Narrator: FIVE BITTER WEEKS INTO THE WAR FOR KING CRAB...
THE END IS IN SIGHT.
Casey: WE'RE NOT GIVING UP.
Narrator: THE NOW-TATTERED AMERICAN FLEET MENDS WOUNDS,
STEELING THEMSELVES FOR A FINAL FIGHT
TO CLAIM THEIR MULTI-MILLION-DOLLAR QUARRY.
Narrator: AND WITH THE RUSSIAN COMPETITION
BRINGING DOWN THE HAMMER...
Sig: IF WE WANT TO TRY TO BEAT THE RUSSIANS AT THEIR OWN GAME,
WE NEED TO MAKE EVERY MINUTE COUNT.
Narrator: ...TEAM USA CLAWS TO CLAIM
THE HIGHEST PRICES IN BERING SEA HISTORY...
Johnathan: ALL THE CREAM'S TAKEN OFF THE TOP.
IF YOU DON'T FIND ANY CRAB,
THEN YOU COULD LOSE THE WHOLE BATTLE.
Narrator: ...BEFORE THE FOREIGN JUGGERNAUT
FLOODS THE GLOBAL MARKET.
WHOO!
THIS IS THE MOST DANGEROUS TIME.
Narrator: IT'S KILL OR BE KILLED.
YOU AIN'T HOME FREE UNTIL YOU WALK INTO THAT FRONT DOOR.
WHOA!
IT'S THE U.S. OF A. VERSUS MOTHER RUSSIA.
-STEADY ON! -AAH!
IF YOU WANT TO WORK TOGETHER, I'LL JUMP IN THERE WITH YOU.
HA-HA-HA HO!
HIT THAT
WHAT THE HELL?
BUT IT'S GONNA COST US TENS OF THOUSANDS.
OH!
YEAH!
THAT'S COOL.
Sig: IS HE OVERBOARD?
IS HE OVERBOARD?!
-WE DON'T KNOW! -IS HE OVERBOARD?!
-I DON'T KNOW YET! -I DON'T KNOW.
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Narrator: 230 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUTCH HARBOR,
ON THE SAGA BANDIT...
Jake: HERE WE GO, FELLAS, FIRST POT.
SO THIS IS THE GOOSENECK.
IT'S HITTING A HAMMER, MAN, HITTING LIKE A HAMMER.
THERE'S GONNA BE 60 CRAB IN THIS POT.
I'LL JUST HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE GEAR TWICE.
PROBABLY.
I BELIEVE IN YOU, ANDERSON!
Narrator: WITH 160,000 POUNDS CAUGHT,
NOW SLOGGING IN TO THE 35th DAY OF THEIR SEASON...
I THINK I JUST GRABBED ANOTHER ADDITIONAL
16,000 POUNDS OF CRAB TO CATCH,
WHICH IS SOME GUYS' FULL SEASON.
Narrator: ...NEW BOAT OWNER JAKE ANDERSON
AND CAPTAIN JOHNATHAN HILLSTRAND
SQUEEZE THE GOOSENECK TO CATCH A LAST-MINUTE
STAGGERING 17,000 POUNDS OF KING CRAB.
Jake: HERE WE GO, FIRST POT.
COMING UP!
THEY'RE ALL FEMALES.
I'LL BE OUT HERE TILL CHRISTMAS ON THESE NUMBERS.
MAN!
THERE'S NO WAY THERE'S 17,000 POUNDS IN THIS GEAR RIGHT HERE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THERE COULD BE.
Man: COMING UP!
Narrator: SINGLE-DIGIT POTS.
Johnathan: WE'RE STILL TRYING TO BEAT THE RUSSIANS.
WE'RE GONNA BE THE LAST ONES OUT HERE IF WE DON'T WATCH OUT.
Narrator: NOW FACING A KING CRAB PRICE IN FREE FALL,
JAKE AND JOHNATHAN HUNKER DOWN FOR A GRIND,
EAGER TO CATCH THEIR CRAB BEFORE THE RUSSIANS
SLASH THE AMERICAN PRICE TO RUBLES ON THE DOLLAR.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO WASTE ALL THE TIME IT'S GONNA TAKE
TO MOVE ALL THIS GEAR AND PROSPECT.
Johnathan: WHAT THE...?
I SEE A KEITH COLBURN POT IN THE AREA HERE,
SO MAYBE WE COULD PARTNER UP WITH KEITH.
BECAUSE HE'S PROBABLY ON SOMETHING.
MAYBE IT'S A WORTH A TRY.
I KNOW WITH YOU HERE, IT COULD BE GOOD.
Keith: I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, JAKE,
YOU'VE GOT ME TOTALLY FRAZZLED RIGHT NOW.
Narrator: WHILE JAKE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH KEITH
HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN SMOOTH...
YOU SCREW ME ONCE, YOU NEVER WORK WITH ME AGAIN.
YEAH, MAN!
Narrator: ...JOHNATHAN HAS THE MAGIC TOUCH AS MR. WIZARD.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I HAVEN'T SMILED IN A LONG TIME, MY FRIEND.
