Wicked Tuna: North vs. South (2014–…): Season 8, Episode 4 - Doghouse Domination - full transcript
DIRTY: Fish on.
GREG: Yeah, baby, hooked up.
We're on.
NARRATOR: To catch blue gold...
MAN: Woo!
NARRATOR: In the Outer Banks...
BILLON: Got him.
GREG: Nice and easy, boys.
BILLON: Finally got a fish on.
NARRATOR: You need
a top-notch crew.
BOBBY: Come on, it's gonna
come tight right now.
NARRATOR: Working together...
CLIFF: Pretty work, man.
NARRATOR: Like a
well-oiled machine.
BRITTON: When the pressure
is on, y'all perform.
NARRATOR: On this episode...
BILLON: Woo!
JIMMIE: Woo-hoo!
BRITTON: Got 'em on!
BOBBY: I haven't
seen a fish take line like
that in a long time.
NARRATOR: One OG of the OBX...
ADAM: Shack is
smoking everybody.
BRITTON: For five years,
I didn't have my
mind on fishing.
NARRATOR: Gets dialed
in to dominate...
ZACK: We're coming for 'em,
ain't that right, puppy?
BRIAN: Woo!
JIMMIE: Woo!
NICK: Yeah!
NARRATOR: On
Wicked Tuna Outer Banks.
ADAM:
Nothing on this boat that
any one of us can't do.
NARRATOR: Family-owned and
operated Offshore Outlaw holds
a slim lead over Southern
transplant Reel E' Bugging and
local legend Doghouse.
Meanwhile, the Little Shell
continues to struggle as the
only boat in the
fleet with just one fish.
BRITTON: Go ahead
and set out just as soon as
you're ready.
CATLIN: Yes, sir.
Are you excited to
be out here, Bo?
BO: I'm not a night fisherman.
CATLIN: You're not
a night fisherman?
What do you like
to do at night?
BO: Make stuff.
CATLIN: So you like to
your crafting at night?
BO: Yeah.
CATLIN: When do you sleep?
BO: I don't, I don't
put much effort in it.
BRITTON: Catlin and
Bo are doing an exceptional
job this year.
They've meshed well together.
It may be our first
season fishing as a crew,
but they're highly
skilled and hardworking.
We're on a hot streak
right now because of it.
CATLIN: Is that one
of your special knots?
BO: Are you calling
me special again?
BRITTON: Plus, they
like fishing as much as I do.
And attitude makes
the difference.
CATLIN: You think this
is gonna be the side, Bo?
BO: I'm gonna go
with that side.
CATLIN: You think that the
wind is coming from that way
that we're gonna
drift this way?
BO: Maybe.
CATLIN: Okay.
BRITTON: We just
set up a drift here.
Looking to see if we can
maybe catch one tonight.
BRITTON: Drift
fishing is when you take your
boat out of gear and
you're actually putting bait
down to try to get your bait
in the column of water that
you're marking the fish in.
At night, the Bluefin sit
deeper in the water column.
We use weight so that the line
stays at the correct depth.
And then we let the current
push the boat over top of them,
so the bait moves
naturally through the water.
CATLIN: Drift a
couple mackerels.
They're really fishy, oily.
They got a strong scent.
The tunas can find
them in the dark.
Good nighttime bait.
BRITTON: A lot,
a lot of bait around.
Out here just
north of the point,
we got Little Shell and
Outlaw below us too.
Haven't heard any
bites yet, but...
(beeping)
The day is very young.
Down there at 20, 25 fathom.
Second time we marked them.
All right.
We're in the meat here,
guys, let's get a bite.
That's what I'm talking about.
(reel clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
There he is!
Feels like a good one.
BO: He staying?
CATLIN: I'm here, Cap.
Easy. I got you.
BO: I think that
one is gonna stay.
BO: Watch your feet.
Watch your feet.
BRITTON: We need this one.
CATLIN: I think we got
us a Bluefin on here.
BO: I'll get this
other rod out your way.
BRITTON: I
hope this one stays on here.
NICK: Doghouse
has got 'em on again.
BRANDAN: They've
had enough good luck.
CATLIN: This one's tight.
It's smoking line
off the reel.
Smoking it.
BRITTON: Come on, boys!
We need this one.
CATLIN: I would really like
for this one to stay on.
It's rough. Really rough.
Really miserable out here.
I'd really like to
have a ticket home.
(tension snap)
Oh, no.
BO: Huh?
CATLIN: I swear I
think it just came off.
Gone.
BO: Gone?
CATLIN: Gone.
BO: I'll crank it up for you.
CATLIN: I got it, dude.
**** it.
BRITTON:
That son of a gun come off.
NICK: It come off already.
BRANDAN: See?
That's how it happens.
He's had good luck,
everything's went well for him.
NICK: Yeah, yeah,
but he'll get one.
BRITTON: Pulled off.
Come off.
BRITTON: Not the
result we wanted, but I'm
still feeling good.
I've got 'em
on the meat and with Bo
and Catlin in the cockpit,
I'm confident we'll
get another bite in no time.
Hold on, bud.
I'm gonna cheat
back down and start this
drift one more time.
CATLIN: Yes, sir.
ADAM: There's some
bites this morning.
I think Doghouse and
them are on the 630.
I'm not sure.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Tell them to put
a couple nightlights on them,
so we could maybe see why
it's drift, where it's at.
ERIC: Between these
glow sticks and the floodlights,
we're lighting up the
whole ocean tonight.
ADAM: It's really important
to have bright lights.
I feel like it brings the
baitfish up and it just
creates this feeding frenzy.
And I feel like all the
action in the water will
draw the tuna in.
It really does work.
That's our plan and we're
hoping to stir up some life
somewhere out here
and get our bite.
ADAM: We're
in the lead right now, but
the margin is razor-thin,
so we have to keep
the pressure on.
Bugging is right behind
us and so is Doghouse.
That's who I'm
really worried about.
No one knows these waters
as good as Britton.
And that's tough
to compete against.
ERIC: But right now we're
holding on to first place.
So you know what
that means, John.
We got a target on our back.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Oh, yeah.
I hope it stays on our
back the whole season.
ADAM: Got Eric
and John back here,
getting our baits out,
so couldn't ask to have two
better people on the deck.
My brother and
cousin-in-law are the
best mates in the Atlantic.
The three of us are
like a well-oiled machine.
We've all been fishing
together for 30-plus years.
We've been on the
ocean our whole lives.
Fishing with my family means I
can trust them with anything.
There's nothing on this
boat that any one of
us can't do or handle.
It's kind of nice.
Takes a lot of weight
off my shoulders.
All right, the lines are out,
we're drifting.
(reel clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
JOHN-MICHAEL:
Hey, there he is!
Come on, baby!
Run, baby! Run, run!
Oh, come on.
(barking)
Come on now! Come on now!
He's acting like a
shark at first, dude.
He paused two or three times.
ERIC: Yeah, I hope
it's the right one.
ADAM: All right...
ADAM: I'm tight.
BRITTON: There you go.
CATLIN: Outlaw's got one on.
CLIFF: Time for us
to catch a fish.
NICK: We got to get one today.
JOHN-MICHAEL: So when he
first hit, tuna he paused.
ADAM: He made a good run though.
JOHN-MICHAEL: And
he paused again.
He paused a couple times, man.
ERIC: Come on.
Be the one, baby.
Be the one!
Getting on him pretty
good right now.
He's not, he ain't running.
ADAM: I think it's him, dude.
Sharks don't normally
run that far.
ADAM: We'll see right
here in a minute.
Sometimes in the
dark, these fish,
they don't fight as hard.
We got our fingers crossed
that we got the right one.
ERIC: Be the one, baby.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Want me to
move this to the back, ready?
Move, Chop.
ERIC: Woo.
JOHN-MICHAEL:
Oh, he's kicking.
ADAM: Forward, forward,
forward, forward.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Deep color.
Color!
I see a lot of white on him.
Come on.
ERIC: Just crank him.
JOHN-MICHAEL: I'm on
the swivel right now!
All right, it's a
like a little tuna.
ERIC: Eyeball. Eyeball.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Eyeball.
Yep, Bigeye. Hold on.
ERIC: Pull him over the rail.
JOHN-MICHAEL:
Ready, one, two, three.
ERIC: Chopper get back.
Yeah, it's a Bigeye.
JOHN-MICHAEL:
Yeah, it's a Bigeye.
See his long pectoral fin too.
Not the right species,
but he'll pay for the gas.
ERIC: Let's get
the rods back out.
JOHN-MICHAEL: All right.
ADAM: At the end of the day
it's all about the money.
It's a legal fish.
It's worth money,
so we'll take him.
With that being said,
this Bigeye is not gonna
increase our lead.
And that's what we're
looking to do is prove a point
that we're the
best and that's what
we're gonna try to do.
JOHN-MICHAEL:
At least we know the
glow sticks work.
NICK:
The bite is on, boys.
Britton got his
bite on a mackerel.
We should try one of those.
We're gonna just rig
some mackerels up,
put them down there a
couple different depths and
hope to get lucky.
We're at the bottom
of the pack right now,
and the pressure is
really on this season.
Since I've been with
Brandan and Cliff,
we've fished against some
of the best crews on the
East Coast and we've
come out above them all.
I'm a very
competitive fisherman.
I hate to lose and it's very,
very difficult to
know that I'm dead last.
We just got to focus and
when we do get a bite,
we got to close the deal.
We hide the hook
right inside the bait so
the tuna can't see it.
Just put a couple stitches
to keep the leader from
going off the side.
And if it goes off to the
side like that it will cause
the bait to helicopter spin,
so we just like to sew
it just to secure it a
little bit just so it
basically stays out of the
end of the mouth.
All right, Cliff, where's
your monster rubber band?
CLIFF: We'll get him.
(beeping)
NICK: There's a mark!
He's under the boat.
150-foot. It looks like him.
(reel clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
CLIFF: Got him on!
You want to move
that over here?
You ready?
Here. Here, put this on.
I'll fight it.
He's pretty strong, Cap.
All we got is a bite, boys.
We got to get us
a fun ticket home!
NICK: It's getting rough.
NICK: I wanna get out here.
CLIFF: Here, here, hold this,
I'm gonna get my jacket.
NICK: I don't need to
be out here no more.
CLIFF: Are we good?
NICK: Way up on top.
CLIFF: Let's see if
I can turn the boat around
and get the bow.
NICK: Just chill out, man.
Just...
CLIFF: Hold on, boys.
BRANDAN: Come on.
NICK: Go easy now.
All right, bump her ahead.
All right. Turn her.
CLIFF: Come on, baby.
We need this fish.
BRANDAN: Big wave.
Another big wave.
NICK: (bleep) rough.
CLIFF: Get you some!
NICK: I hate night fishing.
There's your swivel, Brandan.
Real easy, Cliff.
All right, deep color.
Might have to take a
deeper shot, Brandan.
Nail him, Brandan! Nail him!
Did you get him?
CLIFF: I see him.
NICK: Deep color.
You might have to take
a deeper shot, Brandan.
Wait. Wait on it.
Nail him, Brandan! Nail him!
Did you get him?
BRANDAN: Missed him!
NICK: Get your dart back in.
Cliff, watch out. Watch it.
