right here.
this is the first plac
I ever fished.
This is where my grandfathe
started fishing,
His father before him.
And, you know, I never
thought I'd throw lines
in my homeland.
But after what happened
to king crab in alaska...
Everyone's got to pick
Where they're going to make
their last stand.
Norway is where
I'm going to make mine.
hey, guys.
We're coming up
on .
We don't normally stop here
before season.
This year, I have to.
breaking news
For the first time
in a quarter of a century,
Alaska's department
of fish and game
Has closed bristol bay
red king crab
For the 2021 fall season.
you know,
last year, we tried
To keep this fishery open.
Guys, I want you
to work with me.
If we don't get
this crab caught,
We are in big trouble.
but it wasn't enough
He grabbed his clothes.
For the first time
in a generation...
Damn thing's left in ashes.
There's a lot of fishermen
that have chose this spot
As their final resting place
guys
that gave their lives
To build this industry.
We're not gonna let that all
be in vain.
It's up to us
to protect this legacy...
And defend the american drea
In the words of
john paul jones,
"we have not yet begun
to fight."
To the world's new frontier
It's been a while since I had
a family member on the boat.
we'll see
what he's made of.
we're gonna adapt
Whoo!
somewhere
we've never been.
I am looking
for a boat in norway.
watch it, watch it.
Ahhh!
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
If they think it's theirs,
They don't know
what the *bleep*
they're talking about.
oh, my god.
It wouldn't pull the pot,
and now it's too full.
Hey, that's beautiful.
yeah. I say,
long live the kings.
Oh!
-Oh!
-Oh!
Damn it!
don't try this at home.
Yeah, baby.
Whoo!
-Watch it, watch it.
-Oh!
God be with us.
king crab shut down.
We have an incremental amount
of a pie that doesn't exist.
for the first time
in a quarter century...
those pieces of pape
that have our quota,
They're about as useful
as toilet paper right now.
red king crab,
The prized catch
Of the bering sea fleet
is canceled.
after
reviewing the summer survey
From the national marine
fisheries service,
Alaska fish and game
found mature females
Are the lowest ever recorde
inside the trawl zone.
Come on, guys.
with captains
already out
Hundreds of thousands
in preparation
For the fabled fishery,
The sudden closure
Robs the fleet
of a $30 million payday.
I have one
of the largest amounts
Of king crab to catch
in the fleet.
That's how I make my money.
And without that,
What's a king crabber
that can't catch king crab?
now,
to fight for survival...
Last time it closed,
we fished other things.
We had to do whatever
it took to pay the bills.
...Captains must hun
new species,
Chart new waters
and pioneer new fisheries.
If you don't change
and you don't adapt,
You're gone.
or face losing
everything they've built.
okay.
You guys, come on out.
Oh! Well,
that's a pretty cake.
- are you ready?
-Yeah.
Here we go.
what color is it?
It's pink! It's pink!
really? It's a girl.
- it's a girl.
- oh, my god.
It's a girl. You'll have
mandy number two.
So, have you picked the name?
-We did.
- yep.
-You did?
-Yeah. We're
planning on sailor.
- sailor?
-Sailor?
Well, that's a cute name.
I love it.
You know,
over the last decade,
just watching you
Persevere and your grit
And your endurance,
If you can pass that
on to my granddaughter,
I couldn't be more proud.
-Hey, you want to eat
cake now?
- yeah.
come on.
you know,
I'm gonna bring her fishing
as soon as I can.
Yeah, but how long
is that gonna be?
You start salmon tendering
in the summers,
Get a couple of those
underneath your belt,
and then...
- what,
eight years old...
- ...If she's ready...
- ...She's gonna
come on the boat?
- that's right.
I don't know, I don't think
I can handle that.
as far as supplementin
our income,
I don't know how to fill
that gap right now.
The last time this happened
25 years ago,
Not everybody survived.
We got to figure out
something.
I mean,
there's other options.
Would there be a way
to lease more bairdi or--
It's not going to be
a lot of crab,
I can guarantee you that.
What about norway?
I heard there's
a king crab fishery there.
Just 'cause it's crab fishing
doesn't mean we can do it.
It's a whole new industry.
Different rules,
different regulations.
You got to start all over.
That's a big risk to take.
But I'll make some calls.
- get back. Watch
your back, baby.
-No.
Okay. Okay.
Big boys...
Big boys coming up.
- thank you, honey.
-I'm getting excited.
-Yes.
-Well, here's .
-You got it.
-We're going to have fun.
-Let's do it.
let's do it.
This boat's not going
to sit and rust
And I'm not going
to lose this boat.
The time bandit's
going to survive
because we're fighters.
There's other things to catc
There's a pribilof
golden crab season
That's worth
about $1.8 million
And it's all for the taking
without the red crab
that built his business...
Sometimes you get lucky
and you get the golden ticket.
...Time bandit captai
jonathan hillstrand decides
That when the going
gets tough,
The tough get golden.
this golden king crab
has been left abandoned
Because it's $3.25 a pound,
It's only $400,000
worth of crab.
All of a sudden
there's no red crab.
So, they're paying $14 a pound
For golden king crab now.
14 karat gold crab.
That changed the whole game.
known as a challengin
and cost prohibitive fishery
Golden king crab, the deepe
dwelling cousins of red kin
Now fetch four times as much
Suddenly making the unfishab
Worth the risk.
there's a lot
of money just sitting
there in the bottom,
If we can catch it,
You know, it's really deep
And you can only bring
40 pots.
It's not going to be easy.
golden crab
are about four times
as deep as king crab.
One way or another,
we're catching crab.
It's either that or...
We just start dying
with the rest of the fleet.
are you guys ready?
Roger.
so we're looking
at doing this golden
crab fishery with john.
We're gonna test launch
a pot here.
Let's see how this works out.
Setting these things
at 200 plus fathoms.
