Wicked Tuna: North vs. South (2014–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Reels of Misfortune - full transcript

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

Oh! Get him!

-BRITTON: Got him on!
-CAINE: Got him on, baby.

NARRATOR:
As each fisherman fights
to support their family.

-(BILLON GRUNTING)
-Come on! Come on! Come on!

-NICK: You miss, we lose.
-GREG: Damn it!

NARRATOR: The pressure mounts.

TYLER: Don't let him go!
We're losing him!

-Watch the line!
-He's gonna cut off my rig!

NARRATOR: And for some...

Pretty work, baby!



...sacrifices will pay off.

(ALL WHOOPING)

NARRATOR: In a highly
regulated fishery that's
trying to stay sustainable.

Come on, big girl.

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

Got him on, got him on!
What do you want me to do?

NARRATOR:
And every fisherman
has to battle...

(BILLON GRUNTING)

...for their fair share.

Jaws! Look at Jaws!

DAVE: Watch out!
Damn it!

NARRATOR: This is
Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks.

At the start of day 13
on the water,

southern rivals
Reels of Fortune and
Fishin' Frenzy



are in a close competition
for the top spot,

while the northern boats have
struggled so far this season

with Pinwheel and
Hot Tuna landing only
a single fish each

and Hard Merchandise
yet to catch.

Long rigger! Long rigger!
Got him on!

-There he is! There he is!
-GREG: We're on, baby!

Burnin' it up, baby. Come on.

GREG: Push that thing.

That's good. That's good.
That's good.

Remember that's just a low
gear reel now. Don't try to...

Gettin' slack.

Gettin' real slack now.

NICK: Get spun around here.

GREG: We're hooked up here
and this fish could put us
over the top.

A real Crazy Ivan here.

Got damn! Why don't
he settle down?

GREG: We need to do something
with this fish right away

because we're only a few
thousand dollars behind Griff
on the Reels of Fortune.

And right now it's the middle
of the season.

That's enough time for anyone
to make a move into first.

Shakin' his head.

We're on. We're on.
We're on. We're on.

MAN (OVER RADIO):
G uess what? I've got a tuna on.

Uh, come in.

Oh, the Frenzy's got a bite.

CHARLIE:
We're on top right now.

Let's see how long
we can stay there.

We need to catch
a couple bad right now.

MAN:
Straight down now, isn't he?

NICK: Yeah.

I'm going to back
holder, Frenzy.

-GREG: Help him out, Billon.
-Here. Here. Here.

Crazy bastard. Wow!
What is the deal?

NICK: Going up and down.
It's not acting
like we want him to.

Won't settle down.

BILLON: Ugh,
I can't explain it.

-Locked in?
-Yep.

Are you gaining, Nick?

NICK: Barely!

Tight, bud, tight.

Take it over, Billon.

NICK: If we get this fish,
we're gonna be doing
good today, man.

We got one on.
It's our chance.

I just wish he'd settle down.

It's not gonna end well if
he doesn't do it, you know?

MAN: We really need
to catch this fish.

I got a wife and
daughter at home.

They're depending on me
to show up at the dock
with meat on this deck.

BILLON: Son of a bitch!
(GRUNTING)

He's just shaking his head.

He's just not happy.

GREG: Look at him.
He's going right
straight off shore.

Fish is acting weird.
Big fish up on top.

He's coming off shore.
He's getting ready to
start going down sea.

See him up on top? Look at him.

BILLON: Come on, baby.
Hold in there.
Just hang in there.

Good God.

Let's go! Let's go!

BILLON: (GRUNTING)
Come on! Come on! Come on!

-Dammit!
-Don't tell me.

I think it was her!

Damn it!

What the hell?!

Sucks.

Pulled off

Fish never settled down.

And that sucks.

NICK: Damn it.
Damn it. Damn it.

We pulled that one off
right back where we
started this morning.

Unbelievable.

NICK: That was our chance
right there.

TYLER: Where is Paul?

We're supposed to go fishing
at 6:00 this morning
and he's nowhere to be found.

We've only got one fish,

so now is really not
the time for Paul
to be showing up late.

We can't catch them
sitting at the dock.

You know,
it's a beautiful day.

The rest of the fleet's
off fishing.

I don't know where Paul is.

He didn't make it to
the boat this morning.

He hasn't called me.
He's not answering my texts.

If he doesn't show
up within the next hour,

I'm going to have to
leave without him.

I got to catch fish.
We got to make money.
The quota's gonna go.

-DOCTOR: All right, Paul.
-PAUL: What do we got?

I need to go fishing.

Your back looks a hell
of a lot better than,
uh, the car.

Yeah, I know.
That was bad.

No fractures
in your back.

I just got
rear-ended really bad
a couple hours ago.

Car's totaled,
so I came to the ER
to get looked at

'cause my back
started killing me.

The EMTs on site said...

"You're gonna be in pain
in a couple of hours.

You're gonna feel like
a Mac truck hit ya."

I'm like, "Yeah, all right.
Yeah, right."
'Cause I was fine.

And now it's getting sore.

You should rest.
You should take it easy
for a couple of days.

Really? I know.
I'm gonna.

