Wicked Tuna (2012–…): Season 4, Episode 2 - Anchor Anger - full transcript

DAVE: Ah!

NARRATOR:
On this episode of Wicked Tuna:

TYLER:
Whoa!

DAVE:
Hoo! Hoo!

NARRATOR:
the fight between two captains...

DAVE:
Stay the (BLEEP) away from my boat.

-Stay away.
TYLER: You're a pussy-ass bitch!

NARRATOR:
reignites a bitter rivalry.

DAVE:
Bring it on!

SANDRO: You piss us off,
this is what (BLEEP) happens.

TYLER:
All mine this year!



Every tuna's got my name on it.

NARRATOR: And a mate has one
last chance to redeem himself.

TJ: Start the boat, start the boat,
start the boat. Start the boat!

TIM:
Come on, come on, Mike!

TYLER:
Reel-reel-reel-reel-reel!

NARRATOR: In one of the most
regulated fisheries in the world...

TIM:
It's the breakfast of champions.

It's the way you start your morning off.

NARRATOR:
these fishermen fight to earn a living...

DAVE:
Hit that!

NARRATOR:
catching Wicked Tuna.

At the start of week three,
Pin Wheel holds the top spot,

but Hot Tuna is close behind

is off to a slow start with only one fish.



TYLER:
Yo... That's why you're my boy brother.

This is gonna be the best season
I've ever had aboard the Pin Wheel

and it's just getting started.

We're putting the hurt
on the other captains.

TRAVIS:
Let's go get them.

DAVID:
What's going on, boys?

TRAVIS: What up, David?
TYLER: Another day in paradise, baby.

It's the beginning of week three

and we couldn't have asked
for a better way to start the season.

Everything's been going great
until last night.

DAVE:
Don't (BLEEP) touch my boat.

I will (BLEEP) rip your (BLEEP) head off!

Stay the (BLEEP) away from my boat.

TYLER:
Ever since I came to Gloucester,

my number one goal
has always been to beat Dot Com.

-I've heard a lot about you.
DAVE: Yeah?

TYLER: How's it gonna feel when I take
all the fish out of your backyard?

DAVE: Bring it on.
If you catch 20, I'll catch 21.

Remember this picture right here.

That's what you're gonna see
all summer long!

TYLER: Hey, just remember,
you were the number one fisherman.

DAVE:
Ha!

TYLER: And last week,
our rivalry reached a whole new level

all because of one little prank.

We're gonna pop your anchor ball now.

Ready?

Get the gaff. Pretend like we're popping
his anchor ball.

Psych! Whoo!

DAVE:
Somebody's gonna beat his ass.

TYLER: You don't own the (BLEEP) ocean!
DAVE: Stay away. Stay away!

-I will break both your (BLEEP) legs.
TYLER: Break them!

DAVE:
Stay away. That's a fair warning.

TYLER:
You ain't getting no fair warning!

I was already planning
on winning this season

but Dot Com just made me
want it that much more.

He's scared because
he can't catch them.

He keeps losing them left and right.

-And he's panicking.
DAVID: And he knows it.

TYLER: Because you know what?
No friends. No nothing.

All he has is trying to be
the "Best tuna fisherman."

And he's not even that.

If you wanna really get in his head,
you put more fish on the deck.

You know what? We got more fish
than him right now

and we're in his head.

DAVID:
I've known Tyler for 25 years.

If there's anything that will affect
his ability to catch fish, it's drama.

I have to make sure he stays focused
on what's important.

Let your fish do the talking, bro,
and you will (BLEEP) win all season long.

TYLER: Let's get the boat ready.
Let's get out of here.

There's only one place I wanna be,
and that's out fishing.

Putting fish on the deck.

DAVID: Come on, man.
Let's get out of here.

TYLER:
Let's roll, brother!

You know, it's personal now.
It's game on.

It's on a whole another level now.

DAVE:
That young punk. He's lucky.

It's the start of week three
and we've only got one fish so far.

Unacceptable.

We need to do whatever it takes
to start putting fish on the deck.

This feud with Tyler,

it's always gonna be in the back
of my mind, but I gotta stay focused.

I gotta get fishing.

Just wanna go out and smoke his ass.

As long as we beat him,
I consider it a win.

Even if Marciano, TJ and Paul beat us,

I'm okay with that,
as long as we beat Tyler.

SANDRO:
I'm not okay with it.

DAVE: You're not okay with that, huh?
SANDRO: No, I wanna be on top.

There's no second place for us.

DAVE:
Let's get out of here.

I'm gonna go out
and smoke that little punk.

TJ:
First line in.

Have some fresh baits out.

TIM:
Hopefully when they show,

they'll like the spread
we're showing them and they...

They decide to hang on to one of them.

TJ:
It's the beginning of week three

and although we've caught three fish,
it hasn't been all smooth sailing.

My younger brother Michael
has been the weak link on the team

and his rookie mistakes during hookups
have nearly cost us some fish.

