1 00:00:01,235 --> 00:00:03,268 [suspenseful music playing] 2 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:08,607 [jake] crab boats are built to be punished. 3 00:00:08,642 --> 00:00:11,944 [waves crashing] 4 00:00:11,979 --> 00:00:16,415 [jake] three-eighths of an inch steel 5 00:00:16,450 --> 00:00:18,250 between life and death. 6 00:00:20,521 --> 00:00:23,622 Right now, kuskokwim cyclone 7 00:00:23,657 --> 00:00:25,958 is coming up quick. 8 00:00:25,993 --> 00:00:28,594 Wind, 50 miles an hour. 9 00:00:29,797 --> 00:00:33,065 Constant beating of 40-foot waves. 10 00:00:33,134 --> 00:00:34,199 [man] watch out. 11 00:00:34,235 --> 00:00:35,334 [jake] up and down. 12 00:00:35,369 --> 00:00:36,368 Up and down. 13 00:00:36,404 --> 00:00:37,536 [waves crashing] 14 00:00:37,571 --> 00:00:38,570 [man] ooh! 15 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:41,340 [jake] just one of these waves... 16 00:00:41,375 --> 00:00:42,608 Big one, nick. 17 00:00:42,643 --> 00:00:44,143 [jake] ...Will wipe us right off the map. 18 00:00:44,178 --> 00:00:46,578 [wild bill] watch out, guys watch out. 19 00:00:46,614 --> 00:00:47,579 Game over. 20 00:00:47,615 --> 00:00:49,615 -[waves crashing] -[groans] 21 00:00:49,650 --> 00:00:50,849 [jake] make a mistake... 22 00:00:50,885 --> 00:00:52,618 -[man speaking] -[man] hang on, guys. Hang on. 23 00:00:52,653 --> 00:00:54,186 -[man] watch out! -Boom, done. 24 00:00:54,221 --> 00:00:56,922 [waves crashing] 25 00:00:56,957 --> 00:00:59,258 I don't wanna kill nobody, 26 00:00:59,293 --> 00:01:01,760 but I ain't stopping. 27 00:01:02,430 --> 00:01:04,063 [man] woohoo! 28 00:01:04,098 --> 00:01:06,732 [man] oh, no, no. 29 00:01:06,767 --> 00:01:08,400 [jake] this season, 30 00:01:08,436 --> 00:01:11,403 if I don't catch my king crab, 31 00:01:11,439 --> 00:01:13,272 that won't just devastate me, 32 00:01:13,307 --> 00:01:15,274 that'll devastate the fleet. 33 00:01:15,309 --> 00:01:18,277 [man] I'm gonna have to make a hard decision. 34 00:01:18,312 --> 00:01:20,279 Throw the [bleep] line. 35 00:01:20,314 --> 00:01:21,413 [karl] overhead, nick. 36 00:01:21,449 --> 00:01:23,449 -[man] watch out. -[man] oh, oh, oh. 37 00:01:26,921 --> 00:01:28,754 I'm not letting that happen. 38 00:01:36,530 --> 00:01:38,530 [waves crashing] 39 00:01:42,436 --> 00:01:44,069 [birds squawking] 40 00:01:44,105 --> 00:01:48,373 [mike] 227 miles northeast of dutch harbor. 41 00:01:48,409 --> 00:01:51,410 [upbeat music playing] 42 00:01:51,445 --> 00:01:53,612 [wild bill] holy smokes, you guys. 43 00:01:53,647 --> 00:01:55,547 Look at all the mammals in the water. 44 00:01:55,583 --> 00:01:56,882 [man] woohoo! 45 00:01:56,917 --> 00:01:58,283 [man] it's amazing. 46 00:01:58,319 --> 00:02:00,619 That'd be a couple hundred around here... 47 00:02:00,654 --> 00:02:02,087 At least. 48 00:02:02,123 --> 00:02:04,089 [mike] on the summer bay. 49 00:02:04,125 --> 00:02:05,290 [wild bill] this is pretty bizarre. 50 00:02:05,326 --> 00:02:06,959 We've got dolphin porpoise, 51 00:02:06,994 --> 00:02:08,360 whatever they are. 52 00:02:08,395 --> 00:02:11,230 They're in piles and schools and... 53 00:02:11,265 --> 00:02:12,030 Pretty cool. 54 00:02:12,066 --> 00:02:17,302 [suspenseful music playing] 55 00:02:17,338 --> 00:02:19,538 [wild bill] what a beautiful day, 56 00:02:19,573 --> 00:02:22,207 but we got some weather coming. 57 00:02:22,243 --> 00:02:25,544 So it's gonna be uncomfortable. 58 00:02:25,579 --> 00:02:29,047 [mike] with the 800-mile wide kuskokwim cyclone 59 00:02:29,083 --> 00:02:32,484 bearing down from the northeast, 60 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:33,986 captain wild bill wichrowski 61 00:02:34,021 --> 00:02:39,858 sets his 118 pots ahead of the approaching storm. 62 00:02:39,894 --> 00:02:41,627 [wild bill] I appreciate you guys hanging in there 63 00:02:41,662 --> 00:02:42,895 during the quarantine. 64 00:02:42,930 --> 00:02:45,097 I know it was hard. 65 00:02:45,132 --> 00:02:47,799 Get them in water. Then will make this go. 66 00:02:47,835 --> 00:02:50,936 [man] yeah. Woo! 67 00:02:50,971 --> 00:02:52,037 -[man] yeah. -[man] I've never seen 68 00:02:52,072 --> 00:02:53,939 this many porpoise follow the boat, 69 00:02:53,974 --> 00:02:57,743 or I kinda think that mahlon has something to do with it. 70 00:02:57,778 --> 00:03:00,479 We spread his ashes before we left town. 71 00:03:04,118 --> 00:03:06,118 We'll call this one the mahlon set. 72 00:03:06,153 --> 00:03:07,419 Yeah. 73 00:03:07,454 --> 00:03:08,620 [wild bill] go ahead, yeah. 74 00:03:08,656 --> 00:03:10,289 [man] yeah. Whoo! 75 00:03:10,324 --> 00:03:12,691 [mike] just seven weeks before the start of the season, 76 00:03:12,726 --> 00:03:15,427 38-year-old deckhand mahlon reyes 77 00:03:15,462 --> 00:03:16,828 passed away. 78 00:03:16,864 --> 00:03:18,764 [wild bill] everybody is really feeling his presence, 79 00:03:18,799 --> 00:03:22,868 and it might be the little bit of positive 80 00:03:22,903 --> 00:03:25,938 these guys need right now, so... 81 00:03:25,973 --> 00:03:28,006 Miss that son of a bitch. 82 00:03:30,711 --> 00:03:33,512 Let's see if I remember how to do this. 83 00:03:33,547 --> 00:03:35,214 All right, you guys, um, 84 00:03:35,249 --> 00:03:36,281 and let her fly. 85 00:03:36,317 --> 00:03:37,416 -[buzzer buzzes] -be careful. 86 00:03:37,451 --> 00:03:38,483 Yeah! 87 00:03:38,519 --> 00:03:41,053 Woo! First pot of the season. 88 00:03:42,623 --> 00:03:44,957 King crab 2020. 89 00:03:44,992 --> 00:03:46,291 [man] grab 'em like this. 90 00:03:46,327 --> 00:03:48,794 -Grab 'em like that. -Okay. 91 00:03:48,829 --> 00:03:50,629 [waves crashing] 92 00:03:50,664 --> 00:03:52,965 [man] come on, it'll do a little better. 93 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:54,266 [man] yeah. 94 00:03:54,301 --> 00:03:55,801 Oh. 95 00:03:55,836 --> 00:03:56,935 Come on, blake. 96 00:03:56,971 --> 00:03:58,604 Under pressure, under pressure. 97 00:03:58,639 --> 00:04:01,139 [man] that door ain't tied and all. 98 00:04:01,175 --> 00:04:03,675 Come on, kid. Tie the [bleep] pot. 99 00:04:03,711 --> 00:04:06,278 [mike] but as bill's crew lock in to the rhythms 100 00:04:06,313 --> 00:04:09,081 -of the set... -[man] go, go, go, go, go. 101 00:04:09,116 --> 00:04:12,618 [mike] ...New greenhorn blake smithmeyer is offbeat. 