We've got eight shots on it.
We've never set that deep,
So we're gonna see how long
it's gonna take to hold these.
Whoo!
joining the time band
in the golden king crab
fishery...
-Get that timer ready, josh.
- roger.
...Captains josh harr
and casey mcmanus
Set their deepest pot
to date at 200 fathoms,
Timing the crew
as they simulate hauling
On the unfamiliar
golden crab grounds.
all right.
There he goes, dude.
Boom.
This is so crazy.
I mean, we have enough line
on here to go to the moon.
Did your old man ever
fish golden crab, josh?
No.
Not even a little bit.
Ghost of the old man
coming through the back door
And wondering
what the hell we're doing.
Even he's thinking
this is a crazy idea.
Get your hand out of there.
Get your hand out of there.
Hey, everybody, back up,
back up, back up, back up.
Something's not right
in our block.
*bleep*.
- broken.
- broke the block.
You gotta be *bleep*
kidding me?
...Chain pull it.
We're gonna have to use
these old chains...
Haul it fathom by fathom.
And there's a lot of fathoms
on this *bleep*.
We're at 13 minutes now,
We've got about
another hour and a half
Before those box up.
The doomsday clock right here.
Coming up.
I think we're just gonna need
more muscle on deck, josh.
what do you think
about calling in brother jake?
Um, jake's got a kid
on the way.
He's not going anywhere.
Coming up.
What about, uh, brother shane?
He's in good shape,
And I think he'd help us here.
We need an extra set
of hands out there right now.
Uh, he just wanted
to touch alaska since
the old man passed away.
shane
is josh's older brother.
Fished a little bit up here
25 years ago,
But not... Any time
in the recent past.
Coming up.
until
this last summer, I didn't
even know about shane.
It's a touchy subject,
But he's got all the heart
in the world.
...We just kind of
lost touch there for a bit.
My dad, I know he wanted
all three of us
To go on the boat together.
Maybe casey's right.
in dutch harbor...
lenny.
Jake, how you doing?
It could be a lot better
if we had something to fish.
well, what
do you think about
Trying to catch us
some black cod?
You know, the prices are
a little bit better right now.
And, uh, unlike crab,
There's a lot of them
in the surveys.
They're expensive fish,
so I, I think it's something
to look at
But where do you think
we can get some quota?
there
might be some other
boats in the fleet
That we can lease from.
Dwyer. There's sean dwyer.
He's fishing
dungies right now,
But he said something
about fishing black cod.
okay,
how about we try it in that
that might be
a good lead.
- all right
- later, lenny.
okay, bye.
Hey shy, will you tie
that up there on the stack?
I got my whole crew up here.
I've got my niece
working for me.
I told them I'd have something
for them to do,
Something for us
to make money,
But king crab is canceled.
his career spent
building a red king crab
empire,
Captain jake anderson
and the crew of the saga
Are reeling
from the sudden closure.
jake flew me
and the rest of the crew
in on Tuesday,
And we still haven't figured
out what we're fishing yet,
So we're all dying
to find out.
-What's going on, jake?
- hey, man.
How's the baby doing?
Six-week-old baby girl,
Fresh out of the oven.
now
I'm just waiting to get my
Inaugural set of white
lace up tennis shoes
To wear while I'm mowing
the lawn.
Dad life.
yeah, right
I'm starting to get
the dad bod.
dad bod? Yea
You got a pack running
with you.
You got to keep the shoes
on those kids' feet man,
keep them fed.
so I heard
you're fishing dungies.
yeah, dude.
With king crab closed...
Worth the shot.
Um... What do you think about,
Um, having me fish
that black cod?
it needs to be caught,
but it ain't an easy one.
Have you ever fished
black cod before?
- never.
- never.
I mean, if I'm gonna
give you that quota,
I got to have collateral.
How about king crab quota?
not king crab. Not this year
Sorry.
I have
my own opie quota but...
I, I really need all of that.
yeah, I get it.
I just...
I mean, I got to have
a little something just,
Just to know that
If I need to pay my bills,
I can too.
I have the boat.
Pink slip...
For the black cod quota.
I'd rather s
you have it than the bank.
if you're
willing to put the boat up
'cause that's what
you're gonna lose anyway...
Yeah, that works for me, man
Let's do it.
uh,
I'm telling you this
right now, you know,
I'm a get that cod.
yeah, man.
You're gonna catch it.
talk to you
soon, sean. Thanks.
talk to you later.
$2.5 million
of product trade for
$2.5 million of steel.
You can't get something
for nothing,
So he needs something
that he can assure
His shareholders that
they're gonna get their money.
jake's deal,
Catch the 500,000 pounds
of black cod quota
Or sign his boat over
to captain sean dwyer.
The thing is, with jake
never having fished
black cod before,
You have all these pots
hanging on one line.
And in theory,
as you're hauling them,
They're coming up
one at a time.
But if you do it wrong
And they're all
stuck together,
It's crazy tension.
It can rip the block off
the side of the boat.
And it's dangerous.
I mean, you can get
somebody k*lled out there.
I'm risking everythin
But I didn't get here
by playing it safe.
jake
takes on long-lining
To catch $2.5 million worth
Of black cod or sable fish.
with king crab closed,
People are buying dungies
as fast as we can catch 'em.
There's no limit
to how much you can catch.
allowing sean
to expand his business
Into the $4 per pound
dungeness crab derby.
there's a lot
of money on the table,
There's only two boats
registered.
I'm excited.
while for captains
john, josh, and casey...
We don't have a choice.
Sink or swim.
...The time bandit
and the cornelia marie
Are the only new vessels
to secure
The coveted pribilof
golden crab permits.
I just lost, basically half
my income for the year
In one day.
I'm in the biggest
shipyard project
I've ever had
on the wizard right now.
in the middle of ste
to stern repairs...
the good news is
we've got
Small bairdi fish ready to get
out of town and go fish.