Regardless of what
the doctor says,

I'm still getting on the boat
and going fishing today.

If Tyler hasn't already
left without me.

-Appreciate your help.
Thank you.
-Anytime.

PAUL: Tyler's got to be
freaking out.

DAVE: Let's try and get
a couple of ballyhoo rods
out, all right?

Yep.

Got to get these rigs out
and see if we can get
some keepers on the boat.

There ain't been much
bites in a while...

so all we can do
is keep trying.

It's all just been
the worst timing.

We can't get our timing
together at all today.

DAVE: Jay and I
had the best season
we ever had...

back in Gloucester.

So far,
we've had a rough go
of it down here.

We smashed into the bridge at
the beginning of the season.

-(CRASHING SOUND)
-MAN: Oh, man!

Then there's the rogue wave
that smashed
our front cabin window.

-(CRACKING)
-Man!

And to top it off,
we haven't gotten
a fish yet.

So we just need to be positive
and stay the course.

And eventually our
luck will change.

We'll fish
as long as we can.

We'll probably give it
the old college try and,

you know, hopefully,
we'll get lucky.

(BEEPING SOUND)

That's a nice, good mark.
You know it's
probably a bluefin.

Couple fish at forty.

We're seeing
a few fish
in this little area.

Trying to work it.

See if the fish will
cooperate and jump
on one of these squids.

(BEEPING SOUND)

JASON: Come on.

JASON: We're on!

DAVE: We're on! We're on!

We're on!

Gotta get our greenstick in.

We don't want
to wrap it up, Jay.

He's gonna cut off my rig!

DAVE: We need to
get the bird in
as fast as possible...

Because if we don't,
the lines will cross

and there goes
the fish on our rod.

DAVE: Watch the line!
Watch the line!

Gotta go at him!

You gotta get cut that off!

Okay!

Good job.

First hook in the water, baby.

And, boom, we got the bite.

All right, let's see if we can
get him in the boat now.

Definitely feels like a keeper.

Hard to say though.

I just got (BLEEP) drowned.

Jay, I definitely think
this is a good one.

He's sure acting like it.

Just rigging up
the harpoons...

just in case we get close
enough to where
we could stick one.

DAVE: Now all we got to do
is get him in the boat.

CHARLIE: Dave's got one.

That guy right there, man,
he's like us, you know?

CHARLIE:
Dave's all about his
family just like I am.

Dave's built everything
up for his family,

his wife and kids,
and that's what
I'm trying to do.

I pull for him, you know?

And win, lose, or draw,
I'm gonna
tell you something,

if we can't do it,
I hope it's him.

You know, it definitely feels
like a good fish. Come, Jay?

It's all you.
Let's hope we can get
him in the boat now.

Let's hope we can
get him in the boat.

Yeah, he's gonna make us
back around where he
comes on the outside.

We're gaining on him.
Here he comes.

Watch it.

-You got to be extra
cautious out here today.
-DAVE: Yeah.

With these big swells
and popping fish off.

Just got to take our time
and do the bluefin boogie.

Straight up and down.

He just tired himself out.

Every time he takes
a little line,
he's just tiring himself out.

There you go, Jay.
Keep 'em coming.

This is where you
can lose them,
right when they're at the boat.

We just got to take our
time and we're gonna hope
we can get them.

Yeah, we got color.

JAY: There he is!

DAVE: Now we're gonna stick
him in a sec here.

It's a short.

Ah! (BLEEP)

It's a short.

Yeah, it's definitely a short.

Ain't he?

He fooled us for a minute.
I thought he was a big one.

All right. He's gone.
So back to
the drawing board.

But the good thing is,
that fish is gonna
grow into a big fish someday.

You win some,
you lose some.

(PHONE BEEPING)

(PHONE RINGING)

What's up, Paul?

PAUL:
I was in a car accident
this morning.

What happened?

The guy hit the gas pedal
instead of hitting the break.

It was awful.
The car's totaled.

-Oh, my God.
That's terrible.
-Totaled.

If I didn't have
my seatbelt on,

we would not be having
a conversation right now.

(SIGHS)

Are you okay to go fishing?

Yeah.

I'm leaving the hospital
right now.

I'm just really,
really swollen.

Well, I'm glad you're okay.
That's the most
important thing, Paul.

Thanks, man.
I'll see you in 20 minutes.

Let's do it.
There is no tomorrow.

Right?

We have to do it right now.

I need to make money
for my daughter.

That's the first thing
I thought of when
I got hit was my daughter.

First thing.

-I'll see you
-Let's go make some money.
when you get here.

All right, see ya.

TYLER: There's nothing
more to do than to go.

Paul's just like us all.
He's a fisherman.
He's a tough guy.

There's no crying in fishing.

Now we are off
to the freaking
Gulf Stream.

Bam!

(BEEPING)

BRITTON: Tuna mark.

We've only got
two fish this season

and that's not nearly enough
with three of us on the boat.

So it's important that we
capitalize on these marks

and land these fish.

(BEEPING)

Come on, baby.
Come on now.

-BRITTON: Got him on, cuz!
-CAINE: Got him on, baby!

