Brad Goes Crabbing In Alaska (Part 1) | It's Alive | Bon Appétit

hey hey and it's live oh god okay so it's like hey we're in Alaska gonna go out on a crab boat [Music] [Applause] [Music] one thing I love Vinnie Rabb's you know I never had fresh crabs right out of the ocean Vinnie hopefully today we're going to change that hey guys say on it's alive we're up here in Tenakee Alaska we're gonna be going after some bairdi crabs bringing it down on deck pull up some pots store it out the crabs gonna show you the process so I hope you probably work pants Benny let's get down on the deck get to work but all right Vinny here with Steve he's a deckhand slash engineer for the boat that we're on here Steve what are we doing we're gonna do some bait we got jars we got bags and we got hang dates here okay so this is our hearing that's ground up grab a jar all right pop the top get a nice big scoop of hearing and shove it in Oh looks great snap the clothes snap it closed then hang it over here all right not too bad oh yeah Vinny eat lunch heaven okay these are all grinded up and most you up here yeah reason why you guys do that we do that so it it gets all the oils and the scents in the water with that way the crab can smell it and they come to the pots okay pretty good yep nicely done now clip it over there all righty so now we got our hang bait which is Humpy's in the row Oh Humpy's in the row then what we do is cut them right down like that play it out like that do the same thing with the head bait hook like this right through the head and then through the tail then you hook it up and just like that in there just like that and what were we calling these bad boys these are Humpy's humpy Humpy's in the row there Gill net caught gill net card I'm about the best that he ready I'm gonna go down there and cut this in half but so that one's a male is it male yep you can tell see that that just fell out yeah that's the sperm sac sperm sac me approves yep now clip it together so don't fall off right in here right in there alright cool one two what's the what's the trifecta yeah third so we're gonna step on over here to this big tub so now here is our ground-up salmon oh yeah delicious so we're gonna grab a bag and we fill these all the way to the top so that's great three different types of bait all releasing different types of oils Oh having a blast Finny started on the body and I'm not gonna be up there to driving the boat you know you gotta be down here filling the bait bags I'm taking those shortcuts here it's alive I mean nothing alive about this bit I'll tell you that much all right Vinnie put your cards right when we leave you get a little goodie bag go ahead and take that home Vinnie all right Steve so we just learned no boat yeah I showed me the ropes on the bait I'm assuming that bait goes into this here trap right indeed it does these are a seven-foot cone they've got a mud ring on the bottom to keep them up off the bottom a little bit the crab will come along fly them up drop down the tunnel the tunnels are there so the crab can't crawl back out we got our escape rings over here to let our undersized crab away and they say these things go down when we're crabbing a couple hundred feet huh yeah it's 75 fathoms fathom is 6 feet it's a crab pot not a trap yes ok so this is the pucker that I'm grabbing right now you got a pucker the pod up so the crab get out yep all righty so climb on up here and you want to go in between this right here come up in between there yup otherwise that bag will hang up against the side of the pot and they don't got to get in right perfect and then this anyways you yep anywhere right then we got a hang bait so unclip it like this and then go through the whole that one and then flip it like that nice that's how we set our pots not bad just stand over here more like that and when that beep goes well both Boop all right cool all right I'm ready [Laughter] see now we got another one no one coming in yeah everyone do this keep this baited tight and high up so that the crabs want to go in yeah and not just eat it on the outside thing be booming the trifecta Vinny we're just waiting for the captain's beep now Vinnie perfect 17 clear look at Vinnie crabs and baby all right now we're gonna haul a couple pots already so when we're coming up to a pot we got our buoy and then we got a smaller buoy called a trailer and you want to take the hook and you're gonna hit the line in between your buoy and your trailer buoy you feed that line through the hauler goes over here to the auto coiler and then this coils line up on the ground so it's all nice and night neat nice and nice nice and nice and then after that you either reset the pot or we stack it awesome here we go we got a pot coming Oh that's why they come daddy here comes pot so you just want to unsnap the stuff you've already done uh-huh drop it in drop it right in the pot cook we're coming up and then you can grab the pocker [ __ ] dropper no no it's too far I wasn't ready he wasn't ready I don't like that screw you Vinnie damn Siegel is trying to get in on it huh but then one debate oh here we go turn around it's old time this one's for you Tommy one shot yeah nice throw oh you stop it [Music] whoo all right here we go riders so we're doing rides got this yeah Matt pull back now up and over down perfect cool coming up tell me when the sore it Parker perfect now we start sorting crab I say there's just wait until you're checking your gauging yeah it's got a crab gauge we've got a check for undersized crab okay so just point her widest point the widest point is point wise point including spines okay that would be a short short undersized crab so in back throw them back now what are these males females it's all these are these are males right here huh oh yeah there's a nice big boy yeah that's a keeper Vinny oh yeah well in it keep her crab girl in the hole right in you're asking about males and females yeah so these bigger crab here these are all males okay and this is that female right here Oh the size difference you got the mail it's got the small but okay females have the big butts all right lady takes up if you notice it takes up the whole pulls up on a female very easy to tell the detail is always throughout right I mean these are always going over see you later lady and underside see you later buddy get you next year now we got another pot coming back coming now well quick question Steve yes do they eat each other do they fight no they do not they do not oh yes that's a real nice one Ping's all right little shirt overboard Vincenzo keyed Burt now I can't help but wonder all this waters in