BLEEP] OLD PRO?
[BLEEP] THESE GUYS.
♪♪
Narrator:
THIS WEEK ON SALTY TAKES,
HEY, WHERE WE GONNA FISH?
[ DOG WHINES ]
EARN YOUR BISCUITS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
[ DOG WHINES ]
I WAS GONNA START AT
THE SOMBRERO IN YOUR HONOR,
BUT I THINK IT'S ALL SMALLS
AND FEMALES.
[ DOG WHINES ]
WELL, LOOK AT YOU,
YOU'RE SMALL AND MALE, HA!
WANNA GO A LITTLE DEEPER?
[ WHINES LOUDLY ]
ALL RIGHT, WELL,
DON'T GET TOO BOSSY,
I'M JUST ASKING FOR HELP,
I'M NOT ASKING YOU TO
TELL ME WHAT TO DO.
GO GET ME A SANDWICH,
AND I'LL LET YOU GO.
[ DOG WHINES ]
♪♪
TAKE ALL FOUR BAGS
AND TIE THEM TOGETHER
SO THAT ALL FOUR BAGS GO OVER IN
ONE BIG WAD OF [BLEEP].
Narrator:
ON THE PACKED WESTERN MUD PIT...
I THINK HE'S GOT
MY POT ON BOARD.
UH, HE MIGHT HAVE
ONE OF MINE, TOO.
HE'S JUST TRYING TO
GET HIS REVENGE.
GO AHEAD AND DUMP IT.
GOING OVER.
Narrator: VETERAN SKIPPER
KEITH COLBURN FIRES BACK
AFTER BEING SET DOWN BY YOUNGER
CAPTAINS SEAN AND JAKE.
[ LAUGHING ]
OH, BOY, I THINK THEY'RE
GONNA HAVE A GOOD TIME
WITH THAT ONE.
OH, DUDE, WHAT THE HELL
DID HE DO TO THAT THING?
[ BLEEP ]
THAT'S DEFINITELY OUR GEAR
AND THE SAGA'SGEAR
ALL WRAPPED TOGETHER.
-DID YOU GET 'EM BOTH?
-YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY.
DAMN IT, JUST RUN BOTH
LINES AT THE SAME TIME,
COIL THEM SEPARATELY.
DAMN, THIS IS
A [BLEEP] SNAILS.
YOU'RE GONNA NEED THE CRANE
AND THE PICKING HOOK,
AREN'T YOU?
OH, DUDE.
DUDE, HE HAD TIME
TO WELD THOSE TWO?
Sean: OH, YEAH,
THEY'RE WELDED TOGETHER.
BRING IT UP, BRING IT UP,
BRING IT UP.
-BE VERY CAREFUL.
-DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.
THERE'S GARBAGE
BAGS IN THE BOTTOM.
AND THEY GAVE US
THEIR TRASH, TOO.
[ BLEEP ]
WHAT THE EFF, BRO?
[ LAUGHING ]
[ GRUNTING ]
POW, POW, OOH, OOH!
OOH, OOH!
WELDED TOGETHER,
WE NEED A, UH...
RUN, RUN FOR A CUTTING DISK.
IT'S A [BLEEP] DAMN
BRAND-NEW POT.
[ SAW WHIRRING ]
WELL PLAYED, SIR,
WELL PLAYED.
I'M OUT OF HERE, GOOD RIDDANCE,
ENJOY THE DAY.
[ SHIP HORN BLOWS ]
KEITH BAILED OUT,
WE SCARED HIM OFF,
BUT HE GOT US BACK.
ALL IS FAIR IN
THE GAME OF BERING SEA WAR.
♪♪
Narrator: 50 MILES NORTH,
FAR FROM THE FLEET...
...ON THE SUMMER BAY...
I AM ULTRA EXCITED,
WE GOT ABOUT THREE MILES
OF SOLID NUMBERS, THE MIDDLE
WAS KIND OF A SWEET SPOT,
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD
AND PLACE IT.
EXTRA BAIT IT, AND YOU GOTTA
LET IT SIT A LITTLE BIT.
