Sig: It goes by fast.
I was a captain at the age
of 22.
There weren't any
participation trophies.
There was three times the amount
of boats out here.
You were expendable.
If you didn't produce,
you were out.
You got to always have
that attitude, gilly.
Always.
Sig: When I look around
at the new guys,
There's a lot of
opportunity lately,
Not a lot of promise.
Jake: We know what's going on.
We're not stupid.
We signed up for this.
What I do know is if you get
a shot to be a captain,
You don't pass it up.
You take it.
Sig: I don't see as much fear
as I would hope to have seen...
They don't seem fearful
because...
-Pull up hard!
-Yeah! [ laughs ]
...I think, in their mind,
there's nothing to fear.
[ laughs ]
Hang on, you guys.
Hang on. Hang on!
Everybody grab on and hang on!
[ vocalizing ]
You made the choice
to come here!
Get the [bleep]
out of my wheelhouse.
Here's to 2016 and a new year.
Sig: My advice to the new
guys -- don't waste time.
I don't understand why it hurts
so much right here.
It's always the thing
you didn't think of
That's gonna bite you
in the end.
Oh, my god.
[ sighs ]
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Narrator: October.
Dutch harbor, alaska.
Karl: We're getting ready
for king crab 2015.
It's my birthday,
And I can't ask for
a better birthday present
Than going king crabbing.
Hey! It's my birthday!
-Happy birthday, karl.
Go [bleep] yourself.
-Let's go! We're going!
-Get this show on the road!
Man: We're good.
Narrator:
24 hours before the start
of the king crab season.
Jake: You know what's nice
about being a captain?
You don't have to be
cold anymore.
Narrator: Captains and crews
race for departure.
Bill: Everybody's pretty much
running max rpm.
It doesn't matter how many years
you come out here.
It's a nervous situation.
Hopefully el niño doesn't
kick our a*s this year.
It sucks being a captain
sometimes.
It really does.
Narrator: Unusual weather
and larger quotas
Will tests captains' resolve.
Sig: There are warmer water
temperatures this year.
That's a fact.
We have a much larger
bairdi quota.
It's up by 30%.
There's a lot of money at stake,
and we want to be the best.
That's all up to the weather.
Narrator: For the next 13 weeks,
the rush is on...
Josh: Just get out there
when that g*n goes off,
Work the guys 24 hours a day,
and make some money.
Narrator:
...To claim the $70 million
bounty of the bering sea.
Johnathan:
It's a pretty cool job.
We get to hunt and trap
and contain.
Out there, you know,
it's either them or us.
[ laughs ]
Jake: I want to change
the image of this boat badly.
Narrator:
On the 107-foot saga...
Elliott got bought out,
so the owner hired me.
It's officially my boat.
Narrator:
Captain jake anderson prepares
For his first full season
at the helm...
Jake: This is what the floor
used to look like,
So we got new floor in,
we got new paint in here,
We got new baseboards.
Narrator: ...By eliminating
any remnants of the past.
New seat cushions,
which are really expensive.
It's crazy how much they cost.
It's my boat now --
like, my boat.
I'm responsible for it 100%.
I want people to identify this
boat with me, not with elliott.
Can we get some paintbrushes?
Narrator: The last of
jake's upgrades...
So, I want to be the one
who paints the name.
I want to be the one who puts
my name on it, you know?
Narrator: ...Giving the logo
a new paintjob.
We'll just lower me down.
It's not normal for the captain
to come out and paint, you know?
But this is really important
to him.
So...It's a good thing.
Yeah, go ahead
and lower me down.
All right. Going down!
Keep going.
Go ahead, tim.
You're good.
Okay, uh. I think we just have
to knuckle it.
[ horn blowing ]
Narrator:
Just across the dock...
[ horn continues ]
[ chuckling ] oh, my god.
[ horn stops ]
Look at that clown.
Why is the captain in a tote
painting the boat?!
Why is the captain in a tote
painting the boat?!
[ horn blowing ]
Stop [bleep] around!
Narrator: Since jake's departure
from the northwestern...
That's something you do
when you're on deck
And you're 20 years old,
not...Mr. Captain.
Narrator: ...Skipper sig hansen
has not been impressed
With his ex-deckhand's progress.
Sig: So, I don't know
what his angle is.
Maybe he thinks he's gonna win
them over with his friendship.
It's the wrong thing.
You got to be
the finger pointer.
You got to be the guy
that says what to do.
You can lead by example.
That's the wrong example.
[ horn blowing ]
Every time I try to [bleep]
paint the edge, he honks.
You got a captain in a tote
Hanging over the side
of the boat.
What are you gonna do?
You gonna be respectful?
Or are you gonna take him down?
Oh, my knees.
Uh-oh.
Here they come.
I see a crew, dude.
Dude, no!
I got two more letters.
-[speaks indistinctly]
-dude, it's not funny.
[ laughter ]
What's up, buddy?
What the --
what are you --
Man: Hi, there!
What are you doing?
Don't let him
do anything.
Bring him up!
You're supposed to set
an example for your crew.
I thought this was
the example.
Yeah, but you got five monkeys
on the boat.
Why don't they paint it?
Now they know
that if they don't do it,
I'll get my [bleep] a*s out here
and do it...
-Oh, yeah?
-...Or they go.
Oh, so, you're leading
by example.
That's your point?
-Exactly what the point is.
-Do you agree with this b.S.?
-Not really.
I don't know if it's right.
I don't know if it's the way
people do it.
Edgar's my -- the owner.
He doesn't say [bleep]
-down!
-He would never --
-down!
Hey! Hey!
Stop! No! Don't do it!
Down!
Come on! No!
[ chuckling ]
What a knucklehead!
That's what a captain does.
This is [bleep] cold,
dude!
Get off my [bleep] boat!
-Down!
Get off the --
get me out!
Oh, by the way,
the paintjob looks great.
[ man laughs ]
Narrator: Down the dock on
the 128-foot cornelia marie...
-Got to go this way, huh?
-Watch out. Booming up.
Josh: I got faith in this year.
It's gonna be a good year.
You know,
we have all the right tools.
We have brand-new motors,
You know, brand-new deck,
damn near brand-new crew.
Narrator: ...Josh harris
and captain casey mcmanus
Are taking a fresh approach
to the upcoming season.
Josh:
Usually in the past,
It's always fixing something
that's breaking.
Casey:
We took the cornelia down to
seattle and did a pretty --
Well, a very serious
shipyard on it --
Probably the biggest shipyard
the boat's ever had.
Narrator: In the past,
the cornelia
Hasn't been known for her
mechanical reliability.
The starboard main
blew a head gasket,
Or maybe two head gaskets.
I can almost take one a season,
but this is getting to be...
I'm just pretty much disgusted
right at the moment
With everything.
Narrator: And after years of
patch jobs and band-A*DS...
Hey! [bleep]
[ rattling ]
what the [bleep] is that?
Narrator:
...The boat has finally gotten
a major overhaul...
The crane has been rebuilt from
the top of the pedestal up.
Winch is rebuilt.
Cylinder's rebuilt.
Narrator: ...From new
electronics in the wheelhouse
To an updated engine room.
