05x05 - Long Haul, Short Fuses

[bunniefuu]

Narrator:
the vast bering sea --

Over a million square miles

Of the world's most violent
and unpredictable waters...

And home
of the deadliest catch --

Alaskan crab.

[ Cheering ]

Oh, yeah!
Yeah, baby!

Living the dream today,
baby.

Narrator:
the crab fleet has endured
40 grueling days at sea.

We just lost them all!

Now, as fishing takes a turn
for the worse...



...pressure builds
in the wheelhouse.

This is depressing as hell.

My whole [bleep] life
is on the line, mouse!

Narrator:
and on deck...

Mother [bleep]

Narrator:
...blood boils over...

That pisses me off!

...as the hunt continues...

For the deadliest catch.

Narrator:
240 miles to the northeast
of dutch harbor

Is the 113-foot time bandit.

[ Yodeling ]

It's broke.

117,000 Pounds of king crab
heading for st. Paul.

Narrator:
after a marathon 50-hour grind,

Captain johnathan
plugged the boat

With eight hours to spare.

Johnathan:
[ laughs ]

We did it, man.
Unbelievable.

Narrator: although the tanks
are stuffed...

Man: my body's screaming
on the inside.

"Lay down!"

...there's no rest
for the wicked.

The bone-weary crew
will remain on deck

To set out all 35
of their remaining pots

Before heading in to off-load.

Johnathan:
we just set our pots at the end
of a [bleep] damn rainbow.

[ Imitating irish accent ]
oh, he's after me lucky charms.

Watch it!

Going over!
Going over! Going over!

Johnathan: I see it.

I guess we'll set it
right there.

[Bleep] knocked pot.

That was [bleep] up.

That's for not having
the dogs on, dagnabbit.

Narrator: "the dogs" are small
steel hooks with a big job.

They clamp the pot down

To keep it from sliding off
the table and injuring someone.

Newberry: it pinches it
so it can't go anywhere.

When the wave hits, it wants
to spin the pot this way.

With that hook on it,
it doesn't allow it to spin.

You know,
we're getting ready to set.

Then all of a sudden
this wave came

And just took the pot
right off the launcher.

Fourtner:
it's one of the ways

You can go over the side
of the boat right there.

Unless you think quick
and react quick, you will die.

Very simple.
You can die.

A little rogue splash wave

Ripped the pot
right off the launcher.

Somebody could've
got hurt today.

If that wave
would've taken russell

And pushed that pot back...

Watch it!

Going over!
Going over! Going over!

It could've slammed him
against here,

Cut both his legs off,

And then his top half
of the body

Would've fallen over the boat.

We could've had russell's legs

And his body
would be over there.

Narrator:
while russell's fancy footwork

Saved him
from being cut in half,

He's nearly caught
in the bite of the rope

And dragged to the bottom
along with the pot.

Newberry:
certainly wasn't dancing,

But I was just wanting to get
out of the way because I knew.

I felt it before it came.

I better be really quick
and on my game

Or I go get a free tour
of the ocean bottom.

This is a good reminder.

Use the dogs always,
regardless, no matter what.

That was about a half a second
from being tragic.

Fatal.

Catastrophically
disastrous.

It could've been real bad
real fast.

You know what happened is
we got complacent.

And captain andy'll tell you,
and he'll probably yell at us,

That complacency will k*ll you.

Narrator:
320 miles to the northeast
of dutch harbor

Is the 155-foot wizard.

Keep jamming on the pot, guys.
Get it ready to go.

Narrator: after seven days
fishing on barren grounds,

Captain keith colburn is making
a dramatic midseason move.

I know there's better fishing
up the hill.

I'm feeling pretty good
about that spot.

That's my home turf
right there.

That's where I fish
more than anywhere for
red crab in the bering sea.

Narrator:
the skipper plans to bait heavy

And consolidate all the pots
he has on new grounds.

Loftland:
we're just plugging along.

Trying to keep
from strangling each other.

Just another day in paradise.

Narrator:
bad weather...

Thank you!
May I have another?

...bad luck...