CLIFF: All right, here it is, B.
NICK: He's coming around.
He's gonna have to go
around a couple more times.
Hold on.
He's, come around.
Hold on, Brandan.
Let's bend the rod.
He's fine.
Nail him, Brandan.
Yes! Get tail gaff! Tail gaff!
CLIFF: Watch out!
NICK: Give me some dart line.
You're standing
on my dart line.
BRANDAN: Alright, you clear?
NICK: Let's ease him up here
with this dart line, Cliff.
Tail rope.
Right side of Cliff!
Right side of Cliff!
All right!
Yeah, baby! Yeah, guys!
CLIFF: Yeah!
BRANDAN: Headed to the west.
NICK: All right.
Let's get the hell outta here.
CLIFF: Woo!
BRANDAN: Good job, buddy.
NICK: Let's get
the hell outta here.
CLIFF:
Let's just get out of the
tide and then we'll come
out here and mess with all
this crap when it calms down
and ain't so bumpy-umpy.
NICK:
Oh, we just tied him off.
GREG: Pretty work.
ZACK: That will
get the job done.
NICK: One, two, three.
Nice damn fish, boys.
Yeah! All right, guys.
Let's see how long he is.
We know its' bigger
than 73 inches,
so it's definitely legal.
BRANDAN: 99 inches.
NICK: All right!
CLIFF: All right.
BRANDAN: Woo!
NICK: Hell yeah.
Nice fish, guys.
CLIFF: Pretty work, man.
NICK: Good job, man.
Hey, we stuck it
out and we got one.
That's what it takes.
That's what it's gonna take.
We're behind a little bit,
but we ain't out.
Just get her pointed
in there man and we got to
get across that bar.
BRITTON: Little Shell finally
caught one on very, very,
very rough conditions.
Boy they needed that.
CATLIN: It's gonna
be a good day.
BO: Huh?
CATLIN:
It's gonna be a good day.
BO: I hope so.
BOBBY: Hey, Nick,
Little Shell, you on here?
NICK: Yeah.
BOBBY: You got
you yours, I hope?
NICK: Yep.
BOBBY: Pretty work, man.
All right, listen, we got
the entire fleet going south.
We're just gonna head
North, way North.
We're gonna go
20-25 miles into Virginia
and look for where that cold
water hits that hot water.
DREW: I'm going home.
BOBBY: The rest of the
fleet is down by The Point,
but with the fish spread out
as much as they are I'm gonna
take my chances on my own.
We are in a battle with
Outlaw and Doghouse right now
so we need to take risk.
I know what I'm up
against with Outlaw,
I've competed
against them before.
Doghouse, not so much.
I mean Britton
and the Doghouse,
never said good morning.
I mean, he's a man of few
words, you know, it's.
DREW: Don't know
anybody on the crew,
but they must be doing good.
They got.
BOBBY: Well, they're firing
on all cylinders, dude.
DREW: Yeah.
CLIFF: We're
getting paid today!
NICK: Yeah, boys.
All right, Scotty, we
got another one for you.
SCOTT: I don't know
how you guys do it.
NICK: How about we get this
one off and we try to get some
more of that quota?
SCOTT: Sounds good to me.
Let's do it.
Let's check it out.
NICK: All right, buddy.
BRANDAN: He looks beautiful.
NICK: I'm feeling pretty good.
The signs I saw point to there
being a lot more fish here.
BRANDAN: All right.
Got it, got it.
Go ahead.
NICK: Even though
they call me Nick the Stick,
we know the stick is not
catching fish this season,
so me, Cliff, and Brandan,
we made the adjustment.
And there's gonna be a lot
more rod action on Little Shell.
Don't count us out.
What do we got for
dressed weight, Scotty?
SCOTT: Looking at
367 pounds dressed.
NICK: Nice.
Well, let's take
a look at him.
SCOTT: All right,
let's check it out.
NICK: When a
buyer's looking at a fish,
they want to see lots of fat,
a good tail color,
and a clear core.
SCOTT: All right, guys.
NICK: That actually looks
pretty good, doesn't it?
SCOTT: The color's decent.
It has a lot of fat.
Good in the majors.
Super greasy fish too.
NICK: Good.
We need some money, man.
SCOTT: As long as
this core is good,
you guys should be all right.
NICK: Nice.
SCOTT: That's really nice.
NICK: That's nice and firm.
SCOTT: That's perfect.
NICK:
That's all good news.
Fat and a nice core.
CLIFF: What you gonna give us?
That's the main thing.
SCOTT: Bottom line,
I'll get you guys...
10 bucks a pound.
NICK: All right. Good.
CLIFF: Yeah, man.
NICK: Nice. We'll take that.
CLIFF: That's gonna help.
We burn a lot of fuel.
NICK: Yep.
We got kids and expenses.
This will help.
We'll be back tomorrow.
SCOTT: All right. Sounds good.
NICK: All right, buddy.
SCOTT: Okay. Thanks, guys.
CLIFF: See you,bro.
SCOTT: See you later.
BRANDAN: We hope. We hope.
NICK: Time to
get back in the zone.
TREY: Right now,
I'm putting ballyhoo.
Same thing we had
out yesterday.
A ballyhoo with a green
head and a crystal skirt
over top of him.
Ellis is putting
a mullet back out.
I have more confidence
in the ballyhoo.
Keep on going, Frenzy.
Keep on going.
Shoo. Shoo.
♪ I want an insta-bite
I want an insta-bite ♪
JIMMIE: There's a mark.
TREY: Come to papa.
Come to daddy.
(beeping)
JIMMIE: We got to catch one.
We need one so bad.
(reel unspooling rapidly)
Right flat line!
Right flat line!
I saw the bite!
TREY: We're on!
We got 'em on!
JIMMIE: Got 'em on.
Got 'em on.
JIMMIE: 792-542.
GREG: Hog Wild just
took one behind us.
Good.
JIMMIE: Big, big bite.
Did you hear me scream?
TREY: Yes, I heard you scream.
ELLIS: A lot of drag!
There he goes again.
ELLIS: He's really pissed.
We paid our dues for
the first two weeks.
We were really struggling.
Now all of the sudden
we're gonna get us a bite.
Happy to have him.
Thankful for it.
All right. Getting tight.
JIMMIE: Pretty cool.
Usually we fish our
lines so far back,
a lot of times we don't
get to see the fish bite,
but we saw that one.
Good action down
here on the 540.
ELLIS: Way to go, Jimmie.
(screams)
JIMMIE: Woo!
I don't like that.
ELLIS: I don't
like that at all.
Come on, Trey.
Catch this thing.
I want him. I need him.
JIMMIE: You ready, Ennis?
ELLIS: Yeah.
JIMMIE: He's really not
all that far away, is he?
ELLIS: No.
TREY: No.
ELLIS: We're getting
pretty close here.
JIMMIE: Got him coming
up to the surface for us
a little bit, huh?
There's your fish I see him.
TREY: Is that him?
JIMMIE: I see him
down there, yeah. Yeah.
ELLIS: Yeah. Yeah.
He's tail wrapped.
JIMMIE: Tail wrapped.
ELLIS: Okay got
him at the boat.
Trey, gaff the tail.
Oh, I hate this.
He's right here.
Throw it!
Throw the dart!
Throw the dart!
TREY: He's right here.
Throw it!
ELLIS: What
are you waiting for?
JIMMIE: There's
your fish. I see him.
TREY: Is that him?
JIMMIE:
I see him down there.
Yeah. He's tail wrapped.
ELLIS: Yeah.
He's tail wrapped.
Okay. Got him at the boat.
Trey, gaff the tail.
Oh, I hate this.
He's right here.
Throw it.
Throw the dart!
Throw the dart!
What are you waiting for?
TREY: He's right here.
Throw it!
JIMMIE: Nailed him!
ELLIS: Trey, gaff the tail.
JIMMIE:
That's it. Just one gaff.
ELLIS: You got it?
TREY: Yeah, I gotta
get the rope.
Oh! Got him?
JIMMIE: Woo!
ELLIS: Woo-hoo!
JIMMIE: Number three, boys.
ELLIS: Woo-hoo!
TREY: Ow, (bleep)!
I'm, let me put another.
You're in gear.
JIMMIE: Way to go!
We're going home.
TREY: Where are we
going to breakfast?
ELLIS: Bye, Greg. Bye.
JIMMIE: Game over.
Come up there tail wrapped.
GREG: Did you gaff him or
did you just lasso him?
JIMMIE: We
held him still with the gaff.
ELLIS: Woo!
TREY: We're going home!
GREG: Little
Jimmie's going home.
We can't get a, I swear, man.
I don't get it.
JIMMIE:
Pull him in.
TREY:
Yes, pull him.
Fatty. He's longer
than I thought he was.
Let's see how long he is.
I'm gonna say 102.
JIMMIE: 100 even.
How long did you say?
TREY: 102.
JIMMIE: It's freaking 102.
TREY: Yes! I was right!
JIMMIE: Yeah, 102.
TREY: Woo-hoo!
We're catching up.
(splash)
BRITTON:
Looks like Jimmie got one.
Jimmie grew up fishing
with his dad on that boat.
He's a good fisherman.
And it's easy sometimes when
you don't have a lot on you.
He stills lives at home and
he just doesn't have that
burden of things,
you know, that weigh you down.
You know, for five years
I was out here fishing and
my daughter dealing with
cancer and I didn't have
my mind on fishing.
My daughter's better.
She's actually a nurse in
the HEM-ONC unit now where
she was treated.
The last blow day my
wife and I went to see Ginger
and her fiancé, and
she's doing better than ever.
GINGER: Hi.
MOM: Hey, beautiful.
GINGER: Thank you.
BRITTON: You're welcome.
GINGER: Welcome.
BRITTON: What a, just
a tremendous blessing.
Now how about you?
GINGER: I'm good.
I'm really good.
I love what I'm doing.
I feel very fulfilled
each time I leave work.
So just it feels good to
feel like I'm doing something
to help somebody.
MOM: I'm super proud of you.
GINGER: Thank you.
MOM: And I love your house.
BRITTON: It's nice Boo.
GINGER: Thank you.
Feels really good to
have some normalcy.
BRITTON: To have a clear mind,
it's just wonderful.
And it allows me and my
crew to push as hard as we can.
Maybe we'll get dialed
in and get us a bite.
We very much need
to get a bite.
JIMMIE: We're back.
DENNIS: Good to
see you guys again.
JIMMIE: Yeah, we finally got
our ball rolling a little bit.
We need to keep it going.
DENNIS: Let's check it out.
JIMMIE: What have we got
for a weight, Dennis?
DENNIS:
567 pounds dressed, Jimmie.
JIMMIE: All right, boys.
ELLIS: Pretty work.
DENNIS: Right on.
Let's check it out.
ELLIS: See what he looks like.
DENNIS: Well,
you guys, not a bad fish.
I do see a little bit of fat
in here and nice tail color,
but I just don't
see quite enough fat to
ship it to Japan.
But if the core is good it's
gonna be a nice fish to sell.
JIMMIE: Good. We need it, bad.
DENNIS: Well, not bad.
Not a bad core.
No yaki.
Domestic market.
Nice red fish.
I'm gonna pay you $8 a pound.
JIMMIE: Dag gone!
ELLIS: Pretty work.
