Wicked Tuna: North vs. South (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 3 - Fins of the Father - full transcript

On this episode
of Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks...

Here, fishy,
fishy, fishy.

A greenhorn struggles
to prove himself to his father.

A fish comes up
and gives you a shot,

you've got to take it.
There's a shot!

And with the fleet
fighting for paychecks...

There we go!
Got him on, Jake!

Who will cash in...

Woo! Nice.

And who will crack...

Dammit!



under the pressure?

I just doesn't look
safe here.

It just doesn't look safe.

In a highly regulated fishery

that's trying to stay
sustainable...

Woo!
All right, all right!

Every bluefin caught takes
a bite out of the quota...

Got 'em on, cuz,
coming to you live!

And every fisherman
has to battle...

There he is, there he is.

- ...for their fair share.
- Woo!

- I cannot see.
- We're losing him!

This is
Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks.

At the start of day five



on the water,

local boat Reels of Fortune has

an impressive lead

over northern vessel Pinwheel,

and last season's champion,

Fishin' Frenzy.

Meanwhile, Hard Merchandise,

Doghouse, and Reel Action

have yet to catch a fish.

We ask, dear Lord...

watch after us, Lord,
as we come.

Please watch after us as we go.

And give us all a good crop,
a good harvest today, Lord.

We thank you in advance
for all things.

Amen.

My name is
Britton Shackelford,

I'm the captain
of the Doghouse.

This is our fifth day
of fishing,

we're still looking for
our first caught bluefin.

My success or failure is
heightened by the fact

that I have a wife and three
children that depend on me.

So we need to start
producing yesterday.

Huh.

He made it all the way this way
and now he's sick.

This year
on the Doghouse,
Caine is my first mate.

Hey, Caine.

Could you give me
a paper towel?

I'm looking for one.

And Austin, my son,

is joining us on the boat
as a deckhand.

I'm 18 years old.

This year is my first year
actually working for my dad,

and it's my first season
commercially fishing for tunas.

It's tougher than
I thought it was gonna be.

Austin struggles
with seasickness.

But once we start
catching these fish,

there's no time for somebody
that's taken out of the game.

He's gonna have to dig deep.

Let it out, son,
let it out.

I am.

Oh, they're two-tones.

Boy, this is
a pretty-looking place
here, man.

We're coming off
of a poor performance
last year,

so it's a lot riding on
whether I do well.

Crossing my i's
and dotting my t's.

Look, look, right here.

Porpoise.

Generally,
when you can find life,

you're gonna find tuna.

We've got five rods that we're
trolling with ballyhoo on them,

and we're in the right spot.

Now all we need is a bite.

All the ingredients
seem to be here.

Come on, baby.

Got him on the boat!

- Got him on! Woo!
- Got him on!

Austin,
move that rod for me.

It's dangerous
and it's very tricky

when you're having
to pass the rod down.

- You know, it's a really
heavy rod.
- Gotcha.

If this fish
takes off,

this rod can easily
go flying off the boat.

Come back over here
and help me.

All right.

Woo! We got a bite!

Yeah! We're going deep.

Come on, Caine.

Caine, this thing's probably
got you beat, bud, on weight.

He might.
I hope he does.

If I had to guess, I'd guess
anywhere between 250 and 350.

Come on, baby.

We need it bad.
Bad, bad, bad, bad, bad.

Good Lord willing,
we'll get him.

Could be a five or six-grand
fish right here.

It's a big, big girl.

Starting to circle.

That means she's wearing down.

Austin, you're gonna
throw the dart.

You always throw the dart
behind your man, behind
the line.

Coming up.

Hey, if I throw it,
I just let it all go, right?

You don't throw it,
you just jam it.

-And make sure it goes
all the way through.
-Just let it go.

All right, I see color.

Getting close, Austin.

You got to go
behind Caine now.

Forward, forward!

Nice fish, buddy.

Come on, baby,
right here, baby.

Come on, come on, dear Jesus.

Whatever you do,
don't hot that line!

Giving me a little
anxiety right now.

Come on, baby, please.

Close pull, close,
close, close, close, close.

Right, right now! Right now!
Throw the dart!

Oh, you hit the line.

- Geez!
- What?

Lost the ... fish!

Are you ... me?

... gone,
he's ... gone.

Un-...-believable.

Kiss my ... ass.

Sheesh.

Oh, my gosh.

It's over.

When you end up losing it,

especially one so close,
that was a gimme.

There's no reason that fish
shouldn't be on the deck.

I feel like crying,
I don't even ... know.

I can't believe that!

- He just doesn't know,
you know?
- I know.

I mean, he just
doesn't know, you can't--
dang it!