-(BRITTON WHOOPING)
-CAINE: Hell, yeah!

Got him on, cuz!
Got it? Got it?

Yeah, I got it. I got it.

BRITTON: Good golly!

Get it out of my way.

Please be a keeper!

BRITTON: Come on, baby,
come on now.

(BEEPING SOUND)

Tuna mark.

(BEEPING SOUND)

-BRITTON: Got him on, cuz!
-CAINE: Got him on, baby!

-(BRITTON WHOOPING)
-CAINE: Hell, yeah!

BRITTON: Got him on, cuz!

-Got it? Got it?
-Yeah, I got it. I got it.

-AUSTIN: Good golly!
-BRITTON: Come on, man.

BRITTON: We've only got
two fish this season,

so it's very important
that we land this tuna.

Get it out of my way.

Please be a keeper.

Make sure you got
them darts ready now,
Austin.

I got 'em ready.

CAINE: Austin...

check that dart rope.

Make sure it's all
coiled up right.

-This one here?
-That's right.

Come on, big girl.

There he goes,
there he goes.

Going for a run.

See there he goes.
Forward, forward, forward.

All right, buddy,
you gotta be easy on that.

Lot of bills riding on that.

CAINE: Come on, big girl.

Seem like it gonna be
a pretty nice fish.

She's staying down
real deep, too.

And by the time you
get the leader up...

she wants to
run back down again.

CAINE: Forward.

Please be a keeper.

I see color.

I think we'll be good.

Yes, sir. I think so.

CAINE: Come on,
come to Daddy.

BRITTON: Dart, yes sir.

-CAINE: Got him, cuz.
-Pretty work. Let him go,
let him go, let him go.

It's still running.

Go forward, forward,
forward, forward.

Woo-hoo!

Jaws! Look at Jaws!

Draggin' the buoy!

Three barrels!

(LAUGHING)
Three barrels!

(BLEEP)
I gotta crank it
all in again.

CAINE: Pull him in, quick.

Oh, nice fish.

Right here.
Austin, grab that line.

CAINE: Look at that,
look at that dart, son.

-Look at that butterball.
-(BRITTON WHOOPING)

Pretty work, baby!

Pretty work.

BRITTON:
This is our third fish and
we're blessed to have it.

If the quality and
the weight are good,

this fish could put us right
back in the race with Frenzy.

So we're gonna get him
to the buyer and
find out what we got.

(CAINE WHOPPING)

BRITTON: Seventy-three.
Seventy-four, really.

-She will do.
-Yes, sir.

PAUL: Man up and
take your skirt off.

When you have kids
and you can walk,
you go to work.

(GRUNTS)

-How we doing?
-I made it. Good.

What's up, Paul?
How you doin'?
How you feelin'?

-What do you got?
What is this?
-The doctor said the most--

What, you got a diaper?

Nah, it's ice.
Refillable ice.

Are you okay
to go fishing here?

This is a-- (BLEEP) Yeah,
he said the best thing for
me to do is not lay down.

I think he's crazy 'cause
I think he should take
a couple of days on land

after being in an accident.

But, hey,
he wants to go fishing,
so let's go.

PAUL: Let's untie
and get out of here.

Oh, yeah,
slow right down, Tyler.

You're gonna snap
your welds right off.

Yeah, getting
everything ready now.

We're not done yet.

PAUL: Our greenstick is so tall
we have to lower it to get
underneath the bridge.

But now, we gotta put it
all the way back up
so we can go fishing.

If that greenstick snaps off,
it'll tear all those rods out,

and we'll have to go in
and it'll be game over.

So we have to get this
up as soon as possible.

-All right,
let's go, let's go.
-So thank God...

We're gonna get it tied
here, Tyler.

-(CACKLES)
-Awesome, let's do this.

It's just so scary and
stupid and dangerous.

It's a complete
and total nightmare.

Probably gonna
get it up so far.

TYLER: Anything can happen.

You could slip and fall,
you could have
a weld snap off

right in front of you,
or you could
fall overboard.

But it's what we gotta
do to get on the meat
and that's what's important.

Okay, now we need
the yellow rope
up the bow.

-Okay.
You got it tight?
-I got it.

Hurry up and get to the bow.

PAUL: You need
a guy at the bow.

You need a guy
on the roof.

Pull. Keep going, Ty.

And you need a guy
pulling down on the deck,
on the block and tackle.

Ready? Go, go, go,
go, go, go, go, go!

Cleat it off.

It's a three-man job.

-Ow!
-Sorry.

You okay? You all right?

So annoying to
(BLEEP) go fishing.

You all right, dude?

Gimme that bolt.

Pull into me.

You all right?
You're bleeding!

(CLANGING)

TYLER: Paul is getting
really banged up here.

He's been in a car accident,
he's been hit in the face.

I just hope he's still
ready to go fishing.

(CACKLES)

Never give up!
Never give up!

We're gonna
catch three today.

-(CACKLES)
-Bloody deck.

You already got the blood
part working out all right.

(LAUGHING)

PAUL:
You can't give up,
that's all it is.

That's all it's ever been
for me my whole life.

And I'm 50 years old.

