06x01 - Slow Burn

[bunniefuu]

Phil:
If you want to be stressed out,

if you want to be cranky,

hungry, tired...

Run a crab boat.

Whoa!
Whoo!

The funny part about it is,

I wouldn't trade it
for the world.

Keith: I was attacked physically
the other night.

Phil: If you think you're some
sort of gift to crab fishing,

you're sadly mistaken.

Sig: And I'm trying to be
patient with the guy.

I'm trying to be nice!

Johnathan:
You know what?

Don't even call my boat
unless you're [Bleep] sinking.

[ Laughing ]

Whoa!

Keep eyes on him!!

[ Siren wails ]

Man: Their boat is
barely above the surface.

Phil: When we hit the town,
get the [Bleep] off my boat!

[ Laughing ]

Man: Just going to give you
a little oxygen here.

Jake: Dad, they got to check
your pulse data, okay?

Josh: Don't worry, dad.
It's gonna be okay.

[ Bon Jovi's
"Wanted dead or alive" plays ]

♪ Another place♪

♪ where the faces are so cold♪

♪ I'd drive all night♪

♪ just to get back home♪

♪ I'm a cowboy ♪

♪ on a steel horse I ride♪

♪ I'm wanted ♪

♪ dead or alive ♪

Edgar: The Bering sea will take the
life out of you twice as fast.

Sig: This is all we got,
we're standing on right here.

Man: We received a request from
the United States coast guard

to assist in the recovery
of the vessel.

Andy: There's never a day
when you're out here

when you don't have something
on your mind.

Phil: This morning
I don't feel so good.

I don't know why.

One guy on this boat

won't be going
king crab fishing next year

so we'll have too many guys.

Sig: Just do your best.

Andy: Everybody, hang on.
Hang on.

Forget about the [Bleep] tarp
and hang on.

Phil: You want to be top dog?
You earn it!

Earn it! Then earn it!

Sig: If it wasn't for me,

this son of a [Bleep]
wouldn't leave the dock!

Man: You get the general
consensus on the boat.

Everybody knows that you don't
listen, we're [Bleep]

Narrator:
Now a new season begins.

I prepared
for cooking tomorrow.

I think it's unfair...

Narrator: on the Cornelia Marie,

brothers Josh and Jake Harris

pick up
exactly where they left off.

[Bleep]

I didn't change the rules.

The Captain of the boat
told us what to do.

You as being my superior,

the one in line
where you're always saying,

"I get to tell you what to do,"
why didn't you tell me?

You don't listen anyways.

I already told you

that I'm not gonna try to do
nothing with you anymore.

I don't want to argue
with you anymore, buddy. Okay.

Okay. Then you can figure out
what we're doing for dinner.

Just roll with the punches,
buddy. It's your cook night.

See, he's a great boss.

Narrator: As usual, the Harris
boys don't agree on anything,

Not even dinner.

The brothers go at it, you know.

...Grab each other,

that's the time I step in
and stop, you know?

Hey, buddy, so,
remember what we talked about

at the bar the other night?

All right, brother.

I won't let you down.
I'll bust my a*s for you guys.

You're the only other boat in
the fleet I'd want to work for.

All right, later, bro.
All right, bye.

Sweetness.

God, I like to wake up
to this, you know.

I can't win with Jake out there.
I can't.

We just don't get along
on the boat anymore.

I'll be honest with you.

Maybe I do need a change from
this boat for a little bit...

Because I'm gonna k*ll Jake.

I will literally end up beating
the living [Bleep] out of him.

And I don't want you
to think any less of me,

but I might need to
just try something new

for a while, you know?

Well, I don't... I hope
you don't decide to do that

because if you do,

you might not get back on here.

Just give me a minute.

When does it end?

Narrator: While the skipper
broods over a house divided,

the rest of the fleet
races to secure their gear

for the next day's departure.

Get it done now

because we're starting to get
a little bit behind schedule.

On the Northwestern...

Edgar:
Then just run that back

and then set it
west of the gear somewhere.

Just make like a triangle.