WILE E. COYOTE AND ROADRUNNER.
WE'VE GOT NOTHING TO LOSE, SO...
KEITH'S NEVER DONE ME WRONG.
HEY, YOU GOT ME HERE, WIZARD?
THEY'RE TOO FAR AWAY TO HEAR ME, DUDE.
YOU CAN'T HEAR THAT FAR AWAY.
Keith: Yeah, I got you fine. How's it going down there?
WHOA!
SURVIVING ABOUT IT.
PUT A SKULL AND CROSSBONES RIGHT WHERE I'M AT.
REALLY? WAH WAH!
ZERO CRAB, 28 HOURS.
OKAY, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW.
ALRIGHT, WELL, I'VE GOT TO GET ALL THE WAY UP NORTH
WHERE I'M AT HERE, ANOTHER ALMOST 20 MILES.
AND THEN I'VE GOT PROSPECT GEAR WAY OUT TO THE EAST.
IF YOU WANT TO WORK TOGETHER, I CAN GIVE YOU THAT.
If you find crab, then get your gear on it
and start pounding on it,
and I'll jump in there with you.
Narrator: WHILE KEITH HEADS TO HIS GEAR UP NORTH,
HE OFFERS TO LET THE SAGA CHECK AND HAUL
HIS OTHER PROSPECT STRING OUT EAST, SAVING HIM TIME.
Johnathan: YEAH, KEITH, THAT SOUNDS LIKE
A LITTLE PARTNERSHIP WOULD BE EXACTLY WHAT WE BOTH NEED.
But you got to give up
every scrap of information you have,
and you have to give it up as soon as you get it.
Narrator: THERE'S ONLY ONE CATCH.
If you're hauling decent pots, let them know immediately.
EACH PARTNER MUST INFORM THE OTHER
THE SECOND THEY FIND CRAB.
SO EVERYONE CAN JOIN IN THE HARVEST.
THAT'S A GOOD PLAN, BROTHER. LET'S DO THIS.
ROADRUNNER OUT. BEEP-BEEP!
Keith: THERE'S VERY FEW GUYS OUT HERE I CAN TRUST.
JOHN HILLSTRAND I TRUST, UNEQUIVOCALLY.
WE BOTH HAVE THE SAME GOAL.
GETS THESE BOATS OFF THE FINISHING GROUNDS
AND GET THIS CRAB TO THE MARKET.
Narrator: PARTNERING WITH PIRATES?
BRAVE MEN.
ACROSS THE BERING SEA, ON THE CORNELIA MARIE...
Casey: THIS IS WHERE WE CHECK THE DEPTHS
OF WHAT THEY'RE FISHING OVER IN RUSSIA.
SO WE REALLY SHOULD BE ABLE TO RIP THROUGH SOME GEAR.
Narrator: ...ON THE SAME EASTERN DEPTHS
AS THEIR RUSSIAN RIVALS...
RIGHT AT THAT THRESHOLD RIGHT NOW,
BEFORE THE RUSSIANS GONNA FLOOD THEIR CRAB IN.
SO IT'S REALLY WE'RE MAKE IT OR BREAK IT RIGHT NOW.
...CAPTAINS JOSH HARRIS AND CASEY McMANUS
ARE ONE HAUL AWAY FROM DOING AMERICA PROUD
AND NABBING THE SOON-TO-VANISH PAYDAY AT THE DOCK...
HOPING IT HAS A 30, 40 AVERAGE.
Narrator: ...IF THEIR CRAB POTS
HOLD A CONSISTENTLY HIGH AVERAGE.
Casey: IF WE'RE NOT GETTING OUR AVERAGE,
THEN WE'RE SCREWED.
BOO!
THAT AIN'T VERY GOOD.
WE NEED MORE THAN THAT.
Josh: WELL, WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
MM!
THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL PART OF THE RUSH.
THE HUNT AND THE THRILL.
Man #2: 43, 4-3!
WHOO! -THAT'S A GOOD ONE.
AS LONG AS WE KEEP GETTING MORE THAN AVERAGE.
UGH!
Casey: OOH, THAT DON'T LOOK GOOD.
IT'S KIND OF...
OUR NUMBERS ARE ON A ROLLER COASTER RIGHT NOW.
I'D LIKE TO GET CONSISTENT.
IT'S JUST LIKE GAMBLING,
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA GET.
Casey: HIGH POT AT THIS POINT'S 52.
OUR LOW POT WAS FIVE.
I HONESTLY DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT
RIGHT NOW OR NOT.
Narrator: SKIPPER'S CHOICE --
ON THE HAND, STACK OUT NOW BUT RISK COMING IN SHORT
IF THEIR AVERAGE DROPS ANY FURTHER.
I'M PICKING MY FINGERS TO THE BONE, LITERALLY.
ON THE OTHER, SET BACK TO GUARANTEE THEIR POUNDAGE,
BUT RISK MISSING THE RECORD PRICES.