Narrator: CAPTAIN "WILD" BILL
BOMBARDS A SCHOOL OF CRAB
AWAY FROM THE MAIN HORDE.
WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD
FISHING PRETTY MUCH ALL DAY,
WE'RE SETTING THESE POTS
BACK ON THE CRAB WE SAW.
Narrator: TO FILL HIS TANKS,
BILL LEANS ON
THREE VETERAN DECKHANDS.
I'M WORRIED.
I'M USED TO HAVING FIVE GUYS.
I GOT 3 1/2.
MY THREE GUYS,
THEY'LL TRY THEIR DAMNEDEST
UNTIL THEY GET BURNED OUT.
LOWER.
♪♪
OH, [BLEEP] ERIK'S
NOT OUT THERE AGAIN,
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE [BLEEP] HIS PROBLEM IS.
Narrator: ERIK'S PROBLEM?
HE DOESN'T OWN A WATCH.
♪♪
I THINK HE JUST WANTS
TO GET FIRED, YOU KNOW?
HE'S [BLEEP] WITH OUR MONEY.
I DON'T WANT TO BURY
THE KID,
BUT SOMETIMES [BLEEP]
JUST GETS TO BE TOO MUCH.
♪♪
GET YOUR [BLEEP] OUT ON
DECK WITH THE REST OF
THE CREW, YOU LAZY [BLEEP].
I'VE HAD ENOUGH, YOU [BLEEP].
YOU'RE MESSING WITH
MY LIVELIHOOD,
YOU [BLEEP] SUCKER.
YOU [BLEEP] DO IT AGAIN
I'M GONNA SEE HOW TOUGH YOU
REALLY ARE, YOU [BLEEP].
DO YOU UNDERSTAND, [BLEEP]?
DO I HAVE TO [BLEEP]
SAY ANYTHING MORE TO YOU?
♪♪
OKAY, LET HER GO,
WE'RE GONNA GO ON THE MARK.
♪♪
HE'S THE LAST ONE OUT
BY 10, 15 MINUTES?
IT'S UNHEARD OF BY ANYBODY,
LET ALONE THE NEW GUY.
IT'S YOUR JOB TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH BAIT
FOR THE STRING, AND THERE
WASN'T ENOUGH [BLEEP] BAIT.
Bill: THIS IS WORK
AND I DON'T THINK HE'S EVER
HAD TO WORK BEFORE IN HIS LIFE.
MY MISTAKE.
I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BE ABLE
TO HELP SOMEBODY OUT,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M NOT SURE THERE IS
ANY HELPING THIS [BLEEP].
♪♪
Narrator:
BACK IN THE WESTERN MUD PIT...
Sig: NOW MAKE A TURN,
SO YOU'RE NOT PUSHING ON
THE RUDDER TOO HARD.
NOW YOU'RE -- JAM IT,
RIGHT DOWN, RIGHT DOWN,
ALL THE WAY.
GET HER GOING, THERE YOU GO.
[ BLEEP ]
SO WE'RE COMING UP ON
THE FIRST BAG OF MY STRING HERE,
OF MY DECK LOAD.
I'M REALLY HOPING FOR
A SIGN OF CRAB HERE.
♪♪
YOU GUYS READY?
WHOO!
WHOO! GET HER
IN THE BALL GAME.
THIS IS GAME DAY, BITCHES!
♪♪
-YEAH, BUDDY.
-YEAH, BUDDY!
WE DID A SPOT CHECK
ON OUR FIRST STRING,
THERE WAS 65 IN IT.
GOT MY FINGERS CROSSED,
I HOPE WE HIT SOMETHING.
Narrator: A THREE CRAB AN HOUR
PROSPECT POT
CONVINCED THE HANSENS TO DROP
THEIR REMAINING GEAR...
HOPEFULLY WE CAN FIND
A LITTLE SPOT, YOU KNOW,
HAMMER THAT DOWN, AND GET
SOMETHING GOING HERE.
Narrator: ...AND MAKE THE MOST
OF THESE GROUNDS
BEFORE THEY'RE
COMPLETELY OVERRUN.
[ WHIRRING ]
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
♪♪
[ WHIRRING ]
OH, YEAH, THERE WE GO!