When are you going to teach me
how to run a vessel?

Sig: [ laughing ]
Already?

What makes you think
you're gonna be up here?

I don't think
that I should be up here,

but I sure would like
the information,

the ability to haul a pot
if I needed to

or to get the boat
back into town safely

if something happened to us.

I'm not trying to jump...
I was just...

I was just thinking maybe the
boat would be a little bit safer

if...
when I'm at the helm...

when...
when I'm at the helm.

You're already ready
to run the crane

before you even
throw the hook out there.

Now you want to start
pulling pots? Give me a break.

I just want to keep
moving forward

so you know
that I'm aiming somewhere.

Why don't you aim
for the galley?

I'm sure it needs cleaning.

[ Laughs ]

You asked for it.
You got it.

Don't forget your scrub brush.

Fire it up.

Narrator: Sig has no time

to entertain
Jake Anderson's ambitions.

Like the other captains,

he's got a boat to launch.

These lines should be laying
on top of each other

just like that, right.

Can you set it right here?

The last pots and bait
are loaded.

The only reason I come out here
is to load bait.

That's what I love.

Narrator:
On board the Wizard...

Left side.

Crosby's not with us this year.

Travis is
basically our stack guy.

Narrator: To fill an empty spot
on the Wizard's crew,

Captain Keith hired
greenhorn Joel Ziele.

Just come on down here
and help us out.

Keith: Greenhorns are like
toilet paper on the Wizard.

They go quick.

How many greenhorns

have we burned through
since you've been here?

I'd say four or five...
four.

[ Laughs ]

This is my first
big crab boat, yeah.

The game plan is just to bust
my a*s and keep my mouth shut.

You know, we should be okay.

Untried, untested.
Big, strong kid.

What's your rap sheet like,
Joel?

Your rap sheet's like Travis'?

Yeah.

So is that four or five pages?

The guy looks like he came out
of the joint, man...

got that ax-m*rder*r look
going on.

So...We'll see.

Narrator:
Keith's roster is full...

But it's rumored
he's broken the Captain's code.

What's up?

He basically asked me
why am I working on this.

I could get on a better boat.

And I just kind of walked away
after that.

Poaching crew members.

Is he gonna do that [Bleep]

So, what'd you tell him...
you were happy where you're at?

Yeah, I told him
I'm happy where I'm at.

I said I don't need to make
$100,000 a year.

I'm happy what I'm making now.

Andy: Listen to this...
he went up to Scott

and told him
he'd pay him double.

It's almost like saying
we're a piece of [Bleep] boat.

Why are you working
on that boat?

Why don't you work
on a real boat?

That makes it [Bleep] personal.

That makes it [Bleep] personal.

I'm taking it personal.

[ Exhales sharply ]

[Bleep]

Anyways...

I'm gonna get [Bleep] upset.

All the [Bleep] time, we should
be thinking about other [Bleep]

and we're talking about Keith.

I got other demons
I got to fight.

You know? I don't need that
little [Bleep] demon Keith.

Johnathan: The more I hear,
the more pissed off I get.

It's disturbing, man.

The guy gets under your skin.
That's what he does.

I got to be careful
what I do tonight.

Because I'm gonna confront him
and just tell him,

"hey [Bleep] I don't like you,
and I know what you're doing.

Knock it off.
Leave me alone."

Narrator: Later that night,

just hours
before heading to sea,

the captains meet inside the
skeleton of an old shipwreck.

He just likes his new toy.

[ Laughter ]

I told you!

♪ Been a long time coming♪

♪ she'd settled on this place♪

Phil: The last
red king crab I fished,

I didn't do the greatest
job, either, you know?

Dude, we're just glad you
came back to your boat at all.

Think about it, man.

You shouldn't even be
standing there.

I shouldn't be bitching.
I should be loving life.

Johnathan:
Keith's so competitive

that he has to be
such like a little kid.

But I want to just [Bleep] kick
the [Bleep] out of him,

is what I want to do.

He's [Bleep] going to get it.

