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00:00The vast Bering Sea, over a million square miles of the world's most violent and unpredictable
00:12waters, and home of the deadliest catch, Alaskan Crab.
00:19It's January and the hunt for Opelio Crab is on.
00:27Diehard crews are facing down bigger waves, more boat crippling ice, and deadly steel, to
00:42cash in on the $59 million at stake.
00:49The boats are on their fifth day fishing, and some are still shooting blanks.
00:56Mechanical failure.
00:58Hey Edgar, she's not staying in gear, man.
01:01Vicious weather.
01:02I've been seeing some of the deadliest waves we've seen for a long time.
01:06And broken bodies have kept the skippers reeling and off their marks.
01:14This might get ugly real quick.
01:17But the Bering Sea is just getting started.
01:20Watch out. Watch out.
01:22Now, the men face off against each other.
01:24No, no, no, no.
01:25Don't talk.
01:27And an ocean that dwarfs both boat and man, as the hunt continues for the deadliest catch.
01:43And an ocean that dwarfs both boat and man, as the hunt continues for a long time.
01:57Woo!
01:58Yeah!
01:59Woo!
02:00Woo!
02:01Woo!
02:02Woo!
02:03Woo!
02:04Woo!
02:05Woo!
02:06Woo!
02:07Woo!
02:08Woo!
02:09Woo!
02:10Woo!
02:11Woo!
02:12Woo!
02:13Woo!
02:14Woo!
02:15Woo!
02:16Woo!
02:21347 miles to the northwest of Dutch Harbor is the 125-foot northwestern.
02:29Captain Sieg and his crew are having a rough start to their season.
02:34Busted buoys and a blown engine have the northwestern at least a week behind schedule.
02:40The engine is fixed, and now Sieg wants to turn their luck around.
02:45He's venturing north to virgin grounds.
02:48There have been southerly winds in the area for a few days, and that's pushed the ice pack
02:53back.
02:54And because of that, we're in an area that was covered here.
02:58It sounds like there's some crab around, you know, farther to the south of us, but I'd
03:01rather stay a little above and beyond and try to find some decent fishing.
03:07To lift the curse that's plagued their trip, Edgar introduces Greenhorn Jake to one of the
03:12boat's oldest traditions.
03:14It's been a staple of my career to bite the head off this thing for good luck.
03:17So I need one too.
03:18You get the honors.
03:19There's some bad juju on this boat.
03:36So maybe with giving him the opportunity to chomp a little on the hair, he might turn
03:40things around, you know?
03:47Yes, that one.
03:48You're ready.
03:49Let's get some.
03:57Woo-hoo!
04:10Each Northwestern bait set up weighs more than 30 pounds.
04:16With 124 more pots to go, that's over two tons of bait for
04:21Greenhorn Jake to haul and hang.
04:24Coppers will go in the back, the herring will go in the front,
04:27and see how he does.
04:28This is what Edgar told me to do, so this is what I do.
04:31The more bait he got, the better chance he already gets a crab.
04:35So we're just on the lookout, start prospecting,
04:41throw some pots around, and see what we can come up with.
04:45There you go, bring me back some money.
04:4966 miles to the south of the Northwestern,
04:52Captain Phil on the Cornelia Marine is halfway into setting
04:56a 20-pot string when he runs smack into a set of heavy rollers
05:00on the leading edge of the storm.
05:02Got to look out for the waves coming over this side.
05:05Water has a lot of power, he'll throw this pot around the deck.
05:10He's got to get the out of the way.
05:12Watch out, watch out.
05:17In weather like this, every move Phil or his deckhands make
05:22could be life or death.
05:24Oh.
05:29Focus is key, and Phil is in no mood for company.
05:34I'm trying to be a .
05:35But absolutely, I don't want anything going on.
05:38Not even chit-chat when I'm setting this stuff.
05:41You don't want construction?
05:42No, I don't want any interruptions.
05:44Oh.
05:45No chit-chat, no over there.
05:47The waves come up and they have a tendency to go over the back of the boat
05:51and wipe out whoever's standing there.
05:53I've got to make sure that don't happen.
06:01Oh.
06:02Oh.
06:07Not very nice outside.
06:09It's late, hard.
06:11These are the worst possible conditions for an exhausted deckhand
06:15to be working in.
06:16This is scary business right now, I'll tell you that.
06:37We get a little bit sideways to this.