...Captain keith colburn
seizes a lifeline
From the $5.5 million
bairdi crab
fishery.
we're here
in dutch harbor.
I'm fishing bairdi.
Put a little bit of money
in our back pocket
while we can.
not satisfied
with mere survival,
Captain sig joins
the bairdi fray.
and then I've already
got some irons in the fire,
You know, for maybe doing
something in norway as well.
but if his compass
points true norse...
I am looking
for a boat to run.
Yeah, in norway.
...Sig would be the only
alaskan crabber fishing
Red kings, rumored
to sell for $20 a pound.
this year,
we have to adapt,
Try different things
And do our best just to try
to make some money.
you know,
this last year has been
One of the hardest
in my entire life.
It's taken a lot of grieving
to accept the losses
Of my friends and family.
First we lost, mahlon reyes,
Then deck boss,
nick mcglashan.
And now to cap it off,
We stand here today
to remember todd.
You know,
todd always had a way
Of brightening
a grim situation,
Not only with his work ethic,
but with his sense of humor.
He was outsized,
Outmuscled,
And he lost the sight
in one of his eyes,
But his heart was bigger
than the man himself.
Thank you for making
a difference in my life
And adding to the spirit
of the summer bay.
Rest in peace, buddy.
you know, todd
was only with us for
a little bit of time,
But he was such
a cool cat, he...
He became part
of the family immediately.
See rip standing over there.
I can only imagine
what he's going through.
Losing a guy, I've seen it
tear people up before.
I hope he keeps his head high
and sticks it out.
you know, I've,
I've had my share of loss
this year,
But to actually lose somebody
On board that's...
This is undescribable
To lose somebody
under your command.
eight months ago,
30-year-old todd kochutin
Perished at sea on the deck
of the patricia lee
With captain rip carlton
at the helm.
I just...
Just... You just
can't believe it.
You just cannot believe
what's going on.
It's like
the worst dream ever.
that night...
We started stacking,
it was cold.
It was ice fog at that point.
And the pots were going
really slow because
it was hard to see 'em,
And some ice had kind of
come through the area
Already that night
and kind of moved them around,
So I had to look around
for 'em, but...
I told the guys last pot...
But for whatever reason...
Todd was in the wrong place...
At the wrong time.
And todd...
Was, um...
He was, um...
He was surrounded
by his family...
And he passed away.
That's a... That's
a tough nut right there,
I tell you.
So...
Patty lee is a great boat.
It's a safe boat.
Bad things happen
to good people,
And it happened to us.
But...
We just got to work
through it.
Our quota is good
And prices are up,
So we're gonna go after it.
How we honor todd
is by working even harder
for him.
Let's go.
On the rope!
Well, today is the big day.
We're just getting ready
to go do this golden king crab
season.
We're just waiting
on one more crew member.
My older brother, shane.
Shane and I kind of had
a complicated relationship.
the last time
I was in dutch harbor
was 25 years ago,
And I just swore
I'd never come back.
always ready to work
I guess we're gonna find out
if he's still got it.
the last time
I was in dutch harbor
was 25 years ago...
And I just swore
I'd never come back.
My brother gave me a call
He said he needed my help.
And that's why I'm here.
Being in dutch harbor,
I'm thinking of phil.
the figure
looming large
Over brothers shane and josh
Legendary captain phil harri
I think that kid
forgets that, uh,
Once upon a time,
I was on deck.
Now you know
why lions eat their young.
he was a role model
to me. He really was.
After my mom
and phil got a divorce,
I was unable to see
my brothers, which,
You know, I mean,
it broke my heart.
It really did.
And it broke
my brothers' hearts.
No doubt about it.
But, um, now
we're making up for lost tim
Phil always wanted his sons
to work together.
The old cornelia marie.
Man.
I mean...
It's kind of crazy to just
be here and look at it here.
brother shane.
all right.
- well.
- oh, wow.
This is the place, huh?
This is the place.
Your new home away from home.
Welcome to the industry.
tell you what, being
around you, though, man,
Does take a lot of hard work.
I mean, most brothers,
you know, you can...
You can go play pool
And go have a beer with,
and me, I got to go
on a fishing boat in alaska.
Well, thanks
for having me, bro.
No, don't thank me yet.
we'll make him proud,
man.
ah, better believe,
brother.
-All right.
-You got this.
All right. Well, I guess
I better get to it.
Yeah. Yeah. Go learn
about your new playground.
it's been a while
Since I had a family member
on the boat, so...
What better than have
your older brother.
We'll see what he's made of
What type of iron man
he really is.
hiya. Hello?
yes.
Oh, is that right?
When is it?
are you flexible
on dates?
No, I understand completely.
All right. Take it forward.
all right.
I appreciate it.
okay. Very good.
well...
The good news
is there's potential
in norway,
But the problem is the timing.
The crew is here.
I mean, everybody's ready
to go fish bairdi.
And, uh,
We're having a little baby
coming into the world
real soon.
I don't want to miss it.
But I got to go now.
Do you hear me?
- oh, hey.
Uh, well,
it's going all right.
But how are you?
Uh, yeah.
Well, I spoke to bengt
in norway,
And he has a boat
that I could fish,
And it would be red king crab.
The only snag
is I got to do it now
Because he needs a captain.
And then I would have
to probably do bairdi after,
Which I think I can do.
But the other issue is I would
miss the birth of the baby,
Which I have promised
the whole time
I would be there for.
oh.
I mean, of course I want yo
to be here.
But it sounds like if you wa
to be here for the family,
Then you have to go.
If you open up the door ther
That can be good for everyon
I just feel like
it's a really
good opportunity.
you just
got to go to norway
and kick a*s,
Catch crab fast,
come back to alaska,
Catch the bairdi and get
my husband home for the baby
yeah, that simple, huh?
look, I love you.