I'm-- I seem to
survive pretty good.

Won't be the last time.
I'll guarantee it. (SCOFFS)

Like I said before,
it separates
the men from the boys.

-(BEEPING)
-CHARLIE: Oy!

That's a decent looking
mark there now, neighbor.

Pull that stick
line down for me.

That looks like a fish.

CHARLIE: I heard Frenzy was
hooked up a minute ago.

I have to assume he's
got another fish
on their deck right now.

If we wanna keep our lead
on the rest of the fleet,

we need to make
this mark count.

And we need to put
a fish on our deck.

(BEEPING SOUND)

Come on, baby.

That's a good mark.
Jig that thing, boy,
jig it now.

JAKE: Hey, hey!

Come on!

Come on.

CHARLIE: Ooh,
that looks like a boil!

JAKE: Yeah, I know,
(BLEEP) all over it.

(BEEPING SOUND)

Get after it.

(BLEEP) Come on!

CHARLIE: Come on, baby.

Oh, get him!

JAKE: Come on!

CHARLIE: Jig it, jig it.

JAKE: There he is!
There he is!

JAKE: Hey! Hey!

Come on!

Come on, God.

Oh, that looks like a boil.

Yeah, I know.

They're all over it!

Get after it!

Come on, baby!

Oh! Get him!

Come on!

Jig it! Jig it!

There he is! There he is!

Got 'em on, Jake!

JAKE: Come on, man,
get after it!

CHARLIE: He's on it, boy!

Come on, baby!

We've definitely got
a bluefin on here,

I just don't know how
big he's gonna be.

CHARLIE: If this fish is
big enough, it should
keep us ahead of the Frenzy.

That's exactly what
we need right now.

We need him to be
75 inches pretty bad.

It would be really good.

Hopefully, this fish
here is gonna be...
gonna be big enough for us.

CHARLIE: He really started
pulling kind of hard,

so we don't wanna take
any chances, you know?

We're gonna, take
our time with him.

He could be a 75-inch fish
that's full of fat.

JAKE: Little butterball.

Just a whole big thing
of awesomeness.

Right down this main line's
my next paycheck.

CHARLIE: Just hand line him
along, son, hand line him
along, but be careful!

JAKE: Go ahead, bud.
Go ahead.

Let it be a nice one.
Please?

CHARLIE: If he's 74, 75 inches,
he'll be my buddy.

Jake, he's pulling drag, son!

JAKE: There he is.
Here's your color.

Just a little bit too short.

-Oh, man. All right.
-We got to let him go.

-CHARLIE:
Let him go, buddy.
-JAKE: All right!

CHARLIE: Damn.
I can't believe it.

We had chance to extend
our lead and the fish
came up a little too short.

We had to let him go.

You know, we can't choose
what bites are hooked...

We just have to set back out
and hopefully the next one
will be big enough.

We let him go,
so he can get bigger!

He wound up being just
a little bit too short.

-Hey, Bill. Good, man.
-How's it going?

Looks like y'all guys
got a nice fish?
Let's take a look at it.

BRITTON: This fish is really
big for us right now.

Having a third fish
on the boat,

the better I can look
after my wife and family.

The fish is bigger than we
thought it was, Caine.

So this one helps take
some of the stress off.

CAINE: Let her fly, cuz.

-203, not bad.
-BILL: I like it.

-Short and fat!
-Short and fat!

Like your first girlfriend!

-(LAUGHING)
-All right.

All right, Bill,
let's look at it.

BRITTON: All of us on this boat
have people relying on us

to make money
on these fish,

so if this fish
has lots of fat,

good color, good oil,
we could be looking
at a very nice paycheck.

-See color?
-Definitely.

Got a little fat in there.

A little bit of fat
in the majors and minors.

-Not so much.
-Not so much.

CAINE: Well,
what do you think, Bill?

BILL: It's looking
pretty decent.

You know, it's got some fat
right around the majors in
here,

you know, it's all the way
through the minors, but,

you know, not a whole lot,
but still looking like
a pretty decent fish.

The way the market's
been going...

I'll give you $15
a pound for it.

-I'll take $15.
-Every day. Every day.

I'll take $15!
Sign me up!

-We'll see you tomorrow,
buddy. Thank you, man.
-Hope so.

BRITTON: This fish is
worth over $3,000,
that's really gonna help pay

some bills on this boat,
and most importantly...
at home.

So I'm thankful for that.

DAVE: Hi, Eva.

Where's Momma?

EVA MARCIANO:
She's outside shoveling.

She's outside shoveling?

DAVE: So far, this season's
been pretty tough.

You know, we haven't
caught a fish yet,

so we're struggling
financially.

But truth be told, the toughest
part about coming all this way

is being away from my family.

What are you doing
up this late?
Isn't it past your bedtime?

It's only 7:00.

What? I thought 7:30--
I thought 6:30 was
your bed time!

No, it's not!

No? What, well is it 7:30?

Up.

Yeah, that's it, 8:00.

No, higher.

(CHUCKLES) You guys
getting by without me?

-Mm-hmm.
-Well, I don't know,
I miss you guys.

So hopefully we'll
be home very soon.

