04x06 - Tuna and the Beast

[bunniefuu]

-Look at that.
-Yeah, that is a tuna.

NARRATOR: All season...

-Pa-pow!
-Whoa!
-Yeah.

NARRATOR: Boats have earned
some of the biggest paydays
in Outer Banks history.

-Whoo!

NARRATOR: And now...

-There's not much time
left in the season.

[grunting]

NARRATOR: With less than
two weeks left of fishing...

-Come on, let's go!

NARRATOR: Reigning champion,
Fishin' Frenzy is back on top.

-This has been my most
challenging season.

NARRATOR: But it's
still anyone's game.

-Whoo!

-Forward down!

-Whoo!

-Got 'em on!

NARRATOR: Which
unexpected challenger
will rise from the deep?

-Watch out!

-Nice fish!

-Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.
-Yes!

NARRATOR: This is...

-Yeah!
-I love this.

NARRATOR:
Wicked Tuna Outer Banks.

Defending champion
Fishin' Frenzy has clawed
their way back into the lead

after recent struggles.

But Pinwheel, Reels of Fortune
and Foolish Pleasures are
less than seven grand behind.

BRITTON [over radio]: You know
why we're all doing this.

We're all out here trying to
support our families, trying
to support what we do.

Start it off with a
prayer here this morning.

Lord, we'd like to thank
you for the opportunity
that you've given us so

far this season.

Thank you for this
community of fishermen.

GREG: The season's
coming to a close.

We're in the number one spot.

All we got to do is hold on.

-My arch nemesis.

One good trip down here and
an underdog can be a top dog.

Still, really anyone's game.

He thinks he's the
tuna king of the South.

That's not true, not
this year at least.

BRITTON [over radio]: Because
everybody's out here pushing,

everybody's tired.

Help us to be safe, help
us to make wise decisions.

-If you waited
for perfect conditions,

[chuckles]

you'd fish about
three days a winter.

DALE: Going up.

Bluefin season in
the Outer Banks is only
about three months long.

For us Southern guys,
this is where we make the
majority of our money so we've

got to bank it for
the rest of the year.

That's a lot of pressure.

BRITTON [over radio]: Amen.

CHARLIE: Amen, Shack.

TYLER: Hey, thanks man,
appreciate it.

GREG [over radio]:
Thank you, Shack.

Let's have a good day.

-Come on, get 'em, get 'em,
get 'em, get 'em, get 'em,
today's the day.

GREG: We had a few stumbling
blocks earlier this season.

But our last trip out,
we caught two fish.

That put us back in the lead.

I know they're here, come on.

At this point,
everyone's gunning for us
and time is running out.

[beeping]

Hey, here's a mark, 35.

Come on, come on!

[beeping]

[clicking]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

-Oh.
-We're on, we're on!

-There he is, come on, baby!

That's what we
want, got one on.

-Make that money, baby, bills!

It's right in the box.

Rotation's up, our turn.

BILLON: The Frenzy has
been on top every year.

We're champs, that's
just who we are.

But right now, there's a few
boats are only one nice fish
away from getting ahead of us.

We've got to land this fish.

I wanna beat everybody.

How you feeling there?

-Feel good, man.

I think he's a little
better than you think.

-Push that thing
right up over strike.

Put some drag on that
thing right up over strike.

-I'm on top strike right now.

Going low.

-Oh, he might have a
little bit of weight.

What do we got?

-I mean, he's solid.

-We got 'em on!

And this fish will put us
one step closer to being the
top boat on the Outer Banks

four years in a row.

We don't just want it.

We need it.

-There he is, color,
all right, he's circling.

-Come on baby, come on baby.
-You want a couple cranks?

-Yeah, let me crank
on it for a minute.

See what we got here.

-He come up
the one time I was like,
"I can't keep up with it!"

-I'm right behind.

Tell me what side.

-Got that gaff
ready, ready to rock.

-There he is.
-What are you thinking?
-He's not big enough.

-I think he's is.

Maybe he's a little
BLT Butterball.

-Ugh, too short,
get the hook out.

-Oh, close, close, close!

-To be a keeper, a fish
has to measure 73 inches.

Taking one look at that one,

I can tell he
wasn't long enough and
we have to release him.

-Watch your leader.
-Clear, I got your leader.

-All right, he's off,
there he goes.

We're running out of
time and every minute
we spend on a short,

is a minute we didn't
spend looking for a big
one and ultimately that

costs us money.

It's tough, you know we're
out here everyday fishing.

We got a bite,
everything's right.

It's just was the wrong size.

With this season
coming to an end,
this one really hurts.

-It was close, super close
but not, not what we want.

-Close, but no cigar, guys.

CLIFF: Oh, boy, we
really need another fish.