JARRETT: Go, go, go, go,
go, go, go, go, go, go!

TJ: Last week, during the fish fight,
he was bumbling around on deck

making things difficult
for Jarrett and myself.

-I want you to pull on it.
MIKE: I am pulling on it.

TJ:
The week before that?

TIM:
Bring that tagline!

TJ:
Dad was screaming at him.

We were trying to get off the anchor,
and he threw the tagline too short.

TIM:
Goddamn it!

TJ: Maybe Mike is just not cut out
to be a tuna fisherman.

MIKE: I'm the least experienced
fisherman in my family.

I've gotten off to a rocky start,
you know.

I just need my chance to shine.

TJ: If Mike can't step up and prove
that he belongs on this boat,

this will be his last week
on the Hot Tuna.

[BEEPING]

We're marking.

MIKE:
Couple whales around here.

TJ: There's some whales
feeding around the boat.

Usually Charlie Tuna's not far behind.

So all we need now is this rod to bend.

JARRETT:
Any second... Come on.

TJ:
Look, the down rod's on.

Woo!

TIM: Get up in front, Michael.
Start the boat.

TJ:
Watch, him, watch.

He's like wild.

Bubby, get back here!

Bubby!

MIKE:
I'm coming!

TIM: Bumping it forward.
Bumping it forward!

Big blue shark... Holy!

TJ:
Unfortunately, wrong species.

JARRETT:
Damn, I was excited too man!

It sucks.

Whatever. It's part of the game.

TJ:
It definitely acted tuna-ish.

It took a lot of line out on top,

so it definitely caught us off guard

and we acted like it was a tuna.
You never know.

At any given moment, you know,

the wrong species
could turn into the right species.

Thanks for your help, Mike.

TYLER:
I'm ready to catch a fish.

There's some tuna fish around.

There's been a few caught,
and the battle is intense right now.

There's fish everywhere.

It doesn't matter where you're fishing.

You have an opportunity
to catch a tuna fish.

So this is "Game on."

I mean, it's only a matter of time
before we start hearing

the other boats are hooking them too.

We've caught four fish so far this season
and Dot Com's only caught one.

I really wanna keep our streak alive

and put some distance between us
and the black boat.

DAVID:
Got a lot of mackerel, lot of herring.

Hopefully, you know...
Hopefully, it produces a bite.

Tyler's main motivation
is winning this competition.

But for me,
this is how I support my family.

And no matter what happens,

I need to make sure
that Tyler stays focused on fishing.

DAVE:
There he is! Look at that.

Look at that. That's a jumbo right there.

That's two fish in the last 20 minutes.

150...

Going right out.

There he is again. He's all over it.

130... 130.

Whoa... That's it!

We are on.

Wow, right out of my hand!

He's underneath. We gotta start up.
I'm popping it out.

Spin the boat around. Forward, right.

Whoo-hoo-ho-hoo!

Whoa!

Yeah!

Got a long way to go.

[BEEPING]
TYLER: Nice fricking mark!

We're marking them.

He's chasing the bait around.

Eat something.

We really gotta catch a fish.

We really gotta catch another fish.

Put the pressure on Dot Com.

TRAVIS: Oh, dude, look!
We got one on the screen.

TYLER:
We're on, we're on, we're on!

-Start the boat.
TRAVIS: Where you at?

Forward? Forward?

TYLER:
No, no! Lift the (BLEEP)!

Move this (BLEEP) big rod.

DAVID: Forward?
TYLER: No, no, no, here!

Move the rod right next to me!

DAVID: What about the down rod?
TYLER: Someone reel in the down rod.

Reel in your down rod.

Here, David, take this.

Move all these (BLEEP) bait rods
and (BLEEP)!

TRAVIS: I'm working on it, man.
TYLER: Throw everything in that corner.

(BLEEP)!

DAVID:
Here.

TYLER:
(BLEEP) the bat!

Come on, David, this is your paycheck.
This is what feeds your family.

Get some cranks.

You put this fish on the deck,
we're making money.

We gotta break this fish right now.

I wanna stick it to you, Dot Com!

Come on, keep turning the handle.

DAVID:
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

Watch that (BLEEP) line, Travis!

TYLER: Come on, David,
this is your paycheck.

TYLER: I've got
to get my fish into open water

so we can focus on doing the dance.

This is what feeds your family.

All right, this year it's all about
putting meat on the deck

so we got to take
every single one serious.

One at a time.

DAVID: He's going crazy.
He's gonna be on the surface!

TYLER: We really got to get this fish.
It's a big one.

He's on top.

DAVID:
Here he comes.

TYLER: Oh!
DAVID: Whoa (BLEEP)!

No way.

It was going right through my fingers.

TYLER: Just lost a (BLEEP)
600-pounder right at the boat.

(BLEEP) sucks.

DAVID:
(BLEEP) man.