Do we need to mark
you guys' pots

so you don't
cork each other off?

Is that what's going on here?

That's Phil's area
right there, Keith.

Keep monte off the wheel.

There's his strings.

Keith:
I know last year, for me,

I probably had
one of the nastiest seasons

from start to finish
that I've ever had, you know?

It just didn't stop.

I'm kind of hoping for the first
few days of this season

to go right,
maybe set a better tone.

Yeah.

Well, I've got a battle.

I have problems
with you, Keith.

I try to be your friend
throughout the years,

and you keep [Bleep]
backstabbing me, saying...

[bleep] I hear [Bleep] that
comes back to me from people.

You told Eddie the other day,

why don't you [Bleep] work on a real boat?
[bleep] off!

You try to steal
my crew [Bleep]

[Bleep] you.
You're an...

I [Bleep] one of your crewman
last year,

and he couldn't keep up
on my boat.

Enough.
Hey, no...

I didn't come
to this burn barrel

to have you
jump down my throat.

I'm just calling it like it is.

You're too competitive

and you're like a 5-year-old
little [Bleep] kid.

Poor man.
Yeah.

So me hooking you up on
that hot fishing two years ago...

[bleep] you never [Bleep]
hooked me up

on that hot fishing [Bleep]

[Bleep] me setting you up...

me setting you up

with the triple-towing pots
wasn't helping you out?

Oh, yeah, thanks.
Huh? Whatever.

So it's not about fishing.

It's about the [Bleep]
outside fishing.

Talking about it, yeah.
Just knock it off.

Just try to be a human being,
you know?

Why don't you just [Bleep]
k*ll your brothers...

hey!!

Don't [Bleep] go
down on me for that!

[ Crash ]

Hey, hey, hey!

What the [Bleep]
Is that cheap shot?

That wasn't a cheap shot.

Sucker punch Hillstrand!

Enough, enough.

Sucker punch Hillstrand!

Enough. Enough.

Now we got this out in the open,
we're done with it.

So don't pretend to be
my [Bleep] friend, okay?

I have no problem not being
your friend, John, 'cause...

we're done with this.
We're done talking.

I don't like you, period.

You know what?

Don't even [Bleep] call my boat
unless you're [Bleep] sinking.

Keith:
So it's not about fishing.

It's about the [Bleep]
outside of fishing.

Talking about it, yeah.

Just [Bleep] k*ll
your brothers...

Hey!!
Don't [Bleep] go down on me for that!

[Bleep] you!

[ Crash ]

Hey, hey, hey!

What the [Bleep]
Is that cheap shot, huh?

That wasn't a cheap shot.

You just [Bleep]
Come in my face.

Sucker punch Hillstrand!

Enough. Enough.

Now we've got this out in
the open, we're done with it.

Don't pretend
to be my [Bleep] friend.

I have no problem
not being your friend, John,

because I don't like you,
period.

I'm done talking.
I don't like you, period.

You know what?

Don't even [Bleep] call my boat
unless you're [Bleep] sinking.

Um, I go fishing.

That's where I go from here.

I just go fish.
That's what I do.

Narrator:
While two rivals retreat...

Long day.

You remember that thing
we were talking about

with those two kids?

...Captains Sig and Phil

conspire a plot
to get their houses in order.

Like Jake,
he's already asking me

when I'm gonna run the boat.

Oh, really?
Yeah.

They just need to be
brought down a smidge.

This ain't exactly something
you do every day.

[ Laughs ] No.

Let's do it.
All right.

I'll line it up.

All right, buddy.

All right, man.

Phil:
Stening to you and Josh,

you're not his boss
for everything.

I didn't say...
I told him I wasn't his boss.

Yeah, you did.
No, I didn't.

That's [Bleep] and you know it.

He's calling up, trying to find
another boat to get on

because he's afraid
he's going to k*ll you.

Sig: You talk to him
downstairs?
Edgar: No.

You haven't said nothing?

No. That's your job.

My job?

Here's the deal.

I need for you
to go on the Cornelia.

