Wicked Tuna (2012–…): Season 5, Episode 3 - May the Fish Be with You - full transcript
Captain Carraro's alliance with Captain Ott is put to the test. Captain Speeches heads to Maine. Things start to pick up for Captain Marciano.
NARRATOR: On this
episode of Wicked Tuna.
MIKE OTT: There's
the leader, leader.
TJ OTT: Keep reeling. Keep
reeling. Keep reeling.
MIKE: Lead up.
DAVE CARRARO: Woo!
Reel, reel, reel!
NARRATOR: A renewed alliance.
TJ: Are any more around ya?
DAVE: We had bites at 192.
NARRATOR: Causes friction
between old friends.
PAUL HEBERT: Be a
leader, not a follower.
NARRATOR: And desperate times.
BRANDON PIERCE: Pull
the hook. Dammit.
NARRATOR: Force one boat.
MIKE: Get on the controls.
Get on controls!
TJ: Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.
NARRATOR: To turn
to higher powers.
JASON MUENZNER:
Swim into the light!
ERIN SPEECHES: Standards
are set, Tuna God!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Oh!
NARRATOR: In one of the most
regulated fisheries
in the world.
JASON: Run hard,
hard, hard forward!
DAVE: Die! Woo-hoo-hoo!
NARRATOR: These fishermen
fight to earn a living.
BRANDON: I can't
tell what's going on.
PETE SPEECHES: Only
talk to me if I need it.
NARRATOR: Catching.
TJ: Thank you.
JASON: Go! Go! Go!
DAVE: Oh!
NARRATOR: Wicked Tuna.
At the start of week three,
Pinwheel leads the pack,
meanwhile Hard
Merchandise, Erin and Sarah,
and Hot Tuna languish behind
with only one fish each.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
PETE: It's been a while.
Everybody's nervous for sure.
We're behind so we
got to keep going.
It's week three of the season
and we've only caught one keeper
so far.
Last week we left our
home base in Portland, Maine
and steamed 60 miles south
of the Jeffreys Ledge to fish
with the Gloucester Fleet.
The round trip cost us about a
thousand bucks in fuel
and then after all of that, we
struck out and didn't catch.
Some of the Gloucester guys have
caught two or three already.
This week I'm playing it safe
and staying closer to home
in Maine.
I feel like I'm not doing
as well as I should be.
It's tough. It's tough
on the head.
Oh, there's a good mark.
We're on!
We're on!
BRANDON: Good wakeup call.
Trying to find my
bearings right now.
ERIN: This job is hard.
You are kind of
running on no sleep.
PETE: You got plenty of time
to sleep when you're dead.
Remember?
How many times have
you heard me say that?
[LAUGHS]
PETE: Doing good, Brandon.
Doing good.
That thing took a lot of
line on that first run, man.
BRANDON: Yeah, it did.
PETE: I think this is a tuna.
It was, it was
pounding like a tuna.
BRANDON: Yeah, it's a keeper.
No question about that.
PETE: It's a challenge.
We've lost quite a few so
makes each one more important.
We need to capitalize on
every bite we get now.
ERIN: Let's go Brandon. Reel!
My dad is not accustomed to
going a long time without a fish
So this drought is really
taking a toll on him.
I'm hoping that this is gonna
be the end of the dry spell.
PETE: Watch your line.
♪ [MUSIC ♪
BRANDON: Ah!
Gone!
PETE: Pulled the hook?
BRANDON: Pulled the hook.
Dammit.
PETE: We didn't need that
to happen. That's for sure.
BRANDON: No, nothing
wrong with it.
Just pulled the hook.
PETE: I've never
pulled so many hooks.
What's going on?
ERIN: Right now the Erin and
Sarah is in need of a serious
morale boost.
PETE: [Bleep].
Oh, I'm discouraged.
PAUL: You there, Dave?
DAVE: Yeah, Paul. What's up?
PAUL: A lot of bait
under the boat.
Wow.
After catching two
fish last week,
we're in third place and looking
to get on a hot streak now.
DAVE: What do you got, what are
you up on a high ground there?
Looks like you're
right at your shoal.
PAUL: It's week three and
we're at Stellwagen Bank
and we're right next to Dot Com.
Stellwagen Bank is 20
some odd miles long.
It goes from Provincetown
to Gloucester.
This has been honey hole for
Dave and I for over 30 years.
We're comfortable here
anyways, you know what I mean?
You, you know that.
I, I feel like I'm
home right here.
DAVE: Yeah, we know
how to catch 'em here.
And you know what, we're
right in our backyard.
PAUL: I love fishing here.
But it feels better shooting the
breeze with my old pal, Dave.
Just one boat owner to another.
This sunfish, dude, is swimming
right at me on the tether line!
How funny is that?
[LAUGHS]
I've never seen
anything like it.
We stopped working
together three years ago,
when I was a mate
on Dave's boat.
It's a [bleep] job
for babies, anyway.
DAVE: Paul's having
a little [bleep].
PAUL: You've been [bleep]
sleeping all the time.
DAVE: One captain, and one
captain only and that's me.
You're fired.
PAUL: Now, we are so much
tighter than ever before.
How funny is that?
Wait 'til you see this.
He was scratching his back all
the way on the tether line,
all the way up to my
little white float.
DAVE: There's something
wrong with that boy.
He's not even making sense,
he's just, he's out of it.
Yeah, we're going to follow
him in and come on over
and check that out, Paul.
That sounds pretty cool.
It's great that Paul
wants to be buddies but
I've got a boat to run.
We caught three fish in two
weeks and I wanna keep that
momentum going.
So if I got to spend
time on the radio.
TJ: You on there?
DAVE: I wanna do it with a
respected fisherman in the fleet
TJ: Come in, come in, come in.
DAVE: What's up, buddy?
You got anything cooking?
TJ: We have nothing.
This is torture.
DAVE: Ouch.
TJ: Yup.
God, I thought I was gonna come
down here and see like fins
and tails.
DAVE: Last season, I didn't
reciprocate information for TJ.
TJ: Any bites up that
way this afternoon.
DAVE: Not a one.
GEORDIE SOUSA: Shh.
DAVE: We had a falling out.
TJ: Did you break your
fingers fighting 'em all?
You couldn't dial a phone?
DAVE: I extended an olive
branch to TJ last week.
Bygones be bygones.
But if we get fish here and
I gave him some good intel
that'll further solidify
our working relationship
TJ: All right, bro.
Give you a shout in a
little bit. Good luck.
DAVE: Talking a little bit here.
JASON: And you
guys know the deal.
Next trip out.
We're either gonna get 'em.
DAVE MARCIANO: Or you're not.
At the end of last week, we
finally got the monkey off
our back and got our first
fish of the season.
We've been doing
this a long time.
I know one thing for sure, slow
and steady can win the race.
We're out here
hunting down bounties.
[LAUGHS]
JOE: Is this the
Millennium Falcon, then?
DAVE: This boat's kind of
like that. You know,
you, every now and then
you got to,
you got to whack it when it
doesn't start, it doesn't go,
kick the controls and we
can usually get it going.
It's just not quite as fast.
[LAUGHS]
I'm a huge Star Wars fan.
I mean it's been that
way since I was a kid.
I waited in line to see that
movie 18 times when it came out.
Oh, yeah, I'm gonna have to
get out of my C-3PO costume.
JASON: What about Paul?
DAVE: Paul might be
that Jar Jar Binks dude.
JASON: All right [inaudible]
DAVE: He talks a lot.
JASON: Jar Jar Binks is Paul?
DAVE: Who's Dave on the Dot Com?
JASON: Oh, Darth Vader.
DAVE: Darth Vader, right?
JASON: Darth Vader.
DAVE: Without a doubt.
Without a doubt.
Tyler?
JASON: Ty, oh.
He'd be Princess Leia.
DAVE: Princess Leia.
Yeah, I think that's
a good one for him.
JASON: 'Cause he's always,
always, always causing drama.
So who am I?
DAVE: Huh?
Who are you?
JOE: You can be Anakin.
[LAUGHS]
JASON: No come on.
Gimme something
better than that.
I'm supposed to be on your team.
I'll be Chew, Chewy! Err!
DAVE: We'll just have
to get you some stilts.
Hmm, catch tuna, we must!
PAUL: A lot of bait
there, Lancelot.
LANCE SISTARE: Dude, I never
had a bait rod bend like this.
Look at these.
PAUL: Stellwagen Bank just
holds all kinds of bait.
It's like a big aquarium.
It's my tuna aquarium.
LANCE: Oh!
I can't judge Paul as a
captain on the third week,
but at this point not worried.
PAUL: Fish down there.
LANCE: Where?
I was just looking.
PAUL: There's a tuna down there.
LANCE: Oh, I'm right there.
PAUL: Dude, we got some
fish streaking around.
LANCE: Oh.
PAUL: Oh!
We're on! We're on!
LANCE: Here we go.
Yeah, we're on. Brad!
Let's go!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Oh, yeah.
We got fish.
LANCE: Oh!
That's him.
BRAD: Yeah, that's good.
That's sweet.
PAUL: Yeah.
LANCE: Got a fish on, man.
Great feeling.
First fish of the day.
PAUL: Got the wheel, Brad?
BRAD: Yeah.
LANCE: It's a
screamer, by her mouth.
Oh, this is gonna
be a nice fish too.
It's a team effort out here.
Head shakes.
Violent head shakes.
PAUL: Yeah, rod tip.
Always look at the rod tip.
LANCE: Gotcha, Cap.
PAUL: If you need a fresh
arm, Brad's right next to ya.
LANCE: Fresh guy. Tagging in.
PAUL: A fresh guy's always good.
BRAD: I think I
see him down there.
I see a glow down there.
I see him.
PAUL: Yeah. He's right there.
Yeah.
BRAD: Hand me that dart, Lance.
PAUL: I got it, Lance. I got it.
LANCE: Great.
BRAD: Okay, get him good.
Thank you.
PAUL: Get a gaff:
BRAD: Gaff, Lance.
PAUL: Come on.
Tail rope around Brad.
We got him.
Hey! Right here! Brad!
BRAD: That's how we do it, baby!
PAUL: It's great to get the
first fish of the trip,
but we're not done yet.
There's a lot more meat to be
had here and with just us
and Dot Com here.
It should be really
easy pickin's.
Hey, you like that?
That's a beautiful fish, dude.
LANCE: You wanna
measure it real quick?
PAUL: Yeah, we can measure it.
ALL: Eighty-five.
PAUL: Good job, Lance.
LANCE: Thank you.
PAUL: That's a beautiful
little tuna, dude.
We'll get one more, watch.
LANCE: Yeah, we're gonna
get another one today.
DAVE: Looks like Pissah got 'em.
Paul just got a fish.
I'm happy for them.
But I wanna catch one now.
GEORDIE: We're marking.
DAVE: Right now we're marking
tons and tons of fish
under the boat.
It's just a matter of time
before we get a bite.
Come on, bite.
We're on! We're on!
Comin' up on it
now, right now hard.
DAVE: We're on! We're on!
Comin' up on the
down, right now, hard.
SANDRO MANIACI: Oh, my God!
That's a real one there, baby.