Five thousand dollars gone,
boom, just like that.

He's not talking.

He's, he's mad.

I might as well fold myself up
and go crawl in a hole.

Thank you Lord
for the bite,

it's all I know to say.

♪ ♪

Let me see what
this is gonna be.

I hate to see a man
on my boat working.

Ever since we hit the bridge,

the boat's not really
been the same.

I just hit the bridge.

I tore my console off.

Currently, the Reels of Fortune
is on top of the fleet,

but we've got a couple issues.
We had to call a mechanic

and have him do some work
to the boat,

and I'm dreading finding out
how much that's gonna be.

All right, Mr. Kirby.

Have you got us squared away,
buddy?

Should be.

What all did you find, bud?

Whole lot.

Solenoid on the motor's bad.

Oh, boy.

Panel box, had to rebuild it.

Oil pressure gauge
falling apart.

I knew something
was wrong,

because I started having some
stuff flickering and all,

and we were down there
and we'd be fishing,

and a light would
come on and come off.

-My GPS was...
-Yeah, you got water
in the light.

Yeah.

-All right, man, thanks.
-Thanks.

Oh, man, here's the bad part.

Got me a bill?

Yeah, I'm about to ruin
your day, buddy.

Ten thousand three hundred
and sixty-three dollars
eighty cents.

Damn. Ooh.

Oh, my God, man.

I-I don't have $10,000
right now.

Ten thousand dollars is a lot
more than I thought it was
gonna be.

That's the engine,
the wiring.

Yeah, that's a lot.

I know
it's a big number, buddy,

but, um, it's early
in the season and...

Yeah, well.

And, uh, anyway.

We'll get going,
and you guys know that

I'm gonna come
write you a check.

It's just, um,
I got to wait a little bit,

I got to catch a couple fish,
you know.

No, I understand,
all right. Good luck, bud,
see you.

Thanks, bud.

To have this come down on me
right now is--

oh, it couldn't be
a worse time.

My goodness,
I need some tunas bad.

Okay, he got a bite
yesterday right there. See him?

Where they caught him
yesterday.

- Between that, you see
the giant ship out there?
- Yeah.

Between here
and the giant ship.

Yeah, that's where
we got to go.

It's day six on the water,

and we're currently number two
in the earnings.

I've always been determined
to be the number one boat,

and that's all I care about
this year.

Once and for all,
I want to finish out on top.

Looking for the bait,
trying to get on the bait.

Position is crucial
down here in Carolina.

So when there's
a bite going on,

you need to make sure
you position your boat

on top of the fish.

You only get a few
opportunities a day
to catch fish.

And when you get
the opportunity to do so,
you better capitalize.

Get on the meat.

It looks like Pinwheel's
showed up right over here.

Right up our ass,
where he normally is.

What the hell is Tyler doing?
He's driving like a maniac.

It's dark out right now, we're
just getting our lines out,

and Tyler comes crossing
towards our lines

like he's gonna run them over.

If Tyler doesn't pay attention
right now

and get his boat
on a straight heading
and away from my spread,

he's gonna run my lines over,

and it's definitely frustrating
this early in the morning.

Slow down over there.
Where the ...
are you going?

What? Are you gonna be
up my butt all day?

Slow the ... down!

Don't run my ... over.
Don't get too close.

That's juvenile,
absolutely no respect.

No respect at all.

Pinwheel's ahead of us
right now.

When I watch him
and the way he acts,

there's only one way to shut up
someone like that--

just go out there
and outfish him.

I want to set up 20 yards
in front of clippy.

Okay.

If Tyler keeps
acting like that,

someone's gonna put him
in his place down here.

I don't know what's going
through his head.

You hear me? Slow down.

I'm not slowing down
for anybody.

Not happening, TJ.

Is this kid a moron?

He's right there!

..., Tyler, turn your
... boat!

Turn the boat, you idiot!

Out here,
it's every man for himself.

I don't care
if anyone's giving me crap.

I didn't come down here
to sit around

and watch other guys
catch fish.

They can cry and complain
all they want,

I got to get mine now!

Finally turning, TJ.

Kid's an idiot.

Everywhere we go,

we've got the Pinwheel
right next to us.

Almost running our lines
over is immature.

Someone's got to teach
Tyler a lesson,

and it might just have
to be the Hot Tuna.

It's payback time.

♪ ♪

We're gonna get
out of here.

It's our first day
back on the water

after our big accident.

My God, we're gonna get hit.

..., man!

... damn it!

The tide horse-trotted us
along the bridge
and crashed us into the wall.

Yeah, we ...
creamed it good.

- You got that, right?
- Yup.

After the crash,
we took a few days
to make repairs,

and we're determined
to keep fishing.