I'll be there, I'll be able to
yell at you and get you in bed
by 6:30 every night.

-No!
-(CHUCKLES)

Papa misses you, Eva!

DAVE: It's tough seeing
Eva like that.

You know, in a perfect world,
I'd have caught my fill

and already been on my way
back to Gloucester.

My family means
everything to me.

I got to remind myself that
they're the reason I'm down
here and I'll get through it.

NANCY: You gonna
catch one tomorrow then?

DAVE: Hopefully.

There you go,
you'll get 'em tomorrow.

Make sure you
take care of Jay.

How's Jay doing?

DAVE: He's doing good.

I yell at him every day
to keep him in line.

All right, love you.

We'll see you guys
real soon, okay?

-Okay, smell you later.
-Smell you later.

-Bye, Eva. All right.
Bye-bye!
-EVA: Miss you.

I wish more than anything I can
go home to them every night.

But instead,
I'm stuck here with Jay.

(LAUGHING)

DAVE: Time to get to bed now.

We got an early day tomorrow,
we gotta get some fish,

that's why we're down here,
we're here to produce fish.

We haven't done much of
that yet, but hopefully,

we're gonna kick it in,
in the second half
of the game here.

(TYLER WHOOPING)

TYLER: Get ready for it, boys!
Get ready, boy!

(YELLING INDISTINCTLY)

PAUL: Got him on!

Got one on the band.

A lot of small fish here
are really hurting us.

TYLER: Feel like a good one
or feel like a rat?

PAUL: Feels small.

Small one.

We got a rat on the line.

TYLER: We just can't
catch a break.

First the Pinwheel's stuck at
the dock waiting for Paul,

and now we're getting
attacked by shorts.

That's not how you make
money in this business.

We're gonna reel in our lines
and go set up somewhere else.

We're going through
a lot of gear, a lot of time,
a lot of effort.

See, this is a mess.

TYLER: Paulie, let me know
what you need for help.

If we had chum right now,
you could chum.

Oh, look! A nice tuna!

He's a keeper.

Looks like a keeper.
Is he a keeper? Keeper?

Yeah. Whoo!

Got a rat on the line.

A lot of small fish here
are really hurting us.

We're going through
a lot of gear, a lot of time,
a lot of effort.

TYLER: Every time
we hook a short,

it costs us time and money.

And with us landing only one
bluefin so far this season,

we can't afford
to give up either.

Small one.

We're gonna pull him
off the line and then we're
gonna go get another one.

If we had chum right now,
you could chum.

Oh, look! A nice tuna!

TYLER: Ah, he's a keeper.

Looks like a keeper.

Is he a keeper?
Keeper? Yeah. Whoo!

I just assumed that because
this fish wasn't taking drag,

it had to be a short.

But from the looks of it,

it seems this fish could
actually be a keeper.

I love it!

Nice hand-line action, Paul!

Think about it. We just had
so much heat on the breaker.

Okay, with the gaff.

PAUL: Hold on, hold on,
nice and easy. Hold on.

It's a yellowfin.

PAUL: We got a huge
yellowfin tuna on the line.

Although they aren't good
money like the bluefin,

they sure as hell
are good eating!

It looks like a yellow,
doesn't it?

-TYLER: It's a bigeye!
-Hold on, hold on.

TYLER: It's a bigeye!
It's a bigeye!
It's a bigeye!

PAUL: Bigeye?

I've been fishing
for 40 years.

I know a yellowfin
when I see one.

That there is a yellowfin
we got on the line.

TYLER: I don't believe it.

(TYLER GROANS)

PAUL: It's a big yellow, dude.

I don't know what the hell
Paul is thinking.
This is a bigeye!

Look at the size of it!

He's big! (LAUGHS)

(BOTH LAUGHING)

It's a hundred-pound
yellow! (CHUCKLES)

TYLER: I think trying to
convince Paul that
this is not a yellowfin...

is like trying to tell
a five year-old that
Santa Claus isn't real.

Good job, Paul!

-You want a wet
towel for his eye?
-PAUL: Yeah.

It would
break his heart.

So I'm just
gonna go with it.

I can't believe we got
a yellowfin this big!

Me, neither!

All right, let's get back out.
We gotta get bluefin.

PAUL: All right.

(DIALING)

NICK: Hey.
How's she doin'?

WOMAN: She's all right.

Is she sleepin'
or anything?
Is she all right?

No. She had
a 102 fever all night...

so I've got her here
at the hospital now.

Are you kiddin' me?

NICK: Yesterday
when I left the house,

I knew my daughter
wasn't feelin' good.

But I came out here anyway
because I got bills to pay.

But now, my daughter's
in the hospital
and I feel really bad

that I'm not in there
with her
and I'm out here instead.

Is she gonna be all right?

Yeah, I think so.

Her temperature is starting
to go down now a little.

Yeah?

Have you caught anything?
Can you come home?

No, they haven't.
There's been
some fish around.

I didn't know y'all
were at the hospital.

I shouldn't probably
have even come.

-I'm sorry.
-Don't be.

Yeah. I know.
I'm just worried.

That's why I was
checking on you.