DAVE: That's the real deal.
Nice, huh?
Outta nowhere.
SANDRO: That's why
I sit out here!
DAVE: He's a screamer.
DAVE: Come on, Sandro!
Reel, reel, reel!
Come on, Sanchie!
Get 'em, get 'em!
Let's wear 'em down.
Still got a long way to go.
LANCE: Is he backin'
down like it's a big one?
PAUL: Oh, yeah!
He's backin' down.
LANCE: Oh, yeah. Whitewater.
There's something's
goin' over there.
PAUL: Yeah, Dot
Com's on, right now.
BRAD: We're gonna pick off
a few here this afternoon.
PAUL: Oh, yeah.
We're the only boats here.
DAVE: Come on. Just get
'em, Geordie, get 'em.
Nice job, Geordie.
You got him close.
Oh, man, I can feel it.
We're gonna get him.
We're gonna get him.
There he is. I'm lookin'
at him right there.
Nice fish.
Nice fish.
Comin' up!
He's big.
Nice.
Come on. You got it, Geordie.
Color, color!
We've got color!
Get him, Geordie.
Come on, Sandro!
Nail it!
Take the shot!
Take the shot!
Nice! Woo-hoo-hoo!
Good shot.
Come on! Get a tail-wrap on him.
Seal the deal!
Got one!
Whew!
Ka-ching!
That's our fourth
fish of the season.
Oh yeah!
Another one bites the dust.
The end of the road for him.
SANDRO: Rrgh!
DAVE: It was a quick
and easy fight.
Nice job.
We worked together as a team,
and if we keep this up,
we're gonna have a couple more
to offload by week's end.
GEORDIE: Eighty-nine.
DAVE: Wow!
Eighty-nine.
We've only been out here
since this morning, and us,
and Wicked Pissah already
have meat on the deck.
It's a hot spot for sure.
That's a diamond, pal.
BRAD: Man, he's gaga.
He's got him.
PAUL: We're gonna go over to
Dave, and check his fish out!
LANCE: Steam it.
Steam it, baby.
Are you havin' fun yet?
PAUL: Heh!
DAVE: Sick, huh?
SANDRO: Wow! That one's round.
BRAD: Just drive-bys, right.
We didn't mark that many. Big.
PAUL: The meat is pink.
SANDRO: The fish are beautiful,
here. Beautiful.
DAVE: Hey. We're gonna
make a lot of money, here.
Dude, they came through in a
drove. The down-rod popped.
You're gonna get another one.
PAUL: Nobody needs to
know about this but us.
DAVE: Nobody really knows.
PAUL: If you find a spot
and you're catching fish,
you gotta be careful
in who you call.
'Cause they'll tell two friends,
and they'll tell two friends.
And then it'll be over.
DAVE: TJ's, like he's
callin' me askin',
Hey, you seen anything?
PAUL: Do not tell TJ. He
knows way too many people.
DAVE: Who is he to
tell me not to tell TJ?
Go fish! Don't talk to me.
Go get another one.
I'm caught in a bad spot.
If I tell TJ, the Wicked Pissah
crew is gonna be pissed at me.
If I don't tell TJ, who I just
said I'm gonna work with him,
TJ's gonna be pissed at me.
So regardless of what I do,
somebody's gonna be mad.
Good Luck.
LANCE: Thank you.
BRAD: All right, now.
PAUL: Dave and I
are in a good spot.
It looks really good.
There's fish here.
But we're gonna try to
keep it as quiet as we can.
I think Dave will keep it quiet.
Well, we'll see.
TJ: Dude, this does not
look good here today, bro.
I haven't seen like
a sign of anything.
It's week three, and we've
only managed one fish, so far.
We struck out last week
and we're really desperate
to put some meat on the deck.
TJ: Well, we're gonna have
to find better fish here.
We have to turn things around.
DAVE: TJ, come in.
TJ: I hear ya.
DAVE: What's the scoop?
TJ: Oh, any more around you?
DAVE: Get over here.
We just got one.
Paul is about, uh,
three-quarters of a
mile to a mile away.
He's sitting at 135,
and we had bites at 192.
PAUL: My ears are bleeding
listening to this.
He won't just go
find a spot and fish.
He has to call everybody and
find out what's goin' on.
TJ: If we're in a spot
and the fishing is slow,
and Dave gives us some info, I'm
definitely gonna explore it.
All right. We'll
see you in a little bit.
DAVE: Roger that.
PAUL: Be a leader,
not a follower.
TJ: I don't have any
better options right now.
I just gotta go with it, put
the throttle in the corner
and hope for the best.
MIKE: Right now Dave's tellin'
us that he's on the meat,
I have no reason to believe him.
There's really no time right
now for me to debate with TJ
about this move.
I just really hope it pays off.
TJ: Makin' about 15 knots.
We should be there
in about 35 minutes.
If we get a fish, it's
because Dave helped us.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
TYLER: After a four-hundred
and eighty-four-pound tuna
last week, Drake and I are
on top of the fleet.
We can relax a
little bit right now,
and enjoy while we're out here,
because we'd love to fish,
and catch tuna.
Because right now,
we're kickin' butt.
Are you buck naked? Oh, God!
Naked boy, I'm not
looking at you.
DRAKE ROY: With me and Ty,
it definitely feels like
a brotherhood out there.
I mean, we're doing everything
together, eating, sleeping.
TYLER: All right.
Put some pants on.
DRAKE: You have to be
comfortable with your captain.
TYLER: On the Pinwheel,
we gotta shower outside.
We're ghetto boating.
At least we got hot water.
Pinwheel, baby!
Ghetto boating.
Yeah.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
DAVE: Here comes TJ.
About time he showed up.
MIKE: Ready when you are.
TJ: Ah, right there.
Dave on the Dot Com has
called us with some info,
and he said it's
really good fishin',
and we need to be there, ASAP.
Hopefully, it pays off.
I hear both these
guys land big fish?
I gotta come here.
BRAD: Look at what that is.
PAUL: Where?
Loose lips sink ships and it
can also cost you a tuna fish.
TJ is out here, right now.
Can you believe that?
TJ: We're markin',
we're markin'!
Fingers crossed.
The lines are out. If they come
through, you know,
we're in position.
And, you know, we've
got good stuff out, so
maybe it's our turn.
MIKE: The first
mark of the trip,
these guys are getting
bites around us. So,
know that we know they're
swimmin' under us,
real encouraging.
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI: We're on!
We're on! We're on!
[BARKING DOG]
We got a bite!
Hit it hard!
TJ: Let him go, let
him go, let him go!
He's takin' a lotta line.
He definitely knows he's hooked.
Come on, Jarrett!
Reel, reel, reel!
Just like that. We're on, baby.
Do you need a fresh
arm for a minute?
JARRETT: Yeah.
TJ: Michael, get over there.
Turn at him.
Nice and smooth,
nice and smooth.
JARRETT: Definitely
a good-sized fish.
It took a hell of a good
run, right off the bat.
Got a lot of line back, but it
looks pretty weird right now,
the way it's fightin'
as it's comin' in.
TJ: Think he's tail-wrapped?
He's definitely tail-wrapped.
MIKE: When you have
a tail-wrapped fish
the line is tangled
around the tuna's tail.
TJ: Watch your tip.
Pay attention.
Not too aggressive.
MIKE: That's a bad situation.
You gotta be very,
very careful with this.
They could snap their tail
hard and break the main line.
TJ: Keep up on him, Michael.
Don't, don't, you
gotta keep up with him.
JARRETT: Reba, get inside!
Get inside. Inside.
Inside! Come on.
TJ: Jarrett, you get ready
with the other harpoon.
Just gimme this one.
Stay by the controls.
MIKE: Here's the leader! Leader.
TJ: Keep reelin', keep reelin'!
Keep reelin'. Keep reelin'.
MIKE: He's tail-wrapped.
TJ: Keep goin', keep goin'.
MIKE: He's going wild.
TJ: Get on the controls!
Get on the controls!
MIKE: Oh, no.
TJ: Oh, God! Oh, God!
TJ: He's definitely
tail-wrapped.
Jarrett you get ready
with the other harpoon.
You give me this one,
stay by the controls.
MIKE: Here's the leader.
TJ: Keep reeling, keep
reeling, keep going.
MIKE: Leader.
TJ: Keep reeling, keep reeling.
MIKE: Tail wrapped,
tail wrapped.
TJ: Keep reeling, keep reeling.
MIKE: He's going wild.
TJ: Oh no, get on the
controls, get on the controls!
Oh God, oh God, oh God!
Oh, so close.
Big fish.
Another 5 feet I would've
had a dart in that fish.
But he went wild
just out of dart range,
hopefully, we get 'em.
PAUL: Looks like TJ is
hooked up over there.
LANCE: Yeah, what
do you got Brad?
BRAD: It's gotta be a big one.
LANCE: Oh, boy we've been
in that movie before.
PAUL: That's our paycheck
at the end of TJ's line.
SANDRO: TJ's down and tight.
DAVE: Yup.
He'll get him.
JARRETT: Color, color, color!
Oh, no, it looks like
he's pin wheeling.
He's coming up.
TJ: There he is.
JARRETT: I see him.
TJ: Try to get him coming
at you here pretty good.
Grab the harpoon!
Grab the harpoon right there,
stay right next to me.
Come on get it, get it,
get it, get it [bleep].
JARRETT: Hurry up, hurry up.
TJ: [Inaudible] on it.
JARRETT: Come on TJ.
TJ: Get a gaff, watch out.
JARRETT: No.
Where is he, where is he?
TJ: Over here, over
here in the head.
You got him in the
head, head, head, head.
Hold him tight! Got him?
MIKE: I got him.
TJ: Stick it in there.
MIKE: I got him.
TJ: Get another gaff,
get another gaff.
Get a gaff, get it in his
tail, get it in his tail.
MIKE: Give me, I
got him, got him.
This one pulled out.
TJ: Yeah!
[LAUGHS AND CHEERING]
TJ: Yeah. Thank you, God.
JARRETT: Pa-pow!
TJ: Good job, great job.
Great job.
MIKE: Pork chop, baby.
JARRETT: Woo.
TJ: I can't begin to tell you
how bad we needed this fish.
Dave on the Dot Com told us
to come here and now we've got
a big tuna hanging off the side
of the boat because of him.
DAVE: TJ what happened?
TJ: We got him.
DAVE: All right, good going.
TJ: This is a result of Dot Com,
this one came from the Dot Com.
DAVE: Yup. Told you.
All right, get off the radio.
Go just get another one.
TJ: Yeah, thanks, I'll
get back to you guys.
I know you gotta get back
on the anchor. Thank you.
PAUL: Oh, my God.
That could've been our fish.
If Dave didn't go
run his mouth to TJ,
we could've just had
another paycheck.
What a [bleep]
kick in the balls.
TJ: All right.
JARRETT: Whoo!
MIKE: Yeah!
TJ: Nice little unit.
JARRETT: Reba.
Hey, we got one.
MIKE: Nice. We needed that.
TJ: I am so happy this thing
is on the floor of the boat
right now.
All right, let's see what we
got, let's see what we got.
90! All right.
MIKE: Yeah, baby!