TYLER: It's devastating to lose a paycheck
this close to the boat.

If we wanna maintain
our lead over the fleet,

we gotta make every hookup count.

I can't believe we lost that fish.

I can't fricking believe it!

DAVE:
He's not too far away.

He's big, Sandro.

SANDRO:
Oh, yeah, he's heavy.

I love this (BLEEP).

Right there, he's right there.

Reverse, reverse. Hard reverse.

Forward left.

Holy rope. Jesus Christ, dude!

Wow.

Wow.

He just got pissed off!

I don't like that one bit, man.

He's going left, he's going right,
he's rolling.

We're lucky to keep
these ones on the hook here.

I hate this (BLEEP).

DAVE: We've got to get this one, Sandro.
SANDRO: Yes, sir.

We'll do everything in our power to keep
this one on this line, that's for sure.

Reverse, reverse.

Hard reverse, hard reverse.
Hard, hard, hard!

I got swivel.

Okay, neutral, neutral!

Hard reverse, hard reverse,
hard reverse.

Hard reverse, hard, hard.

Come on, baby!

Color. Grab the harpoon!

You've got him. You've got him now, Dave.

Yeah. He's right there.
Right there. Hit him.

DAVE:
Gaff. Go get the gaff.

SANDRO:
Woo, baby. Goddamn!

You piss us off,
this is what (BLEEP) happens!

Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo-ha-ha.

DAVE: Got one!

SANDRO: Yes, sir, baby!
DAVE: That's what I'm talking about! Woo!

SANDRO:
That's how the Dot Com does it!

Okay, go.

DAVE:
That's a beautiful fish.

-He's big, Sandro.
SANDRO: Yeah. He's 600.

DAVE: Yeah, he is.
Oh, he's round, huh?

SANDRO:
Yeah, he's a nice looking fish dude.

93 inches. I could say 93.

DAVE:
I'm gonna say 92.

-93 and a half.
SANDRO: Woo! Smoking them, baby!

DAVE: This is just the beginning
for the Dot Com.

SANDRO:
Oh, is that Tyler?

DAVE: It's Tyler.
SANDRO: Oh, that's Tyler.

Every fish we catch is like
another anchor ball in Tyler's face.

KENNY:
ABC.

Always be chumming.

PAUL: It's the beginning of week three
and we still haven't caught a fish.

MAURO:
We've just gotta keep fishing.

That's all we can do.

KENNY:
Just keep on keeping on.

PAUL:
Keep at it and we'll bend the rod.

MAURO: It's team effort, man.
KENNY: That's all it is.

MAURO: The best team
is gonna win this thing.

PAUL:
Mauro is the owner of the boat.

He asked me to captain it

so he can learn how to do
some tuna fishing commercially.

Any more herring or did you cut them all?

MAURO:
Nope, there's a couple in there.

Some people are born
into the tuna industry.

Paul was basically born into it.

For me it was much later in life

and I just fell completely in love
with going giant tuna fishing.

PAUL:
The newest guy is Kenny.

He's young and green, but he's eager.

He does whatever needs to be done.

You wanna get some breakfast going?
We're ready to eat.

KENNY:
Sure. Yeah, I can get on the grill.

Gotta keep these old guys well fed.

They get hungry and grouchy.
I get yelled at.

MAURO: That's what happens
when you're doing all the work!

PAUL:
Help us out. We need our energy.

MAURO:
Why don't you go take a nap?

KENNY:
I could do that!

MAURO:
Yeah, I bet you can.

KENNY:
This season I have two big goals:

to catch a lot of fish and to learn a lot.

So I'll do things like cut chum.

Clean bathrooms, scrub buckets,
clean the boat.

There's really no better place
to cook a breakfast.

I mean, look at this view.
Can you beat it?

You've got your bacon in your right,
your cup of coffee in your left.

PAUL:
We've got lines out.

-Tuna, bait, mackerel.
KENNY: You're gonna get a bite.

Bait knife to cut your English muffin.
Why not?

PAUL:
There's a rule in tuna fishing.

The low man on the totem pole
who catches the least tuna

does all the cooking.

KENNY:
And voila!

Captain,
I got one hot and ready for you.

PAUL:
Hell, yeah.

Look at that.

Very good, Kenny.

KENNY: I like to hear it.
PAUL: Good job.

We'll let you do it again.

DAVE:
What's up, Scott?

SCOTT: What's up?
What do you guys got for me?

DAVE: One more.
SCOTT: One more?

All right, let's get him up.

DAVE:
Let's do it.

Bring him up.

SCOTT:
Got 485 pounds.

SANDRO: That's pretty damn good.
I'll take that any day.

DAVE: Yeah.
SANDRO: Wow.

DAVE:
Let's check him out.

The buyer's looking for fat content,
color and clarity of the fish.

That's what determines
the quality of the meat.

What do you got?

SANDRO:
Nice, man.

SCOTT:
Yeah, it doesn't look too bad.