We're coming off
a killer season
back in Gloucester,

and we're just hoping
some of that luck
followed us down here.

Well, here we go.
We're under way.

Alrighty.

Oh, ...

My heart is in my throat
right now.

The challenge
for us is the shallowness
of the inlet.

We're gonna need enough water
under us for the boat to pass,

and I'm not sure if
we're gonna have it.

If we hit another
unseen sandbar like we did
a few days ago,

we could be done for good.

I mean, it is a concern,

but look, all these locals
are still here,

they're still fishing,

so it's not gonna be impossible
to get in and out.

We'll just have to adapt
and overcome and figure it out.

It just doesn't
look safe here.

We're just a couple
of dumb Yankees.

We're gonna go for it anyway.

It just doesn't look
safe here.

We're just a couple
of dumb Yankees.

We're gonna go for it anyway.

We're going,
starting going
through the bridge.

Dave's got to pay
good attention right now.

This bridge is tricky.

Dave, that looks shallow
over there.

We're at a fathom,
six feet right now.

With so little water
under the boat,

we have to pay close attention
to our sonar machine

to keep from running aground.

One wrong move and we could do
serious damage to the boat

and ourselves.

We're at .34, Dave, .16.

It's just, watch yourself.

It's ... two feet under
the boat right there.

We're at about .8, Dave, okay?

Yeah.

Watch this.

We're clear!

We had about .8 fathoms
under the boat right there.

That's really shallow.

That's roughly five feet
of good water
underneath the boat,

which isn't a lot.

He's just going on his gut,
and he just went for it.

No time to ... up.

Although, right now,
it's still, it's high tide.

- Yup.
- I don't think
we'd make it at low tide.

There it is.

You know, that's just
gonna be the game this year

when these fish show up.

It's gonna be over quick.

The game has started, Jay.

So hopefully,
we'll get right in it.

♪ ♪

Red mark! Red mark!
Red mark!

Here, fishy, fishy, fishy!

Bite it, bite it,
damn it!

We're getting marks,
and I'm gonna try my best
to stay here

until we can get this fish.

There's TJ.

So far this year, we haven't
got a fish on the deck yet.

It's frustrating as hell
is what it is.

We're right in
the middle of them ...

Reel Action,
coming through.

Jerk the stick a
minute, so I can go look at
that mark.

- Yeah.
- Big, red marks,
look, look, look, look.

Here we go!

Woo-hoo!

I think we found
something!

Woo!

Coming back, coming back,
coming back.

Still taking? Still taking?

Yup, just get
your bait straight.

Leave it out of gear a second.

You got everything
up over there?

Watch this rod!

Let it go. Let it go.

Need me to bump it up?

Stay out of gear, out of gear.

Oh ...! There goes our line,
right under the boat right now.

Hold on, just bump it, bump it.

Bump it, it's a tuna, bump it.

- Yellowfin!
- Yellowfin!

This fish is definitely
bigger than 27 inches.

It's a keeper.

Another for
your grandpappy!

Catching the yellowfin
isn't the worst thing
in the world.

It's not a bluefin, it's not
what we're looking for,

but we'll take it.

At least it's dinner.

We, you know, come home with
something to eat anyway.

Alright, what number
was that, number six?

Want to go ahead
and put it out?

We're moving on
with the day,

got to get everything out and,
uh, get back on the ballgame.

There's fish here,
we need to catch 'em.

I think I'll have a piece
of sushi for lunch.

Oh, man,
look at this thing.

- I got it!
- Oh, boy,

- that's great!
I'm Tyler, I catch tunas!
Ahhh!

Yesterday, Tyler was driving
around the fleet recklessly,

endangering other
people's gear.
So we're gonna teach him

a little lesson by planting
a banana on his boat.

- Oh, man.
- Look, I
put a Frenzy shirt on it.

- That's great.
- And he's gonna think
Greg did it.

- He's gonna flip out.
- Gonna have a meltdown.

Sounds good.

Every fisherman knows that
bananas are bad luck on boats,

and Tyler's a bit of
a reggae fanatic.

At this point, we just want to
get in his head a little bit,

and I think this Rasta banana
will be just the trick.

This is the bad juju
for the Pinwheel.

We got to be super quiet,
though.

If they wake up,
they're gonna catch us.

I say we just jam it in his
fish hold.

- Shh, be quiet.
- Jam that banana in the hold.

That's good.

This fish hold's not made
for giant Rasta bananas.

Time to get up, bud.

- We're going fishing.
- I'm up.

We've been fishing for days,
and we haven't landed
a fish yet.

That last fish we lost was a,
it was a heartbreak.

Right, right now!
Right now! Throw the dart!