102 00:04:12,653 --> 00:04:13,952 [man] pull over. 103 00:04:13,988 --> 00:04:16,021 -Pull yourself. -[man] out of the way. 104 00:04:19,593 --> 00:04:21,026 He's only gonna have to do this 105 00:04:21,061 --> 00:04:23,829 a couple thousand times, yeah? 106 00:04:23,864 --> 00:04:25,831 Mahlon came to me and said, you know, I got this guy 107 00:04:25,866 --> 00:04:27,466 that really wants to try this 108 00:04:27,501 --> 00:04:30,068 but not a good sign. 109 00:04:30,104 --> 00:04:31,103 [bleep] 110 00:04:31,972 --> 00:04:33,238 [bleep] 111 00:04:33,274 --> 00:04:35,274 [splashes] 112 00:04:37,645 --> 00:04:40,412 [nick] blake's like a young child 113 00:04:40,447 --> 00:04:42,948 learning how to walk. 114 00:04:42,983 --> 00:04:46,285 Blake, you gotta hustle, okay? 115 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,553 [man] pull harder, I'd say. 116 00:04:48,589 --> 00:04:49,821 If it was easy, 117 00:04:49,857 --> 00:04:52,557 everybody would do it. [laughs] 118 00:04:54,995 --> 00:04:55,961 -[blake] ow! -[man] holy [bleep] 119 00:04:55,996 --> 00:04:57,963 you all right? [bleep] 120 00:04:57,998 --> 00:05:00,265 get the bait set up, get the bait set up. 121 00:05:00,334 --> 00:05:01,967 Quickly. 122 00:05:02,002 --> 00:05:04,002 [blake speaking] 123 00:05:07,074 --> 00:05:08,974 oh, it hurts. 124 00:05:09,009 --> 00:05:11,910 [blake speaking] 125 00:05:11,945 --> 00:05:14,246 yeah, all righty. [bleep] 126 00:05:16,984 --> 00:05:19,651 -[man speaking] -[man] oh, okay. 127 00:05:19,687 --> 00:05:21,953 [man speaking] 128 00:05:21,989 --> 00:05:25,257 [man] greenhorn down. 129 00:05:25,292 --> 00:05:28,093 Oh, my god, he's going in the house. 130 00:05:28,128 --> 00:05:29,828 [bleep] happened there? 131 00:05:29,863 --> 00:05:32,297 All I saw was, he was all double over and... 132 00:05:32,333 --> 00:05:34,299 [man speaking] 133 00:05:37,971 --> 00:05:40,439 [wild bill] uh, poked himself in the eye with the hook? 134 00:05:40,474 --> 00:05:42,974 [man speaking] 135 00:05:43,010 --> 00:05:46,178 he poked himself in the eye. [bleep] 136 00:05:48,215 --> 00:05:50,515 I had six broken bones in my foot and pushed pots 137 00:05:50,551 --> 00:05:53,952 for six weeks on a boat. 138 00:05:53,987 --> 00:05:56,755 [bleep] happens out here. 139 00:05:56,790 --> 00:05:59,624 [wild bill] I'm hoping blake gets it together, you know. 140 00:06:01,662 --> 00:06:04,663 [mike] 191 miles southwest. 141 00:06:07,434 --> 00:06:09,401 On the northwestern. 142 00:06:09,436 --> 00:06:12,003 [sig] right now, we're done with our offload. 143 00:06:12,039 --> 00:06:14,506 We got what we needed. 144 00:06:14,541 --> 00:06:15,941 The price was tremendous. 145 00:06:15,976 --> 00:06:17,809 The fleet worked together. 146 00:06:17,845 --> 00:06:22,013 Now, all I'm thinking about is bairdi. 147 00:06:22,049 --> 00:06:24,750 [mike] with his king crab quota delivered. 148 00:06:24,785 --> 00:06:26,485 [sig] the good news is bairdis back this year. 149 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,887 So that's been closed for a couple of years. 150 00:06:28,922 --> 00:06:31,423 Bad news, we're still in a fragile state. 151 00:06:31,458 --> 00:06:33,091 It's just like our king season. 152 00:06:33,127 --> 00:06:35,494 [mike] captain sig hansen leads the charge, 153 00:06:35,529 --> 00:06:38,029 eager to prove the health of crab stocks 154 00:06:38,065 --> 00:06:40,732 and avoid the fish and game mandated shut down. 155 00:06:40,768 --> 00:06:43,869 [sig] we got some cod fish for bait that we brought in. 156 00:06:43,904 --> 00:06:45,904 We're gonna ice those down 157 00:06:45,939 --> 00:06:48,507 and we'll be ready to go fish our next season. 158 00:06:51,211 --> 00:06:53,178 Right now, the kuskokwim cyclone 159 00:06:53,213 --> 00:06:55,347 is blowing east 40, 160 00:06:55,382 --> 00:06:57,015 through the bay here. 161 00:06:57,050 --> 00:07:00,352 And hopefully, we can beat it and get ahead of it. 162 00:07:00,387 --> 00:07:02,521 Hey, strap that tote up. 163 00:07:03,724 --> 00:07:05,023 [karl] bring more ice. 164 00:07:07,728 --> 00:07:09,494 Overhead, nick. 165 00:07:09,530 --> 00:07:12,631 -Huh? -[karl] watch out. 166 00:07:12,666 --> 00:07:14,332 -[man] watch out! -[man] oh, oh, oh. 167 00:07:14,368 --> 00:07:16,368 [clattering] 168 00:07:20,174 --> 00:07:22,240 what was that? 169 00:07:22,276 --> 00:07:24,943 [karl] the ice just fell. 170 00:07:24,978 --> 00:07:27,078 [sig] how? What happened? 171 00:07:27,114 --> 00:07:28,814 [karl] well, the straps, side of the blue tote, 172 00:07:28,849 --> 00:07:32,617 they don't line up right, so it loses, uh, balance. 173 00:07:32,653 --> 00:07:34,319 It rolled over. 174 00:07:36,223 --> 00:07:37,856 [karl speaking] 175 00:07:40,661 --> 00:07:43,328 [sig] straps were on wrong or something. 176 00:07:44,665 --> 00:07:46,565 [grunts] 177 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,934 very fortunate. 178 00:07:48,969 --> 00:07:51,303 Can you get the guys ready so we can throw these lines? 179 00:07:51,338 --> 00:07:54,806 Yup. Let's go for bairdi. 180 00:07:54,842 --> 00:07:56,608 [sig] we've got weather coming in. 181 00:07:56,643 --> 00:07:59,811 It's just gonna get worse and worse. 182 00:07:59,847 --> 00:08:02,681 Okay. Let's go. 183 00:08:02,716 --> 00:08:05,484 [mike] 217 miles to the northeast. 184 00:08:06,753 --> 00:08:08,954 The leading edge of the cyclone's fury. 185 00:08:08,989 --> 00:08:10,989 [waves crashing] 186 00:08:13,327 --> 00:08:15,427 [jake] every time a wave hits, 187 00:08:15,462 --> 00:08:18,463 it sounds like thunder when it hits the boat. 188 00:08:19,399 --> 00:08:21,266 [mike] on the saga. 189 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:28,907 You can see the steel flex. 190 00:08:32,312 --> 00:08:34,880 We're still setting up for a pick. 191 00:08:37,484 --> 00:08:38,583 The pressures I'm under right now, 192 00:08:38,619 --> 00:08:41,286 we're trying to get 300 crabs 193 00:08:41,321 --> 00:08:44,089 because I want my king cove delivery 194 00:08:44,124 --> 00:08:45,957 out of the way. 195 00:08:45,993 --> 00:08:47,626 [mike] with a scheduled offload looming, 196 00:08:47,661 --> 00:08:49,494 captain jake anderson risks 197 00:08:49,530 --> 00:08:51,630 more than just delivering light. 198 00:08:51,665 --> 00:08:54,399 He risks another trip and thousands 199 00:08:54,434 --> 00:08:56,601 in fuel and supplies. 200 00:08:56,637 --> 00:08:57,769 [man] going over! 201 00:08:57,804 --> 00:08:59,938 [waves crashing] 202 00:08:59,973 --> 00:09:01,873 [jake] I don't know if there'll be anything here 203 00:09:01,909 --> 00:09:03,942 when I am setting the people. 204 00:09:03,977 --> 00:09:08,547 I'll cover from 47 fathoms to 41 fathoms. 205 00:09:08,582 --> 00:09:11,283 Just cover ground that hasn't been covered yet. 206 00:09:11,318 --> 00:09:13,485 [mike] without a summer survey to direct him 207 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:17,856 to the biomass, jake sets 40 pots west to east 208 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:19,424 and over multiple depths 209 00:09:19,459 --> 00:09:22,961 to ensnare his last 2100 pounds. 