On the way in,
I'll call you.

Okay.

Well, we're probably
gonna fish 'til dark.

And I'll come right up there.

As soon as
I get to the dock,
I'll just leave.

All right? I love you.

Love you too.

Bye.

GREG: What's goin' on?

The little girl has been
staying in the hospital
overnight.

-Oh, really?
-This sucks!

Now I'm pissed off we
ain't caught no fish!

Give me another bite,
Frenzy. I'll do better
with the next one.

I will.

We'll get 'em.

BRITTON:
Morning to you, Merch.

You see anything
on your way up here?

No, no!
Nothin' but shorts!

We just weighed in
a fish last night,
and it felt really good.

That's three
so far this season.

We're still stuck here
at the bottom
of the totem pole.

BRITTON: Hard Merch,
he hasn't caught one yet.
I've been there before.

It's a really tough
situation to be in,

especially with a family
relying on you.

When you're in the bottom,
there's nowhere to go but up.

When you're at the top,
there's nowhere to go
but down.

DAVE:
That's a very good point.

I keep tellin' Jay we're not
catching to lull you guys
into a false sense of security.

I know all about you.

(CHUCKLES)

You know, when you're home,
and it's easy just to get
dialed into your fishin'.

When you're away
from home, for me...

you got a lot
pullin' on you.

Yeah. My wife's pretty much
comin' unglued.

So I better come back
with a paycheck,
that's for sure,

'cause she's, she's been
strugglin' back there.

It's a toughie, man.
I know it, I know it is.

It's complete chaos
in my house,
between the dogs and kids,

and horses and chickens and
everything else in the world.

Complete chaos. But,
you and your mate...

y'all like to come over
and eat,
we'd love to have y'all.

Eat a good meal
and just hang out.

All right, sure.
I'll definitely
take you up on that offer.

Definitely have to
make that a plan.
I'll certainly--

It's a very gracious offer.
I certainly do
appreciate that.

Yes, sir.

DAVE: Jay and I would
love nothin' more than
a good home-cooked meal

and to spend a little time
off the boat.

So hopefully we can take
Britton up on his offer soon!

BRITTON: I'd like to hear
some big fish stories.

Ah, yeah.
I could tell stories.

No doubt about that.

Okay, Hard Merch.
Good talkin' to
you this mornin'.

Good luck to you.

You, as well.
Thank you very much.

And we'll be standin' by.

-Have a great day.
Good Luck.
-Yes, sir.

We need some
blessings from above
that come from below.

-(BEEPING SOUND)
-TYLER: Marking 'em!

Just pickin' up a mark.

Paulie, look at that mark!

TYLER: We caught one
bigeye tuna earlier today--

And although it puts
food on the table,
it doesn't pay the bills.

So Paul and I need to
capitalize on this mark
and hook a bluefin.

Oh, we're gonna go off!

Get ready, get ready,
get ready, get ready,
get ready, get ready!

(PAUL CACKLES)

PAUL: I didn't come here
to get in a car accident
or get my face smashed in

to not make money.

We have to hook up
right now.

Without it, I can't take
care of my daughter.

TYLER: I'm ready for a bite.
I'm ready for a bite!
I'm ready.

PAUL: Eat, fish! Eat!

Come on, tun, tuna, tuna!

-PAUL: Got him on!
-TYLER: Got him on!

Got him on!

(BLEEP)

Wonderful!

That's a big bastard!

(CHUCKLING)
PAUL: We're on, baby!

Oh, my God!

PAUL: There he goes, again!

Look at this fish go!

Wow! Is that a big fish!

-Still there?
-Oh, yeah.

Been workin' hard
all day for this.

I've got him on here.

I'm excited.

TYLER: We could really use
a paycheck, right now.

With only one fish so far,
the expenses are really
starting to pile up.

He went nuts,
that little screamer.

PAUL: That's a bandit screamer.

TYLER: I told you
to get ready, didn't I?

You gotta make sure
I don't leave this wheel.

TYLER: Big boy!
He's takin' a lot of line.

Hand-line this thing in.

Get him, Tyler!

Easy, easy, easy,
easy, easy.

-We got him on!
-Yeah.

TYLER: Paul and I
really need this fish.

PAUL: Don't lose him!

TYLER: Easy, easy, easy.

Nice color, Paul.

He's comin', baby,
he's comin'!

I'm swingin' him out,
I'm swingin' him out.

PAUL: How does he look?

TYLER: Keeper, keeper.
Keeper, keeper.

Keeper, yeah!

He's right there!

-PAUL: Gaff him!
-TYLER: Yay!
Get a tail gaff, right here!

Get him, Paul!

Gaff.

Gaff that tail.

-Need a tail rope!
-PAUL: Ah, we're gonna lose it!

TYLER: Don't let him go!

We're losin' him!

TYLER: It's right there!

-PAUL: Gaff him.
-TYLER: Yay!
Get a tail gaff right here.

TYLER: We're finally
hooked up to our first
bluefin of this trip.

If we want any chance
of making this trek
down south profitable,

we got to get this
fish on the deck.

Get him, Paul!

Gaff.

Gaff that tail.