DAVE:
Core sample.

SCOTT: That looks good.
SANDRO: Oh, gorgeous.

DAVE:
Come on, bro, what do you think?

SCOTT: Um, this fish has
got plenty of fat in it.

It's just... It's got a little
bit of cloud, honestly.

But I think we could do...

15 bucks a pound for this.

SANDRO:
We'll take 15. That's not bad.

DAVE:
All right.

That's just over $7,000.

It adds to the tally and it
moves us even closer to Tyler.

Thanks, Scott, appreciate it.

-Get some ice?
SCOTT: Yup, no problem, sure.

DAVE:
All right.

This fish is a good start
for the week but we're not done just yet.

Last year was tough.

This year is 10 times more amplified.

There's no rest for the wicked,

so we're gonna ice back up
and head right back out.

TJ:
Just getting going here this morning.

No marks yet to speak of.

No whales,

but we got a tide change
coming in about 45 minutes to an hour,

so I really think something's
gonna happen here.

This is one of those days, you know,
you could tell.

If they come through today,
they're gonna be bitey.

I just feel it.

We didn't do much yesterday,

but I definitely think today's our day.

MIKE: I've gotten in the way
during the fish fights.

My old man and TJ have yelled at me.

Nothing feels worse as being
the one guy on a boat

that everybody looks at
as the weakest link.

If I mess up again,
that means I'm off the boat

and I'll be damned
if I'm gonna let that happen.

TIM: On!
TJ: Oh (BLEEP).

Start the boat, start the boat,
start the boat, start the boat!

Start the boat!
TIM: We are starting the (BLEEP) boat!

-Come on, come on, Mike!
MIKE: I'm trying.

TIM: Get out of the way.
MIKE: I got it, relax. No screaming.

TIM:
I'll do whatever the (BLEEP) I want!

TJ:
Hooked up, baby!

Let me know when it's off, Michael.

MIKE:
Which way do you want it?

TJ:
Just throw it off.

MIKE:
You're off.

JARRETT:
Woo-wee!

It's taking a lot of line already.

TJ: We just started getting
this stuff out. First rod out,

rod cripples over.

We're on.

Hopefully this is a good sign of
more things to come on this trip.

JARRETT:
Woo! It's a good-sized fish, man!

TIM:
Wow, that was wild!

TJ: It's definitely fighting like a fish
that's at least 400... 500 pounds.

And you never know. It could be bigger.
But right now he seems like he's settling.

Staying on top.

TIM:
There he is, right there! He's on top!

Get ready, he might pull to you.
He might pull to you.

TIM: It's going this way, TJ.
He's coming to the port.

Look at him here. Jesus!

JARRETT:
Wild fish.

TIM:
This is the breakfast of champions.

This is the way you start your
morning off, pulling on a 600-pounder.

Now let's get him around.

Come around, TJ.
Coming around hard!

-What's that?
TJ: Oh, no!

Oh, we just blew a (BLEEP) steering line.

TIM: We lost the steering?
TJ: Blew a steering line.

TIM:
Oh, no!

TJ:
Do you believe this?

MIKE: We're losing a lot
of power steering fluid,

and that causes a big problem
because then you lose steering.

TJ: We also have to
worry about getting home.

So this is definitely
worst case scenario right now.

Without steering, we cannot
keep this fish behind the boat.

And if it drags the line underneath
or alongside the boat,

the line will snap and we
can kiss this fish goodbye.

MIKE:
I got this!

I'm going down in the engine room.

TJ:
Mike may not be the best fisherman

but he's a phenomenal mechanic.

Hopefully he can figure this out.

MIKE:
Jesus.

If I can continue pouring steering fluid
into the reservoir before it runs dry,

then TJ will be able to steer the boat

and we might have a chance
at landing this fish.

TJ:
Ah (BLEEP).

TIM: What?
TJ: Starting to lose it.

TIM:
Wow.

MIKE:
Hoo!

How's that feel, TJ?

Is it getting better?

TJ:
A little.

You gotta keep doing it.

It gives me enough but still hard.

MIKE: Not a fun job,
but it's gotta get done to land this fish

and we get home safe.

Somebody's gotta do it.

JARRETT: We got swivel. I can't see it.
TIM: I see swivel. I don't see fish.

I just got a glimpse of him.
He's big.

JARRETT:
It's gotta be (BLEEP) huge.

TIM:
Steer him out. Steer him out.

TJ: You know, if we can land this fish,
this'll put us over the hump.

And, you know, give us stability
throughout the season financially.

So there's a lot riding on this right now.

If we pull this off, it will be a miracle.

DAVE:
I feel so positive right now.

SANDRO:
Tyler's out fishing.

We better (BLEEP) get him.

DAVE:
All we need is one good fish

and we can move past Tyler
on the leaderboard

and that would be the cherry
on top of a glorious week.

I got a lot more pressure
this year than last year.

I got a maniac trying to cut my polyball.