06:41Tens of thousands of gallons of water crash over the rail,
06:46moving the 800-pound pots like tinker toys.
06:51Grab that pot!
07:14Each wave is another frayed nerve, but with just a handful of pots left, the deckhands
07:34will tough it out.
07:40His life's to a stink, you have one pop up, knock the pot off the launcher, Josh is in there
07:46baiting it, or you can take out anybody.
08:06Is that all you've got?
08:09Tempting the Bering Sea is never a wise move.
08:16A twenty foot monster dwarfs the men.
08:23A twenty foot monster dwarfs the men.
08:30Phil counts the deckhands, by the grace of God no one's been sucked back into the sea.
08:37They're down to just two more pots, one on deck and one in their launcher.
08:44Tired weather.
08:51Now we're seeing some pretty strong winds, some pretty big waves.
08:58Damn!
09:05Damn!
09:06Damn!
09:07It's like, oh maybe taking your kids down about eleven o'clock at night, giving them a
09:14couple fast lights and tell them to go play on the middle of the freeway, I mean that's
09:21just what it's like for us.
09:22It's just what it's like for us.
09:28It's big time weather, man.
09:29This is big time weather, and anything can happen.
09:35Finally, after 27 hours of working in the most miserable and dangerous conditions possible,
09:42the fishermen of the Cornelia Marie launch their last pot.
10:12320 miles to the northwest of Dutch Harbor is the Time Bandit.
10:18Captain Andy is replenishing his bait supply by fishing cod.
10:22We've got to catch some cod fish before we can catch some crab.
10:30But the same storm that pummeled the Cornelia Marie is now slugging away at the Time Bandit.
10:37It's getting rough, so you guys definitely watch yourselves here.
10:40The crew has refitted the pots with orange teeth designed to catch cod instead of crab.
10:47And he's hoping fresh bait will entice the crab.
11:10The hill strands have a reputation for fishing through anything, but these seas are getting lethal fast.
11:25The cod pots have been set at a right angle to the waves.
11:39The ditch, as the grabbers call it.
11:41Andy struggles in the dark to spot monster waves in time to warn his crew.
11:46Ow! Dammit!
11:48Here comes a plopper.
11:50Oh, you're killing me, Andy.
11:52It's a plopper. Watch out.
11:57Oh, yeah.
11:58Show the camera.
11:59There's a big live water rampers going down right now.
12:02Ah, it's a lot.
12:04Watch yourselves.
12:05Hold on.
12:06A big wave.
12:07Coming right!
12:08Oh!
12:09Oh!
12:17With each wave more dangerous than the last, Captain Andy throws in the towel and calls his crew off deck.
12:24The last couple of cod pots will have to wait.
12:27I'll have to let the guys clear the table and get out of the way, though, or I'll kill somebody.
12:36Wow!
12:37Get out of here!
12:4168 miles to the northeast, the northwestern steams through calmer waters to the start of their string.
12:47With the greenhorn facing his first real grind, Sig takes a moment to give him some words of wisdom.
12:53All you gotta do is just put your pride aside and let Edgar teach you the rest.
12:57Done.
12:59Don't have an opinion.
13:02We'll give you one.
13:04You get to earn your opinion.
13:06You don't just get one.
13:10My goal is to make Junior do in one week what I did in two years.
13:14Why?
13:15Because we're short on time.
13:17All right, let's do it.
13:23Hopefully run across an area that can produce enough on a short soak to suffice our needs.
13:33We're hauling the first pot.
13:34Pot number 69.
13:37That's another good luck number.
13:40Let's see what she does here.
13:41Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
13:53No way!
13:55Oh, man, that sounds great.
13:56Yeah!
14:00Yeah!
14:02Ha, ha, ha!
14:05Not today!
14:07Okay, now you can be happy.
14:10Yeah!
14:16Oh, yeah!
14:18Now, if that's an indication of what's to come for a first pot, man, you cannot beat that.
14:22That's good news right there.
14:24Oh, yeah.
14:26Day soak.
14:2730 hours, dude.
14:28600 crab.
14:29That's smokin'.
14:31That's smokin'.
14:32Oh, that's turn and burn time.
14:33Yeah.
14:34Yeah, it's already white!
14:37That's what I'm talkin' about.
14:40Wow!
14:41Whoa!
14:43That's a card painter right there!
14:45Car, damn it!
14:49Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
14:51Wow!