-Need a tail rope.
-PAUL: Ah, we're gonna lose it.

TYLER: Don't let him go!

We're losing him.

PAUL: Aw! (BLEEP)

TYLER: Right here.
Stay on him!

-PAUL: Got him?
-Be careful!

Let me fix this.
Hold on.

He's tail wrapped.

Yep, you got it.

TYLER: Got him.

PAUL: Pay day, baby!

-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah. All right. Woo!

PAUL: With all I've been
through in the past two days...

catching this tuna
makes it all worth it

and keeps us in the game.

I couldn't be happier.

-(TYLER CHUCKLES)
-Yup, down.

-Oh, yeah.
-Oh, yeah. All right!

All right,
look at that tuna.

Guess how big?
Seventy-seven.

-Yes!
-(LAUGHS)

TYLER: Pinwheel, baby!

-What's up, guys?
-PAUL: What's up, man?
You wanna buy one?

Here he is.

BUYER: Oh, man!
You got a beauty!

-TYLER: We got him!
-Woo! We got him!
(CACKLES)

What are you thinking,
about 263?

-That's a nice one, Paul.
-PAUL: Right? (GIGGLES)

TYLER: We caught
all kinds of things
out there on this trip.

You name it, yellowfins,
bigeyes, we caught it all.

But most importantly,
we came back to
the dock with a bluefin,

and that's what counts.

-PAUL: All right,
let's lift him up.
-Let's do it.

What's he gonna dress?
What do you got for me?

BUYER: Two hundred
and thirty-six!

(CHUCKLES) No way!

All right, we'll take
that fish all day.

We'll get a core sample
and see how she looks
on the inside.

PAUL: Come on, baby.
This is what it's all about.

BUYER: All right, boys.
Moment of truth.

-Ugh.
-PAUL: Yes, nice core.

TYLER: Nice core!

BUYER: You know. Decent.

You know,
not really the best.

It's got a little bit
of fat in the minors.

-We know he's not loaded.
What can you do though?
-BUYER: You know, yeah.

We know he's not loaded,
but he's got nice color.

Nice color.
He's a decent size.

It's got a little fat
in the minors.

I think you can do
a lot with that.

These smaller fish
been going decent
in the market, you know?

All right, well,
for this type of fish,
what's the market been paying?

For this fish right here...

Core is not too bad...

I'll give you ten bucks
a pound for it.

-That's about it though.
-All right, man,
I'll take that.

I appreciate that, dude.

Yeah. Hopefully,
we'll get a better one.

Hey, man, get out there
and get some more.

-Thanks, man.
Appreciate it. Let's do it.
-Nice job, Paul.

BUYER: Bye, guys. Awesome.

Two grand
is better than nothing,

but we're gonna have
to keep charging hard.

There's a little mark there,
a couple of fish.

I feel like if we put in
a little time in right here...

we'll get a bite.

NICK:
We pull the hook on a fish
a couple of days ago,

and since then we haven't
seen anything until now.

The tunas we're marking now
could be exactly what we need

to overcome
the Reels of Fortune and
get me home to my baby.

That's the meat.
This is the meat here.

Eight fish
on the screen right here.

NICK: They're right here,
baby. We're on 'em.

GREG: Come on, baby.

Come on, baby!

BILLON: Come on, fish,
bite that thing.

GREG: Come on. Bite it!

There he is.
There he is. Woo!

-Woo!
-GREG: We're on, baby!

That's some drag.
I mean the rod's
bending to us. Oh.

Just nice and easy.

I saw the bite and it was
like a delayed reaction.

There was no rigger,
you know?

Cross your fingers
on this one, boys.

All right man, come on.

GREG: Bastard took
some line, didn't he?

-Billon.
-BILLON: Yo.

If you can, buddy,
let's just move it.

-Got her? You on me?
-Yeah, buddy.

BILLON: All right.

NICK: We ain't had him
on that long.
Hopefully everything works out.

Knock on wood.

Fish is a hundred
yards away right now.

It's just a bite
at this point.

Maybe we can
turn it into a fish.

I hope we get him.
Whoo!

GREG: Watch that rod tip.

Let him feel the drag
and that'll wear him out.

NICK: Take your time, Billon.

He don't belong to us
but we want him.

Whoo, we want him is right.

We got a real good
bend in the rod.

This is gonna be
a nice fish.

BILLON: Here, you wanna
take him for a minute?

-NICK: Yeah.
-Here you go.

First fish of the day.
Hopefully he'll stay on there.
We'll put him in the boat.

GREG: Fish is straight up
and down here.

It's kinda hard
to get the boat around
with the wind.

NICK: Here he is. Here he is.

-GREG: There he is.
I'm on it. I'm on it.
-NICK: Here he is.

NICK: Come on, bub.
Come on.

-NICK: You missed him!
-BILLON: Oh, you missed him.

GREG: Damn it.

NICK: You miss, we lose.
Come on, bub.

BILLON: Come on, Cap,
you got this.

NICK: There he is.
There he is, here he is.

GREG: I'm on it. I'm on it.

NICK: Come on, Bub.
Come on.

NICK: You missed him!