This is a 300 kw engine.
We have converted to now
electric hydraulics.
60 horsepower that'll operate
the launcher and table.
Narrator: Even the galley
got a makeover.
That's been walled off to give
ourselves a larger settee.
And that is the new c.M.
Narrator: But making the boat
like new came at a steep price.
Josh: But now instead of me
and casey having our own show,
You know, we got two other guys
to answer to
That have been in
the industry for 35 years.
We got to show them we know
what we're doing.
Narrator:
To pay for the overhaul,
Josh was forced to sell
a majority share
Of the boat to investors.
You know, if we didn't
have this partnership,
Then we probably would have
went bankrupt.
We've been told
we're replaceable.
[ chuckles ]
yeah. Touché.
We better -- we better put
some crab over the rail.
We ended up with quite a bit of
bairdi that needs to be caught,
So we're gonna go out there
And we're gonna fish bairdi
this year.
It's gonna be my first time
fishing bairdi
In the wheelhouse,
along with josh's, of course.
No. We're replaceable.
[bleep] yeah.
If we can't perform
and go out and catch crab,
We are replaceable,
you know?
If we can't do the job,
Then they'll find somebody
that can.
Our pay and our jobs
are performance-based.
If we don't perform...
We're poked.
...Could be replaced.
Yeah.
Narrator: For some,
This year's large bairdi quota
could be a career-saver.
For others...
Sig: The reality is we have
quite a bit of bairdi quota.
I can't do it all.
That's the bottom line.
Narrator: ...It's too much
of a good thing.
I don't want to see any
of the value of that quota
Being left on the table
if I can help it.
Because of that,
I'm looking for a boat
That would be dedicated
to fishing bairdi.
Narrator: To lighten
his 700,000-pound load,
The captain looks to lease
some of his quota.
There's a kid on a boat
called brenna a.
His name is sean dwyer.
It seems like he's got a pretty
level head on his shoulders.
I do know that, uh, you know,
he's a go-getter,
And, um, he's trying to make
this thing work.
Narrator:
Nearly 2,000 miles away,
In seattle, washington...
[ cellphone ringing ]
-Hello?
-Uh, sean?
-Yep.
-Hey, sean. This is sig hansen.
Narrator: ...Sig calls
23-year-old captain
Of the brenna a, sean dwyer.
Sig: I've heard you're looking
for quota.
Is that right?
-Yeah.
I was looking for some opies,
But they're real hard
to come by.
All right. Well, I've got an
opportunity for you, and, uh...
It's bairdi, you know?
It's close to a couple hundred
thousand pounds.
Okay.
With the opies
and the king crab --
I just don't have the time
to do it.
Wow.
Narrator:
Sig offers the young skipper
A golden opportunity --
200,000 pounds of bairdi quota.
I mean, it's something
That might really get your foot
in the door
And start building
on a reputation.
You follow what I'm saying?
Yeah.
Narrator:
Sean's original plan
Was to fish opilio crab
in January.
But committing to sig
Means scrambling to launch
three months earlier.
All right.
I'll get it. I know I will.
I just got to, you know,
get in gear.
All right. Well, roger, man.
I'm out.
Good luck.
-Okay. Thanks. Bye.
Sig:
When I first ran this boat,
You know, I was looking for
advice from a lot of guys,
And -- and, uh...
Didn't seem to get
much advice back.
It's a grind.
The only word that I can use
is "grind."
This is when the gloves come off
And, you know,
the fishing starts.
Man: Go hell or high water,
we're going fishing.
[ cheering ]
Man #2:
Get the crab, baby!
Jake: Let's just --
let's b*mb this fool.
[ laughs ]
Bill: You're not gonna
[bleep] it up.
Now get the [bleep]
out of the wheelhouse.
Engine room.
Engine room, now.
-Something's going on.
-Downstairs!
Engine room!
Narrator: 1,960 miles southeast
from dutch harbor...
You can just set it right over
there on the dock if that works.
Narrator:
...In seattle, washington...
Well, my name's sean dwyer,
and, uh, I run the brenna a.
Narrator: ...23-year-old
captain sean dwyer
Prepares to join
the alaskan crab fleet.
Sean: Sig wants me
to get going on this.
It's a pretty tight timeframe,
but I'm committed now.
I already told him I'd do it.
I have not ran a crab boat yet.
I know -- I know what
I'm getting into.
I think.
We're talking all the tender
gear off the boat,
And then we'll be bringing on
some crab gear,
Some crab pots later
in the week here.
This is just like a --
one check.
[ chuckles ]
we got a lot more to go.
Narrator:
Primarily a salmon tender,
The brenna a has spent
the last month
Being converted to a crab boat.
Sean: I've been working on boats
since I was 12 years old.
My dad started when he was 19.
My mom's dad fished.
His dad fished.
I've learned a lot, like,
mechanically-wise from him,
'cause he's pretty savvy.
Not your average 23-year-old.
Yeah, 23 is definitely
the youngest
I've ever heard for a skipper,
especially out crabbing.
Jenny:
Sean is 23 years old,
And he pretty much
followed his dad around
From the time he could walk,
doing whatever pat did.
Narrator: In the wheelhouse,
jenny dwyer,
Boat owner
and the captain's mother.
If pat was washing dishes,
sean was right next to him,
Working the spray hose.
Until I got old enough
to realize
That washing dishes
was not fun.
[ laughs ] exactly.
Growing up, I just knew that
this is what I wanted to do.
I wanted to be where my dad was.
His mentality was never
"take it easy on sean
'cause he's my kid."
It was always
"hey, pile it on.
Make it harder for him,"
you know?
"maybe he'll want to do
something else."
You know, pat was --
he was a big, stocky guy.
I mean, you know, he was shoving
crab pots around the deck,
And it got to the point where he
couldn't even pick up a fork.
When you're living with als
And you're watching your father
lose his ability to --
To do stuff...
You figure out what life is
about pretty darn quickly.
Narrator: Three years ago,
sean's dad passed away from als,
Also known as
lou gehrig's disease.
I really admired him for how
strong he was, mentally.
Instead of thinking,
"well, I'm dying, you know?
Here we go,"
it was, "what's next?
You know, how do I get
to where I want to go?"
You just jump in
with both feet.
And so, that's kind of
what I'm doing here.
[ voice breaking ]
he knew that buying this boat
Was gonna be a...
-A good thing.
-...A level of security for us.
And his goal was always to get
this boat out crabbing.
And he just
ran out of time.
Narrator:
With his father gone,
The family's fortunes now rest
On the young
23-year-old's shoulders.
Sean: It's like there's no point
in all the bull[bleep]
If you want to go fishing,
go fishing.
I'm gonna go all in.
Narrator:
In dutch harbor...
Oh, whoa, whoa!
Pay some [bleep] attention!
We're not even away
from the dock yet.
Narrator: ...Crews make
final preparations
Before the starting g*n sounds.
Edgar: Two more coming.
Noon tomorrow,
we can drop our first pot,
So we need to get out of here.
We're leaving soon,
so that's the good news.
Okay, buddy.
Okay, switch!
We're gonna get out there
and show them --
Show the world
what we're made of.
Narrator: A fast start
could be the difference
Between boom...
Hey, when you guys are done
having a conversation about it,
Maybe we can get
the board of directors here
To make a real
[bleep] decision here.
Let's go!
Hook me up.
...Or bust.
Hook that pot up right!
Are you as green as that coat?!
Narrator: On the 118-foot
cape caution...
Oh, you know, another day in
paradise, getting ready to go.
Breaking in some new guys
on deck.
Narrator: ...A new year
brings a new crew
For captain
"wild" bill wichrowski...
Zack: I hired everybody.
I hired ronnie, I hired hunter,
I hired jerod.
Narrator:
...All the responsibility
Of bill's son,
31-year-old zack larson.
Zack: And hiring people is a big
part of this job up here.
You got to find people
that are gonna work.
Got to spearhead it
and take it on.
Bill:
I've gotten a lot of grief
On some of the guys
I've brought on board,
So I let zack do the hiring
this year.
One, it gives him confidence,
And, two, it lets me take care
of other stuff, you know?
Perfect opportunity
for him to learn.
Narrator:
But the learning process
Hasn't been easy for teacher
or student.
I don't give a [bleep]
if you like it or not, kid!
I will punch you
in the face.
You're a [bleep]sucker
sometimes, you know?
It's making me crazy.
You know, all along,
the idea's been
To get zack to the wheelhouse.
It's cool watching his progress.
You know, he's -- zack's
advancing quickly,
And I see pride in his eyes
that he gets to do this.
Zack: My dad knows
what my ambitions are.
So, for me to start
hiring people
And take more responsibility
that way,
It's showing my dad that, you
know, I want to be up there.
My son is gonna be
a boat captain.
Ahh! Awesome.
Narrator:
Across the harbor...
On the 113-foot time bandit...
Johnathan: We have almost
250,000 pounds to catch
If we choose to do so,
If we choose
to take that mission.
[ vocalizing
"mission: Impossible" theme ]
This tape will self-destruct
in two seconds.
Pssst!
Narrator: And to ensure
the mission runs smoothly...
This year's gonna be, like,
the best crab season ever.
Narrator:
...Johnathan hired a new hand.
Johnathan:
I got the original beast
That eats nails and glass
for breakfast.
I got freddie maugatai.
He's gonna keep my boys safe,
and he's gonna teach them all,
School them all on
the right ways, you know?
Narrator: Last season...
Move it, mother[bleep]
...The time bandit's
deck unraveled.
[ indistinct shouting ]
Want me to do it,
mother[bleep]
[ indistinct arguing ]
Ow! Stop!
Crushed his hand.
Narrator: This season,
The captain is running
a tight ship.
So, we got a long year
ahead of us.
We got a lot of pots to pull,
a lot of crab to catch,
And it's gonna be a long season,
so I'm watching --
Very carefully
watching my boys.
Narrator: Not on his list
of approved safe activities...
...Skateboarding on deck.
There's a skateboard on board.
[ laughs ]
All right.
I love skateboarding,
But we already got a guy
with eight stitches.
Skateboards cause concussions,
twist your ankle.
You know what?
For now [bleep] skateboard
[bleep] off the boat.
Okay?
Don't get hurt out here, man.
You could have twist
your ankle.
You could have
a concussion.
-Break your wrist.
-You could break your wrist.
I thought you were
throwing it over.
[ chuckles ]
Man:
I think I'm good on that.
I don't need to hurt myself
before I go make money.
Narrator: On the saga...
Just get two more here
and then four more here,
'cause we got to throw lines
in four minutes.
Narrator: ...Captain
jake anderson is in a hurry
To get his first king crab
season underway.
I am so nervous about
just getting this boat
Off the dock on time.
That was my -- my biggest thing
Was I wanted to get everything
I wanted to get done
And then leave on time,
which was a big --
[ crash! ]
oh!
Hole! Big hole!
I think maybe I should
get back inside.
Narrator: With 250,000 pounds
to catch,
The new skipper is eager
to stake his claim.
I don't want to be late.
I just want to be --
I want to have the same chances
that everybody else has today.
That's good!
That's good.
What the [bleep]
Dude, you know how long
we worked on that thing?!
You got to be kidding me!
Narrator:
In dutch harbor...
Man: That's good!
That's good.
Narrator:
...On the saga...
[ thud ]
What the [bleep]
Dude, you know how long
we worked on that thing?!
You got to be kidding me!
There was an accident.
Narrator: 2,000 pounds of
frozen, swinging bait
Left a $10,000 dent
in the coiler
And the saga unable to haul.
Man: Oh, that's
the worst [bleep] thing
That could happen right now.
Man #2: You're gonna get
your a*s chewed out.
I'd be [bleep] nervous
if I were you.
I'll go and just tell him
what happened, you know?
Jake: I need hanging bait.
I need codfish.
And typically, for sig, I, uh --
-Jake.
-Yeah?
There was an accident.
Coiler -- the arm got broken
on to it really bad.
What? How?!
Who did it?
Honestly, it was --
I'm not --
Who broke it?!
Who broke it?
Tell me [bleep] now!
I felt because I should have
been paying attention
To watch to see
if that coiler was there.
Man: I was coming over the side.
It barely hit it and [bleep]
Oh, my [bleep]
You guys got to get out
of my face right now.
I'm serious, dude.
This is [bleep] stupid, dude.
Oh, my god. Just go!
Oh, my god!
I'm fixing it
right now, dude.
No! You won't!
If you can't run the crane,
don't [bleep] run the crane!
¶
I tell you what.
This boat won't leave the dock
without that coiler head.
I won't. It just won't.
Narrator:
As the saga sits idle,
Just arriving in dutch harbor...
Back home, I guess.
Narrator: ...Wizard captain
keith colburn.
Keith:
I'm getting in late,
But I had some personal issues
at home.
My wife and partner of 25 years
and I are no longer together.
We basically got divorced.
If there's one thing I can
turn back the clock on
And see if there's a way
to fix it, it would be that.
Now we're on a new chapter.
I'm no longer married.
My kids are growing up.
And, uh...It's kind of crazy.
It's like I'm on my own again.
It's almost like I'm right back
where I started 30 years ago,
Coming into a small
fishing town,
Hoping that I'll be able
to make something work.
Narrator:
Across the fleet...
[ beep ]
-Are we good to go?
-We're clear!
Narrator:
...It's time to throw lines.
Got to get out, get our crab,
and go home.
Go crabbing!
Ya!
Here we go.
Go hell or high water,
we're going fishing.
-Whoo! Get some crab, baby!
-Yeah!
Narrator: With $70 million
of crab up for grabs...
Sig: This season is gonna be
fast and furious.
Narrator: ...Captains lock down
their fishing strategies.
Sig: We have had
warmer water temperatures.
I'm gonna try some spots
That haven't been done
in a long time.
See how that works.
Casey: I'm thinking
with the sea temperature
Rising the way it is,
The crab might want to be
in deeper water
To be in their normal temp zone.
That could be the mother lode.
We don't know yet.
Johnathan: [bleep] el niño.
