'Deadliest Catch' Season 12 Premiere: What Advice Does Sig Hansen Have For New Guys? [SNEAK PEEK]
The battle will be on between the veterans and new captains on the Bering Sea on the 12th season of Deadliest Catch.
The show, which follows the adventures of several fishing boats as they try to combat the perils of life at sea and capture crabs to continue making a living, will be featuring some familiar faces, as well as a fresh crop of newbies who will be trying to take their place and make their own mark in the business. But most of them will fail to impress one of the biggest veterans of all—Sig Hansen, captain of the F/V Northwestern.
"When I look around at the new guys, there is a lot of opportunity but not a lot of promise," he says in a sneak peek clip for the March 29 premiere. "I don't see as much fear as I would have hopes to see. They don't seem fearful because in their mind, there is nothing to fear."
According to a press release, one of the newbies who will be embarking on the journey for the first time ever as a captain is also the youngest in the show's history—23-year-old Sean Dwyer, who will not only try to live up to the promise of his recently-departed father, but will have to also meet a major quota from Sig himself: 290,000 lbs. of crab.
Also feeling the pressure will be Sig's former mentor, Jake Anderson, whom Sig may wind up torturing along the way.
Josh Harris, though not new to the scene, will also experience his own turmoil aboard the Cornelia Marie as he fights to keep the newly overhauled boat in the family, with investors threatening to take everything away from him before he has a chance to prove himself to be as legendary as his father, the late Captain Phil Harris.
Personal problems will also be at the forefront for even the veterans however as well, as Keith Colburn struggles with his marriage ending, and Sig appears to battle some health issues.
Additionally, everyone will have the same struggle as the weather makes the catch even more elusive than ever. Everyone's lives are more on the line than ever before as they battle the chaotic storms and the resulting injuries and breakdowns that come with them.
However, the main battle will all come down to who can prove their worth more—the veterans or the newbies. And when it comes to that, Sig has only a few words of advice for all the newest members of the fleet.
"Don't waste time," he says in the clip. "It's always the thing you didn't think of that's going to bite you in the end."
Deadliest Catch season 12 two-hour premiere airs Tuesday, March 29 at 9 p.m. on Discovery.
