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NARRATOR: The 15th round.
[Bell rings] I'm trying to [bleep] help you! Cheat me out of it, and they use me.
NARRATOR: The final mile.
EDGAR: We are so screwed.
NARRATOR: No human pursuit takes more out of a man than the final week of a crab season What the hell, man? Let's get going.
We're wasting our day here.
Ka-ching! [Man whistles] MAN: Yay! Welcome aboard, boys.
[Laughs] [Cheering] NARRATOR: as the hunt continues for the deadliest catch.
[M id-tempo rock music plays] Whoo! Yeah! Aah! NARRATOR: 170 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor is the 155-foot Wizard.
KEITH: Once we hit that last string, everybody gets pumped, you know? They know that the light's at the end of the tunnel.
We just got to haul a few more pots, put a few more crab in the tank, and get out of here.
NARRATOR: To beat the drop in price for crab and finish out the season, Captain Keith has worked his crew for 36 straight hours.
And now it's time for one final push.
[Guitar plays] Time to work [Laughs] Time to go to work 1.
6 miles Time to go to work [Laughs] As far as that music goes, don't quit your day job.
KEITH: Gonna be there in one mile! Don't make me sing any more.
One 20-pot string left to haul, and we're done.
And that's it.
We're done for the season.
NARRATOR: And on the Bering Sea, there's nothing better to wake up to than pots stuffed with keepers.
[Cheering] [Scottish accent] This is a keeper 'cause it's [bleep] huge! [Laughs] KEITH: Oh, yeah.
Guys are pumped up.
[Laughter] But when you're flying home, boy, that's a beautiful thing.
We got a little work to do before that happens, but at least we know we're there.
We're going to town, boys! One more.
MAN: Yeah.
There it is.
MAN #2: Whoo! [Laughs] That's it, guys.
- Good job.
- Whoo! Bring her in.
Let's go to town.
Yee-haw! Yes, that's right.
Going home.
We're good.
Can't wait to go and play.
Go spend all the money so you have to come back and do it all over again.
It started slow, but it ended strong.
Came out Basically cleaned up the rest of our season.
Over 15, 000 crab, one time through the gear.
It couldn't have ended any better.
NARRATOR: is the 125-foot Northwestern.
Captain Sig's king crab season could best be described as average.
Damn it.
NARRATOR: Now the Norwegian skipper finds himself adrift in a sea of indecision.
Just dying on the vine out here, man.
It's like a desert, you know? We've had gear that we've pulled earlier on through here.
It had a three average.
So we're just gonna have to keep grinding, man.
We just need a little over a thousand crab, and then we can go in with what we need.
You know, it's gonna be right down to the wire.
The good news is we've got some pots on board, and we can go set them anywhere.
NARRATOR: The battle-weary crew has been grinding on deck for 53 straight hours and now has no energy or interest in humoring Captain Sig with any answers.
With the clock rapidly ticking down to a 5% drop in market price, Sig needs to get off the fence and get on the crab NARRATOR: Or face losing tens of thousands of dollars.
I'm freaking out right now.
[Groans] NARRATOR: As Captain Sig drifts without a plan, 90 miles to the northeast is the 128-foot Cornelia Marie.
MAN: Hey! Hey! GAM RATH: Any luck at all, we'll get a 25 average out of the stuff I got over to the west before we have to go into town.
Hello.
Welcome aboard, boys.
NARRATOR: After weeks of miserable fishing, relief skipper M urray Gamrath has finally found a vein of crab.
But it may be too little and too late.
On the 13th, I have to leave.
And it's the 11 th.
About 36 hours, basically.
NARRATOR: The Cornelia Marie's been at sea for 12 days and M urray's pushing the limits of how long the crab can survive in the holds.
GAM RATH: Well, this is a long trip.
When I have this thing loaded, I'll be looking at over a million dollars in product to us.
We hardly ever have dead loss.
So until the product is off this boat, I'm always worried.
NARRATOR: Long days and dismal fishing have beaten the crew down both mentally and physically.