Casey: IF WE SOMEHOW COME UP SHORT ON THIS,
IT'S GONNA COST US TENS OF THOUSANDS,
NOT JUST A COUPLE OF HUNDRED BUCKS.
IF WE HIT THIS LITTLE POCKET HERE OF 30s AND 40s,
WE COULD MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
EXECUTIVE CALL.
I FEEL CONFIDENT.
Narrator: THE CAPTAINS MAKE THE CALL
TO PUT ALL 180 POTS ON DECK
TO CLAIM SKY-ROCKETING PRICES BEFORE THEY FALL.
WE'RE EITHER GONNA BE CONFIDENT OR WE'RE GONNA BE ARROGANT.
Narrator: 90 MILES SOUTHWEST...
...ON THE NORTHWESTERN...
-ALMOST DONE, MANDY. -MM-HMM.
HOMESTRETCH, LAST LITTLE GIDDY-UP.
COME ON, FELLAS, SHAKE IT OUT OF YOUR EYES, MAN, LET'S GO.
Narrator: ...RUNNING ON FUMES, CAPTAIN SIG HANSEN
AND RELIEF SKIPPER AND DAUGHTER MANDY,
CRAWL FOR THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL.
Sig: YOU KNOW, WE VENTURED MORE OUT TO THE WEST, SOUTHWEST.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL KNOW.
IF THERE'S CRAB IN THESE, THEN WE'RE SAFE.
THIS IS WHAT'S GONNA TAKE US HOME.
IF WE WANT TO GET THIS PRICE ESTABLISHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
AND TRY TO BEAT, YOU KNOW, THE RUSSIANS AT THEIR OWN GAME,
WE HAVE TO DO THIS SOONER THAN LATER.
HERE WE GO.
Narrator: TO OUT-PACE THE RUSSIAN FLEETS
BEFORE THE SOARING DOCK PRICE NOSEDIVES,
THE SKIPPER LEANS ON POTS SET TO THE SOUTHWEST,
HE HOPES, ONE FINAL TIME.
YOU GOT BAIT READY?
NOT YET.
I THOUGHT NICK WAS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT AND GET IT READY.
POTS UP HERE.
HOLD ON, WE'RE MISSING SOMEONE!
WELL, ARE WE GONNA HAUL OR NOT?
YEAH, WAIT A SECOND.
HE'S PROBABLY TAKING A
MIGHT BE.
NICK?
GO SEE IF HE'S USING MY
FIND HIM! COME ON, LET'S GET GOING.
COME ON!
I DIDN'T SEE HIM.
MARK SAID HE DIDN'T SEE HIM IN THE GALLEY
OR THE ENGINE ROOM.
ARE YOU GUYS WITH ME?
IS HE OVERBOARD?
IS HE OVERBOARD?!
Sig: IS HE OVERBOARD?
IS HE OVERBOARD?!
I DON'T SEE ANYTHING.
IS HE OVERBOARD?!
-WE DON'T KNOW! -IS HE OVERBOARD?!
HEY, NICK!
I THINK HE CAME OUT EARLIER FOR BAIT.
HE CAME OUT EARLIER WITH NEW BAIT.
CHECK THE BAIT FREEZER.
MAYBE HE TOOK A PISS OR SOMETHING!
HE'S IN THE BAIT FREEZER!
SORRY.
I'VE BEEN IN THERE FOR 20 MINUTES!
HE'S IN THE BAIT FREEZER.
YOU.HE WAS IN THE BAIT...
WHAT THE
OH, MY GOD, MY HEART.
I THOUGHT HE WAS PASSED OUT SOMEPLACE.
YOU DIDN'T EVEN LOOK IN THE BAIT?!
SORRY, NICK.
DIDN'T YOU HEAR ME SCREAMING AND YELLING?
DAMN IT.
Narrator: WITHOUT A LATCH ON THE INSIDE,
AND WITH THE ENGINE DROWNING HIS CRIES FOR HELP,
DECKHAND NICK MAVAR WAS TRAPPED IN THE BAIT FREEZER.
WHAT ARE YOU...
Nick: I COULD HEAR YOU, "ARE YOU OVERBOARD?"
I GOING, "NO, I'M IN HERE,
I'M IN HERE!"
CAN WE START? YEAH.
ARE YOU OKAY?
I'M OKAY, JUST PISSED.
THOUGH HIS DECKHAND'S DEFROSTED...
-ARE YOU READY? -READY!
ALRIGHT, LET'S START.
BECAUSE WE NEED OUR QUOTA.
Narrator: ...CAPTAIN SIG
FACES THE PROSPECT OF A COSTLY RESET
IF HIS STRING SHUTS HIM OUT IN THE COLD.
MIGHT BE A LITTLE CHILLY, NICK.
HAVE SOME WARM SOUP WHEN WE'RE DONE.
Nick: COME ON! OH, YEAH!
YEAH!
Sig: HO-HO-HO HO!
THAT'S HOW I WANT TO START THE DAY OFF.
HOPE WE CAN GET THROUGH THE REST OF THIS GEAR.
WE GET WHAT WE NEED AND GET BACK IN.