Why don't you
just keep seated?

Sit down for a little bit.

...and bad fishing.

Keith:
we caught half as much crab
as I wanted to by this point.

In fact, I'm doing horrible.

Narrator:
so far it's been anything
but paradise aboard the wizard.

How many fish we got?

Now, to make matters worse,

There's not enough bait
for the next deckload of pots.

We just had a three-
or four-hour run down here.

We're working on stuff

When we're supposed to be
hauling gear.

Basically, you guys,

I think we're starting to get
a little bit sloppy out here.

We're [bleep]
not taking advantage

Of this weather window.

You guys, I'm gonna look
at the bait station.

On a four-hour run,

How much bait
should be up there, travis?

No, how much should be up there?
Not how much is there.

I haven't looked yet.

How many jugs?
How many jugs?

100? 200?

That's what it should be
right now.

Mouse, get more bags out,
okay?

Let's bait up heavy.

Hey, we're trying
not to use the bags.

We're trying to go to jugs

Because it uses too much herring
to use the bags.

Well how are we doing
on herring?

We probably should have
a [bleep] load, right?

Only 4,000 pounds left.

What?!
Yeah.

No, don't tell me that.

Well, you knew that.

Bull [bleep] I knew that.

4,000 Pounds, mouse.

We don't even have
enough [bleep] herring here

To get through
the next pick.

Bait it heavy.

I'll find somebody
to give us some [bleep] bait.

It's a pretty big issue.

Soper, in the future,
let the kid know.

I know the kid's the one
pulling the bait out.

He's got to let me know

When we get to this level
of bait, all right?
Okay.

Hey, where's the kid?
Send that kid up here right now.

Right now we've got
a bait crisis that's going on.

In the future, keep me posted
on what's up there.

You get down
to a half a freezer,

Just tell me, "hey,
we're down to half a freezer."

Get down to a quarter
of a freezer, let me know.

Damn it.

Monte:
much as anything,

We've been out here
longer than we'd hoped.

The orange bags use twice
as much bait as a bait jar.

You start using
the orange bags,

You go through
twice as much bait.

Keith: you know,
there's one guy out here

That's fishing in this area
that could probably help me out.

I don't really want
to ask for a favor,

But if he's in town

And he can bring some extra bait
out for me, that'd be huge.

I know him real well.
It's sig.

I don't like it.

I don't ask sig hansen
for nothing.

[ Radio beeping ]

Northwestern.
Sig, you pick me up?

This is keith on the wizard.

Several years ago,

We were fishing opies
way up deep by russia.

And sig managed
to wander up there,

But he didn't have enough line
to go deep.

My brother was kind enough
to give him 200 or 300 coils,

And I don't think anybody got
so much as a thank you.

[ Radio beeps ]

Northwestern, wizard.

Sig, if you copy
I'm not looking for crab.

I'm looking for bait.

Any chance
you can help me out there?

I would be greatly appreciative.

It's one of those
unwritten rules out here.

That you just --
whenever somebody needs help,

Regardless of who it is
and what it is,

You help them out.

Narrator: coming up
on "deadliest catch"...

Can't take it,
get the [bleep] off.

I don't give a [bleep]

Whatever, dude.
You always say that!

...the bering sea grudge match,
round one.

Narrator:
260 miles to the northeast
of dutch harbor,

The cornelia marie crew
continues hauling low numbers.

We haven't really landed
right on them yet.

Can't seem to find a spot
that's producing.

With 150,000 pounds of crab
in the tanks,

Relief skipper murray gamrath

Still needs to catch
50,000 more pounds

To stuff the boat.

What I'm trying to do is
get myself back on the crab.

Narrator:
if murray's luck doesn't change
for the better, and soon,

The cornelia marie's season
could be a disaster.

Maughtai: ohh, god!

Ha! Freddy just got [bleep] on
by a seagull in the face.

[ Laughs ]

I heard
that's supposed to be good luck.

[ Laughs ]

Ohh!

Maughtai:
tastes like fish.

I'd just like to clarify
that freddy didn't eat it.