And for young Jake Harris, the last two weeks of backbreaking work have proven to be just that.
JOSH: That work? You just twist and then try to breathe in at the same time.
It [bleep] hurts.
And then you try to bend over, and it hurts.
Right now it just hurts.
But you try not to complain, you know? It puts people in a bad mood.
NARRATOR: Since his first crab season just three years ago, Jake Harris has been a chip off the old block, not letting injury, adversity, or common sense interfere with getting the job done.
[Grunting] [Phil grunting] I think there's shots weigh more than he does.
I can see his wrist is bothering him, and he won't complain.
He wants to be a tough guy.
You ain't a man until you pull a tooth out with a pair of pliers.
Just give it a yank.
Animal! Till it hurts bad enough to where I can't do it, I'm gonna do it.
NARRATOR: But when Josh steps in to help little brother Jake preserve his back, he ends up stepping on his pride.
I can't pull a buoy in? I can't pull a buoy in? Jake, you got to take into consideration we have to look after you because you're hurting.
I don't want to fight with you.
I try to tell you nicely, and you argue.
You're arguing again.
- MAN: Calm down! - [Bleep] For your back.
And it's like we try to help you out.
I thank you for that, except, Josh, when I'm pulling on a buoy, it doesn't affect my back.
You don't have to run up and try to rip it out of my hands.
- There's other jobs.
- Like what? Like you can be behind me, coiling it up maybe instead of you ripping it out of my hand.
You stick to coiling, because when you're not there, when nobody's there but me, I always do the same [bleep] routine.
You got to learn that it's not your routine.
It's whatever needs to be done on the boat.
If you see it needs to be done, then [bleep] do it.
We got to nurse you because your back's [bleep] up.
All right, Jake.
You're the big guy.
I'm not the big guy.
I'm trying to help you.
You keep coming up "I don't want to bother you.
" You're bothering me.
- I'm trying to [bleep] help you.
- Help me? One pot, Jake.
It's not like it's a repeat thing.
Oh, my God, he's [bleep] like talking to a brick [bleep] wall, dude, seriously.
That's why everyone's all worked up right there.
See that? A full moon.
It's pulling *** the boys today.
Pulling hard.
I'm just trying to make it so it's not two or three or four or five pots! Shut the [bleep] up.
You shut up, dude.
Give me a [bleep] break.
NARRATOR: 185 miles to the northeast of Dutch Harbor is the 125-foot Northwestern.
And she's going nowhere fast.
MAN: 37, 47.
You know, good numbers.
On 14 hours, that's 23 crab.
I got to check this out.
There's a little ridge here, man.
It's not on the chart.
NARRATOR: Deciding where to drop the last of his pots has lead Sig to a place just shy of desperation.
He's spent the last two hours radio fishing.
I was all the way up to that edge.
I wanted to set south of here a little bit, but then He was fishing northwest-southeast.
East.
Southeast.
[Groans] Northwest.
Something's going on.
I think this ridge runs northeast-southwest Oh, farther north the better, and all this bull [bleep] You're probably right, and they just went straight east.
Or whatever happened.
And I'm pretty sure Sven is up here to the north.
NARRATOR: After hailing any skipper that'll listen, Sig taps into his Norwegian connections.
[Speaking Norwegian] [Man speaking Norwegian] Wow.
You're on fire.
All right, Jeff.
That's a good tip.
That's the best bet we got, you know? NARRATOR: Finally, after hours of deliberation, the skipper has a game plan.
SIG: Well, I'm happy to find something we can get a pick on maybe, you know? Just need a few little spots, and then they add up pretty fast.
What the hell, man? These pots are empty.
Let's *** them on and move them.
Let's get going.
We're wasting our day here.
But we can't say that 'cause that's not our place.
NARRATOR: But deck boss Edgar is skeptical of any hand-me-downs big brother Sig gets over the radio.
So I don't want to say too much 'cause I don't want to get in trouble.
Guy's not gonna give up a good spot.
Even if he is your best friend.
'Cause he's got crab to catch, too.
But when you're desperate, it all sounds good.
