Wicked Tuna (2012–…): Season 5, Episode 2 - Tuna and Tequila - full transcript
NARRATOR: On this
episode of Wicked Tuna.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Get
'em, get 'em, get 'em!
Get some, baby! Get some!
SANDRO MANIACI: Ha, ha!
DAVE CARRARO: Whoa!
SANDRO MANIACI: Can
you believe this?
NARRATOR: New competition.
LANCE SISTARE: Hey!
PAUL HEBERT: Start the main.
Here we go!
LANCE SISTARE:
Clearing the lines!
NARRATOR: Shakes up the fleet.
PETE SPEECHES:
She's right there!
ERIN SPEECHES: Whoo!
NARRATOR: While old wounds.
TJ OTT: I just
don't respect him.
Dot-douche.
NARRATOR: Continue to fester.
DAVE MARCIANO: Dammit!
Dammit!
Dammit!
Ugh!
NARRATOR: In one of the most
regulated fisheries
in the world.
PETE SPEECHES: Wow!
LANCE SISTARE: Beautiful.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Big boy, big
boy, big boy, big boy, big boy!
NARRATOR: These fishermen
fight to earn a living.
PAUL HEBERT: We're
gonna lose this fish!
Look out! Look out! Gaff!
NARRATOR: Catching.
LANCE SISTARE: Oh!
JASON MUENZNER: Forward!
SANDRO MANIACI: Hey!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: [Inaudible]!
Oh God!
NARRATOR: Wicked Tuna.
At the start of week two,
Maine father daughter operation
Erin and Sarah leads the fleet,
while last season's champion,
Hard Merchandise, trails
behind the pack with no fish.
DAVE MARCIANO: Oh, yeah.
That's the problem.
Yeah, night-biting tuna.
JASON MUENZNER: You know.
DAVE MARCIANO: Ah.
Last year, we caught more
Bluefin than any other boat,
and finished at the
top of the fleet.
But then we went fishing
down south in North Carolina
and we didn't catch a
single keeper tuna.
JASON MUENZNER: Now what?
DAVE MARCIANO: All
we gotta do is wait.
I'm starting to get a
little bit frustrated.
All the other boats
have caught fish.
There's no way I wanna end
this second week in a row
with zero fish.
JASON MUENZNER: You
wanna make some popcorn?
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah. Let's
make some popcorn, Jay.
Popcorn for the
movie we're watching.
The title tonight is
Blue Screen of Death.
JASON MUENZNER: I wonder how
Dot Com's doing over there.
GEORDIE SOUSA: There he is.
Forty feet.
DAVE CARRARO: Is he, really?
Oh, yeah, look at that. Geez.
He's right inside, too. Wow.
Last week, we were up
north fishing in Maine,
but this week the fish are being
spotted on Jeffreys Ledge,
which is less than 10
miles away from Gloucester.
I always prefer fishing closer
to home, and this week,
I plan on getting better
quality fish than the two
we caught up in Maine.
We're on the warpath and we are
gonna be that number one boat.
Look at the tunas! Look at the
tunas here!
Look!
Oh, no! They're eating,
they're eating chunks!
It's right there.
It was eating. Throw some chum.
He's right there.
He swam right around
the back of the boat.
There he is! Look at, look
at the size of him!
Look at the, he's right
there, he's right there.
SANDRO MANIACI: Come on.
DAVE CARRARO: Yeah. It's huge.
Pull this rod up. We'll hook him
on this rod.
SANDRO MANIACI:
Oh, look at that!
GEORDIE SOUSA: There he is.
SANDRO MANIACI: There he is.
DAVE CARRARO: Is this
a Thresher or tuna?
SANDRO MANIACI: It's a tuna.
It's a thousand pounds, Dave.
Relax.
DAVE CARRARO: I'm not relaxing.
Right over here.
He's a thousand-pounder.
There he is! Look!
SANDRO MANIACI: Is that
a, fish or a [inaudible].
DAVE CARRARO: It's a
tuna, I'm telling you!
There he is, there he is.
SANDRO MANIACI: There he is.
DAVE CARRARO: Re-spool it.
He's got it, he's got it!
He's got it! He's got it!
Lock it up, lock it up!
He's there.
Yeah, man!
No freaking way.
There we go.
GEORDIE SOUSA: Ready?
DAVE CARRARO: Yeah, guys, good.
Wow! Right out of my [bleep]
hand. Whoa!
DAVE CARRARO: Clear, Geordie?
SANDRO MANIACI: Yeah,
we're off the hook.
DAVE CARRARO: He's coming
at you, he's coming at you.
He's there, he's there.
He's still there. He's there.
Nice! Woo-hoo!
Nothing better than
hand-feeding a fish.
Wow!
Ooh!
DAVE CARRARO: Oh,
yeah, he's big.
Now that's fishing right there.
DAVE MARCIANO:
Can't catch a break!
Seeing Dave hook up right beside
me just pushes me a little bit
harder.
That guy's the luckiest
fisherman I know, sometimes.
DAVE CARRARO: I'm as
nervous as can be right now.
SANDRO MANIACI: I can't
feel my arms, anymore.
Feels great.
That's what it's all about.
I'm not giving up.
DAVE CARRARO: He's
coming up for sure, now.
He's on top! There he is!
GEORDIE SOUSA: Color.
DAVE CARRARO: Swivel!
Here he is!
SANDRO MANIACI: Get
a tail rope ready.
DAVE CARRARO: We can gaff him.
Here he is. Gaff, gaff, gaff!
Come here.
SANDRO MANIACI: I got
it, I got this. Get this.
GEORDIE SOUSA: It's coming.
DAVE CARRARO: Left,
left, left, left.
GEORDIE SOUSA: Whoa,
whoa, whoa, ho!
Got one!
SANDRO MANIACI: Yay!
GEORDIE SOUSA: What the!
DAVE CARRARO: Oh, man!
GEORDIE SOUSA: Oh my God, dude!
SANDRO MANIACI: Nice.
DAVE CARRARO: Nice work, boys.
Guys, look on the tail on that.
GEORDIE SOUSA: Fearless!
SANDRO MANIACI: Ooh, sweet!
GEORDIE SOUSA: About four inches
wider than my shoulders
on either side.
DAVE CARRARO: Oh, my God!
Oh, my God.
I'll call Marciano.
Dave, come in.
Hey, Dave, pick it up.
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah.
You there? Go ahead.
DAVE CARRARO: Totally,
totally epic right now.
You wouldn't believe
what happened.
DAVE MARCIANO: What happened?
DAVE CARRARO: This big,
freaking 900-pounder comes out
and just inhales the dead
herring I threw in the water.
I didn't even harpoon him.
Just put a gaff on his
tail and put a rope on him.
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah,
that's good. Good going.
PETE SPEECHES: What
a lucky bastard.
I prefer to fish around
Maine near my home, but
I'm glad I came
down to Mass this week.
There's fish here to catch.
Our goal is to stay
the number one boat.
The Erin and Sarah can
catch fish wherever we go.
I'm fishing with this Gloucester
fleet to prove I can fish
against anybody.
I don't have to be in
Maine to catch fish.
DAVE MARCIANO: We pulled a bunch
off these numbers last year, but
DAVE CARRARO: All right,
stick it out, Dave.
They're here. You'll get them.
DAVE MARCIANO: And now,
so Dave just gets a gift.
[Bleep] 900-pounder comes up and
eats the ones he's cleaning out
of the live well.
And, uh, we can't catch the
[bleep] clap in a whorehouse
with a fistful of
fifties tonight.
DAVE CARRARO: Got it?
SANDRO AND GEORDIE: Yeah!
SANDRO MANIACI: Come on in!
In.
GEORDIE SOUSA: Wait, watch it.
DAVE CARRARO: He's a porker.
Beautiful fish.
Let's see how many inches he is.
SANDRO MANIACI: 109.
Done!
DAVE CARRARO: That's,
that's amazing.
Now let's go get another one.
TJ OTT: Talk about lucky!
DAVE MARCIANO: Damn near
thousand-pounder just started
slurping them off the surface.
TJ OTT: That is just, come on!
DAVE MARCIANO: We'll
talk to you later, man.
TJ OTT: All right, Dave.
Good luck.
Can you believe that? Like,
What is that, Sandro?
Oh, God, look!
It's a thousand-pounder!
So Marciano tells me about this
lucky catch that Dirtbag Dot Com
had last night.
I'm definitely a little pissed.
It's the start of Week Two.
He's already got three fish
and we've only got one.
Tyler. Dude,
you gotta hear this.
Marciano said that Dot Com was
chucking dead herring over,
and there was a thousand-pounder
eating the dead herring.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Oh, my God!
TJ OTT: Maybe one of us will
get lucky like that Prick.
Unbelievable.
[LAUGHTER]
Last season, we put
him on the meat.
We made him some money,
and he definitely didn't
return the favor.
How many did you get?
DAVE CARRARO: Three.
TJ OTT: Did you break your
fingers fighting them all?
You couldn't dial the phone?
He ended up with a
boatload of fish,
and we went home empty-handed.
That definitely burned us,
and it's hard to get over it.
DAVE CARRARO: From the
way TJ's talking to Tyler,
I think he's still way
upset about last season.
It's not good for our friendship
and it's certainly not good
for my fishing.
And the only way we're gonna
fix that is we're gonna need
to talk about it.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
PAUL HEBERT: Yeah, baby.
She's running, she's running!
It feels really good
to be on my own boat.
My name's Paul Hebert,
and I'm the captain of the
Wicked Pissah.
God, that sounds good!
This season's the first year
that I'm captaining a boat
that I own!
But, I'm 40 grand in the hole.
I gotta make 80 grand.
It's what I've been
working for my whole life.
My whole life, I've
been working for this.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
I'm here this year to stop all
the lip-smack
from all them guys.
He'll never buy a boat.
He'll never, blah, blah, blah.
He'll never succeed.
I'm here to prove
them all wrong.
And I'm gonna out-fish them all.
Every one of them.
The new boat has a new crew.
And they're the best
crew you could find.
Brad is one of the
best fishermen around.
I used to fish with
him a long time ago.
Lance knows every nut and bolt
on this boat and he helped me do
a lot of the work on this boat.
We're gonna catch a lot
of tuna this year, a lot!
Here we go.
I know I got a bad reputation
when it comes to keeping a crew.
All right!
LANCE SISTARE: Wash
off your wee-wee, baby.
It's time to go to work.
PAUL HEBERT: Hey, buddy!
Let's do it. Pumped!
LANCE SISTARE: It's
time to go fishing!
PAUL HEBERT: Ow! I'm pumped!
But I'm gonna prove I
can keep a crew happy.
LANCE SISTARE: Okay, Cap.
PAUL HEBERT:
Profitable, and loyal.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Time
for some blood, baby.
PAUL HEBERT: Lots
of blood, baby.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Blood on
the deck. Lots of blood.
LANCE SISTARE: Gonna
paint the deck red.
PAUL HEBERT: We may be the
littlest boat on the fleet,
but we're gonna be on top.
LANCE SISTARE: I feel bad
for the rest of the fleet.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: What's
going on with our little
anchor problem here?
Maybe we sucked it in.
Sometimes when the
boat's drifting around,
the lines go
underneath the boat,
the rope floats around and gets
entangled in the propeller
or the rudder.
And when that happens, you
can't maneuver your boat,
because you could
break something.
Someone is definitely
going swimming.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Drake's
volunteered to dive in.
He's being a solid
mate, thank God!
The water is 70 degrees, though.
I'd kind of be
excited to jump in,
but I'd be awfully scared
about all the sharks
that are swimming around.
Imagine if he got bit by a shark
while diving under the boat?
That that, I mean, am I
liable for that? I don't know.
I like your little
swimming costume.
It's really nice. You kind of
look like a seal.
DRAKE ROY: There's always a risk
of sharks when you're that far
offshore. So,
you know, that is always
a real thought in my head.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: All right,
brother. Let's be safe,
be careful.
Thanks, brother.
DRAKE ROY: Yeah.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Be careful.
Diving under a boat is
nothing safe about it.
You're dealing with
a very sharp knife,
so it's very important
you make precision cuts,
and you pay attention
to what you're doing.
The other thing is the boat
can be rocking and rolling,
and you don't wanna
get your head hit,
because it can cause a
concussion and knock you out.
It's scary, it's dangerous.
People have lost
fingers doing this.
Yeah!
That's my boy, Drake!
Getting it done.
Drake did it.
He didn't crack his head open.
He didn't slice his fingers off.
Now we're ready to
catch some tunas.
Great job getting
in there, brother.
DRAKE ROY: Yeah, man.
No worries.
Getting the line out of that
wheel was definitely my duty
as the mate, and if I
couldn't do that,
I'm sure Tyler would
be disappointed in me.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Thanks for
taking one for the team, man.
I'm so glad I didn't
have to get wet.
DRAKE ROY: No
worries, no worries.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: I'm confident
that this season, together,
we're gonna be a force
to be reckoned with.
Dude, at least we can
move now and fight a fish.
DRAKE ROY: Oh, yeah.
LANCE SISTARE: Chum
and they will come.
PAUL HEBERT: With
Lance, Brad and I,
we are gonna catch a ton
of tuna fish this year.
I've known Paul for about
two and a half years.
He's a great guy, he's
a great fisherman.
The reason why I'm fishing
is to provide for my family.
My daughter's name is Scarlett
Ann and she's five years old.
If we don't catch any fish, my
daughter's gonna be the one that
suffers here, and I just don't
wanna let my daughter down.
Just gonna keep chumming,
keep grinding, man.
That's all.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: This is
a great spot right here.
It's got the colder water.
It's got plenty of bait.
It's got plenty of fish.
It's the perfect area.
I'm fishing for my family.
My 15-year old son Brad, my
17-year old daughter Emma,
they've endured the sacrifices
their entire life since
they were tiny children.
They probably ate more fish than
any kids alive and if it wasn't
for my wife Heather, I'd be
dead, long gone, just dead.
She's the rock solid
beautiful lady of my life.
To go out and provide
for your family,
you have to be out there.
PAUL HEBERT: There he is.
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Tuna under the boat.
PAUL HEBERT: That's
'cause we're chumming.
We're on, we're on!
Lance! Reel, reel, reel!
Here we go.
All right. We're on.
LANCE SISTARE: First
tuna bite this season.
It's game on, baby!
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
PAUL HEBERT: We're on!
Lance, reel. Reel, reel!
Oh, here we go.
LANCE SISTARE: First
tuna bite this season.
It's game on, baby!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Let
him run, let him run.
Let him run!
That's what we want him to do.
We wanna go in the deep water.
PAUL HEBERT: Lance, just keep
him a little tight, all right?
Just reel your balls off.
That's all, okay?
That's it.
LANCE SISTARE: Feels good, man.
We have a fish on.
Feels real good.
He's takin' line, right now.
This hopefully is a big fish.
This could be a thousand-pound
fish worth over 20 grand!
Going nice and easy
with this fish.
I'm almost up to the mono.
It's good.
I'm getting a
little back on him.
PAUL HEBERT: I'd like to put
him in the middle, kind of.
LANCE SISTARE: Brad's got
a good handle on my rod,
and Paul's driving the boat.
And we're, we're,
we're excited. It's.
PAUL HEBERT: Oh, he's gone!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Oh!
LANCE SISTARE: There you go.
PAUL HEBERT: Back to the anchor.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: It's not right.
PAUL HEBERT: Pulled the hook.
LANCE SISTARE: It
pulled the hook.
Just like that.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: There's no other
job where you can lose your
paycheck so fast
in a split second.
And it's tough on your soul,
it's tough on your psyche.
I'm just gonna get the baits
back out and try again.
PAUL HEBERT: That's called
tuna fishing, brother.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Painful.
PAUL HEBERT: Nothing
you can do about that.
We'll go get another bite.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
ERIN SPEECHES: Oh!
That was beautiful.
PETE SPEECHES: Money shot.
Got a couple of
whales milling around.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
ERIN SPEECHES: Whales
are a good sign.
It means they're
around, eating the bait,
which is the same stuff
that the tuna eats. So
fingers crossed that there's
some tuna in the midst.
PETE SPEECHES:
Let's hope the, uh,
nighttime brings a few more
herring and a few more fish.
The Erin and Sarah is usually
fishing out of Portland, Maine,
but we came down to
Massachusetts this week to fish
Southern Jeffrey's.
It was the right decision.
All the signs are here.
I plan on keeping our lead even
against the Gloucester fleet.
BRANDON PIERCE:
Good day for a tan.
I don't know if it's a good day,
a good day for fishing or not,
but.
PETE SPEECHES: There's
no bad day to go fishing.
Just some days are
better than others.
BRANDON PIERCE:
Can't argue that.
PETE SPEECHES: One of my
grandfather's sayings.
BRANDON PIERCE: Pete had a rough
go of it when he was a kid.
I know he lost both his
parents at a real young age,
and he kind of had
to fend for himself.
And I think that's
developed him into the, uh,
hardworking fisherman
that he is today.
PETE SPEECHES: All right. It's
time for a fish. Time for a fish
BRANDON PIERCE: I
can relate, too.
When I was 14 years old,
my father passed away.
That's kind of
the age where you,
you need your father
the most. So,
so it was a tough time.
I was real close with my father.
I mean, we did
everything together.
Basically ever
since I could walk,
I'd fished with my
father quite a bit,
and kind of took to fishing
as a way to, uh, you know,
heal myself.
PETE SPEECHES: There
he is, flopping around.
Checking things out.
ERIN SPEECHES: Aw!
PETE SPEECHES: Remember, every
seabird is a lost sailor's soul,
they say.
ERIN SPEECHES: Are there
any other superstitions
I should know about?
PETE SPEECHES: No
bananas on the boat.
Because the banana boats were
always an unlucky craft
that carried spiders
and disease.
Never whistle on a
boat, it brings wind.
There's all kinds
of superstitions.
No women on a boat.
Women are unlucky on a boat.
But, I don't know them all and
we only subscribe to a few
of them.
[LAUGHTER]
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
Aw, nice mark, dude!
We're on.
It's a big one!
Got him on, dude!
Got him on.
Get me out the ball
reel on that one.
This is the real deal.
We've been waiting
all day for this.
Night bite, dude,
out of nowhere,
really happy to have it on.
Go to work.
DRAKE ROY: Yes, sir.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Thank God that
Drake freed us from the anchor
line earlier, or we wouldn't be
able to chase this fish down.
Get him, get him, get him!
Get some, baby, get some!
Nice workout.
We're just chasing him down,
trying to close the gap,
get a little closer to them.
It's got a lot of
line out, right now.
There's a lot of
play in that hook.
You don't wanna
pull a hook, here.
He's up on top,
changing directions.
Just wanna kind of
close the deal, here.
DRAKE ROY: Oh, this feels
like a nice fish, here.
It's definitely a real one.
Nice hundred-incher.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Good job,
Drake. You're killing it.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Big boy, big
boy, big boy, big boy, big boy.
DRAKE ROY: Whoa!
There's no describing that.
The way your abs feel like when
you're cranking that thing in.
Ty, turn me!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Dude,
I'm stressed out, man.
You know, the other
boats are catching fish.
We gotta start making money.
Big headshakes, oh, God!
That's so scary, man.
The fish is banging his
head, smashing his head.
Big, violent headshakes.
Really scary, man.
We could lose this
fish at any time.
Right now, I'm really worried
we're gonna pull the hook.
The fish has changed
directions a lot,
and that's definitely
wearing a hole in his mouth.
Anytime a fish makes a
lot of evasive moves,
there's a good chance
it could pull the hook.
DRAKE ROY: We really
need this fish.
This is a nerve-racking
fight, right here.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
Gladiator, baby!
DRAKE ROY: We're the gladiators.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Gladiators.
DRAKE ROY: Full of
piss and vinegar, baby.
Pinwheel, baby! We tight!
I got him. He's coming,
he's coming, he's coming!
Right here, right
here, right here!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: I'm
ready, bro, I'm ready.
Walk him right in.
DRAKE ROY: There he is,
there he is, there he is.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: He's going
back away from us or what?
You wanna back up to him? I can.
DRAKE ROY: No, back up on
him and dart him right here!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Oh, no!
DRAKE ROY: There he is,
there he is, there he is!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Go and
back away from us or what?
You want to back up to him like?
DRAKE ROY: No, back up on
him and dart him right here!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Oh no.
Oh that was my bad
that was stupid.
That was dumb.
I should be
embarrassed over that,
I should have hit that thing.
DRAKE ROY: Let's just get him.
Let's get him.
I got him right here,
right here, right here!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
I can't see him.
I drilled him,
dude I drilled him.
Tail gaff, tail gaff!
Big fish, bro!
Big fish!
Woo!
You holding him?
DRAKE ROY: I got him.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
That's a big tail.
All right I got the gaff.
Let go! Let go! Let go!
I got it!
How do you like that, baby?
DRAKE ROY: Woo! Pinwheel, baby!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Pinwheel! Ow!
DRAKE ROY: Ow! Let's go!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Whoo!
DRAKE ROY: Yeah, baby!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Yeah!
Yeah, baby!
Tuna dot who?
DRAKE ROY: Whoo!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Hey
you kicked ass, bro.
DRAKE ROY: [Bleep]!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Oh,
thank you tuna Gods!
DRAKE ROY: Yeah, whoo!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: I couldn't
ask for better mate than Drake.
Drake's been everything that
I could have hoped for
in a deckhand so far.
Look at the sickle
fins on this thing!
TRAVIS BROWN: Sickle fins.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: That's
a real giant blue fin.
Just so you know,
that's a big tuna.
DRAKE ROY: Money in the bank.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
He's a 97-incher, man.
DRAKE ROY: 97-incher.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
This is a good fish!
We just caught ourselves
a big tuna. All right.
DRAKE ROY: Stoked
to have him, baby.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: So pumped.
DRAKE ROY: Pinwheel, baby!
JOE MARCIANO: He's
right at 32, down deep.
He's coming up.
He's at 30.
DAVE MARCIANO: We didn't
catch a fish last week.
DAVE MARCIANO: My crew, my wife,
my kids all depend on me
finding fish.
JOE MARCIANO: It's
definitely a Bluefin.
DAVE MARCIANO: It's crucial we
turn this mark into a bite
and put a fish on this deck.
JOE MARCIANO: He's higher.
He's still streaking up!
This could be good guys.
He's checking out the bait.
There's a second mark.
DAVE MARCIANO: A second mark?
JOE MARCIANO: The second
one is not a tuna!
JASON MUENZNER: Oh, no!
Seal!
Seal!
DAVE MARCIANO: Dammit!
JOE MARCIANO: Tuna's gone now.
DAVE MARCIANO: Seals love to
check out the bait and the chum.
And in my experience, they spook
anything else that's around
including tuna.
So we end up with nothing on
the line and a lost paycheck.
Dammit.
We're out of the game anyway.
You can't really blame
the seal but dammit,
we need a tuna on the deck.
We ain't got it
together in this trip.
DAVE CARRARO: TJ!
Hey, TJ, come in.
TJ OTT: Dot Douche.
Dot Com's trying to reach
out to us right now,
but really he's the last
guy I feel like talking to.
DAVE CARRARO: Hey, TJ, come in.
TJ OTT: You know,
last year, he, he,
he thinks he didn't
do anyone wrong,
but he's being doing
people wrong forever.
That's how he
approaches this stuff.
I don't hate anyone but
I just don't respect him.
I don't know when I'll be ready
to talk to Dave on the Dot Com,
but right now is not the time.
DAVE CARRARO: The Hot Tuna is
an important boat in the fleet.
I can't afford to
be on TJ's bad side.
If I can't reach TJ out
here, I'll find him in town.
TJ?
You there?
TJ OTT: Come on.
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah, it's
fine, it's fine, Jay.
Not a problem.
When we're fishing this
hard over a period of days,
we all just take short naps
when we can get them in.
The lack of sleep
can take its toll.
Not only on me, on
the guys as well.
Just hand me up the 80
reel we've been using.
DAVE MARCIANO: No, just
hand it when you go down,
and put it up here,
I'll set it up.
DAVE MARCIANO: There's
one down there again,
just below the stick,
coming up to it.
JASON MUENZNER: Oh, Dave! Dave!
Dave!
DAVE MARCIANO: What?
JASON MUENZNER: Dave!
DAVE MARCIANO: What? What? What?
JASON MUENZNER: The chum.
The chum.
DAVE MARCIANO: I'm gonna
get him. I'm gonna get him.
We got this one.
Ah, damn, it's a shark.
Ugh, [bleep].
Damn wretched [bleep]!
Dammit!
Dammit!
Dammit!
I'm just a little tense!
Can't get a break!
BRANDON PIERCE: I think you
should do a push up for every
day that we haven't caught one.
ERIN SPEECHES: Me?
BRANDON PIERCE: We only
have one fish so far.
They don't always come
one after another.
Sometimes you got to
wait a little while.
PETE SPEECHES: Part of the game.
The pressure to stay
number one is on.
We really got to get a fish
soon 'cause time is really
ticking by.
The Gloucester fleet has some
of the best fishermen
on the east coast.
I'm starting to get
a little nervous.
Oh.
ERIN SPEECHES: My dad gets
stressed and he's already almost
at his boiling point.
I just hope that once
the fish do start biting,
I can do what needs to be done.
This is my first time working
for my Dad on the boat
and I'm learning a lot.
After graduating college
and looking for a job,
I decided that this summer
could be my only opportunity
to do this.
I just wanna make him proud.
PETE SPEECHES: We're marking.
We're marking them.
BRANDON PIERCE: We're on!
PETE SPEECHES: We're on!
We're on!
BRANDON PIERCE:
Yeah, we're on, baby.
We're on. Woo!
PETE SPEECHES: Yep.
BRANDON PIERCE: We've
got to land this fish.
Yeah, buddy.
When you hookup, it's an
immediate shot of adrenaline.
And obviously excitement
and at the same time
you're nervous too.
PETE SPEECHES: Come on, Brandon.
Grind, grind!
ERIN SPEECHES: Let's go,
Brandon. Reel!
PETE SPEECHES: Let's go.
You got it.
ERIN SPEECHES: I'm slowly
starting to get the hang
of what to do when the
rod bends.
There's so much
commotion all at once.
I'm kind of like,
Ah, what do I do?
Where do I go?
PETE SPEECHES: You want to
move that rod there, bub?
BRANDON PIERCE:
It's right there.
It's out here. It's out here.
Little slow getting
my gloves for me but,
that will come in time.
PETE SPEECHES: Let him run
on this one. Let him run now.
BRANDON PIERCE: He's up top.
ERIN SPEECHES: You got this.
BRANDON PIERCE: Dammit.
It's a shark.
PETE SPEECHES: Sharks in the
tuna game are a nuisance to us
because they come in,
they eat your bait,
they take away your hooks,
they destroy your leaders.
It's very expensive.
BRANDON PIERCE:
That is a monster.
PETE SPEECHES: We started this
week at the top of the fleet.
But right now, I'm afraid
we're going to end this week
at the bottom.
ERIN SPEECHES: That's not
what we were looking for.
PETE SPEECHES: Can't
catch a break, man.
Can't catch a break.
DAVE CARRARO: Just got really
excited to get back in.
Offload the fish and see
what it's going to bring.
The only thing hanging over my
head is getting my friendship
back on track with TJ.
At least for the moment, I
can focus on the positive.
Getting a paycheck
for this fish.
How's it going?
BUBBA: Pretty good.
How you been?
DAVE CARRARO: Just
got this one here.
BUBBA: All right,
we'll check it out.
DAVE CARRARO: What
do you got, Bubba?
BUBBA: Six hundred and
fifteen pounds dressed.
DAVE CARRARO: Big
one, that's all right.
SANDRO MANIACI: Big boy. Wow.
DAVE CARRARO: Our first two fish
of the season were only seven
and eight dollars a pound.
I need this fish to fetch at
least twelve dollars a pound.
Ooh!
BUBBA: A little dry.
DAVE CARRARO: Mmm-hmm.
BUBBA: Tiny bit of fat,
an early season fish.
DAVE CARRARO: What do you think?
BUBBA: Eight dollars a pound.
SANDRO MANIACI: I'll take eight.
Eight for a big fish like that.
DAVE CARRARO: Eight, times 6.
Forty eight hundred.
SANDRO MANIACI: At least, yeah.
DAVE CARRARO: Thanks Bubba.
I'm bummed we keep bringing in
low quality fish but at the end
of the day, it's still a
five thousand dollar payday.
Now, I gotta track down TJ, and
I gotta do something to patch up
our relationship.
NARRATOR: Dot Com's third fish
of the season is enough to push
them into the lead, meanwhile,
Pinwheel has a fish on board
they have yet to weigh in.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
PAUL HEBERT: All righty, we got
two new leaders right there.
You know, we can cut
back on the main line.
Get those out.
Ohhhh!!!
Nothing.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: If we hook
up with a 500-pounder,
everything will be just right.
We break the ice and
get one, you know.
PAUL HEBERT: Keep an eye on
them. Let's see how they.
LANCE SISTARE: I'm on it, dude.
I'm here. This is my deck.
PAUL HEBERT: How are
these doing down here?
LANCE SISTARE: I'm like a
freaking radar out here.
PAUL HEBERT: You guys happy?
LANCE SISTARE: I just
looked at them. Yep.
PAUL HEBERT: This season,
I have a lot to prove.
For years I've been telling
everybody I know how to bring in
these fish.
And now they're going to
see it for themselves.
The boat's good, crew's
good, if we had a tuna,
it just would be insane.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Paul's gone
through a lot of different crews
over the years, but I think
he's learned how to be
a good captain,
this is his year.
PAUL HEBERT: That looks like
herring there on the bottom.
Look at all that.
We're marking a pod right now.
LANCE SISTARE: Fish hard.
PAUL HEBERT: Big, big mark.
LANCE SISTARE: Keep a
good attitude and
attitude's everything.
PAUL HEBERT: Oh,
here we go, we're on.
Here we go, here we go.
PAUL HEBERT: It's a tuna, baby.
LANCE SISTARE: Untie the boat!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: I
got the anchor line.
PAUL HEBERT: Two!
Double! Double!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Start the main!
Start the main!
Start the main!
PAUL HEBERT: Here we go!
I got the boat.
Bang!
Double!
Here we go.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: It's chaos.
LANCE SISTARE:
Clearing the lines.
PAUL HEBERT: I
loosened up on it.
LANCE SISTARE: Because as
soon as the lines cross,
you're definitely losing
one, if not both of the fish.
You got one rod coming around.
So Brad's going around
the bow of the boat,
to make sure those
fish are separated.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Here you go.
PAUL HEBERT: Relax.
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Tuna on the line.
LANCE SISTARE: Where
do you want it Brad?
PAUL HEBERT: Up and over me.
LANCE SISTARE: Oh!
PAUL HEBERT: Relax.
LANCE SISTARE: Yeah.
PAUL HEBERT: Relax.
LANCE SISTARE: Okay.
PAUL HEBERT: All right. That
one's locked in. Keep it down.
Don't let it shoot out.
LANCE SISTARE: It's
how it happens.
All hell breaks loose.
You never know.
You got to keep that positive
attitude and good things
will happen.
PAUL HEBERT: We're gonna
really be on our game
to land these fish.
Lance, watch yours now.
Just keep him a little
tight, all right?
Came here for a couple tuna.
This one's going
pretty good now.
LANCE SISTARE: A big fish.
This is what it's
all about right here.
PAUL HEBERT: They
have 5, 600 pounders.
It's hard to tell but they
are fighting real good.
Could be 20,000 dollars
if we can get them.
LANCE SISTARE: She's dumping.
PAUL HEBERT: It's hard to
coordinate two fish on at once.
LANCE SISTARE: Oh,
where'd you go?
PAUL HEBERT: The biggest risk,
if you get those lines crossed,
they will cut each other up,
then you'll have no fish.
LANCE SISTARE: All
right, I'm tight.
Keeping him tight.
Brad's got the other one.
We want to get that
other one in first.
We'll keep some
pressure on this one.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: One more circle.
LANCE SISTARE: Color.
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Here you go, Lance.
Right here, Buddy.
PAUL HEBERT: Go!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Beautiful.
LANCE SISTARE: Nice dart shot.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Beautiful.
Beautiful cut.
PAUL HEBERT: Oh, it came out.
We're going to lose this fish.
Look out.
Look out, gaff!
PAUL HEBERT: Dart it came out!
We're gonna lose this fish!
Look out!
Look out, gaff!
Look out!
Did he take off?
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Not far, not far.
PAUL HEBERT: Hit him
right in the gill.
The first harpoon
throw of the season,
and I hit the
friggin' gill plate.
PAUL HEBERT: It's
like an armored coat.
It's like throwing a rock
against a cement wall.
That's not good, especially when
we need this time to catch
the other fish that's
on the other line!
Watch out!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Stick 'em now!
He's right here!
PAUL HEBERT: Got 'em.
All right. Gaff right next
to me? Got 'em?
Brad, get a tail rope.
All right.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Thank you.
PAUL HEBERT: Get on the
rod, get on the rod.
Good job guys, good job.
LANCE SISTARE:
Yeah, there's one!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Now
we gotta get this guy.
PAUL HEBERT: How we
doing on the other one?
BRAD KRASOWSKI: He's
fighting for his life,
he doesn't wanna come up here
and see what we have in.
PAUL HEBERT: He's
fighting for his life,
and we're fighting
for our survival.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: He's coming.
LANCE SISTARE: You
better get ready, chief.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: He's
tail-wrapped I think.
Get that tail rope, Lance.
PAUL HEBERT: Come on Brad,
got him!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Tail rope!
PAUL HEBERT: That's
how you do it.
LANCE SISTARE: You own it, Brad!
Nice job!
PAUL HEBERT: Ow! Ow!
LANCE SISTARE: Oh,
you, sorry dude.
PAUL HEBERT: Calm down.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Good job!
PAUL HEBERT: Yes, we got them!
LANCE SISTARE: Yeah baby!
Two in the boat!
Both in!
PAUL HEBERT: My fingers
are crossed that we get
a good paycheck out of this.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Go.
LANCE SISTARE: Oh!
PAUL HEBERT: That's
it, this is a big fish.
Good!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: 700 pounder.
PAUL HEBERT: Wow.
LANCE SISTARE: Beautiful.
She's awesome.
A beauty.
Finally got a
paycheck in the boat.
Nice fish man!
PAUL HEBERT: Here you go.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Woo!
PAUL HEBERT: See?
98-and-a-half right here!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Woo-hoo!
LANCE SISTARE: Heh heh!
[WHISTLE]
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Nice job, brother!
PAUL HEBERT: This
is the big one.
LANCE SISTARE: Ooh!
PAUL HEBERT: All right, easy!
Let him down real, real slow!
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Wow, nice one man!
This is great.
PAUL HEBERT: 86 inches.
LANCE SISTARE: 86, baby.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: I
think we should have,
I think we should say a
little prayer and thank.
PAUL HEBERT: Yeah. Me too.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Thank Mother
Nature for these guys.
LANCE SISTARE: Yep.
Definitely a big uh shout out
to Mother Nature on this, uh.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Thank you.
LANCE: We really appreciate it.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: We'd like to
thank the tuna gods for giving
these guys up for us today.
Keep a roof over our heads.
PAUL HEBERT: Yep.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Thanks, guys.
PAUL HEBERT: I don't
care what they say,
the Wicked Pissah's
here to stay.
[LAUGHS]
DAVE MARCIANO: We're at
the end of the second week,
the other boats are catching,
but it feels like
the Hard Merchandise is
dead in the water.
Last season, we
were the top boat,
but down in the Outer Banks, we
didn't catch any keeper tuna,
almost scuttled the boat,
and lost a lot of money.
I have to prove what we
accomplished in Gloucester,
wasn't a fluke, and
we can do it again.
We need this, bite, bite.
JASON MUENZNER: We're on!
DAVE MARCIANO: What?
JASON MUENZNER: We're on!
JOE MARCIANO: We got
this guys, we got this!
Let's go, kid, let's go!
Get on 'em!
Good job, let 'em run.
Yeah, here you go!
DAVE MARCIANO: We're tuna
fishing at night, boys!
JOE MARCIANO: Keep wrangling,
keep crankin', keep crankin'.
JOE MARCIANO: Yep, yep, yep!
We were losing faith,
end of the night,
about to wrap it up for the
night, and we got a bite.
Couldn't be more stoked.
DAVE MARCIANO: Looks
like a big fish, Jay.
JOE MARCIANO: Yep.
DAVE MARCIANO: Let 'em
go, Jay, let 'em tire.
Now just let 'em go.
We're a long way
from catching him.
It is the shy gear that
we got 'em hooked on,
but it's our smallest hooks
and our lightest leader.
We're gonna need some luck to
land this one, that's for sure.
JASON MUENZNER: Let's get 'em?
Get em, get em get em,
here he comes on up,
here he comes on up, here
he comes, here he comes.
Dump him, Joseph.
DAVE MARCIANO: Uh, he's gonna
keep turning like that.
JASON MUENZNER: Good job,
good job baby, good job.
DAVE MARCIANO: Ah, crazy fish.
JASON MUENZNER: All right.
DAVE MARCIANO: God, that's
classic for these bigger fish.
JASON MUENZNER: I
love this [bleep].
I love it.
Even though I haven't
slept for like 20 hours,
bringing in tuna
is what I live for.
JASON MUENZNER: I'm tired,
but I'm not stopping!
JOE MARCIANO: All right.
It's getting late.
It's been almost two
hours on this fish.
He refuses to give up.
JOE MARCIANO: All right.
Take a nap.
DAVE MARCIANO: I think we're
close to three hours now!
JOE MARCIANO: Call
in the closer!
Do you copy?
DAVE MARCIANO: The thing
will not stop swimming.
Eh, it's gonna take an hour to
get 'em up this last 30 feet.
DAVE MARCIANO: The longer
we're pulling on that fish,
that hook hole in his mouth is
getting bigger and bigger
and bigger.
At any second, if he gets a
little bit of slack line,
that hook could drop right out.
Easily, you could lose the fish.
DAVE MARCIANO: Dammit!
He's going under the boat Jay!
He's right up under the boat.
DAVE MARCIANO: Dammit.
He's going under the boat Jay!
He's right up under the boat.
JASON MUENZNER: Watch the line!
Watch the line!
DAVE MARCIANO: Let's hope that
leader holds and the line holds.
This fish does not know the
meaning of the word give up,
that's for sure.
JASON MUENZNER: Come on!
DAVE MARCIANO: I think
we're over five hours now.
Sooner or later, he's
going to die of old age.
Either that or I am.
JOE MARCIANO: Got
color, out there.
DAVE MARCIANO Yup. Yup. Yup.
Come on.
Here he come, he's coming.
Hey.
Let's put a harpoon through it.
I missed him.
JASON MUENZNER: One more time.
Ready?
Right out between you.
Come on. Come on.
Yes!
JOE MARCIANO: Need another one.
DAVE AND JASON: No.
JOE MARCIANO: All right.
DAVE MARCIANO: Oh, man.
JASON MUENZNER:
That's a big boy.
DAVE MARCIANO: Enough.
JASON MUENZNER: That's it!
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah!
JOE MARCIANO: Yeah!
JASON MUENZNER: That's it. Yes!
DAVE MARCIANO: Dude,
well, done boys!
DAVE MARCIANO: After almost two
weeks with no catches and then
boom, everybody's smiling,
and we're in the game.
JASON MUENZNER:
Wow, is he round.
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah.
That's how we do it on
the Hard Merchandise.
JOE MARCIANO: That's a fat one.
DAVE MARCIANO: He's
a fat round one.
99 inches. We'll take it
like that.
This 99 inch butterball is
exactly what we needed.
Perfect.
Well done guys, well done.
BUYER: What's up guys?
What do you got today?
DAVE MARCIANO: We
got a nice one.
BUYER: Nice!
DAVE MARCIANO: 99 incher.
BUYER: Sounds good,
let's check him out.
505 pounds.
DAVE MARCIANO:
Nice, we'll take it.
Let's see what he's worth here.
BUYER: All right.
Got good color, it's got plenty
of fat in it, it's a good size.
DAVE MARCIANO: Let's
hear some big numbers.
BUYER: It's a nice fish,
we'll do 15 dollars a pound.
DAVE MARCIANO: Nice!
JASON MUENZNER: Nice.
BUYER: All right, sweet.
DAVE MARCIANO: All
right, well done, man.
All right, well done, Joe.
The Hard Merch is
back in the game.
NARRATOR: Hard Merchandise's
first tuna of the season
gives them a much-needed payday.
PAUL HEBERT: This is gonna be
our first check for the season
on my own boat.
If it's a good paycheck,
it'll bring the attitude
up on the guys.
That will get us a
good week next week.
Let's get fish number one up.
BUYER: Let's see
what we've got boys.
249 pounds dressed.
PAUL HEBERT: Bam!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Woo!
PAUL HEBERT: I like it.
BUYER: Pinkish tail, it's
got some decent fat to it.
This fish here, 12
dollars a pound.
LANCE SISTARE: Sweet. We'll take
it. Nice, nice, nice.
BUYER: Let's see what
the other one looks like.
PAUL HEBERT: This
is the big one.
What have we got?
What have we got?
BUYER: 401 pounds dressed.
PAUL HEBERT: We'll take it!
BUYER: Inside core color's
good, tail's nice and pinkish.
PAUL HEBERT: Right up there.
BUYER: 13 dollars a pound.
LANCE SISTARE: Sweet, we'll
take it man. 13. Yeah:
PAUL HEBERT: ... I wanted
18, but 13 is good.
LANCE SISTARE: Thanks a lot man.
BUYER: I think I'm going to see
a lot of fish off this boat
this summer.
LANCE SISTARE: Oh, yeah.
PAUL HEBERT: It's the
best start I've had ever.
NARRATOR: Wicked Pissah's double
cash edges them slightly ahead
of last season's champion,
Hard Merchandise.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Dude, we
finally got some quality
for you, brother.
BUYER: Well, it's about time!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: We started
this week in fourth place
but if we get a good price
for this monster,
we could shoot to
the top of the fleet.
Come on what have we got here?
BUYER: Not bad Tyler, 484.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: I'm stoked,
man, that's a great fish.
BUYER: Nice clear core.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: What
am I going to get?
BUYER: Looks good.
15 dollars a pound.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Perfect.
Thanks brother.
Appreciate that, I'll
take that all day.
BUYER: All right.
We'll get back.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: We'll
get some more of these.
NARRATOR: Pinwheel's seven-grand
fish launches them into the lead
at the end of week
two of fishing.
TJ OTT: What's up, Dave?
Dave Dot Com's been calling me.
I'm finally ready to talk to
him and see what he has to say.
DAVE CARRARO: I got
something for you.
TJ OTT: Uh-oh, all right, I
can't wait to see what that is.
DAVE CARRARO: I just simply
want to get our friendship
back on track.
TJ OTT: What's happening?
DAVE CARRARO: What's up, pal?
TJ OTT: What are you doing?
DAVE CARRARO: I got
a little something.
TJ OTT: What do you got?
DAVE CARRARO: It's
for uh, last year.
I know you could
use this right now.
TJ OTT: Oh, my favorite.
DAVE CARRARO: Hey, we worked
together for a long time.
And, you know, we had
what we had last year.
TJ OTT: Yeah.
DAVE CARRARO: I'm over
that, but, you know.
TJ OTT: It might take another
bottle or two of this...
DAVE CARRARO: I got,
I got plenty more.
I'll get you a
bigger one next time.
TJ OTT: Burying the hatchet
right now with Dave
is a big gamble for the Hot
Tuna, it could end up biting me
in the ass but life's too short
not to give him second chance.
DAVE CARRARO: You put me on some
fish, I'll get you another one.
TJ OTT: Anyway man, we just,
we got to get on the meat.
That's it.
DAVE CARRARO: All
right, let's do it then.
Let's get it back the way it was
TJ OTT: Yeah, cheers.
DAVE CARRARO: Now I'm happy,
nothing's hanging over us.
We can move on and catch fish.
Bygones be bygones.
TJ OTT: This is Dave's
last shot though.
If he betrays my trust
again, that's it.
We gotta catch a lot of fish.
DAVE CARRARO: We got find fish.
We gotta do what we gotta do.
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI:
So what do you think?
We're going to kill
this time, right?
MIKE OTT: I hope so, man.
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI:
HT what's up, man?
TJ OTT: What's up?
MIKE OTT: What's going on?
TJ OTT: Look what I got!
MIKE OTT: Ooh, hoo, hoo!
TJ OTT: Got a little present,
man. Look at that, huh?
MIKE OTT: From who?
TJ OTT: Oh, you'd never guess.
TJ OTT: Dot Com, baby.
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI:
No way, dude.
TJ OTT: Oh, yeah.
MIKE OTT: What, is he trying
to suck up to you again
and be friends?
TJ OTT: Ah, no, man. Don't
be so negative. He, he, he.
MIKE OTT: Guy screwed us over.
TJ OTT: This is a nice gesture.
This is my favorite flavor.
MIKE OTT: Yeah, it's not
going to win me back yet.
TJ OTT: It's.
MIKE OTT: He took money out of
our pockets, he screwed us.
Right or wrong?
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI: I know
and he totally screwed us.
TJ OTT: If he does
it again, that's it,
the door's completely closed.
But what if he does
put us on some meat?
MIKE OTT: Until we see it, I'd
take that gesture very lightly.
TJ OTT: we're forgiving
people, you've got to be kind.
MIKE OTT: I just don't like
people that screw us over
and that guy screwed us over.
TJ OTT: Let's get out
there, let's rig the rods,
let's do our thing, let's kill
some fish and not worry
about Dot Com, but I'm just
telling you that's the deal.
All right?
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI:
Sounds good to me, man.
TJ OTT: All right,
let's get it done.
MIKE OTT: All right.
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI:
Let's go fishing.
MIKE OTT: Yeah.
episode of Wicked Tuna.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Get
'em, get 'em, get 'em!
Get some, baby! Get some!
SANDRO MANIACI: Ha, ha!
DAVE CARRARO: Whoa!
SANDRO MANIACI: Can
you believe this?
NARRATOR: New competition.
LANCE SISTARE: Hey!
PAUL HEBERT: Start the main.
Here we go!
LANCE SISTARE:
Clearing the lines!
NARRATOR: Shakes up the fleet.
PETE SPEECHES:
She's right there!
ERIN SPEECHES: Whoo!
NARRATOR: While old wounds.
TJ OTT: I just
don't respect him.
Dot-douche.
NARRATOR: Continue to fester.
DAVE MARCIANO: Dammit!
Dammit!
Dammit!
Ugh!
NARRATOR: In one of the most
regulated fisheries
in the world.
PETE SPEECHES: Wow!
LANCE SISTARE: Beautiful.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Big boy, big
boy, big boy, big boy, big boy!
NARRATOR: These fishermen
fight to earn a living.
PAUL HEBERT: We're
gonna lose this fish!
Look out! Look out! Gaff!
NARRATOR: Catching.
LANCE SISTARE: Oh!
JASON MUENZNER: Forward!
SANDRO MANIACI: Hey!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: [Inaudible]!
Oh God!
NARRATOR: Wicked Tuna.
At the start of week two,
Maine father daughter operation
Erin and Sarah leads the fleet,
while last season's champion,
Hard Merchandise, trails
behind the pack with no fish.
DAVE MARCIANO: Oh, yeah.
That's the problem.
Yeah, night-biting tuna.
JASON MUENZNER: You know.
DAVE MARCIANO: Ah.
Last year, we caught more
Bluefin than any other boat,
and finished at the
top of the fleet.
But then we went fishing
down south in North Carolina
and we didn't catch a
single keeper tuna.
JASON MUENZNER: Now what?
DAVE MARCIANO: All
we gotta do is wait.
I'm starting to get a
little bit frustrated.
All the other boats
have caught fish.
There's no way I wanna end
this second week in a row
with zero fish.
JASON MUENZNER: You
wanna make some popcorn?
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah. Let's
make some popcorn, Jay.
Popcorn for the
movie we're watching.
The title tonight is
Blue Screen of Death.
JASON MUENZNER: I wonder how
Dot Com's doing over there.
GEORDIE SOUSA: There he is.
Forty feet.
DAVE CARRARO: Is he, really?
Oh, yeah, look at that. Geez.
He's right inside, too. Wow.
Last week, we were up
north fishing in Maine,
but this week the fish are being
spotted on Jeffreys Ledge,
which is less than 10
miles away from Gloucester.
I always prefer fishing closer
to home, and this week,
I plan on getting better
quality fish than the two
we caught up in Maine.
We're on the warpath and we are
gonna be that number one boat.
Look at the tunas! Look at the
tunas here!
Look!
Oh, no! They're eating,
they're eating chunks!
It's right there.
It was eating. Throw some chum.
He's right there.
He swam right around
the back of the boat.
There he is! Look at, look
at the size of him!
Look at the, he's right
there, he's right there.
SANDRO MANIACI: Come on.
DAVE CARRARO: Yeah. It's huge.
Pull this rod up. We'll hook him
on this rod.
SANDRO MANIACI:
Oh, look at that!
GEORDIE SOUSA: There he is.
SANDRO MANIACI: There he is.
DAVE CARRARO: Is this
a Thresher or tuna?
SANDRO MANIACI: It's a tuna.
It's a thousand pounds, Dave.
Relax.
DAVE CARRARO: I'm not relaxing.
Right over here.
He's a thousand-pounder.
There he is! Look!
SANDRO MANIACI: Is that
a, fish or a [inaudible].
DAVE CARRARO: It's a
tuna, I'm telling you!
There he is, there he is.
SANDRO MANIACI: There he is.
DAVE CARRARO: Re-spool it.
He's got it, he's got it!
He's got it! He's got it!
Lock it up, lock it up!
He's there.
Yeah, man!
No freaking way.
There we go.
GEORDIE SOUSA: Ready?
DAVE CARRARO: Yeah, guys, good.
Wow! Right out of my [bleep]
hand. Whoa!
DAVE CARRARO: Clear, Geordie?
SANDRO MANIACI: Yeah,
we're off the hook.
DAVE CARRARO: He's coming
at you, he's coming at you.
He's there, he's there.
He's still there. He's there.
Nice! Woo-hoo!
Nothing better than
hand-feeding a fish.
Wow!
Ooh!
DAVE CARRARO: Oh,
yeah, he's big.
Now that's fishing right there.
DAVE MARCIANO:
Can't catch a break!
Seeing Dave hook up right beside
me just pushes me a little bit
harder.
That guy's the luckiest
fisherman I know, sometimes.
DAVE CARRARO: I'm as
nervous as can be right now.
SANDRO MANIACI: I can't
feel my arms, anymore.
Feels great.
That's what it's all about.
I'm not giving up.
DAVE CARRARO: He's
coming up for sure, now.
He's on top! There he is!
GEORDIE SOUSA: Color.
DAVE CARRARO: Swivel!
Here he is!
SANDRO MANIACI: Get
a tail rope ready.
DAVE CARRARO: We can gaff him.
Here he is. Gaff, gaff, gaff!
Come here.
SANDRO MANIACI: I got
it, I got this. Get this.
GEORDIE SOUSA: It's coming.
DAVE CARRARO: Left,
left, left, left.
GEORDIE SOUSA: Whoa,
whoa, whoa, ho!
Got one!
SANDRO MANIACI: Yay!
GEORDIE SOUSA: What the!
DAVE CARRARO: Oh, man!
GEORDIE SOUSA: Oh my God, dude!
SANDRO MANIACI: Nice.
DAVE CARRARO: Nice work, boys.
Guys, look on the tail on that.
GEORDIE SOUSA: Fearless!
SANDRO MANIACI: Ooh, sweet!
GEORDIE SOUSA: About four inches
wider than my shoulders
on either side.
DAVE CARRARO: Oh, my God!
Oh, my God.
I'll call Marciano.
Dave, come in.
Hey, Dave, pick it up.
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah.
You there? Go ahead.
DAVE CARRARO: Totally,
totally epic right now.
You wouldn't believe
what happened.
DAVE MARCIANO: What happened?
DAVE CARRARO: This big,
freaking 900-pounder comes out
and just inhales the dead
herring I threw in the water.
I didn't even harpoon him.
Just put a gaff on his
tail and put a rope on him.
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah,
that's good. Good going.
PETE SPEECHES: What
a lucky bastard.
I prefer to fish around
Maine near my home, but
I'm glad I came
down to Mass this week.
There's fish here to catch.
Our goal is to stay
the number one boat.
The Erin and Sarah can
catch fish wherever we go.
I'm fishing with this Gloucester
fleet to prove I can fish
against anybody.
I don't have to be in
Maine to catch fish.
DAVE MARCIANO: We pulled a bunch
off these numbers last year, but
DAVE CARRARO: All right,
stick it out, Dave.
They're here. You'll get them.
DAVE MARCIANO: And now,
so Dave just gets a gift.
[Bleep] 900-pounder comes up and
eats the ones he's cleaning out
of the live well.
And, uh, we can't catch the
[bleep] clap in a whorehouse
with a fistful of
fifties tonight.
DAVE CARRARO: Got it?
SANDRO AND GEORDIE: Yeah!
SANDRO MANIACI: Come on in!
In.
GEORDIE SOUSA: Wait, watch it.
DAVE CARRARO: He's a porker.
Beautiful fish.
Let's see how many inches he is.
SANDRO MANIACI: 109.
Done!
DAVE CARRARO: That's,
that's amazing.
Now let's go get another one.
TJ OTT: Talk about lucky!
DAVE MARCIANO: Damn near
thousand-pounder just started
slurping them off the surface.
TJ OTT: That is just, come on!
DAVE MARCIANO: We'll
talk to you later, man.
TJ OTT: All right, Dave.
Good luck.
Can you believe that? Like,
What is that, Sandro?
Oh, God, look!
It's a thousand-pounder!
So Marciano tells me about this
lucky catch that Dirtbag Dot Com
had last night.
I'm definitely a little pissed.
It's the start of Week Two.
He's already got three fish
and we've only got one.
Tyler. Dude,
you gotta hear this.
Marciano said that Dot Com was
chucking dead herring over,
and there was a thousand-pounder
eating the dead herring.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Oh, my God!
TJ OTT: Maybe one of us will
get lucky like that Prick.
Unbelievable.
[LAUGHTER]
Last season, we put
him on the meat.
We made him some money,
and he definitely didn't
return the favor.
How many did you get?
DAVE CARRARO: Three.
TJ OTT: Did you break your
fingers fighting them all?
You couldn't dial the phone?
He ended up with a
boatload of fish,
and we went home empty-handed.
That definitely burned us,
and it's hard to get over it.
DAVE CARRARO: From the
way TJ's talking to Tyler,
I think he's still way
upset about last season.
It's not good for our friendship
and it's certainly not good
for my fishing.
And the only way we're gonna
fix that is we're gonna need
to talk about it.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
PAUL HEBERT: Yeah, baby.
She's running, she's running!
It feels really good
to be on my own boat.
My name's Paul Hebert,
and I'm the captain of the
Wicked Pissah.
God, that sounds good!
This season's the first year
that I'm captaining a boat
that I own!
But, I'm 40 grand in the hole.
I gotta make 80 grand.
It's what I've been
working for my whole life.
My whole life, I've
been working for this.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
I'm here this year to stop all
the lip-smack
from all them guys.
He'll never buy a boat.
He'll never, blah, blah, blah.
He'll never succeed.
I'm here to prove
them all wrong.
And I'm gonna out-fish them all.
Every one of them.
The new boat has a new crew.
And they're the best
crew you could find.
Brad is one of the
best fishermen around.
I used to fish with
him a long time ago.
Lance knows every nut and bolt
on this boat and he helped me do
a lot of the work on this boat.
We're gonna catch a lot
of tuna this year, a lot!
Here we go.
I know I got a bad reputation
when it comes to keeping a crew.
All right!
LANCE SISTARE: Wash
off your wee-wee, baby.
It's time to go to work.
PAUL HEBERT: Hey, buddy!
Let's do it. Pumped!
LANCE SISTARE: It's
time to go fishing!
PAUL HEBERT: Ow! I'm pumped!
But I'm gonna prove I
can keep a crew happy.
LANCE SISTARE: Okay, Cap.
PAUL HEBERT:
Profitable, and loyal.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Time
for some blood, baby.
PAUL HEBERT: Lots
of blood, baby.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Blood on
the deck. Lots of blood.
LANCE SISTARE: Gonna
paint the deck red.
PAUL HEBERT: We may be the
littlest boat on the fleet,
but we're gonna be on top.
LANCE SISTARE: I feel bad
for the rest of the fleet.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: What's
going on with our little
anchor problem here?
Maybe we sucked it in.
Sometimes when the
boat's drifting around,
the lines go
underneath the boat,
the rope floats around and gets
entangled in the propeller
or the rudder.
And when that happens, you
can't maneuver your boat,
because you could
break something.
Someone is definitely
going swimming.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Drake's
volunteered to dive in.
He's being a solid
mate, thank God!
The water is 70 degrees, though.
I'd kind of be
excited to jump in,
but I'd be awfully scared
about all the sharks
that are swimming around.
Imagine if he got bit by a shark
while diving under the boat?
That that, I mean, am I
liable for that? I don't know.
I like your little
swimming costume.
It's really nice. You kind of
look like a seal.
DRAKE ROY: There's always a risk
of sharks when you're that far
offshore. So,
you know, that is always
a real thought in my head.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: All right,
brother. Let's be safe,
be careful.
Thanks, brother.
DRAKE ROY: Yeah.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Be careful.
Diving under a boat is
nothing safe about it.
You're dealing with
a very sharp knife,
so it's very important
you make precision cuts,
and you pay attention
to what you're doing.
The other thing is the boat
can be rocking and rolling,
and you don't wanna
get your head hit,
because it can cause a
concussion and knock you out.
It's scary, it's dangerous.
People have lost
fingers doing this.
Yeah!
That's my boy, Drake!
Getting it done.
Drake did it.
He didn't crack his head open.
He didn't slice his fingers off.
Now we're ready to
catch some tunas.
Great job getting
in there, brother.
DRAKE ROY: Yeah, man.
No worries.
Getting the line out of that
wheel was definitely my duty
as the mate, and if I
couldn't do that,
I'm sure Tyler would
be disappointed in me.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Thanks for
taking one for the team, man.
I'm so glad I didn't
have to get wet.
DRAKE ROY: No
worries, no worries.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: I'm confident
that this season, together,
we're gonna be a force
to be reckoned with.
Dude, at least we can
move now and fight a fish.
DRAKE ROY: Oh, yeah.
LANCE SISTARE: Chum
and they will come.
PAUL HEBERT: With
Lance, Brad and I,
we are gonna catch a ton
of tuna fish this year.
I've known Paul for about
two and a half years.
He's a great guy, he's
a great fisherman.
The reason why I'm fishing
is to provide for my family.
My daughter's name is Scarlett
Ann and she's five years old.
If we don't catch any fish, my
daughter's gonna be the one that
suffers here, and I just don't
wanna let my daughter down.
Just gonna keep chumming,
keep grinding, man.
That's all.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: This is
a great spot right here.
It's got the colder water.
It's got plenty of bait.
It's got plenty of fish.
It's the perfect area.
I'm fishing for my family.
My 15-year old son Brad, my
17-year old daughter Emma,
they've endured the sacrifices
their entire life since
they were tiny children.
They probably ate more fish than
any kids alive and if it wasn't
for my wife Heather, I'd be
dead, long gone, just dead.
She's the rock solid
beautiful lady of my life.
To go out and provide
for your family,
you have to be out there.
PAUL HEBERT: There he is.
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Tuna under the boat.
PAUL HEBERT: That's
'cause we're chumming.
We're on, we're on!
Lance! Reel, reel, reel!
Here we go.
All right. We're on.
LANCE SISTARE: First
tuna bite this season.
It's game on, baby!
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
PAUL HEBERT: We're on!
Lance, reel. Reel, reel!
Oh, here we go.
LANCE SISTARE: First
tuna bite this season.
It's game on, baby!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Let
him run, let him run.
Let him run!
That's what we want him to do.
We wanna go in the deep water.
PAUL HEBERT: Lance, just keep
him a little tight, all right?
Just reel your balls off.
That's all, okay?
That's it.
LANCE SISTARE: Feels good, man.
We have a fish on.
Feels real good.
He's takin' line, right now.
This hopefully is a big fish.
This could be a thousand-pound
fish worth over 20 grand!
Going nice and easy
with this fish.
I'm almost up to the mono.
It's good.
I'm getting a
little back on him.
PAUL HEBERT: I'd like to put
him in the middle, kind of.
LANCE SISTARE: Brad's got
a good handle on my rod,
and Paul's driving the boat.
And we're, we're,
we're excited. It's.
PAUL HEBERT: Oh, he's gone!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Oh!
LANCE SISTARE: There you go.
PAUL HEBERT: Back to the anchor.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: It's not right.
PAUL HEBERT: Pulled the hook.
LANCE SISTARE: It
pulled the hook.
Just like that.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: There's no other
job where you can lose your
paycheck so fast
in a split second.
And it's tough on your soul,
it's tough on your psyche.
I'm just gonna get the baits
back out and try again.
PAUL HEBERT: That's called
tuna fishing, brother.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Painful.
PAUL HEBERT: Nothing
you can do about that.
We'll go get another bite.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
ERIN SPEECHES: Oh!
That was beautiful.
PETE SPEECHES: Money shot.
Got a couple of
whales milling around.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
ERIN SPEECHES: Whales
are a good sign.
It means they're
around, eating the bait,
which is the same stuff
that the tuna eats. So
fingers crossed that there's
some tuna in the midst.
PETE SPEECHES:
Let's hope the, uh,
nighttime brings a few more
herring and a few more fish.
The Erin and Sarah is usually
fishing out of Portland, Maine,
but we came down to
Massachusetts this week to fish
Southern Jeffrey's.
It was the right decision.
All the signs are here.
I plan on keeping our lead even
against the Gloucester fleet.
BRANDON PIERCE:
Good day for a tan.
I don't know if it's a good day,
a good day for fishing or not,
but.
PETE SPEECHES: There's
no bad day to go fishing.
Just some days are
better than others.
BRANDON PIERCE:
Can't argue that.
PETE SPEECHES: One of my
grandfather's sayings.
BRANDON PIERCE: Pete had a rough
go of it when he was a kid.
I know he lost both his
parents at a real young age,
and he kind of had
to fend for himself.
And I think that's
developed him into the, uh,
hardworking fisherman
that he is today.
PETE SPEECHES: All right. It's
time for a fish. Time for a fish
BRANDON PIERCE: I
can relate, too.
When I was 14 years old,
my father passed away.
That's kind of
the age where you,
you need your father
the most. So,
so it was a tough time.
I was real close with my father.
I mean, we did
everything together.
Basically ever
since I could walk,
I'd fished with my
father quite a bit,
and kind of took to fishing
as a way to, uh, you know,
heal myself.
PETE SPEECHES: There
he is, flopping around.
Checking things out.
ERIN SPEECHES: Aw!
PETE SPEECHES: Remember, every
seabird is a lost sailor's soul,
they say.
ERIN SPEECHES: Are there
any other superstitions
I should know about?
PETE SPEECHES: No
bananas on the boat.
Because the banana boats were
always an unlucky craft
that carried spiders
and disease.
Never whistle on a
boat, it brings wind.
There's all kinds
of superstitions.
No women on a boat.
Women are unlucky on a boat.
But, I don't know them all and
we only subscribe to a few
of them.
[LAUGHTER]
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
Aw, nice mark, dude!
We're on.
It's a big one!
Got him on, dude!
Got him on.
Get me out the ball
reel on that one.
This is the real deal.
We've been waiting
all day for this.
Night bite, dude,
out of nowhere,
really happy to have it on.
Go to work.
DRAKE ROY: Yes, sir.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Thank God that
Drake freed us from the anchor
line earlier, or we wouldn't be
able to chase this fish down.
Get him, get him, get him!
Get some, baby, get some!
Nice workout.
We're just chasing him down,
trying to close the gap,
get a little closer to them.
It's got a lot of
line out, right now.
There's a lot of
play in that hook.
You don't wanna
pull a hook, here.
He's up on top,
changing directions.
Just wanna kind of
close the deal, here.
DRAKE ROY: Oh, this feels
like a nice fish, here.
It's definitely a real one.
Nice hundred-incher.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Good job,
Drake. You're killing it.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Big boy, big
boy, big boy, big boy, big boy.
DRAKE ROY: Whoa!
There's no describing that.
The way your abs feel like when
you're cranking that thing in.
Ty, turn me!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Dude,
I'm stressed out, man.
You know, the other
boats are catching fish.
We gotta start making money.
Big headshakes, oh, God!
That's so scary, man.
The fish is banging his
head, smashing his head.
Big, violent headshakes.
Really scary, man.
We could lose this
fish at any time.
Right now, I'm really worried
we're gonna pull the hook.
The fish has changed
directions a lot,
and that's definitely
wearing a hole in his mouth.
Anytime a fish makes a
lot of evasive moves,
there's a good chance
it could pull the hook.
DRAKE ROY: We really
need this fish.
This is a nerve-racking
fight, right here.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
Gladiator, baby!
DRAKE ROY: We're the gladiators.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Gladiators.
DRAKE ROY: Full of
piss and vinegar, baby.
Pinwheel, baby! We tight!
I got him. He's coming,
he's coming, he's coming!
Right here, right
here, right here!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: I'm
ready, bro, I'm ready.
Walk him right in.
DRAKE ROY: There he is,
there he is, there he is.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: He's going
back away from us or what?
You wanna back up to him? I can.
DRAKE ROY: No, back up on
him and dart him right here!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Oh, no!
DRAKE ROY: There he is,
there he is, there he is!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Go and
back away from us or what?
You want to back up to him like?
DRAKE ROY: No, back up on
him and dart him right here!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Oh no.
Oh that was my bad
that was stupid.
That was dumb.
I should be
embarrassed over that,
I should have hit that thing.
DRAKE ROY: Let's just get him.
Let's get him.
I got him right here,
right here, right here!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
I can't see him.
I drilled him,
dude I drilled him.
Tail gaff, tail gaff!
Big fish, bro!
Big fish!
Woo!
You holding him?
DRAKE ROY: I got him.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
That's a big tail.
All right I got the gaff.
Let go! Let go! Let go!
I got it!
How do you like that, baby?
DRAKE ROY: Woo! Pinwheel, baby!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Pinwheel! Ow!
DRAKE ROY: Ow! Let's go!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Whoo!
DRAKE ROY: Yeah, baby!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Yeah!
Yeah, baby!
Tuna dot who?
DRAKE ROY: Whoo!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Hey
you kicked ass, bro.
DRAKE ROY: [Bleep]!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Oh,
thank you tuna Gods!
DRAKE ROY: Yeah, whoo!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: I couldn't
ask for better mate than Drake.
Drake's been everything that
I could have hoped for
in a deckhand so far.
Look at the sickle
fins on this thing!
TRAVIS BROWN: Sickle fins.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: That's
a real giant blue fin.
Just so you know,
that's a big tuna.
DRAKE ROY: Money in the bank.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
He's a 97-incher, man.
DRAKE ROY: 97-incher.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN:
This is a good fish!
We just caught ourselves
a big tuna. All right.
DRAKE ROY: Stoked
to have him, baby.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: So pumped.
DRAKE ROY: Pinwheel, baby!
JOE MARCIANO: He's
right at 32, down deep.
He's coming up.
He's at 30.
DAVE MARCIANO: We didn't
catch a fish last week.
DAVE MARCIANO: My crew, my wife,
my kids all depend on me
finding fish.
JOE MARCIANO: It's
definitely a Bluefin.
DAVE MARCIANO: It's crucial we
turn this mark into a bite
and put a fish on this deck.
JOE MARCIANO: He's higher.
He's still streaking up!
This could be good guys.
He's checking out the bait.
There's a second mark.
DAVE MARCIANO: A second mark?
JOE MARCIANO: The second
one is not a tuna!
JASON MUENZNER: Oh, no!
Seal!
Seal!
DAVE MARCIANO: Dammit!
JOE MARCIANO: Tuna's gone now.
DAVE MARCIANO: Seals love to
check out the bait and the chum.
And in my experience, they spook
anything else that's around
including tuna.
So we end up with nothing on
the line and a lost paycheck.
Dammit.
We're out of the game anyway.
You can't really blame
the seal but dammit,
we need a tuna on the deck.
We ain't got it
together in this trip.
DAVE CARRARO: TJ!
Hey, TJ, come in.
TJ OTT: Dot Douche.
Dot Com's trying to reach
out to us right now,
but really he's the last
guy I feel like talking to.
DAVE CARRARO: Hey, TJ, come in.
TJ OTT: You know,
last year, he, he,
he thinks he didn't
do anyone wrong,
but he's being doing
people wrong forever.
That's how he
approaches this stuff.
I don't hate anyone but
I just don't respect him.
I don't know when I'll be ready
to talk to Dave on the Dot Com,
but right now is not the time.
DAVE CARRARO: The Hot Tuna is
an important boat in the fleet.
I can't afford to
be on TJ's bad side.
If I can't reach TJ out
here, I'll find him in town.
TJ?
You there?
TJ OTT: Come on.
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah, it's
fine, it's fine, Jay.
Not a problem.
When we're fishing this
hard over a period of days,
we all just take short naps
when we can get them in.
The lack of sleep
can take its toll.
Not only on me, on
the guys as well.
Just hand me up the 80
reel we've been using.
DAVE MARCIANO: No, just
hand it when you go down,
and put it up here,
I'll set it up.
DAVE MARCIANO: There's
one down there again,
just below the stick,
coming up to it.
JASON MUENZNER: Oh, Dave! Dave!
Dave!
DAVE MARCIANO: What?
JASON MUENZNER: Dave!
DAVE MARCIANO: What? What? What?
JASON MUENZNER: The chum.
The chum.
DAVE MARCIANO: I'm gonna
get him. I'm gonna get him.
We got this one.
Ah, damn, it's a shark.
Ugh, [bleep].
Damn wretched [bleep]!
Dammit!
Dammit!
Dammit!
I'm just a little tense!
Can't get a break!
BRANDON PIERCE: I think you
should do a push up for every
day that we haven't caught one.
ERIN SPEECHES: Me?
BRANDON PIERCE: We only
have one fish so far.
They don't always come
one after another.
Sometimes you got to
wait a little while.
PETE SPEECHES: Part of the game.
The pressure to stay
number one is on.
We really got to get a fish
soon 'cause time is really
ticking by.
The Gloucester fleet has some
of the best fishermen
on the east coast.
I'm starting to get
a little nervous.
Oh.
ERIN SPEECHES: My dad gets
stressed and he's already almost
at his boiling point.
I just hope that once
the fish do start biting,
I can do what needs to be done.
This is my first time working
for my Dad on the boat
and I'm learning a lot.
After graduating college
and looking for a job,
I decided that this summer
could be my only opportunity
to do this.
I just wanna make him proud.
PETE SPEECHES: We're marking.
We're marking them.
BRANDON PIERCE: We're on!
PETE SPEECHES: We're on!
We're on!
BRANDON PIERCE:
Yeah, we're on, baby.
We're on. Woo!
PETE SPEECHES: Yep.
BRANDON PIERCE: We've
got to land this fish.
Yeah, buddy.
When you hookup, it's an
immediate shot of adrenaline.
And obviously excitement
and at the same time
you're nervous too.
PETE SPEECHES: Come on, Brandon.
Grind, grind!
ERIN SPEECHES: Let's go,
Brandon. Reel!
PETE SPEECHES: Let's go.
You got it.
ERIN SPEECHES: I'm slowly
starting to get the hang
of what to do when the
rod bends.
There's so much
commotion all at once.
I'm kind of like,
Ah, what do I do?
Where do I go?
PETE SPEECHES: You want to
move that rod there, bub?
BRANDON PIERCE:
It's right there.
It's out here. It's out here.
Little slow getting
my gloves for me but,
that will come in time.
PETE SPEECHES: Let him run
on this one. Let him run now.
BRANDON PIERCE: He's up top.
ERIN SPEECHES: You got this.
BRANDON PIERCE: Dammit.
It's a shark.
PETE SPEECHES: Sharks in the
tuna game are a nuisance to us
because they come in,
they eat your bait,
they take away your hooks,
they destroy your leaders.
It's very expensive.
BRANDON PIERCE:
That is a monster.
PETE SPEECHES: We started this
week at the top of the fleet.
But right now, I'm afraid
we're going to end this week
at the bottom.
ERIN SPEECHES: That's not
what we were looking for.
PETE SPEECHES: Can't
catch a break, man.
Can't catch a break.
DAVE CARRARO: Just got really
excited to get back in.
Offload the fish and see
what it's going to bring.
The only thing hanging over my
head is getting my friendship
back on track with TJ.
At least for the moment, I
can focus on the positive.
Getting a paycheck
for this fish.
How's it going?
BUBBA: Pretty good.
How you been?
DAVE CARRARO: Just
got this one here.
BUBBA: All right,
we'll check it out.
DAVE CARRARO: What
do you got, Bubba?
BUBBA: Six hundred and
fifteen pounds dressed.
DAVE CARRARO: Big
one, that's all right.
SANDRO MANIACI: Big boy. Wow.
DAVE CARRARO: Our first two fish
of the season were only seven
and eight dollars a pound.
I need this fish to fetch at
least twelve dollars a pound.
Ooh!
BUBBA: A little dry.
DAVE CARRARO: Mmm-hmm.
BUBBA: Tiny bit of fat,
an early season fish.
DAVE CARRARO: What do you think?
BUBBA: Eight dollars a pound.
SANDRO MANIACI: I'll take eight.
Eight for a big fish like that.
DAVE CARRARO: Eight, times 6.
Forty eight hundred.
SANDRO MANIACI: At least, yeah.
DAVE CARRARO: Thanks Bubba.
I'm bummed we keep bringing in
low quality fish but at the end
of the day, it's still a
five thousand dollar payday.
Now, I gotta track down TJ, and
I gotta do something to patch up
our relationship.
NARRATOR: Dot Com's third fish
of the season is enough to push
them into the lead, meanwhile,
Pinwheel has a fish on board
they have yet to weigh in.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
PAUL HEBERT: All righty, we got
two new leaders right there.
You know, we can cut
back on the main line.
Get those out.
Ohhhh!!!
Nothing.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: If we hook
up with a 500-pounder,
everything will be just right.
We break the ice and
get one, you know.
PAUL HEBERT: Keep an eye on
them. Let's see how they.
LANCE SISTARE: I'm on it, dude.
I'm here. This is my deck.
PAUL HEBERT: How are
these doing down here?
LANCE SISTARE: I'm like a
freaking radar out here.
PAUL HEBERT: You guys happy?
LANCE SISTARE: I just
looked at them. Yep.
PAUL HEBERT: This season,
I have a lot to prove.
For years I've been telling
everybody I know how to bring in
these fish.
And now they're going to
see it for themselves.
The boat's good, crew's
good, if we had a tuna,
it just would be insane.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Paul's gone
through a lot of different crews
over the years, but I think
he's learned how to be
a good captain,
this is his year.
PAUL HEBERT: That looks like
herring there on the bottom.
Look at all that.
We're marking a pod right now.
LANCE SISTARE: Fish hard.
PAUL HEBERT: Big, big mark.
LANCE SISTARE: Keep a
good attitude and
attitude's everything.
PAUL HEBERT: Oh,
here we go, we're on.
Here we go, here we go.
PAUL HEBERT: It's a tuna, baby.
LANCE SISTARE: Untie the boat!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: I
got the anchor line.
PAUL HEBERT: Two!
Double! Double!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Start the main!
Start the main!
Start the main!
PAUL HEBERT: Here we go!
I got the boat.
Bang!
Double!
Here we go.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: It's chaos.
LANCE SISTARE:
Clearing the lines.
PAUL HEBERT: I
loosened up on it.
LANCE SISTARE: Because as
soon as the lines cross,
you're definitely losing
one, if not both of the fish.
You got one rod coming around.
So Brad's going around
the bow of the boat,
to make sure those
fish are separated.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Here you go.
PAUL HEBERT: Relax.
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Tuna on the line.
LANCE SISTARE: Where
do you want it Brad?
PAUL HEBERT: Up and over me.
LANCE SISTARE: Oh!
PAUL HEBERT: Relax.
LANCE SISTARE: Yeah.
PAUL HEBERT: Relax.
LANCE SISTARE: Okay.
PAUL HEBERT: All right. That
one's locked in. Keep it down.
Don't let it shoot out.
LANCE SISTARE: It's
how it happens.
All hell breaks loose.
You never know.
You got to keep that positive
attitude and good things
will happen.
PAUL HEBERT: We're gonna
really be on our game
to land these fish.
Lance, watch yours now.
Just keep him a little
tight, all right?
Came here for a couple tuna.
This one's going
pretty good now.
LANCE SISTARE: A big fish.
This is what it's
all about right here.
PAUL HEBERT: They
have 5, 600 pounders.
It's hard to tell but they
are fighting real good.
Could be 20,000 dollars
if we can get them.
LANCE SISTARE: She's dumping.
PAUL HEBERT: It's hard to
coordinate two fish on at once.
LANCE SISTARE: Oh,
where'd you go?
PAUL HEBERT: The biggest risk,
if you get those lines crossed,
they will cut each other up,
then you'll have no fish.
LANCE SISTARE: All
right, I'm tight.
Keeping him tight.
Brad's got the other one.
We want to get that
other one in first.
We'll keep some
pressure on this one.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: One more circle.
LANCE SISTARE: Color.
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Here you go, Lance.
Right here, Buddy.
PAUL HEBERT: Go!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Beautiful.
LANCE SISTARE: Nice dart shot.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Beautiful.
Beautiful cut.
PAUL HEBERT: Oh, it came out.
We're going to lose this fish.
Look out.
Look out, gaff!
PAUL HEBERT: Dart it came out!
We're gonna lose this fish!
Look out!
Look out, gaff!
Look out!
Did he take off?
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Not far, not far.
PAUL HEBERT: Hit him
right in the gill.
The first harpoon
throw of the season,
and I hit the
friggin' gill plate.
PAUL HEBERT: It's
like an armored coat.
It's like throwing a rock
against a cement wall.
That's not good, especially when
we need this time to catch
the other fish that's
on the other line!
Watch out!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Stick 'em now!
He's right here!
PAUL HEBERT: Got 'em.
All right. Gaff right next
to me? Got 'em?
Brad, get a tail rope.
All right.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Thank you.
PAUL HEBERT: Get on the
rod, get on the rod.
Good job guys, good job.
LANCE SISTARE:
Yeah, there's one!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Now
we gotta get this guy.
PAUL HEBERT: How we
doing on the other one?
BRAD KRASOWSKI: He's
fighting for his life,
he doesn't wanna come up here
and see what we have in.
PAUL HEBERT: He's
fighting for his life,
and we're fighting
for our survival.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: He's coming.
LANCE SISTARE: You
better get ready, chief.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: He's
tail-wrapped I think.
Get that tail rope, Lance.
PAUL HEBERT: Come on Brad,
got him!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Tail rope!
PAUL HEBERT: That's
how you do it.
LANCE SISTARE: You own it, Brad!
Nice job!
PAUL HEBERT: Ow! Ow!
LANCE SISTARE: Oh,
you, sorry dude.
PAUL HEBERT: Calm down.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Good job!
PAUL HEBERT: Yes, we got them!
LANCE SISTARE: Yeah baby!
Two in the boat!
Both in!
PAUL HEBERT: My fingers
are crossed that we get
a good paycheck out of this.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Go.
LANCE SISTARE: Oh!
PAUL HEBERT: That's
it, this is a big fish.
Good!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: 700 pounder.
PAUL HEBERT: Wow.
LANCE SISTARE: Beautiful.
She's awesome.
A beauty.
Finally got a
paycheck in the boat.
Nice fish man!
PAUL HEBERT: Here you go.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Woo!
PAUL HEBERT: See?
98-and-a-half right here!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Woo-hoo!
LANCE SISTARE: Heh heh!
[WHISTLE]
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Nice job, brother!
PAUL HEBERT: This
is the big one.
LANCE SISTARE: Ooh!
PAUL HEBERT: All right, easy!
Let him down real, real slow!
BRAD KRASOWSKI:
Wow, nice one man!
This is great.
PAUL HEBERT: 86 inches.
LANCE SISTARE: 86, baby.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: I
think we should have,
I think we should say a
little prayer and thank.
PAUL HEBERT: Yeah. Me too.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Thank Mother
Nature for these guys.
LANCE SISTARE: Yep.
Definitely a big uh shout out
to Mother Nature on this, uh.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Thank you.
LANCE: We really appreciate it.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: We'd like to
thank the tuna gods for giving
these guys up for us today.
Keep a roof over our heads.
PAUL HEBERT: Yep.
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Thanks, guys.
PAUL HEBERT: I don't
care what they say,
the Wicked Pissah's
here to stay.
[LAUGHS]
DAVE MARCIANO: We're at
the end of the second week,
the other boats are catching,
but it feels like
the Hard Merchandise is
dead in the water.
Last season, we
were the top boat,
but down in the Outer Banks, we
didn't catch any keeper tuna,
almost scuttled the boat,
and lost a lot of money.
I have to prove what we
accomplished in Gloucester,
wasn't a fluke, and
we can do it again.
We need this, bite, bite.
JASON MUENZNER: We're on!
DAVE MARCIANO: What?
JASON MUENZNER: We're on!
JOE MARCIANO: We got
this guys, we got this!
Let's go, kid, let's go!
Get on 'em!
Good job, let 'em run.
Yeah, here you go!
DAVE MARCIANO: We're tuna
fishing at night, boys!
JOE MARCIANO: Keep wrangling,
keep crankin', keep crankin'.
JOE MARCIANO: Yep, yep, yep!
We were losing faith,
end of the night,
about to wrap it up for the
night, and we got a bite.
Couldn't be more stoked.
DAVE MARCIANO: Looks
like a big fish, Jay.
JOE MARCIANO: Yep.
DAVE MARCIANO: Let 'em
go, Jay, let 'em tire.
Now just let 'em go.
We're a long way
from catching him.
It is the shy gear that
we got 'em hooked on,
but it's our smallest hooks
and our lightest leader.
We're gonna need some luck to
land this one, that's for sure.
JASON MUENZNER: Let's get 'em?
Get em, get em get em,
here he comes on up,
here he comes on up, here
he comes, here he comes.
Dump him, Joseph.
DAVE MARCIANO: Uh, he's gonna
keep turning like that.
JASON MUENZNER: Good job,
good job baby, good job.
DAVE MARCIANO: Ah, crazy fish.
JASON MUENZNER: All right.
DAVE MARCIANO: God, that's
classic for these bigger fish.
JASON MUENZNER: I
love this [bleep].
I love it.
Even though I haven't
slept for like 20 hours,
bringing in tuna
is what I live for.
JASON MUENZNER: I'm tired,
but I'm not stopping!
JOE MARCIANO: All right.
It's getting late.
It's been almost two
hours on this fish.
He refuses to give up.
JOE MARCIANO: All right.
Take a nap.
DAVE MARCIANO: I think we're
close to three hours now!
JOE MARCIANO: Call
in the closer!
Do you copy?
DAVE MARCIANO: The thing
will not stop swimming.
Eh, it's gonna take an hour to
get 'em up this last 30 feet.
DAVE MARCIANO: The longer
we're pulling on that fish,
that hook hole in his mouth is
getting bigger and bigger
and bigger.
At any second, if he gets a
little bit of slack line,
that hook could drop right out.
Easily, you could lose the fish.
DAVE MARCIANO: Dammit!
He's going under the boat Jay!
He's right up under the boat.
DAVE MARCIANO: Dammit.
He's going under the boat Jay!
He's right up under the boat.
JASON MUENZNER: Watch the line!
Watch the line!
DAVE MARCIANO: Let's hope that
leader holds and the line holds.
This fish does not know the
meaning of the word give up,
that's for sure.
JASON MUENZNER: Come on!
DAVE MARCIANO: I think
we're over five hours now.
Sooner or later, he's
going to die of old age.
Either that or I am.
JOE MARCIANO: Got
color, out there.
DAVE MARCIANO Yup. Yup. Yup.
Come on.
Here he come, he's coming.
Hey.
Let's put a harpoon through it.
I missed him.
JASON MUENZNER: One more time.
Ready?
Right out between you.
Come on. Come on.
Yes!
JOE MARCIANO: Need another one.
DAVE AND JASON: No.
JOE MARCIANO: All right.
DAVE MARCIANO: Oh, man.
JASON MUENZNER:
That's a big boy.
DAVE MARCIANO: Enough.
JASON MUENZNER: That's it!
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah!
JOE MARCIANO: Yeah!
JASON MUENZNER: That's it. Yes!
DAVE MARCIANO: Dude,
well, done boys!
DAVE MARCIANO: After almost two
weeks with no catches and then
boom, everybody's smiling,
and we're in the game.
JASON MUENZNER:
Wow, is he round.
DAVE MARCIANO: Yeah.
That's how we do it on
the Hard Merchandise.
JOE MARCIANO: That's a fat one.
DAVE MARCIANO: He's
a fat round one.
99 inches. We'll take it
like that.
This 99 inch butterball is
exactly what we needed.
Perfect.
Well done guys, well done.
BUYER: What's up guys?
What do you got today?
DAVE MARCIANO: We
got a nice one.
BUYER: Nice!
DAVE MARCIANO: 99 incher.
BUYER: Sounds good,
let's check him out.
505 pounds.
DAVE MARCIANO:
Nice, we'll take it.
Let's see what he's worth here.
BUYER: All right.
Got good color, it's got plenty
of fat in it, it's a good size.
DAVE MARCIANO: Let's
hear some big numbers.
BUYER: It's a nice fish,
we'll do 15 dollars a pound.
DAVE MARCIANO: Nice!
JASON MUENZNER: Nice.
BUYER: All right, sweet.
DAVE MARCIANO: All
right, well done, man.
All right, well done, Joe.
The Hard Merch is
back in the game.
NARRATOR: Hard Merchandise's
first tuna of the season
gives them a much-needed payday.
PAUL HEBERT: This is gonna be
our first check for the season
on my own boat.
If it's a good paycheck,
it'll bring the attitude
up on the guys.
That will get us a
good week next week.
Let's get fish number one up.
BUYER: Let's see
what we've got boys.
249 pounds dressed.
PAUL HEBERT: Bam!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Woo!
PAUL HEBERT: I like it.
BUYER: Pinkish tail, it's
got some decent fat to it.
This fish here, 12
dollars a pound.
LANCE SISTARE: Sweet. We'll take
it. Nice, nice, nice.
BUYER: Let's see what
the other one looks like.
PAUL HEBERT: This
is the big one.
What have we got?
What have we got?
BUYER: 401 pounds dressed.
PAUL HEBERT: We'll take it!
BUYER: Inside core color's
good, tail's nice and pinkish.
PAUL HEBERT: Right up there.
BUYER: 13 dollars a pound.
LANCE SISTARE: Sweet, we'll
take it man. 13. Yeah:
PAUL HEBERT: ... I wanted
18, but 13 is good.
LANCE SISTARE: Thanks a lot man.
BUYER: I think I'm going to see
a lot of fish off this boat
this summer.
LANCE SISTARE: Oh, yeah.
PAUL HEBERT: It's the
best start I've had ever.
NARRATOR: Wicked Pissah's double
cash edges them slightly ahead
of last season's champion,
Hard Merchandise.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Dude, we
finally got some quality
for you, brother.
BUYER: Well, it's about time!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: We started
this week in fourth place
but if we get a good price
for this monster,
we could shoot to
the top of the fleet.
Come on what have we got here?
BUYER: Not bad Tyler, 484.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: I'm stoked,
man, that's a great fish.
BUYER: Nice clear core.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: What
am I going to get?
BUYER: Looks good.
15 dollars a pound.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Perfect.
Thanks brother.
Appreciate that, I'll
take that all day.
BUYER: All right.
We'll get back.
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: We'll
get some more of these.
NARRATOR: Pinwheel's seven-grand
fish launches them into the lead
at the end of week
two of fishing.
TJ OTT: What's up, Dave?
Dave Dot Com's been calling me.
I'm finally ready to talk to
him and see what he has to say.
DAVE CARRARO: I got
something for you.
TJ OTT: Uh-oh, all right, I
can't wait to see what that is.
DAVE CARRARO: I just simply
want to get our friendship
back on track.
TJ OTT: What's happening?
DAVE CARRARO: What's up, pal?
TJ OTT: What are you doing?
DAVE CARRARO: I got
a little something.
TJ OTT: What do you got?
DAVE CARRARO: It's
for uh, last year.
I know you could
use this right now.
TJ OTT: Oh, my favorite.
DAVE CARRARO: Hey, we worked
together for a long time.
And, you know, we had
what we had last year.
TJ OTT: Yeah.
DAVE CARRARO: I'm over
that, but, you know.
TJ OTT: It might take another
bottle or two of this...
DAVE CARRARO: I got,
I got plenty more.
I'll get you a
bigger one next time.
TJ OTT: Burying the hatchet
right now with Dave
is a big gamble for the Hot
Tuna, it could end up biting me
in the ass but life's too short
not to give him second chance.
DAVE CARRARO: You put me on some
fish, I'll get you another one.
TJ OTT: Anyway man, we just,
we got to get on the meat.
That's it.
DAVE CARRARO: All
right, let's do it then.
Let's get it back the way it was
TJ OTT: Yeah, cheers.
DAVE CARRARO: Now I'm happy,
nothing's hanging over us.
We can move on and catch fish.
Bygones be bygones.
TJ OTT: This is Dave's
last shot though.
If he betrays my trust
again, that's it.
We gotta catch a lot of fish.
DAVE CARRARO: We got find fish.
We gotta do what we gotta do.
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI:
So what do you think?
We're going to kill
this time, right?
MIKE OTT: I hope so, man.
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI:
HT what's up, man?
TJ OTT: What's up?
MIKE OTT: What's going on?
TJ OTT: Look what I got!
MIKE OTT: Ooh, hoo, hoo!
TJ OTT: Got a little present,
man. Look at that, huh?
MIKE OTT: From who?
TJ OTT: Oh, you'd never guess.
TJ OTT: Dot Com, baby.
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI:
No way, dude.
TJ OTT: Oh, yeah.
MIKE OTT: What, is he trying
to suck up to you again
and be friends?
TJ OTT: Ah, no, man. Don't
be so negative. He, he, he.
MIKE OTT: Guy screwed us over.
TJ OTT: This is a nice gesture.
This is my favorite flavor.
MIKE OTT: Yeah, it's not
going to win me back yet.
TJ OTT: It's.
MIKE OTT: He took money out of
our pockets, he screwed us.
Right or wrong?
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI: I know
and he totally screwed us.
TJ OTT: If he does
it again, that's it,
the door's completely closed.
But what if he does
put us on some meat?
MIKE OTT: Until we see it, I'd
take that gesture very lightly.
TJ OTT: we're forgiving
people, you've got to be kind.
MIKE OTT: I just don't like
people that screw us over
and that guy screwed us over.
TJ OTT: Let's get out
there, let's rig the rods,
let's do our thing, let's kill
some fish and not worry
about Dot Com, but I'm just
telling you that's the deal.
All right?
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI:
Sounds good to me, man.
TJ OTT: All right,
let's get it done.
MIKE OTT: All right.
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI:
Let's go fishing.
MIKE OTT: Yeah.