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Thirty hours ago, 251 boats
with 1,200 men
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steamed out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska,
to chase a $70-million jackpot.
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This is King Crab season.
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These are dangerous waters,
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and this is the deadliest job
in the world.
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At 4:00 p.m., the crab season started,
and the first pots hit the water.
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Gear time!
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Rookies, known as greenhorns,
learned quickly...
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...that nothing can prepare you for
working the deck of a crab fishing boat.
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Just a little kick in the pants
once in a while.
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Now, the pots have soaked for hours,
and it's almost time to start crabbing.
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This fleet of hardy souls
will work through the night.
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They'll experience the highs
and the lows of working the Bering Sea.
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But before this year's crabbing is done,
some of these men won't return alive.
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Vessel Coast Guard, keep a sharp lookout
for vessels having...
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...or knowing the whereabouts
of this vessel.
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Sistership window.
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It's all part of the job,
chasing the world's deadliest catch.
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One hundred thirty miles northeast
of Dutch Harbor, amid rising seas...
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...is the 104-foot Sea Star.
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Captain Larry Hendricks and his crew
of aging veterans...
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...are about to pull
the first pots of the season.
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After just two hours of rest,
the oldest crew in the fleet...
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...drags themselves back up on deck
for eight more grueling hours of work...
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...hauling the 800-pound pots
back on board.
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Anticipation and expectations are high...
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...on the deck and in the wheelhouse.
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We got 20-knot winds,
rain, and patchy fog.
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The first catch of the season
swings on board.
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Got to love it!
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Well, the first pot,
31 crab and a spider in it.
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As the next pot swings in,
it's clear that the Sea Star...
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...is on the crab.
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Three-zero!
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Spider!
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One-eight!
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Eighteen, one-eight.
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Two-zero!
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Six-four!
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If the Sea Star can maintain
a 49 average...
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...through 168 pots,
we'll have 10,000 crab...
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...and that's not a season
to complain about.
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Rock and roll!
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Get 'em, Jake!
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Only male crabs measuring
six and a half inches are keepers.
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Females and juveniles
are tossed back.
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On this string, there's plenty of keepers
for Larry and his ancient mariners.
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It just might go to show that
with this geriatric crew...
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...that old age and treachery
might out-pot youth and skill...
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...for any prizes here.
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Seventy-five miles to the south and west,
on the Western Viking...
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...Captain Coleman Anderson
is about to start pulling pots.
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We're going to pump the water out,
take the hatch cover off...
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...and dig those 14 pots out...
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...so we can add them to the ones
we still got on the stern...
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...to make another string.
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Just to let you know, that hatch
weighs around 2,000 pounds.
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You do not want to get in front of it.
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The hold is where the crab
are held in seawater.
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Right now, because the boat is small,
14 additional pots are stored there.
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- Get out of here! Ho!
- Stand by!
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But when the pots come out,
a problem is discovered.
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Well, basically, what happened is
that we filled up the tank with pots in there.
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So, with all the... the moving down there,
we broke some stuff.
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So we want to make sure
that the hold is secure.
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The hold contains wooden planks,
or bin boards, held in place by metal clips.
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Bin boards divide the hold into sections
to keep water...
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...and the crab from sloshing around
violently in rough seas.
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If a crab is injured or killed,
it releases a toxin.
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A dead crab has the potential
to kill ten others.
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This could start a chain reaction,
capable of wiping out an entire season's catch.
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Until the hold is repaired, there's no
place to store the crab catch.
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So, no pots can be pulled.
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I know, we're going to have
to work this down.
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In loading them or unloading them...
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...or them riding down there,
some steel got broke.
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So we're just repairing it right now
while the water's out of there.
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They're actually taking
a heavy-gauge twine...
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...and then seizing all the boards
together to make them one solid unit.
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It's the worst feeling. When you have
a 20-mile run, instead of dumping in your bunk...
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...you got to work on gear,
or work on the tank, or making bait.
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So as soon as you're done with this,
you got to go back to work.