JARRETT: Outrageous, yeah.
TJ: We'll take it.
Good job, good job.
JARRETT: Now we don't look like
a bunch of losers out here.
TJ: Good job, Babba.
Pa-pow!
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
BUYER: Hey Paul, we
got a big fish there!
PAUL: After TJ showed
up to our spot,
I knew it was time to
cash in and head in.
That place will be plugged
with boats tomorrow.
What's she weigh,
what's she weigh?
BUYER: 254.
PAUL: Yes. I like it.
BRAD: Nice.
LANCE: Nice.
PAUL: The tuna buyer looks at
the fat content, the shape,
and the color of the meat to
determine our price per pound.
BUYER: Guys, on this fish here.
PAUL: What do we got?
BUYER: We got very nice color.
Unfortunately, not a
lot of fat on this fish.
PAUL: All right. What do we
get for a price?
BUYER: I could get 11
dollars a pound for you guys.
PAUL: That's cool. I'll take it.
LANCE: Nice, yeah! Thanks, Greg.
PAUL: As good of a
spot that we were at,
we should've come away
with another couple fish.
There's always tomorrow.
NARRATOR: Wicked Pissah's
three-grand catch pushes them
into second place.
SCOTT: What's going on guys?
What do you guys have today?
DAVE: Just got the
one, that's it.
SCOTT: Just one?
DAVE: Let's get him up.
SCOTT: Sounds good.
DAVE: What's the
dress weight, Scott?
SCOTT: It's got
332 pounds dressed.
SANDRO: Not bad.
DAVE: What'd you think man?
SCOTT: It's got everything
you're looking for.
It's got plenty of fat,
good color, core's good.
DAVE: Bottom line?
SCOTT: Yeah, uh.
DAVE: Good fish?
SCOTT: This fish right
here, 17 dollars a pound.
SANDRO: Nice.
GEORDIE: Love it.
SANDRO: That's a
good price there.
DAVE: I like that. Feels good.
Not only did we catch our
fourth tuna of the season,
but we also helped TJ
to put meat on his boat.
I think now, we're gonna put
what happened in the past and
we're gonna work together.
He's got a huge network and a
lot of valuable information
to share.
NARRATOR: Dot Com's good
quality fish launches them
into the lead.
TJ: We got one
beautiful fish for you.
I hope you brought
a lot of dough, Scottso.
SCOTT: Check him out.
We got 344 pounds.
TJ: That's a respectable
one, we'll take it.
What do you got, Scottso?
Looks like a nice one, right?
SCOTT: I mean, you guys
got yourself a good fish.
It's got good fat, it's got a
good color, the core's good.
It's all around, good fish.
So this fish will get you
guys 18 bucks a pound.
TJ: All right Scottso!
JARRETT: Whoo! Nice. All right.
MIKE: That'll pay some bills.
TJ: We needed that, bro.
JARRETT: Yeah.
TJ: We're stoked.
We 100 percent owe this
fish to Dot Com.
We would've never made this
move without him calling us.
NARRATOR: Hot Tuna's six-grand
payday edges them into
second place.
PETE: You know, I don't remember
marking so many fish coming
to that down line
and not biting.
I have to catch fish because I
have responsibilities on land.
I, you know my kids depend on
me, I have tuition to deal with.
So it really takes a tremendous
toll mentally on the captain
because everything
comes down to him.
BRANDON: It's been well
over a week since we caught
our last tuna.
I can't go that long
without a paycheck.
I got bills to pay and
I gotta feed myself.
So we need to get
a fish right now.
ERIN: When my dad gets stressed
and things aren't really going
the way that he wants,
I know how to react to him
when he's really frustrated.
Dad, maybe you do need to
bring back the porn stache
and glasses. What do you think?
And I can do my best to
try to lighten the mood.
BRANDON: Maybe he
needs to bring it back,
maybe that's the
good luck charm.
ERIN: You really need to
commit to this tuna fishing.
PETE: Keep this up, and
you're going swimming.
ERIN: There's
sharks in the water.
PETE: They won't eat you.
ERIN: Why not?
PETE: You got, look at you, you
got, you got toothpick legs.
ERIN: It doesn't matter.
They're not after human blood.
Sharks only attack 'cause they
think that you're a fish.
I don't know.
PETE: Let's try
it out, let's see.
ERIN: I'm not going swimming
until there's a tuna
on this boat.
My dad is a big believer in the
tuna gods and everything needs
to have a reason to explain
why, and in this industry,
that's what it is.
The offerings for the
tuna gods are as follows,
I'm gonna go swimming.
PETE: We can pull you back
through the tuna door before
a shark gets you.
ERIN: Do you see what sacrifices
I'm offering to the tuna gods?
[LAUGHTER]
Brandon is gonna kiss,
make out, with the tuna.
BRANDON: No. Can't say I've ever
made a deal with the tuna gods
to turn our luck around but,
in a time of desperation,
you'll do almost anything.
ERIN: There we go,
standards are set, tuna god.
BRANDON: Might even
slip in a little tongue.
ERIN: That's disgusting.
JOE: Oh, right behind the boat.
JASON: You can see we're
right in the whales.
Circling us like jaws.
JOE: That's a really good sign
for some tuna to come through.
We're just waiting still.
We haven't marked a fish
yet, but it's still early.
DAVE: Without a good crew, I'm
nothing more than a glorified
two-bit, halfwit,
tour bus driver.
Jay and Joe, they work their
asses off but it seems like
they have a lot of fun.
JOE: Oh, right behind the boat.
DAVE: There's a mark, Jay.
JASON: Come on!
Eat it!
Come on, now.
We're on, we're on, we're on.
JOE: Yeah, we're on,
we're on, we're on.
DAVE: Reel, reel, reel.
JASON: That's him, that's
him, that's him, that's him.
JOE: Yeah!
JASON: That's him!
That's him!
JOE: Yeah!
DAVE: That stick's
not gonna work.
JASON: He's going
up to the anchor!
DAVE: I know, I know. Grab
the, yeah, you got it.
Pull it all the way.
Let's work it
down, work it down.
JASON: Good job, Joe.
JOE: Yeah, baby.
JASON: That's him, Dave.
JOE: That's that tuna bite.
That's that tuna bit
right there, baby.
JASON: We're hooked
up to a monster.
DAVE: All right, guys. We're
gonna get him now, nice and easy
JASON: Took on a bunch
of line at first,
he ran up to the anchors and
now we're just following him.
He's going one way, we're
trying to get him away
from that anchor ball.
Now, go ahead, keep going.
Keep going.
DAVE: This fish is a monster.
He's taking so much line,
the reel is almost empty.
We don't have the fastest boat,
so if we can't catch up to him,
we're gonna lose this fish.
JASON: Goin' out front!
Goin' out front!
Hard, hard, hard forward!
JOE: We're almost out of
line, almost out of line!
DAVE: Hold on. Hold on. It's
going, it's going, it's going.
JASON: Dave we're almost out of
line, we're almost out of line!
Go, go, go!
JOE: Oh.
JASON: Dave, we're almost outta
line, we're almost outta line!
Now go ahead! Keep going!
DAVE: We don't have
the fastest boat.
If we can't catch up to him,
we're going to lose this fish.
JASON: Goin' out front! Goin'
out front! Hard, hard,
hard forward!
JOE: We're almost out of line!
We're almost out of line!
DAVE: We're makin' the
jump to light speed.
JASON: Go, go, go!
Oh!
Yeah!
Good job! Good job!
Yup, we're good!
JOE: There you go!
JASON: He almost emptied
the reel completely!
DAVE: We've managed to keep
this fish from taking off on us
and we're starting
to tire him out.
Nice and easy now. We gotta
land 'em now guys.
It's a screamer, Jay!
JASON: That's a screamer!
DAVE: Let's hope we get lucky,
put this guy in the boat.
JASON: Yeah, go ahead.
JOE: Go.
JASON: We got a screamer!
Yeah, baby!
Good fish, good fish!
DAVE: Good work boys,
good work, good work!
JOE: Get it tight, get it tight,
get it tight, get it tight!
DAVE: He's there?
JASON: I think!
DAVE: Keep reeling! Don't stop!
JASON: I think it's gone. Gone.
DAVE: Keep going, don't stop!
He's there.
JASON: Where?
JOE: He's still there,
he's still there.
JASON: Oh man!
JOE: It's all right, buddy.
We're good, we're
good, we're good!
DAVE: Wow, he ran right at you
with a whole spool line out,
and then he just charged
the boat, straight at us.
Jay thought he lost him!
That's why you
never stop reeling,
till the hook gets to the tip!
This fish has definitely
been hooked before!
JASON: I think I see him.
I think I see him!
I just saw him!
DAVE: Yeah.
He's way up on the surface.
Right now, he's
wearing himself down.
JASON: Swim into the light!
DAVE: Be ready, boys. We're
gonna get color any minute.
He should be above 20 now, guys.
JOE: Come on, come on, come on.
DAVE: I think we're pulling
him up backwards, maybe!
JASON: Think we are too.
DAVE: If he does
come up by the tail.
JASON: Just lasso him.
DAVE: Yeah.
You guys gotta work together,
make sure you get it
on there quick.
It's a one-shot deal.
JOE: Let's go,
let's go, let's go.
DAVE: I see him out there, guys.
JOE: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
JASON: There he is!
There he is, by the tail!
DAVE: Tail first!
JASON: By the tail, Joe.
I got it.
JOE: You got it?
JASON: Yup.
Big fish!
DAVE: Let me have the gaff, Joe.
Use the long gaff.
Yeah, there we go
boys, nice and easy.
JASON: That's how we do it!
DAVE: Yeah!
JOE: Yeah, got 'em!
DAVE: Yeah!
JASON: That's how we
do it on the Merch!
JOE: Good job, baby.
That's another one!
DAVE: Yeah!
JASON: Bang, bang, bang.
Big one!
JOE: Got 'em!
DAVE: Yeah!
We got 'em, boys!
JOE: Yeah!
JASON: Tails up, baby!
DAVE: Nice going!
JASON: Tails up!
JOE: Keeper for sure.
DAVE: Nice going!
Two fish, and they're
two beautiful fish.
Two weeks in a row.
That's one in a row, twice.
We're on a roll.
I've got the best
crew in the fleet!
TYLER: Oh!
Whoo!
Boom!
DRAKE: Boom shakalaka!
TYLER: When you see the whales
breaching and slapping
their tails in the water, you
know there's big schools of bait
that are balled up around them.
And that means where
there's balls of bait,
there's Bluefin tunas.
The further you get in the week,
the more stressful it gets.
We've been waiting all week to
see signs of life like this.
Now we've got to make the
most of it and put a fish
on the deck.
Oh, nice mark, dude!
Whoo!
We're on! We're on!
DRAKE: We're on!
TYLER: Did we hit him?
I thought [inaudible]
DRAKE: He hit him, he hit
him, he hit him.
TYLER: Oh, oh, oh.
DRAKE: Come on,
come on, come on.
TYLER: Nah, I
think he missed it.
I think he missed it, bro.
Oh we got him.
DRAKE: No, no, no.
TYLER: We got him, dude.
He's on there.
Watch this.