Phil: I just had
a little meeting with Sig,

and we've decided to put you
on the Northwestern

and me take Jake Anderson.

What's up with that?

I honestly think that this
would be a good thing for you.

We'll see
just how good you are.

I'm going to be good
anywhere you put me.

Sig: I thought
that it would be best

for you to experience another
deck on another crab boat.

Edgar:
Look at it this way.

Now you have an opportunity
to go on

and show them
what we've taught you.

So, you're giving me the boot.

It's probably gonna bother me
more than it's bothering you,

but I want you to learn.

Maybe Jake Anderson
will want to stay here.

I just really don't
want to stay here.

It's a cool boat to work on.

I trust anything that
you've ever done for me, Sig.

Sig: That's just it.
You say, "I'll do what you say."

You know...

Well, I don't know... right there
is what I'm talking about.

I know you'll do what I say.

I look up to you like a father.

Phil:
Show me some love.

I still love you, pops.
I still love you.

Get out of my chair.

[Bleep]

Thank you.

Narrator: While the two Jakes
prepare for their new masters...

Keith: Now I got to worry about
[Bleep] some [Bleep]

about me trying
to steal another crewman.

Narrator: ...Captain Keith
is still fuming

over the recent accusations.

Why the hell
would I even consider

[bleep] hiring someone
that's never worked on my boat

when I've got guys that are
some of the best in the business

standing on the dock right now
waiting to fish with me

that are my friends
that I can count on.

Narrator:
And by Keith's account,

no Captain code was broken.

Keith: The bottom line is,

captains and crew talk
in the bar all the time, okay?

Captains give advice to guys
all the time.

Guys ask for advice
all the time,

whether they're on one boat
or the other.

It's a matter of mutual respect.

And you know what?
I was attacked physically.

The other day
I was [Bleep] man enough

not to [Bleep] lash out
and go back at him.

I'm lucky I didn't see red.

[Bleep] you.

[ Crash ]

What the [Bleep]
Is that cheap shot, huh?

It's over.

They can go down that road
if they want.

I got a job to do here.

It's time to go fishing.

Narrator: While the Colburns return
focus to the crab grounds,

across the docks,

two young deckhands

leave the only crab boats
they've ever known.

Jake: I've never been crab
fishing before on another boat.

I've worked for other guys
a lot,

but I've never been crabbing
on a house-forward boat, either.

It will be
a little different, but...

We're sending you off
to boot camp.

I'm going
from knowing all my stuff

to back to being
a greenhorn again.

Edgar: I think
it will be good for you.

Phil: Here's two kids that are
c*ck and c*ck.

And we're gonna see
just what they're made of now.

Marquardt: Attention, all
mariners, channels 6 and 16.

This is mayor Shirley Marquardt

inviting you to stand by
the blessing of the fleet.

Hey, keep your mouth shut
and do what they tell you!

Man: On behalf of the faith
community of unalaska,

we wish to share
this blessing with you.

Bye-bye.

Creator and father of all,

we pray for those
who go down to the sea in ships

and serve you
upon the Bering sea.

Phil: There's a lot
running through my head.

Did I teach him right?
Is he ready for this?

You know?

God bless your going out
and coming in.

The lord be with you at home
and on the water.

It's got to be the dad in me.

It's certainly
not the Captain in me.

The Captain in me
drives me nutty.

May he accompany you when you
start on your many journeys.

May he fill your nets and pots
abundantly

as a reward for your labors,

and may he bring you
all safely in.

That's weird.

This whole thing is weird.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen.

Let's go fishing!

Let's go fishing!
Yeah!

Load her up, boys.

Let's go!

Guys, get all the lines secured,
all the fenders secured.

Let's get out of here, man.

Narrator: The captains ply
toward open ocean...

Nothing against Dutch,
but we want to get out of here.

Narrator:
...Changed by fresh faces...

It's shocking to believe
I'm on this boat right now.

Narrator:
...And broken bonds.

I have a whole new reason to
think about that chunk of steel

when I come back this time.