14:52And a hospital bill!
14:56Yeah!
14:57Greenhorn Jake's enthusiasm has made an impression.
15:10For now, we just want a guy that wants to be here and try his best, and so far he's been doing that, so I think it'll be alright.
15:18But he makes a crucial mistake when he thinks he's accepted enough to prank a vet.
15:24I'm gonna put this snap in the back of his heel.
15:27I gotta play a prank on him before he plays a prank on me.
15:2920 pots into your season and you wanna start a war?
15:44Me?
15:46King of the prank!
15:48Whatever he gives me comes back ten times fold.
15:51We'll learn a little lesson in getting poked, don't worry.
15:55Jake's attempt to be one of the guys has backfired.
15:58You know what they do to dogs that bite the hand that feeds them, right?
16:01I know!
16:03I already know!
16:04Let's go!
16:07At dock in Dutch Harbor is the 155-foot Wizard.
16:13Last night, the hydraulic controls on their crane were literally torn apart in the storm.
16:19And they were forced to return to port for repairs.
16:24The Wizard is now ready to return to sea, but Captain Keith is not.
16:29An unexpected call informs him of some urgent family business.
16:33He'll have to fly home.
16:36He asks his brother, Monty, to take over the skipper's chair.
16:39You want trade hats?
16:43Well, this one can't leave the boat, man.
16:45It's had way too much good luck.
16:47All right?
16:50Come on.
16:52Learn what the old man said.
16:54Don't let the crew drive the boat.
16:58Along with the skipper, the lowest man on the totem pole,
17:00greenhorn Nick, is also headed south.
17:04A slip on the ice has put him out of commission.
17:07It was like the one night in town that I decided to wear shoes instead of deck boots.
17:12And I just slipped.
17:14Caught myself in my right arm.
17:16Felt good, you know.
17:17I got up, drank the rest of the night away, and woke up in the morning, and I was just, my arm is dead.
17:21All right, Nick, here.
17:25It's letting me down by, you know, admitting that I physically can't work.
17:30I don't like leaving.
17:32I don't like leaving at all.
17:34But I'll be back.
17:36To fill Nick's empty slot, Monty hits the Dutch Harbor Unemployment Office, better known as the Unisee Bar.
17:43This guy here, picked him up, and he's going to replace Nick.
17:47Never fished before, so it should be interesting for him, and it should be fun.
17:53Looking forward to it.
17:55Looking forward to it.
17:57All right.
17:59Before going out, Guy Kieslewski needs to gear up.
18:02So I used to ride professional rodeo for 15 years, so I thought I'd take one of these jobs,
18:06and they say it's, you know, a tough job.
18:08We'll go see how tough it is.
18:11Guy the Greenhorn is anxious to get started.
18:15For the rest of the crew, a first-time fisherman means one thing, more work.
18:20Since Nick was experienced when we're picking up somebody that's not so,
18:24I imagine I'll probably have to pick up some additional responsibilities.
18:29Hopefully this new crew guy will be up to the task and be able to challenge.
18:35Nick will be missed.
18:36Casting off.
18:39As the wizard departs for the grounds, her future depends on a replacement crab captain,
18:44and a greenhorn who has yet to prove himself on the Bering Sea.
18:51275 miles to the northwest, Captain Greg on the far west leader is resetting all of his 160 pots in new territory.
18:59Well, we got almost done with the second string, one more to set, and all the gears off the boat.
19:04And then we're going to start hauling again.
19:07The setting is going smoothly until the deck boss, Chili, spots a pot tied by the newest guy, John Mavar.
19:17These are all messed up, man.
19:18Got to re-lock Tico right up here, too.
19:20I know.
19:21Wrapped it around the bar.
19:22Instead of putting it in the pot where it's supposed to be.
19:23This causes the pot to swing dangerously as it's dragged to the launcher.
19:27We took a bright line here and tried to do it with the line.
19:28And I'm worried it's just totally lost.
19:29Whatever you were doing there.
19:30Today, breakfast is about 20 minutes.
19:31It was totally lost.
19:32No, no, no, no.
19:33Don't talk.
19:34What do you mean you don't want to hear it?
19:35I wanted to explain what happened.
19:36There's no explaining.
19:37There's no happening.
19:38What you did was took an idea of a too long bridle and tried to incorporate it with a shot.
19:43So what you did was totally wrong and it's never been done before.
