Two Major Fishing Vessels Engage In Battle With a Major Twist in the End on 'Deadliest Catch'

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for Deadliest Catch Season 21, Episode 9. When it comes to fishing out in the Bering Sea, Deadliest Catch tends to showcase it as a very solo venture. But in reality, the fleets on the series are just a small microcosm of those hauling crab for the extraordinary paydays. With 33 boats competing for the last 700,000 pounds of crab left with only 100 square miles of fishable ground, the captains are doing whatever it takes to haul a bounty.

So far this season, there’s been a lot of teamwork and camaraderie in the Bering Sea among our fleet . Not anymore. Deadliest Catch brought us into the world of competition that we rarely see when the boats tend to be out on their own. Two of our most legendary ships, Fishing Vessel Northwestern