Narrator: The 16-million-pound
king crab bounty awaits.

Narrator: 20 miles from the
king-crab grounds is the Wizard.

Make sure every single pot,
the bait's good

and make sure every single pot
goes over right side up, okay?

Keith:
These first pots you drop off

arjust gonna be based on depth.

They could be half mile apart,

they might be
a mile and a half apart.

We're just trying to cover
this bank right here

because it goes from 33 fathoms

down to 50 fathoms
relatively quick.

Narrator: Keith will fish
a time-tested plan,

but on the Time Bandit...

See our plan of attack.

...The Hillstrands are gambling

that they're more good
than lucky.

Hopefully there's crab here.
It's the third season in a row,

'cause you never fish three
times in the same spot.

It's like Magoo.
Didn't work out too well.

Three times hardly ever happens
in the history of crab fishing.

You don't go three times
in a row.

Done deal.
I can't believe
we're going back

to the same spot


I'm getting too old for this [Bleep]
You'll survive.

Narrator: 78 miles to the northeast
of the Time Bandit,

The Northwestern is the first arrived
at the king crab grounds.

All you got to do
is sign right here.

Sign your life away.

Forget about everything
you ever knew

or thought you knew
on the Cornelia you know,

and just let it go.

I'd keep
your mouth shut.
Okay.

Just listen to the guys.

Edgar's the boss, you know?

Right now...You're mine.

Get out of here.
All right.

Go to work.

Trading deckhands is something

that's pretty
out of the ordinary.

My main concern was for our Jake

to come back feeling
better about himself,

and...I just hope
it goes both ways.

I really do.

Narrator: For the crew,
a new deckhand has its perks...

Here you go, buddy.
Bon appetit.

Narrator: ...no more drawing straws
for the yearly herring ritual.

You got it nice and warm,
did you? Thanks.

Should have made it warmer.

Get my bearings.

[ Ughs ]

[ Crunch ] Ohh!

[ Retches ]

Oh! [ spits ]

I couldn't even chew it.

Sig: You've got to get
the taste in your mouth.

Oh, it's in there.

Revved up all night...
Just like Josh's cooking.

Sig: We just traveled
about 180 miles,

and, you know, it's prospecting.

Right now nobody knows anything.

We're just gonna spread them out
and see what's out here.

It's time to set.

It kind of sucks for me.

Fellows, set them
when you're ready.

Just take your time
be safe.

Narrator: The first pot
is set to soak.

The 2009 king crab season
officially begins.

We've got que a bit of quota
to catch this year.

If we can get on a steady
average and just grind away

and and just keep putting crab
in the boat steady,

I think that steady pace
wins the race,

and that's kind of how I fish.

Back panel, too.

Narrator: On deck,

Jake Harris carefully studies
the Northweastern's rhythm

angets a few pointers
along the way.

But on the fourth pot...

Hey!

It's bruising, I swear to God.

Yeah.

I still...
oudoors don't drop down.

Oh, the hinges,
like this?
Yeah.

The door hit me
right betweethe eyes.

I don't even know if there's
a bump there. Feels like...

oh, yeah, there's a bump there.

Got knocked the [Bleep] out.


on the Cornelia Marie...

Phil: I know Jake Anderson
will be on the pots,

and Jake Anderson
won't be throwing shots

and he won't be running
hydraulics.

So that only leaves
a couple of things to do.

Oh [Bleep]

This is not anything different,

baiting here than baiting up
on the Northwestern.

We're not going to be trying
to teach him new [Bleep]

He knows what's going on,
so we'll see how it goes.

The main thing
is not to get him hurt.

The first buoy number
is foxtrot 24.

Foxtrot 24.

Roger, Roger.

Okay, are you guys
ready to go?

We gott.

[Bleep]

Here we go.

One over!

Cornelia [Bleep] Marie,
first pot of the season, baby!

Narrator: Finally,
after 22 grueling months,

Captain Phil
is back where he belongs,

on top of his old king crab
stomping grounds.

What I'm doing is setting across
the depths

going downhill
from shallow to deep.