-THERE WE GO.
-YEAH!
-YEAH!
-DON'T MISS A BEAT.
-THAT WAS AWESOME!
-YEAH!
COME ON, MAN,
YOU GOTTA ENJOY.
YOU KNOW,
A WORD ABOUT HAULING POTS,
YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK
AT THE CRAB ON THAT,
LOOK AT THE TABLE, IT'S FULL!
-YEAH.
[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]
70, 7-0.
-BANG.
-COME ON!
LET'S GO GET SOME, COME ON.
COME ON, BABY,
SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT.
OOH.
[ WHIRRING ]
YEAH!
OH, BOY.
Mandy: HA, HA.
OH, YEAH!
YEAH!
WHOO!
WHAT WOULD KEITH DO?
[ IMITATES DANCE BEAT ]
74.
74!
74. COME ON!
♪♪
SO YOUR GUT WAS RIGHT.
YOU WANTED TO GO EAST WEST,
KIND OF DO THAT, WE'LL SEE.
ONCE WE GET TO THE END OF
THIS STRING, WE'LL KNOW.
THEN YOU REALLY CAN DIAL IN,
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING?
-YEAH.
-REALLY DIAL.
LIKE NAPALM.
BANG!
[ CHEERING ]
IT'S GONNA BE A WAR OUT THERE.
WE KNOW THERE'S CRAB OUT THERE.
WE GOT ALL OUR BAGS, WE GOT
ALL OUR EGGS IN ONE BASKET,
AND THAT'S IT.
AND THE BAD NEWS IS THE FLEET'S
GOT GEAR IN THERE, TOO.
[ LINE RINGING ]
IT'S ABOUT GOING OUT
AND CATCHING YOUR CRAB,
AND BEATING THE BOAT
NEXT TO YOU.
Is that you, Sean?
HEY, BUDDY,
ONE DOWN ONE TO GO, HUH?
SIG'S NEXT.
HE WON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING.
♪ AH ♪
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE
SETTING RIGHT
ON TOP OF OTHER PEOPLE.
WE GOT A FAIR AMOUNT OF
QUOTA TO CATCH,
WE REALLY GOTTA DO IT WELL,
BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF EYES
ON US RIGHT NOW.
THE COMPETITION IS GONNA BREAK
SOME OF THESE GUYS.
HEY, I KNEW YOU TOLD ME
THAT YOU WOULDN'T GO UNLESS
I BROUGHT YOUR HUMAN WITH YOU,
BUT WHAT'S UP WITH HIM?
IT'S GAME ON. IT'S NOW OR NEVER.
COME ON NOW, COME ON NOW,
BE NICE TO ME.
♪ AH, AH, AH ♪
OOH.
[ CHEERING ]
SIG AND KEITH AND BILL,
THIS IS GONNA BE SO COOL,
TO COME AND JUST
SMOKE THEIR ASS.
I'M COMING FOR 'EM,
AND THEY BETTER KNOW IT.
[ LAUGHS ]
♪ WHEN IT ALL GOES DOWN ♪
♪ I'M GONNA RUN THIS TOWN ♪
AH!
I CAN'T LET YOU FIGURE OUT
IF DEATH IS A BIG
ENOUGH CONSEQUENCE FOR YOU.
♪ LIVE IN THIS TOWN ♪
♪ DIE IN THIS TOWN ♪
♪ ONCE AGAIN, HERE WE GO ♪
♪ ANOTHER NAME WILL FALL ♪
Sig: YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH
BEFORE IT BEATS YOU.
HOW MANY CHANCES YOU GONNA GET?
♪ THOUGHT YOU WAS GOOD, HUH? ♪
MORNING, GUYS, WE GOT
OUR BUTTS HANDED TO US
LAST NIGHT.
THE WIZARDIS TAKING ON WATER.
THEY HAVE TO PLAY CAT
AND MOUSE WITH THE ICE.
GO, GO, GO, GO, GO!
[ CHEERING ]
HEY, WHAT WAS THAT?
WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
♪ I WON'T DIE IN THIS TOWN ♪
[ SIREN WAILS ]