1:02 Deadliest Catch 5 - Welcome Back Mike

The Time Bandit crew welcomes back an old friend with a surprise.

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has rehired seasoned deckhand, 28-year-old, Mike Fourtner. After sitting out 2 king crab seasons, Mike's returning to the deck.

3:31 Deadliest Catch 5 - Sig's Got Company

The Northwestern tries to go off the beaten path only to find that more and more boats are moving into the area.

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I just want my crab .

3:33 Deadliest Catch 5 - Spotty Crabbin

Captain Sig of the Northwestern decides to stray away from the fleet in order to find the elusive crab .

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This is my 21st king crab .

so I don't know, we maybe getting into a lot of mixed crab there. But this area's notorious for that, so. But I'm not worried so much about mixes as finding life.

1:07 Deadliest Catch 5 - Fun and Games

As another season kicks off the Captains show they still know how to party.

1:02 Deadliest Catch: Welded Pot

Captain Phil pulls the oldest trick in the book on the Maverick.

5:08 Deadliest Catch: Quick Catch 8: Season Mercifully Ends

Part 8: The opilio crab season has ended, and the overworked crew finally get to cash in and see their family.

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in, the Wizard finished their season with 1.4 million pounds of Opilio crab , worth 2½ million dollars. The deckhands share was 68 thousand dollars each. The Time Bandit boys hauled in a total of 574 thousand pounds for the season, and banked 1 million dollars for the boat. Take home pay for each deckhand, 52 thousand dollars. The Hansen Clan and the Northwestern netted a healthy 850 thousand pounds of crab , worth 1.4 million dollars, each crew member hold in 47 thousand dollars. Finally, after a roller coaster season, the Cornelia Marie was able to land the last over 1.2 million pounds of crab , worth 1.3 million dollars, each deckhands left the docks with 50 thousand dollars. For the next 5 months, the Bering Sea fishermen

ice, and fatigue. The Opilio crab season hurdles towards the finish line. It's a brutal close to a brutal season.

The sprint for the finish line and an 80 million dollar crab fortune as the hunt continues for the Deadliest Catch. 290 miles northwest of Dutch Harbor, on the Northwestern.

Beyond being behind schedule, losing time, crab sucks, and the boat is taking a bunch of ice. It's not a bad day.

On the deck of a crab boat, foul moods blow in with foul weather.

0:56 Deadliest Catch: Dummy Falls Flat

On the Northwestern, Edgar tries to scare the skipper. Too bad Sig isn't so guilible.

5:15 Deadliest Catch: Quick Catch 3: Tempers Flare

Part 3: The captains start feeling the pressure as the season continues and the competition heats up. Tempers flare aboard the boats.

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to the finish line continues. It's 5 weeks into an Alaskan king crab season plagued by bad weather, and mixed fishing. The fate of every deckhand's paycheck rides on 1 man shoulders, the captain! 300 miles north of Dutch Harbor, on the Wizard, Captain Keith Colburn has continued setting and hauling the 50-pot "man-killer" strings. With 90- crab per pot and rising, each table is worth nearly 3,000 bucks. Keith decides to power through his scheduled nap time. That means

only spends about half a year. Through last year, I caught more crab than he did actually.

3 feet. If the picking hook had been attached to an 800-pound crab pot, the tension would have yanked the cable taut against the rail, killing greenhorn Shea instantly.

A tankful of red king crab .

Captain Keith Colburn found the crab early and never lost the scent.

5:20 Deadliest Catch: Quick Catch 1: Taking a Beating

Part 1: The king crab season officially begins in Alaska. Some boats start off on a bad note.

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After a 2-week journey from ports across the lower 48, the 74-vessel crab fishing fleet arrives for this year's 86 million dollar king crab harvest. Welcome back to Dutch Harbor, Alaska. On the Time Bandit, Captain Johnathan keeps the Hillstrand family tradition alive with a new

northeast of Dutch Harbor, Time Bandit captain, Johnathan Hillstrand breaks from hunting crab to stalk a new prey looming on the horizon.

4:60 Deadliest Catch: Quick Catch 5: Bering Sea Breakdowns

Part 5: The crews return for the January 2008 opilio crab season. But, the conditions are much worse and some boats face mechanical malfunctions.

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January, Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Today, the fleet returns for the Opilio crab season, the most ferocious and deadly months on the Bering Sea. After a short break to see loved ones, the men are

I'm thinkin' 'bout all the crab I need to catch.

my forte. I'll go up, and I'll nail [unk] out of this crab .

Yeah, we're right where we need to be with the crab . There's 35,400 in that pot in 9 hours. That's big fishing.