Skipper Peter has a reputation for finding big-money fish, but it's the tail end of the winter season and pickings are slim. Elsewhere, the Minnamurra is heading back to port as Clive plans to motor through the night to capitalise on the high prices
Squizzy, skipper of the Bold Contender, is heading out early hoping to get a jump on the fleet and capitalise on the red-hot lobster price, which is at a season-high. He's hunting around Bruny Island in Southern Tasmania, targeting 1,900 brindle lobsters during the season, and he's under huge financial pressure to pull it off.
The lobster price is holding strong above 100 dollars per kilo, but the lobster boat teams have all run into major problems. Team Kai Koura and Team Ansons Bay are targeting a combined total of 1,000 big reds, but they only have five days to make it pay.
Newcomer Steve Hursey is pulling his first shot of the winter run, and there's a lot riding on it. The Hursey family's sea-to-plate restaurant is low on lobster stocks, and it's Steve's job to re-fill them. He's fishing around Hunter Island, an area known for giant reds and howling westerly winds, but the weather is the least of Steve's worries. The rope line to one of his pots is tangled, and it's threatening to pull deckhand Jamie overboard.
Team Bold Contender is heading to the formidable Pedra Branca, a location famous for its monster waves. Not many lobstermen hunt around Pedra Branca, because the swell is just too rough.
Life at sea can be a lonely place, especially when you're not catching lobsters. The pots of Skipper Squizzy and Deckie Tabor are coming up empty because the mysterious pyrosomes are back.
Team Ella Rose is hunting for big reds near Three Hummock Island in northern Tasmania. They've already caught the biggest lobster of the season, but they want more.
Team Bold Contender is off to a blistering start in the final leg of its winter run. Skipper Squizzy's carrying more than 30,000 dollars' worth of lobsters on board, but they've hit a major crisis.
It's the last week of the winter rock lobster hunting season, but the powerful Bass Strait tide is dragging the Ella Rose dangerously close to the razor-sharp rocks of Three Hummocks Island.
Aussie lobster men right across the country are struggling to stay afloat. Tough times calls for radical thinking about how to sell into the depressed local market.
The Aussie lobster men are forced to put it all on the line to stop their businesses from going under. Rookie Skipper Bryce is three days into his nightmare maiden voyage.
Fortune favours the brave. The southern fleet are facing a nightmare scenario. Veteran Skipper Squizzy throws greenhorn Skipper Bryce a lifeline.
The William Norling is seven days into a nine-day run, and Skipper Danny is no closer to finding a buyer for his 1,000kg of lobster. He's running up huge operating costs, and desperately needs a sale to stay afloat.
The Jager family boat hits the water after being grounded for four months. Skipper Glenn needs money, and he's taking his son with him, but a predator puts their haul in doubt. Plus, Squizzy is on a four-day run to restock his mobile lobster van, but rough seas and the market crisis leave him emotional.
Tensions hit boiling point on the William Norling as deckhand Macca makes a monumental blunder that threatens to sink the career of Skipper Danny. Meanwhile, Tasmanian skipper Bryce goes head-to-head with the mother of all storms alone.
Greenhorn Skipper Bryce makes a final sink-or-swim play to turn his fortunes around, but fishing in his mate's hunting ground could backfire. Squizzy faces a massive bill to fix his boat, while the Jager Brothers up the ante with a dinghy challenge.
Aussie Lobster Men follows the real-life dramas of six lobster boat captains as they risk it all in search of the world's most prized seafood delicacy, Tasmanian Rock Lobster.
Aussie Lobster Men follows the real-life dramas of six lobster boat captains as they risk it all in search of the world's most prized seafood delicacy, Tasmanian Rock Lobster.
Aussie Lobster Men follows the real-life dramas of six lobster boat captains as they risk it all in search of the world's most prized seafood delicacy, Tasmanian Rock Lobster.
Aussie Lobster Men follows the real-life dramas of six lobster boat captains as they risk it all in search of the world's most prized seafood delicacy, Tasmanian Rock Lobster.
Aussie Lobster Men follows the real-life dramas of six lobster boat captains as they risk it all in search of the world's most prized seafood delicacy, Tasmanian Rock Lobster.
Aussie Lobster Men follows the real-life dramas of six lobster boat captains as they risk it all in search of the world's most prized seafood delicacy, Tasmanian Rock Lobster.
Aussie Lobster Men follows the real-life dramas of six lobster boat captains as they risk it all in search of the world's most prized seafood delicacy, Tasmanian Rock Lobster.
Aussie Lobster Men follows the real-life dramas of six lobster boat captains as they risk it all in search of the world's most prized seafood delicacy, Tasmanian Rock Lobster.