JIMMIE: Way better than I
thought you were gonna say.
You were scaring
me for a second.
I'll take $8 all-day long.
DENNIS: Well, hopefully we'll
see you again tomorrow and
you'll keep your streak up.
Thanks, guys.
Be safe out there.
JIMMIE: See you
tomorrow, Dennis.
Great job out
there today, guys.
Couldn't do it without you.
DIRTY: Just need one big bite,
that's all we're hoping for.
BILLON: One big bite.
DIRTY:
We're gonna change it up.
Put the secret
weapon hopefully.
I don't know.
The pink glows in the water,
it makes it easier
for the fish to see.
It's just a little different.
Maybe a bigger profile,
maybe a bigger fish will
wanna eat it.
GREG: Now there's four boats
that have three fish and
we're not one of them.
And of those boats, Shack's
got more experience fishing
out of Oregon Inlet than
the rest of them combined.
I don't know what
we're gonna do.
Keep circling around here,
maybe we'll get
a bite eventually,
or we won't.
GREG: Britton, he
has a brand new crew with him
this season though.
So he needs to walk
them through everything.
I've been with Billon
and Dirty for so long,
I don't even need to tell
them which tackle to use.
They do it all on their own.
DIRTY: It's just a bigger lure,
but this shape head will
be good for back there.
A little more bullet shape's
good for further back,
it'll stay in the water
versus a short cup head, so.
We'll see what we get.
GREG: Seems like
as good an idea as any.
(beeping)
Oh, this looks
like the meat here.
BILLON: Oh, Lord, please.
GREG: Eight to 15 fathom.
BILLON: Any minute.
(Greg grunts)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
DIRTY: Fish on! Yeah, baby!
Hooked up. We're on!
BILLON: Let's go!
Yeah, baby. Yeah.
GREG: We're on!
SHANE: Looks like we
need to go that way.
ZACK: Which way?
SHANE: That way.
GREG: 796 and 534.
CATLIN: Frenzy's moving now
so something has happened.
GREG: All right.
We got him on.
BILLON: All right.
Let's keep him on.
GREG: Nice and easy, boys.
Good call on that
pink worm, Dirty.
I got the best crew out here.
Go to the other side, Billon.
We could line right
up on him here. Okay.
DIRTY: I don't know,
looks like he's just
swimming down sea.
He's not really, don't have
any good bend on the rod.
You know.
BILLON: Here you go.
GREG: I don't think
he's a very big fish.
BILLON: As long as he's legal.
GREG: That's it.
BILLON: Take him.
DIRTY: Like she's lugging.
GREG: The fish is not
acting like a big fish.
He's really not
doing very much.
He made a really good
run to start with but now
he's kind of up high
and it's just weight.
But at this point the way
everything's been going for us,
we'll take
anything we can get.
As long as he's 73 inches
he's coming on deck.
BILLON: Come on, baby.
Please, please.
GREG: We need this
fish to be a keeper.
We have to catch
up to the Doghouse.
GREG: This is not
acting like a big fish.
He's really not
doing very much.
But at this point the way
everything's been going for us,
we'll take
anything we can get.
As long as he's 73 inches
he's coming on deck.
BILLON: Come on, baby.
Please, please.
GREG: We need this
fish to be a keeper.
We have to catch
up to the Doghouse.
There we go.
That's what we want.
BILLON: A little better.
More better.
GREG: Feeling some
drag now, baby.
DIRTY: I think we got him
where we want him now.
Just keeping pressure on him.
When the boat goes up, you
just got to crank down and
keep that rod bent.
See that tip comes up,
you bend it.
You can sit here you can
pull on the line all you want
that rod does the work.
That and the drag
is what kills fish.
He's starting to do his
circles a little bit.
GREG: He's acting
nice. I like that.
BILLON:
He's acting better.
GREG: Fish is coming
right up here.
DIRTY: Color.
GREG: I think you're gonna
probably get a shot over here,
Billon, first.
BILLON: Yeah.
GREG: And hopefully
we just lead him up.
BILLON: Yeah, good clean shot.
Come on up here.
GREG: There you go.
BILLON: Got him.
GREG: Looked like a
good shot, isn't it?
BILLON: Yeah.
GREG: Okay.
Let me just get around.
I'll get around on him.
Get your gaff.
There you go.
You can get him
in the tail now.
Okay. Nice dart shot, baby.
BILLON: On your right.
On your right.
All right.
Let him off. He's ours.
GREG: All right, baby!
BILLON: Woo! Take me home.
DIRTY: Pretty work, Billon.
BILLON: Pretty work, buddy.
Woo! We're happy now.
That worked out.
GREG:
We got him on the ropes.
80-some odd incher maybe.
ZACK: Mmmm...perfect.
Good going there, Frenzy.
BRITTON:
Pretty work, Frenzy boat.
GREG: We switched
some stuff around.
Sure enough we got
one wrapped up.
Crank him up here on
deck and see what we got.
Like he really does
have a nice shape.
BILLON: He's got a
good shape, you know.
GREG: Go grab that tape.
BILLON: He's fat.
83. Woo!
GREG: Woo! Nice fish.
BILLON: All right.
GREG: 83-incher.
BILLON: Nice.
GREG: Perfect, boys. Perfect.
I sure am happy we
put that worm out.
(text alert).
BOBBY: Frenzy got
one down there too.
Hey!
DREW: Yo!
BOBBY: Pull it in, boys.
We're gonna run
south 60 miles.
DREW: Yeah.
BOBBY: Nick caught
his fish down there,
then Little Jimmie, now Frenzy.
We have to get down there.
BOBBY: I just need to
know I got the fuel.
Brian, peek in there right now.
Just tell me what I got.
BRIAN: Less than a quarter.
BOBBY: How much?
BRIAN: Less than a quarter.
DREW: We got to
go get fuel, dude.
We don't have enough fuel.
BOBBY: I got enough.
I'm doing it.
DREW: I'm telling you.
BOBBY: I'm doing it anyway.
The bite is at the point.
Little Jimmie, now
Frenzy's heading west.
We need to be there,
bottom line.
DREW: We're at the
very edge of our limit.
Yeah, we'll see.
Either I'm right
or Bobby's right.
I hope Bobby's right.
BOBBY: It's the right move.
I just know it is.
GREG: That's what
we're talking about.
DENNIS:
How's the bite today?
GREG: We had a hard
time getting a bite.
Until Dirty put out
his secret weapon.
DENNIS: Let's check it out.
GREG: Cool.
We had a rough couple trips,
but we stuck it out
and we ended up coming up
with a really nice fish.
He wasn't big,
but we're happy to catch a
fish any day we can.
Bottom line is, we're
trying make a paycheck.
What's he weigh?
DENNIS:
315 pounds dressed, Greg.
GREG: Not bad for
our third fish.
DENNIS: Well, let's see
what the meat color is like.
GREG: All right, cool.
DENNIS: Well, you guys
got a fatty today.
GREG: It really is.
DENNIS: One of the fattest
fish here I've seen this year.
GREG: Looks like
a piece of toro.
DIRTY: Like toro
right there, don't it?
BILLON: Yeah.
DENNIS: It does.
You can see the
fat density fanning deep
into the major lobes here.
Look at that.
Um, slightly concerned
about the tail color.
It's a little bit light
but I suspect it's really a
product of the fat content.
Fingers crossed
for our sharp core.
Look at that. Nice core.
That's what we wanted to see.
GREG: That's it.
DIRTY: What do you think?
DENNIS: I'm gonna
get this fish cold.
I'm gonna ship it
to Japan tomorrow and...
I'm gonna pay
you $15 a pound.
GREG: Wow.
DIRTY: I'll take that.
GREG: Hey, you know what,
in this market,
$15, that's a deal.
DIRTY: I like that.
BILLON: Absolutely.
GREG: Thanks, Dennis.
We'll be back in
here in the morning.
DENNIS: Right on.
Thanks, guys.
DIRTY: Thank you.
GREG: All right,
let's get back out.
BOBBY:
It's the right move.
I feel good about it.
All right, let's
make it happen.
We just went 55 to 63.
BRIAN: Fishing?
BOBBY: Put 'em out.
We are fishing.
We took a big risk.
We ran 69 miles down
south where some fish were
caught this morning.
I mean, it's a risk because
we are low, low, low,
low, low on fuel.
DREW: Like we're running
by the skin of our teeth,
boy let me tell you.
Hopefully we tag one
quick and get outta here.
BOBBY: It's gonna happen.
This is Bluefin weather.
Look around, bro.
There's fish right there.
I got a nice mark at 150.
140.
(beeping)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
DREW: Oh, there you go.
There you go.
There he is. There he is.
BRIAN: Yeah, boy!
That's him. Woo!
That's him.
Slow down, Bobby.
BOBBY: Drew, listen to me.
You get on there.
DREW: I'm doing it, Bob.
I'm getting it.
BOBBY: No, I want
Brian on the rod.
DREW: Yeah, I'm not
working the rod.
BOBBY: I'm slowing down.
Do you know what I mean, bro?
DREW: He (bleep) smokin.
He took so much line,
it doesn't even matter.
BOBBY: I'm coming after him.
I'm keeping it in reverse.
Get ready to reel.
BRIAN: Oh, this is a
(bleep) big fish, dude.
BOBBY: All right.
Let's get him.
Let me introduce myself, ♪
I'm a man from do or die ♪
♪ I'm feeling ten foot
tall today and I'm living ♪
All nine lives ♪
Uh! ♪♪
BRIAN: So we
pushed the drag up.
From that initial run,
he was just ripping it out
like no man's business.
So we cranked it
down a little bit.
Now we got a little
pressure on this fish.
♪ Get ready for
something heavy ♪
♪ Get ready for rock and roll ♪
♪ Get ready
for true salvation, ♪
♪ We're coming out to save
your soul, all right! ♪
BRIAN: Ready, Drew?
DREW: Yeah, I can take it.
BRIAN: All right.
DREW: I'll take some.
BRIAN: Yeah, get some.
Yeah, boy!
BOBBY: You're
doing great, brother.
(reel unspooling)
BRIAN: What the (bleep)?
BOBBY: I haven't seen a
fish take line like that in
a long time, bro.
DREW: Yeah, I know.
BOBBY: It's starting
to get dark.
We got to get him now.
BRIAN: Come on.
Keep going, Bobby.
He's going to take it again.
BOBBY: All right, here we go.
I'm going back.
We're moving now.
4 knots backwards.
We're at a critical
time in this fight.
We're almost out of fuel.
We don't want him to
take anymore line.
Probably got 600
yards of line out.
If you go too fast,
the fish swim at the boat,
we lose him.
BRIAN: Bro, he's
getting close, man.
DREW: Forward hard.
BRIAN: Forward, forward,
forward, forward!
DREW: Yes, forward hard.
We got him straight
up and down now.
So the fish is running
left and right.
He got to keep him
behind the boat.
BOBBY: You got to let me
know where the line is, Drew.
DREW: Bobby, you want
him in the corner.
BRIAN: This corner.
BOBBY: Reel, reel, reel!
We're gonna lose this fish.
DREW: That's the
mono right there.
BOBBY: There's the
mono. Get it on the reel.
BRIAN: Bro, he's
getting close, man.