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So basically, you don't get a break.
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Every minute spent doing repairs
is a minute this boat isn't fishing.
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Out here, every second counts,
and every minute is big money.
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Forty miles to the southeast,
Captain Sig Hansen of the Northwestern...
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...is still launching pots.
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Captain Sig's plan is to drop
all his pots at once.
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They started with 200 pots on deck.
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Eight hours later,
they still have 20 pots to go.
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Once the pots are set,
he'll let them stay in the water...
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...or soak, for at least 24 hours
before pulling even one of them.
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They need time in the water, I mean.
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The crabs are going in there for the bait,
but they need time to get in.
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The crab pot is a ten-foot by ten-foot
by 30-inch frame.
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Netting in the frame has a funnel shape
on one side.
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The crabs crawl in,
but they can't crawl out.
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Weather and choppy seas are making
launching the pots difficult and dangerous.
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Greenhorn Bradford Davis
preps his 80th pot.
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- Name of the game: stick 'em and bag 'em.
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- All night long.
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Since noon yesterday,
Bradford has ground and bagged...
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...almost a ton of bait fish...
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...and his work is far from over.
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He's doing pretty good.
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He's doing pretty good.
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You never let them hear you say that though,
never.
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With the rising seas, Bradford will face
fatigue, rough weather...
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...and Edgar, the deck boss.
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Starting to get a little puffy, guys.
I think we're getting tired.
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Everyone's getting tired.
That's why we start to push buttons.
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Sixty miles to the north and east,
the Saga is commanded...
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...by one of the youngest captains
in the fleet, 37-year-old Roger Strong.
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Our first pot is at the 22-2
and the 57-1.
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Roger has chosen an eight-hour soak,
and the first pots are ready to come up.
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But he stumbles out of the gate
and gets too close to the first buoy.
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Yeah, I botched this approach,
so you got to get in the block.
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If it slips under the boat,
it could sever the line,
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leaving the first pot
400 feet below the surface.
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The buoy finally comes up.
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Anticipation builds
as the pot reels in.
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That first one, 19 crab.
That's pretty good for a short soak like this.
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Even better, wow!
That last one had a pot right by us.
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Divided up the crab.
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The season's off to a good start.
The next pot has 38 crab.
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At almost five dollars a pound, each crab
is worth between 25 and 35 dollars.
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Captain Roger swings around
to pick up the next string,
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about a two-hour journey.
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During this break, the crew
discuss their greenhorn, Juel Heiner.
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Juel Heiner is our greenhorn,
and he's the owner's son.
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This will be his big experience...
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...as far as the crew. But once we start
working, things will start to flow,
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and it'll work out.
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I don't know if Juel's heart
is totally into it.
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For right now, I think
it's probably just...
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...the money that's attracting him.
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I'm not worried about, like, coming out
on the boat and proving to the crew...
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...that I can do it.
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I just got out of school,
and this is the time when...
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...if I'm going to do something with my
life, I might as well do it now.
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Being the owner's son grants no special
privilege on the rough-and-tumble deck...
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...of a crab boat.
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There's Juel!
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Oh look, they pinned the tail on him.
They pinned the tail on the greenhorn. Nice!
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The deckhands also teach Juel
valuable seafaring skills,
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...like how to catch air when
your boat crashes over a steep wave.
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That's some serious air time!
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Juel's initiation to crab fishing
is an added burden on the skipper.
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He has the pressure of bringing home
the crab. Now, he must also...
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...bring back the owner's son.
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Far to the west, more than 150 miles
from the Saga, is the Fierce Allegiance.
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Captain Tony LaRussa is betting on an area
of the Bering Sea not fished...
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...for more than 15 years.
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Below deck, the crew bet
on Captain Tony's gamble.
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Hell, there could be 100 crab in those.
Tell you what, there's going to be...
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...crab in there.
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I've already made a prediction
that there's 25 keepers.
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- On record, man?
- Yeah, on record. 25 keepers in this pot.
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- I say 17.
- You say 17? 17's a good number.