It's hard to keep a positive attitude, you know, when you're pulling a lot of single digits and grinding like that.
NARRATOR: Fishing 80 miles to the northeast is the 128-foot Cornelia Marie.
[I ndistinct shouting] Finally caught something.
Finally caught something.
NARRATOR: Relief skipper M urray Gamrath continues to haul It actually feels good after hauling a bunch of blanks.
[Laughs] ANDERSON: Yeah, no, after seeing what we had been seeing, you know, it's revitalizing to everybody, you know, to see a pot come up half full.
NARRATOR: And for the Harris brothers, good crab has a way of mending all wounds.
JAKE: Our little fight you know, we both have probable cause for it, you know? We're just both tired, you know? You got to take into consideration we have to look after you because you're hurting.
I try to help him any which way I can.
He's just stubborn.
Doesn't want to accept help.
When I'm pulling on a buoy, it doesn't affect my back.
Too bad we couldn't have that fight in Seattle.
We'd be buying each other drinks with a couple black eyes right now.
You know, it's just one of those deals.
We're crab fisherman.
We fight.
We get over it.
This isn't the Love Boat, you know? If you can't argue with your o Aah! Definitely is not the Love Boat.
If can't argue with your own brother, who can you argue with? M y face hurts.
That was a good slap.
Pound, brother.
NARRATOR: Dawn breaks over the Cornelia Marie.
Last string of the season.
Glad when it's over with.
Last string of the season, baby, coming up! Let's fire it up! Fire this [bleep] Fire it up! Fire it up! Fire it up! Fire it up! Oh, man, I'm getting tag-teamed! Man down! Not down! Okay, take it easy.
Take it easy now.
Oh, I think the morale's good.
Considering how hard I've worked them.
NARRATOR: The 50-day marathon of pain is finally grinding to a close.
Well, it hasn't been an easy one.
We never really got any big numbers, so we just had to kind of grind on it.
They're trying to get out.
They keep on trying to climb out, so they must be close to the top.
Be able to stuff a few more in there.
This is the last pot right here, guys.
Last pot of the season.
Last pot of the season, baby, coming up! Sweet! You know, I don't know.
He looks like he wants to stay and fish some more.
[Laughs] Yes! - Season's over! - Last pot of the season! Yeah, baby! Yes! Sweet! We're going home! Home sweet home! Yeah! Oh! Another deposit into the bank.
That's it.
Finito, finished, done.
NARRATOR: With 200, 000 pounds of king crab stuffed in the tanks, M urray's only hurdle is keeping his precious cargo alive for the 30-hour steam to port.
GAM RATH: Over 400, 000 pounds we caught this season.
It's been a long season.
You always wish to get it done in a hurry.
But for the amount of crab that we got to catch, we're getting it done in a reasonable amount of time.
It's been one of those seasons.
NARRATOR: 180 miles northeast of Dutch Harbor is the 125-foot Northwestern.
Captain Sig Hansen spent the last 15 hours dropping three 50-pot Hail Mary strings, gambling his gear and the fate of his season on radio crab.
MAVAR JR: I hope we have an awesome day.
It should be very awesome.
Awesome.
'Cause we weren't having such an awesome day a couple days ago.
I've decided to use the word "awesome" to turn it around.
We're gonna turn and burn as much gear as we can until about 3:00 to 4:00 A.
M.
So everything's just right down to the wire for us again.
[Coughs] Daylight come and me want to go home * Day-o * Please! Let there be crab.
Oh [bleep] [Grunts] SIG: You know, there's nothing you can do about it.
Pick up and move, run, burn fuel, waste your time, spin your wheels when you can settle down and grind.
Same [bleep] different day.
NARRATOR: Radio fishing is a bust.
Captain Sig's averaging a whopping eight keepers a pot.
SIG: Really down to the wire for us.
We really got to hustle to get as much pulled now as we can.
I want to try to haul 300 pots, and then hopefully we'll have enough to go in with.
SIG: Aah.
The Bering Sea has definitely turned the crab switch off.
Somebody turned off the faucet on us.