-This is my first season
as a captain and we cannot
finish at the bottom.

I want a bite.

The Little Shell's
a family boat.

Cliff has three young'uns,
I have one, Brandan has one.

We got a lot riding
on this season.

There are five children
depending on this
boat catching fish.

All right, Cliff,
jockey this thing.

Put me, put me on 'em.

It's a lot more pressure.

There ain't no marks
so I, I don't know what
you, give me a fish.

Catch me a fish.

-Look at that.

[snoring]

-But at the same time,
stress has a negative
impact on the crew.

So I want these boys
to have a good time
and enjoy themselves.

-Just go down there and
crawl right on top of him.

-Come on, baby, come on.

[laughter]

-The thing about Little Shell
is we're all friends.

You can have fun and
work hard and catch
fish and make money.

-I really wish you...
-We got to get a bite, boys.

The Frenzy's ahead of us.

We're not gonna have that.

-All right, let's go!
-No way!
-Let's go!

-No layin' down on the job!

No layin' down on the job!

-Let's go, let's go,
come on, come on, let's go!

CHARLIE: I don't even know how
many hours we've been on this
boat, but it's been a lot.

Sweating and sweating.

The end of the season's
approaching and I want to
catch as many fish as we can

before it closes.

I can feel the pressure
because you know you've
only got a few more chances.

[beeping]

Damn, there's some
marks here, captain.

-Is that tunas right there?

I think it's tunas.

-There's a mark.

Jig that thing.

-Come on, girl.

Catch me one.

CHARLIE: Come on, baby.

[beeping]

[snap]

There he is, got 'em on!

Pow goes the breaker!

Is he on there,
where's that breakaway?

-Yeah, yeah, yeah,
come on, come on back.

-You got him?
-Yes, yes.

-Look at that!

[snap]

-There he is!
-There you go, got him on!

Watch out, got him on!

-[bleep], Nick got a bite.
-Nick got a bite?

TYLER: Duffy, Little Shell
just hooked up.

Little Shell's tight.

-Come on, baby,
bring me fortune.

-Wow, I can feel this
fish paddling like a
big long fish, you know?

Oh, that looks
like a good one.

Ooh, ooh, give me
the polyball, give
me the polyball!

You got to slow him
down, he's a strong one.

-You always got to
put that on there.

-All right, talk to me.

I can't, I can't see.

-Stop the boat.

We got a bad, bad, tangle.

We just got a
tangle on the stick.

And there ain't nothing
we can do about it, there
ain't nothing we did.

You got six hooks on the
thing, you know, he grabs
it, pulls it down in a V,

the hooks will spin around
themselves and we just got
to be careful because in the

tangle, there's a hook.

CHARLIE: Right now, thank you.

God doggit!

It's, it's rare we lose
a fish to a bent hook.

It's just tackle failure
and there's nothing
we can do about that.

This late in the season,
that's a hard pill to swallow.

Ugh, I don't like bad days.

-Hold on, hold on, hold on,
hold on, hold on, hold on.

-I got that, you run the boat.

I want to cut that
squid right off here.

When you got a tangle,
you got to be really
careful how you handle it.

If you cut the wrong
line, go ahead, cut it,
cut it right off there.

That could be $10,000
paycheck down the drain.

I can't crank him
up with a tangle.

-There's the fish right there.

-Yeah, I know.

Getting close enough,
Brandan, you might need
to take a shot here.

Brandan, get your dart.

I'm gonna hand line it in.

Not yet, not yet!

-Get your gaff!

Tail rope!

-It's right there.
-Let me have it.

-Yeah!
-Good job, guys, nice fish.

A big damn fish.

-Nice fish.

NICK [over radio]:
Reels of Fortune.

Come in, Griff.

God, it's nice.

Did you get him?

-Opened up a hook, lost him.

Oh, boy, that sucked.

-Don't get worried about it,
you'll get him next time.

CHARLIE [over radio]: Thank you,
thank you, thank you.

-Ready?
-Yeah.
-Come on boys, go, yeah.

-Yeah.
-All right boys.



We got a great team
with a great attitude.

Now we've got a
great fish onboard.

The season's ending soon
but the Little Shell
might be getting hot.

-Hey yes sir, good job son.
-Awesome.

NICK: All right,
let's get on the hunt.

TYLER: It's about to be
that time, bro.

Trying to get one more
before the sun goes down.

Hopefully we can
get a bite here.

Last year, I lost
out to Fishin' Frenzy
by less than $700.

My goal this season is to
out-fish him and the rest of
these Southern boys and end

the season with a Northern
boat on top for once.

Just one fish could
put me on top.

Come on now, come on man.

Wow, wow, here's the mark.

Here's the mark.

go jig the stick.