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Just hope we're on the mother lode.
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We can pull this thing up and just go,
'Holy mackerel!' Or there could be...
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...a big, fat zero.
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First pot of the season getting pulled.
It's got nine hours, nine hours soak on it.
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It's got to have mondo crab in it.
Mondo. We'll see, let's check it out.
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But as they haul the first pot
over the rail, it's not the mother lode...
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...they were looking for.
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- How many?
- 16.
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- How many?
- 16. 16.
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The second pot...
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...even worse.
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Just one. One crab.
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One crab means that they're not here.
Eight hours, one crab, not a good sign.
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It's hard to tell.
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- How many?
- 60. Six, zero, six.
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For Tony, the slow start
is a crushing blow.
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He decides to go radio fishing...
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...and contact his sister ships
to find out where the crab are.
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Was there a lot of company at that
coordinate you gave me that had that number?
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No, not really. Not really. Just for your
info, we did one pot for 97 keepers.
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Next pot was 36 keepers.
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After hearing the report, Captain Tony
has to make a decision.
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Either fish the 100 pots already
in the water, or cut to another spot...
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...and drop the 145 remaining pots
on deck.
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96 in ten hours? We're going over there.
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On the Western Viking, Captain Coleman
Anderson finishes repairing the...
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...broken bin boards.
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They've welded the clips in place
and lashed the bin boards together.
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It's time for a little help from above.
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Say your prayers.
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Yeah, you better. The power of God
is what's going to hold that in there.
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If those boards come loose, the tank...
It'll destroy all the crab that's in it.
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So we want to make sure
that the hold is secure.
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Easy.
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And we got it!
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We should go start pumping here.
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I think we finally got everything
repaired in the tank.
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The integrity of our little aquarium
is now intact again.
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And we're going to start hauling
our first baited pots.
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Coleman sets course
for his first string of pots.
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But his optimism is cut short when the crew
reports that the boards are not holding.
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He has no choice but to pull
the bin boards out.
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Without the bin boards, there'll be
no protection to the crabs...
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...from the violent motion
of the choppy seas.
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100 miles to the south
is the Lucky Lady,
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...the smallest boat in the fleet.
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Captain Vince Shavender has launched
all the pots his little boat can hold.
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We got about a five-hour run,
six-hour run to another storage gear.
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Boats are allowed to fish as many pots
after they can safely haul.
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The smaller boats can't carry
as many as the bigger boats,
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...so they're permitted to store additional
ones at an area 150 miles northwest...
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...of Dutch Harbor.
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The Lucky Lady has arrived at a storage
location to pick up extra pots.
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We got one more to pick up and splash it
and go pull what we set. Hope we got them.
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In spite of his near-death experience,
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...last season's greenhorn, Kevin Davis,
is back for king crab season.
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Kevin is doing good. I mean,
he's 24, young, but he's coming along great.
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I really hope one day
to train him through the engine room,
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...that maybe by the time he's 30, he can
take this boat over, and I can...
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Yeah, dead body weight
most of the time.
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Kevin's first season
was almost his last
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when he fell overboard
on a cold winter night.
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Wearing only his rain slicker,
Kevin was defenseless...
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...against the deadly Bering Sea.
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If he hadn't been rescued,
he would have died...
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...within four minutes
of hypothermia or drowning.
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- Are those the pants?
- Those are them.
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If you guys are watching...
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...I want my mom and everybody
to know I'm alright.
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Oh, that's amazing.
230
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For those who are fortunate enough
to get a warning...
231
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...a mere 90 seconds
can save their life.
232
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That's the maximum amount of time
it should take...
233
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...to put on a survival suit.
234
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It's a Coast Guard requirement to have
one survival suit per crew member...
235
00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,000
...and this is one rule
no one cares to break.
236
00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:05,000
Captain Gary Edwards
of the Big Valley...
237
00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:07,000
...demonstrates the features
of a standard survival suit.
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You lay it down on deck and get in it
just as you would a sleeping bag.
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It's got a flotation device
around the waist.