Narrator: IN DUTCH HARBOR...
...ON THE SUMMER BAY...
Bill: SOMEWAY, SOMEHOW, WE'RE HERE, IT'S OVER.
Narrator: ...CAPTAIN "WILD" BILL WICHROWSKI
TAKES HIS $480,000 KING BOUNTY.
Bill: OBVIOUSLY WE HAD THE FAILED ENGINE.
WE FINISHED, BUT IT'S 100 GRAND TO GET BACK ON TRACK.
Narrator: AND DUMPS HIS PROFITS RIGHT BACK
INTO FIXING HIS ON-AGAIN, OFF-AGAIN ENGINE.
Bill: WE'VE GOT TO REBUILD IN DUTCH,
AIR-FREIGHT ALL THE PARTS AND PIECES IN JACKSON.
A WHOLE OVERHAUL OF 30%.
IT WAS LIKE A CURSE.
THERE'S ONLY SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE MONEY.
I'M GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT.
I'VE GOT A GOOD BUDDY THAT'S A RUSSIAN GUY.
HE THINKS HE MIGHT HAVE AN IN FOR EXPERIENCED CAPTAINS.
Narrator: SEVERAL DAYS AGO...
ALRIGHT, WELL I GUESS WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES. I'M INTERESTED.
Narrator: ...BILL RECEIVED AN OFFER FROM A RUSSIAN CONTACT
TO HELM ONE OF THEIR NEW SHIPS IN NEED A SEASONED SKIPPER.
THE RUSSIANS ARE BUILDING MORE BOATS FOR THE NEW SYSTEM.
EVERY BLOCK OF REAL ESTATE HAS TO HAVE SO MANY BOATS FISHING,
AND THEY JUST DON'T HAVE THEM.
Narrator: OUT OF HIS PROFITS FOR KING SEASON,
BILL CONSIDERS A COMEBACK.
THE RUSSIAN PROGRAM IS BLOWING UP.
IT COULD OPEN UP A GLOBAL JOB MARKET FOR ME.
Narrator: AND IF THAT MEANS GOING TO RUSSIA,
SO "V" IT.
MAYBE THIS RUSSIAN TRIP IS GONNA HAVE TO HAPPEN.
Narrator: ONE MILE FROM THE RUSSIAN LINE...
MAYBE IF I DO MY RUSSIAN DANCE, IT'LL BRING US GOOD LUCK.
YOU'RE NOT AS GOOD AS HIM.
Narrator: ...ON THE SEABROOKE...
Scott: WE ARE NOT CATCHING ANYTHING.
WE'VE COVERED EVERY INCH OF GROUND THERE IS TO COVER.
OTHER THAN ONE MOVE, THIS IS THE LAST CANYON THAT WE FIND CRAB IN
BEFORE WE HIT THE RUSSIAN BORDER.
SO WE'RE JUST GONNA FAN OUR POTS OUT, YOU KNOW.
WE'RE GONNA GIVE ONE MORE DITCH EFFORT.
Narrator: CHARGED WITH FINDING 30,000 POUNDS
OF GOLDEN KING CRAB
TO REOPEN THE FISHERY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 33 YEARS,
CAPTAIN SCOTT CAMPBELL JR. LOSES HIS ONE WHIFF OF THE CRAB,
LEAVING HIM A SINGLE SPOT LEFT TO CHECK --
THE CANYON, RIGHT UNDER THE RUSSIAN LINE.
Scott: WE'RE REALLY KIND OF BANKING ON MAKING SOME MONEY,
SO WE CAN USE THAT FOR A DOWN PAYMENT.
I GOT A BOAT I NEED TO BUY.
Narrator: IT'S THE LAST PLACE FOR THE SKIPPER TO MAKE A STAND
AND EARN ENOUGH FOR A SECOND BOAT
TO EXPAND THE FAMILY BUSINESS, THE LADY ALASKA.
JUST LET HER GO.
IF MY CHART SYSTEM'S WRONG AND I'M IN THE RUSSIAN WATERS,
I'M GONNA BE IN DEEP
THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO END THE SEASON,
GETTING ESCORTED BACK TO DUTCH HARBOR
BY THE RUSSIAN COAST GUARD.
Man #3: YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!
Narrator: AFTER SHELLING OFF HIS OPENING SALVO
DIRECTLY INTO THE CANYON GROUNDS
ONLY A MILE FROM THE RUSSIAN LINE,
JUNIOR READIES TO DROP HIS LAST FIVE POTS.
WE'VE GOT NO POWER TO MY AUTO PILOT.
AW, COME ON! HEY, GUYS.
DAMN AUTO PILOT JUST TURNED OFF.
SO WITHOUT AUTO PILOT,
WE HAVE NO LATERAL INDICATOR.
Jack: IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU DRIFT OVER THE LINE,
I MEAN, YOU'RE BASICALLY INVADING ANOTHER COUNTRY.
THEY CAN SHOOT YOU OUT OF THE WATER IF THEY WANT.