Got [bleep] got water and you're
changing the crab [bleep]
El niño son of a b*tch.
Rat b*stard.
[ bird shrieks ]
Narrator: Back at the dock
on the wizard...
Roger:
We're going fishing.
Officially starting
2015 kings, baby.
-You ready, charlie?
-I'm ready.
-Sweet.
-Let's get the hell out of here.
Gonna be a good season.
Narrator:
The crew is ready to roll.
[ line ringing ]
He should have been here bright
and early this morning.
Narrator:
But they're short a captain.
[ ringing continues ]
Yeah, so it's --
We're finally ready to go,
and my brother ain't around.
You know, it's --
it's game time.
It's time for us to --
To go walk out on to the field
and see what we can do.
I'm gonna see
if I can't find my brother.
It's kind of a bummer to have
to try to find somebody,
But that's what we're gonna do.
[ gull cries ]
What's going on?
What are we doing?
Ah.
We're, uh -- I think we're ready
to leave, aren't we?
Well, yeah, we're ready.
We need to get the hell
out of here.
I know we need
to get out of here.
We can't fall
into this trap.
Let's go.
Okay, so,
you head to the truck.
I'll pick up this tab.
Keith:
My guys don't see it.
They don't see
that I'm imploding.
I don't have a wife.
My kids are awesome,
they're wonderful,
They're amazing,
Um, but the life I had
is gone now.
And now my whole life
is that boat.
I cooked on the lake for years.
I [bleep] went to gymnastic
events for my daughter.
I mean, I did a lot of stuff.
I was a dad and a father
and a husband.
What do you do to replace that?
And I've made a mistake, man.
I replaced it by drinking
and [bleep] partying,
You know, "hey, let's have
a shot with the captain."
[bleep]
Let's get this [bleep] boat
out of town, man.
I need to go.
[ beep ]
-How we doing, man?
-I'm doing great.
[bleep] awesome.
[bleep] totally on fire, man.
[ sniffles ]
Narrator: 185 miles northeast
of dutch harbor...
On the northwestern...
We're getting our bait prepared
for our first couple of strings.
Well, we're getting close
to setting our gear.
Try not to let the anticipation
get the best of us.
Much farther west this year.
This is more of
an old-school area.
It's been over 10 -- been 11
years since I been out here.
Narrator: With the warm waters
of el niño
Spreading across the bering sea,
Captain sig hansen is banking
his first set
On an old honey hole.
Sig:
I'm gonna set down the hill,
And then we're gonna set below
what we just did, even deeper.
Narrator: Before the new season
gets underway...
We should get down there and see
what those guys are doing.
Somebody got to bite that head
for good luck.
Narrator: ...The skipper must
see to an old-world tradition.
It's already starting to ooze
a little bit.
That's the good stuff
right there.
Got, uh -- got a new crew member
on board.
We got a nice little thawed-out
herring here for ricky.
We're gonna make rick do it.
Happy birthday.
[ laughter ]
All right!
-Yeah!
[ chuckles ]
Narrator:
For a little added luck...
[ yelling ]
...Edgar takes one for the team.
Come on!
Ohh!
[ retches ]
Oh, that was fermented!
You can always tell
the greenhorn,
'cause he's the one
who throws up.
[ retches ]
[ laughs ]
He got into the guts.
Whoo!
[bleep] do this!
Ah!
All right! Get out!
Yeah, it was.
Oh, my god.
[ groans ]
I got the liver or something.
Let me see.
[ retching continues ]
Oh, that's bringing tears
to my eyes.
Narrator:
Across the fleet...
Cape caution's ready to go
at noon on opening day.
That's -- that might even
be a first.
Narrator: ...Captains
and crews gear up
To splash their first strings.
We're gonna unload
all these pots,
Start making some money.
Narrator:
On the cornelia marie...
...Josh and casey salute
a coast guard patrol.
40 minutes.
40 minutes till we drop pots,
And they come over
and double check
We still got everything
on board.
Narrator: 11:20 a.M.
Casey:
Didn't even see them coming.
Narrator: The coast guard
is making sure
That no one sets early,
Which could carry
a $250,000 fine.
Making sure we're being honest.
And we are.
Narrator: Just 25 miles away
on the time bandit...
Johnathan: Okay,
let's start setting, guys.
Whoo! Yeah, baby!
Going over.
-One over!
-Yeah, baby!
Narrator:
...Captain johnathan hillstrand
Drops his first pot.
[ cheering ]
Let's go!
Sweet!
Setting gear. See what happens.
Beautiful.
Another year,
the world's spinning,
The props are spinning.
Everything's turning.
[ gulls crying ]
It's calm out.
You can't ask for a better
day for a first season.
[ helicopter whirring ]
Ahh.
[ whirring continues ]
Now I got a helicopter
spinning around me.
So, it's noon now.
Unless this is the wrong time.
What -- what do you have
for time?
Man: Uh...
That doesn't compute.
11:20.
That doesn't compute.
I thought it was noon.
And I got excited, and I had
the guys dump a pot.
So I set early.
I don't know how I did it.
I -- my, uh, computer was off.
I had this other computer
that I've been using.
And I thought my watch
was right.
Narrator: Due to his bad timing,
johnathan jumped the g*n...
...Landing him on the wrong side
of the law.
Don't set any more gear.
Do not set any more gear.
Standby.
That's not good.
That's not good at all.
Narrator: 160 miles northeast
of dutch harbor
On the time bandit...
Johnathan: [bleep]
That's not good.
That's not good at all.
Narrator: ...Captain
johnathan hillstrand
Has set a pot
before the legal start time
Just as a coast guard jayhawk
patrols the area.
Don't set any more gear.
Do not set any more gear.
Standby.
They'll -- they'll
pretty much find out.
They'll be back.
Narrator: Johnathan has
a decision to make...
...Risk getting caught
and face a $250,000 fine
Or come clean
and hope for mercy.
[ gulls crying ]
[ repeating "ay yi yi" ]
[ dialing ]
Narrator:
With his future on the line,
Johnathan calls the authorities.
Hey, uh, I-I messed up
this morning.
I...I set a pot like
an hour early.
And then I realized what time
it was, and I screwed up.
It was my fault.
I told them to set the damn pot.
I thought it was noon,
but I was off.
And then -- so it was --
it was around 11:20.
But what -- what should I do?
I...I don't want to --
what do I do?
It was just one pot, so...
Okay.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Okay.
You have a great day.
We'll -- we'll go get it
right now.
Okay. Okay.
Okay. Bye.
¶
Whew.
I am shaking, dude.
I am shaking!
Wow!
The state troopers just said,
"since you reported it and since
it was only one pot,
We can go back and pull it."
We have to just dump
all the crab out.
Narrator: As long as
captain johnathan
Retrieves the ill*gal pot,
he's in the clear.
Johnathan: Shew!
Thank you, god.
Thank you, god.
Thank you.
Thank you, enforcement.
Thank you, state troopers.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Narrator:
Across the fleet,
The clock counts down
to the king crab kickoff.
Casey:
10...9...8...7...6...
5...4...3...2...1
[ intercom squawks ]
whoo!