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It blows up manually.
241
00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,000
You just push on this plunger
with your mouth...
242
00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000
...and you can blow it up,
and then it holds there inside the vest.
243
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,000
It's got a whistle for signaling...
244
00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:28,000
...and it looks like it has
a little safety mirror in here too.
245
00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:36,000
Before setting out to sea,
each captain makes sure...
246
00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:38,000
...his crew knows how
to put on their survival suit.
247
00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000
- All right, go.
248
00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,000
Survival suits are a ten-millimeter
thick neoprene shell...
249
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,000
...that encapsulates the body.
250
00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:49,000
Anybody that can get into a suit
in less than a minute...
251
00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:51,000
...is probably going to be just fine.
252
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000
It keeps you warm and floating.
253
00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:56,000
You're dead.
254
00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,000
- No, my zipper...
- It's not the zipper's fault.
255
00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:07,000
- Time.
- Outstanding. Outstanding.
256
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:30,000
Aboard the Western Viking,
Captain Coleman Anderson...
257
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...and his crew are finally
ready to start fishing.
258
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The first pot of the season
we pull out...
259
00:22:41,000 --> 00:22:44,000
...hopefully we hit the big mother load.
260
00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:48,000
- All right, here we go.
- Round one.
261
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Awash in a sea of troubles,
the Western Viking...
262
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:12,000
...pulls its first pots on board.
263
00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000
- Zero.
- Three.
264
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:22,000
A bad day has just got worse.
265
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:35,000
- One.
- Zero-one.
266
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The crew is stacking the pots on deck.
There's no reason to relaunch them.
267
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:47,000
A little annoyed here.
268
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,000
- Five, fat boy.
- Five, fat boy.
269
00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:01,000
- 05, 05.
- Five, Roger.
270
00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000
Came up five.
271
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,000
A little better than a crab an hour.
272
00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:10,000
The crew of the Western Viking
273
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,000
are risking their lives
for less than minimum wage.
274
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,000
07.
275
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:18,000
After 20 pots, they have only
62 crab on board.
276
00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:20,000
They were hoping for 600.
277
00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:26,000
First string didn't do very well.
Didn't impress us here.
278
00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:31,000
Coleman understates the obvious.
279
00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000
His small catch is a big problem.
280
00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:37,000
Now, he must scramble to find better
fishing grounds before the season runs out.
281
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:41,000
Since it will take an hour to get
to the pots, the crew finally gets a break.
282
00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:51,000
It seems like there's nothing
around here.
283
00:24:51,000 --> 00:24:55,000
But we still have our hopes up.
Just got to wait.
284
00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,000
We are all going to try to go non-stop
two, three days without sleep.
285
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,000
So whenever we can get
a half-hour in, that'd be great.
286
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,000
We're still searching.
287
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,000
85 miles to the southeast
on the Northwestern...
288
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:14,000
...Captain Sig Hansen has been driving
his crew through the night.
289
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:19,000
It's taken almost 15 hours to bait
and drop every pot on board...
290
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,000
...the 126-foot vessel.
291
00:25:22,000 --> 00:25:26,000
Greenhorn Bradford Davis baits up
the last pot on board.
292
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:32,000
Oh, that's a beautiful sight
we got here. One last pot.
293
00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:46,000
Exhausted and ready to rest,
the boys are surprised...
294
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:48,000
...by Captain Sig's next move.
295
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:51,000
A detour to pick up more pots
from a storage area.
296
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:54,000
We have 50 pots stored there.
297
00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,000
After we get these on
and toss them off somewhere...
298
00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:00,000
...then they'll get a little nap,
and they'll be good to go.
299
00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,000
And run up, grab the last 50...
300
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:07,000
...and then run them down the hill
someplace and slap them out.
301
00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,000
It's too little time for any real rest...
302
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:14,000
...and for one crew member, rest is
the last thing on his to-do list.
303
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:18,000
All right, more bait. More bait.
Bring them on board.
304
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,000
This is for two. We'll probably need
to go bait like we were before.