-Oh, here we go.
-Here's what we want.
-He's coming right up.

Come on, now!

[beeping]

-Marking 'em!

Marking 'em,
we're marking 'em!

Getting some marks right here.

-All right.

-Yup.

-I think everybody starts
to push even harder once
they know the season's

coming to an end.

We really need a
big trip right now.

We're kind of in the middle
of the pack and we got to
get ahead of everybody as

well as make some money.

That's two fish right there.

-Oh, oh.

[clicking]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

-We got a bite,
we're on, we're on!

-Yup!

-Got one on right here.

-Dale's hooked up.

-Still marking?
-Still marking 'em.

[beeping]

Come on, give us
one before dark.

Come on now, give me one bite.

One bite for the
boys right here.

Sundown how you doing?

How you doing, how you
doing, how you doing?

One time, one time,
one time, one time.

Here we go here, batter,
batter, batter, batter...

-Hey!
-Got 'em on!

-Got a nice fish here
on the rod, big fish.

Taking a lot of line
right off the bat here.

Good looking fish.

-Big bite, dude.
-Oh, baby, this is a big boy.

-All right, Dale.

-It's our ticket home, Dale.

-She just said that
she'd go with you.

-Got 'em on!

Down and dirty
at sunset, baby.

-We came out here grindin'.

Look what it did for us.

We're down and
tight right now.

Sideways and tight!

-Sideways and tight, baby!

-Bring it on, baby!
-Hell yeah, brother!
-Bring it on.

Ain't nothing better than
what's going on right now.

-I love this.

-Yeah, I'll get suited up.

That's a nice one.

-Yeah, he's pissed off now.
-Yeah.

-That's a hell of fish
we got on here, man.

This is what we came
out here for, man, if
we can land this thing.

-Forward, Dale, forward!

-Forward, forward, Dale!

-Forward, Dale!

[cranking]

WILL: Forward, Dale, forward!

-Forward, Dale!

-Forward!

-All right,
all right, all right!

-This scares the hell
out of you when you get
something like this on.

TYLER: In a circle,
making a pinwheel!

-I just saw him, I just
saw him, there he is.

-This fish is gonna put
us ahead of Frenzy, bro.

Deep color.

-Color!

-Forward, Dale.

-I'll keep you
informed for sure.

Come on back,
Dale, you're good.

There he is!

He's gonna do that
circle here in a minute.

[line snaps]

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa.

-Ugh.
-He's gone?

-That's over.

-Dammit, man, dammit.

-Gone, pulled the hook.

-Ugh, now I can relax.

-The season's coming
to a close so it's more
important than ever that

we get some fish
while we still can.

All right, well, it
really, really hurts bad
to lose a fish this close

to the end of the season and
especially when you know
you had a slob on there.

Ugh, man, that sucks.

The thrill of victory
and the agony of defeat.

-He looks pretty
good down there, bro.

-He's a keeper.

-I'm gonna say
that's a keeper.

-Okay here.
-He's a keeper.

Whoo!

-Yeah, brother!
-Yeah, bam!

-Hey, hey, another
one for the Pinwheel.

Yeah, brother!

-Yeah, whoo!
-All right.
-Yes, yes thank God!

This is how we beat
Frenzy this season.

Fish harder and smarter
than everyone else.

That's a nice tuna.

Pinwheel is getting it done.

-Whoo!
-That's a gem, dude!

-Yes, boom!
-How do you like me now?

-Let's get a
measurement on him.

-83 brother.
-Yes!
-All right.

-Boom, thank you!
-Better by the day.

-Oh, my God, thank you.

We came down here to
have a good season and
we're catching fish.

That's a great fish, Duff.

Bingo-Bango.

Because we're on the meat
and we're catching fish and
I'm gonna help everyone out

because we got ours.

GREG: Did you get him?

-Yes sir, yes sir.

GREG: Tyler got 'em.

It was a rod bite.

Tyler gets a rod bite.

We started the day at top
of the fleet but Tyler's fish
probably put him ahead of us.

It's so close in
the fleet right now.

It's anyone's game.

We've got to start
catching fish now.

That's the way
our luck's going.

He ended up catching a
fish right here, right at dark.

We've been out here
all day, dark to dark,
we can't even get a bite.

I'd say luck is on
his side right now.

This sucks right now.

-We got to do something, dude.

We got to change our luck.

BRITTON: So far this
season, Doghouse has been
at the bottom of the pack.

We want to be competitive
but we also wanna support
ourselves and our families.

Unfortunately, we're
running out of time
to make that happen.

So every minute is
precious out here.

-We got to change our luck.

BRITTON: Sheesh.

-Can't leave him out here.