there how do you get the crabs out get him out of there so I got to go downstairs in the engine room and redirect the plumbing instead of pumping water out of the sea I pumped the water out of the hole into the ocean and then is there another door you just go down there this whole hatch that we're standing on comes off okay the whole thing alright so we've done crabbing for the day and now we've got another boat coming they pick up the crabs so these guys it's a short season they can just keep going out there crabbing I'm going to jump down there into the Live Well we're pumping out the water we're going to load up these plastic totes that's it go on a day back to junior baby you going down there Vinny but oh you leave me down here Oh joke's on me I caught that one Vinny crabby there's one of them down here catching this bud Joe 320 pounds 320 pounds Vinny Alaskan crab Oh wha [Music] feisty just like you Vinnie nice shot [Music] [Music] growing up in a hi guys well that wraps up the crab in part of this the episode and then tomorrow we'll see you guys we're gonna be up at the processing plant and then show you how they steamed before you clean them flash freeze them and then you can get them just that beautiful Alaskan flavor just you know locked right in sent to your house bone Appetit benjen's oh hopefully mammy I tell you what we got a little overcast but peace we've got this ten have a boat ride back maybe catch a little where they call it the northern Lisa Horry a laborious okay Vinnie means you get the insurance thank God oh here comes a big boy couple big boys in there and the big boys oh yeah big boy oh yeah there's a nice big boy oh yeah big boy big boy oh yeah big boy big boy these bad boys are big we're gonna drop these bad boys in I don't put the big boys on the bottom any because they're bigger because these are some big boys bad boys bad boys I want straight down they're pretty big too huh yeah there's some big boys in there we're gonna cut this bad boy in half oh here comes a big boy okay this bad boy yes big boy big boy big boy he's part of the boys now good dinosaur you zoom in on that there buddy honest a bit my leg Jesus Christ mother of God Bena biting my legs oh my god Vinnie it's like a horror movie there's millions of them and then they go into the processing plant crabs are fed into folks who are working the line first step of the line it's not for the faint of heart but what they're doing is they're just cracking the crabs in half kills them quick and then that goes to the next person as much as they can they'll scrape off as much as the the lungs which are on the inside of the crab next step is this big nylon brush spinning and you hold the crabs by the legs get it up in that brush and what that does is just remove any more of the lungs that are that are on that crab crabs have like these weird little face weird little mouths on them they snip those off and then clean up some of the excess cartilage or whatever they call crab bone from their goes down the line into these big freshwater tanks they call it a bleeding tank even though there's no blood it just kind of cleans them off next step we go into another room where all the crabs are laid out into these cages they get stacked up and then brought over into the cooking room they have this big saltwater tank cook them for you know however long trade secret and then pull them out and put them into this big ice-cold saltwater solution and because the saltwater allows the temperature of the water to go below freezing and it actually freezes the crab solid in the liquid I know it kind of goes against what you think but it works so what they do it's fully cooked it's frozen as fast as possible we're talking from the time you crack it in half to the time it's frozen you know an hour and then from there right into the boxes right to the consumer approved [Music] get a little banged over up thank you alright guys that wraps up crab and hope you enjoy it as much as I did well you know you see things like this I hope it affects you as much as it affects me I'll never sit down to a plate of crabs and look at it the same way it really are a product of their environment and you know it's something that needs to be preserved if you care about stuff like that you know and preserving things like that you know you people do make a difference and you know being the consumer you we drive the market preserving this and these fisheries it means everything you know as soon as they're gone as soon as we destroy them we're not getting them back make the change with how you shop you know buy better seafood it's worth it and I just want to give a big thanks out to the folks of Alaska Alaskan glacier seafood you know captain Chris and his crew Steve and the boys at the end of the day it's all about respecting that chain respecting the people involved respecting the environment and setting up future generations so buy smart eat better bone Appetit look at that's Vince it's gonna be a good time so uh bone Appetit don't forget it's not about the quota or the ifq it's just time for the fish to pay their dues running jumping and shaking the hook and every single piece the bay they ever took oh we found a new host Vincenzo [Music] when fish die they go to the bottom and and that's what the crabs are cha cha cha cha starboard side on the right right let's our ports on the left it's on the right I was right I think I'm Crozier everywhere up here I saw my first legitimate murder of Crow that's what they call it right damn crows they're onto us again Oh crows are onto us I really like crows and crows someone ought to tell these guys you put the lid on that it boils faster Vinny learn that culinary school I didn't go to culinary school that's cool I didn't learn anything oh these bad boys extra chops man they're like the tennis shoes of Alaska it's all about the gear up here you know we really need Vinnie I got this light in my eyes hey some sunglass today and it's live oh god I got a bit me Vince oh do that again this one's spicy hey hey guys today and it's live rope here in Alaska do a little uh what's a peak home I don't know why the dog today because they want to like cover their own scent from predators I gets an old wolf thing you know it's the Predators don't go fine I never figured it out anyway maybe dogs just do it because they're nervous all right ready take 37 and then Oh bald eagle Vince Oh butterfly there's no butterflies up here where were we

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Id: 7T4NutUazJE

Length: 18min 28sec (1108 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 19 2018