Bottom Feeders

In the opener of a series on the lives of commercial fishermen, Mike Johnson and his brother fish in Wisconsin; the fishing gets tough for the crews of Jedd Monsoor and Tim Adams.

Mike and his son search for a big haul; Tim and his crew face challenges on the water.

The crews look for record-setting hauls while fishing in the Upper Midwest.

Mike and his son work Lake Pepin, on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border; Jedd and his father struggle to see eye to eye; Tim hits the water with a first-timer.

The fishermen struggle to adjust to changes in fish patterns caused by a warm spring.

Unpredictable weather conditions force crews to pull together.

Due to a poor spring, the crews are forced to fish well into summer.

A change in seasons finds the fishermen in various stages.

A tough season begins to take its toll on the fishermen.

The fishermen find out that fishing isn't always fair.

A distant natural disaster causes uncertainty for commercial-fishing crews in the Upper Midwest; Jedd finds a valuable species in his haul but isn't sure a market exists; Tim races against shifting conditions in hopes of scoring a decent haul.

Two faces come aboard. Another man decides to go it alone.