The crabs are hiding.
That was eight crab.
Eight.
The ocean is just not cooperating the last couple of days here.
So I got a feeling it's gonna be down to the wire all the way to the bitter end.
NARRATOR: While Sig hopes the crab gods answer at least one of his Hail Marys fishing 3, 200 miles southeast of the crab fleet in the crystal blue waters of San Carlos, Mexico MAN: Oh, yeah! Yeah! Yeah, baby! NARRATOR: are the Hillstrands.
[I ndistinct shouting] Whoo! Yeah, baby! Look at that! Here we go! Yeah! What do you think? It's We don't know.
And we decided to use the number-30 sunscreen.
That's our biggest dilemma today was what kind of sunscreen to use.
[I ndistinct conversation] You're next! The crab fleet is somewhere north of Dutch Harbor, still finishing up their king crab season.
Yeah! Sorry you're still out there, guys.
We'll catch a marlin for you.
Whoo! M mm.
I'm in paradise.
Paradise.
MAN: [Laughs] Let's see that.
Yeah, that's the fish dance.
Fish dance.
Way-down-south bandits.
Way down, south of Mexico.
NARRATOR: Steaming a mile outside the mouth of Dutch Harbor is the 155-foot Wizard.
With the grueling now lying in his wake, Captain Keith has one final decision to make.
Josh is probably about as good as we've seen out here in a long time for a greenhorn.
You got to watch your [bleep] You hear that? You.
KEITH: Kid just got on the boat.
Picture of his girlfriend doesn't belong in the bait station.
NARRATOR: Despite the hardships, the 22-year-old greenhorn stepped up and finished strong.
KEITH: Josh met all of our expectations.
Did extremely well.
When I first started, you know, like, I was amped up.
You know, do a good job.
NARRATOR: I n an uncharacteristic move, Keith calls the greenhorn to the wheelhouse.
You did a great job.
I'm hoping you'll come back for opies.
You want to? - Oh, yeah.
- Good.
Right on.
NARRATOR: The greenhorn may have gotten the rare attaboy from the skipper, but first mate Gary Soper has other plans.
SOPER: Josh has been a very good greenhorn, but this has got to be done.
It's just so we can get our sick little laughs off of it, I think.
I got the brass tubing from the engine room, just made it look like a horn.
That's believable, isn't it? Okay.
That's perfect right there.
The ptarmigan horn.
Fishing vessel Wizard.
Greenhorn Warner? This signifies the end of your first crab season.
Now you're part of the crew.
You did a pretty good job.
Don't let it go to your head.
All right.
Just take a deep breath and give a hard blow.
Ptarmigan call.
[Laughing] He's pretty dusty right now.
He's got white eyelashes.
It's a rite of passage, kid.
All right.
You passed.
Welcome to the crew of the Wizard.
NARRATOR: With the greenhorn officially baptized, the Wizard arrives in Dutch Harbor.
Land ho.
That's the next stop, right there.
I love coming to Dutch with a load of crab.
When you know you've got your crab in the tanks, you know all the boys are healthy.
That's a pretty damn good feeling.
I n fact, it doesn't get any better than that.
NARRATOR: The crew may be intact, but 49-year-old deckhand Lenny Lekanoff is feeling every one of the 25 years he's worked on the Bering Sea.
LEKANOFF: It does hurt getting up.
After a couple days of getting started you know, go to bed, get up it hurts.
[Chuckles] NARRATOR: As the off-load begins, up in the wheelhouse, the old salt blindsides the Colburns.
How mad are you guys gonna be if I tell you I'm quitting? - Are you dead serious? - Yes.
- Really? - I'm retiring.
Like, after this red king crab season, Lenny? - You're not going out for opies? - Nope.
Holy crap, Lenny.
Lenny, this is like a sucker punch to the gut, man! Sorry, but I've been promising my 16-year-old daughter for three years now "One more season.
" And she got mad at me last year and threatened me, and here I am, still here.
I think it's the aches and pains are starting to mount a little bit.
Yeah.
It's a lot harder out there at our age than people think.