We're all thinking about you
And I think you know
what the right thing
to do here is.
all right, mandy.
Love you too.
all right, guys.
Patricia lee's got
more crab to catch
Than anybody in this fleet.
If you like to work, business
is *bleep* booming over here.
We're gonna go kick some a*s
And take some names
and todd's name.
Stay safe. We're out.
I need more power
to pull in the line
Because I'm long-lining
multiple pots.
Got a pink slip for
for on her now,
We got to catch
some black cods.
You can see we got
a lot of work to do.
We got to get ready for w*r.
This is the reason
why I'm fighting so hard.
This is... This is
what I'm fighting for
And why we're doing
what we're doing.
This is one of the hardest
seasons we've seen
in the last 25 years,
Not just for my boat,
my family,
But for the entire industry.
- okay,
cut her loose, guys.
-Yep.
Whoo!
we're going fishing.
- yeah.
Going fishing, baby.
Throw the line.
Yeah!
Gold king crab 2021, baby.
God!
Shane's got that
look in his eye.
what look is that?
It's either a bowel movement
or he's gonna kick some a*s.
I'm not quite sure
what it is yet.
We'll find out.
bill...
You in or out?
I'm going to homer to get
the boat through the yard.
I'm more worried about my crew
than I am of me right now.
I got a good opportuni
to go to norway.
It's a once in a lifetime,
I got to take it.
if it works...
Let me know.
Before you come out on deck,
-Make sure you
got that life jacket on.
-Yep.
If you don't, it's a couple
hundred dollar fine.
-All right.
-Stress everybody out.
I wanna save my life too,
so I'll wear it.
yeah.
for everything else
from here on out,
It's kind of a learning curv
Trial by fire.
It's about kick some a*s,
take some names,
And I think
you're gonna be all right.
-Thanks, guys.
- yep.
he'll be fine.
190 miles
from dutch harbor
On the pribilof
golden king grounds.
we got to start
setting our first pot.
I have no idea
what I'm doing right now.
securing a permit
to catch goldens
is one thing...
chance that
we can lose everything.
We want to produce something.
I mean, we want
to keep this boat alive.
...But for captains
josh harris
And casey mcmanus
of the cornelia marie,
Staving off
financial extinction
In waters four times as deep
Well, that's another.
see this spot?
You want to try?
- yeah.
Coming out this--
- a little canyon.
Yeah.
Yeah!
Whoo-hoo!
Here we go, baby!
joining the quest
for golden king crab
Just seven miles away...
yeah, baby.
...On the time bandit...
Most of the quota gets caught
On the northwest side
of the mushroom.
They call it the mushroom.
It's very critical
I find something.
We've already lost
the revenue of the red crab.
I have no money.
...Captain jonathan
bets the last of his saving
That he can spin goldens
Into gold.
we just
can't afford any mistakes.
Roger.
trading the deep
for the beach.
hurry up.
Got some, baby. Whoo!
if something
goes wrong,
The swells are gonna
push us on the rocks.
captain shawn
fires off a 400-pot salvo
Into the shallows that
the dungeness crab favor.
Baby and a wife at home.
I better start
catching some crab,
'cause if I'm up here
not making any money,
I don't know how long
I'll be able to do it.
and on the aleutian
golden king grounds...
Smells like money, baby.
Whoo!
that starboard side's
maybe getting hammered,
So be advised.
We have about 1.5 million
pounds of quota to catch.
That's a lot of crab.
I'm hoping I land it
right on the edge,
Because those crab
move up and down that cliff
And they sit and they feed,
So big risk, big reward.
captain rick carlton
shells off pots
Directly over a steep drop
In the sea floor
where he looks to snag
A fleet leading
$21 million quota.
Ready to go.
All right, send it over, boys.
Here we go.
Whoo!
-Yeah!
-Whoo!
It's happening.
We can do this.
Whoo!
For every 90 seconds, you
get a pot and they're coming.
If something goes wrong,
*bleep* gonna hit
the fan in a hurry.
longline fishing
connects pots
To a single line that runs
The length
of the entire string,
Anchoring the gear
to the ocean floor,
Allowing sets to cover canyo
And underwater ridges.
Whoo!
*bleep*
*bleep*
Ahhh.
Oh, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Oh, no.
*bleep*
Guy's give me
a *bleep* heart attack.
with the boat
at full speed,
The anchor pot
jams against the rail.
*bleep*
deckhand cameron meye
steps in to free it,
But the tension
releases first,
Allowing the pot
to slide back...
Nearly crushing
the crewman's leg.
You got that 2,000 pound
pot there,
But the whole string
is pulling it out
And the tension will build,
You know, when it's pulled o
one way or the other.
Anything that an anchor pot
hits is gonna get hurt.
Hmm, we don't want that.
You know, I will do
everything in my power
to make it home safely.
that's a big wave.
What the *bleep*?
Slow down.
Big one, big one, big one.
Oh, no.
Oh, no. No!
You got me?
Is kyle okay?
Okay.
What the *bleep*? Damn it.
oh, man.
What a start.
3,900 miles
northwest of dutch harbor
In tromso, norway.
you know, uh...
This is where
my grandfather was fishing
And father before him
and my dad.
And now I'm chasing
them right back
To where they started from.
It's mind boggling to me.
I'm meeting a boat owner.
His name is bengt
And he's lined up a boat
that I can potentially use.
There's a lot of risk here
because
You're in the unknown
And the fishery here,
it's a derby.
Nothing's guaranteed.
But whether it's fate
Or whatever's driving this,
Uh, I just got to go
with my gut...
Because, uh, my family,
they've forged
their names here.
And I want to see
what I can do myself.
Now hopefully,
this will work out.
there he is.
hello.
good to see you.
Yeah, it's only been 15 years.
- um, maybe.