19:46First time ever in fishing history.
19:48So it was wrong.
19:49Don't do it again.
19:50I was like, whoa what the.
19:51It's pulling here.
19:52I'm just going to go.
19:53I'm going to stop.
19:54I'm just going to stop.
19:55I'm just going to stop.
19:56I got about 20 minutes.
19:57It was totally lost.
19:58No, no, no, no.
19:59Don't talk.
20:00What do you mean you don't want to hear it?
20:01I wanted to explain what happened.
20:02There's no explaining.
20:03There's no happening.
20:04What you did was took an idea of a too long bridle and tried to incorporate it with a shot.
20:08So what you did was totally wrong.
20:09It's never been done before.
20:10First time ever in fishing history.
20:11It's pulling here, so when he grabs it with the hook,
20:15it's not pinching the pot upright.
20:20John accepts the criticism, but Chili can't let it go.
20:25What John has done there has invented something totally new,
20:30done completely wrong.
20:32Chili's yelling again, he loves it.
20:35Stop it!
20:38They don't, if I don't yell at them, they don't do nothing.
20:43John Mavar is new to crabbing, but he's fished salmon for 20 years.
20:47When I skip around my own boat, I rarely, almost never yell.
20:52It just usually doesn't do any good.
20:56You can't even talk to him because he won't miss it.
21:03You know everything, John Rambo.
21:06Run the stack, cut on tight in the pod, get them.
21:11If I was John, I would just tell him to fuck and turn around and walk away.
21:17319 miles to the northwest of Dutch Harbor,
21:20the Time Bandit has finished hauling cod,
21:22and Captain Andy is back prospecting.
21:25This is our prospect string that runs for 80 miles.
21:28So you're not, you're not thinking that you're going to catch crab in every pot.
21:32So it's giving us hope, and then we put out healers.
21:35And then we have really good bait now, so there's no doubt about it.
21:38Andy's fired up about his plan, but on deck,
21:41veteran hand Russell Newberry is getting cranky.
21:45This one mile apart stuff is very boring.
21:50The long wait between buoys wouldn't be so bad,
21:53but they're pulling pot after pot of blanks and rejects.
21:57In the wind.
21:59Wow!
22:03Damn it!
22:05Looks like we're practicing today.
22:07Practicing crabbing.
22:09That crab pot sucks.
22:14It's full of little crab.
22:16Little one, little one.
22:18Dirty, Opie.
22:22And, uh, approximately 40.
22:25But they were snails.
22:27The fishing right now is not looking very good.
22:50It's pretty poor, in fact.
22:52Credit card.
23:03One credit card away.
23:06Being a keeper.
23:07I'm just getting rid of all of them.
23:15We can drag it over to the chute.
23:17They dump all these sub-legal crab back into their habitat.
23:21In the wheelhouse, Captain Andy's not worried about the poor crab.
23:26He's worried about the attitude on deck.
23:28You've seen whole season's destroyed because of bad morale.
23:31It destroyed your whole season.
23:33For old salts like Russell,
23:35there's only one way to deal with bad fishing.
23:38Complain.
23:39A lot.
23:40Just looking like, uh,
23:41I'm gonna make a dollar off of this, uh, crab pot.
23:44Poor crab numbers are often a matter of luck.
23:47But for a bitter deckhand,
23:49the blame is always cast in one direction.
23:52It's always the skipper's fault.
23:54Skipper's nothing but a deckhand with no brains.
23:57And he's going like,
23:58These crab, they're no good.
24:03Because he's too old.
24:05He's burned out.
24:06He's burned out because of the search-up.
24:1281 miles to the east,
24:13the far west leader has a new hand on deck.
24:17Rod Mill's at the table.
24:20Got her crabbing outfit on.
24:22Hat and everything.
24:25She's got the cleanest rain gear of the bunch.
24:27The other guys don't even take showers.
24:29And then she washes her rain gear.
24:32The crab is coming fast.
24:37But Rod Mill is moving slow.
24:39I haven't been pinched yet, but it's been close.
24:48Have you been pinched yet?
24:50Yes, I guess so.
24:52Oh!
25:01The crew pushes her to go faster,
25:02but Rod Mill's only getting slower.
25:11You ain't doing anything!
25:13It's a feisty one.
25:23She looks a little tuckered there.
25:28Uh-oh!
25:29She gave me a dirty look.