BOBBY: You got to let me
know where the line is, Drew.
DREW: Bobby you want
him in the corner?
BRIAN: This corner.
BOBBY: Reel, reel, reel!
We're gonna lose this fish.
BRIAN: We got to get
him to this corner, bro.
BOBBY: I know, dude.
But, just keep that rod bent.
BRIAN: All right, ready?
Let's go.
BOBBY: Crank on him.
Come on.
Crank him tight, right now.
BOBBY: Tight?
BRIAN: Yeah, oh,
I think I see him.
DREW: Yeah, color,
color right there.
BRIAN: Bobby, you got
to get down there.
Bro, he's done, you could
come nail him right now.
BOBBY: Go ahead.
DREW: Right here, Bobby.
BOBBY: I got it.
DREW: You're tied.
You're tied and ready to go.
BOBBY: Yeah, hurry up
and get the (bleep) up.
BRIAN: Back me down, Drew.
BOBBY: See the lines?
BRIAN: Yep. Drew, that way.
BOBBY: Bump it forward.
Bump it forward.
Forward. Forward.
Forward, trust me.
BRIAN: He's good.
He's good. He's good.
BOBBY: Reverse.
BRIAN: Alright.
That's enough, Drew.
That's enough.
We don't need to do so
much throttle jockeying, bro.
All right, there he is, Bobby.
He's right here,
he's right here.
Bobby, he's right here.
Forward!
BOBBY: Forward!
BRIAN: Forward!
BOBBY: A lot!
BRIAN: Forward!
He's rubbing all in the hole.
He's in the (bleep) thing.
He's in it, bro.
He's in it.
He's in the prop.
He's in the prop.
(line snap)
BOBBY: And we lost him.
BRIAN: He's in the prop, bro.
BOBBY: It's over.
BRIAN: He's gone.
(bleep)
He was right here, bro.
BOBBY: (bleep).
BRIAN: Damn, bro.
BOBBY: It's been an
absolute nightmare.
Absolute nightmare, you know,
I feel bad for Drew
who was on the sticks,
but forward means
forward, you know,
you got to go forward.
Spit him out in the wash,
it doesn't matter,
he takes line,
you know what I mean?
But you just can't, you can't.
It's a new boat,
we're low on fuel, I mean,
I understand all that.
But Drew has been
doing this a long time.
That shouldn't have happened.
And we got to jog
in at 7 knots...
Take us about six hours
because we don't have the
fuel to be wasting.
Yeah, it's gonna be a
long, long ride home.
Devastating.
CATLIN: Feeling
jacked about this morning?
BRITTON: Feeling
like we better get us a bite and
hold on to it.
Typically this time of year
when that blended water up
above starts to shrink, that
water will get so cold that,
that bait can't make
it and that bait will all
push down here.
Those fish will move
down into this tide.
A lot of that bait,
a lot of that life
just pushing, this way.
Look at that.
BO: Two tones.
CATLIN: Mammals.
That's a good sign.
BRITTON: There they are.
We're marking one, guys.
(reel clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
There he is!
BO: Oh, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Got a nibble.
BRITTON: Woo-hoo! Got him on.
CATLIN: Smoking it
off of here, Cap.
BRITTON: Pass me that rod, Bo.
CATLIN: Wow, I'd hurry, Bo.
That's what we're looking for
right here, is a big fish.
BRITTON: You have to get
those rods down and get them
up to me so he can get
on that covering board.
BO: Still going?
CATLIN: Yeah, nice fish.
Ready?
BO: Yep.
BRITTON: Are you
still taking it?
BO: Still taking it.
CATLIN: Yes, sir.
BRITTON:
Catch up with it quick.
CATLIN: A lot of line out.
BO: I think
we're gonna be in this
position for a while.
CATLIN: That's a
big experienced fish right here.
BO: Are you ready to take him?
CATLIN: Yeah, just, I'm afraid
I won't be able to catch up.
BO: Yeah.
I'll get you there.
Get me ahead.
CATLIN: Remember, that
thing's under the boat really.
BO: Oh, he's coming tight.
CATLIN: Yeah, that thing was
on the other side of the boat.
Let's switch sides, Cap.
Ready?
BRITTON: Guys, the more times
y'all switch sides like that,
the greater the chances
of something going wrong.
CATLIN:
All right. We'll stay.
BRITTON: I'll swing you around
and try to keep you ahead two.
Going back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth.
CATLIN: Yeah, that would
definitely be better.
All right.
Bump her ahead, Cap.
BO: Britt, come on.
Cap, you want
to go over there?
BRITTON: No, I'm gonna get
back around on the fish for you.
BO: Okay.
You good right here?
CATLIN: This is great.
BO: Perfect right here.
We're getting good line.
I can see the swivel.
CATLIN: Color.
BO: He just turned.
Ahead! Just easy, easy!
CATLIN: Ho-ho-ho!
He's lying right there, Bo.
Right now, Bo. Good job.
BO: That one's in there.
Just pull it out and swim him?
CATLIN: Yeah.
BRITTON: Doesn't want to come?
CATLIN: Not really, man.
We'll get her.
BRITTON: Come on up here.
Get the fish up here and
put that swim hook in him.
Here we go. All right.
CATLIN: You in there, Cap?
BRITTON: Yep. Bump her.
CATLIN: Okay. There we go.
Good job.
I'm gonna let go, Cap.
BRITTON: You know what
I love about my team! Huh?
BO: Good. We got it.
BRITTON: When the pressure
is on, y'all perform!
CATLIN: Everybody
did a perfect job.
That, that was a perfect
execution right there.
BRITTON: Yeah.
That was good. Excellent.
CATLIN: We're getting
better at this.
BO: Getting there.
We'll figure it out.
CATLIN: Gone! Hey, it's gone!
The fish fell off the swim hook!
BRITTON: Come on!
BO:
The fish fall off?
CATLIN: Yeah.
BO:
The fish fell off.
BRITTON: What now?
CATLIN: The fish fell
off the swim hook.
The gaff is gone.
BRITTON: Come on!
Dag it! Golly dang, man!
Oh, great.
BO: It bent that
right to the side.
CATLIN: I still got him
on the hook, Britton.
I still got him on the pole.
BRITTON: Well, you
better get to reeling.
That's a paycheck
about to swim away.
CATLIN: We had swim gaff in
his mouth and we were swimming,
which is a technique that
really preserves the meat and
bleed the fish and
the gaff pulled out.
Anybody can do it the easy way,
you know what I mean?
BO: Oh, yeah, we got a
little ahead of ourselves.
We didn't have
her on deck and...
BRITTON: Dang, man!
See I don't understand
what all this is.
CATLIN: What happened?
BO: I guess that
carabineer just popped
to the side or something.
I don't know.
BRITTON: You know what I trust?
I trust that.
I don't trust that.
CATLIN: Definitely some
jerking and snatching
going on back there.
BRITTON: Until they go
on the deck of the boat,
it doesn't matter.
CATLIN: We got a swivel here.
BO: You just go right
on the deck with her? Or?
BRITTON: I think so.
CATLIN:
Or we're gonna have to.
BO: You're gonna have to.
Let me get this door open.
CATLIN: Get the door open, Bo.
He's leading
right to the boat.
You got a gaff in her, Bo?
BO: Yeah.
Y'all got a hold of her?
BRITTON: We got her.
BO: Ready?
BRITTON: One, two, three.
Come on, boys. Pull! Come on!
Bigger than
I thought she was.
BO: Yeah.
BRITTON: I was like, "Holy cow,
my boys have gotten weak on me."
BO: We can celebrate now.
That's success.
BRITTON: Yes.
BO: All right, where's
the magic tape measure?
Ooh!
CATLIN: Wow, are
you on the nose?
BRITTON: Yeah.
CATLIN: That's 100-incher.
BRITTON: Really?
CATLIN: Yeah. Yeah.
He's definitely not as
round as the last one,
but that's a beautiful
fish nonetheless.
BO: Still 100-incher.
CATLIN: We're
getting bigger each time.
BO: Getting
bigger every time.
ADAM: Well, Shack is
smoking everybody.
NICK: That's great.
Great for Shack.
He's struggled in the past.
I don't remember a
season where he was up.
He finally got
some decent help.
That's the difference.
He's got Catlin and Bo.
He's looking like the
boat to beat this year.
ZACK: The Doghouse has a huge
target on its back right now.
There's no other person
that we're gunning for
right now than him.
Now, we respect him and
we give him his props,
he can catch a fish.
But let me tell you.
His boat might
be the Doghouse,
but there's one Doghouse that
Minnie wouldn't want to go on,
and that's that boat.
So we're coming for 'em.
Ain't that right, puppy?
BRITTON: That's
what I'm talking about.
Show me the money.
MICAH: Hey guys, fourth fish.
Woo!
MAN: How does it make
you feel being, you know,
the first boat with four fish?
CATLIN: A lot of hard work
and a little bit of blessing.
BRITTON:
We've been blessed for sure.
MICAH: Yes, you have.
BRITTON: Yes, we have.
CATLIN: Very lucky.
That's awesome.
MICAH: That's right.
CATLIN:
Let's check this fish out.
Let's check her out.
MICAH: Let's see it.
BRITTON:
We're fishing against some
incredible fishermen.
We're one bite away from
being a winner or a loser.
And that's what you are.
You're either a
winner or a loser.
You're not second,
third, fourth, or fifth.
It's one winner and
everybody else is a loser.
MICAH: All right, guys.
Dressed, she's 429 pounds.
CATLIN: Awesome,
that's a great fish.
MICAH: Guys, let's take a
look at your fish over here.
BRITTON: Let's do it.
MICAH: All right.
There is fat to
this fish, you know,
like we talk about
each time, you know,
you can see the rib-eye.
The concern with this
one is that there is some
chocolate color in here.
It's not the clear gel red
that sometimes you guys have
seen on your earlier fish.
CATLIN: How's the core look?
MICAH: Your, actually the core
to me seems better than the
tail cut, but it's not
translucent or transparent.
It's kind of cloudy.
I see some cloud in
here like I see here,
but the freshness is good.
There is color.
It's not burned
and there is fat.
However, due to the kind
of chocolate-ness colors,
it's gonna be $7 a pound.
(grunts).
CATLIN: Wow.
MICHAH: I know.
BRITTON: Okay.
It's still three grand.
CATLIN:
Three grand's three grand.
BO: Well, go get him in a tank.
MICAH: Yes.
MAN: Yes.
MICAH: We'll do it.
Nice to see you, guys.
Thank you. Appreciate it.
Thank you for everything.
BO: We'll get
ready for tomorrow.
MICAH: Thank you, guys.
BO: Oh, yeah.
BRITTON:
We're on top right now
because of my team.
This might be our first
season fishing together,
but I'm so proud of how
those guys are performing.
We have a long way to go.
And we're up against
a lot of great crews.
But if we keep doing
what we're doing,
I like our chances.
We caught a fish. Got in.
CATLIN: We're number one.
Nothing to complain about.
NARRATOR: Doghouse's fourth
fish puts Britton and his ace
crew in the lead for the
first time this season.
And Hog Wild's monster
Bluefin catapults them over
the Rasta Rocket
and into fourth place.
But despite successful
trips for both
Fishin' Frenzy
and Little Shell,
they remain at the
bottom of the fleet.