He just licked it.

Licking it, eating it.

I don't know.

He did something with it
that's [bleep] gross.

I don't know
if it's good luck to eat it.

That might be
in the samoan rule book.

I don't know.

[ Seagulls calling ]

Pull it up.

[Bleep]

Ohh!

Ohh, not again.

Sucks.

Narrator:
on a run between strings,

Murray calls a meeting
in the wheelhouse.

Okay, guys.
This is it in a nutshell.

There is no crab around here
other than 20s, okay.

Up the hill,

From three different people
I got information

That you can lay gear
any [bleep] damn place

And get 40s and 50s, okay?

It's time
to make the move, so...

How far a jump is that
for us from down here?

About 85, 90 miles.

This trip, I don't think
we're gonna hit our 200.

You know, it's just
we're not gonna see that.

We might get close, but it's
gonna be right there, but...

So it's time
to make a jump.

Weather's supposed to
come up a little bit.

I was gonna take
a little bit more gear,

But I'm just about
out of fuel,

Out of bait,
and out of patience.

All right, let's slap this
[bleep] on and go up the hill.

Stack out
and get going.

I'm ready to make
some money, dude.

Narrator:
190 miles to the northeast
is the 125-foot northwestern.

I ran down another mile
and then I'm gonna set off a few

Just farther down to the south
of this end of this string.

See what it does.

Narrator:
although captain sig has been
grinding on low numbers,

He has decided to stick and stay
and make it pay.

How the [bleep]
did that get in there?

The shot of line is hooked
on one of the bungee clips.

No, really, how the [bleep]
did that get in there?

Oh, I know how.

Deck boss edgar doesn't like

How jake's been prepping
the pots...

I always did it the other way.
I know how it goes.

I watched you yesterday.

...and calls junior out.

Then that's [bleep]

I've done everything
you [bleep] ask and more.

All right,
but you get my point.

All I do is
try and make the [bleep] right

And you [bleep] b*tch
at me?

I just asked you
if you did this string,

And you said yeah.

It's not just that, ed.

I [bleep] do everything,
man.

Is that how that belongs?
Is that how that goes? No.

There's a learning curve,
no matter what.

And even with new people
and crews.

And so you're always gonna
get picked on, critiqued.

Guys are gonna come at you.
It's just the way it is.

[Bleep] chill
the [bleep] out.

You think
you're pissed off?

Wait till you see me
pissed off.

I'm just telling you,
don't do it anymore.

All right.

Simple as that.
It was over five minutes ago.

All right.

You get [bleep] started
with your attitude again.

Which is getting
really [bleep] old real quick.

Don't get me
[bleep] started.

[Bleep] you.

[Bleep] you.

I see the guys are going
at each other once in a while,

Nitpicking,
criticizing each other.

And, you know,
I'm sure edgar probably digs it

When he can get
under jake's skin a little bit.

And that's all right.

That's part of the game.

You're the one who took it
from here to there right now.

Because it's just been
building up, man.

Welcome to the [bleep]
crab boat, buddy.

Can't take it,
get the [bleep] off.

I don't give a [bleep]

Whatever, dude.
You always say that!

Like I'm gonna leave,
dude!

Narrator:
it wasn't that long ago

That jake wouldn't dream
of crossing the hansens.

If I accomplish my goal
and get my jacket,

I don't have to take crap
from anybody

Except for these men on the deck
and this guy up here.

Now the greenhorn
is taking things personally.

Mavar: oh, yeah, jake.

His feelings get hurt easy.

Narrator:
not an effective coping
mechanism on the bering sea.

Especially when edgar's
telling you something,

You go, "okay."

That's it.
End of conversation.

No explanation of why you did it
and why you didn't.

"I don't care.
It ain't the way I want it."

That's what edgar's saying.

I know jake takes
a lot of criticism,

And I don't think
he takes it real well.

And I've noticed
the more he's learning,

The more that he's doing,
the harder he is on himself.

And, you know, in the end,

The guy could become
his own worst enemy.

The attitude
sucks completely.

Attitude doesn't belong
like that from a new guy.