A fellow fisherman is having
problems with his motor
and he needs to get towed in

or he's gonna be stranded.

You want me to
come and get you?

-All right, I'm getting my
stuff up and come get you.

-Hey.
-Yes sir.

-Go ahead and
get your rigs up.

We're gonna go get Phipps.

In the overall scheme of
things, yes continuing to fish
is important but, y'all up?

-Got her up.

-Helping him out, it's
the right thing to do.

-Ready?

-We've got two motors.

You know, we've got big
clutches, big wheels.

I'm just suited
to tow somebody.

[groans]

CAINE: All set Brit,
let's do it.

I'm a firm believer
in Karma and having that
positive attitude, you know,

helping each other out.

It's gonna come back someday.

JARRETT: Why can't this be easy?

Fishing in the Outer Banks
sucks [bleep].

-Ah!
-What happened?
-[bleep] piece of [bleep]!

[groans]

I have literally put my
life on the line this season.

Hang on!

There's always a risk
involved with fishing,
but we hope it pays off.

And this season with only two
fish to show for it, I might
be going home empty-handed.

I'm frustrated.

Dammit.

-I don't know why he's got
his panties in a bunch, I mean.

-We haven't spent as much
time fishing this season as
the rest of the fleet because

there has been times when TJ
decided the boat was gonna
stay tied up at the dock.

BRITTON [over radio]: TJ needs
to get his act together.

Pelicans sit on pilings.

Fishermen fish.

TYLER [over radio]: Capt. TJ Ott
has decided that he's going
right to bed.

Whoo!

-I take lot of pride in
this boat and in my job.

I don't like feeling like
we're the laughing stock of
the fleet and I understand why

Jarrett's fed up.

Got to capitalize now.

It's a pretty fishy
day, nice and overcast.

As you can you see it's pretty
snarly out here so hopefully
we get one of those big boys

to hold on early because
we could really use
a paycheck right now.

[beeping]

TJ: That's a pile
of them there, God.

-Did you see that, Jarrett?

Right under the birds,
I keep seeing expl*si*n.

Look, see it again?

See him just swoop down.

Come on Reba, get inside.

What, they're on the stick?

[snap]

We're on, we're on,
taking a lot of line.

TJ, come help him.

I'm getting dumped and
his rig isn't tangled.

Holy [bleep] TJ,
this is a jumbo.

-Come on, we really
need this fish.

-Taking line.

Look, they're exploding
all over behind,
around the birds too.

-All right, all right,
all right, all right.

-TJ, what are you doing?

We can't lose this thing.

-I think we just lost him.

Lost him.

Just went boom!

And there was no
pressure at all.

Just came off.

-You sure he's not on there?

-Yeah, I'm sure, TJ.

'Cause I saw him
breaking everywhere.

-What did it look
like, the expl*si*n?

-Is this the drop
it should be on?

-Yeah, here grab that drop.

-Dammit, it's gone.

-It broke.

There it is.

-Broke 'em off.
-All right.
-Dammit.

-All right, we're good,
Michael, we're gonna put it
back up, we head down sea.

-Ah, just everything possible
to go wrong, goes wrong.

-That was a nice one too they
were breaking everywhere.

TJ: Let's get it
back in the air.

I know my guys are frustrated.

I don't wanna be at the
bottom of the fleet either.

From now until the end
of the season, we're gonna
fish around the clock and do

whatever it takes to get
these guys some big paydays.

I just can't believe
that just happened to us.

Unbelievable.

Jarrito?

-What up?

-You want a shot of tequila?

-No.

-You look like you could
use a shot of tequila.

BRITTON: We just need
a little blessing.

That's all we need just
a little teeny blessing.

[beeping]

Oh, there's a mark.

Oh yeah, go get
ready, get Graham.

We're finally back out
here fishing after I helped
a friend out and towed

his boat in last night.

I just hope we didn't spend
too much time off the water
and missed our opportunity to

turn things around.

They're definitely tuna marks.

-Come on, baby.

-Whoa, oh look, look,
look, look, look!

Whoo, got him on!

-He's on there!

BRITTON: They're
definitely tuna marks.

-Come on, baby.

-This is the meat, boy!

-Whoa, whoa, look!

Look, look, look, look, look.

Whoo, got him on!

He's on there, he snared
and out of there, son!

-Come on Caine,
we need this one!

-Did you see that?

-Yes I seen it,
I seen it, awesome.

-Son of a b*tch skied
three foot out of the water
after that thing, brother!

That was awesome.

We ain't even had the
stick up two minutes.

Whoo, look at me
I'm trying to put the
wrong [bleep] glove on.

No wonder that
thing wouldn't fit.

-Come on, boys.

-Knock on wood.

It's going to be
a keeper for sure.

We need our three bad.

