EPISODE THREE — Tuesday, April 28 at 9 PM (ET/PT)
The storm has taken its toll. The 93-foot fishing vessel Katmai has sunk and bone-chilling accounts of the fate of its men relay around the fleet. As soon as the weather clears, the skippers of the Time Bandit, Cornelia Marie, Wizard, and Northwestern send their men right back to fishing. On a crab boat, there’s no time to dwell on tragedy. Hauling and setting pots is treacherous work and if the crews don’t stay focused on their work — they could die.
EPISODE TWO — Tuesday, April 21 at 9 PM (ET/PT)
The boats have encountered low crab numbers creating even more tension among the crew. When the fleet wakes up to ominous red dawn skies, the captains speculate that a severe storm is on the way. But with crab quota to catch, the boats keep fishing. The Time Bandit hits pay dirt, while the Cornelia Marie strikes out. When 20-foot seas and high winds kick up — even the bravest skippers call in their men to wait out the storm. One boat, with 11 souls on board, sends out a Mayday. In an all too familiar scene, the Coast Guard launches rescue helicopters, and the skippers stay glued to their radios — anxiously awaiting news of the fate of their fellow fishermen.
EPISODE ONE — TUESDAY, APRIL 14 at 9 PM (ET/PT)
Captain Phil Harris
The 2008 King crab season opens with life and death stakes — before boats even cast off. The fleet is aging and so are the Captains. The Wizard’s Skipper Keith and the Cornelia Marie’s Skipper Phil have ominous health symptoms. Nerves are raw, as the two men await medical test results — and their doctors’ clearance to fish.
- Luckiest Catch Komo 4
Seattle viewers set your DVR and/or free your schedule for November 29th, 2008. Starting @ 10:00PM Mike Ferreri for the next hour will take you on a look behind the scenes of a Captain, Father & Husband Sig Hansen.
Join Mike and Sig as they travel coast to coast for a special 1 hour look of Captain Sig Hansen.
KOMO’s Mike Ferreri has spent most of the summer with Sig Hansen, a Seattle native and Bering Sea crab fisherman. Sig’s new found popularity has taken him all over the country and he has finally reeled in the “Luckiest Catch.”
