A big decision weighs on Sig Hanson. Rookie captain Sean Dwyer gambles on a new venture with a new crew. Jake Anderson struggles to replace a lost anchor before his quota is taken away.
A massive leak fills the Time Bandit. A fistfight tests Jake's resolve while heavy winds and a snapped anchor threaten to wreck his boat. Sig's greenhorn has an awkward question.
Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand fish together for the last time. Keith's inattentive crew sends the Wizard on a collision course. A belligerent deckhand tests Jake's resolve as captain.
Wild Bill uncovers the truth about Nick McGlashan's terminal illness. A damaging mechanical issue threatens to crush Jake's future. Warming seas force Keith into the unknown.
Rising sea temperatures test the fleet. Toxic smoke engulfs the Saga. Sean struggles to save the family business on the Brenna A. Wild Bill fears he could lose Nick to a terminal illness.
The fall season begins with uncertainty. A seismic shift in sea temperature sends the fleet searching for displaced crab, while also fighting an unseasonably large first storm.
In the Season 13 premiere, the crabs have vanished, igniting a hunt to save the fleet's way of life; Sig resumes the helm after a major heart attack; Bill debuts his own new boat in a crisis season; and a rescue is attempted for a heart-attack victim.
There are three sides to every story. For the first time captains and crews open up about the death-defying season that nearly took one of the fleet's most respected captains.