-Bad.
-Bad, bad.

Knowing that the season's
coming to an end, everybody's
getting a little anxious.

Right now the only thing
I'm worried about, catching
the fish and paying some

of these bills.

Shaking his head,
shaking his head.

Trying to wear him down
so we don't burn him out.

-Forward, forward,
forward, forward!

-Comeon, baby girl
-All right, getting close.

-Chilly.

-The Lord is gonna make us
work for every one we catch.

-All right, get
ready, get ready.

He's up top, he's up top,
he's up top!

Look at that tail,
look at that tail, son.

-I want to get this in him.

What side am I
gonna be on, here?

-That's right.

-Throw the dart, throw it!

sh**t, I don't know
about the dart shot.

-Looked like you jammed it
in her gills, didn't you?

-No, the dart pulled out.

-You got to start hitting them
things in the gills, buddy.

-I'm trying, dude.

-Graham missed a mark
and the dart pulled out.

If we're gonna land this fish,
Graham needs to make a better
dart shot before the fish has

a chance to break free.

Think you better get
another one in there.

-I'll take my time
with this one.

-You got one more shot
Graham, make it count.

-Hard, you got to jab it!

-Stick him, throw the dart.

-Ain't going in there, dude.

-Man, you have got to put
some oomph behind that thing.

-Back up and jab that.
-Get by you!

-There you go!
-You got him!

Pull him in the boat.

-All right, all right, ready?

Hold on, wait for, Shack.

One, two, three!

Heave, heave!

-One, two, three, heave.

-Ready, ready, ready.

-94, pretty work, Caine.

-We got him, guys.

Awesome bite, nice size.

-Yeah, he is.

We had to get off the water
earlier to help a friend out,
but we made it back out and

we're blessed
with a great fish.

-Set back out real quick and
we'll deal with this later.

Let's try and
catch up to 'em.

Let's go get us
another one guys.

Pretty work.

-Pretty work, brother.
-Good job, cuz.

Good job cuz.

-Score one for the Doghouse.

BRITTON [over radio]:
It's a nice one, boys, 94.

-I just don't, I don't get it.

[groans].

CHARLIE: He's hooked up,
he's hooked up,
everybody's hooked up.

I can't find a mark,
I just can't stumble
across the mark.

He's hooked up,
he's hooked up.

Everybody around
here's hooked up.

I can't, I can't
go over a mark.

At one point earlier this
season I was in the top spot
and I'm itching to get back.

We had a hook up earlier
but we lost the fish.

Since then, nothing.

I swear to goodness.

I just can't stumble
across a mark here today.

Weird how it goes like that.

-I can't get a bite.

Unbelievable, man.

STEVE: It's our turn to suck,
it's gonna happen.

-I know, I just don't like it.

-But it's reality.

-Come on, I need a mark!

What the hell!

-What's up, man,
how you doing?

-I'm good.

How was the trip?

-Come up with a big
one, so, we want to get him
off and get turned around.

-Let's get it off,
daylight's burning.

-All right, what
we got, Dennis?

-455 pounds.

-All right, nice, let's
see what he looks like!

When the buyer looks
at the fish he's looking at
the color and the fat content

of the meat.

The more fat, the more price
per pound you're gonna get.

-It's a nice fish,
really, really nice fat.

Really nice marble
through the meat here,
really nice oily meat.

-The highest quality fish this
season has gotten $24 a pound.

We're hoping for a big payday.

-Let's see what the
core looks like, Mary.

-We need some good
money on this one.

Season's getting
close to being over,
every dollar helps.

-Well, you got a
nice one here, Nick.

-All right, so what's
the bottom line?

-I'm gonna pay
you $22 a pound.

-All right, yeah, yeah!

-Well done, guys.

-Yes sir, thank you.

$10,000 is an
awesome paycheck.

But the season's coming
to a close and we need to
turn and burn if we're gonna

keep up with
the top four boats.

Give 'em hell Little Shell!

-Come on, let's go!

TJ: Come on baby,
come on baby.

Where is the big herd?

Oh, man this is lame.

We're running out
of time in the season and
the mood is not good on the

Hot Tuna right now.

-I think we just lost him!

TJ: Yesterday we lost a fish...

-We lost him!

TJ: And morale is getting low.

[groans]

Right now we're the worst
performing boat in the fleet.

Some boats have made
almost three times as much
as money as us so far,

with just about
a week left towards
the end of the season,

we really need to
turn things around, fast.

[beeping]

There's a few right
there, Jarrett.

-This is the one,
this is it.

We've only caught
two tuna this season.

If we don't catch some more
fish before the season closes,
After working hard here for

weeks, I'll pretty much be
going home empty-handed.

[beeping]

-Do you still see 'em?