-BILLON: Oh, you missed him.
-GREG: Damn it.

NICK: You miss, we lose.
Come on, bub.

BILLON: Come on, Cap,
you got this.

(GREG SPEAKS INAUDIBLY)

NICK: How many times
can we miss him?

NICK: We've already lost
one fish this trip.

We cannot afford
to lose another.

I've got to get home
to see my daughter.

So Greg needs to focus
and dart this fish.

You miss, we lose.

Come on, bub.

BILLON: Come on,
Greg, you got this.

GREG: Again I missed him.
What is the deal here?

BILLON: Come on, Cap,
you got this.

GREG: Got him!

NICK: Nice throw, pretty work.

-BILLON: Nice throw, Cap.
-NICK: Watch out.

Dart's out of him!

GREG: Damn it!

Dart pulled out!

NICK: Greg finally
stuck the fish.

But now the fish
is going crazy,

throwing white water
everywhere,
and the dart is pulled.

The only thing between
us landing this fish

and it getting away
is the little hook
we got in his mouth.

GREG: He should be
running out of fuel.

Got the gaff ready again?

-GREG: Yeah.
Get your gaff ready.
-BILLON: He's got it.

-NICK: Make it count.
-GREG: Come on, baby.

NICK: Come on, Cap,
you got this. Get him.

God damn it. I got him,
I got him. I got him.

BILLON: The gaff's
right behind the box.
Behind the box.

-NICK: Right side of me.
-GREG: All right, hold on.

BILLON: Let's go, let's go.

NICK: Let's go, let's go.
Come on, let's go!

Got her, whoo!

BILLON: Happy to have him.
He was gonna
fight us to the end.

Missed him, pulled the dart.
GREG: Damn amateur hour here.
Ugh!

NICK: Whoo!

It wasn't graceful,
but he's ours.

GREG: Gentlemen!

(ALL WHOOPING)

All right, let's get him out.
(SIGHS)

We did make
a little money today.

It's not three we're
hoping for but...
what you gonna do?

Been a long time coming
but we glad we got him.

NICK: Let's get this fish
onboard so I can
go home and see the girls.

GREG: It's great
coming in with a fish.

We're right behind
Reels of Fortune

and this one should
put us over the top.

Gonna wave to Daddy?

Feeling better, boo-boo?

Lots better, Daddy.

What's up, guys?
Fishin' Frenzy strikes again?

-Yes, sir!
-Yeah! Good day today.

All right, let's get them
off the boat then.

Gwynnie, look at the fish
they caught for you when
you were in the hospital.

-Hi, babe, how are you?
-Good.

-Good to see you.
-Hey, Gwynnie.

Are you feeling better?

-Feeling a lot better.
-Good.

Daddy caught a tuna today.

-NICK: Pretty fish, uh?
-Yeah, we like it.

-Yeah, we need the money.
-We do now.

(LAUGHING)

GREG: What you got there,
Bubba?

BUBBA: Two hundred
and eighty-five pounds.

-Good.
-I'll take that.

All right, what do
we look like there?

It's got some fat today.

BUBBA: Yeah,
it's got some fat in it.

The minors
all the way around.

Tail color's pretty good.

A little dark on the inside,
a little bit of oil in it.

But it's still a nice fish.

-NICK: Clear core, no burn?
-Yeah, nice and clear.

How about it?
What do you got for me?

What's the bottom line?

Sixteen dollars a pound.

-Yeah!
-Yeah! Nice.

That's a big day.

Big day.

-(CHUCKLING)
-Good work.

NICK: We got just over
4,500 dollars for that fish.
What a great day!

Not only did we have
a great payday.

-Thank you, Bubba.
Awesome, man.
-Thank you.

But it was great to be
back home to my girls.

NARRATOR: At the end
of day 15 on the water,

Pinwheel's second fish
gives the northern boat
a much-needed paycheck.

But Doghouse's three grand tuna
launches them into third place.

Meanwhile, last season's
champion, Fishin' Frenzy,

edges into the top spot with
only a $95 lead over
local rival Reels of Fortune.

BRITTON: All right,
let's say the blessing, baby.

Lord, we wanna thank
you for this day.

I wanna thank you Lord
that Dave and Jay
felt comfortable enough

that they would come
share this meal with us.

BRITTON: I know the times
that I've been away from
my family is taxing on me.

Lord, we ask
that you grant...

For him to be down here,
he's trying to support his
family just like I do,

I just thought
maybe reaching out,

just to see if he'd maybe
want to come over to the house,
have something to eat.

It might be, you know,
a little bit of peace.

Touch of home.

We ask and pray these and all
things in Christ's name, amen.

-Guys, y'all just
start down here and...
-Yeah, help yourself.

DAVE: Britton invites us over
to his house to meet his family
and have a nice dinner.

And you know what,
it's exactly what
Jay and I needed.

I can't thank you enough.
Food was awesome.

If you guys ever
get up our way too,

we'll get you over to our
house for a home cooked meal.

BRITTON:
But you better be careful.

We'll roll in there
like the Clampets.

(ALL LAUGHING)

DAVE: Oh, you'll fit right in.

(LAUGHING CONTINUES)

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