Season 8
(2012)
Cast
as Self
as Self
Episodes
The Gamble 9.0
April 10, 2012
A slashed crab quota has captains reeling before the boats hit the water. With the fleet set to fight over half the cat…
Turf War 9.0
April 17, 2012
With the fleet split, a tale of two fisheries emerges. On the Blue grounds, a captains' bet has the boats jockeying for…
Weak Links 9.0
April 24, 2012
As the fleet grinds through injuries and mental mistakes, the Bering Sea exposes soft spots and weak links in each crew…
The Hook 9.0
May 1, 2012
Halfway through the King crab gauntlet, the beaten-down crews must dig deep to get over the midseason hump. As the crab…
Alien Abduction 9.0
May 8, 2012
Past the halfway point of the King Crab season, man and machine alike show signs of wear under the brutal hand of the B…
Vital Signs 9.0
May 15, 2012
As king crab season nears the finish line, the crew of The Wizard faces a life or death situation as a deckhand collaps…
I Don't Wanna Die 9.0
May 22, 2012
In a scramble to help their collapsed greenhorn, the Wizard crew calls in a Coast Guard helicopter. For the rest of the…
The Aftermath 9.0
May 29, 2012
In the aftermath of an arctic hurricane, the fleet struggles to reach the finish line of a brutal king crab season. Poo…
Nowhere to Go But Down 9.0
June 5, 2012
It's winter in Dutch Harbor and the fleet prepares to hunt Opilio crab. The season looks promising with the quota up an…
Rise and Fall 6.0
June 12, 2012
With unrelenting northerly winds bearing down on the fleet, every skipper steels himself for battle with the descending…
No Exit 9.0
June 19, 2012
Across the fleet, captains battle the descending polar ice pack to save their pots, and it's a losing war. The Northwes…
Collision Course 9.0
June 26, 2012
The polar ice pack invades the opilio crab grounds, forcing the captains to make a decision: grab their gear and run, o…
Landlocked 9.0
July 3, 2012
The ice pack has a choke hold on the Bering Sea opilio grounds. Nearly iced up, captains across the fleet must make the…
Fearless Leaders 9.0
July 10, 2012
One of the worst icing events in history recedes making it possible for some of the boats to return. One boat suffers a…
Release the Beast 9.0
July 17, 2012
Two brothers find themselves in the same dire situation that sunk their father's boat. After a midseason hiatus, the fl…
The Bitter, Bloody End 9.0
July 24, 2012
In this special two-hour close to a merciless opilio season, a veteran deckhand pays for a mistake in flesh. Then in th…