- Ah, you hit the line! Geez!
- What?

Lost the ... fish!

He was there,
in the blink of an eye.

Gone. Poof.

That's how quick it happened.

I mean, it's still heavy on
my mind that I lost that fish.

I feel like I let my dad down.

I can definitely see it,
he's stressing out.

I mean, he's got three kids
and a wife.

We don't eat
if we don't get paid.

Worried about
your teeth?

You catch me some fish

while I'm still paying
for your dental bill?

When you are working for me,
I don't care

whether we're father, son,
friend, I don't care what.

On the boat, each of us
gets a percentage,

but it doesn't matter
which way you share up,

zero percent of zero is zero.

- Y'all be careful.
- Thank you, babe.

I love you.
You're welcome.

- I love you.
- Have a good day.

Caine, Austin, myself,

we can't afford
any more mistakes.

Be safe.

Alright.

Don't let him get too grouchy.

Bye.

I'm gonna do
everything in my power
over the next couple days

to prove that I belong
on this boat.

This is my rifle.

There are many like it,
but this one is mine.

Without my rifle, I am useless.

Without me,
my rifle is useless.

We've been set out
for a little while here,

with nothing going on.

When we're out there fishing,
I want to be at the top.

I don't like being
in third place,

I don't like having two boats
ahead of me.

Come on! You've got to be
kidding me. Come on, baby.

We got to find
a big pack of fish here.

We've got to find these fish
up on top today.

We just put
our time in,
see what we can do.

I just looked over and
saw a splash.

- How far?
- Right here.

I don't see any porpoise or
anything, but is was
a nice splash.

Oh, yeah. Here we go.
20 fathom.

Just coming into the mark
here now.

- There they are, 10.
- Come on, baby.

Just saw one bust,
I got a great mark at 20.

Some up to 10.

Did you say you hooked
one there, Frenzy?

No, but they got
to come down here,

it's unbelievable, this mark.

Saw one bust.

I know it's them.

Good deal. Okay.

I'm just now getting to where
I'm not so damn mad I can talk.

I'm facing a $10,000 yard bill
right now,

and can't seem to catch
a fish for anything.

And Frenzy's the guy
that's marking 'em.

That aggravates the ...
out of me.

Come out here and
you pay the piper.

You got to hook 'em
to cook 'em.

You got to get a bite
to catch 'em.

We got to have everything
come together.

I'm still in the mark.

Nothing.

God, dude!

This sucks.

Fishin' Frenzy's seeing
some activity,
I'm getting nervous.

I'm ahead of Fishin' Frenzy,
Greg right now,

but at the same time,
he is the Carolina weapon.

He has the perfect boat
for catching up.

If there's any guy I got
to worry about right now,
it's Greg.

We got to get in on the action.

Come on, baby!

Come on, baby,
come on, baby, come on, baby!

Oh, there he is! There he is!

There we go!

Getting the bite.
Come on!

- Oh, that's a nice one!
- That's him!

Damn! Missed it!

There we go.

Look at him! Look at him!
Woo, yeah!

Pow goes the breaker.

Oh, he's on there now.

Oh, We've got a overlay!

We've got a overlay!

Jesus Christ!

-You all right? You good?
-No!

An overlay is
when the slack in the
greenstick line

comes back around the reel
in the wrong direction.

It's very dangerous,

and nine times out of ten,
the line breaks.

Until we straighten it out,
we can't do anything but pray.

Watch out!

Oh, we've got a overlay!

Jesus Christ!

You alright? You good?

No!

Watch out!

Don't lose him!

All right, I got it!
I got it! I got it, I got it.

All right, all right.

Wow! I mean they just
come out of nowhere...

like they pissed 'em off.

And when they come for it,
they had fangs, Cap!

- Arrgh!
- Ho-ho-ho!

Ha ha! They don't get
any better than that, baby!

We got him on.

The Frenzy's
got a bite.

Might be the good ones
out here.

Sounded like a pretty big
area of fish.

Gonna see if I can't maybe
get in line with 'em.

Maybe we are getting close.

Woo!

Look at the ball going!
Woo-hoo!

Look it, the ball's under
the water right there.

- Oh, yeah. That's good.
- You see our bird, ball,

the bird straight up and down,
bobbing like a cork?

Our bird and our poly ball
are going in the
opposite direction.

That doesn't happen very often.

A small fish cannot do that.

That's a sign of
a really nice fish.

Okay! We are in business!

All right,
all right, woo!

This fish here is going
to put us one farther up
on the leader board.

So far, nobody's
caught one today,

and hopefully,
we'll get this one.
Be a nice position to be in.

This is kind of like
nails in the coffin.

The more nails
we can put in it,

the harder it is
to get out of it.

All right, here it comes.
I can see him.

I see him down there.

- We got color here.
- He's a good one.

Definitely a good fish.

Got the tail rope ready,
yeah?

Yeah.

Dart him, Cap!

Smoke him, Frenzy.

- Good job.
- Nice.

Yeah, baby.
Gaff! Gaff, gaff.

Right here. Right here.
Right here.

Right to the right.

Stay right on his tail.
Stay on his tail!

I'm on it.
Coming around.

There you go.

Tail rope, Nick.

To the right of me.

Ah!

Game over!

Woo!

That's what I'm talking about!

Nice one!
That's 90-incher!

He is definitely
a 90-incher.

Nice fish.

Pretty work, fellas.

- God's pretty work!
- Woo!

Probably a 90-incher.

Cheese and masters.
Awesome.

Frenzy found a place of 'em and
got lucky and caught a big one.

Pissed me off.

Pretty work, guys!
That's awesome!
Woo!

I'm jacked up, man.

We're gonna swim
this fish to cool
the meat down,

set the stick back up
and keep fishing.

Damn, what an epic bite.

There's badass and then
there's a bluefin stick bite.

Ain't that right?

We're just going
to do it again.

Pretty, pretty, pretty.

I'm gonna make
a couple hot dogs.

You hungry? Want one?

Oh, absolutely, Paul,
I'm starving.

What is that?

Tyler!

Do you know what
this thing is in here?

No.

- You have no idea?
- No clue.

When did you
ice the boat up?

It's, someone left
something in our fish hold.

It wasn't me.

A banana?

Oh, they gave us
a giant banana.

What the ... is
this ... thing?

Oh! Fishin' Frenzy stock.

Oh, Greggy wants
to play with us.

Frenzy.

Well, we managed
to catch something aboard
the Pinwheel,

and it's a giant banana.

Ha! Too bad
we couldn't eat it.

From the Fishin' Frenzy,
huh?

No wonder
we didn't catch one.

Bananas are bad luck.

Frenzy wanted to give
us a little sabotage,

put a banana on the boat.

Frenzy would definitely
stoop this low to try
and sabotage me,

'cause what he's gonna do here
is if I catch a fish

I'm not gonna have enough ice
to stay and fish for
a second fish.

Come on, you setting me up
to fail? Like, what?

Love to have a ... paycheck
right now.

I've been looking at that thing
in the fish hold

wondering what that
yellow thing was,

and I thought it was just
some of my laundry.

Oh, what'd
your water break, Ty?

Oh, no.

Oh, God.

Your water thing
come undone.

- Bananas are no good
on a boat.
- Well.

Someone's gonna pay
for this.

Here they are again,
20 fathom!

Yeah, I'm getting, I'm getting
some marks here right now.

We're right on the fish,
and I tell you what,

a lot of times when
you've got one dragging,

the other fish come
right up with it.

And this is the meat here.

Ten to fifteen fathoms.

We're gonna get a bite.

Mark 'em at twenty.

Woo!

There they are, baby!
Come on, baby!

There he, there he is.

Woo! Look at the bird!
Look at the bird!
Hot damn!

Goddamn, fellas!

That's
a big fish there.

Look at him! Woo!

Ha, ha, ha, ho!

Holy freakin' hell!

We're on!

Look at that bird goin'.
Look at 'em.

- Want to pull this in
or let her hang?
- What's that?

Watch our fish here.
What do you want to do
with him?

I don't want him
to get beat up!

Let's pull him in
the boat. We can do it.

It should come
right to you.

I got it, I got it.

Trying to load a fish here
with one on is not ideal!

Okay, here you go.

Right here. I can't see.

- Right there.
- I cannot see.

You got to put her back
in gear.

Oh, ...!

We're losing him!

Trying to load a fish here
with one on is not ideal!

Right here. I can't see.

- Right there?
- I cannot see.

You got to put her
back in gear.

Oh, ...! We're losing him!

Get out of the way.

I got the fish,
you go deal with the boat.

- Can you see?
- Is that side's okay,
Frenzy?

Ready? Get on it!
Get sent up to him.

- Ready.
- Right now.

There it is,
where the rips are.

Woo!

Nice fish.

Yes! That's one.

- Woo!
- Woo!

That's a lot of line
stretched out.

It's up on top,

so we just cross our fingers
and hope we get him.

This fish here is acting
bigger than that one.

- I hope we get it,
partner.
- I do, too.

This one is definitely
pulling harder.

This right here
could be a $5,000 bill.

You know, that's what
we're looking for.

Got to focus here.

There we go.

Alright, there he is.

He's right here.

Got him real close, here.

All right.

I'm gonna come up
on this side of you.