Narrator: A STONE'S THROW FROM THE RUSSIAN BORDER...
Scott: I DON'T HAVE ANY POWER TO MY STEERING HERE.
IF WE CROSS THAT LINE, WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE.
BIG, BIG TROUBLE.
Narrator: ...WITHOUT STEERING,
THE SEABROOKE DRIFTS TOWARDS RUSSIAN WATERS,
WHERE JUNIOR CAN LOSE EVERYTHING IN HIS TANKS
AND KICK OFF AN INTERNATIONAL INCIDENT.
SEE THAT BIRD RIGHT THERE, THAT FAR ONE?
THAT BIRD'S IN RUSSIA.
Scott: HOT-WIRE IT IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO EXPLAIN IT,
IS WE'RE HOT-WIRING OUR AUTO PILOT,
SO WE CAN HAVE POWER DIRECT TO IT.
Man #4: WE'RE CLOSE TO THE LINE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S 106 FOOT.
AND WE'RE DRIFTING FAST, HUH?
PUTIN'S NOT GONNA LIKE THAT.
LET'S SEE.
NOTHING.
YEAH, IT'S ON, IT'S ON, IT'S ON.
-GET OUT OF HERE. -WE NEED TO JUMP HER IN.
GO, GO, GO!
-GO! -WE DID IT!
GET OUT OF RUSSIA!
OH WHOO!
GUYS THAT WAS A CLOSE ONE.
405 FOOT FROM THE RUSSIAN LINE.
AND THAT WAS ABOUT 45 SECONDS,
AND WE WOULD'VE BEEN OVER THAT LINE
AT THE RATE WE WERE DRIFTING.
MY GOD.
THIS HAS JUST BEEN A TRIP FROM HELL.
WE NEED TO FIND SOMETHING, THOUGH.
IF THIS COULD HIT, THIS COULD MAKE ALL THE PAIN
AND SUFFERING GO AWAY.
IF WE DON'T SEE ANYTHING THERE, I MEAN, THAT'S IT.
Narrator: 650 MILES SOUTHEAST...
ON THE SAGA BANDIT...
COME ON! SHOW ME THE MONEY.
THESE ARE OUR POTS.
Narrator: ...CAPTAINS JAKE AND JOHNATHAN
HAUL THE WIZARD'S EASTERN PROSPECT GEAR...
A CAPTAIN USES ANY MEANS AT HIS DISPOSAL
TO CATCH THE CRAB.
...HOPING THEIR PARTNERSHIP WITH KEITH
WILL YIELD THE EXTRA 17,000 POUNDS
THEY NEED TO END THEIR KING SEASON.
25'S A GOOD SUM.
Jake: HERE GOES.
WHOO! WHOO!
IS IT THE RIGHT KIND?
IT'S MALE, IT'S ALL MALES, IT'S JUST MALES!
IT'S A GOOD SIGN FOR US.
ALRIGHT!
YEAH!
OH, OH, OOH!
BERING SEA CRABBING, BABY!
OH!
HOW MANY DO YOU THINK'S IN THAT POT?
CAPTAIN. CAPTAIN.
-WHOO! -THAT'S A GOOD POT.
THAT'S A GOOD POT, MAN. IT'S A GOOD POT, I THINK.
LET'S JUST SET OUR GEAR UP, JAKE.
BUT WE TOLD KEITH WE'D SET THEM ON THE BEST SIDE.
I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT
WHEN HE COMES OUT TO PICK THEM UP.
Narrator: JOHNATHAN'S PLAN --
SET THE SAGAPOTS BACK NOW
AND DEAL WITH KEITH'S POTS, UH...LATER.
Johnathan: ALRIGHT, GUYS.
71 DEGREES.71 DEGREES.
I'M GONNA BE LIKE A REAL CAPTAIN.
30 DEGREES PORT.
PORT, CAPTAIN!
AROUND THERE, CAPTAIN.
Narrator: 195 MILES NORTHWEST...
ON THE SAGA BANDIT'S PARTNER IN CRAB...
WAH! WAH!
NOTHING!
NO CRAB. ZERO CRAB IN THAT LAST POT.
OH, COME ON. WHAT THE
DAMN IT!
I GOT TO CALL JAKE.
REALLY NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON
IN THAT PROSPECT GEAR.
SAGA,YOU GUYS ON THIS ONE?
I GOTTA THINK, IF THEY FOUND SOMETHING,
THEY WOULD'VE SENT ME A S.O.S.
"GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE QUICK AS POSSIBLE" MESSAGE.
WOO-HOO-HOO-HOO!
50! 50! WAIT, WHAT IS THIS?
IT'S HAIR COLOR!
GET A LIGHTER, DUDE.
I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA TO BLOW-TORCH ME.
I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET MY FACE BLOW-TORCHED.
YOU SCARED THE OUT OF ME.
I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET BLOW-TORCHED.
I GO, "WHAT IS HE DOING?"
YOU'RE SPITTING HAIRSPRAY.
YOUR OTHER HAND WITH A LIGHTER.
I THOUGHT...