210 00:09:26,333 --> 00:09:28,934 [jake] so is this a difficult place to be? 211 00:09:28,969 --> 00:09:31,436 Yeah. But that's just the place I'm in. 212 00:09:31,471 --> 00:09:33,471 [waves crashing] 213 00:09:35,509 --> 00:09:37,943 what else are we gonna do? 214 00:09:37,978 --> 00:09:40,612 We gotta pay the bills and my fishermen. 215 00:09:40,647 --> 00:09:43,114 [waves crashing] 216 00:09:43,150 --> 00:09:45,150 [splashes] 217 00:09:46,987 --> 00:09:49,688 [jake] one more pot. 218 00:09:49,723 --> 00:09:51,957 [splashes] 219 00:09:51,992 --> 00:09:53,458 [man] all right, guys. That was it. 220 00:09:53,493 --> 00:09:54,759 Last pot. 221 00:09:54,795 --> 00:09:56,628 Get the [bleep] off the deck. 222 00:09:56,663 --> 00:09:57,629 Get inside. 223 00:09:57,664 --> 00:09:59,064 Nice job, you guys. 224 00:09:59,099 --> 00:10:01,066 [waves crashing] 225 00:10:08,141 --> 00:10:09,608 [jake] I'll be... 226 00:10:09,643 --> 00:10:12,877 Jogging right in the middle of this. 227 00:10:12,913 --> 00:10:14,212 Right now, I'm just interested 228 00:10:14,247 --> 00:10:16,314 in keeping my guys safe 229 00:10:16,350 --> 00:10:19,217 and try to keep it controlled as much as you can, 230 00:10:19,252 --> 00:10:22,153 but when you're dealing with mother nature, 231 00:10:22,189 --> 00:10:24,623 cyclones, there isn't much control 232 00:10:24,658 --> 00:10:26,024 that you do have. 233 00:10:27,894 --> 00:10:29,527 [man speaking] 234 00:10:29,563 --> 00:10:31,563 [birds squawking] 235 00:10:32,332 --> 00:10:33,331 [thuds] 236 00:10:34,501 --> 00:10:37,602 what the [bleep] 237 00:10:37,638 --> 00:10:38,870 -hear that? -What? 238 00:10:38,905 --> 00:10:40,939 That's a [bleep] bouy's tied down 239 00:10:40,974 --> 00:10:42,140 heard that. 240 00:10:42,175 --> 00:10:43,608 Will you go get mason? 241 00:10:43,644 --> 00:10:45,143 [man] I'll get mason. 242 00:10:46,446 --> 00:10:48,079 [bleep] damn it. 243 00:10:49,650 --> 00:10:51,950 [bleep] 244 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:53,985 [man speaking] 245 00:10:55,155 --> 00:10:56,588 he wants you to go up there 246 00:10:56,623 --> 00:10:58,223 -and see what it is. -[mason] something... 247 00:10:58,258 --> 00:10:59,457 [mason speaking] 248 00:10:59,493 --> 00:11:01,593 we don't know. 249 00:11:01,628 --> 00:11:03,028 [man speaking] 250 00:11:05,065 --> 00:11:07,532 [waves crashing] 251 00:11:14,808 --> 00:11:17,275 [mason speaking] 252 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:18,376 [bleep] 253 00:11:26,987 --> 00:11:29,254 -[jake] it's gone? -Gone. 254 00:11:29,289 --> 00:11:30,255 [jake] get all the guys up. 255 00:11:30,290 --> 00:11:31,523 We gotta get it back on board. 256 00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:34,059 We can't leave it out there. 257 00:11:34,094 --> 00:11:35,160 Roger. 258 00:11:38,365 --> 00:11:41,199 [jake] we're not gonna leave a life raft in the water. 259 00:11:41,234 --> 00:11:43,001 In an emergency, 260 00:11:43,036 --> 00:11:45,804 the life raft is your ticket off the board. 261 00:11:47,474 --> 00:11:49,874 It's not gonna be easy to pick this thing up 262 00:11:49,910 --> 00:11:52,577 and it's gonna be highly, highly dangerous. 263 00:11:54,481 --> 00:11:57,015 But I don't have any other choice. 264 00:11:58,819 --> 00:12:00,819 Get those life jackets for everybody, 265 00:12:00,887 --> 00:12:04,456 don't go next to that rail without life jackets. 266 00:12:07,327 --> 00:12:10,061 I can't even keep the steering straight right now. 267 00:12:17,471 --> 00:12:19,304 I see it. There it is. 268 00:12:22,109 --> 00:12:24,008 All right, guys. It's coming up. 269 00:12:26,646 --> 00:12:29,214 [man speaking] 270 00:12:29,249 --> 00:12:30,682 [man] watch out! 271 00:12:30,717 --> 00:12:32,984 Watch out! 272 00:12:35,789 --> 00:12:37,455 -[man speaking] -[man speaking] 273 00:12:37,491 --> 00:12:39,524 [jake] oh, I gotta get the boat on the side of it, 274 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:41,593 so you drift into it. 275 00:12:41,628 --> 00:12:43,795 You gotta be careful. 276 00:12:43,830 --> 00:12:47,599 [dramatic music playing] 277 00:12:47,634 --> 00:12:49,467 [mason] [bleep] they got him. 278 00:12:53,306 --> 00:12:54,873 [man] hang on, guys. 279 00:12:54,908 --> 00:12:56,207 Nice. 280 00:12:56,243 --> 00:12:57,742 Hang on. 281 00:12:59,312 --> 00:13:01,112 [bleep] 282 00:13:01,148 --> 00:13:04,449 [jake] get the [bleep] or something. 283 00:13:04,484 --> 00:13:06,184 Hey, hey, hey. Mark, get off that raft. 284 00:13:06,219 --> 00:13:08,253 Get off the [bleep] raft, mark. 285 00:13:10,657 --> 00:13:12,323 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 286 00:13:14,161 --> 00:13:15,894 [mason] you okay? 287 00:13:18,999 --> 00:13:21,099 [mike] on the saga... 288 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:22,267 [mason] nice. 289 00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:23,802 Hang on. 290 00:13:27,641 --> 00:13:29,307 [jake] [bleep] 291 00:13:29,342 --> 00:13:32,610 get the [bleep] or something. 292 00:13:32,646 --> 00:13:34,379 Hey, hey, hey. Mark, get off that raft. 293 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:36,447 Get off the [bleep] raft, mark. 294 00:13:38,985 --> 00:13:40,518 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 295 00:13:42,823 --> 00:13:44,622 [mason] are you okay? 296 00:13:44,658 --> 00:13:46,558 [jake] [bleep] yeah man. 297 00:13:48,395 --> 00:13:49,394 [bleep] 298 00:13:50,997 --> 00:13:53,698 life raft came undone and went in the water, 299 00:13:53,733 --> 00:13:55,767 jake ended up circling around and finding it. 300 00:13:55,802 --> 00:13:59,370 We're trying to pull the cord and... 301 00:13:59,406 --> 00:14:00,638 It's crazy. 302 00:14:00,674 --> 00:14:02,140 Ready? 303 00:14:04,110 --> 00:14:06,277 [jake] it's like trying to pull a truck 304 00:14:06,313 --> 00:14:07,745 sideways in the sand, 305 00:14:07,781 --> 00:14:10,648 I mean, that's how heavy that thing is. 306 00:14:12,652 --> 00:14:14,786 [man speaking] 307 00:14:14,821 --> 00:14:17,822 pull it up. 308 00:14:19,626 --> 00:14:20,658 [man] watch out! 309 00:14:20,694 --> 00:14:22,360 No, watch out. 310 00:14:22,395 --> 00:14:24,095 Maybe cut the raft. 311 00:14:24,130 --> 00:14:25,230 Maybe just start popping it 312 00:14:25,265 --> 00:14:26,731 so you can get it on board. 313 00:14:27,734 --> 00:14:29,234 [man] let's get done already. 314 00:14:29,269 --> 00:14:31,369 Okay. We start pulling in on three. 315 00:14:31,404 --> 00:14:33,771 Wait! [bleep] pull it. 316 00:14:33,807 --> 00:14:36,307 [man] two. 317 00:14:36,343 --> 00:14:37,609 Go 318 00:14:37,644 --> 00:14:40,545 [man] [groans] all your might! 