We got him on there.
Right?
DRAKE: Yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
TYLER: Did he go?
DRAKE: It's about to start
bouncing. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
TYLER: Ah! We got him, we got
him, we got him, we got him.
Tuna.
It's a tuna.
We're on, we're on!
Oh!
TYLER: Ah, we got him, we got
him, we got him, we got him.
DRAKE: Oh!
TYLER: Tuna.
It's a tuna.
We're on, we're on!
Got him on, dude.
Nice bite. It's a down rod.
This is being real erratic.
He's, like, going, but he
definitely doesn't know
he's hooked.
DRAKE: Here, here.
Turn me, turn me, turn me.
TYLER: I got you. I got you.
Right here, is that him?
DRAKE: Is that him?
TYLER: Yeah.
DRAKE: Is he circling?
TYLER: Reel, reel, reel.
DRAKE: Here, here, here.
TYLER: Don't be easy
with the gloved hand.
DRAKE: Yup.
See him? See him?
Shot.
Bring that basket over here.
Bring that basket over here.
TYLER: I got you.
DRAKE: Here.
Whoo!
Yeah, baby.
TYLER: Thank God!
DRAKE: Woo! Pinwheel, baby.
TYLER: Oh, dude, I'm in shock
that we just caught a fish, dude
I was really worried that we
weren't going to get
a Bluefin this week.
Got him.
But now, we're three for three.
All right. Thank God.
75, dude.
Hell yeah.
DRAKE: Pinwheel, baby!
JASON: Coming in!
DAVE: And then let it
slide down, Joe. Yeah.
Down, down, down.
He's in the middle of the deck.
JASON: That's a nice one.
Wow. Ninety-six and a half!
DAVE: Ninety-six.
This sends the perfect message
to the rest of the fleet,
that last year, when we
wound up catching more fish
than any of the other boats,
it wasn't an accident.
We can compete with all these
fancy boats any given time,
any given place.
That's how we like it, boys.
Well done.
JASON: Tails up!
DAVE: Well done.
JASON: Blood on the deck!
DAVE: Another one for Team Tuna!
Clawing our way up the
leaderboard, one fish at a time!
ERIN: Where's the bait at?
Like, right at 1:30?
BRANDON: Yeah. It's 22 folds.
Come on, you.
ERIN: That's him, down.
BRANDON: Eh, he kind
of came back up,
but he was somewhere far.
It wasn't right under the boat.
ERIN: We've gone almost three
weeks since we caught our first
and only keeper Bluefin.
The frustrating part is
that we're marking them.
Just reel in the close herring,
you said? Or the close water?
BRANDON: Yeah, the close water,
we'll put a herring on it.
ERIN: Earlier today, I made
a deal with the tuna gods
that if they give us a Bluefin,
that I'd jump in the water and
Brandon has to kiss the tuna.
I'm not sure if I believe in the
tuna gods the way that my dad
does, but at this point
I'm willing to do anything
that'll help change our luck.
BRANDON: Oh! We're on!
ERIN: Oh.
BRANDON: We're on! Tell your
dad, tell your dad.
ERIN: We're on! We're on!
BRANDON: Come on
baby, make a run!
There we go, reel that in.
Yes.
That's, we've been marking 'em
for the last five minutes.
PETE: Do you want me to get
off the anchor there, Bruh?
BRANDON: I'd wait a second.
We did mark a fish, kind
of came through twice.
PETE: I can feel it.
Got it?
BRANDON: Yup.
PETE: Put that on the couch.
PETE: Nice and smooth now,
Brandon. Nice and smooth!
Stay focused, okay?
BRANDON: Yeah! I want
this fish more than,
more than a lot of
things right now.
PETE: Hope we get 'em.
Hope the fishing
gods are good to me.
It's important to get this fish.
We need this bad.
ERIN: It means our
bad luck streak's over
if we get this fish on board.
PETE: Let's not talk about luck
or bad luck until we can land
this fish, okay?
Watch that tip!
Good job!
BRANDON: See your ball, right?
PETE: What?
BRANDON: You said you see
your ball, right Pete?
Can't tell where he's at.
I can't tell if he's
behind that or what.
PETE: I don't see anything!
BRANDON: He's not
playing by the rules.
PETE: Where is he?
We need this fish bad, we don't
need him wrapped up in an anchor
or lost.
See if that ball
starts moving, Erin.
BRANDON: I can't tell
what's going on, Pete.
PETE: I can't hear you!
BRANDON: I said I can't
tell what's going on!
PETE: Only talk to
me if I need it!
BRANDON: I will, that's why,
I'm just letting you know.
I don't know if he's
in the ball or not.
PETE: Don't lose him!
Don't lose him!
BRANDON: I think he's
running towards the anchor!
BRANDON: I can't tell
what's going on, Pete.
PETE: I can't hear you!
BRANDON: I said I can't
tell what's going on!
PETE: Only talk to
me if I need it!
BRANDON: I will, that's why,
I'm just letting you know.
I don't know if he's
in the ball or not.
I think he's running
towards the anchor!
PETE: Don't lose him!
BRANDON: I'm backing
off a little.
Pete, I think he's
definitely in it.
PETE: Keep the drag loose.
BRANDON: I have the drag
backed off quite a bit.
BRANDON: I don't
like that feeling.
PETE: When the line's damaged,
all the pressure we put on
when catching a tuna, it
could break at any minute.
I'm just hoping the tuna gods
will help us land this one.
Give me that one gaff.
BRANDON: Do you want me
to come underneath you?
PETE: Yeah.
BRANDON: Move that gaff, Erin.
Move that, I mean, move
that harpoon, Erin.
PETE: Got it.
Don't back off too much.
BRANDON: We got out of
that one for right now.
Line could've been damaged.
We don't know what could've
just happened during that. So,
now we've got to take
it extra careful with him.
PETE: You back the drag back up?
BRANDON: Yup.
Got a really [bleep]
spot in the line too.
He may have rubbed
on the anchor line.
So we'd like to get that on
the reel as quick as we can
so that there's no strain
on that part of the line.
PETE: That fish does
not want to go down.
ERIN: Color.
BRANDON: Grab the harpoon.
PETE: Hard right.
Let's go, Brandon! Keep him
tight! Keep him tight!
BRANDON: Coming back up!
He's on this side! Other side!
Right there!
Nice.
ERIN: Got him!
PETE: Hurry up!
We need a tail strap on him.
BRANDON: All right.
ERIN: Nice job, guys.
PETE: All right.
BRANDON: All right.
PETE: Whoo!
BRANDON: Nice job.
PETE: Score! Finally.
Nice job, Brandon.
BRANDON: Yeah.
Up high. Up high.
ERIN: Whoop, whoop, whoop!
PETE: Way overdue, right?
ERIN: Tuna.
BRANDON: Way overdue.
ERIN: Tuna, tuna, tuna, whoo!
PETE: It's a nice
fish, it looks like.
BRANDON: Big one.
ERIN: Big.
I'm hoping that
from here on out,
we're going to start
catching a ton of fish.
Thank you, tuna gods.
PETE: Ninety-four!
Ninety-four.
BRANDON: I believe I do have to
kiss the fish. Do I not?
I I'd like to do that
before it's bloody.
ERIN: Smooches.
BRANDON: So, all
right, there we go.
PETE: That was a pretty
quick little, little peck.
BRANDON: I know. Yeah, I know.
PETE: Come on, we thought we
were going to get a real kiss
BRANDON: Hey he didn't even
buy me dinner. All right?
That's all, that's all it's
going to get for right now.
I've definitely kissed worse.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
GUT: How ya doin', Pete?
How'd you make out?
PETE: We got one for you.
One nice one.
GUT: All righty, we'll
take a look at him.
351.
PETE: Perfect. We'll take that.
GUT: Good-looking fat.
Color looks decent.
Oh yeah. Core looks fine.
Yeah. On this one, hmm,
give you 17 dollars.
BRANDON: Awesome.
PETE: All right. Good Job.
Thanks, Scott. Appreciate it.
BRANDON: We'll take that.
PETE: All right.
It's a great feeling.
We're stoked, you know, energy
is high and I'm praying that
this breaks the streak and we
can get on, get back on track.
ERIN: Thanks, Gut.
SCOTT: All right. Take care.
NARRATOR: Erin and Sarah's
six-grand fish pushes the team
from Maine into second place.
TYLER: Hey, I got
one fish for you.
Let me give it to you
so we can get back out.
GUT: All right, good enough.
Looks like a tuna,
only smaller, buddy!
TYLER: I've got to catch
what I can catch, man.
What's it dress, Scott?
GUT: 163!
TYLER: Perfect.
GUT: No fat in the fish.
TYLER: What are you thinking?
GUT: This one here.
We can get you 9 dollars
a pound for that.
TYLER: It's better than having
no tunas and still be sitting
out there on the anchor.
DRAKE: ...better than nothing.
SCOTT: Yup.
TYLER: That's three straight
trips that Drake and I
have gotten paid.
As long as we keep getting
paychecks, we're stoked.
NARRATOR: Pinwheel's
disappointing payday is still
enough to give them a narrow
lead over Erin and Sarah.
BUBBA: How's it going?
DAVE: Good, we got
one nice one for you.
I'll just come up there
and see what he's worth.
BUBBA: All right.
JASON: Check him out!
DAVE: What do we got, Bubba?
BUBBA: 460 on the dot.
JASON: 460!
JOE: I'll take that!
JASON: Show us the money.
BUBBA: Nice cherry red
all the way through.
It's a nice, greasy fish.
DAVE: Yup.
BUBBA: Very beautiful
color on the tail.
JASON: You're
killing me, hurry up.
JOE: Anxious.
DAVE: What do you think?
BUBBA: I'll give you
18 dollars a pound.
DAVE: Nice!
JOE: Great.
JASON: Good score!
DAVE: Awesome. Boom.
JOE: Good job.
DAVE: Well done.
Well done. All right.
JOE: Good job, Jay.
DAVE: It's a paycheck.
We'll take it.
That's a big score.
The Hard Merchandise is
back, better than ever.
NARRATOR: Hard Merchandise's
eight-grand tuna launches last
season's champion into the lead
for the first time this year.
ERIN: All right, gentlemen.
It's time for me to pay my dues.
I said that I would jump in
to make a sacrifice
to the tuna gods.
Do you think I'm
gonna chicken out?
BRANDON: Yup.
ERIN: That's insulting.
BRANDON: We've only marked,
like, four sharks today
and that was,
like, an hour ago.
ERIN: Yeah, that's totally cool.
PETE: Let's go, see if
you can get it done.
I don't believe you'll do it.
I think you're
gonna chicken out.
BRANDON: The wrath of the
tuna gods will be great.
ERIN: Here we go!
PETE: All right, Erin!
ERIN: Ah!
PETE: How was that?
How does it feel?
ERIN: It's actually
not that bad.
PETE: I'm proud of you
for not chickening out.
Erin's a lot of
fun to be around.
She's very much of
a comedian at times,
and I knew that she'd lighten
the mood on the boat during
the bad spells, so I'm very
proud of her for that in life,
not just on the boat.
One, two, three!
Up!
ERIN: Ah!