Here we go, boys!
Let them soak!
Aah!
And it's all starting.
Sig: All right.
Let it go when you're ready.
[ cheering ]
2015 king crab right now!
We're going old-school.
Narrator: With a $70 million
fortune up for grabs...
-Whoo!
-King crab!
-First pot of the season, guys!
-Whoo!
Narrator: ...It's either hit big
or face a long, grueling grind.
Bill:
Hopefully this works out.
Life's just a set of hurdles,
And the next hurdle's
catching the crab.
Narrator: 35 miles southwest
on the wizard...
[ gulls crying ]
Ohh.
I feel okay.
Late in the game, but I'm sober.
That's a plus, you know?
Narrator: With the town's
temptations behind him,
Captain keith focuses
on catching crab.
King crab starting up, baby!
One thing I've never failed
or had a problem with,
And that is once I get to work,
it's work. That's it.
All the demons stay in town.
I won't be having a drink
for a while.
But now's the time to set gear.
I think we're in the right spot.
We're going out.
We're working deep again
this year.
We're the farthest boat west
on the radar right now.
I found you go west,
you go deep,
'cause the crab are going deep.
They're trying to get
into colder water.
My daughter's hot spot's
coming up.
Bug's bugs.
Probably seven or eight
years ago,
We set our gear way out west.
Girl: Hello, daddy.
If you guys want to do
the dance, go for it, okay?
[ cheering ]
My daughter, who at the time,
I think, was like 9 years old,
Did one of her
lucky crab dances for me.
And it pretty much set us
right on the meat.
Just k*lled it.
Narrator: On the western edge
of the crab grounds,
Keith looks to recapture
The same luck his daughter gave
him nine years ago.
Keith: Absolutely
annihilated it that year.
And now, hopefully it'll work
again this year.
Raised over.
Let her go!
-Yeah, baby!
-Here we go!
Sweet.
[ tapping ]
A lot of little rituals
on the wizard
Before that first pot goes over.
Here it goes.
First pot, baby!
Whew.
There's a lot of pressure
Going into a season like this.
We've got 120,000 pounds
of king crab.
We've got to get
the crab caught.
We got to catch it fast.
We'll be heading back out
with our bairdi gear on board
Before the fleet's even
Got their first trip
of king crab in.
All right.
It's gonna be a long night.
I'll tell you what.
Narrator:
With 190 pots to set,
The wizard crew grinds
into the night.
Keith: We're just looking
for that chance.
As soon as we find it,
ka-pow, man, we're on it.
[ knocks rhythmically ]
[ sighs ]
[ machinery warbling ]
I'll tell you what.
That is a weird noise.
[ warbling continues ]
[ extended beep ]
Hey! Engine room.
Engine room, now.
Something's going on.
-Downstairs!
-Engine room!
Narrator: 165 miles northeast of
dutch harbor on the wizard...
[ extended beep ]
Hey! Engine room.
Engine room, now.
Something's going on.
-Downstairs!
-Engine room!
[ extended beep continues ]
[ rattling ]
Narrator:
The main engine is losing oil
pressure at a dangerous rate.
Monte checks the oil
for consistency.
[ indistinct talking ]
We're getting fuel into our oil,
which is diluting our oil.
Narrator:
Fuel has bled into the oil,
'causing a drop in oil pressure.
Left unchecked,
the engine will seize,
Leaving the wizard
dead in the water.
We got, what -- we got,
like, 20 gallons?
What do we got now?
Unfortunately, we don't have
enough oil on this boat
To try to change it out.
Why don't you put it in gear,
and let's --
I'll get some --
Why don't you just [bleep]
shut up for a second
And let me think
this thing out, okay?
All right.
I think we need to point
the boat to town
Is what we need to do.
'cause we don't have any oil
in the tank.
Narrator:
Without extra oil on board,
Keith's late arrival
becomes an early retreat.
[ sighs ]
How many hours is it to dutch?
[bleep]
Head to town and get it fixed.
Narrator: 50 miles north...
On the northwestern...
Sig: We're on our first pot
of season.
King crab 2015.
It's 3:30 in the morning.
[ laughs ]
it's time to go to work.
Narrator: Anxious to put
some crab in his tanks...
Ugh.
Narrator: ...Captain sig hansen
wakes his crew
From a few hours of beauty rest.
Sig: There's a lot of boats
that have moved in
Two, four, six miles up the hill
straight north of us.
There was nobody out here
when we first set.
I just don't want to waste
any more time.
We're gonna check a couple pots,
it sounds like,
Just to see what's here,
see what's in them.
Put some crab in the tank.
Give them a home.
Sig: It's a gamble.
We're, uh -- we haven't been out
this far west since 2004.
[ beep ]
-You guys ready?
-Yes, sir!
-Let's do this!
-Let's do this!
-Yeah!
-Don't miss on the first one.
Bad luck.
Oh, boy.
¶
Waited a whole year to see this.
Sig: Old-school, baby.
I got my fingers crossed.
That's for sure.
Full pot. Full pot.
Please.
No whammies. No whammies.
Full pot.
Please be some life.
Please be some life.
Sounds -- sounds heavy.
Come on! Be heavy!
[ whirring ]
Come on!
Oh, what do we got? What do
we got? What do we got?
[ cheering ]
Whoo! Yeah!
That's what I'm talking about!
-Looks pretty damn good.
-Oh, my god!
[ laughs ]
-I don't know what to do.
-Are they big?
Big and clean.
All right.
We're in business.
¶
-5-7.
-57!
5-7.
Roger.
I'll take it all day long.
57 for the first pot's
pretty good.
Okay.
No, this is awesome.
I feel much better.
I mean, I was stressing.
I was, like, "did you do
the right thing?
Did you throw your time away?"
-Riders!
-Riders!
Is that another rider?
Really?
-Look at that!
-Whoo!
-Hey! Riders!
Oh, my god!
[ laughter, cheering ]
Oh, h*, h*, h*, h*, h*!
[ cheering ]
Is there more on that one?
-Oh, yeah!
-Double!
-Whoo! Two riders!
-Yeah!
-Yeah!
-Oh, yeah!
[ sig laughs ]
Oh, they're going back
right now.
Get the bait in the box.
Man: Roger that.
Pot's going right back
over the side.
Look at that pot of crab, man.
They're still down there.
Narrator: Only two pots
into the season...
Oh, my god.
Huge!
[ grunts ]
look at that!
Narrator: ...The northwestern
hits the jackpot.
-102.
-102!
-That's how we do it!
-Missed it!
-102!
-Yeah!
[ laughs ]
5,000 doll hairs.
[ laughs ]
How you like me now?
Narrator:
1,850 miles southeast,
On the 110-foot brenna a...
Yeah, spin it 180.
Narrator:
...After rushing to start three
months earlier than planned...
Whoo!
Sean: Last stage
of our mission here.
We're just loading this gear
to take up to dutch.
So, we're gonna leave town,
and we'll hit the road.
Narrator: ...Rookie captain
sean dwyer
Makes final preparations
for the long steam north.
Keep knuckling.
Yeah, yeah. Down.
And down.
Jenny:
It's beyond crazy.