319 00:14:40,580 --> 00:14:42,146 [bleep] 320 00:14:45,952 --> 00:14:47,151 [bleep] 321 00:14:48,989 --> 00:14:51,155 [bleep] 322 00:14:54,628 --> 00:14:55,693 [jake] nice job, joe. 323 00:15:10,777 --> 00:15:12,143 [bleep] 324 00:15:16,316 --> 00:15:18,149 [jake] holy [bleep] 325 00:15:19,653 --> 00:15:21,219 good job, you guys. Good job. 326 00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:24,656 [matt] that's pretty intense. 327 00:15:24,691 --> 00:15:25,957 I mean, like, you can... 328 00:15:25,992 --> 00:15:27,525 You can easily get somebody messed up, 329 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,161 somebody easily could have gone in the water. 330 00:15:33,433 --> 00:15:34,565 [jake] that was not fun. 331 00:15:34,601 --> 00:15:37,535 That was a [bleep] man. 332 00:15:40,307 --> 00:15:42,307 Thank god nobody got hurt. 333 00:15:43,643 --> 00:15:45,877 The storm is only gonna get worse from here, 334 00:15:45,912 --> 00:15:48,880 but we just got to get these 300 crabs. 335 00:15:59,259 --> 00:16:02,327 [dramatic music playing] 336 00:16:05,498 --> 00:16:07,765 [man] let's go, go, go. 337 00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:09,901 [mike] on the lady alaska... 338 00:16:09,936 --> 00:16:11,269 [scott jr.] man, a really long night 339 00:16:11,304 --> 00:16:13,404 with the weather and stuff, I figured, uh... 340 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:15,740 I figured we'd be done getting the offload done last night, 341 00:16:15,775 --> 00:16:17,041 but it didn't happen. 342 00:16:17,077 --> 00:16:19,544 We're about two or three more brailers 343 00:16:19,579 --> 00:16:20,645 before we finish up. 344 00:16:20,714 --> 00:16:22,447 See where we're at on our numbers 345 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:25,083 and get a paycheck then go catch my bairdi. 346 00:16:25,118 --> 00:16:27,919 [mike] this king crab season, nearly in the books, 347 00:16:27,954 --> 00:16:30,621 captain scott campbell jr. Sets his sights 348 00:16:30,657 --> 00:16:33,758 on hunting down his 80,000 pound bairdi quota. 349 00:16:33,793 --> 00:16:36,728 [lisa speaking] 350 00:16:36,763 --> 00:16:39,030 [scott] the boss is in the wheelhouse. 351 00:16:39,065 --> 00:16:40,531 Stop. 352 00:16:40,567 --> 00:16:42,767 My wife came up to support me. 353 00:16:42,802 --> 00:16:44,535 She's been doing all the bookwork 354 00:16:44,571 --> 00:16:46,070 on the boat as we're out fishing. 355 00:16:46,106 --> 00:16:48,072 You know, she'd been trying to get bills paid 356 00:16:48,108 --> 00:16:50,241 and get us caught back up. 357 00:16:50,276 --> 00:16:53,011 Definitely happy to be back in the boat. 358 00:16:53,046 --> 00:16:54,645 [scott] it'd be really good if we can get the last 359 00:16:54,681 --> 00:16:56,914 of these bills paid right here. 360 00:16:56,950 --> 00:16:58,016 This is it. 361 00:16:59,386 --> 00:17:00,985 [man] I got it. 362 00:17:01,021 --> 00:17:03,021 [scott] right back where it needs to be. 363 00:17:03,056 --> 00:17:04,422 It's gonna be like a... 364 00:17:04,457 --> 00:17:06,824 You know, a burden lifted off my shoulders. 365 00:17:10,997 --> 00:17:13,564 If we can get this business grown, 366 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:18,403 -uh, with, uh... -[phone ringing] 367 00:17:18,438 --> 00:17:21,239 stormee is calling. 368 00:17:21,274 --> 00:17:23,141 Hey, storme, what's up? 369 00:17:24,744 --> 00:17:26,944 [stormee] hmm, not all right. 370 00:17:26,980 --> 00:17:28,513 [stormee speaking] 371 00:17:28,548 --> 00:17:30,748 yeah. I do. What's going on? 372 00:17:30,784 --> 00:17:33,785 [stormee speaking] 373 00:17:40,994 --> 00:17:42,393 wow. Okay. 374 00:17:42,429 --> 00:17:45,430 [stormee speaking] 375 00:17:51,071 --> 00:17:52,270 [scott] okay. 376 00:17:52,305 --> 00:17:57,375 [stormee speaking] 377 00:17:57,410 --> 00:18:00,878 um, well, 378 00:18:00,914 --> 00:18:03,147 tell you what, uh... 379 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:09,921 [dramatic music playing] 380 00:18:12,826 --> 00:18:16,694 -[stormee speaking] -no, don't worry about that. 381 00:18:16,729 --> 00:18:18,229 I love you, honey. 382 00:18:18,264 --> 00:18:19,697 [stormee speaking] 383 00:18:24,804 --> 00:18:26,304 [scott] during the season, we knew 384 00:18:26,339 --> 00:18:27,839 that she had a heart condition. 385 00:18:27,874 --> 00:18:31,008 Uh, you know, we were hoping that it was gonna get better 386 00:18:31,044 --> 00:18:33,177 and that, you know, we could give her some support 387 00:18:33,213 --> 00:18:35,379 after we were done fishing 388 00:18:35,415 --> 00:18:38,216 so that we could keep this boat operating. 389 00:18:38,251 --> 00:18:39,584 You know, I can't afford, 390 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:40,785 you know, to not sit in this chair 391 00:18:40,820 --> 00:18:42,019 and run this boat, 392 00:18:42,055 --> 00:18:44,388 but, uh, you know, she needs help. 393 00:18:44,424 --> 00:18:46,657 She can't take care of her own daughter. 394 00:18:48,495 --> 00:18:51,229 Tell the crew what's going on and... 395 00:18:51,264 --> 00:18:53,231 So they know what's up. 396 00:18:55,635 --> 00:18:57,268 Hey, guys. 397 00:18:57,303 --> 00:18:58,970 Uh, I need you at the gallery, 398 00:18:59,005 --> 00:19:00,371 don't worry about your rain gear, 399 00:19:00,406 --> 00:19:04,108 come on in. I gotta tell you something here. 400 00:19:04,144 --> 00:19:06,544 That doesn't sound good. 401 00:19:10,450 --> 00:19:12,116 [scott] I don't know what I'm gonna do. 402 00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:21,025 [dramatic music playing] 403 00:19:23,563 --> 00:19:24,929 [mike] on the lady alaska... 404 00:19:24,964 --> 00:19:27,665 [scott] hey, guys, uh, I need you at the gallery, 405 00:19:27,734 --> 00:19:29,133 don't worry about your rain gear, 406 00:19:29,169 --> 00:19:32,937 come on in, I gotta tell you something here. 407 00:19:32,972 --> 00:19:35,606 That doesn't sound good. 408 00:19:35,642 --> 00:19:37,141 [scott] I was supposed to go fishing, 409 00:19:37,177 --> 00:19:40,912 but a bombshell just went off in my world. 410 00:19:42,315 --> 00:19:45,449 [mike] on the verge of his upcoming bairdi season, 411 00:19:45,485 --> 00:19:48,119 junior learns that his 25-year-old daughter 412 00:19:48,154 --> 00:19:50,788 stormee's ongoing heart condition 413 00:19:50,823 --> 00:19:52,123 is getting worse. 414 00:19:52,158 --> 00:19:54,492 [scott] I don't know what I'm gonna do. 415 00:19:58,998 --> 00:20:02,133 All right. So, um... 416 00:20:02,168 --> 00:20:06,270 I got a call and, um, 417 00:20:06,306 --> 00:20:08,472 pretty serious deal. 418 00:20:09,876 --> 00:20:12,810 Um, my daughter's not doing very well, 419 00:20:12,845 --> 00:20:15,279 um, you know, uh, she's got a heart condition 420 00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:19,617 that's kind of took a turn for the worse. 