A Slap in the Face or a Kick in the Butt

Season 5, Episode 12, Aired
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Late into the season, each skipper faces his own personal brand of hell. Frozen crab, frozen gear, and a frozen harbor chill the hearts of even the most callous fishermen. On the Cornelia Marie, Skipper Phil gambles on the theory that air bubbles on the water means crabs are farting down below. On the Time Bandit, Captain Andy enters St. Paul harbor-now frozen enough to walk across. Five pack-a-day smoker Sig Hansen tries his hand at quitting the habit. When a huge storm kicks up he takes his stress out on his crew. Aboard the Wizard, Captain Keith demands an answer from his greenhorn: "Are you in or out?" It's a season where very crab has been paid for in headaches-but the rising seas and oncoming ice-pack could make things worse.moreless
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      • International Airdates Canada: July 7 Edit
      • The Crab Count The Northwestern: 418,000 The Time Bandit: 310,000 The Cornelia Marie: 250,000 The Wizard: 240,000 Edit

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      • Sig Hansen: There is always a concerned, somewhere, something, somehow. If not the ice, its the gear, if not its gear, it the crab, if not the crab, its the fishing, if not that its the delivery date, if not that, its getting it and out. Then its the weather, period. If not that its the temperature, the freezing spay. You got to pick your poison. Edit

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