BECAUSE I LIGHT HAIRSPRAY ON FIRE IT ALL THE TIME.
Narrator: DUE TO EXCESSIVE CELEBRATION...
GOING HOME, BABY!
I'M I'M SO SORRY, DUDE.
...JAKE AND JOHNATHAN MISS KEITH'S CALL.
I'M GONNA NEED HELP.
I'M GONNA NEED PSYCHIATRIC HELP AFTER THIS.
I'M SERIOUS.
I'M GONNA NEED PSYCHIATRIC HELP.
AH
NEVER LET OTHER PEOPLE HAUL YOUR PROSPECT GEAR, EVER!
I DON'T WANT TO GET SUSPICIOUS. I JUST WANT MY GEAR BACK.
THAT'S ALL I WANT.
Narrator: 130 MILES NORTHEAST OF DUTCH HARBOR...
Narrator: ...ON THE CORNELIA MARIE...
THERE YOU GO.
MARIA -- SHE'S HOLDING HER OWN.
YEP.
DOING A REALLY, REALLY GOOD JOB.
WE MAY OR MAY NOT BE IN THE FINAL ARC
OF OUR STACK OUT.
ONLY TIME IS GONNA TELL.
Narrator: WITH GREENHORN, MARIA DOCILE,
STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE ON HER PREMIERE CRAB SEASON...
Josh: LAST POT.
ALRIGHT, MARIA, YOU'LL BE THROWING THE HOOK.
YEAH!
Narrator: ...CAPTAIN JOSH GIVES HER ONE LAST TEST.
DON'T UP.
Maria: YOU GOT IT!
-ALRIGHT, YOU'VE GOT THIS. -YOU GOT IT.
YEAH! GOOD PLACEMENT.
I LOVE IT!
-SEVEN? -ALRIGHT.
Josh: IT'S GONNA BE UP TO THE OLD CALCULATOR
TO TELL US WHAT OUR FINAL NUMBERS ARE GONNA BE HERE.
Narrator: POURING THROUGH THEIR LOG BOOKS...
13, 39...
...JOSH AND CASEY DOUBLE-CHECK
TO MAKE SURE THEIR NUMBERS ADD UP.
I GET 669. SO WE'RE RIGHT THERE.
SO YOU THINK WE'RE HEAVY?
I THINK SO.
OKAY. SCREW IT, LET'S GO IN.
ALRIGHT.
Narrator: BETTING THEY HAVE WHAT THEY NEED,
THE CAPTAINS OFFICIALLY END THEIR KING SEASON.
BUT UNTIL THEY OFFLOAD, FINAL JUDGMENT AWAITS.
OH, MY EARS.
AS THE CORNELIA BOYS RACE TO DOCK,
170 MILES NORTHWEST...
Keith: HEY! ANYBODY ON HERE? HELLO? HELLO?
ARE YOU GUYS ON HERE?
IT'S ALWAYS AN INDICATOR THAT YOUR PARTNER'S ON CRAB
WHEN HE DOESN'T ANSWER THE PHONE.
Narrator: ...WIZARDCAPTAIN,
KEITH COLBURN, HAILS HIS NEW PARTNERS
BUT IS GREETED ONLY WITH STATIC.
Keith: REALLY?
AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE NEED NUMBERS.
WE NEED SOMETHING TO WORK ON BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT SEEN IT.
JOHN'S MY FRIEND, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE,
ONCE YOU LEAVE THE DOCK OUT THERE IN THE BERING SEA,
THERE ARE NO FRIENDS.
SAGA,YOU ON THIS ONE?
Narrator: ON THE SAGA BANDIT...
COMING IN WITH SOME HEAT, BABY!
OH, BABE!
-WHOO! -LOOK AT THAT!
YEAH, BABY! BOOM!
48, 4-8.
Keith: Hello?
Hey, anybody on here? Hello? Hello?
Hello, hello, hello!
Jake: HEY, JOHN, KEITH'S TRYING TO CALL.
HEY, YES!
-WOO-HOO! -YEAH!
ARE YOU ON HERE, KEITH?
Hey, Keith.
YEAH, WHERE ARE ALL MY PROSPECT POTS?
What have you got going on here?
WHERE WERE THOSE AT?
Yeah.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO US,
BUT WE JUST CAUGHT UP FINISHING THIS HERE.
BUT WE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS.
YOUR PROSPECT HIT PRETTY GOOD.
ALRIGHT, WELL, HEY, THANKS FOR GETTING ME
THAT INFORMATION A WEEK LATER, GUYS.
I appreciate it.
THIS IS THE PROBLEM.
Narrator: JOHNATHAN FULFILLS HIS BARGAIN,
SETTING KEITH'S POTS ON CRAB, BUT HOW HE SET THEM...
...THAT'S ANOTHER STORY.
GIVE ME THE NUMBERS ON THE FIRST POT OF THE STRING.
THERE'S A WEIRD U-STRING THAT JOHNNY SAID.
OH, PLEASE, JUST ALL I NEED IS ONE NUMBER.
OH, MY GOD.
