Hello..welcome to the fan club. Ill do my best to answer your questions.To start with..if you are a cable subscriber and have On Demand you can go to cable favorites and few the first 3 or 4 episodes.
How long is the season? This varies based on how fast the crabs are caught. Can be a few days to a week per what I recall
How long are they away from home? They are away for the time they catch the crabs plus they could be delayed several days if they are one of the last boats to show up to cash in on their catch. There are a limited number of people and hours where the crabs can be processed. You have to wait your turn. The bad news is you only get paid for live crabs..so if some of your catch dies while being stuffed in tanks the crew suffers the loss.
Do the guys have other jobs when they aren't crab fishing? Sounded like some do and some dont.
How much money are they making? I know they talked about how good the money is, but not sure how much they are talking about. - That varies on the catch. A good season could give each of the deck hands 7,000 - 12,000 for a few days work. If nothing is caught..they crew gets nothing. The captin gets two shares and Greenhorns(rookies) only get a 1/2 share their fist season.
Hope that helps