You've been absolutely stellar.
And it's been a pleasure having you on here.
I'm not gonna say goodbye yet 'cause I know it's not goodbye yet.
NARRATOR: As night falls of Dutch Harbor, the haggard Northwestern crew steams towards its last Hail Mary string.
I'm sore, and I'm tired right now.
EDGAR: Hungry, wet, cold.
I figure I can work till about 3:00 A.
M.
So I've got time to rip these 20 hopefully there's crab in them blast them out, get out of here by 3:00 A.
M.
Bottom line is every crab counts for us right now.
NARRATOR: The five-man crew has slaved for nearly two straight days of work.
I think everybody's just going through the motions right now.
NARRATOR: They'll have to suck it up until the last 4, 000 pounds are in the tanks.
I nconsistent radio fishing has meant more strings and longer hours.
SIG: Hopefully, we got enough crab, enough gear we'll get what we need here.
We got two more strings after this.
We've got what we need to go in with and fulfill the quota that we had.
As long as the weather cooperates here now, we can get the hell out of here.
I want to go home.
Last pot.
MAN: All right.
Go ahead, go ahead.
Yeah.
Look at that.
That's a new item.
- EDGAR: Oh, God! Oh! [Bleep] - [Laughing] We got it! Definitely we got it! Yeah! Yeah! Going a little nuts with the fireworks, aren't they? Knock it off.
Put it down.
Put it down.
Northwesternl [Laughs] I think the Coast Guard can tell the difference between a signal flare and fireworks.
NARRATOR: After spending nearly 15 days at sea, the Cornelia Marie makes her way into Dutch Harbor for the final off-load of king crab.
GAM RATH: We just popped the hatch, and I'm gonna go down and take a look at it.
Very few crab with barnacles on it.
This is A-number-1 crab here.
All nice stuff.
Looks real lively.
And they want to get out, so that looks good.
Crab everywhere.
More crab than I ever seen.
MAN: Whoo! Aah! Aah! Everything's looking good right now.
Probably 42, 000, We'll see how our numbers actually jive.
NARRATOR: But the victory dance is short-lived.
There's a sizable amount of dead crab in the first tank.
JOSH: First tank, there's a little bit of dead loss.
It's the crab that's the oldest, and we're hoping that it doesn't amount to a lot.
There's probably 40 crab in there.
Couple thousand dollars worth of crab in there.
That comes out of our pocket.
I'm just about ready to break down and cry.
No good.
NARRATOR: If the next five tanks are anything like the first, the dead loss could be catastrophic.
EISENBARTH: Tank number 2 we're going into.
Hopefully we'll have a little better luck in this one.
NARRATOR: The second tank is loaded with dead loss.
GAM RATH: Too long of a trip.
That's the deal.
Tried to get too much on the boat.
Didn't beat them up or anything.
It just got held on the boat too long.
So, I mean, that's just tried to do what I could do and did all I could.
So there's not much I can say about it.
JOSH: We're looking at roughly $ 12, 500 that we lost out on.
You're always gonna have a few dead ones.
You know, you expect some dead loss.
But you got to deliver them live or you don't get paid for them.
They come off the quotas.
NARRATOR: With over 2, 500 pounds of dead loss and counting, each deckhand has already lost over 2, 000 bucks.
GAM RATH: I'm stressed out.
Right about now I would like some peace and quiet.
NARRATOR: As the Cornelia Marie crew hopes to salvage something from their last haul the mighty Northwestern enters the mouth of the harbor, barely making the deadline for their final off-load of the season.
The crew has endured yet another marathon grind.
And for 27-year-old Jake Anderson, another stripe is well earned.
Jake got to run the hydros.
Not very smoothly, but he did.
NARRATOR: For the kid, it was six weeks of physical and mental torment.
Listen to his bull [bleep] All [bleep] day.
[Bleep] him.
NARRATOR: But Jake rallied, pushing to take on more responsibilities, especially at the rail Hey, I know what you're trying to do.
Go slow.
The boat starts rolling around, you pull that [bleep] You're gonna [bleep] Somebody up.