421 00:20:19,652 --> 00:20:22,620 And, uh, it's not good. 422 00:20:22,655 --> 00:20:23,888 She's got a four-year-old daughter, 423 00:20:23,923 --> 00:20:25,656 she's by herself and... 424 00:20:28,127 --> 00:20:32,530 Um, I just got choked up right now, guys, I'm sorry. 425 00:20:32,565 --> 00:20:34,665 Uh... 426 00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:40,271 And, you know... 427 00:20:41,975 --> 00:20:44,375 I'm gonna have to make a hard decision. 428 00:20:48,648 --> 00:20:49,847 That's about it, man. 429 00:20:49,882 --> 00:20:51,983 Sorry, man. 430 00:20:52,018 --> 00:20:53,751 [james] hey. 431 00:20:56,322 --> 00:20:57,288 Love you, brother. 432 00:20:57,323 --> 00:20:59,323 [scott] I know. I love you too, man. 433 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:02,460 Do what you gotta do, junior. 434 00:21:02,495 --> 00:21:04,028 [scott jr.] right. 435 00:21:12,372 --> 00:21:15,239 Back to work. 436 00:21:15,275 --> 00:21:17,475 I honestly don't know what I'm gonna do. 437 00:21:24,751 --> 00:21:27,618 [mike] 202 miles northwest of dutch harbor... 438 00:21:33,226 --> 00:21:36,594 [sig] I'm just gonna go easy, start our bairdi season, 439 00:21:36,629 --> 00:21:38,396 and get these pots off. 440 00:21:38,431 --> 00:21:41,232 [mike] after a long 20-hour run to the grounds, 441 00:21:41,267 --> 00:21:43,601 captain sig hansen readies to unleash 442 00:21:43,636 --> 00:21:46,237 the first of his bairdi prospect strings. 443 00:21:46,272 --> 00:21:48,406 [sig] so there's a ridge that goes east and west, 444 00:21:48,441 --> 00:21:50,675 -do you see it? -[mandy] yeah. 445 00:21:50,710 --> 00:21:52,243 [sig] I'm at the top of the ridge, 446 00:21:52,278 --> 00:21:54,979 down to the middle of the hole, run up, 447 00:21:55,014 --> 00:21:56,247 maybe somewhere north, or south, 448 00:21:56,282 --> 00:21:58,015 or with it like this. 449 00:21:58,051 --> 00:21:59,917 Yeah. I like that. 450 00:22:03,723 --> 00:22:05,790 [man] here it comes! 451 00:22:08,094 --> 00:22:10,494 [mike] after approving her father's fishing plan... 452 00:22:10,530 --> 00:22:15,199 [sig] I gotta make a phone call, so hop in. 453 00:22:15,234 --> 00:22:16,600 -Just... -[mandy] okay. 454 00:22:16,636 --> 00:22:18,469 ...Don't sit inside that line. 455 00:22:18,504 --> 00:22:21,372 [mike] relief skipper mandy now gets the honor 456 00:22:21,407 --> 00:22:23,574 to begin implementing it. 457 00:22:23,609 --> 00:22:26,143 [waves splashing] 458 00:22:26,179 --> 00:22:28,012 oh, god. 459 00:22:28,047 --> 00:22:29,313 [mandy] you guys all right? 460 00:22:29,349 --> 00:22:30,581 -[man] yeah. We're good. -Yeah. We're down. 461 00:22:30,616 --> 00:22:32,149 [mandy] toss 'em. 462 00:22:34,153 --> 00:22:37,822 This is my first time fishing bairdi, 463 00:22:37,857 --> 00:22:40,191 so it's kind of exciting for me to see 464 00:22:40,226 --> 00:22:44,395 how this crab differ from opilio and king crab 465 00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:45,563 as far as being able to find them. 466 00:22:45,598 --> 00:22:47,465 [man] going over. 467 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:49,266 [man] come on, mates. Let's go. Let's go. 468 00:22:49,302 --> 00:22:51,302 [mandy] bairdi has been closed for a couple of years, 469 00:22:51,337 --> 00:22:53,003 so there should be plenty out here, 470 00:22:53,039 --> 00:22:54,772 but you never know. 471 00:22:54,807 --> 00:22:57,208 [man] yeah, man. Whoo. 472 00:23:00,580 --> 00:23:03,314 [mike] three hundred miles from the eye of the cyclone. 473 00:23:06,452 --> 00:23:08,052 [wild bill] I've been looking at the windy weather 474 00:23:08,087 --> 00:23:10,287 all night long and it's pretty gnarly. 475 00:23:10,323 --> 00:23:11,889 Ride them, cowboy. 476 00:23:15,528 --> 00:23:16,761 When a load comes through, 477 00:23:16,796 --> 00:23:19,163 it's got every directional wind on it. 478 00:23:19,198 --> 00:23:22,299 You know, it's just a big counterclockwise circle. 479 00:23:24,337 --> 00:23:25,936 I'm kinda looking for one of those big ones. 480 00:23:25,972 --> 00:23:27,304 [machine beeps] 481 00:23:27,340 --> 00:23:30,007 that can mess with our day pretty bad. 482 00:23:30,042 --> 00:23:32,610 [mike] already three days behind the fleet. 483 00:23:32,645 --> 00:23:34,178 [wild bill] I'm really hoping we find something 484 00:23:34,213 --> 00:23:35,312 we can dig in, and work on, 485 00:23:35,348 --> 00:23:38,916 and either get our quota or damn close to it. 486 00:23:38,951 --> 00:23:42,987 [mike] captain wild bill can't afford any more... 487 00:23:43,022 --> 00:23:44,622 [bleep] 488 00:23:44,657 --> 00:23:45,956 [mike] ...Mishaps. 489 00:23:53,466 --> 00:23:55,466 [man speaking] 490 00:23:55,501 --> 00:23:57,034 [man speaking] 491 00:23:59,806 --> 00:24:01,405 [laughter] 492 00:24:07,013 --> 00:24:09,380 [wild bill] and the weather it's gonna get worse. 493 00:24:09,415 --> 00:24:11,449 I got to keep these guys moving. 494 00:24:12,919 --> 00:24:15,119 I hope blake can handle the pace. 495 00:24:19,525 --> 00:24:23,227 Well, this was that set where we saw in the opens 496 00:24:23,262 --> 00:24:25,996 and hopefully the man is looking down on us 497 00:24:26,032 --> 00:24:27,932 with this one, come on, brother. 498 00:24:27,967 --> 00:24:29,934 [indistinct radio chatter] 499 00:24:31,904 --> 00:24:35,172 [intense music playing] 500 00:24:35,208 --> 00:24:37,675 time to see what the mai mai string has got. 501 00:24:37,710 --> 00:24:39,543 Yeah. 502 00:24:39,579 --> 00:24:40,611 [man] nice shot, bro. 503 00:24:40,646 --> 00:24:42,947 [man] [bleep] nice shot, landon. 504 00:24:45,985 --> 00:24:47,985 -[man] no blanks. -[landon] yeah, baby. 505 00:24:48,020 --> 00:24:49,453 [man] bail it. 506 00:24:49,489 --> 00:24:50,621 [man] we need to see some crab, 507 00:24:50,656 --> 00:24:52,590 any sign of life... 508 00:25:01,767 --> 00:25:03,701 [man] wow. 509 00:25:03,736 --> 00:25:05,536 Do you see a crab in there? 510 00:25:05,571 --> 00:25:06,670 Yeah. 511 00:25:06,706 --> 00:25:08,506 [nick] yeah, dude. 512 00:25:08,541 --> 00:25:10,975 Big bail keep it, baby. 513 00:25:13,846 --> 00:25:15,913 Look at this pile of crabs. 514 00:25:17,717 --> 00:25:19,049 Yeah, baby. 515 00:25:19,085 --> 00:25:21,852 That's what we're looking for. 516 00:25:21,888 --> 00:25:22,953 [wild bill] yeah, there you go. 517 00:25:22,989 --> 00:25:25,022 -Thank you mahlon -whoo. 518 00:25:25,057 --> 00:25:26,790 [wild bill] hopefully, he sticks with us. 519 00:25:28,094 --> 00:25:29,793 [landon] oh, yeah. 520 00:25:31,397 --> 00:25:33,631 [man speaking] 521 00:25:33,666 --> 00:25:35,299 [wild bill] there you go. 522 00:25:37,904 --> 00:25:41,205 I think my idea of this stuff got better as we went here. 523 00:25:41,240 --> 00:25:42,506 Make my day. 524 00:25:44,310 --> 00:25:47,344 [man] oh, yeah, dude. 525 00:25:47,380 --> 00:25:48,779 [wild bill] oh, look at the size of that one. 526 00:25:48,814 --> 00:25:50,414 That looks like a mac daddy. 