I'm never going to
turn down a challenge.
All right! Show me the tuna!
episode of Wicked Tuna.
MIKE OTT: There's
the leader, leader.
TJ OTT: Keep reeling. Keep
reeling. Keep reeling.
MIKE: Lead up.
DAVE CARRARO: Woo!
Reel, reel, reel!
NARRATOR: A renewed alliance.
TJ: Are any more around ya?
DAVE: We had bites at 192.
NARRATOR: Causes friction
between old friends.
PAUL HEBERT: Be a
leader, not a follower.
NARRATOR: And desperate times.
BRANDON PIERCE: Pull
the hook. Dammit.
NARRATOR: Force one boat.
MIKE: Get on the controls.
Get on controls!
TJ: Oh, God. Oh, God. Oh, God.
NARRATOR: To turn
to higher powers.
JASON MUENZNER:
Swim into the light!
ERIN SPEECHES: Standards
are set, Tuna God!
TYLER MCLAUGHLIN: Oh!
NARRATOR: In one of the most
regulated fisheries
in the world.
JASON: Run hard,
hard, hard forward!
DAVE: Die! Woo-hoo-hoo!
NARRATOR: These fishermen
fight to earn a living.
BRANDON: I can't
tell what's going on.
PETE SPEECHES: Only
talk to me if I need it.
NARRATOR: Catching.
TJ: Thank you.
JASON: Go! Go! Go!
DAVE: Oh!
NARRATOR: Wicked Tuna.
At the start of week three,
Pinwheel leads the pack,
meanwhile Hard
Merchandise, Erin and Sarah,
and Hot Tuna languish behind
with only one fish each.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
PETE: It's been a while.
Everybody's nervous for sure.
We're behind so we
got to keep going.
It's week three of the season
and we've only caught one keeper
so far.
Last week we left our
home base in Portland, Maine
and steamed 60 miles south
of the Jeffreys Ledge to fish
with the Gloucester Fleet.
The round trip cost us about a
thousand bucks in fuel
and then after all of that, we
struck out and didn't catch.
Some of the Gloucester guys have
caught two or three already.
This week I'm playing it safe
and staying closer to home
in Maine.
I feel like I'm not doing
as well as I should be.
It's tough. It's tough
on the head.
Oh, there's a good mark.
We're on!
We're on!
BRANDON: Good wakeup call.
Trying to find my
bearings right now.
ERIN: This job is hard.
You are kind of
running on no sleep.
PETE: You got plenty of time
to sleep when you're dead.
Remember?
How many times have
you heard me say that?
[LAUGHS]
PETE: Doing good, Brandon.
Doing good.
That thing took a lot of
line on that first run, man.
BRANDON: Yeah, it did.
PETE: I think this is a tuna.
It was, it was
pounding like a tuna.
BRANDON: Yeah, it's a keeper.
No question about that.
PETE: It's a challenge.
We've lost quite a few so
makes each one more important.
We need to capitalize on
every bite we get now.
ERIN: Let's go Brandon. Reel!
My dad is not accustomed to
going a long time without a fish
So this drought is really
taking a toll on him.
I'm hoping that this is gonna
be the end of the dry spell.
PETE: Watch your line.
♪ [MUSIC ♪
BRANDON: Ah!
Gone!
PETE: Pulled the hook?
BRANDON: Pulled the hook.
Dammit.
PETE: We didn't need that
to happen. That's for sure.
BRANDON: No, nothing
wrong with it.
Just pulled the hook.
PETE: I've never
pulled so many hooks.
What's going on?
ERIN: Right now the Erin and
Sarah is in need of a serious
morale boost.
PETE: [Bleep].
Oh, I'm discouraged.
PAUL: You there, Dave?
DAVE: Yeah, Paul. What's up?
PAUL: A lot of bait
under the boat.
Wow.
After catching two
fish last week,
we're in third place and looking
to get on a hot streak now.
DAVE: What do you got, what are
you up on a high ground there?
Looks like you're
right at your shoal.
PAUL: It's week three and
we're at Stellwagen Bank
and we're right next to Dot Com.
Stellwagen Bank is 20
some odd miles long.
It goes from Provincetown
to Gloucester.
This has been honey hole for
Dave and I for over 30 years.
We're comfortable here
anyways, you know what I mean?
You, you know that.
I, I feel like I'm
home right here.
DAVE: Yeah, we know
how to catch 'em here.
And you know what, we're
right in our backyard.
PAUL: I love fishing here.
But it feels better shooting the
breeze with my old pal, Dave.
Just one boat owner to another.
This sunfish, dude, is swimming
right at me on the tether line!
How funny is that?
[LAUGHS]
I've never seen
anything like it.
We stopped working
together three years ago,
when I was a mate
on Dave's boat.
It's a [bleep] job
for babies, anyway.
DAVE: Paul's having
a little [bleep].
PAUL: You've been [bleep]
sleeping all the time.
DAVE: One captain, and one
captain only and that's me.
You're fired.
PAUL: Now, we are so much
tighter than ever before.
How funny is that?
Wait 'til you see this.
He was scratching his back all
the way on the tether line,
all the way up to my
little white float.
DAVE: There's something
wrong with that boy.
He's not even making sense,
he's just, he's out of it.
Yeah, we're going to follow
him in and come on over
and check that out, Paul.
That sounds pretty cool.
It's great that Paul
wants to be buddies but
I've got a boat to run.
We caught three fish in two
weeks and I wanna keep that
momentum going.
So if I got to spend
time on the radio.
TJ: You on there?
DAVE: I wanna do it with a
respected fisherman in the fleet
TJ: Come in, come in, come in.
DAVE: What's up, buddy?
You got anything cooking?
TJ: We have nothing.
This is torture.
DAVE: Ouch.
TJ: Yup.
God, I thought I was gonna come
down here and see like fins
and tails.
DAVE: Last season, I didn't
reciprocate information for TJ.
TJ: Any bites up that
way this afternoon.
DAVE: Not a one.
GEORDIE SOUSA: Shh.
DAVE: We had a falling out.
TJ: Did you break your
fingers fighting 'em all?
You couldn't dial a phone?
DAVE: I extended an olive
branch to TJ last week.
Bygones be bygones.
But if we get fish here and
I gave him some good intel
that'll further solidify
our working relationship
TJ: All right, bro.
Give you a shout in a
little bit. Good luck.
DAVE: Talking a little bit here.
JASON: And you
guys know the deal.
Next trip out.
We're either gonna get 'em.
DAVE MARCIANO: Or you're not.
At the end of last week, we
finally got the monkey off
our back and got our first
fish of the season.
We've been doing
this a long time.
I know one thing for sure, slow
and steady can win the race.
We're out here
hunting down bounties.
[LAUGHS]
JOE: Is this the
Millennium Falcon, then?
DAVE: This boat's kind of
like that. You know,
you, every now and then
you got to,
you got to whack it when it
doesn't start, it doesn't go,
kick the controls and we
can usually get it going.
It's just not quite as fast.
[LAUGHS]
I'm a huge Star Wars fan.
I mean it's been that
way since I was a kid.
I waited in line to see that
movie 18 times when it came out.
Oh, yeah, I'm gonna have to
get out of my C-3PO costume.
JASON: What about Paul?
DAVE: Paul might be
that Jar Jar Binks dude.
JASON: All right [inaudible]
DAVE: He talks a lot.
JASON: Jar Jar Binks is Paul?
DAVE: Who's Dave on the Dot Com?
JASON: Oh, Darth Vader.
DAVE: Darth Vader, right?
JASON: Darth Vader.
DAVE: Without a doubt.
Without a doubt.
Tyler?
JASON: Ty, oh.
He'd be Princess Leia.
DAVE: Princess Leia.
Yeah, I think that's
a good one for him.
JASON: 'Cause he's always,
always, always causing drama.
So who am I?
DAVE: Huh?
Who are you?
JOE: You can be Anakin.
[LAUGHS]
JASON: No come on.
Gimme something
better than that.
I'm supposed to be on your team.
I'll be Chew, Chewy! Err!
DAVE: We'll just have
to get you some stilts.
Hmm, catch tuna, we must!
PAUL: A lot of bait
there, Lancelot.
LANCE SISTARE: Dude, I never
had a bait rod bend like this.
Look at these.
PAUL: Stellwagen Bank just
holds all kinds of bait.
It's like a big aquarium.
It's my tuna aquarium.
LANCE: Oh!
I can't judge Paul as a
captain on the third week,
but at this point not worried.
PAUL: Fish down there.
LANCE: Where?
I was just looking.
PAUL: There's a tuna down there.
LANCE: Oh, I'm right there.
PAUL: Dude, we got some
fish streaking around.
LANCE: Oh.
PAUL: Oh!
We're on! We're on!
LANCE: Here we go.
Yeah, we're on. Brad!
Let's go!
BRAD KRASOWSKI: Oh, yeah.
We got fish.
LANCE: Oh!
That's him.
BRAD: Yeah, that's good.
That's sweet.
PAUL: Yeah.
LANCE: Got a fish on, man.
Great feeling.
First fish of the day.
PAUL: Got the wheel, Brad?
BRAD: Yeah.
LANCE: It's a
screamer, by her mouth.
Oh, this is gonna
be a nice fish too.
It's a team effort out here.
Head shakes.
Violent head shakes.
PAUL: Yeah, rod tip.
Always look at the rod tip.
LANCE: Gotcha, Cap.
PAUL: If you need a fresh
arm, Brad's right next to ya.
LANCE: Fresh guy. Tagging in.
PAUL: A fresh guy's always good.
BRAD: I think I
see him down there.
I see a glow down there.
I see him.
PAUL: Yeah. He's right there.
Yeah.
BRAD: Hand me that dart, Lance.
PAUL: I got it, Lance. I got it.
LANCE: Great.
BRAD: Okay, get him good.
Thank you.
PAUL: Get a gaff:
BRAD: Gaff, Lance.
PAUL: Come on.
Tail rope around Brad.
We got him.
Hey! Right here! Brad!
BRAD: That's how we do it, baby!
PAUL: It's great to get the
first fish of the trip,
but we're not done yet.
There's a lot more meat to be
had here and with just us
and Dot Com here.
It should be really
easy pickin's.
Hey, you like that?
That's a beautiful fish, dude.
LANCE: You wanna
measure it real quick?
PAUL: Yeah, we can measure it.
ALL: Eighty-five.
PAUL: Good job, Lance.
LANCE: Thank you.
PAUL: That's a beautiful
little tuna, dude.
We'll get one more, watch.
LANCE: Yeah, we're gonna
get another one today.
DAVE: Looks like Pissah got 'em.
Paul just got a fish.
I'm happy for them.
But I wanna catch one now.
GEORDIE: We're marking.
DAVE: Right now we're marking
tons and tons of fish
under the boat.
It's just a matter of time
before we get a bite.
Come on, bite.
We're on! We're on!
Comin' up on it
now, right now hard.
DAVE: We're on! We're on!
Comin' up on the
down, right now, hard.
SANDRO MANIACI: Oh, my God!
That's a real one there, baby.
DAVE: That's the real deal.
Nice, huh?
Outta nowhere.
SANDRO: That's why
I sit out here!