[beeping]

[barking]

-Watch the lines.

-Whoo, pa-pow!

-Oh, yeah, he's still there.

-Don't tangle these lines now.

-Come on, we need this fish.

Looks like a good one, man.

-I just seen him
pinned out, dude.

-You seen him up in the air?

-Oh yeah, pinned out.

-Take your time with him.

This could be
$10,000 on the line.

Got 'em on, baby, got 'em on!

That's the one, Jarrett,
that's the silver tuna, baby.

-We really need it to be.

-We got 'em on,
that's all that matters.

Take our time and
try to get 'em.

Oh it felt good to hear
that breakaway break, bro.

That's a great sound.

-Yeah, it is.

-You know, the tide's trying
to push us away from him.

-All right.

-Nothing I can do, man.

You haven't got to the
breakaway yet though, right?

-Uh-uh.

-Whoa, whoa, whoa,
I can't see him.

-Did we lose him?

-I don't know.

-Gone?

-I think he's gone.

Bubby, I think he's gone, bro.

-Come on.

-Oh, man we had him.

How did he come off?

This was the one he was on.

-You've got to be kidding me?

Damn.

-Oh, bent the hook, huh?

Wow, must have been a big one.

TJ: We've gotten two hook
ups this trip but zero fish.

Hot Tuna can't catch a break.

Something has got to give.

Some days you're the dog,
some days you're the hydrant.

And right now
we're the hydrant.

-Something's got to change.
-What are we doing wrong?

TYLER: Pinwheel, baby!

What up, what up, boys?

-What's up, Ty.

-We got a "Sunset Cinderella."
-All right, let's look at her.

-All right, we're
sending it your way.

Right now we're in second
place in the earnings.

Less than five grand
behind frenzy, but this
fish could push us to the

top of the fleet.

What's it looking like, buddy?

-291 pounds.
-Bingo!
-Wow.

-Sweet.
-Let's go check it out.
-Let's roll out.

-Sounds good.

-Look at that, I'd eat that.
-Yeah, that's a, that's
a really beautiful core.

It's a nice cherry red.

Good color, good
amount of fat.

-Bro, my heart is racing
over here, I'm like oh
my God, all right, cool,

about to score big, you
know, what's going on?

-We need, we need the money.
-Come on.

-$19 a pound.

-Yes, awesome, thank God.
-All right dude.

-We finally got a
really good one.

-Best fish of
the year, so far.

-Thanks buddy.
-I appreciate it, brother.
-Yeah, it's a nice fish.

-We'll see you soon, Bubba.
-All right, thanks, guys.
-Peace and love.

Yes, that puts
frenzy in our dust.

But, now it's time
to turn and burn.

That fish just launched
us into the lead.

DUFFY: Yeah, top spot, baby.

CHARLIE: This is
one of them days.

You got to have one
every now and again.

Tyler's last fish just
put him in the top spot.

But it would sure embarrass
me to have somebody from
up North win this thing.

And I do not want
to lose to a Yankee,
especially to Pinwheel.

I'm just, you know, we're
marking a lot of fish up here.

I don't think anybody's had a
bite yet, 781 and a 682, man.

Anyway.

Uh-uh-uh-uh.

Frenzy, you hear us?

GREG: Uh, it sounds
like Griff is having
a very hard day today.

Coupled with the fact
that he's been up for
as long as we have.

He's being very, very loud.

-Yes.

-We're having a bad
time on the Frenzy too.

Boats are catching fish.

We're getting passed up,
but I don't feel like I
need to share it with the

rest of the world.

-This day ain't goin'
that bad, Griff, come on.

Turn your...

-I know but I'm
just in a bad mood.

-Pass me them scissors.

I am too but, I mean,
you got to look at what's
the big picture here.

The big picture
is not that bad.

-I know.
-You're spoiled.
-You're right.

Steve getting on me
about being spoiled right
now is just what I need.

I need to knock it off and
get my head right because me
pitching a fit is not gonna

catch us a fish.

Right now we're having
what they call a day in
the barrel and we

have been so lucky, man.

I'm walking around pouting,
tripping over my bottom lip
and there's really

no need in it.

But, the other reason I
am is because I'm tired.

-It's hard.

-We're getting ready to
have an attitude adjustment.

We're getting ready to
catch a 500 pounder,
we'll be all right.

[laughter]

BRITTON: Just outside of you.

They're still coming.

-Okay, good to know.

-Sheesh, look at this mark
coming on the screen, boy.

Wow, we got one
fish on the boat.

But we've caught less fish
than most of the fleet.

-So, really, really
need this fish.

We've got the mark.

Some other guys have gotten
in here inside of us close.

And this looks primetime.