And whatever end is best,
then you concentrate on that.

It's just generally, crab are...

they might be at 43 fathoms,

and that line of crab
will go for 10 miles.

And they're not at 42
and they're not at 44,

but they stay right at 43
for whatever reason.

Narrator: Although Phil's
back in the saddle,

it may be a while
before he's comfortable.

Phil:
You can watch things happen,
you can make things happen,

or you can wonder
what the [Bleep] happened,

and I don't want to be
on number three.

Narrator: 20 hours
after trading boats...

Narrator: ...Jake Harris is settling in.

Sig: The other Jake
kind of livens up the place,

so all Jake can do is
try to bond with the new crew.

Time will tell.

[ Bang ]

I was wondering
what you were looking for.

Narrator: 68 miles away
on the Cornelia Marie...

Anderson: I love these guys.
I'm really comfortable.

That's not something
I'm used to.

Jake's used to having to do
all sorts of weird [Bleep]

....With my head down,

say something
and then be ashamed of it.

Not here.

Narrator:
And just off their starboard,

the Time Bandit
finds an old friend.

There's Bill right there.

The wild card this season,
Captain Bill Wichrowski,

also known as "wild Bill."

In 2005, when they changed
the fishery

to this rationalization,

I had a golden opportunity
to go do something else.

Yeah, baby!

Narrator: And that something
else was 3,200 miles south...

Wichrowski:
San Carlos in northern Mexico.

Narrator: ...Leading fishing tours
in the warm waters of Mexico.

Look at that!

Whoo!



Narrator:
Among his clients,

his old buddies,
the Hillstrand brothers.

Get down here, wild Bill!

Smart guys drive.

Wild Bill...
he's a legend to us.

But bottom line is,
this is what I know,

this is what I do,
and here I am.

Narrator:
On deck, the Kodiak crew

is a mix of greenhorns
and veterans.

Yeah, I'm excited.

First time I've been excited
fishing in a long time.

Definitely going to make
some money.

Man: If anybody tells you
they're here

because the sea is in their
veins, they're lying to you.

They're here for the money.

[ Laughter ]

Narrator: And after being fired
by the Time Bandit

and the the Wizard,

I'm like a free agent
of crab fishing.

Narrator: ...Russell Newberry
has found a new home.

This is the third boat I've
worked on in '09.

I've had issues with Russ.

Just for being a deckhand,
he's always been real c*ck.

Learning the new system, it
took me all of about two pots.

But we'll see how she goes.

Narrator: And the greenest
of the Kodiak crew...

Let's go.
Waiting on Zach.

Narrator: ...Is also
the Captain's son, Zach Larson.

[ Laughter ]

That's so unfair.

Wichrowski: Crap rolls downhill,
as they say.

And this time the bottom
of the hill is my kid.

I love my Captain.

[ Laughter ]

He's gonna catch us
lots of crab.

Let her go.

We are officially making money
in '09!

Wichrowski:
There's only two big spots

where the survey
showed some crab,

so we can concentrate
in an area where it's crabby

and it's got big, clean crab.

Beautiful weather, happy crew...
everything we need.

No, this is... I'm smiling.
It's going good.

It's going good...

So far.

Take the two
on the rail there first.

Whoo, baby!

Oh!

Do you remember
that [Bleep] conversation

about that [Bleep]

You could have
just k*lled somebody

by not paying [Bleep]
attention.

You [Bleep]

We got lucky right there,
gentlemen.

Narrator: The knot on the crane
hook breaks loose,

dropping the half-ton pot
just feet from the crew.

Wichrowski:
Remember that conversation?

Before the season,
we got a new hook,

and they decided to use
a new-style knot

on the crane strap.

And in passing I was walking by,
I said,

"Hey, I don't like
that [Bleep] knot.

"Change that strap.

"We need more of a tail
on that [Bleep] knot

so it doesn't come undone
while we're setting gear."

I'll take full responsibility
for it when he comes down.

Oh, no. It wasn't
an appropriate knot.

We were in a rush
to get it done.