I don't care how much
you know.

There's a way
to do things around here.

There's a right way,
there's a wrong way,

Then there's
the norwegian way.

Narrator:
next on "deadliest catch"...

Come on, robert,
give me a [bleep] break.

...bering sea grudge match...

What the [bleep]

...round two.

Narrator:
260 miles to the north...

Whoo, baby.

...the time bandit
has arrived in st. Paul harbor.

Yes!

Now the time bandit boys
will off-load

The 600,000 bucks
of king crab on board.

Our goal for this trip
was 115,112 pounds.

We'll be
maybe 1,000 pounds over.

We got the nicest, biggest crab
they've seen all year.

Not only does the time bandit
catch massive amounts of crab,

But they're big crab,
too.

So add 1,925 to that one.

There's 60,460?
Yep.

$609,000 On the crab.

Overpaid and underworked.

That's how I like it.

Johnathan: it's about one week
into the season.

We have 121,000 pounds
delivered.

We caught it
in like three days.

Life is good aboard this boat
right now.

Yeah, baby.

Narrator:
121,000 pounds delivered.

126,000 Pounds to go.

If their luck holds,

The time bandit boys are
on course for a great season.

220 Miles to the southeast,

The lisa marie has endured
weeks of miserable fishing.

Not really seeing
any crab anywhere else.

I don't know
what the hell the deal is.

It's like
one of them things you --

[Bleep] desperation but...

I don't know.

Narrator: a radio tip
from a fishing buddy

Has captain wade considering
a major move north.

Be three days
before I even get --

Got moved up there.

Yeah, roger.

Boy, I don't know about this.

Narrator: with a deck
that only holds 60 pots,

The lisa marie
would require multiple trips

To move their gear.

Well I don't -- I'm not sure
about this choice, you know.

Whatever wade's up to
about this gear move,

It better be good

'Cause it could waste
a lot of time.

Narrator: and on the bering sea,
time is money.

I'm not sure yet.

Whatever.
It's not my decision.

Damn, I got to find some crab
one way or another,

But one of them
pondering decisions here.

If it flops,
it's gonna be pretty bad.

Narrator: wade settles
for a 50-mile move.

Still, a time-consuming gamble.

Ready to catch
some crab.

Well, we need
a little redemption.

Narrator:
later that night,

The crew hauls some test pots
off a 7-hour soak.

Pretty much everything
but male king crab.

Yeah, I don't know.
This is depressing as hell.

I really thought these [bleep]
were gonna be loaded.

I'm not a big fan
of radio fishing.

I think wade got
some bad information.

We got to get these pots

Somewhere other than
in a bone yard.

People start getting pissy
when they see pots come up empty

Or pots come up
chucking full of females.

Ahh, let go.

Let go.

14 In the last pot.

Son of a b*tch.

Get out of here.

Come on, robert,
give me a [bleep] break.

What the [bleep]

[Bleep] told you.

Well, the block was running.
What, was no one home or what?

Well, it got tangled up
in the shot.

In the shot?

Yeah, david's shot of line
got caught in my hook.

I did everything right.

Next time just
[bleep] scoot over there.

Don't be hanging out
right here.

I know that robert only did that
because it was his brother.

If it was anybody else,

He would've got belted
right upside the head.

The reason why I missed that,
that shot at the buoys,

Is because he was in my way.

Freaking got the shot tangled up
in my hooks.

So I just pushed him
out of my way.

You know, I hate it
when he gets in my way.

Narrator:
now, weeks behind and with
little cash in their pockets,

Wade's broken crew will work
another grueling night

Of stacking
and moving their gear.

Coming up
on "deadliest catch"...

Bering sea grudge match...

Narrator:
...round three.

You just [bleep]
do your job, man.

Edgar: I don't want to see
either one of you get fired.

And he will do it.
You know it.

Narrator: 300 miles
to the northeast of dutch harbor

Is the northwestern.

Captain sig hansen hustles
to pull an 80-pot string

And get to port
for a delivery date in two days.

They've cut us short
by a half a day.

