Q: How long have you been a deckhand on the Northwestern?
A: Twelve years. This will be the thirteenth now. For the last sixteen years, I've only missed one opilio crab season with Sig, and that year I was on the Wizard, which is also on the show this year.
We speak to Matt Bradley, a deckhand aboard the Northwestern, about his life onboard and working alongside Sig, Edgar and Norman Hansen. This season, we learn a bit about Matt's past, which threatens to catch up with him out on the Bering: