Wicked Tuna: North vs. South (2014–…): Season 8, Episode 9 - Triple Trouble - full transcript
Give me a bite, skipper.
Watch out!
On this episode...
Woo!
We got to get
on these fish before they leave.
I think I found them,
but they haven't found me yet.
With the Outer Banks
bluefin season half gone...
Whoa!
We just haven't had
a whole lot of days to fish.
Southern hospitality...
We're a fleet, and we work together.
Thank you, man.
Appreciate it, buddy.
...humbles a captain...
Thank God for Fishin' Frenzy.
He's in the hole
this season right now.
He's got to climb out of it.
...and holds disaster at bay...
Man.
That looks like steering fluid.
Switch with me. Switch with me.
...and allows the fleet
to hook more monster tuna...
Fish is bigger
than I thought she was.
I missed him.
It ain't over till it's over.
Tripled up, baby!
I love it when
a plan comes together.
...on Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks.
Right now, it's just a bite.
Maybe we can turn it into a tuna.
Bluefin season reaches
its halfway point
with the Offshore Outlaw in the top spot
followed by the young guns on Hog Wild
and the beleaguered Reel E' Bugging.
While struggling boats Little Shell
and former champion Fishin' Frenzy
flounder at the bottom of the fleet.
Alright, it's the moment
of truth, boys. You ready?
We're gonna see if she starts.
Ah!
Alright,
we're off, Bobby. Let's go.
We've been working on the boat for days.
It was pretty much
a catastrophic engine failure
So here we are, we're on our way
and we ain't lost too much ground,
so we're stoked.
Back in the game.
It's nerve-wracking,
first time running the boat here.
You don't want, I don't want to push it.
You know, I got to break her in.
I mean, needless to say,
my nerves are shot.
You know, you start waiting for
the other shoe to drop, you know. So...
We are, uh,
financially bruised and battered.
I mean, parts were well over 10,000.
We haven't even calculated the labor yet,
so it's probably gonna be
substantial, so...
The hardest part
of fishing is the downtime,
fixing broken things on your boat.
When you get a fish, that's a good payday,
but you broke 12 things
on your boat and you come back,
you broke your butt
for three days and it's a wash.
I wish I would have had more time
to get to know this new boat
before bluefin season,
but we just ran her up from Alabama
and literally showed up four days before.
When my boat broke down,
everyone was after me.
We had a lot of captains
and locals help us
to get this engine fixed in record time.
I feel good about all
the numbers right now,
uh, where she's running, the temperature,
the oil pressure, everything looks good.
And, uh, we'll just cross our fingers
and say a prayer
and hopefully everything will stay.
You know, we literally got
to go catch some money today.
Hold on!
Another day in paradise.
Spent a couple days on land.
This is the roughest winter
I've ever fished.
We've been in a bit of a slump.
Everyone is kind of catching up with us,
so we'll try to turn
our slump around today.
Just getting
our ballyhoo spread set out.
The conditions are not favorable,
but they're okay.
Kind of rough, choppy, cold, the normal.
These fish are always moving,
so you got to always be on the move.
They could be anywhere.
So, we're gonna set our ballyhoos,
our trolling spread.
Here ya go, Bo.
We can't do anything
about the weather.
We just try to do the best that we can
and we just haven't had
a whole lot of days to fish
We were leading all the boats for a while,
then we had a slow streak.
And then, weather kept us
at the dock for a couple days.
That's fishing.
Sixty-six degree water.
It's cleared up.
I'm marking something here, guys.
There he is!
Still there?
Had a nibble!
Dag it!
Come on, Lord. Show me the money.
We just had
a bite, but it came off.
I don't know what it was.
It didn't come tight.
Never pulled drag, never did anything,
so that's not what we were looking for.
We were looking for a bluefin
so we can go home.
There he is! He's on that one!
Got 'em on!
Woo!
We got him that time.
This fish is taking a lot of line.
I think we may have hooked Moby Dick.
Took out a lot of line.
I got a lot of work to do on this one.
You get him stopped?
Yeah.
You want me to turn on him some?
Yeah.
Turn him
and bring him around and tighten it up.
He just made a second run.
We're gonna get some back.
Oh, he's not playing nice.
Go ahead. I can't see it.
Yeah, keep him ahead.
Still?
Yeah. That's good.
- Whenever you're ready, man.
Yeah.
It's rough and it's cold,
and it's not comfortable for one second,
but I'm supporting my family,
I'm paying my bills.
We have to get a fish to make money.
Hey, he's no longer calm?
The fish is just doing
his typical bluefin thing.
Acting really wild in the beginning
and it settled down.
Now we're getting it real close
to the boat,
it's starting to freak out again.
I think he's really starting to figure out
that he may be in trouble.
Woo. We got a head shaker.
Very nerve-wracking
when they shake their head
because it's a great opportunity
for the hook to come out of its mouth.
I see color.
Is she tail wrapped?
Tail wrapped.
When she gets up here,
get that dart in her.
Hold on. Wait, wait.
Yeah, the line is right there,
it's kind of sketchy.
Yeah.
Man, the line's across her body.
It's very sketchy.
Bo, you're going
to have to try to get a dart...
in her before she gets herself...
Go easy.
Now, now.
Alright, Bo.
Shove it in! Shove it in!
It ain't all the way in.
Let me get a gaff.
Get a gaff.
Right there.
You got her?
Yeah.
Get the slim gaff.
Good job.
Good job.
Alright, let me get up here.
Okay.
Well, it's always intense.
You-you get the moment of truth, you know,
but we got a nice bluefin
on the swim hook.
Thank you, Jesus. Nice fish. Woo.
Man.
I really want to get her
into that cold water
to try to cool her as much as we can.
Yo, Frenzy,
thanks again for the assist
with our engine.
We wouldn't be
fishing today without your help.
Bobby, he, he broke down
and he needed some parts.
I knew who to call.
We called him,
he got some parts, and he got rigged up.
Thank you, man.
Appreciate it, buddy.
When you called me last night,
I thought it was funny.
You said, "We're gonna get you fixed up."
We just need a few days to catch up.
You know, we're a fleet,
and we work together,
and, I mean, that's,
that's the bottom line.
And I know everybody wants
to be the top dog.
You know, I wanna catch
more fish than him.
I wanna catch more fish than everyone.
But even so, with Bobby
where he broke down,
you hate to see anyone stuck
at the dock this time of the year.
You know, we got
a limited season to make it here,
and you wanna be able to spend
every day you can in the ocean.
You don't wanna be stuck
at the dock broke down.
You can't control breakdowns,
but by pushing hard,
I think it cost Bobby.
But someone needs a hand,
we're gonna help them out.
That's how we work,
that's how we roll around here.
Even if he is an exterminator.
We're in the lead! We're in the lead!
I think there's 38 tons
of quota left
out of the 75 tons they've given us.
So, we're about halfway.
Ooh.
Here we go.
This is the fourth time this season
we've been the top boat.
We may only be midway through,
but I feel better and better
about the chances
to end the season as the number one boat.
It's these steep ones right here.
I did it right at that lip.
That's a big white water. Big white water.
Woo!
Alright.
Looks like we made it.
We got 38.8 miles to the fishing grounds.
Right now, the arrival time is 5:24,
so we got to speed it up a little bit.
It's not good enough.
Uh-oh.
Ain't workin'?
Is there zig-zagging?
You got it on nav or auto?
Yeah. Nav.
I think it tries
to correct itself too much.
I think we need to use the auto.
Go check the rear controls.
That looks like steering fluid.
I think we're losing
steering fluid right here.
We are?
Isn't it?
That ain't good,
but I know we're losing pressure.
Move, Chopper.
We're having a little bit
of problem with our steering
and we don't know if,
it might be a blown seal
on the rear station.
And if we keep losing pressure,
we might have blown a seal,
and we don't wanna get offshore and lose
all of our steering
and not have enough fluid.
So, if that's the case,
we might have to turn around.
We'll know right here
in a minute what we got going on.
Look at that blue hose.
We got fluid!
We do?
Yeah.
This ain't good, fellas.
Yep, I see it leaking.
Now it seems like we're losing
our steering again.
We got fluid!
We do?
Yeah.
This ain't good, fellas.
Yep, I see it leakin'.
We're .
Now, wait a minute, hold on.
We still got two quarts
of steering fluid left.
We should be alright.
You see anything wrong?
Just our pressure
leaked out a little bit.
I just pumped it up.
We should be good to go.
Let's do it.
Let's go fishing.
When we lose our steering fluid,
it means that we can't steer
the boat at all.
But we carry spare steering fluid.
So all we can do right now
is just plug it up with an old rag
and keep adding fluid if we need to
and keep fishing.
It's always something with a boat.
You fix one thing
and the next thing you know...
...you got something to fix the next day.
The life of a boat owner.
Y'all ready to get her?
For us to legally keep a bluefin tuna,
it has to be a minimum of 73 inches.
I-I'm not worried about this fish.
He's gonna be our biggest yet.
Come on, come on! You got her!
Come on! Come on!
- Pull!
Pull!
- Look at that!
That's a big one right there.
Let's measure this thing.
It's a big one.
- 102.
102.
Ha ha! Pretty work!
No kidding, boy.
We got about 30 minutes, Brian.
Put us on 'em, bro.
Let's do it, alright?
Back in the game, boys.
Boys and girls, we are back in the game.
Trying to scramble around
and get some lines in the water.
We only got about 30 minutes to fish
before the sun goes down.
You know, we're real lucky to be here.
Just thought it might have been
the end of our season.
Had a catastrophic engine thing,
and Bobby got it done.
Thank god for Fishin' Frenzy.
I mean, he really helped get
our engine fixed in record time.
Sounds like its running pretty good.
Thank god.
You know, if we don't get
a little bite here at sunset...
...that means we got
to start dropping baits in the dark
and everything that comes along with that.
Even though we had to fix this engine
halfway through the season,
I don't, for a second,
regret it buying this boat.
This is my forever boat.
Alright, fishing.
And I'm not ready
to take a loss on this season.
I believe if we push
as hard as we have pushed,
we should at least break even.
Get it out!
We got eight minutes for sun, man.
Turning reels is better
than turning wrenches.
yeah.
Yeah.
Stoked.
We got to get
on these fish before they leave.
We're blessed today.
Hey, guys. How y'all doing?
Good.
If I'm counting,
this is number seven.
Yeah,
it's a good-looking fish, too.
Let's check this fish out.
That ought to work.
Wow, this, this is a big fish.
Oh, there he goes.
We're at 557 pounds.
Wow.
Oh wow.
She's a big girl.
Awesome fish.
Let's take a look
at this fish, guys.
Let's take a look at it.
Let's look at it.
When a buyer grades a fish,
they're looking for fat content
and a bright core color.
That's paramount in getting a good price.
I know this is gonna kill y'all,
but this would be a great lipstick color.
Okay. Like, when I see that,
I'm like, "Oh my goodness."
The color on this fish is amazing.
And the fat is all the way through.
That's right.
Let's take a look at the inside.
- Check out the core.
Yeah.
Oh man.
Uh-huh.
It's not translucent or transparent.
I mean, it's kinda cloudy.
Alright.
So, what are you gonna give us?
I can't take it anymore.
Okay. Listen,
the market is not as strong as it was.
It's a beautiful fish,
but it's gonna be a solid $9 a pound.
Alright.
Awesome. We'll take it.
Yeah. Yeah.
Good job. Pretty work, Cap.
We got another one to catch tonight.
Yes, yes. See you, though.
See y'all!
Good job, buddy. Thank you.
Pretty work, boys.
I'm proud of you both.
It was way bigger than I thought
it was gonna be.
Oh, I want a bite.
Feeling confident.
Feeling good today.
Feeling dangerous.
Gonna get a bite early.
Got some sleep.
I wish I had been abruptly awoken
by a screaming reel.
- I was not.
It's rough.
Right here just trying to make
a little bit of money in the wintertime.
It's really one of the only ways
to do it around here.
It's the off season.
It's about all you got.
You either go work in a grocery store,
build houses, or go crabbing or fishing.
Crabbing ain't for me.
Today, we're fishing
about 40 miles east of Wanchese.
And the only boats near us
are the Fishin' Frenzy
and the Little Shell.
Hey, little Jimmie.
The water is warming up.
Almost 66.8 now.
I'm right here next to you.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna keep working
up here a little bit
as long as it's warming up.
I'll, uh,
I'll double back here in a minute.
Yeah. Just right
there where we finished up yesterday.
Okay.
There's different water temperatures
that the fish will be in.
But any kind of change,
that edge will be something
those fish will track on.
And since we're constantly moving,
searching for that change,
we need a really durable bait,
and ballyhoo work the best.
Send out a couple baits here.
You can pull
a good ballyhoo for hours.
Hell, even Nick on the Little Shell.
He's ahead of us
in the competition right now.
He's using ballyhoo
more than usual this season.
Here's hoping the bluefin
like our bait better than his
or anybody else's.
Thing look like it's swimming?
I can't see it.
There they are.
Oh yeah, 15 fathom.
15 fathoms.
Alright, he's marking one 15 fathoms.
Cool, first mark we've seen.
I think I found them,
but they haven't found me yet.
15 fathoms.
Finally been some marks showing up
the last hour or so,
so that's a really good, good sign.
They're high in the water, so if we
can get them up above 20 fathoms,
a lot of times we get a bite,
but they're not hungry yet.
Wow, they're coming up to ten.
Up to ten. Okay.
Give me a bite, skipper.
That's what we're talking about.
There he is. Long rigger.
Come on, baby, come on!
Fintastic!
Just stay on there, dammit.
We're on.
82 and 708.
That's right, I see you.
Alright.
Oh, there he is!
Right flat! Woo-hoo-hoo!
Got 'em on!
- Think it's the right thing?
I mean, he's taking drag.
Uh, I think he's gonna be a bluefin.
Woo, baby!
Ooh, he's fighting.
Woo!
Right flat!
Woo-hoo-hoo!
Got 'em on!
- Think it's the right thing?
I mean, he's taking drag.
Uh, I think he's gonna be a bluefin.
He's fighting nice right now.
Woo-hoo-hoo! Ooh, he's fighting!
I mean, he hasn't really
blasted off yet or nothin'.
No, not yet.
But it was taking drag
like it was the right thing.
There we go.
Yep. I like that better.
He's fighting tight.
Woo! Got us a bite.
Uh, acting like the right thing right now.
Little early to tell,
but it took a lot of line on the strike
so it's definitely got
a little bit of weight to it.
I guess he decided to wake up.
We're just trying to get
everything settled now.
Yeah, like what we want.
He's settling down now.
We might be able to go home, get a fish.
I'm hoping.
Ohh.
Woo. I like that.
Yeah, man.
Yeah, me too.
I see it. Hang on.
Huh?
I see it. It's up on top.
- Oh, that looked like a tuna, didn't it?
I can't tell.
Yeah. That's a--
Whoa!
Whoa!
It's a Mako.
Mako. It's gonna be a shark.
Makos are known to be acrobatic.
That was a firsthand glimpse.
That's a nice one.
Whoa!
And we got the hook back!
We never usually get
the hook back.
Bummer, dude.
Really, really hoping
that was gonna be a bluefin.
That's better. Yeah, baby, yeah.
Oh Lord, please.
That, ladies and gentlemen,
is what you want.
No, you pulled off, didn't you?
I don't know.
He's still there. He's still there.
He's still on there.
Still there.
Come on, baby.
Oh. Maybe the fish
come at us and come off.
We're not sure.
Just trying to get ahead,
get that line a little tighter,
see if he's still there.
He pulled off, didn't he?
God.
Can I grab it for a second?
Yeah, go ahead.
See if he's on there?
Go ahead.
Woo.
That sucks. We pulled him off.
Crotch break?
Crotch break.
Swivel's there, yeah.
Crotch break on the leader.
Damn.
That's all we got left.
Usually, when that happens,
it's on the line, not the leader.
It was a crotch break.
We got a small loop,
you know, where it's crimped
to the swivel and, um...
anyway it's a, it's a weak point.
In theory, it shouldn't break,
but sometimes it does.
I mean, it sucks.
Bluefin one, Frenzy zero.
It's a big letdown. We're tired.
We finally find some fish.
Maybe we'll get another bite.
Just gonna ride around
and look for a fish.
I'm feeling pretty good about it.
Ideally, if we got one this afternoon
right here before dark,
we can go ahead and burn the fuel.
We can go in there, try to offload,
and get back out there
and try to catch one right after midnight.
We're about midway through our season,
and we've been on the bottom
more times than I care to count.
At least right now, we're ahead of Frenzy,
but we still need some paychecks.
Even though
I'm a greenstick man, I love it,
you stick with what's working.
And if the stick is not working,
go with the rod and reel.
We're gonna get one
right here in just a second.
We'll get one, buddy.
I hope we will anyway.
We will.
Some more marks and stuff
out here a little deeper.
A pair of fish.
Sun's gonna be dark in here soon.
Gotta get a fish.
Couple slicks just popped up
right here off my bow but...
Some birds
wheeling around over here.
There you go!
Got 'em on! Hell yeah.
Brandan.
Yup?
Come help me move this rod.
Peeling drag right off a little bit.
Bring it right to that.
There you go.
Still feel him, Cliff?
Yeah.
Okay. Good enough.
Yeah.
Well, we got a chance.
Got a bite here before dark,
so hopefully everything works out.
Fish stays calm.
Alright. I'm gonna turn our big lights on.
Alright, Brandan, you ready?
Yeah.
Alright. Crank fast.
We got us a bite.
Right now, it's just a bite.
Maybe we can turn it into a tuna.
Feel like he's still there and all?
Not really?
I think he is. Good job, B.
We're gaining
some ground right now.
Just get your bow
where it will go around.
Watch out, boys. Woo!
Hoo, that's a real one.
Ohh, rig acting real freaky now.
I don't like it.
Yeah, just let him stay right like he is,
and let me see
if we can't wear him out here.
You got it, Brandan?
Yeah.
Take your time, Brandan.
The fish won't settle down.
Won't act right.
Shaking his head and shaking his tail.
Doing a bunch of we don't like.
We got five and half hours
to land the fish
and get in there by midnight.
But first things first,
we got to land the fish.
Alright, Brandan,
let me feel him a little bit.
He's coming up pretty good.
I got color.
A little bit more like that!
Here he comes, Brandan.
Alright, stop, Cliff!
Get him, Brandan.
Nice! Tail gaff!
Right here, right here,
right here, right here.
Where's the fish?
Pull the dart up. Pull the dart up.
Ohh. Oh, he's getting
under the boat.
Get it!
Dammit! Oh no!
Oh, come on!
Do we got him?
Get him, Brandan.
Nice! Tail gaff!
Right here, right here,
right here, right here.
Where's the fish?
Pull the dart up. Pull the dart up.
Ohh! Oh, he's getting
under the boat.
Get it, get it!
Oh no! Oh, come on!
Do we got him?
No, not yet.
Hold on, he's coming around, Brandan!
Alright, get him this time.
Alright, tail rope!
Alright, I got to come
to your right side.
There's no room on your left.
Alright, yes, boys.
Woo, yes!
Thanks for playing.
We got it.
That was awesome.
Alright, we got
to get going west, boys, pretty quickly.
Bigger than you think.
Lay him down.
Oh, it is a fat fish.
Nice fish.
Nice fish.
Ready? What do we got, Cliff?
99 inches.
Alright!
Good job, guys.
Alright, boys. We got a timeline.
We need to get in there.
Alright, boys, hang on.
I don't know
if we got enough time,
but we're gonna run her and see.
Let's get this money.
Yeah, baby!
- What's up, Scotty?
What's up, guys?
Back again, buddy.
Looks like a nice one, too.
Yeah, we had to get in here.
We wanted to make the 12 o'clock cutoff.
We're gonna turn around,
go back out, you know.
- You want to take a look at him?
Let's do it.
The prices for fish this season
have been all over the map.
Our last two fish were nine
and then 15 bucks a pound.
We need money to survive.
You know, we got families
that depend on us,
so hopefully we're doing
all the right things
and we'll get a good price.
Alright, Scotty, what's the dress weight?
You're looking
at 402 pounds dressed.
Nice.
Alright, man.
Alright, you wanna take
a look at him?
Yeah. Come, check it out.
Let's do it.
You guys get yourselves
a nice fish.
Yeah, it looks
really good to me, bud.
Loaded. If you look really close,
you can see the spider webs
in this fish right here.
Yeah, man.
Just loaded in the minors here.
Right in the toro, beautiful.
If the core's good,
we could have a diamond here, huh?
Yeah, I think so.
Let's see what we got.
Alright, let's see this thing.
- Nice.
Oh yeah.
Really greasy. It's got the works.
It's a nice fish.
I mean, bottom line
for this fish, you guys...
...13 bucks a pound.
Alright, nice!
- Good job, guys. Good job.
Pretty work.
Scotty, thank you, man.
We're gonna get back out there
and try to bring you another one.
Alright, sounds good.
Thanks, guys. See you later.
Need to turn and burn here.
The water is pretty.
Maybe we're in the right spot today.
Where only a couple boats are
and the fish might be here.
So, worth a shot.
We got to start fishing right here.
Yeah, what are you thinking?
What are you thinking?
We're gonna get 'em here.
Feeling good, man.
The weather's, uh, laying out out here.
Nowhere I'd rather be.
We replaced two cylinders,
two pistons, a new head.
Every gasket, O-Rings,
and all sorts of stuff.
We've done everything.
These are ballyhoos.
We should have probably changed
all six cylinders
and all six pistons.
We just don't have the money.
I mean, that was not,
that wasn't an option.
So, this is not a rebuild,
it was a repair.
Big difference.
So, hopefully she'll be good to us.
We got to catch fish today
and get some money.
Let's get some money.
Get a paycheck, man. We need it.
Get some money.
We catch a thousand pounder
we're going to Disneyland.
I wanna go to Disneyland.
Bobby's going for it today.
Count on him to push the envelope.
Bunch of Southern boys fishing,
that's all.
No competition. Just Southern love.
Still somebody's got to win.
Bobby's boat seems to be holding up.
He's moving closer to where we're fishing.
Bobby wasn't doing all that much
to help anybody out
when we started fishing here.
Kind of ticked us off.
But he broke down.
And, you know,
it doesn't make a difference
who, who somebody is.
If they've got a problem
and we can help them out,
we try to help them out.
Do we need a paycheck? Yes.
Do I like to see six other boats
bringing in more money than us?
Hell no.
We're making mistakes.
We're not catching fish.
We're behind everybody.
The last place I expected to be.
We just need some good karma
to come our way.
You got to pay attention to detail
and make sure all your stuff is right
all the time.
Hopefully, this tuna down there
at 27 fathoms will help us out.
Got 'em on! Long rigger.
Woo. Yeah.
We really need this one.
Got us a bite.
Hopefully, this one will hang on.
He's gonna be stretched out
towards the outboard?
--DIRTY/
Yeah.
Okay.
With the swell and everything,
he could be curved,
he could be up here,
so try to get what we can.
Keep it tight.
We finally got a bite.
We're desperate to get this fish on deck.
Especially since Little Shell caught
a $5,000 fish last night.
Let's see if this one holds on.
Right now, I just got
my fingers crossed.
I'm just hoping he holds on.
It ain't over till it's over.
It's tough fighting a fish at night.
The fish act different.
They're very erratic,
and you can't really see
where the line is going.
He's coming back up high.
I think we finally got
a chance here.
We might as well get
around on him a little bit.
A lot of times when the fish gets
close to the boat,
it's tough to get an eye on him
so you can get a harpoon in the fish.
Right there on top.
- See the swivel?
Yup.
Here he comes.
Throw it!
Get a gaff!
He wants to keep circling that way.
- I can't do anything with him.
Yeah.
He's taking off. Watch the dart.
We're getting tangled up here!
Look out! Look out!
He wants to keep circling that way.
- I can't do anything with him.
Yeah.
He's taking off. Watch the dart.
We're getting tangled up here!
Look out! Look out!
He's just a mean fish.
He has not slowed down at all.
So, we're just gonna keep taking
our time with him
and just keep fighting him here
on the rod.
We got a safety line on him.
We'll get him up here
and we'll get a gaff in him.
If you pull on it,
you're just gonna pull the hook.
We're gainin' now.
We got a fish out there
with a dart in him
and the leader.
The two of them
are pulling against each other.
You could break one
or both of them by pulling.
So all you got to do is
just try and pull on one
and hope for the best.
Fish is mean, dude.
Hard right. Hard right.
We've been fighting him
for over an hour.
He's probably had the dart in him
for 30 minutes or better,
he has not slowed down one bit.
He's a mean fish.
We'll be lucky if get him.
He's right here. I got color.
Go ahead.
I'm gonna get him right here, Greg.
Get a gaff in him right here.
Right here.
. .
Let me see the gaff. Give me the gaff.
I bumped in reverse and I fell.
Got one in the head.
Coming around. Swinging the rod.
Come over on the tail.
Just drop that gaff.
Alright, I got him.
Wow, guys. Woo!
That was a tough one.
Got our money's worth on that one.
Woo!
The fat lady is singing now.
Lord. Woo.
Oh god.
That was the toughest one ever.
Why don't we go ahead
and pull this thing in?
- Look how fat that thing is.
I know, damn.
That's a big fish.
What you got?
107, woo!
That's a nice damn fish, boys.
I like it.
Hell, yeah.
Nice, nice. Pretty work.
Good lord. We're happy to have him.
We made midnight. Five minutes to spare.
We got a good one for you, Mary.
Yay! That's what I like to hear.
Let's get him off and unload him.
We wanna try and get right back out.
Sounds good. Let's do it.
Alright, cool.
With half the season pretty much over
and us at the bottom of the fleet,
this fish couldn't have come
at a better time.
It's another big one.
Another big slob.
It's a giant. And hopefully,
it will move us up the board
with a giant price per pound.
How big is he?
593 pounds dressed.
It's a nice fish though.
That's, that's nice. Nice shape.
Well, good.
Let's take a look at him.
Let's do it.
See what we got.
Gotcha.
Ha, my hands are cold.
Alright, here he is, guys.
It does have some fat.
It does have a little bit
of fat, doesn't it?
It's got a nice texture again.
They have, they've been sticky,
but they haven't been too fatty.
He's a good-looking little fish.
Better for the heart
without all the fat.
Nice core, good-looking fish.
At least it's a big size,
probably keep it domestic.
I'm gonna say...
...$11 a pound.
We'll take that.
Yeah.
For a 500 dresser,
that's a nice day at work.
Thank you.
Alright, thank you.
A little earlier tomorrow night,
we appreciate it.
We're going back out.
Get another one.
Try and get another one
for the morning.
See you guys tomorrow.
Thank you.
That's a good day's work.
Cha-ching.
Yeah. We earned it today.
♪ My-oh-my, I'm such a fan ♪
♪ Cause you can't take
the country out of a man ♪
♪ But the skies are blue
and the air is clear ♪ ♪
Oh, hell yeah!
What's up, boys?
Yeah!
Rocket man!
There he goes!
Love it, man.
Those guys are great.
How about you, Rocket?
You guys saw something?
Nothing, man.
Nothing yet. Just hopeful.
I'm the one in the tower.
He's just
up there waiving, hanging out.
Old Buggin's put
his motor back together.
But heck, after all that work,
you got to think,
all of those fish
that he's caught already...
They're worth nothing.
Worth nothing.
I mean, honestly, between
the gas bill and that right there,
he's in, he's in the hole
this season right now.
He's got to climb out of it.
Just because it's big
and it's cheap, don't mean it's nice.
No. Could just be
a ticking time bomb hereabouts.
Yeah.
It's a happy day! Happy day!
Ooh! !
You alright?
! !
You alright?
Holy !
You alright?
Yeah.
I'll, I'll put that out, bro.
That's how you get smashed
out of the boat right there.
He got soaked. He's cold and wet.
Getting late in the day.
It's been a tough day.
Alright.
Couple waves, Brian. Get ready.
Coming down!
Whoa! Hello, momma!
In the rear with the gear.
- Whoa! Whoa!
- I got a pile of fish, bro!
Where?
We got to get baits in the water,
there's, like, 20 under the boat.
Let's get one and go home.
Marks at 160.
Here we go!
There he is!
Got 'em on!
Tight! Doubled up! Doubled up!
Tripled up! Tripled up!
Hey, we are tripled up.
782-536.
Bobby hooked a triple.
A triple?
I hate that guy.
Who is it?
Bobby Buggins.
We're on, Drew!
Tripled up, baby!
I got to stay up here.
Yeah.
Drew!
Alright, bro.
What do you want to do with this?
I don't know.
Go get Drew.
He's got to come out
in his underwear, I don't care.
Drew!
We're on, Drew!
Tripled up, baby!
Drew!
He's got to come out
in his underwear, I don't care.
Yeah.
Hey, Drew!
That's the big one
I was letting go.
Oh, there you go!
Almost got this fish up.
- Drew?
Yeah?
Let's try to pick this one up.
The one on the end!
Which one, this one?
Yeah. Yeah, that one, it's better.
Two of these
may be tangled already.
I don't care which fish we get,
but we have to land one.
Hey, Bobby, you come under me.
I don't think so.
Over you. Over you.
- Over you.
No, it's not over me.
We're wrapped like over and under.
Yeah, I go over. Watch. Watch.
- Switch with me. Switch with me.
There you go, there you go.
- Yeah, there you go.
We're off.
- Hold on! Hold on!
Hold on. I'm in the leash.
Alright, look, this one is all the way out
by itself way out there.
I think we got them all separated, huh?
Yeah, we're good, buddy!
Oh yeah!
Brian, I have to go upstairs!
Get on this one.
Watch that!
Get on him. You got 'em!
Tripled up, baby!
Tripled up!
Fighting bluefin is one
of the most difficult things
I've ever done.
But fighting three of them
at the same time,
even though we can only keep one,
it's exponentially more nerve-wracking.
Oh my god.
We got to focus right now.
Alright, Brian, I'm in neutral.
Everybody, I'm in neutral.
I hope those repairs we did
to the boat hold together.
There, I got color.
Tuna?
Yeah, it's a tuna. It's a nice one.
- Bump it ahead.
Drew, stick him!
Get the harpoon and stick him!
Harpoon him?
Yeah, you could get,
bump it ahead, Bobby.
Bump it ahead. Bump it ahead.
He's under the boat.
Forward, forward, heavy.
We're gonna lose him.
Oh, he's gonna lose him.
Turn to the right!
- He's under the boat.
Turn to the right, Bobby.
To the right.
Right?
- Oh.
That way.
Keep going. I'm stuck up under the boat.
bro.
Stuck under the boat.
Here, let's try to keep the tip.
It is what it is, dude.
He just came off.
Gone! He's gone, bro!
Brian, it is what it is, dude.
Just focus on the other two.
Who's got mono, anybody?
I do.
We got color right here.
There he is. Right there.
Alright.
Get ready to stick him, Brian.
Alright, I got 'em on mine, Brian.
He's on yours?
Yeah.
Keep tight! Keep tight!
Bring him to the boat, Drew.
Brian, you get ready,
you're gonna get him right here.
Now!
Now.
Hit him!
Forward, Bobby.
I missed him.
Forward!
It's on you, Drew.
Alright, Brian. Stick that !
- You missed!
I missed him.
Right there.
Got him.
You got him?
dart's out.
Pick him up, Drew.
Throw it!
!
He's on the other one still maybe?
Yeah.
Hallelujah!
Thank God he was tangled up in my line.
Gaff the .
Hey, grab him, grab him with that gaff!
Let's stop around.
Wow.
You got him?
Yeah.
Holy .
Come on, Bobby, get the on.
Alright, ready?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Up.
Pull him up. There you go.
Wow, what a disaster, bro.
Wow! What a mess.
Tie him off.
Yeah.
Woo!
Tie it off.
You good?
Yeah.
That was insane!
Yeah, bro.
Wow!
- Whoa!
Thank God we were wrapped up, bro.
My was tangled in yours,
and yours was hooked in the mouth.
We did everything in our power
to try to lose this fish.
We tried to lose them.
They went in different directions.
One ran in the bow,
we cut him off at the prop.
The other two tangled
and one of those two broke off.
So, at the end of the day,
we have one fish.
Hit him with the dart, dart pulled out.
But it turned out he was tangled
to the other rod. We got lucky.
Thanks again for the assist, Frenzy.
That is Bobby Buggins.
I love it when
a plan comes together.
Yeah, that wasn't the plan.
You all ready to do this?
Go. Three.
Yeah, he was all tangled up and...
Alright, let's get a measurement.
Alright, let's do this.
98.
Yeah!
Yeah, sweet.
98 butterball.
Sweet.
Dude, I'm heading us to the house.
Please.
This a gift.
Dude, I love you guys!
♪ Coal stoking fire,
your flames rising higher ♪
We earned that.
♪ Go be the man
your momma know you can be ♪
What's up, Mary?
Hello, hello.
Here we go again.
Mary, it was terrible today.
But you made it pay.
You have no idea, it's chaos.
Alright, check him out.
Oh, there you go, big boy.
What does she weigh?
452 pounds dressed.
Yeah, man!
- Yeah!
You said it.
That's pretty good.
Alright, let's go check him out.
Look at that beauty, fellas.
That is pretty actually.
You can see
a little bit of fat there.
Listen, we just need
a good core sample.
I mean, we do at this point.
Alright. I got one, I have
to happen one right here.
You have no idea.
Oh, that's pretty. Oh, that's pretty.
That actually is very pretty.
What's the best price
you can give us for that fish?
I'm gonna say...
-...$10 a pound.
Yeah!
Mary, thank you so much.
Very welcome.
Thank you, Mary.
So much, Mary.
Thanks, you guys.
You're welcome.
Alright. We'll get you another one.
I pushed the boat to its limit
with that triple hook-up,
but it held up like a champ.
And we still have half a season
to recoup, you know,
the money from the engine repairs.
What's up!
Shore the lines.
Buggin' is back again
and better than ever.
Yeah!
Oh, that's a payday.
That's a payday.
Yeah, man.
We needed that so bad.
With their
miraculous boat repair job
followed by an unforgettable bluefin,
Reel E' Bugging takes the lead.
While Doghouse's 500 pounder
and Fishin' Frenzy's almost 600 pounder
moved them closer to the top.