Game over.

You get the tail rope,
I'll keep his head.

That's the way you do it.

- Ho, ho! Woo!
- Yeah, baby!

- Yeah, boys!
- That's the way to go!

- A nice fish.
- Another nice fish.

One, two, three.

He's bigger.

Woo!

Let's turn it around.

Oh, nice!

Ah!

Nice Carolina fish.

Pretty, pretty.
Let's see what we got.

Tale of the tape.

Ninety-five!

I like it.

Let's see what we got
for this first one.

I think
they're twins, 95.

We got a fat one
and a skinny one.

Yeah, baby.

Two 90-inchers today.

That's a great day
in anyone's book.

We needed a couple fish.
We got it done.

This is my favorite part,
is when the captain climbs
up there

and puts it on the radio,

and everybody's heart sinks.

Another 90-incher,
90 plus.

Damn, dude,
that's pretty awesome.

Oh, boy!

Pretty work, Frenzy.

Throw me the ball...

please.

Oh, I hope you get
an opportunity, I really do.

Dude, Frenzy just
got two fish. It sucks!

You know, Frenzy sticks
me with this life-sized
bad luck banana,

and he hooks up and
catches two fish?
That's bogus, man!

He's gonna get his!

All right, we got to get
a bite, here.

Let's try and catch one.

♪ ♪

Bubba!
We got you a couple.

- Awesome.
- Nice ones.

All right, let's get 'em
off the boat.

Cool.

Full weight.

All right.

What do we got, Bubba?

Three hundred and
seventy-three pounds, dressed.

I'll take it. Nice fish.

Let's get
this other one.

What's it weigh there,
Bubba?

- Three ninety three.
- Cool!

Alright, well, let's take
a look at these two.

All right.

When a buyer
inspects a fish,

he's looking for good red color
and a lot of fat.

A good quality fish can bring
as much as $25 a pound.

A bad fish, as little as three.

Right now, I'm hoping for
at least $15 a pound.

Nice.

Color's decent in the tail.

This doesn't have
a whole lot of fat.

Core color's fine.

Yeah, so, Lucas, what'd
you think you got there?

- It's $14 a pound.
- Good deal.

That'll work.

For a 370 dresser,
I'll take it.

Let's see how
the other one looks.

All right.
Let's check him out.

Let's
check out the core.

Let's see what we got
for the core here.

Sure.

Not really any fat.

No.

Same size fish, same length,
but just real skinny.

- Skinny fish.
- Nice, red color fish.

Other than that there's,
there's just
nothing else to it.

So, what
are you thinking?

I'll have to give you
$11 a pound.

- That isn't bad.
- Eh, not what
I was looking for,

but with the two of 'em,
it's a nice day.

It's not the greatest price,
but put the two fish together,

that's a $9,000 day.

I'll take that any day.

- Appreciate it.
- Thank you.

And I'm sure
we'll see you tomorrow.

- All right.
- All right, guys.

- Sounds good.
- Thanks, Bubba.

- See you later.
- Later, guys.

We'll see ya.

- Good luck tomorrow.
- Good luck.

♪ ♪

Go ahead and throw
your squid right on over.

- Hey, Caine!
- Yes, sir?

Well, all you got to do
is clip 'em.

The baits look
better today.

There you go.
Well, we went through 'em.

Oh, you did?

It's good.

Ever since
I lost that fish,

I'm kind of scared, you know?

I'd like to show my dad just
what I'm capable of doing.

Yeah, like, we'll have
three or four of these out,

and just get all them in.

You know, Austin's 18,
still young.

But now is the time,
if you want to become
a fisherman,

now's the time to get on it.

I kind of hold this snug, that
way that dart won't come off.

And then here's your thrust
where you just...

I've been trying to take Austin
under my wing,
just showing the way things

should go smoothly
on the back of a boat.

He's been working
on his dart throw.

He's got the instincts.

He's just got to learn
how to do it.

I never want to lose
another fish on this boat,

and if it's up to me, we won't.

You ain't got to
hold this in there?

No, you got it
right here.

Don't ever throw
that dart with that basket

anywhere behind you.

It's got to be in front of you.

It'll get all wrapped
around you.

Caine is
a good balance between
Austin and myself.

I can be a little overbearing.

I want it right now, and I want
it exactly like I want it.

You don't want your legs
wrapped around or anything.

Yeah.

When you throw it,
really throw it.

- Just throw it?
- Just act,

pretend like
you're getting ready
to stick a hog or something.

I can do that.

Nice one, Austin.

Been giving Austin tips
here lately.

But with a teenager, you never
know what they're thinking,

whether it's going in one ear,
out the other.

That's good right there.

And just get your line
ready again.