We need to get in
by sunday morning.

It'll be close, really close.

Anderson: oh, my god.

Beat down, beat down.

A thousand
roughhousing crabs.

Get off of my feet,
mother [bleep]

Damn crabs.

Narrator:
after 36 hours of grinding,

The crew is becoming careless.

And greenhorn jake
begins manhandling the crab.

Edgar:
ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

There's a way to throw it.
There's -- I don't know.

There's a way to do it
and a way not to.

Just don't break the noses,
don't break the legs.
Right.

Throw them across the table.
It's all right.

As long as they slide
and land on their belly.

Just throw them.
Land them flat.

Right.

For the second time
in just 12 hours,

Deck boss edgar calls him out.

Edgar came to me and said,

"What, are you
k*lling the crab?"

And I said, and I knew exactly

Because he'll go,
"hey, there, blah, blah, blah."

It's like,
dude, I know what I'm doing.

Edgar: oh, here we go again.
I see a pattern here.

Narrator: edgar hansen
correcting him is one thing.

But when rival matt piles on,
jake loses it.

Biggest [bleep] baby
I have ever met in my life.

You b*tch at me about
not doing my job right,

Do your [bleep] job
right, then.

Keep your cool.

Boy, doesn't take criticism
very well, does he?

No, just -- just go [bleep]
do your job, man.

Narrator:
it's not the first time

These two deckhand rivals
have tangled.

Edgar: hey, knock it off!
Hey!

Next time anybody swings,
you're gone --

On the spot, done.

Bradley: come on.

Is your job worth it?
Leave him alone.

I don't want to see either one
of you get fired.

And he will do it.
You know it.

We got more important [bleep]
to worry about right now

Than a couple
of squabbles on deck.

We got to catch
some crab, man.

Norman: everybody
take a deep breath.

I'm just not gonna take
any [bleep] from anybody.

I know what I'm doing.

I don't need to hear no [bleep]

About how I [bleep] made
some mistakes.

I just don't care anymore.
It doesn't matter.

There's plenty of people that
would want me fishing for them,

So I don't need to hear
anybody's [bleep]

Narrator: 360 miles
to the northeast of dutch harbor

Is the cornelia marie.

Gamrath: the crab's here.

It's just a matter of me
lining myself up on it.

I'm starting all over like
at the beginning of the season.

I made a jump.

Narrator: skipper murray gamrath
is splashing 141 pots

On new grounds.

It's gonna take 36 hours.

I really can't do anything

Until I got a 30-some-hour soak
on the gear.

Yeah. You get rid
of all that bait?

Narrator:
the grueling hours

Spent stacking and moving
the gear

Is taking its toll
on the crew...

...especially
the harris brothers.

No [bleep]
look at it, look at it.

I know,
but I didn't see them.

Man: 447!

[Bleep]

No, you know
everything.

Yeah, everybody gets
a little short-tempered

When there isn't any crab.

Narrator:
after three years of crabbing

And filling tens of thousands
of bait jars,

Josh is not looking for pointers
from his younger brother.

Well, we've done
our part.

Now it's up to the crabs
to do theirs

And get in the damn pot.

You guys
did a nice job there.

Come on in.
Have something to eat.

Maughtai: sweet!

I know that there will be
good fishing right here,

No doubt about it.

Narrator:
next on "deadliest catch,"

Bering sea grudge match
round four.

Keith:
I'm being an [bleep]

'Cause everything I own
is on the line here.

Narrator: 220 miles to
the northeast of dutch harbor

Is the time bandit.

[ Cheering ]

That's a 22 1/2-hour soak.

Narrator:
after returning from town,

Their lucky streak continues.

Newberry: oh, yeah!

That's over four crab an hour,
right here right now.

Oh, it's out of the block!

I got it,
I got it, I got it.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

It's that
bridle [bleep] again.

We snapped a bridle.

Trying to k*ll themselves
down there.

Bridle connects the pot
to this piece of line.

It's a very bad thing
when that happens.

Good thing for some quick
reactions on the time bandit.

Johnathan:
the bridle snaps right there

And comes out of the hook.

