Boats on "Deadliest Catch" are often seen bouncing up and down over huge waves as fishermen scramble about the deck pulling up crab traps and setting new ones. So, how long are these crab fishing ...

If it is empty, the crew loads it onto the deck of the boat so it can be placed somewhere else. After a full crab pot is pulled up, the crew loads it on the deck with the help of a crane.

crab is brought in. He'll make a batch of pizza bread before fishing trips and keeps the boat stocked with snacks. On overnight trips, he gives Titus and Bjorklund the cabin below deck ...

In the heyday of Chesapeake Bay deck boats in the 1920s and ‘30s, there were several thousand of the boats working the bay.