DAVE: He's a screamer.
DAVE: Come on, Sandro!
Reel, reel, reel!
Come on, Sanchie!
Get 'em, get 'em!
Let's wear 'em down.
Still got a long way to go.
LANCE: Is he backin'
down like it's a big one?
PAUL: Oh, yeah!
He's backin' down.
LANCE: Oh, yeah. Whitewater.
There's something's
goin' over there.
PAUL: Yeah, Dot
Com's on, right now.
BRAD: We're gonna pick off
a few here this afternoon.
PAUL: Oh, yeah.
We're the only boats here.
DAVE: Come on. Just get
'em, Geordie, get 'em.
Nice job, Geordie.
You got him close.
Oh, man, I can feel it.
We're gonna get him.
We're gonna get him.
There he is. I'm lookin'
at him right there.
Nice fish.
Nice fish.
Comin' up!
He's big.
Nice.
Come on. You got it, Geordie.
Color, color!
We've got color!
Get him, Geordie.
Come on, Sandro!
Nail it!
Take the shot!
Take the shot!
Nice! Woo-hoo-hoo!
Good shot.
Come on! Get a tail-wrap on him.
Seal the deal!
Got one!
Whew!
Ka-ching!
That's our fourth
fish of the season.
Oh yeah!
Another one bites the dust.
The end of the road for him.
SANDRO: Rrgh!
DAVE: It was a quick
and easy fight.
Nice job.
We worked together as a team,
and if we keep this up,
we're gonna have a couple more
to offload by week's end.
GEORDIE: Eighty-nine.
DAVE: Wow!
Eighty-nine.
We've only been out here
since this morning, and us,
and Wicked Pissah already
have meat on the deck.
It's a hot spot for sure.
That's a diamond, pal.
BRAD: Man, he's gaga.
He's got him.
PAUL: We're gonna go over to
Dave, and check his fish out!
LANCE: Steam it.
Steam it, baby.
Are you havin' fun yet?
PAUL: Heh!
DAVE: Sick, huh?
SANDRO: Wow! That one's round.
BRAD: Just drive-bys, right.
We didn't mark that many. Big.
PAUL: The meat is pink.
SANDRO: The fish are beautiful,
here. Beautiful.
DAVE: Hey. We're gonna
make a lot of money, here.
Dude, they came through in a
drove. The down-rod popped.
You're gonna get another one.
PAUL: Nobody needs to
know about this but us.
DAVE: Nobody really knows.
PAUL: If you find a spot
and you're catching fish,
you gotta be careful
in who you call.
'Cause they'll tell two friends,
and they'll tell two friends.
And then it'll be over.
DAVE: TJ's, like he's
callin' me askin',
Hey, you seen anything?
PAUL: Do not tell TJ. He
knows way too many people.
DAVE: Who is he to
tell me not to tell TJ?
Go fish! Don't talk to me.
Go get another one.
I'm caught in a bad spot.
If I tell TJ, the Wicked Pissah
crew is gonna be pissed at me.
If I don't tell TJ, who I just
said I'm gonna work with him,
TJ's gonna be pissed at me.
So regardless of what I do,
somebody's gonna be mad.
Good Luck.
LANCE: Thank you.
BRAD: All right, now.
PAUL: Dave and I
are in a good spot.
It looks really good.
There's fish here.
But we're gonna try to
keep it as quiet as we can.
I think Dave will keep it quiet.
Well, we'll see.
TJ: Dude, this does not
look good here today, bro.
I haven't seen like
a sign of anything.
It's week three, and we've
only managed one fish, so far.
We struck out last week
and we're really desperate
to put some meat on the deck.
TJ: Well, we're gonna have
to find better fish here.
We have to turn things around.
DAVE: TJ, come in.
TJ: I hear ya.
DAVE: What's the scoop?
TJ: Oh, any more around you?
DAVE: Get over here.
We just got one.
Paul is about, uh,
three-quarters of a
mile to a mile away.
He's sitting at 135,
and we had bites at 192.
PAUL: My ears are bleeding
listening to this.
He won't just go
find a spot and fish.
He has to call everybody and
find out what's goin' on.
TJ: If we're in a spot
and the fishing is slow,
and Dave gives us some info, I'm
definitely gonna explore it.
All right. We'll
see you in a little bit.
DAVE: Roger that.
PAUL: Be a leader,
not a follower.
TJ: I don't have any
better options right now.
I just gotta go with it, put
the throttle in the corner
and hope for the best.
MIKE: Right now Dave's tellin'
us that he's on the meat,
I have no reason to believe him.
There's really no time right
now for me to debate with TJ
about this move.
I just really hope it pays off.
TJ: Makin' about 15 knots.
We should be there
in about 35 minutes.
If we get a fish, it's
because Dave helped us.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
TYLER: After a four-hundred
and eighty-four-pound tuna
last week, Drake and I are
on top of the fleet.
We can relax a
little bit right now,
and enjoy while we're out here,
because we'd love to fish,
and catch tuna.
Because right now,
we're kickin' butt.
Are you buck naked? Oh, God!
Naked boy, I'm not
looking at you.
DRAKE ROY: With me and Ty,
it definitely feels like
a brotherhood out there.
I mean, we're doing everything
together, eating, sleeping.
TYLER: All right.
Put some pants on.
DRAKE: You have to be
comfortable with your captain.
TYLER: On the Pinwheel,
we gotta shower outside.
We're ghetto boating.
At least we got hot water.
Pinwheel, baby!
Ghetto boating.
Yeah.
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
DAVE: Here comes TJ.
About time he showed up.
MIKE: Ready when you are.
TJ: Ah, right there.
Dave on the Dot Com has
called us with some info,
and he said it's
really good fishin',
and we need to be there, ASAP.
Hopefully, it pays off.
I hear both these
guys land big fish?
I gotta come here.
BRAD: Look at what that is.
PAUL: Where?
Loose lips sink ships and it
can also cost you a tuna fish.
TJ is out here, right now.
Can you believe that?
TJ: We're markin',
we're markin'!
Fingers crossed.
The lines are out. If they come
through, you know,
we're in position.
And, you know, we've
got good stuff out, so
maybe it's our turn.
MIKE: The first
mark of the trip,
these guys are getting
bites around us. So,
know that we know they're
swimmin' under us,
real encouraging.
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI: We're on!
We're on! We're on!
[BARKING DOG]
We got a bite!
Hit it hard!
TJ: Let him go, let
him go, let him go!
He's takin' a lotta line.
He definitely knows he's hooked.
Come on, Jarrett!
Reel, reel, reel!
Just like that. We're on, baby.
Do you need a fresh
arm for a minute?
JARRETT: Yeah.
TJ: Michael, get over there.
Turn at him.
Nice and smooth,
nice and smooth.
JARRETT: Definitely
a good-sized fish.
It took a hell of a good
run, right off the bat.
Got a lot of line back, but it
looks pretty weird right now,
the way it's fightin'
as it's comin' in.
TJ: Think he's tail-wrapped?
He's definitely tail-wrapped.
MIKE: When you have
a tail-wrapped fish
the line is tangled
around the tuna's tail.
TJ: Watch your tip.
Pay attention.
Not too aggressive.
MIKE: That's a bad situation.
You gotta be very,
very careful with this.
They could snap their tail
hard and break the main line.
TJ: Keep up on him, Michael.
Don't, don't, you
gotta keep up with him.
JARRETT: Reba, get inside!
Get inside. Inside.
Inside! Come on.
TJ: Jarrett, you get ready
with the other harpoon.
Just gimme this one.
Stay by the controls.
MIKE: Here's the leader! Leader.
TJ: Keep reelin', keep reelin'!
Keep reelin'. Keep reelin'.
MIKE: He's tail-wrapped.
TJ: Keep goin', keep goin'.
MIKE: He's going wild.
TJ: Get on the controls!
Get on the controls!
MIKE: Oh, no.
TJ: Oh, God! Oh, God!
TJ: He's definitely
tail-wrapped.
Jarrett you get ready
with the other harpoon.
You give me this one,
stay by the controls.
MIKE: Here's the leader.
TJ: Keep reeling, keep
reeling, keep going.
MIKE: Leader.
TJ: Keep reeling, keep reeling.
MIKE: Tail wrapped,
tail wrapped.
TJ: Keep reeling, keep reeling.
MIKE: He's going wild.
TJ: Oh no, get on the
controls, get on the controls!
Oh God, oh God, oh God!
Oh, so close.
Big fish.
Another 5 feet I would've
had a dart in that fish.
But he went wild
just out of dart range,
hopefully, we get 'em.
PAUL: Looks like TJ is
hooked up over there.
LANCE: Yeah, what
do you got Brad?
BRAD: It's gotta be a big one.
LANCE: Oh, boy we've been
in that movie before.
PAUL: That's our paycheck
at the end of TJ's line.
SANDRO: TJ's down and tight.
DAVE: Yup.
He'll get him.
JARRETT: Color, color, color!
Oh, no, it looks like
he's pin wheeling.
He's coming up.
TJ: There he is.
JARRETT: I see him.
TJ: Try to get him coming
at you here pretty good.
Grab the harpoon!
Grab the harpoon right there,
stay right next to me.
Come on get it, get it,
get it, get it [bleep].
JARRETT: Hurry up, hurry up.
TJ: [Inaudible] on it.
JARRETT: Come on TJ.
TJ: Get a gaff, watch out.
JARRETT: No.
Where is he, where is he?
TJ: Over here, over
here in the head.
You got him in the
head, head, head, head.
Hold him tight! Got him?
MIKE: I got him.
TJ: Stick it in there.
MIKE: I got him.
TJ: Get another gaff,
get another gaff.
Get a gaff, get it in his
tail, get it in his tail.
MIKE: Give me, I
got him, got him.
This one pulled out.
TJ: Yeah!
[LAUGHS AND CHEERING]
TJ: Yeah. Thank you, God.
JARRETT: Pa-pow!
TJ: Good job, great job.
Great job.
MIKE: Pork chop, baby.
JARRETT: Woo.
TJ: I can't begin to tell you
how bad we needed this fish.
Dave on the Dot Com told us
to come here and now we've got
a big tuna hanging off the side
of the boat because of him.
DAVE: TJ what happened?
TJ: We got him.
DAVE: All right, good going.
TJ: This is a result of Dot Com,
this one came from the Dot Com.
DAVE: Yup. Told you.
All right, get off the radio.
Go just get another one.
TJ: Yeah, thanks, I'll
get back to you guys.
I know you gotta get back
on the anchor. Thank you.
PAUL: Oh, my God.
That could've been our fish.
If Dave didn't go
run his mouth to TJ,
we could've just had
another paycheck.
What a [bleep]
kick in the balls.
TJ: All right.
JARRETT: Whoo!
MIKE: Yeah!
TJ: Nice little unit.
JARRETT: Reba.
Hey, we got one.
MIKE: Nice. We needed that.
TJ: I am so happy this thing
is on the floor of the boat
right now.
All right, let's see what we
got, let's see what we got.
90! All right.
MIKE: Yeah, baby!
JARRETT: Outrageous, yeah.
TJ: We'll take it.
Good job, good job.