IT BENDS. IT TURNS AND BENDS.
Narrator: IN AN EFFORT TO SPACE THE WIZARDPOTS
AWAY FROM THE SAGA'S,
INSTEAD OF THE STRAIGHT LINE KEITH WANTED...
OH, MAN.
Narrator: ...HIS GEAR IS... WELL, CURVED.
HE'S THINKING...
COME LOOK AT THIS BIG DILDO SET, DUDE.
THIS IS A BIG PENIS HANGING.
Jake: ROGER.
LET ME TELL HIM.
THE NEXT STRING THAT WE HAVE,
I DON'T KNOW WHY I THINK
IT LOOKS LIKE A REPRODUCTIVE ORGAN ON A WALRUS,
BUT THERE IT IS.
It looks like a walrus penis.
I didn't do this on purpose.
It just ended up like this.
Keith, I swear to God,
I did not do this on purpose.
It just ended up like this.
I LIKE THAT.
WELL...
I'm stoked.
Hopefully it's going to get you guys to town sooner
AND IT'S GOING TO SAVE MY SEASON.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU. YOU SAVED OUR ASS.
Keith: OH, MY GOD, MAN, IT'S THE LUNATIC BOAT OVER THERE.
I GOT ALL MY APPLES IN ONE BASKET,
AND WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT
I PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT BASKET.
Narrator: ONE MILE FROM THE RUSSIAN BORDER...
WE'RE ABOUT READY TO GET STARTED
AND FIGURE OUT OUR FATE HERE.
IF WE DON'T SEE ANY CRAB IN THIS STRING,
WE'RE LIKELY NOT GONNA SEE IT IN ANY OTHER STRING.
Narrator: ...JUNIOR'S LAST SHOT
TO FIND THE GOLDEN CRAB HE NEEDS
AND REOPEN THE FISHERY FOR AMERICA --
COZYING UP TO THE NORTHERN-MOST CANYON OF THE GROUNDS.
Scott: IF WE'RE GONNA COME UP WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT
FOR THAT LADY ALASKA,
WE NEED TO HIT CRAB RIGHT OFF THE GET-GO.
WE'LL PULL THE STRINGERS RIGHT HERE.
WE'RE PULLING IT RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE SPEAKING.
WELL, I'M SPEAKING.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEE SOME PRETTY EPIC FISHING
OR IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
MAYBE THIS WILL BE OUR LUCKY ROLL.
Narrator: THIS WEEK ON "SALTY TAKES"...
GOOD, 90 DEGREES, I'M COMING OVER.
HEY, JOHN, YOU'RE THE ONLY MAN
I WOULD EVER LET RUN MY BOAT IN MY CHAIR WITH NO PANTS!
WHERE ARE YOUR PANTS?
ALL I DID WAS COME UP HERE AND SIT DOWN
BECAUSE NO ONE WAS UP HERE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, I'VE GOT TO DO ALL THIS
WILL YOU QUIT LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?
OH DUDE, NOT THESE CHICKEN LEGS.
Producer: CHICKEN LEGS, LOOK AT THOSE CHICKEN LEGS.
THIS WHEEL HOUSE IS LIKE A SAUNA UP HERE.
I'M JUST TRYING TO COOL OFF, DUDE.
I'M JUST GLAD YOU'RE NOT WEARING BANANA HAMMOCKS.
Narrator: THE CORNELIA MARIE IS LOADED UP
BUT WAITS ON THE FINAL WEIGH-IN.
AND JUNIOR'S QUEST FOR GOLD TEETERS ON THE RUSSIAN EDGE.
Narrator: ON THE SEABROOKE...
Scott: WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEE SOME PRETTY EPIC FISHING
OR IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
Narrator: ...JUNIOR NEEDS HIS RUSSIAN LINE SET TO HIT
OR HIS ENTIRE GOLDEN KING CRAB EXPEDITION
WILL BE ALL FOR NYET.
COME ON, GUYS!
-WHOO! -COME ON!
NOTHING!
I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS NOT LOOKING GOOD.
NOT LOOKING GOOD AT ALL.
WHOO!
WHAT THE
NOTHING!
WATER. WATER AND BROKEN DREAMS.
Scott: YOU KNOW, WE COVERED EVERY SQUARE INCH
WHERE WE'VE SEEN SOME CRAB,
AND, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY IS THERE'S A REASON
WHY NOBODY'S BEEN UP HERE SINCE 1987.
ALRIGHT, GUYS, I CAN'T HAUL ANY MORE BLANKS.
WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP STACKING ALL THIS GEAR ON.
WE'RE GONNA CALL IT A SEASON.
IT'S BEEN AN EPIC FAILURE,
BUT LET'S JUST GET THIS GEAR ON AND GET THE OUT OF HERE.
Narrator: CATCHING ONLY 4,500 POUNDS,
JUNIOR FALLS WELL SHORT OF THE 30,000 HE NEEDS,
SHUTTERING THE AMERICAN GOLDEN KING CRAB FISHERY ONCE AGAIN.
