Giant Lobster Hunters

There are only 10 weeks to go until the end of the winter rock lobster hunting season. For the lobstermen, it's their last chance to put money in the bank before the season re-opens in spring.

The winter lobster season is in full swing. Squizzy, skipper of Bold Contender, is under pressure to fill a special order of 600 brindle lobsters. Ansons Bay is dead in the water as its engine has stopped working, and stormy weather and rough seas have plagued the Minnamurra. It's been a horror start for skipper Clive. Meanwhile, Danny, skipper of the William Norling, is hunting for big reds in the Bass Strait and he's received some good news: the all-in price of lobsters has spiked.

Skipper Squizzy has been working around the clock to fill a new order of 200 kilograms of brindle lobsters. Squizzy and Tabor are fatigued, and that's when things can get deadly.

Clive, Skipper of the Minnamurra, needs to jump start his catch rate if he's any chance of turning a profit for the season. In the Bass Strait, Skipper Danny is using a depth sounder to locate the shallow reef bottoms because that's where the giant red lobsters are feeding - it's monster after monster for the crew of William Norling. The Bold Contender is heading back out to sea to the same location as the Minnamurra.

The Barralee is gearing-up to head back out to Maatsuyker Island for one last trip of winter the season. Skipper Danny, captain of the William Norling, is inching closer and closer to his target. The Bold Contender has stopped hunting for bid reds. Squizzy has switched back to searching for brindles. But will the switch pay off? Or is it all too little too late? At Middle Rocks, Clive, Skipper of the Minnamurra, is finally on a winning streak at last. If only Skipper Glenn could say the same.

A new boat has joined the fleet: Peter MacKenzie is skipper of the Triton, and has already caught two and a half tonnes of lobster this season. He's heading back out for more. Money talks, and the all-in price of lobsters has spiked hard to more than $100 per kilo. The season's big winner is the William Norling, where skipper Danny has reached his season target and is now on the phone to his buyers, playing each one off against the other to try and secure the highest price.