Dude, you ought to be good.

♪ ♪

If you ever get
the opportunity,

I'll show you
the biggest tuna mark

you've ever seen in your life.

I recorded it for a while.

I bet your mama's
proud of you.

Damn.

Damn, damn, damn.

I see some birds
flying around here.

Well, Greg's talking about
his double for about an hour.

I think I know and
the whole fleet knows

he's caught really nice fish.

I'm in debt $10,000.

I need a nice fish,
so I'm about sick
of hearing about it.

Come on, man.

There's a mark!

Oh, my God, there we go.
There we go. Come on, baby.

Man, we really need
a big one.

Let's get this rascal!

Come on, fish! Get on it!

Damn! Did you see the size of
the hole in the water there?

That's gonna be a good one!

There he is! There he is!

There we go!

Got him, got him!

Got him on, Jake!

Come on, fish, get on it.

Let's get this rascal.

There he is! There he is!

- There we go!
- Got him! Got him!

Got him on, Jake!

Okay, watch yourself.

I got you, I got you.
I got you, I got you.

There were some really big
splashes back there.
I'm worried it's more than one.

If it's more than one,

then we're liable
to have some trouble.

So there's definitely
two bites on that,

on that main line.

When two bluefin
are hooked,

the force of them fighting
against the line

can put too much pressure
on our gear,

and it can break, causing us
to lose one or both fish.

Get him, boy!

Come on, baby,
stay on there.

Stay on the main,
Jake. Grab it.

Oh, ...

Man, it tore us all up.

That's a broken leader.

Gone.

Broken leader.

That's another broken
... leader.

We've lost both of 'em.

We gotta go back to the ...
goddamn drawing board.

Dammit!

... Every ... thing
we got, dude.

Brand new rigs.

We broke
a leader and straightened
the other one out.

You got to be kidding me.
That sucks.

Oh-ho, Griff!

Having bites is good,

but if you don't put 'em
on the deck,

it's just pissing in the wind.

That's tough luck
for Griff.

But him losing two fish
gives us a real shot

to be the top boat
in the fleet.

Oh, man, that hurts.

That really ... hurts.

How about ya, Hot Tuna?
You standing by, TT?

Yeah, what's up?

I can't believe
these Southerners.

There's this giant, five-foot,
Rastic banana

with a Fishin' Frenzy
T-shirt on it,

in the fish hold
where the ice should be.

Come on!
Really?

Unbelievable.

What, what'd you say,
it's a giant banana?

Yeah!
Giant, five-foot banana.

A bad luck banana.

And this guy's gonna put
a banana on my boat?

Come on, man!

No banana stickers
all over the boat.

We all know we come
from the north.

Come on.
Hard Merch, no bananas.

Kind of funny,
I have to admit.

I'm down here trying
to make a living for myself

and further myself in the world
as a human.

Coming just down here
supporting his family,

and we can't because
we got no ice?

Sorry, I have a small boat,
I only hold so much ice.
So for me, it's precious.

I don't have a giant fish box
like Fishin' Frenzy.

I took that as a kick
in the ...

That's pretty
cold-blooded, bro.

With that, how do you know?
You sure he did it?

- The banana wears
a Fishin' Frenzy T-shirt.
- Wow.

Holy moly.
You better get 'em back.

Yeah, we're definitely
gonna try and get 'em back.

I'm gonna confront him.

What a piece of ...

Oh, my God.

I feel kind of bad now.

I have a little bit of regret,
but not that much.

Pinhead's number two right now.

Frenzy's number three.
We're number four.

To get those guys bickering
and kind of fighting

like little girls
will be great for us.

We need every advantage
we can get right now.

Get 'em back somehow.

Don't let it get to you.

Jeez!

Oh, my God.

Pa-pow!

Austin pushing through
this seasickness,

I think he's doing it
for two reasons.

Now, the first and foremost,
I think he wants to prove to
himself that he can do it.

But in the back of his mind,
I know he's doing it
for his daddy as well.

Austin's not
a seasoned mate.

I don't know whether
he does or does not

have what it takes to make it.

But I hope that he does.

We're in the meat here.

Twenty-fathom mark.

Look at that.
Still coming, though.

Fire in the hole, baby!

Got him on, cuz.
Coming to you live!

Woo! Slack line bite, baby!

All right, Caine!
Now keep her tight, bub.

Forward!

Come on with it!

Three hundred dressed, baby!

Three hundred dressed.

You looking at me or the fish?

Austin, bud,
you got to be prepared, man.

That fish comes up and gives
you a shot, you got to take it.

Austin's been sick, but I hope
he's got it in him

to give us what we need here
while we're fighting this fish.