305
00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000
How long, a couple?
306
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:30,000
Run a couple, two, three hours,
depending on where we're done setting them.
307
00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:35,000
Should be a couple of 20,
20, 30 miles away...
308
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,000
...and go pick up 50 more pots.
309
00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,000
Bring those down here,
maybe check some, check some pots...
310
00:26:40,000 --> 00:26:42,000
...see if there's sign
of life, of crab.
311
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:45,000
Set the 50 up.
Always just our hauling here.
312
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:49,000
While the rest of the crew takes a break,
the greenhorn will have to grind...
313
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,000
...and prep the bait for 50 pots.
314
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:57,000
Each pot requires 18 pounds of bait,
a combination of frozen mackerel...
315
00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:00,000
...which is ground up...
316
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:03,000
...and herring and fresh cod, which are
cut into large pieces and hooked.
317
00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:07,000
Forty more bags to go.
318
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:11,000
A deckhand cuts his own break short
to pitch in and help Bradford.
319
00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,000
See how I put my arm?
Never put it like this.
320
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:25,000
The Northwestern nears the storage area,
321
00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:29,000
and the rest of the crew suit up and head
out on deck to start pulling empty pots.
322
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,000
Edgar checks on Bradford's progress.
323
00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:42,000
Kind of hoping, hoping to see
how the kid would keep up.
324
00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:44,000
I'm going over to help him now.
325
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,000
He'll keep up now.
326
00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:50,000
We'll see how many bags he's got done
by the time we get 50 pots on board.
327
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:52,000
- Absolutely.
328
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:55,000
For every bag that's missing,
that's ten minutes of sleep lost.
329
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:58,000
Dear God.
330
00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:03,000
Kid's doing all right. He needs a little
kick in the pants once in a while.
331
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,000
A few crab have climbed
onto the empty pots.
332
00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,000
- Holy crap!
333
00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:13,000
I guess the pot with no bait in it,
two, three crab on top, that's a good sign.
334
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:19,000
For the rookie, this is a big moment.
The first time he gets to see...
335
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:21,000
...a king crab up close.
336
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:23,000
- They look like aliens to me, but...
- I've been up for 24 hours, so...
337
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,000
They're not funny looking. They're gorgeous.
338
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:29,000
Look like giant dollar signs.
339
00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:40,000
- Southwest winds 35 knots...
- ...seas 14 feet...
340
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,000
...by the southern sea at midnight.
341
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:50,000
130 miles northwest of Dutch Harbor,
342
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,000
the Sea Star is not fishing.
It's catching.
343
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:57,000
Captain Larry Hendricks' seasoned crew
344
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,000
has been pulling up some sweet pots
since midnight.
345
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:02,000
At 4:00 a.m., they're still on the crab.
346
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,000
61.
347
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,000
61.
348
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,000
69.
349
00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,000
79.
350
00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:33,000
With an average haul of 60 crab
at $30 a piece...
351
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,000
...each pot is worth almost $2,000.
352
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,000
Captain Hendricks may have been right.
353
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:41,000
"Old age and treachery
might outbox youth and skill."
354
00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:51,000
Even with the good pots, the long night
still makes tempers grow short.
355
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,000
Get the hell out of the way, John.
You don't belong here.
356
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,000
Go away!
357
00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:00,000
As the crew prepares to pull another pot,
John the greenhorn wanders over.
358
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,000
Sorting table.
359
00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:16,000
More crab means more work,
360
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,000
and more work is tiring.
361
00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:21,000
Fatigue changes all men,
young and old.
362
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:33,000
- Can you help me?
- Get down here!
363
00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:37,000
- Yeah, help me with this deck.
- Get over here!
364
00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:40,000
John flounders around the deck
all through the grueling night,
365
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,000
trying to learn the ropes.
366
00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:47,000
But the veterans are also
starting to crack.
367
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:59,000
By the time the last pot
of the string is pulled...
368
00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:02,000
...Kenny is practically sleepwalking.