Everybody else is trying to beat us.

So I got a lot going on.

SANDRO: I do too.
DAVE: What do you have going on?

SANDRO:
I think I'm allergic to tuna fishing.

I can't stop sneezing.

DAVE:
I think he's allergic to work.

Holy (BLEEP)

Look at that, huh?

There he is! Come on, go!

SANDRO:
Look at that! That's a big boy.

DAVE:
We got some action here.

Only thing going down on
this boat today is a rod tip.

SANDRO: That's a jumbo.
DAVE: Yes, it is, and nobody's here!

There's nobody here and those fish
are very, very aggressive.

Hopefully we can get him to go.

Bam. We got a fish!

Oh, yeah, he's (BLEEP) pissed off!

Feels good... Big boy.

SANDRO:
Big boy.

DAVE: Dollar-wise,
this is possibly ahead of Tyler.

We got to get this one in the boat.

There's only one thing between me
and a $10,000 check right now.

SANDRO:
$10,000. Oh, baby.

DAVE:
Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

He's got half the spool.

I hope this isn't another
one of those battle royal's.

Please, God, no.

SANDRO:
You've got plenty of time. Relax.

DAVE: I know.
He's got half the spool.

SANDRO: Then have yourself
another half a spool. So chill.

DAVE:
I'm not relaxing.

SANDRO: This fish right here could
wipe out Tyler's big start right there.

Just go out and fish hard.

I don't wanna get (BLEEP) soaked.

DAVE:
Come on, come on.

A little more, a little more,
a little more.

Getting close now.

I'm looking at him.

He's every bit of 800. He is a big boy.

He's going back down again.

SANDRO:
I think he's swimming.

Taking more line.

He's going down.

DAVE: Now all the line I got,
he just took it all back, Sandro.

It is gone.

SANDRO:
This fish is a complete (BLEEP).

This fish sucks.

TJ:This hydraulic line being blown
is really making it difficult

and it's just a wild fish, you know.

If there was ever a fish where we really
needed our steering to perform properly,

this is it.

We got a great team right now
and, I mean,

you know, having my brother down
in the engine room

trying to keep the steering
going while we do this.

This wheel, I can barely turn.

It takes everything
I got to get it to go around.

Jarrett's got to work extra hard
to get a few cranks on the reel.

Dad's ready with the harpoon.

God willing, we get a shot here.

MIKE:
I'm down there.

It's 180 degrees, sweating hot,
generator's running, motor running,

but all I know in my head
is the job needs to get done.

JARRETT:
What the (BLEEP)? Come on.

I'm (BLEEP) getting tired of this (BLEEP).

If somebody'll jump on it here.

TIM: Got an angry fish on the end of the
line and he's real close to the boat.

It just a big fish, real big fish.

Doesn't want to give up just yet.

TJ: I see deep, deep color.
TIM: Reel down, reel down.

TJ:
Ready with harpoon?

JARRETT:
Here he comes.

TJ:
Get Jarrett on the sticks.

Take the shot.

Take the shot. Get him.
Right there.

TJ:
I see deep, deep color.

TIM: I missed him.
TJ: Hurry up.

TIM:
It's all right. He's still at it.

TJ:
Right here, right here.

-Get him?
TIM: No.

TJ:
Oh, my God.

Throw at his head, throw at his head.

TIM: Oh, right over his (BLEEP) back.
I (BLEEP) suck at this (BLEEP).

TJ:
Both of you's (BLEEP) throw at his head.

Holy-- Jarrett, hit him. Hit him!

Yes, Jarrett. Good shot!

Get them gaff ready.

MIKE: What side?
TJ: That side... Over here by me.

JARRETT: Left side, left side, left side.
MIKE: TJ's got it. TJ's got it.

TJ: Watch out!

JARRETT:
Right there.

MIKE:
Get a tail rope over here.

Come on, tail rope.
Over here... Come on.

TIM: All right, beautiful. Tie him up.
TJ: Woo!

-He's on.
TIM: Holy (BLEEP).

JARRETT:
Yeah! Yeah!

MIKE: Woo!
JARRETT: Woo!

Talk about some teamwork.

MIKE:
Little oil on me, but he's tied off baby.

He's going in the hold.

TJ: Michael definitely
bailed us out in this situation

and we might not
have had this fish without him.

After today Michael has definitely proved
he is worth his weight in gold.

MIKE:
Money. Oh, yeah.

Woo! Woo-hoo.

JARRETT: Damn, yeah!
TJ: Yeah!

TIM: That's a real one.

Holy mackerel.

TJ: Holy moly.
TIM: He's big. Yeah.

He's probably close to a grand yup.

TJ:
A hundred and fifteen.

Definitely took
a few years off my tuna career.

TJ: This fish was one
of the most difficult fish

if not the most difficult fish I've ever
came across in my tuna fishing career.

I'm so, so happy right now.