25:30How you doing, Rod Mill?
25:32You look whooped!
25:35Don't worry,
25:36you only got four more strings to haul today.
25:43Now I have tendinitis after two hours or one hour.
25:47I do!
25:49I didn't say a peep.
25:53It's kind of hard to get tendinitis
25:54when you've only been out there for about two hours.
26:00Well, buck up.
26:01You're a crabber.
26:02Why are they swallin'?
26:03Retaining water?
26:09Yeah, she takes everything way too personal.
26:12She's just gotta relax.
26:1667 miles to the northeast,
26:18the wizard is back on their grounds after a 24-hour steam.
26:22With POTS on the horizon,
26:24the reality of having an untested greenhorn on deck
26:27is now hitting Captain Monty.
26:29Usually the greenhorns that come out here
26:31have about a 70-80% failure rate.
26:35These other guys are gonna have to pick up a little slack here for them.
26:38They know what they're up against,
26:39and they want to get this poundage landed as much as anybody,
26:42so we're hoping for the best.
26:44Doing a little prep work here before we get back to these strings
26:48because the program's gonna be a lot different now.
26:51We're a man down, so it should be a little bumpy.
26:56Technically, they're not actually a man down,
26:58but their new rodeo rider from the lower 48 has yet to prove his worth.
27:03So yeah, my other job was working with horses and horses all day long.
27:10Now we're just doing it a little bit different.
27:12We're working with smelly fish all day long.
27:15So this would be, I put two fish on this one, right?
27:17Yeah.
27:19That's a double door.
27:20Pull it up, find another one of small size.
27:23He's trained him.
27:24Well, he's gung-ho.
27:25I think he's gonna do well.
27:26He's got the spirit, I think.
27:28We'll see here shortly.
27:30The one.
27:31Anything smaller than that on one string.
27:33Right, if you do, then you double up, triple up.
27:35Double, triple, whatever it has to be.
27:37It's pretty easy.
27:41With four tons of bait locked and loaded,
27:43the wizard is ready to start turning gear.
27:58This is the first pot of crab, cowboy guy, the greenhorn, has ever seen.
28:15They're all good.
28:28So they're all good.
28:37They're all good.
28:38Pull it over like this.
28:41Okay.
28:42Gotcha.
28:43The Greenhorn has one pot under his belt.
28:49On this trip alone, they'll go through at least 600 more.
28:5420 miles to the southeast, the far west leader is pulling the gear they set 24 hours ago.
29:02Despite John's early struggles tying pots and Chili's endless bad-mouthing, Skipper
29:09Greg sees potential in the new crabber. Greg gives John a chance to prove himself at one
29:15of the most difficult spots on deck, the rail.
29:18You're going to get good at the rail or better at the rail, you've got to work the rail, so
29:23he's giving me a chance.
29:26But John's years as a salmon fisherman don't seem to be translating on the rail of a crab
29:48boat.
29:49John's hopeless.
29:50This is the way it is.
29:51I mean, he is.
29:52He can only do what he can do.
29:54That ain't mud, huh?
29:56Yeah.
29:57Come on.
30:15Even the skipper is starting to lose faith.
30:23Why, he only made one.
30:25He just dropped it out of the block.
30:26See, if I would have even said anything,
30:28it would have really, now he's going to screw it up again.
30:31See?
30:32He's just, good thing we're not here to make money,
30:37make friends, be happy.
30:40Don't worry.
30:41Be happy.
30:43But John is a man who is a man who
30:46never gives up.
30:53And as the day goes on and John gets a few throws under his belt,
30:57he does get the hang of it.
31:01Yeah, that can strike you on the right way through it.
31:10That's down the middle.
31:13Throwing strikes right now.
31:15Feel it.
31:16One or two away from the trailer fully, exactly where you want it.
31:22But Chili isn't about to give him props.
31:25There's many factors.
31:26I mean, all of a sudden, something could happen.
31:27You throw him for a move, quickers.
31:29Chili can gripe all he wants.
31:32John has restored confidence in the only critic who counts.
31:36Actually, John did really well at the rail throwing, so he's getting better.
31:41There's hope.
31:42We've hauled 50 pots.
31:43We have about 5,000 pounds.
31:45So, it's actually fishing isn't that bad.
31:49284 miles to the northwest of Dutch Arbor, the Cornelia Marie approaches pots they dropped
31:56in the previous night's storm.