[beeping]

[clicking]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

-We're on, we're on!

-Yeah, whoo-hoo,
we got 'em on!

-Taking out a
lot of line, now.

-Still going.

-The thing's dumping us.

-Good Lord willing,
this will be two.

Putting his fighting suit on.

-Changing my costume
to beast mode!

-Yeah, it's gonna be the
right thing here, Griff.

-Oh boy, Shack is fighting
a fish right here!

-God, come on, man.

Britton's a great guy.

I always pull for him I
hope he gets his fish.

But right now my
mind's on our boat.

We need to make
something happen here.

[beeping]

There's a fish
already at 120 foot.

Shackleford's got one on.

[clicking]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

Damn, look at that.

-Come on baby, come on
Mr. Griff, come on, baby.

-Got it?
-Yeah.
-Oh, boy!

This has been a
struggle, guys.

I don't even know what
day we're on here anymore.

But, hopefully, hopefully!

-No rest for the weary.

-Come on, Caine!

We got a huge fish on the
line and it's pulling hard
-Get him, son, get him!

-But I have nothing to
worry about because Caine
is a beast on the rod.

-Here comes the leader.

On the leader here, Shack.

Coming up, coming up!

Fish is up top.

A bit out of reach.

I think I see it splashing.

Here we go, here we go.

To your right, to your
right, to your right.

He's coming over the boat!

To your right.

Oh, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.

-Come on man,
we need this one!

-Coming tight.

-There he is right here.

He's pretty damn close.

-Yup, that's him, buddy.

Getting ready to
do something here.

-Do that 10 more times
I'm gonna stick this
sharp object in him.

-Right here here's color.

He's coming over to the side.

All right she's
coming to the boat.

Go ahead, go ahead, go
ahead, go ahead Griff.

Go ahead fast.

-It's right here,
it's right here, nice tuna.

-Come on, please, please,
please, please, please!

-Come on, Caine.

Crank her up there, boy.

-Oh, there she is.

Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Hold on, hold on.

Throw that, throw
the dart, throw it!

-Throw it.

-Missed him!

-Come on.

-That one right there
is in there, cuz.

-Whoo, good job guys.

Look at that,
pretty work guys.

GRAHAM: Made sure we
work that one, Caine.

BRITTON: Two fish
for the Doghouse.

We started out behind
the eight ball this week.

But, now we're on fire.

-103, baby.
-103!

-Nice fish!
-Whoo!

STEVE: All right, you
see him right here?

You can stick him.

Hey, come on now.

Go ahead, Griff,
you missed him, you missed him.

Hurry up.

-Dammit, man.

-Here you are,
I'm pulling him right to you.

Take your time.

You missed him again.

Just give me the gaff, give
me the gaff, give me the gaff.

-Watch out, somebody!

-Got him now.

-Whoo-wee!

I swear, good job, buddy.

This one puts us right
on the heels of Pinwheel.

And that should be
close to the top spot.

Boy, wouldn't that be sweet.

-Man, I'm glad
that worked out.

-Me too, buddy.



-84.

-Let's go ahead.

You want to catch another
one or go in there and dump
him out and get right back?

-Yeah.

BRITTON [over radio]:
Yeah Griff, did you get one?

-Yes sir.

BRITTON [over radio]:
Pretty work.

We got our second fish.

-Shack just caught
his second one.

Griff's caught, oh, God.

We suck.

-Hey Cap,
what time we got?

-Nine on the dot.

-Decisions, decisions.

-It ain't no decision.

We got bait, we're fishing.

-Sounds like a plan, Stan.

BRITTON: The fishing
regulations this year
say that we can catch three

fish per trip.

We've already got two.

So, I figured we try a little
bit harder for one more and
head home with a full boat.

[clicking]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

-We're on!
-Got him on?
-Got him on!

I'm gonna move
this fish over here.

-Yes sir, all right, come on.

-Gotcha, gotcha.
-Pretty work.

-We really need this one.

This will be our third one
which will be our limit
so we can go back in.

-Come to daddy, girl.

Play right, play
fair, play fair.

Got the leader, turn
to your left, forward!

-All right good,
ease him on up now!

-Forward, he's coming
around the stern here.

All right, all right, it
ain't taking any line backing.

-Come on boys,
we need this one!

-Forward, forward, forward!

-Come on, Caine!

Get him on up here.

-Hold, hold, hold, hold!

-He's right there on top.

-Coming up.

He's coming up, boys.

He's coming up.

Coming up, boys.

A little tired but right
now my adrenaline's pumping.

-Bring her on home, Caine.

-Doing my best, Daddy-O.

This is a big fish man,
it feels huge.

We got to get
this fish, we got to
get him on the deck.

Get ready.

-I'm ready, buddy.