You can't rush
this kind of [Bleep]

Like that kind of stuff
where there's safety involved.

If somebody would have
been leaning on that
rail with their hand,

if it didn't [Bleep] k*ll them,
their hand would have been gone.

We would have been putting
a tourniquet

on somebody's [Bleep] wrist.

Let it go.

That was a near-miss.
[bleep]

Day one, near-miss.

I guess welcome back
to crabbing, huh?

Narrator: 144 miles northeast
of Dutch harbor,

Cornelia Marie Captain
Phil Harris

arrives at the top
of his first prospect strings.

Might not be lucky enough
to have full pots,

but they should show something.

Came unhinged.
[ chuckles ]

First pot with soak time, baby.
First pot with soak time.

Ohh!

Oh, man!

That sucks.

The first one did not look good.

Josh: 18.



We had 30 hours, so supposed to
get one crab an hour.

So you figure it out,
it's half of what we want.

I set all of this here
in different depths,

so somewhere, hopefully,
we run across something.

They're crawling around.

We'll find them,
hone in on them.

Just take it one day at a time.

Oh, look!
We got a rider.

Yeah, that's what
we're talking about!

Yeah, Whoo!

That's what we're talking about,
right here!

Whoo!

Watch things happen,
make things happen,

or wonder
what the [Bleep] happened.

Right now
we're making things happen.

I wouldn't trade it
for the world.

[ Chuckles ]

Looking at a lot of crab.

Hopefully some real good numbers
out of this.

They're not all smalls.

Awesome!

This one's awesome!





Yeah, now we're talking.

Now we're logging, baby.

That's pretty good, you guys,
for 26 hours... 52.

So, haul this string.

We're gonna stack it,
move it just a hair over,

and set it right back.

That's fishing.
See you later!




Jake,
you owe us a case of beer.

[Bleep]

He just fell in the tank.
That's a case of beer.

[ Laughs ]

[ Laughs ]

Did you hurt
your girlish figure?

You know what's messed up is
I used to pride myself

off of not falling into tanks.

Now I can't do that anymore.

[ Laughs ]

Narrator: With good, clean crab
clearing the rail,

it's the unseasonably
calm waters

that have the skipper on edge.

This weather here is storybook.

I mean, this doesn't
ever happen to us.

This is the flattest
king crab season I've ever had.

We're going to pay for that.

Sig:
This is pretty unexpected.

The weather's been unexpected,
you know, the temperatures.

What is this,
some omen or something?

Johnathan: It's like
a [Bleep] lake out here.

Lake Titicaca.

If this is global warming,
we like it.

Thanking God for this.
This is [Bleep] beautiful.

Narrator: But the calm seas
come at a perfect time

for Captain Jonathan,

who finally arrives
at his secret fishing hole.

It's back to the original hot
spot we found three years ago.

Narrator: Unlike the rest
of the skippers,

who prefer spreading pots
over wide areas...

Narrator: ...Jonathan has
a different strategy.

He's targeting scallop beds.

The scallops move every year
a little bit.

They're eating scallops.

They've been coming here,

and I know there's a scallop bed

because they come up
from the back of the pots.

The crab got them
in their claws.

Hang on, hang on!

I'm ready.

First pot
of the '09 king crab season.

Here we go.

Narrator: But just
as the first pot splashes...

Narrator: ...The 59-foot COD fishing vessel
Carly Renee

has issued a mayday


It's down by Akutan.


too far away for us to help.

You never want to hear that.

It doesn't take long
for a boat to sink.

If they don't get it
under control,

they might lose their ship.

But we'll stand by and find out.

Narrator: Three miles
from the sinking vessel...

Man: You guys,
I'm getting this on film.

Narrator: ...The 99-foot
fishing vessel Guardian

is the first on the scene.

Man: We're about ready to come
up on a boat that's sinking.

We're going to save
these [Bleep]

Narrator:
Deckhand John Ardenia

begins rolling the camera
on his phone.

That's why we're here.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

What do you want me
to do, Mark?