31:57Now today, we got a lot of stuff to haul, so I hope we can get some crab out of this gear
32:03today and we can get on our way.
32:04The crew survived 30-foot seas to set this gear.
32:20Now, after a rare 24-hour rest while the pot's soaked, they're getting pumped to go back on the battlefield.
32:26Uncle Dave, Uncle!
32:28Take it.
32:29Take it.
32:30Take it in.
32:31Bam!
32:36Go do it again.
32:38Got my job, I'm ready.
32:40Let's go bang this puppy out, huh?
32:42Let's get this trip wrapped up.
32:44Sounds good.
32:49It's always nice to get back out and get going and start putting some crab in the tank, making some money.
32:54As the first pot swings aboard, it looks like the Cornelia Marie is on the money.
33:15Just got done with a big storm, got back out here, some crab pots, and we just found out this crab that's in the gear now is all new crab moving in.
33:32The string looks really, really, really, really good.
33:35The pots are full.
33:37Each clatter of crab on the table takes them closer to filling their pockets and sending them home.
33:43The whole pan will be sauntered.
33:45The container is the only fair.
33:46The rest and the title is what we can do right now.
33:49The bowl is a small piece, but it's a big bowl.
33:52The spoon is a large piece for a small piece, but it's a big bowl of papay and pasta, but it's a big bowl of tea and milk.
33:58It should be, really, really good!
34:00The bowl is a mini special.
34:01The bowl is about 100冬е.
34:03The bowl is about 13-15 minutes.
34:04The bowl is 5 minutes.
34:05The bowl is about a minute.
34:06The bowl is number 2 minutes.
34:07The bowl is about 10 minutes.
34:08The bowl is about 30 minutes.
34:09The bowl is about 10 minutes.
34:10The bowl is about 10 minutes.
34:11Please leave me brave, keep me deep, give me truth, give me truth, give me choice, keep me satisfied, but give me love and bring no harm, keep me safe from home, safe from home, safe from home.
34:41This is what you call stuff in the tank.
34:52Put on a lot of crab today, we have one more string to do and hopefully that will top that tank off enough that I can get the hell out of here.
35:0438 miles to the northwest, the Time Bandit is pulling the last of their test pots.
35:12It's taking us two and a half days to do this 80-pot prospect. Two and a half days.
35:19If these pots don't hit, Andy's long prospect string will have been an 80-mile waste of time and Russell might completely crack.
35:26We're hoping that we're going to get on something right here. Come on, baby. Come on, baby. It looks like it's got something in it.
35:37Woo-hoo!
35:39Yeah!
35:40Yeah!
35:41Woo-hoo!
35:42Yeah!
35:43Yeah!
35:44Yeah!
35:45Ha-ha-ha!
35:46Yeah!
35:47Well, I'm making that screw.
35:48Break that one.
35:49It looks pretty good right now for the tank.
35:50No one's complaining now!
35:51Woo!
35:52Woo!
35:53Woo!
35:54Woo!
35:55Woo!
35:56Woo!
35:57Woo!
35:58Woo!
35:59Woo!
36:00Woo!
36:01Woo!
36:02Woo!
36:03Woo!
36:04Woo!
36:05Woo!
36:06Woo!
36:07With stuffed pots coming over the rail,
36:10yesterday's tensions between the deck and the wheelhouse
36:13disappeared.
36:14I think we're fishing now.
36:197, 4, 0.
36:27Try and just roll the string on the top over here.
36:29Let's go.
36:45Captain Andy has finally hit his hot spot
36:47and sets these pots right back.
36:49But then, we got the line on our wheel.
37:03Got to get back with the ground below.
37:05The Time Bandit celebration is cut short.
37:07An alarm signals trouble with the props.
37:10I just lost my starboard main.
37:12Starboard main, low engine oil is rushing.
37:15A wave pushed the boat on top of the buoy line.
37:18Now, the line is wrapped around the prop,
37:20causing the starboard engine to seize up and stall out.
37:24We've got a pot under our boat.
37:26Apparently, it's stuck in the wheel.
37:28The crew must cut the dragging pot free,
37:31or the second prop will get tangled,
37:33and the boat will be crippled, unable to maneuver
37:36the dangerous waters of the Obey grounds.
37:38There you go.
37:39Let's go to the block with it.
37:40Hold on, my hands.
37:41Now, don't you guys out.