369
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:10,000
The crew has only a short break
before the next string of pots.
370
00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:14,000
Don's had it with the greenhorn.
371
00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:17,000
- You have to listen more
and think less.
372
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,000
- It slows me down
if he doesn't do it.
373
00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,000
- Plus, someone
who is unsteady is dangerous.
374
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:27,000
And it seems that Kenny's
just had it.
375
00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:31,000
I'll tell you what. If someone
beats my ass up that hard,
376
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,000
fucking drags me down like that,
like fishing does to him,
377
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,000
I wouldn't even do it.
378
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:40,000
I'd fucking call it quits.
You can't move without...
379
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:44,000
groaning. If it's that bad,
why the fuck are you going to come back?
380
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,000
I honestly think he's coming up here
in hopes that he'll keel over on deck.
381
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,000
As the mood aboard the Sea Star
starts to turn sour,
382
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,000
so does the fishing.
383
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:11,000
For this string, the numbers of crab
in the pots are much smaller.
384
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,000
- What'd you say, Ken?
- Nine.
385
00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:16,000
- Niner.
386
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,000
For Captain Larry Hendricks,
it's time for a big decision,
387
00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,000
one that will determine the outcome
of his season.
388
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,000
Another set of ten pots. Well, it don't
look like it's going to be anything great.
389
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:32,000
I split my gear and spread it out
over two different areas,
390
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,000
and, now, it's the time to pick
which area I'm going to fish in.
391
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:41,000
So we'll just pick these pots up,
we'll stack them up, and then move.
392
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:44,000
I'm headed up north.
393
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,000
We're going to take a gamble and hope
that we set right on top...
394
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,000
...of the major school.
395
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,000
If we lose, well, we lose.
If we win, well, we'll keep on smiling.
396
00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:54,000
The Fierce Allegiance
is plowing northwest
397
00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,000
after Captain Tony LaRussa's losing gamble
on a long-abandoned fishing ground.
398
00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,000
Some boats already have 100,000
dollars' worth of crab on board.
399
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:12,000
The Fierce Allegiance
has less than 5,000.
400
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,000
Now, they're racing the clock
to get the pots in the water
401
00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:18,000
and out again before the season ends.
A break and a meal is long overdue.
402
00:33:22,000 --> 00:33:25,000
Erik Abrahamson, the 42-year-old
greenhorn, is preparing bait...
403
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,000
...for the pots,
404
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,000
but he's falling far behind.
405
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:39,000
Still trying to get caught up
because of the greenhorn.
406
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,000
He's not putting all of it into it,
and it's a shame.
407
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,000
Erik's special forces training
and raw liver recipe
408
00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:54,000
don't seem to be helping him
one bit.
409
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:58,000
- Yeah, yeah.
- Hey, get in here and eat.
410
00:33:58,000 --> 00:34:02,000
- There's setups left.
- Dude, we can all do it while we sit,
411
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,000
just like we did last time.
Get in here.
412
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,000
Yeah, we only got like half
of what we need.
413
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:15,000
Sam is eager to get
some food in the crew,
414
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,000
but Erik is dragging
the whole boat down.
415
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:21,000
Get a chance to change clothes, get
something to drink, have a water,
416
00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,000
something like that.
417
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:27,000
But no, everybody's got to haul ass
now and pick up his slack.
418
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:37,000
The pot count.
419
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:41,000
Every boat is on the scoreboard,
but it's still anyone's game.
420
00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,000
Eighty miles due east,
421
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:48,000
Captain Roger Strong and the crew
of the Saga are on the crab.
422
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:10,000
- Thirty-three!
423
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,000
- Yeah, praise God, we're definitely
doing good, for the first order anyways.
424
00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:24,000
- Sixteen!
- Twenty-six!
425
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:35,000
- Thirty!
426
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:38,000
- Wow, cool!
427
00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,000
- Twenty-nine!
428
00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:57,000
Without warning, the number of crab
coming up in the pots drops dramatically.
429
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:03,000
- Seven.
- Eight.