NARRATOR: And, thankfully, managed not to kill anyone.
He is already a kick-*** fisherman.
He's just got to know his limitations.
Try to get him in rotation here next trip a little more so I can get my What do you call it? Exercise on the hook, on the rail.
Check the doors! We're in Dutch Harbor.
Just pulled the lid off.
About to start off-loading our crab.
Hopefully we have enough.
That was kind of the idea behind the long last two days that we had.
Two days of hell.
So hopefully that paid off.
NARRATOR: Now Captain Sig has banked on their last Hail Mary string to close out the last of his 4, 000-pound quota.
We thought the crab might be a little bit bigger than that.
We got 10, 000 crab on board, which puts us at about 67, 000 pounds.
But towards the end of our trip, the crab got bigger, so that number could change.
Last brailer.
NARRATOR: After five hours of off-loading, the final weights are in.
Last count I had was 73, 201.
I don't know what they're getting out of a brailer.
That's 75, 000 pounds.
Supposed to be $5.
40 a pound.
We're looking at $5.
25 on the ticket.
But after they see the crab, they should give me the $5.
40.
If they don't give me $5.
40, they will never see me again.
NARRATOR: Although Captain Sig made the deadline by the skin of his teeth, the cannery is trying to push the lower price on the skipper.
And when every penny counts, Sig could lose up to $ 12, 000.
Across the docks on the Cornelia Marie MAN: Marcus, that's [bleep] up.
NARRATOR: After 12 hours, M urray has accumulated almost half a tank full of dead loss.
This is the last tank here.
We got 155, 000.
Probably another 5, 000 dead.
That was the longest crab trip of my crabbing career.
I've never seen crab sit on a boat that long, you know? Two weeks 14 days is a long time for crab to sit there.
They're not the strongest things ever.
They're gonna die.
We got a giant pile of it.
Can't be helped.
You can't sell the dead ones.
I do hate to see them.
I can't wait to get them off the [bleep] boat.
I can't hardly stand looking at the [bleep] things anymore now.
[Laughs] NARRATOR: M urray Gamrath has one final duty as relief skipper.
GAM RATH: We are running out far enough that we can start dumping the crab.
NARRATOR: Burial at sea.
The Cornelia Marie needs one last trip to finish their quota.
Two weeks later.
The last of the 88-boat Bering Sea crab fleet and the brave fisherman who man them return home to the shelter of Dutch Harbor.
And behind a processing plant in the dark of night, there's a debt to be paid the captains' wager.
MAN: See! [Laughs] PH I L: You're so full of [bleep] - I want it now! - But the guys know.
Unload it now! [Laughter] Well, the bet was Who could screw the other guy? That's what the bet was.
[Keith laughing] Hurry up and wait! NARRATOR: The captains' wager was laid down before the season began.
The rules You're gonna take a 61/2 by, and you're gonna haul it The first five times you haul it are the five scores you get.
MAN: That's perfect.
And that's it.
How much you guys want to ante up? Let's make it interesting.
A grand? Everybody.
That's the bet.
What did you guys have? I ask M urray He's the one driving the boat.
It's my money "How much you get?" "Well, I don't know, uh" you know? You better go dump five pots real quick.
[Laughs] NARRATOR: The Cornelia Marie's subpar season was a sheer indication that winning the wager was well out of reach.
MAN: Damn it! This is the pot that [bleep] counted.
So I don't think we're gonna win the wager.
Yeah, we were counting big ones, little ones.
Nobody said in the bet nobody said that their [bleep] were big.
They have to be 61/2.
We counted both.
Hey, I found another loophole.
They said the most crab out of a six-by pot, right? Roger.
Count every one of them.
I'm gonna go find the biggest garbage pile there is.
[Laughs] Loopholes coming in again, huh? This country was created on loopholes! He cheated, and he still didn't win.
He cheated, and he still didn't win.
NARRATOR: For the third straight year, the captains' wager came down to just two boats the Wizard and last year's defending champion, the Time Bandit.
