Deadliest Catch - Season 5
Run Time: mins
Air Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009
Average Rating: ⭐ 7.174 (164 votes)
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Everything on the Line
Season 5 - Episode 1
The 2008 King crab fleet faces huge stakes - before boats even cast off. Skippers Keith and Phil could be sidelined by life threatening illn...
Red Skies in the Morning
Season 5 - Episode 2
A vicious storm kicks up and a Mayday goes out. The Skippers are glued to their radios -- waiting to hear the fate of 11 brother fishermen i...
Stay Focused or Die
Season 5 - Episode 3
The fleet is still dialing into the crab, and already a typhoon has taken its toll. A boat has sunk - and bone-chilling accounts of the fate...
Put Up or Shut Up
Season 5 - Episode 4
It¹s week four of King Crab Season. Seven souls have perished, but the fishermen soldier on, in the hunt for crab. Grueling hours and vicio...
Long Haul, Short Fuses
Season 5 - Episode 5
Crab pots still come up empty and the skippers are out of ideas. Low bait and long grinds take our crews to dark places -- the smallest infr...
Deadline
Season 5 - Episode 6
A new deadline is set: an upcoming drop in the price of king crab has the skippers rushing to finish their season. But crew battles and a f...
Down to the Wire
Season 5 - Episode 7
The King Crab Season is down to the wire and skippers are desperate to top off their quotas. It's looking bleak as crews pick through bone-y...
Payback Time
Season 5 - Episode 8
The 2008 King crab season is over with and It's the start of the 2009 Opilio Crab Season. Anything the Bering Sea held back during King Seas...
No Second Chances
Season 5 - Episode 9
In this episode the fleet arrives on the Opi Grounds and boats struggle with ice, big seas, and bad information to hunt down the crab. A ski...
Sea of Misery
Season 5 - Episode 10
It's week three of the Opilio Crab Season. Long hours and miserable conditions already have the crabbers turning on each other. Boat-crushin...
Lockout
Season 5 - Episode 11
After weeks battling freezing spray, forty foot waves, and sub-zero temperatures, skippers have begun plugging their boats with Opilio crab....
A Slap in the Face or Kick in the Butt
Season 5 - Episode 12
Halfway through the season, each skipper faces his own personal form of hell. Frozen crab, frozen gear, and a frozen harbor chill the hearts...
Ends of the Earth
Season 5 - Episode 13
When the fleet gets word of great fishing by the ice pack, the chase is on to the ends of the earth! Two egos collide, when Keith and Phil f...
Bitter Tears
Season 5 - Episode 14
Weeks into the Opilio Season, the fleet is bone tired and desperate for home. As delirium sets in, deadly, rib-crunching mistakes are made. ...
Day of Reckoning
Season 5 - Episode 15
The Opilio season is almost over, but an arctic storm front has the skippers on edge. The boats race to plug their tanks with crab and get b...
Shipwrecked
Season 5 - Episode 16
It's the final 24 hours of the 2009 Opilio crab season. A savage arctic storm causes multiple vessels to send out maydays. The Coast Guard i...