Maybe more.
-Something.
Maybe more.
Ahhh!
- so this is the boat,
huh?
- yeah, come on.
oh, wow.
That's a big cafeteria.
How many horsepower?
-2,200 horse.
- 2,200.
- single screw?
after nearly 40 year
Patrolling the barents sea f
the norwegian coast guard..
it's beautiful, but
where are we gonna put
the crab on this thing?
But you don't have
circulating water here.
nothing. Nothing.
Only dry.
That can change.
...Captain sig must convert
The 193-foot stalbas
from a cutter to a crabber.
So, this is not a very
typical deck to me.
-Um, we don't have a rack,
you know, a launcher.
- yeah.
that block...
Does that thing run?
I need to see that run.
I noticed this rail.
The last thing
we want is a 800-pound pot
Smashing these vents,
so can we do another railing?
You know, maybe...
Maybe inside here.
Yeah.
you know,
this is, this is not a, uh,
A crab boat yet, at least.
And this is on very
short notice.
-Yeah.
-Everything.
how about time on...
On this project?
What do you think?
How much time do we not have?
Normally...
Two or three working days,
I would say
we can make it in...
One and a half, two days
If we can get some extra hand
for welding.
Time's ticking.
My daughter's having a baby
And I'd like to be home
for that if I can make it.
I think we can do this.
I think we have to.
-So...
this boat
is not a crab boat...
And, uh,
It's gonna take a little bit
to get this thing to work.
It's not just about
the launcher and that deck
And the gear.
We need a crew
And we are starting
from ground zero.
3,700 miles
southeast...
On the pribilof
golden crab grounds...
finally we get
to go check out these pots..
See how these things did.
A lot of work to get
those things out there.
Finally, I want
to see a payoff.
...Aboard
the cornelia marie...
Go to get out of here
and find them, man.
Let's get a little sniff.
It's all it takes.
Show me the money.
with $800,000
needed to replace
Their annual red king haul,
Captains josh
and casey go for the gold.
57,000 pounds of it,
to be precise.
This is a pretty deep string,
240 fathoms.
I mean, we only got 40 pots.
We have to make each one
of these little guys count.
40 b*ll*ts in this g*n.
40 b*ll*ts, you got to k*ll
as many zombies as you can.
I'm not
seeing anything.
oh-oh.
Can't find the damn thing.
they... May have
lost the pot. I don't know.
We'll stay positive.
Maybe we just missed it.
You're seeing that
second pot, josh?
no. I'm not seeing it.
It should be right here.
I don't see
a single pot around me.
I think we lost this one.
something's up.
None of it's here.
set it too deep?
It's gone, dude. I don't know.
Son of a b*tch.
ten pots.
25% of our year, right there.
*bleep*.
If we lose these,
Man, it's game over.
Well, maybe
we should call johnny.
yeah.
We need all the help
we can get, right now.
what's up, josh?
Oh, man, I'm... I'm just
grinding, you know?
I haven't seen
anything great yet.
How's it going over there
for you guys?
have you got any ideas?
how
deep did you set up and how
long were your lines?
we have
200 on each pot.
That current was ripping
the other night.
It was ripping south.
it might be like two-tenths
a mile off your mark,
And then they'll all still be
in a solid,
straight string
But the buoys will be down.
Ay, ay, ay.
you could drag for it,
But, you know,
that's gonna be tough.
It's like a needle
in a haystack.
what do you...
What do you mean?
A line between
your boat and my boat,
And then we've had
a hook in the middle.
And any pots that were there
that we drag it over,
We should be able to get back.
What'd you think?
What you told me
Is you just
came up with a plan
To save your pots
with my boat?
-Our boats.
-Both of our boats.
To save your pots.
what the...
I'll try it with you.
I'll try it.
-All right, dude.
-We'll be seeing you soon,
buddy.
-Okay.
- okay.
dude, you really
do think this is gonna
work, don't you?
we got to get
this thing going.
'cause we ain't making mone
doing what we're doing
right now.
178 miles southeast
On the black cod grounds...
you got to watch
that leg.
...Aboard the saga.
One mile.
This is not ideal conditions
To be setting a longline
here for your first time.
This is stupid.
But I have to.
with his deck
overhauls a longline
The southern depths
for black cod.
told you. Not only
are our job's on the line,
They've put his pink slip up.
We're both on the line.
*bleep* do it or don't.
captain jake
joins the hunt
For a new species of his own
so I'm gonna start
long-lining right now
And the main reason is
You can see,
see these cliff sides,
I need some weight
to hold the pots
On the mountainside
And be able to get
to the depths that I want to
Without losing
the gear entirely.
going over here.
Watch your feet.
Don't fall in.
Whoo!
First pot's overboard.
*bleep* damn it, mac.
Hurry up.
Oh, *bleep*.
Mac, what the *bleep*?
on the saga...
Mac, what the *bleep*?
Mac didn't set the pot
in time and...
Uh, pot caught the roller,
it ripped the roller
right off the boat.
Not good.
failing to raise
the launcher,
2,000 pounds of already set
longline gear
Does what
the hydro man does not,
Pull the pot into the sea,
Tearing the machine
rounded line guide
Or roller
off the starboard rail.
*bleep*.
Now I got to stop
because I can't *bleep* set.
I don't have another roller.
Then you have to weld
the *bleep* pipe.
I'm *bleep* pissed.
I got to try to modify it,
see if we can fix it.
I just want to catch fish.
If I lose...
I lose the boat.
Things happen
on a boat, you know?
And, and I feel bad.
Yeah, I do, man. It's...
Hit the wrong lever, man.
Instead of going up,
I went down a little bit.
Let it go.
It went like a car.
...Everybody jumps on it.
I've got nothing els
to fish.
It's the only choice
I've gotten.
Whoo!
now it's survival.
3,900 miles northwest...
