Season 5 (2009)

Everything on the Line
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April 14, 2009

The 2008 King crab fleet faces huge stakes - before boats even cast off. Skippers Keith and Phil could be sidelined by life threat...Read more

Red Skies in the Morning
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April 21, 2009 • 1h

A vicious storm kicks up and a Mayday goes out. The Skippers are glued to their radios -- waiting to hear the fate of 11 brother f...Read more

Stay Focused or Die
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April 28, 2009

The fleet is still dialing into the crab, and already a typhoon has taken its toll. A boat has sunk - and bone-chilling accounts o...Read more

Put Up or Shut Up
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May 5, 2009

It¹s week four of King Crab Season. Seven souls have perished, but the fishermen soldier on, in the hunt for crab. Grueling hours...Read more

Long Haul, Short Fuses
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May 12, 2009

Crab pots still come up empty and the skippers are out of ideas. Low bait and long grinds take our crews to dark places -- the sma...Read more

Deadline
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May 19, 2009

A new deadline is set: an upcoming drop in the price of king crab has the skippers rushing to finish their season. But crew battl...Read more

Down to the Wire
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May 26, 2009

The King Crab Season is down to the wire and skippers are desperate to top off their quotas. It's looking bleak as crews pick thro...Read more

Payback Time
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June 2, 2009

The 2008 King crab season is over with and It's the start of the 2009 Opilio Crab Season. Anything the Bering Sea held back during...Read more

No Second Chances
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June 9, 2009

In this episode the fleet arrives on the Opi Grounds and boats struggle with ice, big seas, and bad information to hunt down the c...Read more

Sea of Misery
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June 16, 2009

It's week three of the Opilio Crab Season. Long hours and miserable conditions already have the crabbers turning on each other. Bo...Read more

Lockout
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June 23, 2009

After weeks battling freezing spray, forty foot waves, and sub-zero temperatures, skippers have begun plugging their boats with Op...Read more

A Slap in the Face or Kick in the Butt
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June 30, 2009 • 50m

Halfway through the season, each skipper faces his own personal form of hell. Frozen crab, frozen gear, and a frozen harbor chill ...Read more

Ends of the Earth
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July 7, 2009

When the fleet gets word of great fishing by the ice pack, the chase is on to the ends of the earth! Two egos collide, when Keith ...Read more

Bitter Tears
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July 14, 2009

Weeks into the Opilio Season, the fleet is bone tired and desperate for home. As delirium sets in, deadly, rib-crunching mistakes ...Read more

Day of Reckoning
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July 21, 2009 • 1h

The Opilio season is almost over, but an arctic storm front has the skippers on edge. The boats race to plug their tanks with crab...Read more

Shipwrecked
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July 28, 2009

It's the final 24 hours of the 2009 Opilio crab season. A savage arctic storm causes multiple vessels to send out maydays. The Coa...Read more