And that line starts ripping out
of the lug, the coiler.

[Bleep] k*ll you.

Mikey did some scrambling.

Fourtner: that broken bridle --
that's scary.

Narrator:
for the second time in 48 hours,

The time bandit crew
has been spared.

When you go to spin around
and get the pot,

If you twist your foot
in that line

And not pay attention
and that happens,

It goes over and your foot
goes "whoo!"

Johnathan:
as the block turns,

So are the days of your life.

[ Laughs ]

See the other buoy on the other
side of my bow over there?

Narrator: minutes later,

Johnathan splits the buoys
attached to the pot...

[Bleep]

Narrator: ...making it
virtually impossible

For mike
to haul in the line.

Oh, you b*stard!

Aah!

Watch your fingers.

Better let her go, mikey!

Go ahead, let her go.

Narrator:
to make matters worse,

The grappling hook
was still attached to the line.

That was
our good frickin' hook.

Now the grapple hook went to
the bottom of the bering sea.

What's going on with this crew?

You always have a cork pad
on your [bleep] grapple.

I'm not gonna pull a buoy

From, I mean, by hand
under the boat.

This is
our last grapple hook.

This is our life support.

Narrator: hours later...

Oh, you dirty, rotten
[bleep] sucking b*stard!

Narrator: this time,
mike couldn't get the line

In the block fast enough.

Johnathan:
don't do this to me!

Andy: good, let it go.
Good.

Let it go good.
Throw it, mike.

Mother [bleep]

Man: now we got
to get a pipe pole.

That pisses me off!

Bunch of [bleep] amateurs.

Fourtner: I have gone through
dos grappling hooks this year,

And we have zero
left on the boat.

This is greenhorn --
greenhorn material right here.

Narrator:
but it's not a lost cause.

Johnathan:
I can see the line.

It's still on the [bleep]
trailer buoys.

Be real careful.

The grappling hook
is attached to that line.

So it's dangling from that cork
straight down the ocean,

So -- which means I connected
with it.

We keep our spares
on the next pot.

It's right
by the white cork, andy.

Oh, come on, you're
[bleep] k*lling me.

Man: it's too light.
It needs to sink.

Okay,
I'm coming around on it.

I need something to throw

To get the grapple hook
that's still on there.

Got a couple shackles. We're
gonna try to get this thing.

That's gonna work,
eddie.

This is
gonna slide down.

Don't fall off.

Oh, don't go.
Don't go.

Please don't go.

I got it! Yeah!

It worked!

[ Laughs ]

Tie myself
a little bow,

And we'll never lose
that again.

[Bleep] amateurs.

Narrator: 100 miles to the
northeast of the time bandit

Is the wizard.

With only 2,000 pounds
of bait left on board,

Captain keith is hauling
a set of cod pots.

Keith:
oh, here's a handful.

We have no hang bait.

We have just barely enough
for this string.

But we have
no herring, either.

Leveen: we've been picking up
enough cod on our picks

To sustain us for a couple,
three strings.

Then we have to run back
and pick up some more.

All right,
I'm out of here.

Monte: all right.
I'm down.

See you in four hours.

You're calling these,
right, obviously?

Narrator: while captain keith
goes down for a nap,

His younger brother,
monte,

Drives the wizard
to new grounds,

Hoping to break
their unlucky streak.

[ Walrus snorting ]

[Bleep] they're walrus.

Look out the starboard side.

It's a group a walrus
hanging out.

I've never seen
a walrus before.

Where's my [bleep] camera
when I need it?

Narrator: hours later,
keith wakes up on the warpath.

Keith: mouse.
Yeah?

...and is looking
for blood.

Mouse.
Yeah?

Got to talk to you real quick.
Come here.

What's up?
Sit down.

I was [bleep] livid that you
didn't [bleep] wake me up

For the [bleep]
walrus herd.

For the superstitious skipper,

The walrus
is a proven lucky charm.

What did I find
up here in '99?
A dead one.

Okay, what was here
in 2000?
Probably a dead one.

A walrus herd.