527 00:25:50,449 --> 00:25:52,683 -Big beautiful crab. -[man] whoo. 528 00:25:52,718 --> 00:25:54,118 [man] forty. 529 00:25:54,153 --> 00:25:56,487 Forty, four, zero. 530 00:25:56,522 --> 00:25:58,856 -[all] yeah. -[landon] yeah. 531 00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:00,457 [wild bill] let's put them down again. 532 00:26:00,493 --> 00:26:02,660 We're just gonna sort of stick and stay if we can. 533 00:26:02,695 --> 00:26:04,461 [bleep] yeah. 534 00:26:04,497 --> 00:26:07,765 [mike] a strong 30 average in his opening set, 535 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,234 bill makes the call to roll back his pots, 536 00:26:10,269 --> 00:26:11,835 and the dial in on the school. 537 00:26:11,871 --> 00:26:13,337 We won't be out of here 538 00:26:13,372 --> 00:26:14,838 another trip and a half through the gear 539 00:26:14,874 --> 00:26:17,708 if we can stay on these numbers. 540 00:26:17,743 --> 00:26:19,843 [landon] we think that our boy is looking down on us, 541 00:26:19,879 --> 00:26:22,112 cause those porpoises that were following the boat 542 00:26:22,148 --> 00:26:25,449 a little sign smiling all upon us. 543 00:26:25,484 --> 00:26:28,185 Giving us those big numbers, baby. 544 00:26:29,422 --> 00:26:30,554 [man speaking] 545 00:26:30,590 --> 00:26:32,723 [man] that door needs to get open. 546 00:26:35,995 --> 00:26:38,762 It's way on the bottom. It's way on the bottom. 547 00:26:38,798 --> 00:26:40,764 Pull. 548 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,333 There you go. 549 00:26:43,970 --> 00:26:47,371 Ah, I'm laughing, but I wanna cry. 550 00:26:47,406 --> 00:26:49,840 [man speaking] 551 00:26:52,011 --> 00:26:53,243 [wild bill] uh, we are on some numbers 552 00:26:53,279 --> 00:26:54,845 and we got to haul them. 553 00:26:54,880 --> 00:26:56,680 [man] hey, don't walk away from the pile. 554 00:26:56,716 --> 00:26:58,248 [wild billy] I need this guy to work a lot faster 555 00:26:58,284 --> 00:26:59,883 than he is right now. 556 00:26:59,919 --> 00:27:02,353 [mike] bill's decision to reload means double duty 557 00:27:02,388 --> 00:27:03,787 for the greenhorn. 558 00:27:03,823 --> 00:27:06,056 It's open the doors and empty the crab... 559 00:27:06,092 --> 00:27:07,691 [man] pull that bag out. 560 00:27:07,727 --> 00:27:10,027 [mike] ...But also bait the pot 561 00:27:10,062 --> 00:27:11,829 and close her back up. 562 00:27:13,799 --> 00:27:15,466 [man] stay up there, bro. 563 00:27:15,501 --> 00:27:17,334 [mike] all in under two minutes. 564 00:27:18,738 --> 00:27:20,437 [blake] exhausting. 565 00:27:20,473 --> 00:27:24,375 It's a lot of work if you're crabbing in the bering sea. 566 00:27:24,410 --> 00:27:26,777 I don't think he's worked hard too many days in his life. 567 00:27:28,781 --> 00:27:30,614 [man] okay, throw it over. 568 00:27:33,285 --> 00:27:34,885 [wild bill] if that [bleep] guy is gonna bail 569 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,421 in the middle of this thing, I'll beat his ass. 570 00:27:38,924 --> 00:27:41,759 Whoa, whoa. [bleep] 571 00:27:43,329 --> 00:27:45,062 it's a big one, nick. 572 00:27:45,097 --> 00:27:47,031 Watch out. Watch, watch, watch, watch, watch out. 573 00:27:47,066 --> 00:27:48,032 [man] watch out. 574 00:27:48,067 --> 00:27:48,766 [waves splashing] 575 00:27:48,801 --> 00:27:50,034 [man] whoa. 576 00:27:55,041 --> 00:27:57,474 [man] are you okay? 577 00:27:57,510 --> 00:27:59,410 [wild bill] you guys all right? 578 00:27:59,445 --> 00:28:01,979 [landon speaking] 579 00:28:02,014 --> 00:28:05,749 [intense music playing] 580 00:28:08,621 --> 00:28:10,520 [mike] on the summer bay... 581 00:28:10,523 --> 00:28:13,257 Whoa, whoa. 582 00:28:15,127 --> 00:28:16,894 It's a big one, nick. 583 00:28:16,929 --> 00:28:18,862 Watch out. Watch, watch, watch, watch, watch out. 584 00:28:18,898 --> 00:28:19,630 [man] watch out. 585 00:28:19,665 --> 00:28:20,364 [waves splashing] 586 00:28:20,399 --> 00:28:21,865 [man] whoa. 587 00:28:26,972 --> 00:28:29,440 [man] are you okay? 588 00:28:29,475 --> 00:28:31,408 [wild bill] you guys all right? 589 00:28:31,444 --> 00:28:33,277 [man speaking] 590 00:28:34,547 --> 00:28:37,548 [indistinct chatter] 591 00:28:39,585 --> 00:28:41,385 [landon] this guy, always sitting down 592 00:28:41,420 --> 00:28:43,387 on the job. 593 00:28:43,422 --> 00:28:46,490 [wild bill] that one wave, it was freaking huge. 594 00:28:46,525 --> 00:28:50,427 At least double the size of what everything else was. 595 00:28:50,463 --> 00:28:52,429 This ain't a game, you know. 596 00:28:52,465 --> 00:28:53,630 It's time to go back to work. 597 00:28:53,666 --> 00:28:55,165 You know, it's gonna be a long one. 598 00:28:55,234 --> 00:28:58,402 [waves splashing] 599 00:28:58,437 --> 00:28:59,803 [nick] it's like a warzone out here. 600 00:28:59,839 --> 00:29:03,640 And when chaos becomes your normal, 601 00:29:03,676 --> 00:29:05,943 you know, be careful, and be aware 602 00:29:05,978 --> 00:29:09,213 of your mental health going downhill. 603 00:29:13,285 --> 00:29:18,188 [mike] 213 miles west on the bairdi grounds. 604 00:29:19,892 --> 00:29:22,259 [johnathan] [radio chatter] 605 00:29:22,294 --> 00:29:24,728 [machine beeps] 606 00:29:24,764 --> 00:29:26,230 is that you, john? 607 00:29:26,265 --> 00:29:28,332 [johnathan] yeah, buddy. Um, you... 608 00:29:28,367 --> 00:29:31,068 You hear about junior? 609 00:29:31,103 --> 00:29:33,303 [johnathan speaking] 610 00:29:34,540 --> 00:29:36,707 [sig] well, that's rough, man. 611 00:29:36,742 --> 00:29:38,642 Especially being up here. 612 00:29:40,279 --> 00:29:42,179 [mike] news of captain scott campbell, jr.'s 613 00:29:42,214 --> 00:29:45,616 family emergency spreads throughout the fleet. 614 00:29:47,153 --> 00:29:49,987 I couldn't imagine. 615 00:29:50,022 --> 00:29:51,588 [johnathan] well, that sucks. 616 00:29:51,624 --> 00:29:52,589 It's the way if your family 617 00:29:52,625 --> 00:29:54,792 is really all like that. 618 00:29:54,827 --> 00:29:55,893 I don't know what he's gonna do, 619 00:29:55,928 --> 00:29:56,894 but I know he's trying to 620 00:29:56,962 --> 00:29:59,630 figure it out right now. 621 00:29:59,665 --> 00:30:01,665 [sig] that's a hard pill to swallow, 622 00:30:01,734 --> 00:30:06,069 because you can make that call and decide to just go. 623 00:30:06,105 --> 00:30:08,872 But we don't have enough boats anyway 624 00:30:08,908 --> 00:30:12,142 to fish the overall quota, so that's an issue. 625 00:30:13,612 --> 00:30:15,546 Yeah, it's gonna be rough. 