...Just outside
tromso, norway.
Ooh.
There!
Down there.
it's tight.
We're fine on this end.
This is the end
that's scary because,
You know, when
you're landing the gear...
And then, uh, any swing...
Right?
So, whoever's on the back
of the pot's really gonna
have to understand,
Uh...
How to get out of the way.
I have a feeling
there's gonna be
a lot of this going on,
Which is fine.
with mandy's due dat
just weeks away,
Captain sig
and an army of locals
Race the clock
to convert stalbas
Into a crab boat.
wow.
but his new
renovated vessel
Won't be of much use
without a spot to fish.
Russia is on this side, right?
- that's russian border?
So anything west of this line
is free zone, right?
- yes.
- this is free.
At $20 a pound, u.S.
Can you imagine
if that area has crab now?
Yep.
and nobody's
been fishing here?
I mean...
I mean...
Is he, uh, close to you?
Can you call him
and see if we can get
a little information?
most crabbers in norw
Stay within
the protection of the fjords
- hello.
-Hey, gunnar.
Uh, I have sig here,
can we go over,
Switch over to english?
but sig has his eyes
on a bigger prize,
Offshore in open water.
Hello, gunnar.
So, I guess you tried to fish
Out west of the line
and out deep.
Is that right?
was it five years ago
you were out there?
right.
looking at this chart,
if you stay in the...
Let's say right below
300 meters
Or something like that,
is that doable?
Uh, thanks a lot, gunnar.
-I really appreciate.
Yeah.
so from what,
gunnar was saying,
I really want to start...
Right on this bank here.
-See it?
- yeah.
It sounds like everybody has
been fishing in this fjord,
So if nobody's
been fishing outside,
And that's where I want to go.
Is it gonna work?
We'll see.
3,800 miles southeas
And just 300 yards
from shore...
okay, boys,
we're starting it up here,
So we're gonna pull up
on this first one.
...On the dungeness
crab grounds.
we're now
in the middle of the ocean.
We're right up
next to the beach
It's about four fathoms
of water right now.
And it's risky.
captain sean dwyer
creeps up to his first pot,
The volcanic ocean floor
Rising quickly
toward his keel.
Pretty dangerous,
either we're gonna lose pots.
You never know
what's underneath the water.
Starts in 40 fathoms,
runs all the way up to
about 5 fathoms,
So I got to concentrate
on how the heck
I'm gonna do this.
We just give it a shot
and see what happens.
the 200-ton elinore
Draws ten feet below
the water's surface.
Sean's challenge,
Keep the boat
from running aground
On day one of fishing.
And it's... It's a gamble.
There's no doubt about it.
But...
You got to adapt and...
I just... Hope
there's money in this thing.
First pot coming up.
We need to see the crab.
Oh, yeah, boys.
Yeah.
Whoo!
it's not a blank.
Whoo!
Oh, yeah, buddy.
Oh, baby. Come to papa.
Hey, what the *bleep*.
what the *bleep*?
*bleep*.
Zack?
Get the flashlights
up to work.
we have no power.
I got no lights, no steering,
All I got is forward
and reverse.
A pot in the water
behind me here.
What the *bleep* was that?
Oh, my god.
we got no power.
I got no lights, no steering.
All I got is forward
and reverse.
let me get
to a position
Where I can put this thing
in gear
And drive away from the beach.
well, only five degrees, yeah.
Yeah, baby.
Let's go. Let's go.
Ah.
*bleep* this.
tell him we need
to set the anchor.
All right.
Line's off.
I got to get
that anchor down
So I could stop drifting
towards the beach.
When you're ready. Go ahead.
just give me
all the chain out.
that's all we got, man.
That's the emergency brake.
Zack, what's going on
down there, man?
give me
some lights, bud.
Give me some lights.
Yeah, buddy.
Well, this top of this brake
board for our generators,
But it was cracked
all the way through.
*bleep* yeah.
I mean, that's,
that's enough...
That's enough to k*ll
an engine right there
for sure.
all right, we'll get
that other one fired up
for you, sean.
just threw
the parking brake out, man.
I've never had
to do that before.
I mean,
you're in the bering sea,
You got... 200 miles
to the beach,
Not 200 yards.
That was...
That was sketchy as hell.
We were so *bleep* close
to the shore.
I don't, uh,
I don't really want to do
that again or ever.
So, yeah.
87 miles west...
all right, I've got
three strings that
are longlines.
...On the saga.
It's so new to me.
It just scares the living crap
out of me.
his first time
fishing black cod
And his first time
long lining,
Captain jake must make
his new operation work
for him.
I gave up my pink slip
to get black cod.
It's hard not to feel
a sense of panic
And helplessness.
or else
see it start working
For new owner,
captain sean dwyer.
It's my third cigarette
already.
In a row.
All right.
first pot.
This is 200 plus fathoms.
I hung it right
on the edge of the cliff.
I'm hoping to get a steady
35 average plus
on these strings.
Let's find out right now.
nice and easy.
All right. It's all you.
Got it.
Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Yeah!
Oh, my god! Yeah!
Whoo!
Oh, my god, mason.
Oh, yeah.
Look at my face.
at $5.50 a pound,
A good black cod pot
fetches 2,000 bucks.
Jake smashes that number
With $5,000
right out of the gate.
Come on, baby. Come on.
whoo-hoo!
Oh, my god!
Whoo!
Yeah, absolutely good
right there.
What, do you think
there's a hundred in there?
That is a lot of cod.
Whoo!
168. Are you crazy?
168 black cod.
Damn!
We're in the right area.
Thank you, jake.
Thank you.
That's what we're fishing for.
Bam, baby!
told you.
I ain't giving away my podium.
*bleep* stupid?
242 miles southwest
On the golden crab grounds.
Whoo!
aboard
the patricia lee.
I really like
this corner right here.