I mean, the Hot Tuna
is definitely en fuego.

We just got to keep it rolling.

DAVE:
Got a stalemate here.

Good color right here.

Oh. Whoo-hoo.

That's scary.

Coming back left.

This is the angle I want, like 20 degrees.
See it?

-Just keep it right there. Neutral.
SANDRO: Yeah.

Got to get it in soon. I don't like this.

Longer the worse, man.

This needs to be harpooned.

Tied off. Asap.

DAVE:
This is the ticket right here.

Now I'm gonna get him.

In fact, I mean business now.

Woo. Coming up.
Come on, baby, come on.

Stay right there, Sandro.

SANDRO:
I can (BLEEP) hit him, dude, right here.

DAVE:
No. That's too much of a danger shot.

SANDRO:
He's right here. Right here.

-He's right here.
DAVE: I got, I got... Watch me.

SANDRO:
Hit that bitch.

-Yes, sir.
DAVE: Go to the back. Go to the back.

Go forward.

We don't have him yet.

Get it on the rod, Sandro.

SANDRO: Whoo. Plumbing's dead.
DAVE: Oh, okay.

SANDRO: Oh, my God.
This thing's a (BLEEP) beast.

DAVE: He's ours... Woo.
SANDRO: Look at it sideways.

DAVE: How do you like that, Tyler?
Ha-ha-ha.

Come in, Tyler.
I know you're listening.

DAVE:
Got a 188. 120 incher.

Just in case you're wondering,
he's probably gonna dress 700, 750.

That's what you get for trying
to cut my polyball the other night.

Karma's a bitch.

See you at the dock again.
Game over.

TYLER:
(BLEEP)... (BLEEP)... (BLEEP)!

TRAVIS: What?
TYLER: (BLEEP).

Yo, you guys, Dot Com
character's going crazy on the radio.

No way.

Dude, who cares?

It's (BLEEP) tuna fish.
We catch them very easily on this boat.

He is just trying
to get in your head, man.

Don't even let him get in your head.

This guy is... He's crazy, dude.

TYLER:
Okay, I'm sick to my stomach.

We got to do something here, man.

Something's got to change.

DAVE:
Holy (BLEEP). That's huge.

SANDRO: He's huge.
DAVE: Yeah, look how round he is.

Look at the tail.
It's like a tree trunk.

SANDRO: It's probably the
biggest fish of the year right here.

Gonna be.

DAVE:
I don't believe in karma.

I don't believe in luck,
but at this point in time

I'll say karma's a bitch.

SANDRO:
(BLEEP) you, Tyler.

That's the biggest tail
I've seen in a few years.

-Go ahead.
DAVE: Talk loud, okay?

SANDRO:
Okay, go, go, go, go, go, go, go,

go, go, go, go, go,
go, go, go, go, go, go.

DAVE:
Woo-hoo-hoo.

SANDRO:
What the (BLEEP)?

DAVE: Go.

SANDRO:
Right here. You're good.

Hey, buddy. Welcome home, pal.

Welcome home.

This thing fits across the transom.

This is thing is almost 14 feet long.

DAVE: Wow, can you believe
we brought that up on a little hook?

SANDRO:
Wow, this thing is freaking huge.

DAVE: I'd say 116.
SANDRO: 112.

DAVE: 116.

SANDRO:
112 and a... Almost a half.

DAVE: Thank you, Tyler. Thank you, Tyler.
SANDRO: Not so bad.

SANDRO: It kind of looks like Tyler.
DAVE: A little bit.

SANDRO:
Tall and skinny.

DAVE:
Good job.

SANDRO: What a beast.
DAVE: That was sweet.

-And the season has just begun.
SANDRO: Yes, sir.

DAVE:
I thank Tyler for this one.

PAUL:
Wait and we wait and we wait.

It's important that we have a good season

to show everybody that here we are.

So, what's at stake for us is we really
need to come out of the gate

and catch a fish to get going.

MAURO:
Oh, we just marked a fish.

PAUL:
What did he say?

MAURO:
That's a fish right on the bottom.

Oh, big marks, big marks,
big marks, big marks, big marks.

He's just cruising the bottom.

KENNY: Swimming with his mouth open.
MAURO: Yep.

PAUL:
All right, that's that, that's that.

MAURO: Swimming with... Look like
he's bouncing right off the bottom,

like "boom, boing, boing, boing."

KENNY:
Aqui. Aqui.

MAURO: Paul, we're on.
PAUL: Yeah.

Got him?

MAURO:
Feels pretty good I'll tell you.

Putting a big bend on the rod.

PAUL: It is a tuna, guys.
MAURO: It feels good.

It's pretty heavy.

Maybe it's an 80-incher.

I want a big one.

It's big I'm telling you.

PAUL: Just take your time.
MAURO: Yep.

PAUL:
Just relax. Lift it up.

-Go over him.
KENNY: I got him.

PAUL:
Let him go down. Whoa...