626 00:30:18,184 --> 00:30:22,119 [johnathan] yeah. Okay. Be careful out there. 627 00:30:22,154 --> 00:30:25,189 Okay. We'll talk soon, okay? Stay in touch. 628 00:30:25,224 --> 00:30:27,157 Get back to business here. I'm out. 629 00:30:27,193 --> 00:30:29,760 I appreciate it. 630 00:30:29,795 --> 00:30:30,994 [machine beeps] 631 00:30:31,030 --> 00:30:32,596 wow. 632 00:30:32,631 --> 00:30:34,832 [waves splashing] 633 00:30:34,867 --> 00:30:37,134 [sig] that's a real tough one to swallow. 634 00:30:37,169 --> 00:30:40,070 You know, let's be honest here. 635 00:30:40,105 --> 00:30:42,806 Potentially, it can affect the industry down the line 636 00:30:42,842 --> 00:30:45,275 if we don't get crab caught. 637 00:30:45,311 --> 00:30:47,244 And so, how do you solve that problem? 638 00:30:47,279 --> 00:30:49,713 You know, you just got to figure that out. 639 00:30:51,884 --> 00:30:54,084 [mike] two hundred thirty-two miles east. 640 00:30:54,119 --> 00:30:55,452 [waves splashing] 641 00:30:56,822 --> 00:30:59,323 [jake] I love fishing in rough weather. 642 00:30:59,358 --> 00:31:00,557 [waves splashing] 643 00:31:00,593 --> 00:31:04,061 [jake] I love getting pounded by waves. 644 00:31:04,096 --> 00:31:05,529 But what I don't want, 645 00:31:05,564 --> 00:31:07,965 I don't like is I don't want anybody to get hurt. 646 00:31:09,802 --> 00:31:11,468 Should I be out here today? 647 00:31:12,605 --> 00:31:13,570 Probably not. 648 00:31:15,140 --> 00:31:16,440 We need 300 crab, 649 00:31:18,377 --> 00:31:21,511 we got to deliver to king cove, 650 00:31:21,547 --> 00:31:23,881 and I don't know I'm gonna make it work. 651 00:31:23,916 --> 00:31:26,650 [mike] twenty-three hours from his schedule of delivery, 652 00:31:26,685 --> 00:31:28,619 captain jake anderson must catch 653 00:31:28,654 --> 00:31:31,455 and offload 2,100 pounds 654 00:31:31,490 --> 00:31:33,724 to meet his obligations to the cannery. 655 00:31:35,594 --> 00:31:40,931 [man] first pot coming up. 656 00:31:40,966 --> 00:31:42,032 [jake] here we go. 657 00:31:47,273 --> 00:31:50,040 Come on. Give me something good. 658 00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:53,076 [suspenseful music playing] 659 00:31:57,883 --> 00:31:59,283 [jake] come on, here it comes. 660 00:32:09,295 --> 00:32:11,828 Oh, my god, 661 00:32:13,165 --> 00:32:16,667 it's a lot of small, a lot of juvenile, 662 00:32:16,702 --> 00:32:20,337 a lot of life, but I don't see a lot of males. 663 00:32:20,372 --> 00:32:22,873 Maybe I just gotta keep going east a little bit. 664 00:32:28,981 --> 00:32:30,180 [man] two is the count. 665 00:32:30,215 --> 00:32:33,216 Zero, two crabs. 666 00:32:33,252 --> 00:32:34,384 That's not good. 667 00:32:38,691 --> 00:32:39,923 Give me something, give me something, 668 00:32:39,959 --> 00:32:42,559 give me something good. 669 00:32:45,597 --> 00:32:47,464 [man speaking] 670 00:32:47,499 --> 00:32:48,865 [jake] there's a lot of crab in there, 671 00:32:48,934 --> 00:32:50,667 but we can't keep any of it. 672 00:32:52,071 --> 00:32:54,838 [matt] the weather came up and the crab count went down. 673 00:32:54,873 --> 00:32:57,007 That's kind of where we're at right now. 674 00:32:59,878 --> 00:33:01,378 [jake] all right. Here we go. 675 00:33:04,616 --> 00:33:07,617 [tense music playing] 676 00:33:09,221 --> 00:33:10,554 [waves splashing] 677 00:33:16,261 --> 00:33:17,728 [man] whoa. 678 00:33:17,763 --> 00:33:19,830 [man] oh, gee. Baby jesus, please let this be crab 679 00:33:19,865 --> 00:33:20,931 in this pot. 680 00:33:23,669 --> 00:33:25,769 Come on, there's gotta be at least one in there. 681 00:33:29,775 --> 00:33:32,409 [man speaking] 682 00:33:39,318 --> 00:33:41,785 [jake] hey, guys, wave coming. Wave coming. 683 00:33:43,622 --> 00:33:45,722 [wave splashing] 684 00:33:45,758 --> 00:33:47,090 [man grunts] 685 00:33:52,131 --> 00:33:53,130 [man] whoa. 686 00:33:55,434 --> 00:33:57,801 [jake] watch it, watch it. Watch it. 687 00:33:57,836 --> 00:33:59,169 [bleep] 688 00:34:01,940 --> 00:34:03,140 is he okay? 689 00:34:04,543 --> 00:34:05,876 [man speaking] 690 00:34:07,513 --> 00:34:08,812 I'm sorry, guys. 691 00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:12,616 It's gonna be like this all day. 692 00:34:12,651 --> 00:34:14,818 It's the only way to do it. 693 00:34:14,853 --> 00:34:16,520 Hoppers are flying, 694 00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:20,357 the bering sea makes you work for everything, 695 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:22,159 but I'm out of time. 696 00:34:22,194 --> 00:34:24,361 It's the last string I got. 697 00:34:24,396 --> 00:34:27,397 [tense music playing] 698 00:34:29,568 --> 00:34:31,868 I just want this [bleep] damn crab. 699 00:34:37,276 --> 00:34:38,809 [man] come on, man. 700 00:34:38,844 --> 00:34:39,843 We ain't giving up. 701 00:34:45,851 --> 00:34:47,851 [mike] this week on salty takes... 702 00:34:50,255 --> 00:34:52,122 [man] [bleep] 703 00:34:52,157 --> 00:34:53,857 [mike] what do you do on the bering sea 704 00:34:53,892 --> 00:34:56,460 when you got a black eye and no stake? 705 00:35:03,035 --> 00:35:06,236 Well, you got berry, inventive. 706 00:35:06,271 --> 00:35:08,572 Blake, you look like a little alaskan kid, 707 00:35:08,607 --> 00:35:10,107 like me when I was younger. 708 00:35:12,578 --> 00:35:15,045 Hands blue, mouth blue. 709 00:35:16,615 --> 00:35:17,948 -[laughter] -[man speaking] 710 00:35:21,019 --> 00:35:22,352 -[man] yeah. -[man speaking] 711 00:35:25,491 --> 00:35:27,924 [mike] made a meal out of that one, didn't we? 712 00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:29,993 Sig and the northwestern lead the charge 713 00:35:30,028 --> 00:35:32,529 into the illusive bairdi fishery, 714 00:35:32,564 --> 00:35:35,565 while the summer bay trails behind. 715 00:35:39,004 --> 00:35:40,270 On the saga... 716 00:35:42,007 --> 00:35:43,573 [jake] I'm out of time. 717 00:35:45,077 --> 00:35:46,710 Just gotta keep going east. 718 00:35:46,745 --> 00:35:48,512 The last string I got. 719 00:35:51,116 --> 00:35:53,550 [mike] after covering different depths over eight miles 720 00:35:53,585 --> 00:35:54,885 from west to east, 721 00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,887 jake is down to his last string. 722 00:35:58,857 --> 00:36:00,557 [man] come on, man. 723 00:36:00,592 --> 00:36:01,591 We ain't giving up. 724 00:36:05,931 --> 00:36:10,967 Let's see what she's got. 725 00:36:11,003 --> 00:36:12,869 Whoa. 726 00:36:12,905 --> 00:36:15,205 Yeah, baby. 727 00:36:16,675 --> 00:36:18,775 It's a good size pot, but let's wait for the count. 