Deadliest Catch takes you deep into the world of the Bering Sea as we follow seven vessels & their crews through the two most brutal fishing seasons on the planet: the King Crab season & the Opilio Crab season. Forty-foot waves, hurricane winds, sleep deprivation, & operating heavy machinery on a pitching deck, are just a few reasons the injury rate is one hundred percent. The rugged adventurers who fish these waters have the mindset of pirates
- high risk for high reward
- & putting life & limb on the line is just part of the job. The crabbing season kicks off in October & Captain Sig Hansen of the Northwestern, a 30-year veteran & a third generation fisherman, will match his skills against his old rivals, Phil Harris of the Cornelia Marie, Johnathan & Andy Hillstrand of the Time Bandit, & Captain Keith Colburn of the Wizard. The fleet will push hundreds of miles out to sea & fish 400 feet deep in search of the prized crustaceans. The captains will strategise, & the crews will be pushed to their limits of mental & physical endurance as they repeatedly drop & haul the 700-pound crab pots. Before the season is out, the men will face down huge storms, severe injury, a ticking clock
- & each other
- to bring in the highly lucrative crab harvest.