But Offshore Outlaw, Hog Wild,
and Rasta Rocket lose precious ground
with no fish on deck.
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On this episode...
Woo!
We got to get
on these fish before they leave.
I think I found them,
but they haven't found me yet.
With the Outer Banks
bluefin season half gone...
Whoa!
We just haven't had
a whole lot of days to fish.
Southern hospitality...
We're a fleet, and we work together.
Thank you, man.
Appreciate it, buddy.
...humbles a captain...
Thank God for Fishin' Frenzy.
He's in the hole
this season right now.
He's got to climb out of it.
...and holds disaster at bay...
Man.
That looks like steering fluid.
Switch with me. Switch with me.
...and allows the fleet
to hook more monster tuna...
Fish is bigger
than I thought she was.
I missed him.
It ain't over till it's over.
Tripled up, baby!
I love it when
a plan comes together.
...on Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks.
Right now, it's just a bite.
Maybe we can turn it into a tuna.
Bluefin season reaches
its halfway point
with the Offshore Outlaw in the top spot
followed by the young guns on Hog Wild
and the beleaguered Reel E' Bugging.
While struggling boats Little Shell
and former champion Fishin' Frenzy
flounder at the bottom of the fleet.
Alright, it's the moment
of truth, boys. You ready?
We're gonna see if she starts.
Ah!
Alright,
we're off, Bobby. Let's go.
We've been working on the boat for days.
It was pretty much
a catastrophic engine failure
So here we are, we're on our way
and we ain't lost too much ground,
so we're stoked.
Back in the game.
It's nerve-wracking,
first time running the boat here.
You don't want, I don't want to push it.
You know, I got to break her in.
I mean, needless to say,
my nerves are shot.
You know, you start waiting for
the other shoe to drop, you know. So...
We are, uh,
financially bruised and battered.
I mean, parts were well over 10,000.
We haven't even calculated the labor yet,
so it's probably gonna be
substantial, so...
The hardest part
of fishing is the downtime,
fixing broken things on your boat.
When you get a fish, that's a good payday,
but you broke 12 things
on your boat and you come back,
you broke your butt
for three days and it's a wash.
I wish I would have had more time
to get to know this new boat
before bluefin season,
but we just ran her up from Alabama
and literally showed up four days before.
When my boat broke down,
everyone was after me.
We had a lot of captains
and locals help us
to get this engine fixed in record time.
I feel good about all
the numbers right now,
uh, where she's running, the temperature,
the oil pressure, everything looks good.
And, uh, we'll just cross our fingers
and say a prayer
and hopefully everything will stay.
You know, we literally got
to go catch some money today.
Hold on!
Another day in paradise.
Spent a couple days on land.
This is the roughest winter
I've ever fished.
We've been in a bit of a slump.
Everyone is kind of catching up with us,
so we'll try to turn
our slump around today.
Just getting
our ballyhoo spread set out.
The conditions are not favorable,
but they're okay.
Kind of rough, choppy, cold, the normal.
These fish are always moving,
so you got to always be on the move.
They could be anywhere.
So, we're gonna set our ballyhoos,
our trolling spread.
Here ya go, Bo.
We can't do anything
about the weather.
We just try to do the best that we can
and we just haven't had
a whole lot of days to fish
We were leading all the boats for a while,
then we had a slow streak.
And then, weather kept us
at the dock for a couple days.
That's fishing.
Sixty-six degree water.
It's cleared up.
I'm marking something here, guys.
There he is!
Still there?
Had a nibble!
Dag it!
Come on, Lord. Show me the money.
We just had
a bite, but it came off.
I don't know what it was.
It didn't come tight.
Never pulled drag, never did anything,
so that's not what we were looking for.
We were looking for a bluefin
so we can go home.
There he is! He's on that one!
Got 'em on!
Woo!
We got him that time.
This fish is taking a lot of line.
I think we may have hooked Moby Dick.
Took out a lot of line.
I got a lot of work to do on this one.
You get him stopped?
Yeah.
You want me to turn on him some?
Yeah.
Turn him
and bring him around and tighten it up.
He just made a second run.
We're gonna get some back.
Oh, he's not playing nice.
Go ahead. I can't see it.
Yeah, keep him ahead.
Still?
Yeah. That's good.
- Whenever you're ready, man.
Yeah.
It's rough and it's cold,
and it's not comfortable for one second,
but I'm supporting my family,
I'm paying my bills.
We have to get a fish to make money.
Hey, he's no longer calm?
The fish is just doing
his typical bluefin thing.
Acting really wild in the beginning
and it settled down.
Now we're getting it real close
to the boat,
it's starting to freak out again.
I think he's really starting to figure out
that he may be in trouble.
Woo. We got a head shaker.
Very nerve-wracking
when they shake their head
because it's a great opportunity
for the hook to come out of its mouth.
I see color.
Is she tail wrapped?
Tail wrapped.
When she gets up here,
get that dart in her.
Hold on. Wait, wait.
Yeah, the line is right there,
it's kind of sketchy.
Yeah.
Man, the line's across her body.
It's very sketchy.
Bo, you're going
to have to try to get a dart...
in her before she gets herself...
Go easy.
Now, now.
Alright, Bo.
Shove it in! Shove it in!
It ain't all the way in.
Let me get a gaff.
Get a gaff.
Right there.
You got her?
Yeah.
Get the slim gaff.
Good job.
Good job.
Alright, let me get up here.
Okay.
Well, it's always intense.
You-you get the moment of truth, you know,
but we got a nice bluefin
on the swim hook.
Thank you, Jesus. Nice fish. Woo.
Man.
I really want to get her
into that cold water
to try to cool her as much as we can.
Yo, Frenzy,
thanks again for the assist
with our engine.
We wouldn't be
fishing today without your help.
Bobby, he, he broke down
and he needed some parts.
I knew who to call.
We called him,
he got some parts, and he got rigged up.
Thank you, man.
Appreciate it, buddy.
When you called me last night,
I thought it was funny.
You said, "We're gonna get you fixed up."
We just need a few days to catch up.
You know, we're a fleet,
and we work together,
and, I mean, that's,
that's the bottom line.
And I know everybody wants
to be the top dog.
You know, I wanna catch
more fish than him.
I wanna catch more fish than everyone.
But even so, with Bobby
where he broke down,
you hate to see anyone stuck
at the dock this time of the year.
You know, we got
a limited season to make it here,
and you wanna be able to spend
every day you can in the ocean.
You don't wanna be stuck
at the dock broke down.
You can't control breakdowns,
but by pushing hard,
I think it cost Bobby.
But someone needs a hand,
we're gonna help them out.
That's how we work,
that's how we roll around here.
Even if he is an exterminator.
We're in the lead! We're in the lead!
I think there's 38 tons
of quota left
out of the 75 tons they've given us.
So, we're about halfway.
Ooh.
Here we go.
This is the fourth time this season
we've been the top boat.
We may only be midway through,
but I feel better and better
about the chances
to end the season as the number one boat.
It's these steep ones right here.
I did it right at that lip.
That's a big white water. Big white water.
Woo!
Alright.
Looks like we made it.
We got 38.8 miles to the fishing grounds.
Right now, the arrival time is 5:24,
so we got to speed it up a little bit.
It's not good enough.
Uh-oh.
Ain't workin'?
Is there zig-zagging?
You got it on nav or auto?
Yeah. Nav.
I think it tries
to correct itself too much.
I think we need to use the auto.
Go check the rear controls.
That looks like steering fluid.
I think we're losing
steering fluid right here.
We are?
Isn't it?
That ain't good,
but I know we're losing pressure.
Move, Chopper.
We're having a little bit
of problem with our steering
and we don't know if,
it might be a blown seal
on the rear station.
And if we keep losing pressure,
we might have blown a seal,
and we don't wanna get offshore and lose
all of our steering
and not have enough fluid.
So, if that's the case,
we might have to turn around.
We'll know right here
in a minute what we got going on.
Look at that blue hose.
We got fluid!
We do?
Yeah.
This ain't good, fellas.
Yep, I see it leaking.
Now it seems like we're losing
our steering again.
We got fluid!
We do?
Yeah.
This ain't good, fellas.
Yep, I see it leakin'.
We're .
Now, wait a minute, hold on.
We still got two quarts
of steering fluid left.
We should be alright.
You see anything wrong?
Just our pressure
leaked out a little bit.
I just pumped it up.
We should be good to go.
Let's do it.
Let's go fishing.
When we lose our steering fluid,
it means that we can't steer
the boat at all.
But we carry spare steering fluid.
So all we can do right now
is just plug it up with an old rag
and keep adding fluid if we need to
and keep fishing.
It's always something with a boat.
You fix one thing
and the next thing you know...
...you got something to fix the next day.
The life of a boat owner.
Y'all ready to get her?
For us to legally keep a bluefin tuna,
it has to be a minimum of 73 inches.
I-I'm not worried about this fish.
He's gonna be our biggest yet.
Come on, come on! You got her!
Come on! Come on!
- Pull!
Pull!
- Look at that!
That's a big one right there.
Let's measure this thing.
It's a big one.
- 102.
102.
Ha ha! Pretty work!
No kidding, boy.
We got about 30 minutes, Brian.
Put us on 'em, bro.
Let's do it, alright?
Back in the game, boys.
Boys and girls, we are back in the game.
Trying to scramble around
and get some lines in the water.
We only got about 30 minutes to fish
before the sun goes down.
You know, we're real lucky to be here.
Just thought it might have been
the end of our season.
Had a catastrophic engine thing,
and Bobby got it done.
Thank god for Fishin' Frenzy.
I mean, he really helped get
our engine fixed in record time.
Sounds like its running pretty good.
Thank god.
You know, if we don't get
a little bite here at sunset...
...that means we got
to start dropping baits in the dark
and everything that comes along with that.
Even though we had to fix this engine
halfway through the season,
I don't, for a second,
regret it buying this boat.
This is my forever boat.
Alright, fishing.
And I'm not ready
to take a loss on this season.
I believe if we push
as hard as we have pushed,
we should at least break even.
Get it out!
We got eight minutes for sun, man.
Turning reels is better
than turning wrenches.
yeah.
Yeah.
Stoked.
We got to get
on these fish before they leave.
We're blessed today.
Hey, guys. How y'all doing?
Good.
If I'm counting,
this is number seven.
Yeah,
it's a good-looking fish, too.
Let's check this fish out.
That ought to work.
Wow, this, this is a big fish.
Oh, there he goes.
We're at 557 pounds.
Wow.
Oh wow.
She's a big girl.
Awesome fish.
Let's take a look
at this fish, guys.
Let's take a look at it.
Let's look at it.
When a buyer grades a fish,
they're looking for fat content
and a bright core color.
That's paramount in getting a good price.
I know this is gonna kill y'all,
but this would be a great lipstick color.
Okay. Like, when I see that,
I'm like, "Oh my goodness."
The color on this fish is amazing.
And the fat is all the way through.
That's right.
Let's take a look at the inside.
- Check out the core.
Yeah.
Oh man.
Uh-huh.
It's not translucent or transparent.
I mean, it's kinda cloudy.
Alright.
So, what are you gonna give us?
I can't take it anymore.
Okay. Listen,
the market is not as strong as it was.
It's a beautiful fish,
but it's gonna be a solid $9 a pound.
Alright.
Awesome. We'll take it.
Yeah. Yeah.
Good job. Pretty work, Cap.
We got another one to catch tonight.
Yes, yes. See you, though.
See y'all!
Good job, buddy. Thank you.
Pretty work, boys.
I'm proud of you both.
It was way bigger than I thought
it was gonna be.
Oh, I want a bite.
Feeling confident.
Feeling good today.
Feeling dangerous.
Gonna get a bite early.
Got some sleep.
I wish I had been abruptly awoken
by a screaming reel.
- I was not.
It's rough.
Right here just trying to make
a little bit of money in the wintertime.
It's really one of the only ways
to do it around here.
It's the off season.
It's about all you got.
You either go work in a grocery store,
build houses, or go crabbing or fishing.
Crabbing ain't for me.
Today, we're fishing
about 40 miles east of Wanchese.
And the only boats near us
are the Fishin' Frenzy
and the Little Shell.
Hey, little Jimmie.
The water is warming up.
Almost 66.8 now.
I'm right here next to you.
I'm gonna, I'm gonna keep working
up here a little bit
as long as it's warming up.
I'll, uh,
I'll double back here in a minute.
Yeah. Just right
there where we finished up yesterday.
Okay.
There's different water temperatures
that the fish will be in.
But any kind of change,
that edge will be something
those fish will track on.
And since we're constantly moving,
searching for that change,
we need a really durable bait,
and ballyhoo work the best.
Send out a couple baits here.
You can pull
a good ballyhoo for hours.
Hell, even Nick on the Little Shell.
He's ahead of us
in the competition right now.
He's using ballyhoo
more than usual this season.
Here's hoping the bluefin
like our bait better than his
or anybody else's.
Thing look like it's swimming?
I can't see it.
There they are.
Oh yeah, 15 fathom.
15 fathoms.
Alright, he's marking one 15 fathoms.
Cool, first mark we've seen.
I think I found them,
but they haven't found me yet.
15 fathoms.
Finally been some marks showing up
the last hour or so,
so that's a really good, good sign.
They're high in the water, so if we
can get them up above 20 fathoms,
a lot of times we get a bite,
but they're not hungry yet.
Wow, they're coming up to ten.
Up to ten. Okay.
Give me a bite, skipper.
That's what we're talking about.
There he is. Long rigger.
Come on, baby, come on!
Fintastic!
Just stay on there, dammit.
We're on.
82 and 708.
That's right, I see you.
Alright.
Oh, there he is!
Right flat! Woo-hoo-hoo!
Got 'em on!
- Think it's the right thing?
I mean, he's taking drag.
Uh, I think he's gonna be a bluefin.
Woo, baby!
Ooh, he's fighting.
Woo!
Right flat!
Woo-hoo-hoo!
Got 'em on!
- Think it's the right thing?
I mean, he's taking drag.
Uh, I think he's gonna be a bluefin.
He's fighting nice right now.
Woo-hoo-hoo! Ooh, he's fighting!
I mean, he hasn't really
blasted off yet or nothin'.
No, not yet.
But it was taking drag
like it was the right thing.
There we go.
Yep. I like that better.
He's fighting tight.
Woo! Got us a bite.
Uh, acting like the right thing right now.
Little early to tell,
but it took a lot of line on the strike
so it's definitely got
a little bit of weight to it.
I guess he decided to wake up.
We're just trying to get
everything settled now.
Yeah, like what we want.
He's settling down now.
We might be able to go home, get a fish.
I'm hoping.
Ohh.
Woo. I like that.
Yeah, man.
Yeah, me too.
I see it. Hang on.
Huh?
I see it. It's up on top.
- Oh, that looked like a tuna, didn't it?
I can't tell.
Yeah. That's a--
Whoa!
Whoa!
It's a Mako.
Mako. It's gonna be a shark.
Makos are known to be acrobatic.
That was a firsthand glimpse.
That's a nice one.
Whoa!
And we got the hook back!
We never usually get
the hook back.
Bummer, dude.
Really, really hoping
that was gonna be a bluefin.
That's better. Yeah, baby, yeah.
Oh Lord, please.
That, ladies and gentlemen,
is what you want.
No, you pulled off, didn't you?
I don't know.
He's still there. He's still there.
He's still on there.
Still there.
Come on, baby.
Oh. Maybe the fish
come at us and come off.
We're not sure.
Just trying to get ahead,
get that line a little tighter,
see if he's still there.
He pulled off, didn't he?
God.
Can I grab it for a second?
Yeah, go ahead.
See if he's on there?
Go ahead.
Woo.
That sucks. We pulled him off.
Crotch break?
Crotch break.
Swivel's there, yeah.
Crotch break on the leader.
Damn.
That's all we got left.
Usually, when that happens,
it's on the line, not the leader.
It was a crotch break.
We got a small loop,
you know, where it's crimped
to the swivel and, um...
anyway it's a, it's a weak point.
In theory, it shouldn't break,
but sometimes it does.
I mean, it sucks.
Bluefin one, Frenzy zero.
It's a big letdown. We're tired.
We finally find some fish.
Maybe we'll get another bite.
Just gonna ride around
and look for a fish.
I'm feeling pretty good about it.
Ideally, if we got one this afternoon
right here before dark,
we can go ahead and burn the fuel.
We can go in there, try to offload,
and get back out there
and try to catch one right after midnight.
We're about midway through our season,
and we've been on the bottom
more times than I care to count.
At least right now, we're ahead of Frenzy,
but we still need some paychecks.
Even though
I'm a greenstick man, I love it,
you stick with what's working.
And if the stick is not working,
go with the rod and reel.
We're gonna get one
right here in just a second.
We'll get one, buddy.
I hope we will anyway.
We will.
Some more marks and stuff
out here a little deeper.
A pair of fish.
Sun's gonna be dark in here soon.
Gotta get a fish.
Couple slicks just popped up
right here off my bow but...
Some birds
wheeling around over here.
There you go!
Got 'em on! Hell yeah.
Brandan.
Yup?
Come help me move this rod.
Peeling drag right off a little bit.
Bring it right to that.
There you go.
Still feel him, Cliff?
Yeah.
Okay. Good enough.
Yeah.
Well, we got a chance.