This is taking way too long.

MAURO:
We just got to catch some fish.

We just got to do our thing
and catch our fish

and not worry about
what everybody else is doing,

because if we start worrying
about what they're doing,

it's gonna take us out of the game.

I think it's a 300 or 400 pound fish.

Leader...

There's color right there.

PAUL:
Pull him in, Mauro.

KENNY:
There you go, there you go.

MAURO:
Bouncing like crazy.

PAUL:
Pull it up right away.

No. No way.

MAURO:
Damn.

PAUL:
Too short.

KENNY: Just swimming away.
PAUL: Yeah.

MAURO: What's important to me
is the sustainability

because these
are our giants of the future.

Every short needs to be handled with care.

PAUL:
Well, we're getting closer.

It felt good to lay hands on a bluefin
for the first time this year.

I wish it was about 20 inches longer,

but it's a nice day and we got a bite.

PAUL:
I know it wasn't a giant,

but it's bringing everyone's spirits up
that we finally caught a tuna fish.

It was a small one.

MAURO:
It's good to get a bite.

But at the same token, it ain't no payday.

Tuna fishing.

So far it's been tuna wishing this year.

Might have to stay out
here till February,

but I ain't going home without a check.

TJ: You know, everyone
worked their asses off this trip.

My brother was down in that engine room.
It was 160 degrees dumping that oil in.

We were very, very fortunate to have
what we have in the hole right now.

With this particular fish,
Michael showed his true colors.

He really came through on this one

and I'm super glad
we brought him on the boat.

SCOTT:
Hot Tuna. What's up guys?

What do you guys got for me today?

TIM:
We got a real big one here, Scotty.

Probably 118 inches long.

SCOTT:
Wow, nice.

That is one fat fish.

Cool.

JARRETT:
Yeah.

TIM:
Slippery.

SCOTT: You got 628 pounds dressed.
TJ: Woo!

JARRETT: Woo!
TJ: Nice fish.

JARRETT: Yeah.
TJ: All right, Scott.

So you wanna see what she looks like?
Get a cut, get a core?

SCOTT:
Let's do it.

A lot of fat on that.

TJ: A lot of skin fat.
TIM: Got nice fat.

TJ: That's a beautiful core, Scott.
SCOTT: Yeah, good core.

TJ: This fish cost us our steering, man.
What are you thinking?

SCOTT: Well, the shape of this fish,
it's got a lot of grease in it.

A lot of fat.

It is a red-meat fish,
but it's still okay.

So with this fish...

-$18 a pound.
TJ: that'll work, man.

TIM: Beautiful.
TJ: Thanks, Scott.

That's over 11 grand.

This is the kind of fish
that's gonna help us

with some of the financial difficulties
throughout the year.

JARRETT: Good teamwork.
TIM: Thank you.

JARRETT: Good teamwork, buddy.
TIM: Yeah.

TJ:
This is gonna put us in the green.

TYLER: There's no way I'm gonna
let that Dot Com catch me.

TJ just caught a fish,
Dot Com just caught his second fish.

The competition's fierce.

I refuse to go home
until we catch another tuna.

And if we have to stay out here
for another week we're gonna do it.

DAVID: Here we go, Tyler.
[BEEPING]

TYLER:
Marking him. Marking him.

DAVID:
We're-- Hey, we're on. We're on.

TYLER:
Woo!

Woo!

Spark right next to the fleet,
we've got him on.

Reel, reel, reel, reel, reel!

DAVID:
Travis, get your ass up.

TYLER:
We really need this fish.

It's very important that we--
We try and keep the lead.

No alliance with any boat.

No telling no one in the fleet (BLEEP).

(BLEEP) them all this year.

Going back to what I did the first year,
and that's just fish.

Woo.

Gotta get this fish.

It's a big money fish.

The fish is at fifty feet right now.
It's a battle now.

Come on. Get some, get some, get some,
get some, get some, get some, get some.

All right, go.

Forward around to the left a little bit.

He's pissed off now.

Whoa! Dumping us!

This is what it's all about right here.

DAVID:
Back and forth battle.

TRAVIS: What we're doing now,
we're just kind of dead boating.

Not moving at all, letting the fish
complete his pin wheels.

Just kind of breaking his will.
Just working him up.

And when he gets back up top,
we're gonna go get him.

TYLER:
This fish is pissed off, David.

This fish could be tail-wrapped.
We're gonna point him up to the surface,

probably get a tricky dart shot.
But we gotta make it count.

DAVID:
You got me.

There he is.

TYLER:
Get the harpoon ready.

Junior, square me up.
Square me up, junior.

David, move the harp-dart in the boat.

DAVID:
There's a lot of pressure

when it comes to hitting a tuna
with a harpoon.

There's a good chance that
if you miss your first shot,

you're not gonna get a second chance.

TYLER:
Come on.

-What is wrong with you?
DAVID: Let's go.

If we lose this fish, Dot Com wins.