JARRETT: Now we don't look like
a bunch of losers out here.
TJ: Good job, Babba.
Pa-pow!
♪ [MUSIC] ♪
BUYER: Hey Paul, we
got a big fish there!
PAUL: After TJ showed
up to our spot,
I knew it was time to
cash in and head in.
That place will be plugged
with boats tomorrow.
What's she weigh,
what's she weigh?
BUYER: 254.
PAUL: Yes. I like it.
BRAD: Nice.
LANCE: Nice.
PAUL: The tuna buyer looks at
the fat content, the shape,
and the color of the meat to
determine our price per pound.
BUYER: Guys, on this fish here.
PAUL: What do we got?
BUYER: We got very nice color.
Unfortunately, not a
lot of fat on this fish.
PAUL: All right. What do we
get for a price?
BUYER: I could get 11
dollars a pound for you guys.
PAUL: That's cool. I'll take it.
LANCE: Nice, yeah! Thanks, Greg.
PAUL: As good of a
spot that we were at,
we should've come away
with another couple fish.
There's always tomorrow.
NARRATOR: Wicked Pissah's
three-grand catch pushes them
into second place.
SCOTT: What's going on guys?
What do you guys have today?
DAVE: Just got the
one, that's it.
SCOTT: Just one?
DAVE: Let's get him up.
SCOTT: Sounds good.
DAVE: What's the
dress weight, Scott?
SCOTT: It's got
332 pounds dressed.
SANDRO: Not bad.
DAVE: What'd you think man?
SCOTT: It's got everything
you're looking for.
It's got plenty of fat,
good color, core's good.
DAVE: Bottom line?
SCOTT: Yeah, uh.
DAVE: Good fish?
SCOTT: This fish right
here, 17 dollars a pound.
SANDRO: Nice.
GEORDIE: Love it.
SANDRO: That's a
good price there.
DAVE: I like that. Feels good.
Not only did we catch our
fourth tuna of the season,
but we also helped TJ
to put meat on his boat.
I think now, we're gonna put
what happened in the past and
we're gonna work together.
He's got a huge network and a
lot of valuable information
to share.
NARRATOR: Dot Com's good
quality fish launches them
into the lead.
TJ: We got one
beautiful fish for you.
I hope you brought
a lot of dough, Scottso.
SCOTT: Check him out.
We got 344 pounds.
TJ: That's a respectable
one, we'll take it.
What do you got, Scottso?
Looks like a nice one, right?
SCOTT: I mean, you guys
got yourself a good fish.
It's got good fat, it's got a
good color, the core's good.
It's all around, good fish.
So this fish will get you
guys 18 bucks a pound.
TJ: All right Scottso!
JARRETT: Whoo! Nice. All right.
MIKE: That'll pay some bills.
TJ: We needed that, bro.
JARRETT: Yeah.
TJ: We're stoked.
We 100 percent owe this
fish to Dot Com.
We would've never made this
move without him calling us.
NARRATOR: Hot Tuna's six-grand
payday edges them into
second place.
PETE: You know, I don't remember
marking so many fish coming
to that down line
and not biting.
I have to catch fish because I
have responsibilities on land.
I, you know my kids depend on
me, I have tuition to deal with.
So it really takes a tremendous
toll mentally on the captain
because everything
comes down to him.
BRANDON: It's been well
over a week since we caught
our last tuna.
I can't go that long
without a paycheck.
I got bills to pay and
I gotta feed myself.
So we need to get
a fish right now.
ERIN: When my dad gets stressed
and things aren't really going
the way that he wants,
I know how to react to him
when he's really frustrated.
Dad, maybe you do need to
bring back the porn stache
and glasses. What do you think?
And I can do my best to
try to lighten the mood.
BRANDON: Maybe he
needs to bring it back,
maybe that's the
good luck charm.
ERIN: You really need to
commit to this tuna fishing.
PETE: Keep this up, and
you're going swimming.
ERIN: There's
sharks in the water.
PETE: They won't eat you.
ERIN: Why not?
PETE: You got, look at you, you
got, you got toothpick legs.
ERIN: It doesn't matter.
They're not after human blood.
Sharks only attack 'cause they
think that you're a fish.
I don't know.
PETE: Let's try
it out, let's see.
ERIN: I'm not going swimming
until there's a tuna
on this boat.
My dad is a big believer in the
tuna gods and everything needs
to have a reason to explain
why, and in this industry,
that's what it is.
The offerings for the
tuna gods are as follows,
I'm gonna go swimming.
PETE: We can pull you back
through the tuna door before
a shark gets you.
ERIN: Do you see what sacrifices
I'm offering to the tuna gods?
[LAUGHTER]
Brandon is gonna kiss,
make out, with the tuna.
BRANDON: No. Can't say I've ever
made a deal with the tuna gods
to turn our luck around but,
in a time of desperation,
you'll do almost anything.
ERIN: There we go,
standards are set, tuna god.
BRANDON: Might even
slip in a little tongue.
ERIN: That's disgusting.
JOE: Oh, right behind the boat.
JASON: You can see we're
right in the whales.
Circling us like jaws.
JOE: That's a really good sign
for some tuna to come through.
We're just waiting still.
We haven't marked a fish
yet, but it's still early.
DAVE: Without a good crew, I'm
nothing more than a glorified
two-bit, halfwit,
tour bus driver.
Jay and Joe, they work their
asses off but it seems like
they have a lot of fun.
JOE: Oh, right behind the boat.
DAVE: There's a mark, Jay.
JASON: Come on!
Eat it!
Come on, now.
We're on, we're on, we're on.
JOE: Yeah, we're on,
we're on, we're on.
DAVE: Reel, reel, reel.
JASON: That's him, that's
him, that's him, that's him.
JOE: Yeah!
JASON: That's him!
That's him!
JOE: Yeah!
DAVE: That stick's
not gonna work.
JASON: He's going
up to the anchor!
DAVE: I know, I know. Grab
the, yeah, you got it.
Pull it all the way.
Let's work it
down, work it down.
JASON: Good job, Joe.
JOE: Yeah, baby.
JASON: That's him, Dave.
JOE: That's that tuna bite.
That's that tuna bit
right there, baby.
JASON: We're hooked
up to a monster.
DAVE: All right, guys. We're
gonna get him now, nice and easy
JASON: Took on a bunch
of line at first,
he ran up to the anchors and
now we're just following him.
He's going one way, we're
trying to get him away
from that anchor ball.
Now, go ahead, keep going.
Keep going.
DAVE: This fish is a monster.
He's taking so much line,
the reel is almost empty.
We don't have the fastest boat,
so if we can't catch up to him,
we're gonna lose this fish.
JASON: Goin' out front!
Goin' out front!
Hard, hard, hard forward!
JOE: We're almost out of
line, almost out of line!
DAVE: Hold on. Hold on. It's
going, it's going, it's going.
JASON: Dave we're almost out of
line, we're almost out of line!
Go, go, go!
JOE: Oh.
JASON: Dave, we're almost outta
line, we're almost outta line!
Now go ahead! Keep going!
DAVE: We don't have
the fastest boat.
If we can't catch up to him,
we're going to lose this fish.
JASON: Goin' out front! Goin'
out front! Hard, hard,
hard forward!
JOE: We're almost out of line!
We're almost out of line!
DAVE: We're makin' the
jump to light speed.
JASON: Go, go, go!
Oh!
Yeah!
Good job! Good job!
Yup, we're good!
JOE: There you go!
JASON: He almost emptied
the reel completely!
DAVE: We've managed to keep
this fish from taking off on us
and we're starting
to tire him out.
Nice and easy now. We gotta
land 'em now guys.
It's a screamer, Jay!
JASON: That's a screamer!
DAVE: Let's hope we get lucky,
put this guy in the boat.
JASON: Yeah, go ahead.
JOE: Go.
JASON: We got a screamer!
Yeah, baby!
Good fish, good fish!
DAVE: Good work boys,
good work, good work!
JOE: Get it tight, get it tight,
get it tight, get it tight!
DAVE: He's there?
JASON: I think!
DAVE: Keep reeling! Don't stop!
JASON: I think it's gone. Gone.
DAVE: Keep going, don't stop!
He's there.
JASON: Where?
JOE: He's still there,
he's still there.
JASON: Oh man!
JOE: It's all right, buddy.
We're good, we're
good, we're good!
DAVE: Wow, he ran right at you
with a whole spool line out,
and then he just charged
the boat, straight at us.
Jay thought he lost him!
That's why you
never stop reeling,
till the hook gets to the tip!
This fish has definitely
been hooked before!
JASON: I think I see him.
I think I see him!
I just saw him!
DAVE: Yeah.
He's way up on the surface.
Right now, he's
wearing himself down.
JASON: Swim into the light!
DAVE: Be ready, boys. We're
gonna get color any minute.
He should be above 20 now, guys.
JOE: Come on, come on, come on.
DAVE: I think we're pulling
him up backwards, maybe!
JASON: Think we are too.
DAVE: If he does
come up by the tail.
JASON: Just lasso him.
DAVE: Yeah.
You guys gotta work together,
make sure you get it
on there quick.
It's a one-shot deal.
JOE: Let's go,
let's go, let's go.
DAVE: I see him out there, guys.
JOE: Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
JASON: There he is!
There he is, by the tail!
DAVE: Tail first!
JASON: By the tail, Joe.
I got it.
JOE: You got it?
JASON: Yup.
Big fish!
DAVE: Let me have the gaff, Joe.
Use the long gaff.
Yeah, there we go
boys, nice and easy.
JASON: That's how we do it!
DAVE: Yeah!
JOE: Yeah, got 'em!
DAVE: Yeah!
JASON: That's how we
do it on the Merch!
JOE: Good job, baby.
That's another one!
DAVE: Yeah!
JASON: Bang, bang, bang.
Big one!
JOE: Got 'em!
DAVE: Yeah!
We got 'em, boys!
JOE: Yeah!
JASON: Tails up, baby!
DAVE: Nice going!
JASON: Tails up!
JOE: Keeper for sure.
DAVE: Nice going!
Two fish, and they're
two beautiful fish.
Two weeks in a row.
That's one in a row, twice.
We're on a roll.
I've got the best
crew in the fleet!
TYLER: Oh!
Whoo!
Boom!
DRAKE: Boom shakalaka!
TYLER: When you see the whales
breaching and slapping
their tails in the water, you
know there's big schools of bait
that are balled up around them.
And that means where
there's balls of bait,
there's Bluefin tunas.
The further you get in the week,
the more stressful it gets.
We've been waiting all week to
see signs of life like this.
Now we've got to make the
most of it and put a fish
on the deck.
Oh, nice mark, dude!
Whoo!
We're on! We're on!
DRAKE: We're on!
TYLER: Did we hit him?
I thought [inaudible]
DRAKE: He hit him, he hit
him, he hit him.
TYLER: Oh, oh, oh.
DRAKE: Come on,
come on, come on.
TYLER: Nah, I
think he missed it.
I think he missed it, bro.
Oh we got him.
DRAKE: No, no, no.
TYLER: We got him, dude.
He's on there.
Watch this.
We got him on there.
Right?
DRAKE: Yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah.