Got a bite here before dark,
so hopefully everything works out.
Fish stays calm.
Alright. I'm gonna turn our big lights on.
Alright, Brandan, you ready?
Yeah.
Alright. Crank fast.
We got us a bite.
Right now, it's just a bite.
Maybe we can turn it into a tuna.
Feel like he's still there and all?
Not really?
I think he is. Good job, B.
We're gaining
some ground right now.
Just get your bow
where it will go around.
Watch out, boys. Woo!
Hoo, that's a real one.
Ohh, rig acting real freaky now.
I don't like it.
Yeah, just let him stay right like he is,
and let me see
if we can't wear him out here.
You got it, Brandan?
Yeah.
Take your time, Brandan.
The fish won't settle down.
Won't act right.
Shaking his head and shaking his tail.
Doing a bunch of we don't like.
We got five and half hours
to land the fish
and get in there by midnight.
But first things first,
we got to land the fish.
Alright, Brandan,
let me feel him a little bit.
He's coming up pretty good.
I got color.
A little bit more like that!
Here he comes, Brandan.
Alright, stop, Cliff!
Get him, Brandan.
Nice! Tail gaff!
Right here, right here,
right here, right here.
Where's the fish?
Pull the dart up. Pull the dart up.
Ohh. Oh, he's getting
under the boat.
Get it!
Dammit! Oh no!
Oh, come on!
Do we got him?
Get him, Brandan.
Nice! Tail gaff!
Right here, right here,
right here, right here.
Where's the fish?
Pull the dart up. Pull the dart up.
Ohh! Oh, he's getting
under the boat.
Get it, get it!
Oh no! Oh, come on!
Do we got him?
No, not yet.
Hold on, he's coming around, Brandan!
Alright, get him this time.
Alright, tail rope!
Alright, I got to come
to your right side.
There's no room on your left.
Alright, yes, boys.
Woo, yes!
Thanks for playing.
We got it.
That was awesome.
Alright, we got
to get going west, boys, pretty quickly.
Bigger than you think.
Lay him down.
Oh, it is a fat fish.
Nice fish.
Nice fish.
Ready? What do we got, Cliff?
99 inches.
Alright!
Good job, guys.
Alright, boys. We got a timeline.
We need to get in there.
Alright, boys, hang on.
I don't know
if we got enough time,
but we're gonna run her and see.
Let's get this money.
Yeah, baby!
- What's up, Scotty?
What's up, guys?
Back again, buddy.
Looks like a nice one, too.
Yeah, we had to get in here.
We wanted to make the 12 o'clock cutoff.
We're gonna turn around,
go back out, you know.
- You want to take a look at him?
Let's do it.
The prices for fish this season
have been all over the map.
Our last two fish were nine
and then 15 bucks a pound.
We need money to survive.
You know, we got families
that depend on us,
so hopefully we're doing
all the right things
and we'll get a good price.
Alright, Scotty, what's the dress weight?
You're looking
at 402 pounds dressed.
Nice.
Alright, man.
Alright, you wanna take
a look at him?
Yeah. Come, check it out.
Let's do it.
You guys get yourselves
a nice fish.
Yeah, it looks
really good to me, bud.
Loaded. If you look really close,
you can see the spider webs
in this fish right here.
Yeah, man.
Just loaded in the minors here.
Right in the toro, beautiful.
If the core's good,
we could have a diamond here, huh?
Yeah, I think so.
Let's see what we got.
Alright, let's see this thing.
- Nice.
Oh yeah.
Really greasy. It's got the works.
It's a nice fish.
I mean, bottom line
for this fish, you guys...
...13 bucks a pound.
Alright, nice!
- Good job, guys. Good job.
Pretty work.
Scotty, thank you, man.
We're gonna get back out there
and try to bring you another one.
Alright, sounds good.
Thanks, guys. See you later.
Need to turn and burn here.
The water is pretty.
Maybe we're in the right spot today.
Where only a couple boats are
and the fish might be here.
So, worth a shot.
We got to start fishing right here.
Yeah, what are you thinking?
What are you thinking?
We're gonna get 'em here.
Feeling good, man.
The weather's, uh, laying out out here.
Nowhere I'd rather be.
We replaced two cylinders,
two pistons, a new head.
Every gasket, O-Rings,
and all sorts of stuff.
We've done everything.
These are ballyhoos.
We should have probably changed
all six cylinders
and all six pistons.
We just don't have the money.
I mean, that was not,
that wasn't an option.
So, this is not a rebuild,
it was a repair.
Big difference.
So, hopefully she'll be good to us.
We got to catch fish today
and get some money.
Let's get some money.
Get a paycheck, man. We need it.
Get some money.
We catch a thousand pounder
we're going to Disneyland.
I wanna go to Disneyland.
Bobby's going for it today.
Count on him to push the envelope.
Bunch of Southern boys fishing,
that's all.
No competition. Just Southern love.
Still somebody's got to win.
Bobby's boat seems to be holding up.
He's moving closer to where we're fishing.
Bobby wasn't doing all that much
to help anybody out
when we started fishing here.
Kind of ticked us off.
But he broke down.
And, you know,
it doesn't make a difference
who, who somebody is.
If they've got a problem
and we can help them out,
we try to help them out.
Do we need a paycheck? Yes.
Do I like to see six other boats
bringing in more money than us?
Hell no.
We're making mistakes.
We're not catching fish.
We're behind everybody.
The last place I expected to be.
We just need some good karma
to come our way.
You got to pay attention to detail
and make sure all your stuff is right
all the time.
Hopefully, this tuna down there
at 27 fathoms will help us out.
Got 'em on! Long rigger.
Woo. Yeah.
We really need this one.
Got us a bite.
Hopefully, this one will hang on.
He's gonna be stretched out
towards the outboard?
--DIRTY/
Yeah.
Okay.
With the swell and everything,
he could be curved,
he could be up here,
so try to get what we can.
Keep it tight.
We finally got a bite.
We're desperate to get this fish on deck.
Especially since Little Shell caught
a $5,000 fish last night.
Let's see if this one holds on.
Right now, I just got
my fingers crossed.
I'm just hoping he holds on.
It ain't over till it's over.
It's tough fighting a fish at night.
The fish act different.
They're very erratic,
and you can't really see
where the line is going.
He's coming back up high.
I think we finally got
a chance here.
We might as well get
around on him a little bit.
A lot of times when the fish gets
close to the boat,
it's tough to get an eye on him
so you can get a harpoon in the fish.
Right there on top.
- See the swivel?
Yup.
Here he comes.
Throw it!
Get a gaff!
He wants to keep circling that way.
- I can't do anything with him.
Yeah.
He's taking off. Watch the dart.
We're getting tangled up here!
Look out! Look out!
He wants to keep circling that way.
- I can't do anything with him.
Yeah.
He's taking off. Watch the dart.
We're getting tangled up here!
Look out! Look out!
He's just a mean fish.
He has not slowed down at all.
So, we're just gonna keep taking
our time with him
and just keep fighting him here
on the rod.
We got a safety line on him.
We'll get him up here
and we'll get a gaff in him.
If you pull on it,
you're just gonna pull the hook.
We're gainin' now.
We got a fish out there
with a dart in him
and the leader.
The two of them
are pulling against each other.
You could break one
or both of them by pulling.
So all you got to do is
just try and pull on one
and hope for the best.
Fish is mean, dude.
Hard right. Hard right.
We've been fighting him
for over an hour.
He's probably had the dart in him
for 30 minutes or better,
he has not slowed down one bit.
He's a mean fish.
We'll be lucky if get him.
He's right here. I got color.
Go ahead.
I'm gonna get him right here, Greg.
Get a gaff in him right here.
Right here.
. .
Let me see the gaff. Give me the gaff.
I bumped in reverse and I fell.
Got one in the head.
Coming around. Swinging the rod.
Come over on the tail.
Just drop that gaff.
Alright, I got him.
Wow, guys. Woo!
That was a tough one.
Got our money's worth on that one.
Woo!
The fat lady is singing now.
Lord. Woo.
Oh god.
That was the toughest one ever.
Why don't we go ahead
and pull this thing in?
- Look how fat that thing is.
I know, damn.
That's a big fish.
What you got?
107, woo!
That's a nice damn fish, boys.
I like it.
Hell, yeah.
Nice, nice. Pretty work.
Good lord. We're happy to have him.
We made midnight. Five minutes to spare.
We got a good one for you, Mary.
Yay! That's what I like to hear.
Let's get him off and unload him.
We wanna try and get right back out.
Sounds good. Let's do it.
Alright, cool.
With half the season pretty much over
and us at the bottom of the fleet,
this fish couldn't have come
at a better time.
It's another big one.
Another big slob.
It's a giant. And hopefully,
it will move us up the board
with a giant price per pound.
How big is he?
593 pounds dressed.
It's a nice fish though.
That's, that's nice. Nice shape.
Well, good.
Let's take a look at him.
Let's do it.
See what we got.
Gotcha.
Ha, my hands are cold.
Alright, here he is, guys.
It does have some fat.
It does have a little bit
of fat, doesn't it?
It's got a nice texture again.
They have, they've been sticky,
but they haven't been too fatty.
He's a good-looking little fish.
Better for the heart
without all the fat.
Nice core, good-looking fish.
At least it's a big size,
probably keep it domestic.
I'm gonna say...
...$11 a pound.
We'll take that.
Yeah.
For a 500 dresser,
that's a nice day at work.
Thank you.
Alright, thank you.
A little earlier tomorrow night,
we appreciate it.
We're going back out.
Get another one.
Try and get another one
for the morning.
See you guys tomorrow.
Thank you.
That's a good day's work.
Cha-ching.
Yeah. We earned it today.
♪ My-oh-my, I'm such a fan ♪
♪ Cause you can't take
the country out of a man ♪
♪ But the skies are blue
and the air is clear ♪ ♪
Oh, hell yeah!
What's up, boys?
Yeah!
Rocket man!
There he goes!
Love it, man.
Those guys are great.
How about you, Rocket?
You guys saw something?
Nothing, man.
Nothing yet. Just hopeful.
I'm the one in the tower.
He's just
up there waiving, hanging out.
Old Buggin's put
his motor back together.
But heck, after all that work,
you got to think,
all of those fish
that he's caught already...
They're worth nothing.
Worth nothing.
I mean, honestly, between
the gas bill and that right there,
he's in, he's in the hole
this season right now.
He's got to climb out of it.
Just because it's big
and it's cheap, don't mean it's nice.
No. Could just be
a ticking time bomb hereabouts.
Yeah.
It's a happy day! Happy day!
Ooh! !
You alright?
! !
You alright?
Holy !
You alright?
Yeah.
I'll, I'll put that out, bro.
That's how you get smashed
out of the boat right there.
He got soaked. He's cold and wet.
Getting late in the day.
It's been a tough day.
Alright.
Couple waves, Brian. Get ready.
Coming down!
Whoa! Hello, momma!
In the rear with the gear.
- Whoa! Whoa!
- I got a pile of fish, bro!
Where?
We got to get baits in the water,
there's, like, 20 under the boat.
Let's get one and go home.
Marks at 160.
Here we go!
There he is!
Got 'em on!
Tight! Doubled up! Doubled up!
Tripled up! Tripled up!
Hey, we are tripled up.
782-536.
Bobby hooked a triple.
A triple?
I hate that guy.
Who is it?
Bobby Buggins.
We're on, Drew!
Tripled up, baby!
I got to stay up here.
Yeah.
Drew!
Alright, bro.
What do you want to do with this?
I don't know.
Go get Drew.
He's got to come out
in his underwear, I don't care.
Drew!
We're on, Drew!
Tripled up, baby!
Drew!
He's got to come out
in his underwear, I don't care.
Yeah.
Hey, Drew!
That's the big one
I was letting go.
Oh, there you go!
Almost got this fish up.
- Drew?
Yeah?
Let's try to pick this one up.
The one on the end!
Which one, this one?
Yeah. Yeah, that one, it's better.
Two of these
may be tangled already.
I don't care which fish we get,
but we have to land one.
Hey, Bobby, you come under me.
I don't think so.
Over you. Over you.
- Over you.
No, it's not over me.
We're wrapped like over and under.
Yeah, I go over. Watch. Watch.
- Switch with me. Switch with me.
There you go, there you go.
- Yeah, there you go.
We're off.
- Hold on! Hold on!
Hold on. I'm in the leash.
Alright, look, this one is all the way out
by itself way out there.
I think we got them all separated, huh?
Yeah, we're good, buddy!
Oh yeah!
Brian, I have to go upstairs!
Get on this one.
Watch that!
Get on him. You got 'em!
Tripled up, baby!
Tripled up!
Fighting bluefin is one
of the most difficult things
I've ever done.
But fighting three of them
at the same time,
even though we can only keep one,
it's exponentially more nerve-wracking.
Oh my god.
We got to focus right now.
Alright, Brian, I'm in neutral.
Everybody, I'm in neutral.
I hope those repairs we did
to the boat hold together.
There, I got color.
Tuna?
Yeah, it's a tuna. It's a nice one.
- Bump it ahead.
Drew, stick him!
Get the harpoon and stick him!
Harpoon him?
Yeah, you could get,
bump it ahead, Bobby.
Bump it ahead. Bump it ahead.
He's under the boat.
Forward, forward, heavy.
We're gonna lose him.
Oh, he's gonna lose him.
Turn to the right!
- He's under the boat.
Turn to the right, Bobby.
To the right.
Right?
- Oh.
That way.
Keep going. I'm stuck up under the boat.
bro.
Stuck under the boat.
Here, let's try to keep the tip.
It is what it is, dude.
He just came off.
Gone! He's gone, bro!
Brian, it is what it is, dude.
Just focus on the other two.
Who's got mono, anybody?
I do.
We got color right here.
There he is. Right there.
Alright.
Get ready to stick him, Brian.
Alright, I got 'em on mine, Brian.
He's on yours?
Yeah.
Keep tight! Keep tight!
Bring him to the boat, Drew.
Brian, you get ready,
you're gonna get him right here.
Now!
Now.
Hit him!
Forward, Bobby.
I missed him.
Forward!
It's on you, Drew.
Alright, Brian. Stick that !
- You missed!
I missed him.
Right there.
Got him.
You got him?
dart's out.
Pick him up, Drew.
Throw it!
!
He's on the other one still maybe?
Yeah.
Hallelujah!
Thank God he was tangled up in my line.
Gaff the .
Hey, grab him, grab him with that gaff!
Let's stop around.
Wow.
You got him?
Yeah.
Holy .
Come on, Bobby, get the on.
Alright, ready?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Up.
Pull him up. There you go.
Wow, what a disaster, bro.
Wow! What a mess.
Tie him off.
Yeah.
Woo!
Tie it off.
You good?
Yeah.
That was insane!
Yeah, bro.
Wow!
- Whoa!
Thank God we were wrapped up, bro.
My was tangled in yours,
and yours was hooked in the mouth.
We did everything in our power
to try to lose this fish.
We tried to lose them.
They went in different directions.
One ran in the bow,
we cut him off at the prop.
The other two tangled
and one of those two broke off.
So, at the end of the day,
we have one fish.
Hit him with the dart, dart pulled out.
But it turned out he was tangled
to the other rod. We got lucky.
Thanks again for the assist, Frenzy.
That is Bobby Buggins.
I love it when
a plan comes together.
Yeah, that wasn't the plan.
You all ready to do this?
Go. Three.
Yeah, he was all tangled up and...
Alright, let's get a measurement.
Alright, let's do this.
98.
Yeah!
Yeah, sweet.
98 butterball.
Sweet.
Dude, I'm heading us to the house.
Please.
This a gift.
Dude, I love you guys!
♪ Coal stoking fire,
your flames rising higher ♪
We earned that.
♪ Go be the man
your momma know you can be ♪
What's up, Mary?
Hello, hello.
Here we go again.
Mary, it was terrible today.
But you made it pay.
You have no idea, it's chaos.
Alright, check him out.
Oh, there you go, big boy.
What does she weigh?
452 pounds dressed.
Yeah, man!
- Yeah!
You said it.
That's pretty good.
Alright, let's go check him out.
Look at that beauty, fellas.
That is pretty actually.
You can see
a little bit of fat there.
Listen, we just need
a good core sample.
I mean, we do at this point.
Alright. I got one, I have
to happen one right here.
You have no idea.
Oh, that's pretty. Oh, that's pretty.
That actually is very pretty.
What's the best price
you can give us for that fish?
I'm gonna say...
-...$10 a pound.
Yeah!
Mary, thank you so much.
Very welcome.
Thank you, Mary.
So much, Mary.
Thanks, you guys.
You're welcome.
Alright. We'll get you another one.
I pushed the boat to its limit
with that triple hook-up,
but it held up like a champ.
And we still have half a season
to recoup, you know,
the money from the engine repairs.
What's up!
Shore the lines.
Buggin' is back again
and better than ever.
Yeah!
Oh, that's a payday.
That's a payday.
Yeah, man.
We needed that so bad.
With their
miraculous boat repair job
followed by an unforgettable bluefin,
Reel E' Bugging takes the lead.
While Doghouse's 500 pounder
and Fishin' Frenzy's almost 600 pounder
moved them closer to the top.
But Offshore Outlaw, Hog Wild,
and Rasta Rocket lose precious ground
with no fish on deck.
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