I really want them
to get out of town,
But at the same time,
[voice breaking] sending your
kid off to the bering sea...
He'll be fine.
He's -- he'll do fine.
Swing it over next to this pot.
He just ran out of time
to make it happen.
And...
All right.
Sean:
Got a lot of pressure.
Lot of pressure to go catch
that crab, so...
As I'm getting the boat,
you know, ready to go,
I can now, you know,
See the reasoning behind
what my dad was teaching me,
And in, you know, doing it right
the first time
And not cutting corners.
You know, and having, you know,
the confidence to carry out,
You know, and know
that you can do it.
So, I definitely miss him,
you know?
I mean, I can -- I can still
Hear him [chuckles]
yelling at me.
For the right reasons, you know.
"you're welding that wrong,"
you know, or whatever.
But it was tough.
[ sniffles ]
I watched him die
for eight years.
And for me,
the way I deal with it,
Is just to keep moving,
you know?
To carry on [clears throat]
excuse me.
To carry on his reputation
and his standard, you know?
Got some big shoes to fill
but, you know,
I think if I can be
half as good,
You know, I think I'll,
you know, do pretty good.
¶
[ chirps ]
I love you.
Love you, too.
Don't cry.
[ laughs ]
Last man,
get your a*s on the boat.
All right.
Call you in an hour.
[ laughs ]
yeah.
Clear?
¶
Ballard locks,
this is brenna a.
Roger. Thanks.
[ click ]
I'm working to dutch.
Yeah. I've been working towards
this day for a long time.
Man: Whoo-hoo!
Here we go.
¶
Narrator: 200 miles northeast
of dutch harbor,
On the cape caution...
I took this nail off.
I ripped this one off.
I bit this one off,
ripped this one off.
I was shredding paper
a while ago, so...
I don't care how many years
you do this,
You're still excited
about the first pot.
We're getting close.
Narrator: Captain wild bill
wichrowski and his son,
Captain-in-training zack larson,
Zero in on the first pots
of the season.
I'm really excited to get
some new kids
And mold these guys the way
you want them, and...
Time to put
my teaching hat on.
Welcome to my world.
Keep the ruler down.
Welcome to my world.
[ mimics whip cracking ]
Narrator: This is the first test
for zack's hired crew.
It's exciting.
Do whatever you got to do.
All right. Thanks.
You haven't been a [bleep]
at all.
You know, all along,
the idea's been
To get zack to the wheelhouse
doing the --
You know, the captaining skills.
So I let zack do the hiring
this year.
Actually, motivation
will benefit him.
You know, the quicker he gets
these guys in line,
The quicker he gets some time
in the chair.
We're gonna get put to the test,
including myself.
Bill:
He put on three new guys.
We have ronnie and hunter,
Two kids that are essentially
completely green.
Man:
Can you see through that hair?
Bill:
Zack found this kid
That has some credentials
behind him, jerod.
Said he's worked on deck
for seven years.
If we just work together,
help the two new guys,
And stuff those [bleep] things
and go to town.
It's about a perfect scenario.
Time will tell who's gonna break
here on the cape caution.
You gonna break first?
Jerod: [bleep] no.
Jerod says no.
[ laughs ]
Okay, you manage them two.
Keep it rolling nice and easy.
Don't break nothing.
Don't break each other.
[ chuckles ]
[ cheering ]
Man: First pot of the season
coming up, guys.
-All right.
-Let's go!
What are we all waiting for?
Let's see what we got.
Come on, crab!
Whoo!
[ creaking ]
It sounds heavy.
Come on, crab!
Oh, yeah!
Oh, yeah!
Oh, yeah!
Bam! How 'bout that one?
[ laughs ]
Man: Oh, yeah! Whoo!
Pinch me, mother[bleep]
82!
8-2.
Why do you crab fish?
Days like today right here.
This is what we need right here.
Yeah!
Buy a lot of cigarettes
with that.
Holy smokes.
-96.
-9-6.
[ bill laughs ]
Cha-ching!
Close enough to 100.
We got a 96.
Wow!
Life is looking pretty damn good
Here on the cape caution
today, baby!
Them dollars fall in the tank
one crab at a time.
Cha-ching! Cha-ching!
Multiple cha-chings.
I can't imagine running away
from this.
Yeah, let it go.
Narrator: Captain bill resets
on his hot spot.
Man: Don't step in the coil!
Do not step in the coil.
The quicker pace puts pressure
on the new crew.
-Ah [bleep]
-okay.
Let it go.
Keep up, nick!
-Ready?
-[bleep]
Okay. Sorry.
-Watch your feet.
-Oh [bleep]
Get it over!
[ machinery whirring ]
Well, that didn't go
as planned.
Oh, my, oh, my, oh, my.
Sorry, guys.
My bad.
Jerod talks about
all his experience.
They need to practice.
Did he -- he's full share.
Was that a female
going down the chute?
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey!
Okay. You said you know how
to sort crab.
This is a [bleep] female.
All right?
Tell us what you can
and can't do.
This will get us
a big [bleep] fine.
I'll be nice to you,
But that is a really bad
[bleep] mistake.
The other way.
Oh, my god.
Narrator: To keep the crab
population healthy,
Harvesting females is ill*gal.
This is a male.
And a female.
Females have a bunch of eggs
under there.
Narrator: A bad sort
brings a hefty penalty.
Having a female -- one female
in a whole tank of crab,
We can get fined
tens of thousands of dollars.
Use all your crab.
Can you sort king crab
or not?
You know the difference between
a male and a female?
Narrator: Another strike
against zack's
So-called experienced deckhand,
jerod sechrist.
Ah [bleep]
so much for [sighs]
Wow.
That is the easiest
identification there is.
He claimed to be this optimum
sorter and stack man.
That was his forte.
It's...
He'll get better.
Jerod will get better.
Narrator: 50 miles west,
on the cornelia marie...
-I said a lot of prayers.
-[ chuckles ]
Casey: No bull[bleep]
Crab gods, bless us
with your little crab.
Not blue crab.
We want red crab.
Still.
Narrator: ...Captain
casey mcmanus and josh harris
Approach their first pots
of the season.
Light him on fire
and let little smoke...
Ommmmmm.
Ommmmmm.
Narrator: And with their jobs
on the line,
They pray the crab gods will
look favorably upon them.
This year, we have a lot more
riding on everything.
We have new partners on the boat
that we have to satisfy.
We have a lot more quota
to catch.
So I'm feeling the pressure.
I'm trying to laugh it out
right now.
There's no excuses
if we [bleep] up.
All right, guys.
This is it.
-Roger!
-Yeah, boss!
-We are ready!
-All right.
Let's go, baby.
Big numbers. Big numbers.
We have a lot of crab
to catch this year,
And we just can't stop.
We have to be on point
With everything that we do
this year.
-Big numbers.
-Big numbers.
Full of that red gold.
That's what we're out here for.
Oh, yeah!
[ laughing ]
Go low. Go low.
Go low on the punches.
Yeah! [ laughs ]
Holy cow!
Thank you [bleep]
Yeah!
The crab are here, baby!
Crab-alanche!
Whoo!
Hot fishing.
We're feeling pretty [bleep]
good right now.
Lot of [bleep] crab.
76.
Oh, my gosh.
[ laughs ]
[bleep]
amazing job, buddy.
Yeah! Oh, yeah!
[bleep]
look at that!
These are big boys.
Hey!
-Yeah!
-Yeah!
-Whoo!
-Whoa, baby.
That's a mountain of crab.
[ cheering ]
[ laughs ]
Look at the riders.
Man: Monsters.
What did we pull
on that one?
87.
[bleep]
-Yeah, baby!
-[bleep] yeah!
[ radio beeps ]
Yeah, I got you fine.
I got you fine.
How's it going over there?
How are you doing?
Narrator: A call comes through
from saga captain jake anderson.
I'm looking for a spot
to go look
Until I can figure out
how to set.
We're on a school here.
I want you to come out
and join us.
I was late last year,
and I got my a*s kicked,
And I didn't have anybody to
call to bring me on crab.
So, this year,
we got stuff dialed in.
Things are going good
for us.
We're gonna share it
with you.
I am up here --
write this down.
Write this down.
22, 88, 54, 98.
22 --
Put a north/souther
right there.
You will slay them.
And I think you need
to get your a*s over here
If you want
to make some money.
[ radio beeps ]
oh, my god, casey.
You just -- you saved me.
I'll make that the middle
on my string in north/south.
22, 98, 54 -- wait.
22, 88, 54, 98, 56, 163,
right?
Narrator: As the two skippers
swap secrets...
Roger.
Running north/south of there.
...27 miles southeast...
...Right about the center
of the string, okay?
You run a 30-pot string there,
space them at .14 or so.
[ laughs ]
and you will slay them.
...Big brother is listening.
[ radio beeps ]
[ laughs ]
he just gave up his position.
See?
That's what happens when
you're a routh mouth
And you talk too much.
He was talking to jake.
It's pretty thick here.
God, what a...
Jake:
Okay. Thanks, man.
I'm gonna go cork the [bleep]
out of jake.
Narrator:
Sig devises an evil plan --
Set a string to mess with
his former deckhand's gear.
Maybe I'll just pick it up
And just zip, zip,
zip, zip, zip!
"well, you told me
there were 70s!"
"no, I never told you."
"well, yeah you did.
I was on the radio
the whole time."
Narrator:
Why? Because he can.
Spank him a little bit.
[ laughs ]
I'm such a [bleep]
[ laughs ]
I am such a [bleep]
[ laughs ]
Narrator: 170 miles northeast
of dutch harbor,
On the saga...
Jake:
Bombs away, my good friend.
That's bombs away.
Today is really my first day
of king-crabbing.
Narrator: After arriving late
to the grounds...
Jake:
This is starting to get fun.
Narrator:
...Captain jake anderson
Finally gets his pots
in the water...
Jake: Super excited.
We're in the right spot.
Narrator: ...Thanks to a hot tip
from the cornelia marie.
This is where I got some secret
information from a good friend.
Casey, you know, he's seeing,
he says, 100s
And 60s and 50s.
I mean, he's a godsend.
This pot's gonna come up full!
You see, this is where
the crab are.
They're right in here.
So anywhere I set in here
is gonna work.
So, we need to hurry
and get them in the water
And get them soaking.
I'm already two days
behind schedule.
There's some people with 250,000
pounds already on their boat.
If I'm gonna even compete
with those guys,
I got to get some big numbers
and I got to get them quick.
Whoa-h*!
I can see the deck.
Nice!
This is the last string.
I can't wait to already haul.
Just gonna send them
to the north.
I know there's crab up north
above me.
Um...
Narrator: As jake preps to set
his last string...
Jake: Oh, my god.
Really?
That's the northwestern
right there.
Right where my string is.
And he's [bleep] creeping up
in my [bleep]
Narrator: ...He sees his
old mentor on the horizon...
Jake:
Aw, that mother[bleep]
He went right up here.
He just [bleep] laced it.
Narrator: ...Setting down
his gear pot for pot.
Dude, northwestern's off my bow.
Right up in our gear,
where we set.
[ gulls cry ]
I'm gonna rename it
to the cork string,
'cause I corked everybody.
[ laughter ]
Edgar: When you set somebody
down pot for pot --
Guy's laid a string out this
way, pot, pot, pot, pot, pot,
You set your string
maybe at a different angle,
Or your pots
are right next to his.
You corked him.
Sig:
Hopefully he's crying.
You up there, jake?
You hear me?
Jake: I don't even want
to hear it right now.
I don't even want to hear it.
I don't even want to be
around him, you know?
I just am gonna go silent mode.
I'm going silent mode.
Well, he's not answering.
Silent treatment.
Honorable sensei is not
being honored right now.
Jake: Now it's a --
that's a [bleep] bold move.
I'm really [bleep] upset
with him.
[ horn blows ]
He [bleep] yelled at me last
season for this bull[bleep]
Probably run right into you,
'cause I'm trying to do
my own thing.
No, don't tell me
you're trying.
You're dead!
I'm gonna [bleep]
stomp on you!
[ horn blows ]
[ radio beeps ]
Jake:
Yeah, you got me, casey?
Yeah, I got you fine.
I got you fine.
How's it going
over there?
More important,
when did sig get down here?
Well, sig got down here
after we did,
And then he's just been
pot-for-potting me
ever since, man.
He's setting gear -- he's
setting right up my string.
He's setting, like, almost
vertical next to me.
That's a little bit
of bull[bleep] you know what?
Turn it around on him, man.
He says he wants to see you
be your own man?
Let's show him
being your own man.
We'll box him out of here.
[ radio beeps ]
Narrator: The young captains
hatch an evil plan of their own.
We're gold!
Let's tangle.
Jake:
That idea's a great plan.
Let's just --
let's b*mb this fool.
[ laughs ]
[ laughs ]
Karma's a b*tch, ain't it?
Narrator: 50 miles east...
...On the cape caution...
...Captain
wild bill wichrowski's hot spot
Continues to pay off.
This is really a -- this is
a good start for the season.
You know, it's been a while
since we landed on them.
And so I feel pretty fortunate
this season to start this way.
Man: Jump on line.
Narrator: But on deck...
...Zack's new hire,
jerod sechrist,
Isn't living up to his resume.
What do you got, dumbass?
5-7. 57.
Aww.
I'm happy.
I'm really happy.
It's a lot easier to be a nice
guy when you're catching crab.
-Come on, dude.
-Sorry, bro.
Look.
Yeah, yeah.
Okay.
This one, too.
My bad.
It's bull[bleep]
and I got to be nice about it.
[bleep] that.
Bill:
Zack did all the hiring here,
And he's getting a little feel
for getting lied to,
Bull[bleep] and cheated on.
I don't know.
Well, you're a [bleep] liar,
that's what.
Said you're a [bleep] liar.
That's what my deal is.
Can't do anything you said
you were gonna do.
Yeah, and you're not very good
at that.
Shut up.
Shut up, dude.
I got to sort crab.