I grab the harpoon,
and then I get the butterflies,
like I do every time.

Here they come.

And all I can think about is
when I lost that last one.

Come on, baby girl.

Come to daddy.

We got color.

Austin, watch that line.

Watch this line here.

Just watch that dart
and that line, though.

Keep it coming, bud,
keep it coming.

Ease 'er up, ease 'er up now.

There's a shot!

Now, it all comes
down to this.

I just got to make a good shot.

We got color.

There's a shot!

Now, it all comes
down to this.

I just got to make a good shot.

There's a shot!

That's what
I'm talking about! Huh?

Right there, dude!
Good shot, buddy! Woo!

Woo-hoo!

- That's what's
I'm freakin' talking about!
- Huh!

My dad yells,
'There's your shot,'

and I just-- phoom--

just as hard as I can.

And all I see is blood.

That's a good sign.

But the fight is not over yet.

All right!
It's starting to drag!

We lost the fish
under the boat the other day.

We need to get this fish on
the deck as fast as we can.

Now gaff that dart line.

Hurry up!

Britton, come on down here.
You're good.

I got this.

I'm coming down
and help y'all.

I got her.

Woo!

We got him! Wow!

We finally set that girl
on the deck,

and I didn't realize
how pent-up I was about it,

but it's a very strong
feeling of relief

that we finally caught one.

- Seventy-seven!
- Woo!

Pretty work, baby.

That's number one.

Woo! Thank you, Jesus!

Pretty work,
Captain Shack's nasty!

Woo!

That'll help you
get over seasickness

real quick right there.

♪ ♪

Hey, guys!

- Hey, Dad!
- Hey!

What's happening?
What's up, Buoy?

Congratulations.
Pretty work.

Thank you, babe.

I always love seeing my family
after fishing.

It feels really, really good.

Congratulations!

- Thank you.
- That's awesome.

He did an excellent
job. He did a really good job.

I'm proud of him.

Ain't nothing wrong
with that! We'll take it,
right?

- What's up, Bill?
- How's it going, guys?

- Everything's
good, man!
- Good, it looks like it!

- Austin's first!
- Austin's first.

Oh, man! Congratulations.

- How's it feel?
- Appreciate it.

Feels like I just won at
the Super Bowl or something.

Ha ha ha! There you go.

All right, let's get her
up here and see what we got.

Watch your head, Austin.

Hate to knock you out
on your first tuna!

♪ ♪

She has got shape!

What do you got, Bill?

Two hundred and
seventy-one pounds.

Two seventy-one?

Pretty work for your
first fish, buddy.

- Let's check her out, buddy.
- Let's do it.

Here's the moment
of truth!

Oh, bud!

- Woo!
- Woo!

It's pretty well-rounded.

It's got a lot of everything
that you want to see.

It's got a lot of fat
in the minors around here,

and that good
marble shape all the way
throughout the fish.

This fish is
super fatty.

If we can get $20 a pound,
I'll be a happy man.

Give us the bottom line.

I'll give you
$24 a pound for it.

Good enough, man!
Ha ha ha!

Nice!

Awesome day today.

We got our first fish.

We didn't start out with
the greatest success.

But all it takes is one
to get started,

and the Doghouse is
back in the game.

Wee-ooh! Come on!

At the end
of day eight on the water,

Doghouse's high-quality tuna

launches them
into the competition.

And Fishin' Frenzy's
two-fish haul

pushes them ahead of
Reels of Fortune and Pinwheel.

Listen, listen,

I'm getting Greg back
for the banana!

I'm gonna go up to him, okay?

And then I'm gonna grab
three water balloons
and be like, 'Tch, tch, tch!'

And then steam off!

I think it's great, yeah!

Lock and load!

Bomb the ...
out of him!

We're gonna go get him!
North!

I feel like a bit of
a troublemaker today.
You know what I mean?

Definitely stoked the coals
on this one!

This is great!

Here it comes, baby!
Here it goes!

Pinwheel, running around!

Coming for us.

What the ... are
you guys doing, Frenzy?

Really? Is that how you play?

Gonna put a banana on my boat?

You know better than that!
You know bananas are bad luck!

Bananas? What's this kid
talking about?
What do you got?

There he goes!

Yeah! Get him, Nick.

Look at you, Pinhead,
all wet!

That's our trick, man.

Hey, you got got, cuz!

I ... soaked him!

We need to find out who
put the banana on his boat.

We'll buy him a beer.

Frenzy hasn't seen
the last of the Pinwheel.

Forget the pranks, there's only
one plan on the Pinwheel,

and that's outfishing
the Frenzy on the water.

He's just getting me started.

Nick got you good,
though!

I got to admit it, man,
Nick got me.

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