TRAVIS:
David, get the dart.

Stand it straight up
and down and slide back.

I can't see what's going on.

TYLER: David knows what the (BLEEP)
he's doing, junior. You talk to me.

-Get that out of the way.
TRAVIS: All right, all right.

TYLER: It's gonna
come out right there for you.

David, if you don't plow...
Wait, wait, wait.

Get over there. Drill him.

TRAVIS:
(BLEEP) He missed the shot?

(BLEEP)

TYLER:
Come on, I give you a (BLEEP) shot,

-you should get him.
DAVID: (BLEEP) you.

TYLER: You're an idiot.
I'm gonna lose this fish right now.

If we lose another fish,
I'm gonna flip out.

What the (BLEEP) are you doing?

Put the (BLEEP) harpoon
in the rod holder, David.

Hold this, hold this, hold this.

(BLEEP)

Reel! Pull him in.

Push. Swing the rod out!
Swing the rod to the back of the boat.

I will jump in off the back of the boat
to get a tuna.

We have to catch this fish.
No exceptions.

Swing him off the back of the boat.
Push the rod off the back of the boat.

Don't hold him.
Don't hold him. Let him go.

DAVID:
He's coming up. He's coming.

-We got him.
TYLER: I got his ass.

Swing him out, swing him out.

DAVID: This way?
TYLER: Yep, get a tail gaff.

-Now (BLEEP)! Tail gaff!
TRAVIS: I got him.

TYLER:
Reel him in, reel him in.

TYLER: Junior, tail gaff now!
DAVID: Look out.

TYLER:
Another one bites the dust. Woo!

TRAVIS: Nice fish.
DAVID: Nice one.

TYLER:
Awesome... Yeah!

That is a beautiful fish, guys.

All mine this year.
They're all mine.

Every tuna's got my name on it. Mine.

We're bringing the heat.

We're putting pressure
on the rest of the fleet.

It's a short season and you gotta
make as much money as you can.

That's why we're fishing hard.

You gotta have volume.

If you don't have volume this year,
you're not gonna make money.

But I'm not satisfied.
We got to bury Dot Com.

BUYER:
So, what do you got today, Tyler?

TYLER:
One nice fish for you.

BUYER:
All right, we'll check it out.

387. Nice. Watch this.

Well, this fish here boys,
not much.

We got a little bit of skin fat
in through here,

a little bit of fat in the minors,
not too much in the majors.

We'll check the core out.

Core looks all right.

TYLER:
What are you thinking, Gut?

BUYER:
Let's see...

I think we can do $10
a pound on this one.

TYLER:
$10 per pound, man? Are you--?

Hey, you know, that's what it is.
It is what it is.

Unfortunately, we can't get
a top-quality fish every time.

But at the end of the day, money is money.

-We'll get a better one next go around.
BUYER: Yeah, get a better one next time.

TYLER:
Vacation time is over.

Mark my words,
I'll bury Dot Com this year.

SCOTT:
Third fish of the season, huh? Good job.

SANDRO: Thanks, buddy.
DAVE: Yep, thanks.

Is this the biggest one yet this year?

SCOTT: Absolutely.
DAVE: Yeah?

SCOTT: Biggest one.
Let's get her up.

SANDRO: I don't know if that hoist
is gonna handle it.

SCOTT:
690 pounds dressed.

DAVE:
Yeah. That's a corker, huh?

SANDRO:
That's a big fish to beat.

DAVE: Yeah.
SCOTT: Let's see what we got.

DAVE: Little dark.

-Well, that held up nice.
SANDRO: Yeah. That's real nice.

DAVE:
What do you...? What do you think?

SCOTT:
The fish, I mean, it's a monster.

It's just... It's got great shape.

DAVE: Yep.
SCOTT: Great fat,

and just kind of a sucker belly fish.

DAVE: Yep.
SCOTT: You know.

-So $18 a pound.
DAVE: Yeah.

SANDRO: I'll take $18 a pound.
DAVE: Thanks, Scott.

SCOTT: No problem.
SANDRO: Tie for 690?

With our two fish we pulled in almost
twenty grand this week.

This is a huge week for the Dot Com.

All right. We're gonna get some ice
and we're gonna get right back out there.

Part of the reason we went
was to get one-up on Tyler

and that's exactly what we did today.

We dominated last year
and we're gonna dominate this year.

And you can count on that.

NARRATOR:
At the end of week three...

pushes them ahead of rival Pin Wheel.

But Hot Tuna's 11-grand payday
launches them into the lead.

PAUL:
We're the only boat left here again.

We need a tuna fish

and I'll be damned
if we're gonna go in without one.

I was only gonna be out here
for a day or two and here we are.

MAURO:
A little luck on our side would be good.

PAUL: It's always nice to have a line
in the water you know?

Just need the right fish to go on there.
That's all it is.

MAURO:
Tomorrow's a new day.

We'll make it happen.

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