TYLER: Did he go?
DRAKE: It's about to start
bouncing. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
TYLER: Ah! We got him, we got
him, we got him, we got him.
Tuna.
It's a tuna.
We're on, we're on!
Oh!
TYLER: Ah, we got him, we got
him, we got him, we got him.
DRAKE: Oh!
TYLER: Tuna.
It's a tuna.
We're on, we're on!
Got him on, dude.
Nice bite. It's a down rod.
This is being real erratic.
He's, like, going, but he
definitely doesn't know
he's hooked.
DRAKE: Here, here.
Turn me, turn me, turn me.
TYLER: I got you. I got you.
Right here, is that him?
DRAKE: Is that him?
TYLER: Yeah.
DRAKE: Is he circling?
TYLER: Reel, reel, reel.
DRAKE: Here, here, here.
TYLER: Don't be easy
with the gloved hand.
DRAKE: Yup.
See him? See him?
Shot.
Bring that basket over here.
Bring that basket over here.
TYLER: I got you.
DRAKE: Here.
Whoo!
Yeah, baby.
TYLER: Thank God!
DRAKE: Woo! Pinwheel, baby.
TYLER: Oh, dude, I'm in shock
that we just caught a fish, dude
I was really worried that we
weren't going to get
a Bluefin this week.
Got him.
But now, we're three for three.
All right. Thank God.
75, dude.
Hell yeah.
DRAKE: Pinwheel, baby!
JASON: Coming in!
DAVE: And then let it
slide down, Joe. Yeah.
Down, down, down.
He's in the middle of the deck.
JASON: That's a nice one.
Wow. Ninety-six and a half!
DAVE: Ninety-six.
This sends the perfect message
to the rest of the fleet,
that last year, when we
wound up catching more fish
than any of the other boats,
it wasn't an accident.
We can compete with all these
fancy boats any given time,
any given place.
That's how we like it, boys.
Well done.
JASON: Tails up!
DAVE: Well done.
JASON: Blood on the deck!
DAVE: Another one for Team Tuna!
Clawing our way up the
leaderboard, one fish at a time!
ERIN: Where's the bait at?
Like, right at 1:30?
BRANDON: Yeah. It's 22 folds.
Come on, you.
ERIN: That's him, down.
BRANDON: Eh, he kind
of came back up,
but he was somewhere far.
It wasn't right under the boat.
ERIN: We've gone almost three
weeks since we caught our first
and only keeper Bluefin.
The frustrating part is
that we're marking them.
Just reel in the close herring,
you said? Or the close water?
BRANDON: Yeah, the close water,
we'll put a herring on it.
ERIN: Earlier today, I made
a deal with the tuna gods
that if they give us a Bluefin,
that I'd jump in the water and
Brandon has to kiss the tuna.
I'm not sure if I believe in the
tuna gods the way that my dad
does, but at this point
I'm willing to do anything
that'll help change our luck.
BRANDON: Oh! We're on!
ERIN: Oh.
BRANDON: We're on! Tell your
dad, tell your dad.
ERIN: We're on! We're on!
BRANDON: Come on
baby, make a run!
There we go, reel that in.
Yes.
That's, we've been marking 'em
for the last five minutes.
PETE: Do you want me to get
off the anchor there, Bruh?
BRANDON: I'd wait a second.
We did mark a fish, kind
of came through twice.
PETE: I can feel it.
Got it?
BRANDON: Yup.
PETE: Put that on the couch.
PETE: Nice and smooth now,
Brandon. Nice and smooth!
Stay focused, okay?
BRANDON: Yeah! I want
this fish more than,
more than a lot of
things right now.
PETE: Hope we get 'em.
Hope the fishing
gods are good to me.
It's important to get this fish.
We need this bad.
ERIN: It means our
bad luck streak's over
if we get this fish on board.
PETE: Let's not talk about luck
or bad luck until we can land
this fish, okay?
Watch that tip!
Good job!
BRANDON: See your ball, right?
PETE: What?
BRANDON: You said you see
your ball, right Pete?
Can't tell where he's at.
I can't tell if he's
behind that or what.
PETE: I don't see anything!
BRANDON: He's not
playing by the rules.
PETE: Where is he?
We need this fish bad, we don't
need him wrapped up in an anchor
or lost.
See if that ball
starts moving, Erin.
BRANDON: I can't tell
what's going on, Pete.
PETE: I can't hear you!
BRANDON: I said I can't
tell what's going on!
PETE: Only talk to
me if I need it!
BRANDON: I will, that's why,
I'm just letting you know.
I don't know if he's
in the ball or not.
PETE: Don't lose him!
Don't lose him!
BRANDON: I think he's
running towards the anchor!
BRANDON: I can't tell
what's going on, Pete.
PETE: I can't hear you!
BRANDON: I said I can't
tell what's going on!
PETE: Only talk to
me if I need it!
BRANDON: I will, that's why,
I'm just letting you know.
I don't know if he's
in the ball or not.
I think he's running
towards the anchor!
PETE: Don't lose him!
BRANDON: I'm backing
off a little.
Pete, I think he's
definitely in it.
PETE: Keep the drag loose.
BRANDON: I have the drag
backed off quite a bit.
BRANDON: I don't
like that feeling.
PETE: When the line's damaged,
all the pressure we put on
when catching a tuna, it
could break at any minute.
I'm just hoping the tuna gods
will help us land this one.
Give me that one gaff.
BRANDON: Do you want me
to come underneath you?
PETE: Yeah.
BRANDON: Move that gaff, Erin.
Move that, I mean, move
that harpoon, Erin.
PETE: Got it.
Don't back off too much.
BRANDON: We got out of
that one for right now.
Line could've been damaged.
We don't know what could've
just happened during that. So,
now we've got to take
it extra careful with him.
PETE: You back the drag back up?
BRANDON: Yup.
Got a really [bleep]
spot in the line too.
He may have rubbed
on the anchor line.
So we'd like to get that on
the reel as quick as we can
so that there's no strain
on that part of the line.
PETE: That fish does
not want to go down.
ERIN: Color.
BRANDON: Grab the harpoon.
PETE: Hard right.
Let's go, Brandon! Keep him
tight! Keep him tight!
BRANDON: Coming back up!
He's on this side! Other side!
Right there!
Nice.
ERIN: Got him!
PETE: Hurry up!
We need a tail strap on him.
BRANDON: All right.
ERIN: Nice job, guys.
PETE: All right.
BRANDON: All right.
PETE: Whoo!
BRANDON: Nice job.
PETE: Score! Finally.
Nice job, Brandon.
BRANDON: Yeah.
Up high. Up high.
ERIN: Whoop, whoop, whoop!
PETE: Way overdue, right?
ERIN: Tuna.
BRANDON: Way overdue.
ERIN: Tuna, tuna, tuna, whoo!
PETE: It's a nice
fish, it looks like.
BRANDON: Big one.
ERIN: Big.
I'm hoping that
from here on out,
we're going to start
catching a ton of fish.
Thank you, tuna gods.
PETE: Ninety-four!
Ninety-four.
BRANDON: I believe I do have to
kiss the fish. Do I not?
I I'd like to do that
before it's bloody.
ERIN: Smooches.
BRANDON: So, all
right, there we go.
PETE: That was a pretty
quick little, little peck.
BRANDON: I know. Yeah, I know.
PETE: Come on, we thought we
were going to get a real kiss
BRANDON: Hey he didn't even
buy me dinner. All right?
That's all, that's all it's
going to get for right now.
I've definitely kissed worse.
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GUT: How ya doin', Pete?
How'd you make out?
PETE: We got one for you.
One nice one.
GUT: All righty, we'll
take a look at him.
351.
PETE: Perfect. We'll take that.
GUT: Good-looking fat.
Color looks decent.
Oh yeah. Core looks fine.
Yeah. On this one, hmm,
give you 17 dollars.
BRANDON: Awesome.
PETE: All right. Good Job.
Thanks, Scott. Appreciate it.
BRANDON: We'll take that.
PETE: All right.
It's a great feeling.
We're stoked, you know, energy
is high and I'm praying that
this breaks the streak and we
can get on, get back on track.
ERIN: Thanks, Gut.
SCOTT: All right. Take care.
NARRATOR: Erin and Sarah's
six-grand fish pushes the team
from Maine into second place.
TYLER: Hey, I got
one fish for you.
Let me give it to you
so we can get back out.
GUT: All right, good enough.
Looks like a tuna,
only smaller, buddy!
TYLER: I've got to catch
what I can catch, man.
What's it dress, Scott?
GUT: 163!
TYLER: Perfect.
GUT: No fat in the fish.
TYLER: What are you thinking?
GUT: This one here.
We can get you 9 dollars
a pound for that.
TYLER: It's better than having
no tunas and still be sitting
out there on the anchor.
DRAKE: ...better than nothing.
SCOTT: Yup.
TYLER: That's three straight
trips that Drake and I
have gotten paid.
As long as we keep getting
paychecks, we're stoked.
NARRATOR: Pinwheel's
disappointing payday is still
enough to give them a narrow
lead over Erin and Sarah.
BUBBA: How's it going?
DAVE: Good, we got
one nice one for you.
I'll just come up there
and see what he's worth.
BUBBA: All right.
JASON: Check him out!
DAVE: What do we got, Bubba?
BUBBA: 460 on the dot.
JASON: 460!
JOE: I'll take that!
JASON: Show us the money.
BUBBA: Nice cherry red
all the way through.
It's a nice, greasy fish.
DAVE: Yup.
BUBBA: Very beautiful
color on the tail.
JASON: You're
killing me, hurry up.
JOE: Anxious.
DAVE: What do you think?
BUBBA: I'll give you
18 dollars a pound.
DAVE: Nice!
JOE: Great.
JASON: Good score!
DAVE: Awesome. Boom.
JOE: Good job.
DAVE: Well done.
Well done. All right.
JOE: Good job, Jay.
DAVE: It's a paycheck.
We'll take it.
That's a big score.
The Hard Merchandise is
back, better than ever.
NARRATOR: Hard Merchandise's
eight-grand tuna launches last
season's champion into the lead
for the first time this year.
ERIN: All right, gentlemen.
It's time for me to pay my dues.
I said that I would jump in
to make a sacrifice
to the tuna gods.
Do you think I'm
gonna chicken out?
BRANDON: Yup.
ERIN: That's insulting.
BRANDON: We've only marked,
like, four sharks today
and that was,
like, an hour ago.
ERIN: Yeah, that's totally cool.
PETE: Let's go, see if
you can get it done.
I don't believe you'll do it.
I think you're
gonna chicken out.
BRANDON: The wrath of the
tuna gods will be great.
ERIN: Here we go!
PETE: All right, Erin!
ERIN: Ah!
PETE: How was that?
How does it feel?
ERIN: It's actually
not that bad.
PETE: I'm proud of you
for not chickening out.
Erin's a lot of
fun to be around.
She's very much of
a comedian at times,
and I knew that she'd lighten
the mood on the boat during
the bad spells, so I'm very
proud of her for that in life,
not just on the boat.
One, two, three!
Up!
ERIN: Ah!
I'm never going to
turn down a challenge.
All right! Show me the tuna!