728 00:36:26,652 --> 00:36:28,952 [man] twenty-one. Two, one. 729 00:36:28,987 --> 00:36:30,420 [jake] nice. 730 00:36:30,455 --> 00:36:33,089 Twenty-one, it's not eighty, but it's twenty-one. 731 00:36:33,125 --> 00:36:34,157 [man] coming up. 732 00:36:38,430 --> 00:36:39,663 [man] whoo. 733 00:36:39,698 --> 00:36:40,764 Whoo. 734 00:36:43,101 --> 00:36:44,801 [man] oh, my god. 735 00:36:44,836 --> 00:36:46,236 [man speaking] 736 00:36:46,271 --> 00:36:49,172 that's looking pretty [bleep] damn good if you ask me. 737 00:36:49,208 --> 00:36:52,742 [man] big crab, clean crab, keepers. 738 00:36:52,778 --> 00:36:57,948 [man] fifty-two. Five, two. 739 00:36:57,983 --> 00:37:01,551 [jake] this couldn't have came at a better time, dude. 740 00:37:01,587 --> 00:37:03,520 [mike] after enduring intense weather 741 00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:05,021 and scratchy fishing, 742 00:37:05,057 --> 00:37:07,791 the young captain was finally on the crab. 743 00:37:07,826 --> 00:37:11,995 His 2,100 pound target now in sight. 744 00:37:12,030 --> 00:37:15,031 -[man] yeah. -[man] yeah. 745 00:37:15,067 --> 00:37:17,067 [jake] we have a full pot of king crab right there. 746 00:37:17,102 --> 00:37:18,201 Look at that, 747 00:37:18,237 --> 00:37:20,570 can't even dump it out, bro. 748 00:37:20,606 --> 00:37:21,838 Wow. 749 00:37:23,108 --> 00:37:24,774 [man] another crab, boys. 750 00:37:24,810 --> 00:37:26,776 [man] six, seven. 751 00:37:26,812 --> 00:37:32,215 Cha-ching. 752 00:37:32,251 --> 00:37:34,117 [man speaking] 753 00:37:35,921 --> 00:37:37,354 [man speaking] 754 00:37:37,389 --> 00:37:40,624 [laughs] 755 00:37:40,659 --> 00:37:42,359 ninety [bleep] two. 756 00:37:42,394 --> 00:37:45,061 [man] pour some [bleep] 757 00:37:45,097 --> 00:37:46,997 -[man] ninety-two. Nine, two. -[man] whoo. 758 00:37:47,032 --> 00:37:50,333 -[man] ninety [bleep] two. -[laughs] 759 00:37:50,369 --> 00:37:52,469 -that's it. -Whoo. 760 00:37:52,504 --> 00:37:54,804 -[jake] we're going in. -[man] hee-haw. 761 00:37:54,840 --> 00:37:57,340 Three hundred crab, done. 762 00:37:57,376 --> 00:37:58,575 [bleep] awesome, bro. 763 00:37:58,610 --> 00:38:00,076 [bleep] whoa. 764 00:38:01,480 --> 00:38:02,279 [man] yes. 765 00:38:02,314 --> 00:38:03,647 Where was that crab last night 766 00:38:03,682 --> 00:38:06,383 [man] [bleep] yeah. 767 00:38:06,418 --> 00:38:08,184 That's why it's called the saga. 768 00:38:09,921 --> 00:38:13,189 [mike] two hundred and fifty-six miles, southwest. 769 00:38:13,225 --> 00:38:16,459 [tense music playing] 770 00:38:16,495 --> 00:38:17,794 [scott jr. Scoffs] 771 00:38:17,829 --> 00:38:20,063 yeah. I mean, I just can't even fathom 772 00:38:20,132 --> 00:38:22,732 that my daughter's going through at her age 773 00:38:22,768 --> 00:38:25,502 and, you know, having a four-year-old daughter, 774 00:38:25,537 --> 00:38:28,405 and she can't even take care of her. 775 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:29,773 [lisa] our family should be at home, 776 00:38:29,808 --> 00:38:30,840 taking care of her, 777 00:38:30,876 --> 00:38:32,275 helping her out with our granddaughter, 778 00:38:32,311 --> 00:38:33,343 that's... 779 00:38:34,946 --> 00:38:37,280 That's our job, not anybody else's. 780 00:38:38,317 --> 00:38:40,517 I got to get home. 781 00:38:40,552 --> 00:38:41,985 I'm out. 782 00:38:42,020 --> 00:38:44,521 [mike] with his 25-year-old daughter, stormee, 783 00:38:44,556 --> 00:38:47,123 -suffering from a heart ailment... -Bye. 784 00:38:47,159 --> 00:38:49,392 [mike] ...Junior walks away from the fleet 785 00:38:49,428 --> 00:38:50,960 to care for his family. 786 00:38:50,996 --> 00:38:53,463 [man] that is not how you wanna see him go. 787 00:38:59,071 --> 00:39:00,837 [scott jr.] typically, you know, you have a few days 788 00:39:00,872 --> 00:39:02,639 to put the boat away. 789 00:39:02,674 --> 00:39:05,041 You know, you're leaving, so, 790 00:39:05,077 --> 00:39:06,276 you know, you can prepare for it. 791 00:39:06,311 --> 00:39:09,579 But right now, we're just scrambling. 792 00:39:09,614 --> 00:39:11,981 And get on a plane. 793 00:39:12,017 --> 00:39:16,553 You know, family's first. 794 00:39:16,588 --> 00:39:17,654 This is it. 795 00:39:19,291 --> 00:39:21,725 We're gonna get out of here, and go see our daughter, 796 00:39:21,760 --> 00:39:23,493 give her the support she needs. 797 00:39:24,863 --> 00:39:27,797 It'd be a rough flight home, I can tell you that. 798 00:39:30,035 --> 00:39:33,903 I got the last two seats on the plane, I'm leaving. 799 00:39:33,939 --> 00:39:37,173 I've got to put my family before the business. 800 00:39:46,017 --> 00:39:49,018 [tense music playing] 801 00:39:51,423 --> 00:39:54,257 -[man] come on, bairdi. -[waves splashing] 802 00:39:54,292 --> 00:39:57,227 [sig] I feel terrible for junior and his family. 803 00:39:59,865 --> 00:40:01,698 It's a horrible situation. 804 00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:03,333 I don't blame him for going home. 805 00:40:03,368 --> 00:40:05,201 Anybody in the right mind 806 00:40:05,237 --> 00:40:07,604 would have done the same thing, 807 00:40:07,639 --> 00:40:11,241 but that's just one more boat out of the equation. 808 00:40:11,276 --> 00:40:13,243 Oh. 809 00:40:13,278 --> 00:40:17,313 [sig] and, uh, it's a hard one to swallow. 810 00:40:17,349 --> 00:40:19,082 First pot's coming up. 811 00:40:20,485 --> 00:40:21,985 [man] no bairdi. 812 00:40:22,020 --> 00:40:24,654 And that one is bone dry. 813 00:40:24,689 --> 00:40:26,156 [man] bummer. 814 00:40:26,191 --> 00:40:27,357 [man speaking] 815 00:40:27,392 --> 00:40:30,927 [man] in the desert. 816 00:40:30,962 --> 00:40:32,395 [sig] it's not like you just snap a finger 817 00:40:32,431 --> 00:40:35,231 and just put a crew on the boat. 818 00:40:35,300 --> 00:40:37,033 But the more boats, 819 00:40:37,068 --> 00:40:38,601 the more pots, the more crab, 820 00:40:38,637 --> 00:40:40,837 it's just simple math. 821 00:40:40,872 --> 00:40:42,872 [man] oh, no. 822 00:40:42,908 --> 00:40:45,642 [sig] it doesn't look like anything from the second pot either. 823 00:40:45,677 --> 00:40:47,277 [man] not getting better. 824 00:40:47,312 --> 00:40:49,312 Oh, man. Oh, man. Oh, man. 825 00:40:49,347 --> 00:40:52,415 [tense music playing] 826 00:40:52,451 --> 00:40:53,817 [sig] I'm not sure who's out there. 827 00:40:56,588 --> 00:40:59,589 [tense music playing] 828 00:41:01,660 --> 00:41:02,992 [phone ringing] 829 00:41:08,099 --> 00:41:09,833 [phone ringing] 830 00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:12,602 -[man] hand me that. -[man] billy. 831 00:41:12,637 --> 00:41:13,970 [phone continues ringing] 832 00:41:19,478 --> 00:41:20,643 yeah, southern wind. 833 00:41:22,147 --> 00:41:24,781 [sig] steve, it's sig. Northwestern, you read? 834 00:41:26,852 --> 00:41:27,984 Steve? 835 00:41:30,088 --> 00:41:33,089 [tense music playing]