Captioned by
Cotter Media Group.
GREG: Yeah, baby, hooked up.
We're on.
NARRATOR: To catch blue gold...
MAN: Woo!
NARRATOR: In the Outer Banks...
BILLON: Got him.
GREG: Nice and easy, boys.
BILLON: Finally got a fish on.
NARRATOR: You need
a top-notch crew.
BOBBY: Come on, it's gonna
come tight right now.
NARRATOR: Working together...
CLIFF: Pretty work, man.
NARRATOR: Like a
well-oiled machine.
BRITTON: When the pressure
is on, y'all perform.
NARRATOR: On this episode...
BILLON: Woo!
JIMMIE: Woo-hoo!
BRITTON: Got 'em on!
BOBBY: I haven't
seen a fish take line like
that in a long time.
NARRATOR: One OG of the OBX...
ADAM: Shack is
smoking everybody.
BRITTON: For five years,
I didn't have my
mind on fishing.
NARRATOR: Gets dialed
in to dominate...
ZACK: We're coming for 'em,
ain't that right, puppy?
BRIAN: Woo!
JIMMIE: Woo!
NICK: Yeah!
NARRATOR: On
Wicked Tuna Outer Banks.
ADAM:
Nothing on this boat that
any one of us can't do.
NARRATOR: Family-owned and
operated Offshore Outlaw holds
a slim lead over Southern
transplant Reel E' Bugging and
local legend Doghouse.
Meanwhile, the Little Shell
continues to struggle as the
only boat in the
fleet with just one fish.
BRITTON: Go ahead
and set out just as soon as
you're ready.
CATLIN: Yes, sir.
Are you excited to
be out here, Bo?
BO: I'm not a night fisherman.
CATLIN: You're not
a night fisherman?
What do you like
to do at night?
BO: Make stuff.
CATLIN: So you like to
your crafting at night?
BO: Yeah.
CATLIN: When do you sleep?
BO: I don't, I don't
put much effort in it.
BRITTON: Catlin and
Bo are doing an exceptional
job this year.
They've meshed well together.
It may be our first
season fishing as a crew,
but they're highly
skilled and hardworking.
We're on a hot streak
right now because of it.
CATLIN: Is that one
of your special knots?
BO: Are you calling
me special again?
BRITTON: Plus, they
like fishing as much as I do.
And attitude makes
the difference.
CATLIN: You think this
is gonna be the side, Bo?
BO: I'm gonna go
with that side.
CATLIN: You think that the
wind is coming from that way
that we're gonna
drift this way?
BO: Maybe.
CATLIN: Okay.
BRITTON: We just
set up a drift here.
Looking to see if we can
maybe catch one tonight.
BRITTON: Drift
fishing is when you take your
boat out of gear and
you're actually putting bait
down to try to get your bait
in the column of water that
you're marking the fish in.
At night, the Bluefin sit
deeper in the water column.
We use weight so that the line
stays at the correct depth.
And then we let the current
push the boat over top of them,
so the bait moves
naturally through the water.
CATLIN: Drift a
couple mackerels.
They're really fishy, oily.
They got a strong scent.
The tunas can find
them in the dark.
Good nighttime bait.
BRITTON: A lot,
a lot of bait around.
Out here just
north of the point,
we got Little Shell and
Outlaw below us too.
Haven't heard any
bites yet, but...
(beeping)
The day is very young.
Down there at 20, 25 fathom.
Second time we marked them.
All right.
We're in the meat here,
guys, let's get a bite.
That's what I'm talking about.
(reel clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
There he is!
Feels like a good one.
BO: He staying?
CATLIN: I'm here, Cap.
Easy. I got you.
BO: I think that
one is gonna stay.
BO: Watch your feet.
Watch your feet.
BRITTON: We need this one.
CATLIN: I think we got
us a Bluefin on here.
BO: I'll get this
other rod out your way.
BRITTON: I
hope this one stays on here.
NICK: Doghouse
has got 'em on again.
BRANDAN: They've
had enough good luck.
CATLIN: This one's tight.
It's smoking line
off the reel.
Smoking it.
BRITTON: Come on, boys!
We need this one.
CATLIN: I would really like
for this one to stay on.
It's rough. Really rough.
Really miserable out here.
I'd really like to
have a ticket home.
(tension snap)
Oh, no.
BO: Huh?
CATLIN: I swear I
think it just came off.
Gone.
BO: Gone?
CATLIN: Gone.
BO: I'll crank it up for you.
CATLIN: I got it, dude.
**** it.
BRITTON:
That son of a gun come off.
NICK: It come off already.
BRANDAN: See?
That's how it happens.
He's had good luck,
everything's went well for him.
NICK: Yeah, yeah,
but he'll get one.
BRITTON: Pulled off.
Come off.
BRITTON: Not the
result we wanted, but I'm
still feeling good.
I've got 'em
on the meat and with Bo
and Catlin in the cockpit,
I'm confident we'll
get another bite in no time.
Hold on, bud.
I'm gonna cheat
back down and start this
drift one more time.
CATLIN: Yes, sir.
ADAM: There's some
bites this morning.
I think Doghouse and
them are on the 630.
I'm not sure.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Tell them to put
a couple nightlights on them,
so we could maybe see why
it's drift, where it's at.
ERIC: Between these
glow sticks and the floodlights,
we're lighting up the
whole ocean tonight.
ADAM: It's really important
to have bright lights.
I feel like it brings the
baitfish up and it just
creates this feeding frenzy.
And I feel like all the
action in the water will
draw the tuna in.
It really does work.
That's our plan and we're
hoping to stir up some life
somewhere out here
and get our bite.
ADAM: We're
in the lead right now, but
the margin is razor-thin,
so we have to keep
the pressure on.
Bugging is right behind
us and so is Doghouse.
That's who I'm
really worried about.
No one knows these waters
as good as Britton.
And that's tough
to compete against.
ERIC: But right now we're
holding on to first place.
So you know what
that means, John.
We got a target on our back.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Oh, yeah.
I hope it stays on our
back the whole season.
ADAM: Got Eric
and John back here,
getting our baits out,
so couldn't ask to have two
better people on the deck.
My brother and
cousin-in-law are the
best mates in the Atlantic.
The three of us are
like a well-oiled machine.
We've all been fishing
together for 30-plus years.
We've been on the
ocean our whole lives.
Fishing with my family means I
can trust them with anything.
There's nothing on this
boat that any one of
us can't do or handle.
It's kind of nice.
Takes a lot of weight
off my shoulders.
All right, the lines are out,
we're drifting.
(reel clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
JOHN-MICHAEL:
Hey, there he is!
Come on, baby!
Run, baby! Run, run!
Oh, come on.
(barking)
Come on now! Come on now!
He's acting like a
shark at first, dude.
He paused two or three times.
ERIC: Yeah, I hope
it's the right one.
ADAM: All right...
ADAM: I'm tight.
BRITTON: There you go.
CATLIN: Outlaw's got one on.
CLIFF: Time for us
to catch a fish.
NICK: We got to get one today.
JOHN-MICHAEL: So when he
first hit, tuna he paused.
ADAM: He made a good run though.
JOHN-MICHAEL: And
he paused again.
He paused a couple times, man.
ERIC: Come on.
Be the one, baby.
Be the one!
Getting on him pretty
good right now.
He's not, he ain't running.
ADAM: I think it's him, dude.
Sharks don't normally
run that far.
ADAM: We'll see right
here in a minute.
Sometimes in the
dark, these fish,
they don't fight as hard.
We got our fingers crossed
that we got the right one.
ERIC: Be the one, baby.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Want me to
move this to the back, ready?
Move, Chop.
ERIC: Woo.
JOHN-MICHAEL:
Oh, he's kicking.
ADAM: Forward, forward,
forward, forward.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Deep color.
Color!
I see a lot of white on him.
Come on.
ERIC: Just crank him.
JOHN-MICHAEL: I'm on
the swivel right now!
All right, it's a
like a little tuna.
ERIC: Eyeball. Eyeball.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Eyeball.
Yep, Bigeye. Hold on.
ERIC: Pull him over the rail.
JOHN-MICHAEL:
Ready, one, two, three.
ERIC: Chopper get back.
Yeah, it's a Bigeye.
JOHN-MICHAEL:
Yeah, it's a Bigeye.
See his long pectoral fin too.
Not the right species,
but he'll pay for the gas.
ERIC: Let's get
the rods back out.
JOHN-MICHAEL: All right.
ADAM: At the end of the day
it's all about the money.
It's a legal fish.
It's worth money,
so we'll take him.
With that being said,
this Bigeye is not gonna
increase our lead.
And that's what we're
looking to do is prove a point
that we're the
best and that's what
we're gonna try to do.
JOHN-MICHAEL:
At least we know the
glow sticks work.
NICK:
The bite is on, boys.
Britton got his
bite on a mackerel.
We should try one of those.
We're gonna just rig
some mackerels up,
put them down there a
couple different depths and
hope to get lucky.
We're at the bottom
of the pack right now,
and the pressure is
really on this season.
Since I've been with
Brandan and Cliff,
we've fished against some
of the best crews on the
East Coast and we've
come out above them all.
I'm a very
competitive fisherman.
I hate to lose and it's very,
very difficult to
know that I'm dead last.
We just got to focus and
when we do get a bite,
we got to close the deal.
We hide the hook
right inside the bait so
the tuna can't see it.
Just put a couple stitches
to keep the leader from
going off the side.
And if it goes off to the
side like that it will cause
the bait to helicopter spin,
so we just like to sew
it just to secure it a
little bit just so it
basically stays out of the
end of the mouth.
All right, Cliff, where's
your monster rubber band?
CLIFF: We'll get him.
(beeping)
NICK: There's a mark!
He's under the boat.
150-foot. It looks like him.
(reel clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
CLIFF: Got him on!
You want to move
that over here?
You ready?
Here. Here, put this on.
I'll fight it.
He's pretty strong, Cap.
All we got is a bite, boys.
We got to get us
a fun ticket home!
NICK: It's getting rough.
NICK: I wanna get out here.
CLIFF: Here, here, hold this,
I'm gonna get my jacket.
NICK: I don't need to
be out here no more.
CLIFF: Are we good?
NICK: Way up on top.
CLIFF: Let's see if
I can turn the boat around
and get the bow.
NICK: Just chill out, man.
Just...
CLIFF: Hold on, boys.
BRANDAN: Come on.
NICK: Go easy now.
All right, bump her ahead.
All right. Turn her.
CLIFF: Come on, baby.
We need this fish.
BRANDAN: Big wave.
Another big wave.
NICK: (bleep) rough.
CLIFF: Get you some!
NICK: I hate night fishing.
There's your swivel, Brandan.
Real easy, Cliff.
All right, deep color.
Might have to take a
deeper shot, Brandan.
Nail him, Brandan! Nail him!
Did you get him?
CLIFF: I see him.
NICK: Deep color.
You might have to take
a deeper shot, Brandan.
Wait. Wait on it.
Nail him, Brandan! Nail him!
Did you get him?
BRANDAN: Missed him!
NICK: Get your dart back in.
Cliff, watch out. Watch it.
CLIFF: All right, here it is, B.
NICK: He's coming around.
He's gonna have to go
around a couple more times.