Get a survival suit ready

in case we have to don somebody
in a survival suit

to get somebody out.

Okay.

Pon-pon, pon-pon, pon-pon.

I'm going to get a suit.
Where they at?

Oh, my God! We're the only ones
here, aren't we?

Hey, watch for people.
Watch for people in the water.

I've never done a mission
like this before.

I see people.
I see people in the water!

I see people.

Their boat is just now
barely above the surface.

Just be on standby.

I'm ready to go.
I'm good.

We're about 300 yards.

This is the real deal.

This is the real deal
right here.

The last of their boat
is just now here.

I see two!

All four?

All four?
Anybody in the water?

Narrator:
Captain Phil is first to haul.

Narrator:


the COD fishing vessel
Carly Renee

has capsized in calm waters.

This is wild.

We're about 300 yards.

Narrator: The good samaritan boat Guardian
is first on the scene.

Ardenia:
This is the real deal.

This is the real deal
right here.

Captain:
All four guys?

All four?

Anybody in the water?

All four...
anybody in the water?

They're all there?

All four are over here.

All four are in the raft.

Hey, guys.

You on board?

Tie it off to something.

Just hold them.
Grab his one arm.

Grab his one arm
and hoist him aboard. Go.

Grab, dude.

Ready?

Everything okay?

Everything okay?

Narrator: Luckily, all four
crewmen of the Carly Renee

have made it safely aboard.

Ardenia: It just happened
in a matter of seconds or what?

Yeah.
In about five minutes.

Wow. It's amazing.

I'm glad you guys
are all right.

This water out here,

they say people have
about three minutes

after they get into it,
and it's cold.

It's amazing how quick
life just changes, man.

Life changes just like that...
right there.

Tillion: I've been working
on boats all my life,

but I'm still trying
to figure out what happened.

You know...

None of the alarms went off
on the boat.

There was no water
in the engine room.

I just don't know what happened.

Yeah, I went down
to the engine room,

when... we just had listed
just a tiny little bit

when will asked me
to go down there.

And by the time I got back up,
we were listed more.

I looked out the galley window,
and it was underwater.

I could see the pots underwater.

We knew [Bleep]
It was going bad.

We barely had enough time
to get our suits on and get out.

The Guardian is definitely our hero!

Probably will be
for a long time.

You know, it's the right place
at the right time,

and we're happy to be
that person.

I think everybody else out here
would do the same, you know?

Everybody
comes together out here.

It doesn't mater
what boat u're on.

It doesn't matter.
We all click out here.

Narrator:
The capsized Carly Renee

drifts toward the shore

to become
just another hunk of steel

littered amongst the islands.

Gates: I can't belve
that's the Carly Renee.

We didn't even have time
to get the EPIRB in the water.

The EPIBR was underwater
bere we were.
Yeah.

We didn't have time
to do anything.
Nothing.

Tillion: There was nothing,
no warning at all.

It's amazing how fast
things happen.

Ridiculous.

One minute
we were smooth sailing...

The next we weren't.

Yeah.
Definitely doing some swimming.

Hmph.

What do you think, Will?

Time to go home.

Time to go home.

♪ These pair of shoes
are going nowhere ♪

♪ not anymore♪

♪ got to stay
till it's over... ♪

Carly Rene went down...

[ Speaking indistinctly ]

And the four guys got off,
is what I heard.

Carly Renee,
that's that little guy

we had right behind us
in Akutan.

Yeah.


Sometimes it doesn't matter
how big the boat is, you know?

Can happen.

I'm just glad
ey got the guys off.

That's the main thing.

♪ ...Lift me up... ♪

They found them in a raft,
so they're all okay, dude.

Those are lucky [Bleep]

Those are lucky
son of a [Bleep]

Everybody off the boat.
That's amazing.

Never know
when it's going to be you.

Whoo-hoo!

Phil: Okay, fellas,
we're gonna stack that

and we're gonna turn around
and haul this string.

So it will be a few minutes
down to the end.

♪ ...'Cause I'm tired of fight
day by day♪