430
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:08,000
And many of the crab are too small
to be keepers and must be tossed back.
431
00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:19,000
The Saga has gone from 30-plus
keepers a pot down to two,
432
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,000
and all on the same string.
433
00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:27,000
- Dead left.
434
00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,000
- Crab are on the move.
We've lost them.
435
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,000
Now, instead of sleep, this crew
can look forward to baiting
436
00:36:37,000 --> 00:36:41,000
and dropping another string of pots
in a new location.
437
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,000
I'm extremely tired.
438
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,000
With a faint hint of the coming dawn
in the eastern sky,
439
00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,000
the Western Viking is setting pots
in a new location.
440
00:37:11,000 --> 00:37:15,000
So far, they've endured a broken hold
and a busted catch.
441
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:19,000
Their big-money season
is slipping away.
442
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:25,000
Guys are a little tired. We've been
working all through the night.
443
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:29,000
We had some nausea with the fish hold.
444
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:32,000
After only one catnap in 24 hours,
445
00:37:32,000 --> 00:37:35,000
fatigue and frustration is taking hold
in the younger deckhands.
446
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:39,000
We probably only had
a half-an-hour break.
447
00:37:39,000 --> 00:37:43,000
It's like I laid down,
and it came out to be only
448
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,000
a 15-minute break.
449
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:48,000
So much for a quick nap.
I'm not a happy camper right now.
450
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,000
It's always like that.
They say three miles, you stay out on deck,
451
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,000
but it's really six miles.
452
00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:02,000
And then they say four miles
to try to run inside,
453
00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:03,000
and then it's only one mile.
454
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,000
We don't ask for much. We just
want a little bit of honesty.
455
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:10,000
Skippers lie all the time. How come
they just can't say it like it is,
456
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,000
you know? So then they won't
be lying all the damn time.
457
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:17,000
All crewmen are second-guessing each
other as well as the captain.
458
00:38:17,000 --> 00:38:21,000
But if you're at the top of the pecking
order, you're going to get the majority
459
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,000
of it directed to you. It's a tough deal.
460
00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:29,000
Ask me, have I slept? No.
461
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,000
- You feel getting frustrated?
Are you frustrated?
462
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000
- No, I have my routine.
463
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:37,000
- Well, our captain has...
- Captain's got a pretty important job.
464
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:39,000
- I don't care.
465
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:46,000
Quit whining, get to work,
get to work, get to work!
466
00:38:47,000 --> 00:38:52,000
Seventy miles to the northeast,
the Sea Star has been hauling pots
467
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:53,000
through the night.
468
00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,000
Oh well, let's see what
the next one brings.
469
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:06,000
On a quick break before
the next string of pots,
470
00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:10,000
Captain Larry ducks below to update
the crew on the fleet's progress.
471
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,000
All right boys, I got
the findings here.
472
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:18,000
The Fierce Allegiance has 1,334
crabs first go-around.
473
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:23,000
The Saga, 1,300, and the Lucky Lady
at 700.
474
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,000
Anyway, we got 1,627,
475
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:31,000
so looks like... one, two, we're third.
476
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,000
So now we got another 85 pots to go,
477
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,000
but these are the numbers
we got to beat tomorrow.
478
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:41,000
Yeah, do we got to put
our rally caps on?
479
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,000
It's not over yet, either.
We got a long ways to go.
480
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,000
Like Boston, we're going
for the sweep.
481
00:39:47,000 --> 00:39:49,000
- I think the Packers won.
- I know, Packers won.
482
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,000
- Go Packers!
483
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,000
- He who laughs last, laughs last,
laughs last, laughs best.
484
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:59,000
- It's "he who laughs last, laughs,
laughs the loudest."
485
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,000
For these fishermen, a full crab hold
486
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,000
and a healthy crew
are the measures of success.
487
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,000
But the Bering Sea can be fickle,
488
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,000
giving and taking at will.
489
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,000
Experienced captains know
to enjoy the taste of victory...
490
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,000
...while it lasts.
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