-All right, I see color.

Right there, right there.

Get ready, bud.

Get ready to go forward.

She's pinwheeling,
pinwheeling.

She's circling,
dangerous situation.

-All right, stick him!

-Easy, easy, easy!

-Right now!

-Right there.

-Get ready to go forward.

She's pinwheeling,
pinwheeling.

She's circling,
dangerous situation.

-All right, stick him!
-Easy, easy, easy!
-Right now!

Good shot, go ahead and
pull that one in the boat.

-Come help us grab
him, Shack, come on.

Am I in there?

-No, get ahold of him good.

-Now, one, two, three, go!

-Come on.

-Whoo, beast mode, 92 guys!

Another 90-incher
in the books, sweet!

Bluefin fishing, you don't
catch a limit a lot, and
when you do, it's awesome.

-I know one thing.
-We're going home.

-[bleep] boy,
thank you, Jesus.

CHARLIE: Tuna fishing, baby!

-Wow, you're coming in hot.
-Oh my gosh, man.

-Yeah, we got this one
on the rod last night.

That was lucky, this
is the one we needed.

-Let's see what she's like.

-All right, I'm so jacked
up to get this one.

I got the top spot in my
sights and I'm not giving
up till the final bell.

What we got, Ms. Mary?

-289 pounds.
-Good, good deal.

Let's see what the
thing looks like.

-All right, let's
check her out.

-Nervous, nervous.
-Drum roll, how we looking?

-Nice meat color,
little bit of fat.

-Nice translucent.
-Yeah, nice, nice clarity.

Very nice core.

Nice little fish.

-What do you think?

-$20 a pound.

-Man, that's awesome,
pretty work Griff.

-Thanks guys, thanks
man, thank you very much.

Steve and I were hoping
for a really good price and
that's exactly what we got.

The season's ending soon
and the Reels of Fortune's
right near the top.

All that hard work
paid off, Steve.

BRITTON: That's three fish for
the Doghouse, count 'em, three!

-Britton how's everything?
-Good.

You look about like we feel.

Oh, man.

-What do you got today?
-I got three for you.
-That's a good trip.

-Want to check 'em out?
-Let's do it.
-Yes sir.

This has been an exhausting
trip for the whole crew.

Coming back tired means
that we went out there and
did our job and I've got three

fish to prove
that we did it well.

All right Bubba,
what you got?

-483 pounds, 436 pounds,


-Yeah, man.
-Nice.
-Pretty nice.

-Let's go
take a look.
-Let's go.

-We got three fish today
but up until now it's been a
pretty disappointing season.

I'm praying these fish
bring a high return.

We need to make
up for lost time.

-Nice core, no burn at all.

Let's see.

Decent color on it,
it's got some fat.

Yeah, it's not a bad
looking fish at all.

-What do you think, 'cuz?

-We'll give you $17 a pound.
-Sweet!
-Let's see the next one.

Looks good too.

-It does, yes sir.

-It's got a little
bit of fat in it.

Core's not bad at all.

No burn, great color on it.

-That's a lot of adjectives.

-Come on, 'cuz.

-$16 a pound.

-We'll take it, we'll
take it, yes sir, all right,
Bubba, give me a big number

on this last one.

-All right boys,
let's see what we got.

Nice looking fish.

-Good deal.

-Got a lot of fat
all the way through.

-Yeah, that's what
we wanna hear.

-Nice color on it.

Great core, a lot of fat.

-What do you think?

-$19 a pound.

-Take that, buddy.

Take that, thank you Bubba.

-Good deal.
-Thank you.
-Nice fish there, bud.

-Nice fish.

-Man, that's the biggest
payday of the season.

-We're short on time we're
gonna catch you another one.

-All right boys, good luck.

BRITTON: In this business
you can never give up hope.

One good trip like this can
turn your whole season around.

CAINE: Beast Mode!

NARRATOR: Doghouse's huge
payday catapults them into
the top spot for the

first time this season.

And good quality fish for
Pinwheel and Reels of Fortune
push them ahead of last

season's champion Fishin'
Frenzy, who failed to
catch a fish this trip.

-Can we just forget
this trip ever happened?

I need a bite.

Give me a bite.

-Hey, Frenzy, have
you heard of anybody doing
anything anywhere else

in the world?

-Nope, it all
revolves around us.

-Are you hearing this?

You better get yourself
a slice of pie.

Humble pie.

NICK [over radio]: We've
been telling you all year
we're gonna beat you Frenzy,

you just didn't believe us.

-Oh, riled him up.
-Whoo, I got to do a lap.

-If it's any consolation
to you Greg, I am
still worried about you.

-I'm glad somebody is.
-It ain't over yet.

-Oh, it's far from over.