All right, all right! Oh, yeah, baby! Whoo-hoo! NARRATOR: The race between the two highliners was so close that the winner came down to one final pot.
Come on, baby.
Have some crab in it.
Come on! [Cheering] Oh, it's got something in it.
Oh, that's a nice one.
Ohl That's a dandy.
Yeah, what do you got? - Oh, yeah! - 66, boys.
[Laughs] We're gonna win this thing.
Absolutely.
This is the big one coming up.
Come on, baby.
Come up full.
Yeah, baby! Yeah! Last damn pot! MAN: Oh, yeah, baby! Yeah, baby! Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Yeah! [Laughter] [Laughing] That's a good pot, there, dude.
[Laughs] I think what we got is almost $750 in each of our pockets.
Not bad for the last hurrah.
Don't hate the player.
Hate the game.
Hate the game.
We are the game.
That is [bleep] sweet.
[Laughs] All right, Johnathan.
Congratulations.
Thanks.
Hold on.
I'm sorry.
It went to the crew.
So you give me the [bleep] money.
You guys are just gonna drink it anyway.
[Laughter] PH I L: Here.
You better take it and run.
NARRATOR: With the bet settled, the king crab season is officially closed.
But in two short months, the captains and crews will return for an even greater gauntlet of pain on the winter Bering Sea as the hunt for opilio crab begins.
Hey, bring it in, guys.
Right here.
'09 opies.
Stay safe.
On three.
Ooh! AND Y: Let's get the hell out of here.
I'll buy the first one.
NARRATOR: One of the toughest and most demanding crab seasons is finally over.
The victorious Time Bandit's catch was worth $ 1.
25 million.
Each deckhand went home with 30, 000 bucks.
The Northwestern managed to deliver worth $2.
27 million $51, 800 for each man.
The Wizard's share of the bounty was 1.
78 million bucks.
Each deckhand raked in roughly $32, 000.
The embattled Cornelia Marie's total was $2.
6 million $54, 000 for each man.
The fishermen are cashed out of a high-stakes, multimillion-dollar game.
- Good season, man.
- Yeah, man.
NARRATOR: This year, once again, the Time Bandit held the hot hand.
[Laughs] Yeah, manl Whool That's a wrap.
NARRATOR: But for everyone else, it was catch-as-catch-can.
We're [bleep] NARRATOR: And the crab were playing hide-and-seek.
And it sucks! MAN: Gale warning through Tuesday.
Seas 22 feet.
NARRATOR: Battered by a typhoon Whoo! She's definitely kicked up one more notch.
NARRATOR: beaten down by bad fishing - You're 30 ahead! - Who cares? NARRATOR: The men began to turn on each other.
JAKE ANDERSON: They're the team.
I'm just the [bleep] side [bleep] [bleep] Oh, my God! He's [bleep] like talking to a brick [bleep] wall, dude.
We got a fight on our hands! NARRATOR: I n the end, it was a season of turmoil Everything I own is on the line here! NARRATOR: Triumph Kicking ***, man.
NARRATOR: and tragedy.
On October 22nd, just four days into the king crab season, the 93-foot fishing vessel Katmai sank with all hands.
WOMAN: A distress signal has been detected from the fishing vessel Katmai.
After an exhaustive search tragically, lost their lives, and 4 survivors will never be the same.
And every year, it's the same thing.
There's somebody every year that doesn't make it back.
And that sucks.
NARRATOR: The last great brave adventurers who ply their trade here know just how fragile life can be.
Every day, fishing is a fight against a foe that will never fall the vast Bering Sea.
Check the doors! Gone.
NARRATOR: Now, for the crab fleet, it's time to go home.
M y brother, my captain.
JOHNATHAN: Three years in a row.
Three years in a row, baby.
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Yeah, baby! [Laughs] - We won the bet.
- Yeah! $ 1, 000 for you [bleep] To split up.
MAN: Nice.
Thank you.
NARRATOR: A few short weeks with loved ones, time for their bodies to heal, and a brief moment of comfort until the call of adventure and fortune rings out once again.
And through my veins To live on the edge