[WIND HOWLING]
[OCEAN CRASHING]
Every time a wave hits, it sounds like thunder
when it hits the boat.
NARRATOR: On the Saga--
You can see the steel flex.
We're still setting up for a pick.
Pressures I'm under right now are
to try to get 300 crab because I want my King
Cove delivery out of the way.
NARRATOR: With a scheduled offload looming,
Captain Jake Anderson risks more than just delivering light.
He risks another trip and thousands in fuel and supplies.
Going over!
I don't know if there'll be anything here,
but I am setting deeper.
I'll cover from 47 fathoms to 41 fathoms,
just cover ground that hasn't been covered yet.
NARRATOR: Without a summer survey
to direct him to the biomass, Jake sets 40 pots west
to east and over multiple depths to ensnare
his last 2,100 pounds.
So is this a difficult place to be?
Yeah, but that's just the place I'm in.
What else are we going to do?
You've got to pay the bills.
I'm a fisherman.
[OCEAN CRASHING]
One more pot.
All right, guys.
That was it, last pot.
Let's get the [MUTED] off the deck.
Let's get inside.
Nice job, you guys.
[OCEAN CRASHING]
I'll be jogging right in the middle of this.
Right now, I'm just interested in keeping my guys safe
and trying to keep it controlled as much as you can,
but when you're dealing with Mother Nature, cyclones,
there isn't much control that you do have.
I love fishing in rough weather.
I love getting pounded by waves, but what
I don't want and don't like is, I
don't want anybody to get hurt.
Should I be out here today?
Probably not.
I need 300 crab.
I got to deliver to King Cove, and I don't know
how I'm going to make it work.
NARRATOR: 23 hours from his scheduled delivery, Captain
Jake Anderson must catch and offload 2,100 pounds to meet
his obligation to the cannery.
First pot coming up.
Here we go.
Come on!
Give me something good.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
Come on.
Here it comes.
[OCEAN CRASHING]
[INAUDIBLE] a lot are small, a lot are juvenile.
A lot of life, but I don't see a lot of males.
Maybe I just got to keep going east a little bit.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
Two is the count, zero two crabs.
That's not good.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
Give me something. Give me something.
Give me something good!
No good.
There's a lot of crab in the room,
but I can't keep any of it.
Weather came up, and the crab count went down.
That's kind of where we're at right now.
All right, here we go.
[OCEAN CRASHING]
Oh, sweet baby Jesus, please let this be crab in this pot.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
Come on.
There's got to be at least one in there.
[WIND HOWLING]
Hey, guys! Wave coming!
Wave coming!
Hold on!
[OCEAN CRASHING]
Watch it!
Oh, [BLEEP].
Is he OK?
I'm sorry, guys.
It's going to be like this all day.
It's the only way to do it.
Hoppers are flying.
The Bering Sea makes you work for everything.
But I'm out of time.
It's the last string I got.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
I just want this [BLEEP] damn crab!
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
Come on, baby.
We ain't giving up.
Let's see what she's got.
[CHEERING]
Yeah, baby!
It's a good-sized pot, but let's wait for the count.
[TENSE MUSIC PLAYS]
21, two, one.
Nice.
21, it's not 80, but it's 21.
[CHEERING]
Woo!
Oh, my god!
That's looking pretty [BLEEP] damn good, if you ask me.
Big crab, clean crab, keepers.
52, five, two.
This couldn't have came at a better time, dude.
NARRATOR: After enduring intense weather and scratchy fishing,
the young captain is finally on the crab, his 2,100
pound target now in sight.
[CHEERING]
Half full pot of king crab right there.
Look at that.
Can't even dump it out, bro.
Wow.
A lot of crab, boys!
Six, seven.
Cha-ching.
Ninety [BLEEP] two.
92, nine two, ninety [BLEEP] two.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
That's legit.
We're going in.
Yee-haw.
300 crab, done.
[BLEEP] constant, bro.
Whoa.
Yes!
Where was that crab last night?
[BLEEP] yeah.
That's why it's called the Saga.