Hold on.
He's, come around.
Hold on, Brandan.
Let's bend the rod.
He's fine.
Nail him, Brandan.
Yes! Get tail gaff! Tail gaff!
CLIFF: Watch out!
NICK: Give me some dart line.
You're standing
on my dart line.
BRANDAN: Alright, you clear?
NICK: Let's ease him up here
with this dart line, Cliff.
Tail rope.
Right side of Cliff!
Right side of Cliff!
All right!
Yeah, baby! Yeah, guys!
CLIFF: Yeah!
BRANDAN: Headed to the west.
NICK: All right.
Let's get the hell outta here.
CLIFF: Woo!
BRANDAN: Good job, buddy.
NICK: Let's get
the hell outta here.
CLIFF:
Let's just get out of the
tide and then we'll come
out here and mess with all
this crap when it calms down
and ain't so bumpy-umpy.
NICK:
Oh, we just tied him off.
GREG: Pretty work.
ZACK: That will
get the job done.
NICK: One, two, three.
Nice damn fish, boys.
Yeah! All right, guys.
Let's see how long he is.
We know its' bigger
than 73 inches,
so it's definitely legal.
BRANDAN: 99 inches.
NICK: All right!
CLIFF: All right.
BRANDAN: Woo!
NICK: Hell yeah.
Nice fish, guys.
CLIFF: Pretty work, man.
NICK: Good job, man.
Hey, we stuck it
out and we got one.
That's what it takes.
That's what it's gonna take.
We're behind a little bit,
but we ain't out.
Just get her pointed
in there man and we got to
get across that bar.
BRITTON: Little Shell finally
caught one on very, very,
very rough conditions.
Boy they needed that.
CATLIN: It's gonna
be a good day.
BO: Huh?
CATLIN:
It's gonna be a good day.
BO: I hope so.
BOBBY: Hey, Nick,
Little Shell, you on here?
NICK: Yeah.
BOBBY: You got
you yours, I hope?
NICK: Yep.
BOBBY: Pretty work, man.
All right, listen, we got
the entire fleet going south.
We're just gonna head
North, way North.
We're gonna go
20-25 miles into Virginia
and look for where that cold
water hits that hot water.
DREW: I'm going home.
BOBBY: The rest of the
fleet is down by The Point,
but with the fish spread out
as much as they are I'm gonna
take my chances on my own.
We are in a battle with
Outlaw and Doghouse right now
so we need to take risk.
I know what I'm up
against with Outlaw,
I've competed
against them before.
Doghouse, not so much.
I mean Britton
and the Doghouse,
never said good morning.
I mean, he's a man of few
words, you know, it's.
DREW: Don't know
anybody on the crew,
but they must be doing good.
They got.
BOBBY: Well, they're firing
on all cylinders, dude.
DREW: Yeah.
CLIFF: We're
getting paid today!
NICK: Yeah, boys.
All right, Scotty, we
got another one for you.
SCOTT: I don't know
how you guys do it.
NICK: How about we get this
one off and we try to get some
more of that quota?
SCOTT: Sounds good to me.
Let's do it.
Let's check it out.
NICK: All right, buddy.
BRANDAN: He looks beautiful.
NICK: I'm feeling pretty good.
The signs I saw point to there
being a lot more fish here.
BRANDAN: All right.
Got it, got it.
Go ahead.
NICK: Even though
they call me Nick the Stick,
we know the stick is not
catching fish this season,
so me, Cliff, and Brandan,
we made the adjustment.
And there's gonna be a lot
more rod action on Little Shell.
Don't count us out.
What do we got for
dressed weight, Scotty?
SCOTT: Looking at
367 pounds dressed.
NICK: Nice.
Well, let's take
a look at him.
SCOTT: All right,
let's check it out.
NICK: When a
buyer's looking at a fish,
they want to see lots of fat,
a good tail color,
and a clear core.
SCOTT: All right, guys.
NICK: That actually looks
pretty good, doesn't it?
SCOTT: The color's decent.
It has a lot of fat.
Good in the majors.
Super greasy fish too.
NICK: Good.
We need some money, man.
SCOTT: As long as
this core is good,
you guys should be all right.
NICK: Nice.
SCOTT: That's really nice.
NICK: That's nice and firm.
SCOTT: That's perfect.
NICK:
That's all good news.
Fat and a nice core.
CLIFF: What you gonna give us?
That's the main thing.
SCOTT: Bottom line,
I'll get you guys...
10 bucks a pound.
NICK: All right. Good.
CLIFF: Yeah, man.
NICK: Nice. We'll take that.
CLIFF: That's gonna help.
We burn a lot of fuel.
NICK: Yep.
We got kids and expenses.
This will help.
We'll be back tomorrow.
SCOTT: All right. Sounds good.
NICK: All right, buddy.
SCOTT: Okay. Thanks, guys.
CLIFF: See you,bro.
SCOTT: See you later.
BRANDAN: We hope. We hope.
NICK: Time to
get back in the zone.
TREY: Right now,
I'm putting ballyhoo.
Same thing we had
out yesterday.
A ballyhoo with a green
head and a crystal skirt
over top of him.
Ellis is putting
a mullet back out.
I have more confidence
in the ballyhoo.
Keep on going, Frenzy.
Keep on going.
Shoo. Shoo.
♪ I want an insta-bite
I want an insta-bite ♪
JIMMIE: There's a mark.
TREY: Come to papa.
Come to daddy.
(beeping)
JIMMIE: We got to catch one.
We need one so bad.
(reel unspooling rapidly)
Right flat line!
Right flat line!
I saw the bite!
TREY: We're on!
We got 'em on!
JIMMIE: Got 'em on.
Got 'em on.
JIMMIE: 792-542.
GREG: Hog Wild just
took one behind us.
Good.
JIMMIE: Big, big bite.
Did you hear me scream?
TREY: Yes, I heard you scream.
ELLIS: A lot of drag!
There he goes again.
ELLIS: He's really pissed.
We paid our dues for
the first two weeks.
We were really struggling.
Now all of the sudden
we're gonna get us a bite.
Happy to have him.
Thankful for it.
All right. Getting tight.
JIMMIE: Pretty cool.
Usually we fish our
lines so far back,
a lot of times we don't
get to see the fish bite,
but we saw that one.
Good action down
here on the 540.
ELLIS: Way to go, Jimmie.
(screams)
JIMMIE: Woo!
I don't like that.
ELLIS: I don't
like that at all.
Come on, Trey.
Catch this thing.
I want him. I need him.
JIMMIE: You ready, Ennis?
ELLIS: Yeah.
JIMMIE: He's really not
all that far away, is he?
ELLIS: No.
TREY: No.
ELLIS: We're getting
pretty close here.
JIMMIE: Got him coming
up to the surface for us
a little bit, huh?
There's your fish I see him.
TREY: Is that him?
JIMMIE: I see him
down there, yeah. Yeah.
ELLIS: Yeah. Yeah.
He's tail wrapped.
JIMMIE: Tail wrapped.
ELLIS: Okay got
him at the boat.
Trey, gaff the tail.
Oh, I hate this.
He's right here.
Throw it!
Throw the dart!
Throw the dart!
TREY: He's right here.
Throw it!
ELLIS: What
are you waiting for?
JIMMIE: There's
your fish. I see him.
TREY: Is that him?
JIMMIE:
I see him down there.
Yeah. He's tail wrapped.
ELLIS: Yeah.
He's tail wrapped.
Okay. Got him at the boat.
Trey, gaff the tail.
Oh, I hate this.
He's right here.
Throw it.
Throw the dart!
Throw the dart!
What are you waiting for?
TREY: He's right here.
Throw it!
JIMMIE: Nailed him!
ELLIS: Trey, gaff the tail.
JIMMIE:
That's it. Just one gaff.
ELLIS: You got it?
TREY: Yeah, I gotta
get the rope.
Oh! Got him?
JIMMIE: Woo!
ELLIS: Woo-hoo!
JIMMIE: Number three, boys.
ELLIS: Woo-hoo!
TREY: Ow, (bleep)!
I'm, let me put another.
You're in gear.
JIMMIE: Way to go!
We're going home.
TREY: Where are we
going to breakfast?
ELLIS: Bye, Greg. Bye.
JIMMIE: Game over.
Come up there tail wrapped.
GREG: Did you gaff him or
did you just lasso him?
JIMMIE: We
held him still with the gaff.
ELLIS: Woo!
TREY: We're going home!
GREG: Little
Jimmie's going home.
We can't get a, I swear, man.
I don't get it.
JIMMIE:
Pull him in.
TREY:
Yes, pull him.
Fatty. He's longer
than I thought he was.
Let's see how long he is.
I'm gonna say 102.
JIMMIE: 100 even.
How long did you say?
TREY: 102.
JIMMIE: It's freaking 102.
TREY: Yes! I was right!
JIMMIE: Yeah, 102.
TREY: Woo-hoo!
We're catching up.
(splash)
BRITTON:
Looks like Jimmie got one.
Jimmie grew up fishing
with his dad on that boat.
He's a good fisherman.
And it's easy sometimes when
you don't have a lot on you.
He stills lives at home and
he just doesn't have that
burden of things,
you know, that weigh you down.
You know, for five years
I was out here fishing and
my daughter dealing with
cancer and I didn't have
my mind on fishing.
My daughter's better.
She's actually a nurse in
the HEM-ONC unit now where
she was treated.
The last blow day my
wife and I went to see Ginger
and her fiancé, and
she's doing better than ever.
GINGER: Hi.
MOM: Hey, beautiful.
GINGER: Thank you.
BRITTON: You're welcome.
GINGER: Welcome.
BRITTON: What a, just
a tremendous blessing.
Now how about you?
GINGER: I'm good.
I'm really good.
I love what I'm doing.
I feel very fulfilled
each time I leave work.
So just it feels good to
feel like I'm doing something
to help somebody.
MOM: I'm super proud of you.
GINGER: Thank you.
MOM: And I love your house.
BRITTON: It's nice Boo.
GINGER: Thank you.
Feels really good to
have some normalcy.
BRITTON: To have a clear mind,
it's just wonderful.
And it allows me and my
crew to push as hard as we can.
Maybe we'll get dialed
in and get us a bite.
We very much need
to get a bite.
JIMMIE: We're back.
DENNIS: Good to
see you guys again.
JIMMIE: Yeah, we finally got
our ball rolling a little bit.
We need to keep it going.
DENNIS: Let's check it out.
JIMMIE: What have we got
for a weight, Dennis?
DENNIS:
567 pounds dressed, Jimmie.
JIMMIE: All right, boys.
ELLIS: Pretty work.
DENNIS: Right on.
Let's check it out.
ELLIS: See what he looks like.
DENNIS: Well,
you guys, not a bad fish.
I do see a little bit of fat
in here and nice tail color,
but I just don't
see quite enough fat to
ship it to Japan.
But if the core is good it's
gonna be a nice fish to sell.
JIMMIE: Good. We need it, bad.
DENNIS: Well, not bad.
Not a bad core.
No yaki.
Domestic market.
Nice red fish.
I'm gonna pay you $8 a pound.
JIMMIE: Dag gone!
ELLIS: Pretty work.
JIMMIE: Way better than I
thought you were gonna say.
You were scaring
me for a second.
I'll take $8 all-day long.
DENNIS: Well, hopefully we'll
see you again tomorrow and
you'll keep your streak up.
Thanks, guys.
Be safe out there.
JIMMIE: See you
tomorrow, Dennis.
Great job out
there today, guys.
Couldn't do it without you.
DIRTY: Just need one big bite,
that's all we're hoping for.
BILLON: One big bite.
DIRTY:
We're gonna change it up.
Put the secret
weapon hopefully.
I don't know.
The pink glows in the water,
it makes it easier
for the fish to see.
It's just a little different.
Maybe a bigger profile,
maybe a bigger fish will
wanna eat it.
GREG: Now there's four boats
that have three fish and
we're not one of them.
And of those boats, Shack's
got more experience fishing
out of Oregon Inlet than
the rest of them combined.
I don't know what
we're gonna do.
Keep circling around here,
maybe we'll get
a bite eventually,
or we won't.
GREG: Britton, he
has a brand new crew with him
this season though.
So he needs to walk
them through everything.
I've been with Billon
and Dirty for so long,
I don't even need to tell
them which tackle to use.
They do it all on their own.
DIRTY: It's just a bigger lure,
but this shape head will
be good for back there.
A little more bullet shape's
good for further back,
it'll stay in the water
versus a short cup head, so.
We'll see what we get.
GREG: Seems like
as good an idea as any.
(beeping)
Oh, this looks
like the meat here.
BILLON: Oh, Lord, please.
GREG: Eight to 15 fathom.
BILLON: Any minute.
(Greg grunts)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
DIRTY: Fish on! Yeah, baby!
Hooked up. We're on!
BILLON: Let's go!
Yeah, baby. Yeah.
GREG: We're on!
SHANE: Looks like we
need to go that way.
ZACK: Which way?
SHANE: That way.
GREG: 796 and 534.
CATLIN: Frenzy's moving now
so something has happened.
GREG: All right.
We got him on.
BILLON: All right.
Let's keep him on.
GREG: Nice and easy, boys.
Good call on that
pink worm, Dirty.
I got the best crew out here.
Go to the other side, Billon.
We could line right
up on him here. Okay.
DIRTY: I don't know,
looks like he's just
swimming down sea.
He's not really, don't have
any good bend on the rod.
You know.
BILLON: Here you go.
GREG: I don't think
he's a very big fish.
BILLON: As long as he's legal.
GREG: That's it.
BILLON: Take him.
DIRTY: Like she's lugging.
GREG: The fish is not
acting like a big fish.
He's really not
doing very much.
He made a really good
run to start with but now
he's kind of up high
and it's just weight.
But at this point the way
everything's been going for us,
we'll take
anything we can get.
As long as he's 73 inches
he's coming on deck.
BILLON: Come on, baby.
Please, please.
GREG: We need this
fish to be a keeper.
We have to catch
up to the Doghouse.
GREG: This is not
acting like a big fish.
He's really not
doing very much.
But at this point the way
everything's been going for us,
we'll take
anything we can get.
As long as he's 73 inches
he's coming on deck.
BILLON: Come on, baby.
Please, please.
GREG: We need this
fish to be a keeper.
We have to catch
up to the Doghouse.
There we go.
That's what we want.
BILLON: A little better.
More better.
GREG: Feeling some
drag now, baby.
DIRTY: I think we got him
where we want him now.
Just keeping pressure on him.
When the boat goes up, you
just got to crank down and
keep that rod bent.
See that tip comes up,
you bend it.
You can sit here you can
pull on the line all you want
that rod does the work.
That and the drag
is what kills fish.
He's starting to do his
circles a little bit.
GREG: He's acting
nice. I like that.
BILLON:
He's acting better.
GREG: Fish is coming
right up here.
DIRTY: Color.
GREG: I think you're gonna
probably get a shot over here,
Billon, first.
BILLON: Yeah.
GREG: And hopefully
we just lead him up.
BILLON: Yeah, good clean shot.
Come on up here.
GREG: There you go.
BILLON: Got him.
GREG: Looked like a
good shot, isn't it?
BILLON: Yeah.
GREG: Okay.
Let me just get around.
I'll get around on him.
Get your gaff.
There you go.
You can get him
in the tail now.
Okay. Nice dart shot, baby.
BILLON: On your right.
On your right.
All right.
Let him off. He's ours.
GREG: All right, baby!
BILLON: Woo! Take me home.
DIRTY: Pretty work, Billon.
BILLON: Pretty work, buddy.
Woo! We're happy now.
That worked out.
GREG:
We got him on the ropes.
80-some odd incher maybe.
ZACK: Mmmm...perfect.
Good going there, Frenzy.
BRITTON:
Pretty work, Frenzy boat.
GREG: We switched
some stuff around.
Sure enough we got
one wrapped up.
Crank him up here on
deck and see what we got.
Like he really does
have a nice shape.
BILLON: He's got a
good shape, you know.
GREG: Go grab that tape.
BILLON: He's fat.
83. Woo!
GREG: Woo! Nice fish.
BILLON: All right.
GREG: 83-incher.
BILLON: Nice.
GREG: Perfect, boys. Perfect.
I sure am happy we
put that worm out.
(text alert).
BOBBY: Frenzy got
one down there too.
Hey!
DREW: Yo!
BOBBY: Pull it in, boys.
We're gonna run
south 60 miles.
DREW: Yeah.
BOBBY: Nick caught
his fish down there,
then Little Jimmie, now Frenzy.
We have to get down there.
BOBBY: I just need to
know I got the fuel.
Brian, peek in there right now.
Just tell me what I got.
BRIAN: Less than a quarter.
BOBBY: How much?
BRIAN: Less than a quarter.
DREW: We got to
go get fuel, dude.
We don't have enough fuel.
BOBBY: I got enough.
I'm doing it.
DREW: I'm telling you.
BOBBY: I'm doing it anyway.
The bite is at the point.
Little Jimmie, now
Frenzy's heading west.
We need to be there,
bottom line.
DREW: We're at the
very edge of our limit.
Yeah, we'll see.
Either I'm right
or Bobby's right.
I hope Bobby's right.
BOBBY: It's the right move.
I just know it is.
GREG: That's what
we're talking about.
DENNIS:
How's the bite today?
GREG: We had a hard
time getting a bite.
Until Dirty put out
his secret weapon.
DENNIS: Let's check it out.
GREG: Cool.
We had a rough couple trips,
but we stuck it out
and we ended up coming up
with a really nice fish.
He wasn't big,
but we're happy to catch a
fish any day we can.
Bottom line is, we're
trying make a paycheck.
What's he weigh?
DENNIS:
315 pounds dressed, Greg.
GREG: Not bad for
our third fish.
DENNIS: Well, let's see
what the meat color is like.
GREG: All right, cool.
DENNIS: Well, you guys
got a fatty today.
GREG: It really is.
DENNIS: One of the fattest
fish here I've seen this year.
GREG: Looks like
a piece of toro.
DIRTY: Like toro
right there, don't it?
BILLON: Yeah.
DENNIS: It does.
You can see the
fat density fanning deep
into the major lobes here.
Look at that.
Um, slightly concerned
about the tail color.
It's a little bit light
but I suspect it's really a
product of the fat content.
Fingers crossed
for our sharp core.
Look at that. Nice core.
That's what we wanted to see.
GREG: That's it.
DIRTY: What do you think?
DENNIS: I'm gonna
get this fish cold.
I'm gonna ship it
to Japan tomorrow and...
I'm gonna pay
you $15 a pound.
GREG: Wow.
DIRTY: I'll take that.
GREG: Hey, you know what,
in this market,
$15, that's a deal.
DIRTY: I like that.
BILLON: Absolutely.
GREG: Thanks, Dennis.
We'll be back in
here in the morning.
DENNIS: Right on.
Thanks, guys.
DIRTY: Thank you.
GREG: All right,
let's get back out.
BOBBY:
It's the right move.
I feel good about it.
All right, let's
make it happen.
We just went 55 to 63.
BRIAN: Fishing?
BOBBY: Put 'em out.
We are fishing.
We took a big risk.
We ran 69 miles down
south where some fish were
caught this morning.
I mean, it's a risk because
we are low, low, low,
low, low on fuel.
DREW: Like we're running
by the skin of our teeth,
boy let me tell you.
Hopefully we tag one
quick and get outta here.
BOBBY: It's gonna happen.
This is Bluefin weather.
Look around, bro.
There's fish right there.
I got a nice mark at 150.
140.
(beeping)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
DREW: Oh, there you go.
There you go.
There he is. There he is.
BRIAN: Yeah, boy!
That's him. Woo!
That's him.
Slow down, Bobby.
BOBBY: Drew, listen to me.
You get on there.
DREW: I'm doing it, Bob.
I'm getting it.
BOBBY: No, I want
Brian on the rod.
DREW: Yeah, I'm not
working the rod.
BOBBY: I'm slowing down.
Do you know what I mean, bro?
DREW: He (bleep) smokin.
He took so much line,
it doesn't even matter.
BOBBY: I'm coming after him.
I'm keeping it in reverse.
Get ready to reel.
BRIAN: Oh, this is a
(bleep) big fish, dude.
BOBBY: All right.
Let's get him.
Let me introduce myself, ♪
I'm a man from do or die ♪
♪ I'm feeling ten foot
tall today and I'm living ♪
All nine lives ♪
Uh! ♪♪
BRIAN: So we
pushed the drag up.
From that initial run,
he was just ripping it out
like no man's business.
So we cranked it
down a little bit.
Now we got a little
pressure on this fish.
♪ Get ready for
something heavy ♪
♪ Get ready for rock and roll ♪
♪ Get ready
for true salvation, ♪
♪ We're coming out to save
your soul, all right! ♪
BRIAN: Ready, Drew?
DREW: Yeah, I can take it.
BRIAN: All right.
DREW: I'll take some.
BRIAN: Yeah, get some.
Yeah, boy!
BOBBY: You're
doing great, brother.
(reel unspooling)
BRIAN: What the (bleep)?
BOBBY: I haven't seen a
fish take line like that in
a long time, bro.
DREW: Yeah, I know.
BOBBY: It's starting
to get dark.
We got to get him now.
BRIAN: Come on.
Keep going, Bobby.
He's going to take it again.
BOBBY: All right, here we go.
I'm going back.
We're moving now.
4 knots backwards.
We're at a critical
time in this fight.
We're almost out of fuel.
We don't want him to
take anymore line.
Probably got 600
yards of line out.
If you go too fast,
the fish swim at the boat,
we lose him.
BRIAN: Bro, he's
getting close, man.
DREW: Forward hard.
BRIAN: Forward, forward,
forward, forward!
DREW: Yes, forward hard.
We got him straight
up and down now.
So the fish is running
left and right.
He got to keep him
behind the boat.
BOBBY: You got to let me
know where the line is, Drew.
DREW: Bobby, you want
him in the corner.
BRIAN: This corner.
BOBBY: Reel, reel, reel!
We're gonna lose this fish.
DREW: That's the
mono right there.
BOBBY: There's the
mono. Get it on the reel.
BRIAN: Bro, he's
getting close, man.
BOBBY: You got to let me
know where the line is, Drew.
DREW: Bobby you want
him in the corner?
BRIAN: This corner.
BOBBY: Reel, reel, reel!
We're gonna lose this fish.
BRIAN: We got to get
him to this corner, bro.
BOBBY: I know, dude.
But, just keep that rod bent.
BRIAN: All right, ready?
Let's go.
BOBBY: Crank on him.
Come on.
Crank him tight, right now.
BOBBY: Tight?
BRIAN: Yeah, oh,
I think I see him.
DREW: Yeah, color,
color right there.
BRIAN: Bobby, you got
to get down there.
Bro, he's done, you could
come nail him right now.
BOBBY: Go ahead.
DREW: Right here, Bobby.
BOBBY: I got it.
DREW: You're tied.
You're tied and ready to go.
BOBBY: Yeah, hurry up
and get the (bleep) up.
BRIAN: Back me down, Drew.
BOBBY: See the lines?
BRIAN: Yep. Drew, that way.
BOBBY: Bump it forward.
Bump it forward.
Forward. Forward.
Forward, trust me.
BRIAN: He's good.
He's good. He's good.
BOBBY: Reverse.
BRIAN: Alright.
That's enough, Drew.
That's enough.
We don't need to do so
much throttle jockeying, bro.
All right, there he is, Bobby.
He's right here,
he's right here.
Bobby, he's right here.
Forward!
BOBBY: Forward!
BRIAN: Forward!
BOBBY: A lot!
BRIAN: Forward!
He's rubbing all in the hole.
He's in the (bleep) thing.
He's in it, bro.
He's in it.
He's in the prop.
He's in the prop.
(line snap)
BOBBY: And we lost him.
BRIAN: He's in the prop, bro.
BOBBY: It's over.
BRIAN: He's gone.
(bleep)
He was right here, bro.
BOBBY: (bleep).
BRIAN: Damn, bro.
BOBBY: It's been an
absolute nightmare.
Absolute nightmare, you know,
I feel bad for Drew
who was on the sticks,
but forward means
forward, you know,
you got to go forward.
Spit him out in the wash,
it doesn't matter,
he takes line,
you know what I mean?
But you just can't, you can't.
It's a new boat,
we're low on fuel, I mean,
I understand all that.
But Drew has been
doing this a long time.
That shouldn't have happened.
And we got to jog
in at 7 knots...
Take us about six hours
because we don't have the
fuel to be wasting.
Yeah, it's gonna be a
long, long ride home.
Devastating.
CATLIN: Feeling
jacked about this morning?
BRITTON: Feeling
like we better get us a bite and
hold on to it.
Typically this time of year
when that blended water up
above starts to shrink, that
water will get so cold that,
that bait can't make
it and that bait will all
push down here.
Those fish will move
down into this tide.
A lot of that bait,
a lot of that life
just pushing, this way.
Look at that.
BO: Two tones.
CATLIN: Mammals.
That's a good sign.
BRITTON: There they are.
We're marking one, guys.
(reel clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
There he is!
BO: Oh, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Got a nibble.
BRITTON: Woo-hoo! Got him on.
CATLIN: Smoking it
off of here, Cap.
BRITTON: Pass me that rod, Bo.
CATLIN: Wow, I'd hurry, Bo.
That's what we're looking for
right here, is a big fish.
BRITTON: You have to get
those rods down and get them
up to me so he can get
on that covering board.
BO: Still going?
CATLIN: Yeah, nice fish.
Ready?
BO: Yep.
BRITTON: Are you
still taking it?
BO: Still taking it.
CATLIN: Yes, sir.
BRITTON:
Catch up with it quick.
CATLIN: A lot of line out.
BO: I think
we're gonna be in this
position for a while.
CATLIN: That's a
big experienced fish right here.
BO: Are you ready to take him?
CATLIN: Yeah, just, I'm afraid
I won't be able to catch up.
BO: Yeah.
I'll get you there.
Get me ahead.
CATLIN: Remember, that
thing's under the boat really.
BO: Oh, he's coming tight.
CATLIN: Yeah, that thing was
on the other side of the boat.
Let's switch sides, Cap.
Ready?
BRITTON: Guys, the more times
y'all switch sides like that,
the greater the chances
of something going wrong.
CATLIN:
All right. We'll stay.
BRITTON: I'll swing you around
and try to keep you ahead two.
Going back and forth,
back and forth, back and forth.
CATLIN: Yeah, that would
definitely be better.
All right.
Bump her ahead, Cap.
BO: Britt, come on.
Cap, you want
to go over there?
BRITTON: No, I'm gonna get
back around on the fish for you.
BO: Okay.
You good right here?
CATLIN: This is great.
BO: Perfect right here.
We're getting good line.
I can see the swivel.
CATLIN: Color.
BO: He just turned.
Ahead! Just easy, easy!
CATLIN: Ho-ho-ho!
He's lying right there, Bo.
Right now, Bo. Good job.
BO: That one's in there.
Just pull it out and swim him?
CATLIN: Yeah.
BRITTON: Doesn't want to come?
CATLIN: Not really, man.
We'll get her.
BRITTON: Come on up here.
Get the fish up here and
put that swim hook in him.
Here we go. All right.
CATLIN: You in there, Cap?
BRITTON: Yep. Bump her.
CATLIN: Okay. There we go.
Good job.
I'm gonna let go, Cap.
BRITTON: You know what
I love about my team! Huh?
BO: Good. We got it.
BRITTON: When the pressure
is on, y'all perform!
CATLIN: Everybody
did a perfect job.
That, that was a perfect
execution right there.
BRITTON: Yeah.
That was good. Excellent.
CATLIN: We're getting
better at this.
BO: Getting there.
We'll figure it out.
CATLIN: Gone! Hey, it's gone!
The fish fell off the swim hook!
BRITTON: Come on!
BO:
The fish fall off?
CATLIN: Yeah.
BO:
The fish fell off.
BRITTON: What now?
CATLIN: The fish fell
off the swim hook.
The gaff is gone.
BRITTON: Come on!
Dag it! Golly dang, man!
Oh, great.
BO: It bent that
right to the side.
CATLIN: I still got him
on the hook, Britton.
I still got him on the pole.
BRITTON: Well, you
better get to reeling.
That's a paycheck
about to swim away.
CATLIN: We had swim gaff in
his mouth and we were swimming,
which is a technique that
really preserves the meat and
bleed the fish and
the gaff pulled out.
Anybody can do it the easy way,
you know what I mean?
BO: Oh, yeah, we got a
little ahead of ourselves.
We didn't have
her on deck and...
BRITTON: Dang, man!
See I don't understand
what all this is.
CATLIN: What happened?
BO: I guess that
carabineer just popped
to the side or something.
I don't know.
BRITTON: You know what I trust?
I trust that.
I don't trust that.
CATLIN: Definitely some
jerking and snatching
going on back there.
BRITTON: Until they go
on the deck of the boat,
it doesn't matter.
CATLIN: We got a swivel here.
BO: You just go right
on the deck with her? Or?
BRITTON: I think so.
CATLIN:
Or we're gonna have to.
BO: You're gonna have to.
Let me get this door open.
CATLIN: Get the door open, Bo.
He's leading
right to the boat.
You got a gaff in her, Bo?
BO: Yeah.
Y'all got a hold of her?
BRITTON: We got her.
BO: Ready?
BRITTON: One, two, three.
Come on, boys. Pull! Come on!
Bigger than
I thought she was.
BO: Yeah.
BRITTON: I was like, "Holy cow,
my boys have gotten weak on me."
BO: We can celebrate now.
That's success.
BRITTON: Yes.
BO: All right, where's
the magic tape measure?
Ooh!
CATLIN: Wow, are
you on the nose?
BRITTON: Yeah.
CATLIN: That's 100-incher.
BRITTON: Really?
CATLIN: Yeah. Yeah.
He's definitely not as
round as the last one,
but that's a beautiful
fish nonetheless.
BO: Still 100-incher.
CATLIN: We're
getting bigger each time.
BO: Getting
bigger every time.
ADAM: Well, Shack is
smoking everybody.
NICK: That's great.
Great for Shack.
He's struggled in the past.
I don't remember a
season where he was up.
He finally got
some decent help.
That's the difference.
He's got Catlin and Bo.
He's looking like the
boat to beat this year.
ZACK: The Doghouse has a huge
target on its back right now.
There's no other person
that we're gunning for
right now than him.
Now, we respect him and
we give him his props,
he can catch a fish.
But let me tell you.
His boat might
be the Doghouse,
but there's one Doghouse that
Minnie wouldn't want to go on,
and that's that boat.
So we're coming for 'em.
Ain't that right, puppy?
BRITTON: That's
what I'm talking about.
Show me the money.
MICAH: Hey guys, fourth fish.
Woo!
MAN: How does it make
you feel being, you know,
the first boat with four fish?
CATLIN: A lot of hard work
and a little bit of blessing.
BRITTON:
We've been blessed for sure.
MICAH: Yes, you have.
BRITTON: Yes, we have.
CATLIN: Very lucky.
That's awesome.
MICAH: That's right.
CATLIN:
Let's check this fish out.
Let's check her out.
MICAH: Let's see it.
BRITTON:
We're fishing against some
incredible fishermen.
We're one bite away from
being a winner or a loser.
And that's what you are.
You're either a
winner or a loser.
You're not second,
third, fourth, or fifth.
It's one winner and
everybody else is a loser.
MICAH: All right, guys.
Dressed, she's 429 pounds.
CATLIN: Awesome,
that's a great fish.
MICAH: Guys, let's take a
look at your fish over here.
BRITTON: Let's do it.
MICAH: All right.
There is fat to
this fish, you know,
like we talk about
each time, you know,
you can see the rib-eye.
The concern with this
one is that there is some
chocolate color in here.
It's not the clear gel red
that sometimes you guys have
seen on your earlier fish.
CATLIN: How's the core look?
MICAH: Your, actually the core
to me seems better than the
tail cut, but it's not
translucent or transparent.
It's kind of cloudy.
I see some cloud in
here like I see here,
but the freshness is good.
There is color.
It's not burned
and there is fat.
However, due to the kind
of chocolate-ness colors,
it's gonna be $7 a pound.
(grunts).
CATLIN: Wow.
MICHAH: I know.
BRITTON: Okay.
It's still three grand.
CATLIN:
Three grand's three grand.
BO: Well, go get him in a tank.
MICAH: Yes.
MAN: Yes.
MICAH: We'll do it.
Nice to see you, guys.
Thank you. Appreciate it.
Thank you for everything.
BO: We'll get
ready for tomorrow.
MICAH: Thank you, guys.
BO: Oh, yeah.
BRITTON:
We're on top right now
because of my team.
This might be our first
season fishing together,
but I'm so proud of how
those guys are performing.
We have a long way to go.
And we're up against
a lot of great crews.
But if we keep doing
what we're doing,
I like our chances.
We caught a fish. Got in.
CATLIN: We're number one.
Nothing to complain about.
NARRATOR: Doghouse's fourth
fish puts Britton and his ace
crew in the lead for the
first time this season.
And Hog Wild's monster
Bluefin catapults them over
the Rasta Rocket
and into fourth place.
But despite successful
trips for both
Fishin' Frenzy
and Little Shell,
they remain at the
bottom of the fleet.
Captioned by
Cotter Media Group.