He thinks I'm bull[bleep] him
Because I've been
up here longer
And can't run hydros
like he can,
Or can't throw a hook
like he can.
But I never had those
opportunities like he did.
You know, my dad's not
A [bleep] captain
on a crab boat.
He doesn't even want
to talk about it
Or try and solve anything.
He just wants to be a [bleep]
I don't know. That's not how
I was raised, you know?
You got an issue with someone,
you talk about it,
Figure it out, or you knock them
the [bleep] out.
It just [bleep] pisses me off.
[bleep]
we're having a great king --
And I -- this -- I got
to do this [bleep]
This is like [bleep]
high school.
No, it's like junior high.
"oh, he likes me.
He doesn't like me.
I sent him a [bleep] note
that said 'I like you.'"
What the [bleep] is this [bleep]
Started talking violence
and fighting,
Threatened to slap one
of the crew members.
No.
Hey, once you guys
are all squared away,
Come on and get a bite to eat.
Hey, zack, would you send jerod
up to the house?
What's up, cap?
What the hell
is going on, dude?
Me and zack?
All of it.
Performance.
I don't know.
I've been running around.
I know you've been
running around,
But you seem to be [bleep]
yakking about everything,
And you're all
pissed off.
And I'm seeing a [bleep]
aggravated situation out here.
And you know what, this is
the easiest king crab season
Anybody could ever have.
Absolutely.
We are gonna be the first one
in for the [bleep] co-op.
Delivered.
And if you can't [bleep]
survive in that,
If you can't get along
with these guys in that,
What are you
[bleep] doing?
I'm getting along with everybody
but zack.
You know what --
I tried pulling zack aside
and saying, "hey, can" --
And doing what?
And pulling him aside
to do what?
So we can talk.
You know what,
he feels pissed off
That you bull[bleep] him about
your [bleep] ability, dude.
I told him
what I could do, cap.
How the [bleep] have you been
on boats seven years
And this is
your level, dude?
Am I not running around
like a [bleep]
I don't give a [bleep]
running around.
This ain't a [bleep]
track event.
Zack has problems with you
'cause you bull[bleep]
him, dude.
I'm not gonna do this.
This is one of the best
[bleep] king crabs I've had
In the last decade, and you're
not gonna [bleep] it up.
Roger.
Do you understand me?
Now get the [bleep]
out of the wheelhouse!
Narrator: 340 miles southeast
from dutch harbor...
...The coast guard responds
to a distress call
From a 30-foot sailing vessel
that's dead in the water.
Clinging to his boat,
one french civilian...
...And his cat.
Fortunately, a good samaritan
vessel is there to respond.
The stranded sailor balances
on the bow and leaps aboard.
Bill: Pretty crazy.
That's one of
the weirdest rescues
I've heard in a long time,
A french guy and a cat
on a 35-foot sailboat.
Sig:
A frenchman and his cat.
You can't write this [bleep]
Narrator: 175 miles northeast
of dutch harbor...
[ beep ]
jake: On.
Silent mode is now on.
Narrator:
...Under the cover of night...
Jake: We're searching
for sig's bags right now.
Yeah, that's casey right there.
We're about to b*mb-drop
this fool!
Narrator: ...The saga
and the cornelia marie
Set their revenge plot
in motion.
Jake: Casey,
here's one of his bags.
I see it right in front of me.
Just let me know
what the plan is.
So, I'll get the top
of this string.
You get the bottom side of it.
Roger?
Jake: Roger.
If we both beep on each side
of his setups,
We can set them down so tight
There's not a way he'll catch
a single crab.
Everything will go in ours.
Narrator: By sandwiching
the northwestern's strings,
The duo will crowd sig
out of the honey hole,
And in the process,
soak up his crab.
Jake: Casey's gonna go
right here and lay some,
And I'm gonna go right here
and lay some.
We're both just gonna start
laying them out.
Pot for pot.
All right, let's cork
this mother[bleep]
-Yeah!
-Yeah!
All right.
And in three...
Two...One.
-Meep.
-Let's drop one.
¶
Let's box him out of here so bad
he doesn't catch nothing.
And the games begin.
-Look for the feet.
-[ laughs ]
Possum.
Push!
Oh!
Take that, sig!
[ laughs ]
Jake: This feels so wrong
and so good.
Yeah!
[ chuckles ]
Narrator: While the young
captains square off with sig,
Across the bering sea...
[ gull cries ]
Oh, yeah!
Whoo!
Narrator: ...The rest
of the fleet rakes in
King crab riches.
Man: Yeah, bill!
Nice string.
This quota is getting sucked up.
It's like fishing
in a trout pond.
And I'm savoring the whole thing
as long as it lasts.
Man: Whoo!
Yeah, baby!
Jackpot!
All's I know is
we're fishing, man.
We're on some good crab.
We got a happy boat.
Very happy crew.
-Yeah, baby!
-Very happy me.
I'm really weird 'cause
I've been up too long.
And I'm gonna get a lot weirder,
probably.
Yep.
Sig: Now pull.
Yeah!
We've been lucky.
If these averages keep up,
we should have the boat full.
Man: Yeah! Keep bringing it,
keep bringing it.
Whoo!
Edgar: Yeah, buddy!
What the hell is that?
What's that in the water?
Oh [bleep]
Cornelia marie pot.
That and saga gear.
Right down my string.
Right here. Ugh!
Son of a b*tch.
Mother[bleep]
Game on.
Keith: We've got to get the boat
into town,
Get patched up, man, quick.
Just kind of pray.
Clock is ticking.
Narrator:
Outside dutch harbor...
Sean: Just pulling into dutch
for the first time.
I've never brought a boat
into dutch
Where I've been in control.
See if I'm worthy.
Man: This boat will be fishing
once again,
So it's kind of fun
to, you know,
Be part of its second life.
The second life starts
here in dutch.
This -- this will probably
never happen again.
You know, this is my one shot.
And I want to be a factor
in this industry,
So this is how I'm gonna do it.
¶
Get it!
More slack.
More, more, more.
Good job, boys.
You look good.
I really like that I can
carry on my dad's legacy.
But I got to prove it to myself
that I can do it, too, you know?
This season is for me.
I go all-in, you know?
I play to win.
So, here we go.
Sig: For me, I've been a captain
for the last 27 years.
We've seen guys come and go,
we've seen fisheries change.
It's one of the most stressful
occupations in the world.
The [bleep] world's been handed
to that little b*stard.
Somebody needs to slap him
in the face.
Josh:
"student driver I.D."
-Whoa!
-Oh, h*, h*.
Little room to spare
on that one.
Sig: Ready to go fishing?
[ chuckles ]
Sounds like
a fantastic idea.
Get rid of him or get rid of me.
Get the [bleep] off my boat!
It's over.
I'm done being nice.
[ indistinct shouting ]
I don't know who the [bleep]
found this boat,
But it ain't me.
Man: You can't cry at
your own birthday party.
[ horn beeps ]
Sig: It's like a knife
in my chest right here.
[ monitor beeping ]
[ sighing ] oh, my god.
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12x01 - Carpe Diem
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Follows crab fishermen aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing seasons.
Follows crab fishermen aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing seasons.