37:42I'm going to go ahead and run around on it again.
37:45Bring the body out of the way and let the buoy go.
37:47You need the cowboy up, and rodeo wrap that baby.
37:53The pot is cut free, but the line remains coiled
37:56around the starboard shaft.
37:59With only one engine turning, Andy decides
38:01it's too dangerous to keep fishing.
38:03Oh, it's all .
38:07Just as their crab fortunes had turned around,
38:10the Time Bandit limps back to port for major repairs.
38:15The Wizard continues to lead the pack with full pots of Opelio,
38:19while the Far West leader and Time Bandit continue to struggle.
38:24291 miles to the northwest of Dutch Harbor,
38:27the Wizard has been hauling gear for 18 hours straight.
38:30In the wheelhouse, Captain Monty is keeping a close eye
38:33on his new hire.
38:34The guy, you know, he seems to be working out here for now.
38:37He's, but he's a long ways away from getting a raise.
38:40We'll see how, we'll see how he does.
38:43Guy is the epitome of a greenhorn, no doubt about it.
38:47Like all greenhorns, Guy is starting out with bait duty.
38:51Baiting and closing a pot usually takes under 60 seconds.
38:55With Guy, it's taking over three minutes.
39:05Let's go!
39:10Come on!
39:12You're going to get way faster and we're waiting on you, hero.
39:15Come on.
39:17The physical demands of fishing and constant crew critique
39:26are starting to wear Guy down.
39:29This is a bad place.
39:30I know we're just going to figure it out.
39:32OK, but listen.
39:34Get up and go all the way down and go all the way down.
39:38Get him testing, get him testing.
39:47The wizard is on good, steady crab but the greenhorn is on his last leg.
40:01I think it's going to wear and tear on me really quick.
40:04My hands are getting a little, wrists are starting to get a little weak on me.
40:08He's barely made it through one day of fishing.
40:11He'll have at least eight more days to go before they head in.
40:16He's slowing us down a little bit.
40:18You can't expect miracles out of the guy coming right out of the chute.
40:22We'll know after three or four days if this is his calling, so to speak, or not.
40:3425 miles to the northwest, the northwestern's greenhorn is about to learn the hard way
40:39that you don't mess with the deck boss.
40:42I think the kid needs to learn a little bit of respect.
40:45You don't just jump on my boat, my home, and mess with me the first day.
40:51It doesn't work that way.
40:52I haven't filmed like something's going to happen to me.
40:57For a devious vet, even a zip tie can become a weapon of torture.
41:03Mess with the bull, you're going to get the horns.
41:07When we're all getting ready to haul gear, it's going to take him a little longer than others.
41:15Actually, it's going to take him a lot longer than others.
41:21It's going to take him a little longer than others.
41:27What?
41:28What?
41:29We don't see what happens here, dude.
41:30What are we not going to do anymore?
41:31We're not going to mess with you anymore.
41:32We're not going to mess with you anymore.
41:33We're supposed to be there.
41:34Hey, Chris, the daddy.
41:35Careful.
41:36Take your time.
41:37You better hurry.
41:38We're on the gear.
42:00All right, let's get this party started.
42:05The Northwestern's hot streak continues, but Greenhorn Jake is missing in action.
42:10It's okay.
42:11Take your time.
42:12It's all right.
42:13No, really.
42:14It's all right.
42:19It's the right stuff, what we're looking at here.
42:21I haven't seen it in a long time like this.
42:23Oh, yeah.
42:27Holy mackerelony.
42:38There's about 50 to 60 cuts in there.
42:45If we wonder why I'm wet for the next time.
42:55Well, then you'll have 50, 60 times to remember.
43:02Well, beyond legal.
43:06Legal's four inches, five inch, five and a half inch crab.
43:10Almost two pounds.
43:12Jake gets back on deck just in time to start grinding.
43:16With fishing like that, I mean, we can just keep turning gear over and just rip it and turn
43:22and burn a guy can haul metal on this stuff nonstop.
43:29That's what I like, bro.
43:36Woo-hoo-hoo!
43:37That's what I like, bro.
43:39Woo-hoo!
43:40Woo-hoo!
43:41Woo-hoo!
43:42Woo-hoo!
43:43Woo-hoo!
44:04You can't ask for a better start than this.
44:07lot of fun. This punk is getting punked. He has no idea what he's walked into. I've yet to be punked, seriously punked.
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