Jake Harris -- one of the stars of "Deadliest Catch" -- is officially a wanted man after blowing off a critical court appearance in his reckless driving case today.

TMZ has learned a judge in King County, Washington issued a bench warrant for the 24-year-old after he failed to appear for his pretrial hearing today.

Jake -- the youngest son of the late Captain Phil Harris -- was arrested back in February after allegedly driving recklessly and causing a late-night car crash.

In addition to reckless driving, Jake was originally charged with DUI and hit-and-run -- but those two charges were eventually dropped.