IT'S BEEN A FAILURE. ABSOLUTE FAILURE.
Narrator: IN DUTCH HARBOR, ON THE CORNELIA MARIE...
RIGHT NOW WE ARE OFF-LOADING OUR CRAB.
OUR AVERAGE WEIGHT IS A LOT LOWER THAN WE ANTICIPATED.
Narrator: AFTER STACKING ON SUCH A NARROW MARGIN,
A LOWER-THAN-EXPECTED POUND-PER-CRAB AVERAGE
MIGHT BEEN CAPTAINS JOSH AND CASEY
LEFT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN THE BERING SEA.
SO THIS WILL BE CLOSE, REAL CLOSE.
Josh: THAT'S IT.
3,000 POUNDS.
I THINK SO. WE DIDN'T HIT OUR MARK.
SOMEWHERE IN THERE, WE'RE 570 CRAB OFF.
WE COULD'VE HAD THAT IN ONE MORE STRING.
WE COULD'VE, WE DIDN'T.
Narrator: COMING IN 3,000 POUNDS UNDER
SHORTS THE CORNELIA A COSTLY 5% OF THEIR QUOTA.
BUT OUR COUNT SUGGESTED WE WERE THERE,
THAT'S WHY WE STOPPED.
$36,000... YEAH.
...WE LEFT IN THE WATER, DUDE.
OH.
Narrator: BUT 80 MILES NORTHWEST...
THE LAST POT KING CRAB, GOOD JOB, GUYS!
YES!
Narrator: ...WITH MANDY HELMING THE NORTHWESTERN
FOR THEIR LAST HAUL...
ALRIGHT!
-YEAH! -WHOO!
Narrator: ...AND CAPTAIN SIG ON THE HOOK,
FATHER AND DAUGHTER FINISH WHAT THEY STARTED.
YEAH!
...REELING IN THE LAST OF THEIR 80,000 POUNDS --
A $920,000 CATCH.
IT'S SO HEAVY.
Sig: NICE JOB!
ALRIGHT.
GOOD JOB!
NICE, NICE, NICE.
Narrator: ACROSS THE FLEET...
Johnathan: ALRIGHT, GUYS, LAST POT.
HOLY
THIS IS BADASS, LOOK AT THIS.
HERE YOU GO!
-YEAH! -YEAH, BUDDY!
WHOO!
Narrator: ...HEROES OF THE BERING SEA
ADD A NEW CHAPTER TO THEIR LEGEND.
THAT IS COOL. THAT IS AWESOME!
IT'S ALMOST A CROSSBAR, DUDE.
YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT UP!
♪ KEEP TURNING UP THE HEAT ♪
♪ I KEEP TURNING UP THE HEAT ♪
Keith: LAST POT.
♪ I KEEP TURNING UP THE HEAT ♪
IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
Keith: WE'RE DONE.
THE PARTNERSHIP WITH JOHN WENT REALLY, REALLY WELL.
HE PUT ME IN A POSITION TO PUT GEAR ON FRESH BOTTOM,
ON GOOD FISHING.
Narrator: AND BROTHER HELPS BROTHER ON TEAM USA.
Keith: WE CAPITALIZED ON THE HIGH PRICE,
BEFORE THE RUSSIANS GET THEIR CRAB IN THE MARKET.
DEFINITELY GONNA BE A BENEFIT TO US.
Narrator: UNITING TO BEAT THE EASTERN ARMADA TO DOCK
AND SEIZE
THE ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME KING-CRAB PRICE.
Keith: AND IT GETS A LOT WORSE IN THE WINTER
BECAUSE NOW YOU'VE GOT TO PLAY THE FREEZING-SPRAY GAME.
Narrator: BUT WITH SUB-ZERO TEMPERATURES
AND ARCTIC WINDS ALREADY TERRORIZING THE GROUNDS...
Josh: LICK OUR WOUNDS AND GET READY OPIES.
REALLY KNOCK HER OUT OF THE PARK.
...JOSH BETS ON A SECOND AT BAT
IN WINTER'S WRATH TO GET BACK IN THE GAME.
IT DIDN'T GO VERY WELL.
NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
FOR THE DOWN PAYMENT ON THE LADY ALASKAFROM THIS FISHERY.
SO, I DON'T KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME UP
WITH PLAN "B" OR SOMETHING.
Narrator: SCOTT CAMPBELL JR PLOTS A SHOT AT REDEMPTION.
THIS IS CAPTAIN JOHNATHAN HILLSTRAND
OF THE BERING SEA SIGNING OFF.
AND JOHNATHAN HANGS UP HIS CAPTAIN'S HAT...
SET A COURSE TO ADVENTURE!
...FOR NOW.
I LOVE YOU, JOHN.
BUT FOR THE WILDEST...
Bill: LOOKS LIKE I'M GOING GO TO RUSSIA.
Narrator: ...THE HUNT WILL TAKE HIM
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.
Bill: I DON'T THINK ANY OF THIS IS GONNA BE EASY.
BUT IT COULD BE A HELL OF A PAYDAY.