[Warning: The below contains spoilers for Deadliest Catch Season 21]
There has been a lot of blood, sweat, and tears shed during Season 21 of Deadliest Catch. It all led up to a dramatic one-two punch of episodes during the October 31 double episode finale. Sig Hansen was stressed with an offload bairdi quota deadline coming in four days. He received a call from Jake Anderson, who wasn’t too far off, asking if his former mentor wanted to partner up. Sig initially turned him down. Jake had another idea to boost numbers. He opted to weld and set pairs of pots across the narrow channel in a zig-zag pattern. His hope was to herd the crab in like sheep dogs through baited gear. Sig eventually came back and went with Jake’s herding approach. Sig’s Northwestern went north while Jake’s Titan Explorer went south.
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