We call this right here,
The wavy lays because it,
It, it looks like potato chips
down there.
It's really,
it's a strange bottom,
But they like
to hang out there.
And once we find the band
they're in,
We're gonna put the hurt
on them.
Oh, *bleep*
I don't like
this weather though,
The way it's building,
'cause we're gonna be
up on the ridge
And the current
rips across this thing.
I don't like that.
his first set
spread 21 miles
Over an undulating
sea floor...
Coming up.
All right,
this is no joke, guys.
You gotta have
your *bleep* together.
...Captain rip
fights three knot currents
And 20-foot seas
To retrieve his 40 pots,
All tethered
to a single ground line.
There's first one.
Oh, boy.
Hell, yeah!
If you get the line
on the wrong side, not good.
You'll get it tangled,
sheared off.
But we can do this.
pay attention.
Head on a swivel.
Come on.
All right.
Whoo!
Whoa!
Good, good.
That's some crab.
Whoo!
All big.
They're big crab.
Good start.
Fishing looks good
.
I got it hooked,
I got it hooked.
Ah, it's gonna slide.
Oh! Hook, hook, hook.
*bleep*.
You don't want to get hit
with one of those.
Hold him.
*bleep* .
now we got
the second one in the block.
You guys trying to give me
a heart attack?
Stop! Stop!
*bleep*.
did we just
lose that thing?
Did we just part that?
-Yeah.
-*bleep*.
Damn it.
*bleep*.
Damn it.
it's in 350 fathoms.
I didn't need this.
We don't need this.
now we got
the the second one
in the block.
on the patricia lee..
*bleep*
...Hauling
in a building sea...
Captain rip carlton's
ground line...
Snaps.
So now we got to go
to the other end...
And haul from the other end.
and unlike
single pot fishing,
Where a severed line
means one lost pot...
Oh, lord.
...The skipper faces
the loss of an entire string
we got one more try,
And it's 20 miles away,
we'll be back in the tide,
So it'll be a three-hour run
Hopefully, we get that out
without parting it
Because if we part it,
we're screwed.
We'll go see if we can
find the other end and,
Uh, we'll go from there.
Unbelievable.
Everything
that could go wrong...
Has gone wrong.
We got crab though.
254 miles northeast
On the pribilof
golden crab grounds.
think it's gonna work?
I don't know.
I... I think the odds
are pretty low, but...
It is a big hook,
it'll grab something. Um...
...Aboard
the cornelia marie.
Cay, she's ready.
Okay, good.
The task for the boys
just went made of gravel
for our last year.
We have a lot riding
on them, so
Hopefully we can pull
a rabbit out of the hat,
But, uh, we'll see.
after losing
a quarter of their gear
To the 1,500-foot depths...
John, john? John, john?
What's going on, bud?
...Captains
josh and casey
Call in an assist
from the pirate king.
hang in there,
buddy.
Let's do this thing.
I, I got your idea.
I see
what you're talking about.
I think it's gonna work.
the plan, attach
a line between the vessels,
Then lower a massive
grapple hook
From the middle into the dee
As the boats steam ahead
in tandem,
The giant v-shaped dragline
Will comb the pots'
suspected location,
Snagging the sunken bags
And retrieving the gear.
Just gonna sh**t some line
across your deck,
so watch out.
rocket launcher.
That's right. You never know
when you're gonna need one.
hey, he's got
a rocket launcher or something
So he's gonna be sh**ting
at you guys, so watch
the *bleep* out.
-rock... Rocket launcher?
Just don't hit
the frickin' house, please.
roger that.
Dude, I just have a feeling
this is gonna go bad.
If neal shoots his window out,
I'm gonna laugh my a*s off.
okay, I'm in neutral.
I'm in neutral.
I'm, I'm gonna be off the...
I'm gonna go hide.
Don't try this at home.
okay, guys.
Fire away.
Yeah, man.
*bleep*
What the *bleep*?
Where did it go?
Catch that line.
*bleep*
Oh, yeah. Got it down.
Get that bad boy.
Oh, hey, they got it. Sweet.
-The rocket man.
-Whoo!
Wow, they got it.
That thing, hell, then it went
in front of crab lights, man,
It barely got the bow.
Yeah, that freaking worked.
That was amazing.
I can see why the old man
loved that guy.
He's so nuts.
All right, we're all lined up.
We're getting
in position here, so
Johnny kind of figured out
the set and drift,
So our pot should be
down here just,
Just a hair below
where their actual marks are
on the screen.
So as long as we run this
at 50 degrees,
We should be able
to zip right up
A little bit south
of our marks
and scoop up the pots.
This is gonna work,
I'm telling you.
hey,
I'm about 50 degrees.
So I'm gonna hold this course
Until you tell me what to do.
You're doing good right there.
I'm gonna
come a little closer to you
Yeah, okay, I'm coming over.
I'll come over closer
to you, casey.
oh, *bleep*.
Hey, go starboard
a little bit.
Let's give him
a little gap here, huh?
I came a little bit closer
to you already,
So I'm gonna go to 50
right now and stay there.
important thing
casey is you stay
The *bleep* away
from me, okay?
Stay at least a
away from me,
And... And I'll do the same.
hey, you can actuall
take it out of gear,
So we get the same thing
a little.
No, don't *bleep* worry
about that.
Worry about hitting me
and me not hitting you.
50 degrees still,
50 degrees.
yeah, don't worry
about the numbers, johnny.
I will drive next to you,
and I promise to god,
I won't hit you.
-I'm gonna hit
the *bleep* here.
- I'm okay.
I'm okay. We're all okay.
my bow's
gonna *bleep* hit you.
My bow's going out of the wa
I'm gonna hit you.
*bleep* , I know
what's gonna happen
before it happens.
okay, I'm gonna start
backing up.
Holy *bleep*, I can't back up.
Holy *bleep*
*bleep* .
Move a little faster.
There.
He's trying to get more room
in between us
'cause he's not comfortable,
but he almost *bleep* us.
Tell him to watch that line.
I think we're pullin
way too hard on this, josh.
It's definitely
pulling that block back
pretty damn hard, man.
It looks like
he's pulling real tight.
-Ahhh.
-Watch out.
Oh!
*bleep*
did it just break off?
Dude.
Did it snap?
It snapped, dude.
It snapped on our end.
God.
I hope
you got your end.
*bleep*
This week on salty takes.
It's okay, shyanne.
I was seasick
for the first two weeks.
it tastes like chicken.
Yeah, I *bleep* threw up
a whole burrito, dude.
she's an anderson,
And I think
she'll be just fine.
Hopefully.
bering sea, one,
Shyanne, zero.
I think we're pulling way
too hard on this, josh.
It's... It's definitely
pulling that block back
pretty damn hard, man.
-Ahhh!
-Watch out.
*bleep*
did it snap?
it snapped, dude
it snapped on our end.
God.
I hope
you got your end.
*bleep*
Yeah, we still got it.
*bleep* hang on.
Oh!
all right. I'll jus
let the crew know,
they're gonna wind it in.
I'm gonna stop here, john.
Okay, I'm gonna
peel out of your way.
Sorry about that.
Okay, that's quite good
right there.
Stop it.
I think we should keep going,
but it's up to you.
You got another spare rocket
over there, johnny?
I don't know.
Do we?
Come on. Fire.
Fire. Yeah.
Fire in the hole.
Did you get it?
They got it.
Yeah, same place
as the last one.
That's what I'll say.
God bless america right now.
Catch it.
you just never know
what john has.
He might even have a tank
in the bottom of that boat.
okay, guys,
let's go ahead and deploy
The grappling hook again.
Clear that hook, we're gonna
set the hook back over.
You need to get this haul
set up the second time.
Roger.
Don't let her go down.
You just tell me what to do,
which direction to go,
And how fast to go, buddy.
Round two.
Let's see what happens.
See if we can get
those ten pots in.
and we should be coming up
on the first one here,
Just keep an eye on the line
Hopefully, we'll see
a couple of tugs on this thing
And get a little bite
on the hook.
Yeah, one jerk on one end
waiting for a jerk
on the other end.
He's a son of a *bleep*.
Trying to hook
the wheel, boys.
All right. Well, here we go.
Looks like the line's tugging.
Looks like we got one
right there.
That might be our first pot.
we got one.
All right,
that's pot numero uno.
Pot number two
is coming up, man.
this right here.
This should be
our pot number two
We're coming
across the top over here.
yeah, these are
a 10th of a mile apart, righ
That line's popping pretty
hard though, huh, neal?
yeah, it's tight.
Whoa!
coming up,
to pot number three.
Dude, it's bouncing again.
something else
just hit the line.
- it's working.
- yes, it is.
you got it, man.
All right, go ahead
and stop the boats.
We'll, uh,
we'll bring these things in.
okay, buddy.
Go ahead and cut them, neal
We'll go ahead
and haul her back and,
And see if we got
any on there.
pop out back there.
our buoys pop out there.
pull them up.
Pull them up.
That's a pile of buoys.
*bleep*.
Thank god, it worked.
pull those buoys up
Get every buoy over the rail
Keep going.
Go, go, go, go, go.
You, you got 'em off.
I see 'em there. Wow.
One, two, three, four, five
six, seven, eight, nine, ten
Got all of them.
Are we all aboard?
Okay, now put it to block.
I think it just save
our... Our big string here.
If it comes up loaded,
well, we're in business.
Yeah, okay. You got it.
I'm just gonna
get out of your way.
all right,
here we go.
We're .
Yo! Pot's up. Survey says...
Oh! There it is. There we go.
Whoo!
All right, boys,
look at that, huh?
Hey, there we go.
There's a few.
We got something going on.
Wow, man. Looks good.
Off to a good start here,
josh.
oh.
It's just the cold out here
There's no one else to help
each other except us out here.
There's a lot of great
industries in this country
That are gone,
completely faded away,
And I definitely am not gonn
let that happen here.
You guys ready to go?
Toss them.
Get some breath.
We're gonna go crabbing.
Whoo-hoo!
we're not gonna
peacefully stand by
and watch this happen.
jake.
I'm gonna order up a bunch
of dwyer blue and, uh,
Dwyer tan so I can be ready
for the swap when it happens.
Don't do it.
Don't order the paint yet.
it's about
all the sacrifices
the men made before us,
The lives given,
I'm not letting that
be for nothing.
people get
to see what it takes
To come back from adversity
They're gonna see it.
When it happens, you get up,
You get back on that
freaking horse,
Even though I hate horses,
with a passion.
the only way
we're gonna better
what we have...
...Is to go
where we've never been.
we don't really know
what we were getting into
When we get into this fisher
But desperate times call
for desperate measures.
- oh, yeah, baby.
-Oh, yeah.
The alaskan golden king crab.
we have a chance
Nothing's easy about this one.
Ain't nothing easy about this.
it's a whole new era.
Cut the line. Cut the line.
Ahhh!
This season more than ever
is gonna be the test.
Oh, no!
Coming in hot.
Right now we're doing
everything by trial and fire.
oh, is it here?
Holy moly.
I would not do this
if I didn't have to.
Whoa! Watch, watch out.
It's scary because
you can't make a mistake.
Ahhh!
Oh, *bleep*
Get away.
Down. Down.
Open your eyes, buddy.
We might not all make it
through this.
if we get through this
we've built
something stronger.
Oh!
Yeah!
That's a big...
Oh, yeah.
something
that will last.
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18x01 - Long Live the Kings!
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Follows crab fishermen aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing seasons.
Follows crab fishermen aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and snow crab fishing seasons.