What's the neighborhood
called up here that we fish?

Wally world?

You're a [bleep] a*s.

What do you mean?
You're being an [bleep]

You're acting like --
I'm being a --

Mouse, I'm being
an [bleep]

Mouse,
I'm being an [bleep]

'Cause everything I own
is on the line here.

My whole [bleep] life
is on the line, mouse.

You act like it's my fault
that we [bleep]

A couple thousand pounds
short of bait this trip,

Which is only really
because we're out here

Longer than we had ever hoped
we would be.

Look at that [bleep] camera
and say it [bleep]

All right?
What?

I hate you.

You keep dropping the ball on me
and dropping the ball.

And I wish you'd just wake up
and help me, okay?

All right.

Keith: the new game plan
is I'm gonna set my gear

Right where the walrus
were spotted, absolutely.

So it's a really good sign.

Narrator: the time bandit
has the finish line in sight,

While the lisa marie still
stands on the starting block.

Narrator: 360 miles to
the northeast of dutch harbor

Is the cornelia marie.

Gamrath: I need to get
to the halfway point,

And I am not there yet,

So, praying to god
that, you know,

The next few picks
through the gear,

I get something out of it.

Narrator: after a 100-mile move
and dropping 141 pots,

Each man has put in 24 hours
of backbreaking labor

For murray's gamble.

You know, they should be loaded,
maybe, you know, hopefully --

Got 200 pots out a half a mile
apart from each other,

So that was the biggest
prospect string ever.

[ Laughter ]

[ Cheering ]

Narrator:
all eyes are on the first pot.

Oh, damn it.

[ Indistinct shouting ]

We're [bleep]

Eisenbarth:
well, this sucks.

That wasn't exactly the big soak
we was hoping for.

Gamrath: missed them.

There is a definite dead spot.

Narrator: 110 miles to the east,
on the wizard...

...absolutely.

Narrator: ...30 hours ago,

Captain keith's younger brother,
monte, spotted a walrus herd.

Keith: every time I see walrus
way up to the northeast here,

I've had really good fishing.

Narrator: now, hoping his
good-luck charm pays off,

Captain keith hauls
on a 24-hour soak.

Coming up, get ready.

[ Cheering ]

Oh, that's a nice one.

Get going, lenny, get going.

He's a keeper
because he's [bleep] huge.

Pots are looking
very well.

How many?

[ Laughs ]

Since the walrus herd
went swimming by,

We've definitely seen it
step up in our fishing.

Soper: we're going
to town, boys.

Wow, monsters.

This string
is going off right now,

Getting high numbers --
70s, 80s --

And the crab are huge.

Narrator:
at $4.34 a pound,

Each pot could be worth
as much as $2,000.

Loftland:
look at that bad boy.

I think that's the biggest
king crab I've ever seen.

Lekanoff:
took a while to get going,

Get started, find the crab.

But as you can see,
we nailed them.

How many, 17?

Man: 81. 81.

[ Laughs ]

♪ We'll get to our place ♪

♪ Someday, someday ♪

♪ We won't talk of rain
around here ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ We'll get to our place ♪

That is the last pot
of the trip.

♪ Someday, someday ♪

♪ We'll get our heads
out of the sand ♪

♪ But until then ♪

Keith: 35,000 crabs --

That's between 230,000
and 240,000 pounds, guys.

Nice trip.

That's what you get
when you stuff the boat.

It all goes
back to the walruses.

[ Cheering ]

♪ Until then ♪

Narrator: on the next
"deadliest catch,"

The end of the king crab season
draws near.

Suck it up, grind our way
through the last day,

And get the heck
out of here.

Captains
make one final push.

Coming back --
back in the game.

Some strike gold.

[ Laughs ]

Others strike out.

Damn it, somebody get that
other [bleep] side of the rail.

Narrator:
now, only one thing stands

Between the skippers
and the finish line...

Man: hurricane-force-wind
warning tonight.

...a massive 300-square-mile
arctic storm

Barreling towards
the grounds.

I want to make sure
we're still floating

When we get the last pot up.