06x15 - All Out w*r

[bunniefuu]

Narrator:
On this episode of
wicked tuna: Outer banks...

Tj [over radio]:
Tyler, take it out of gear.

He's way out there.

Narrator: After one
final quota extension...

John-michael:
The stress begins.

Reed: Tunas
jumping right here.

Narrator: There's
less than one week left.

Tj: It's crunch
time right now.

Joe: He's trying to get away.

Tyler: We can't afford
to not be catching fish.

Narrator: And a
hungry fleet...

Tj: Chaos right now.

Narrator: Is out of time.

Bobby: The
stress will k*ll you.

Banks: Oh, there he is.

Narrator: The north and
south race to capitalize.

Jarrett: Let's go.

Eric: Go, go, go, go, go.

Narrator: But
before the bell rings...

Adam: He's got to stay
one move ahead of em.

Narrator: On the most
competitive season yet...

Tj: Oh!

Narrator: It's a
fleet-wide brawl.

Reed: Let's go, banks.

Tyler: Un-[bleep]-real.

Narrator: On wicked tuna...

Tj: Hold on, hold on.

Narrator: Outer banks.

Bobby: Literally,
we've seen it all out here.

Narrator: For the
third time this season,

southern boat rasta rocket
holds the lead,

but top earners kahuna and
northerner pinwheel cruise

less than $300 behind.

Southerners offshore outlaw
and reel e' bugging are each

within striking
distance of first place.

While northern boats
hot tuna and falcon

lag behind as the clock
runs out on the season.

Zack: It's anybody's game.
It's just tight right now.

We're not gonna give up.

We're, we're gonna
keep fighting till
it's the last fish.

Being in first this
close to the end is
exactly where we wanna be.

We're going to take advantage
of everything we can get.

Nobody's taken us seriously,
but we've been on top more

than any other
southern boat this season.

And we're out to prove that a
little center console boat can

hold its own against the
bigger boats in the fleet and
actually win this thing.

We're gonna fish till
the fat lady sings.

We can't miss
out on the action,

so we're fishing the point
on the hundred fathom curve.

This place was a hot
spot earlier in the season,

and we're hoping that it'll
give us a few more paychecks

right here at the end.

Anything can happen right now.

Reed: It's really
down to the wire here.

It's a race to hold on to the
top spot of the leaderboard.

Right now I think we probably
still have outlaw by weight,

but he's one fish up on us.

These boys are giving us a
run for our money this season.

And the race is so
tight right now,

even ten pounds of bluefin
could be the difference between

first and second.

Just a battle right now.

Banks: It's a tight race.
We wanna beat everybody.

Steve: We're coming for you.

Reed: Let's see what we
can come up with here today.

Hopefully, we'll find a
dumb one and come out on top.

Tyler: We're gonna be sleeping
out on the anchor tonight.

Marissa: Oh god.

Tyler: The tuna gods
are making us earn it.

Out here grinding away.

A lot of guys
out here fishing.

Not much
happening for the fleet.

I haven't seen
any fish at all.

We can't afford to be
having these empty trips.

We can't afford to
not be catching fish.

My sister and I set out
this season with a goal,

to claim something
that the northern boats
have never gotten before,

a win in the outer banks.

I know how to
catch fish down here.

My stuff is tight.

The new riggers
are working great.

Getting a beautiful
spread out of the baits.

It's just what it is.

There's less than $300
between us and the top spot.

We've got our work cut out
for us over the next few days,

but this quota extension could
be exactly what we need to

finally have a gloucester
boat bring home the title.

John-michael: You know,
this season's kind of
been up and down.

We got a lot of good
fishermen in this competition,

and they're not really letting
their, their guard down.

Adam: If I had a faster
boat, it's possible I would

definitely be the leader
of the pack, hands down.

Eric: A lot of people that
depend on this boat to stay

running and keep these
fish coming in back to land.

Adam: There's so many
fish out here right now.

It's anybody's game,
I feel like.

Eric: John, who,
you're gonna let
somebody come take our title?

John-michael: No.

Eric: Son, they're
gonna have to earn it.

That's all I'm gonna tell you.

John-michael: Damn right.

Eric: Come on, baby.

Bobby: Oh,
let's go get a fish.

Hey, brian!

Brian: Yo!
Bobby: Put them in.

We get our shot,
we're gonna execute,

and that'll be
the end of that.

We lost two fish
last trip and got knocked
down from first to fifth.

But just as quickly as
we got knocked down,

we're gonna get right
back up and keep fighting.

Birds behind us.

Look at these dolphins, drew.
Look up to the right.

We're still only one fish
away from taking back first.

We got marks.
Got a nice mark, 80 feet.

And it's gonna be
lottery fishing out
here with all these boats,

but we're more
than prepared to battle
our way to the top.

Oh, a lot of marks, dude!

Drew: All right.

Bobby: 100 foot,
80 foot, 70 foot.

Drop them back.
We're gonna get tight.

All these mammals.
It's gonna happen.

We're gonna get
tight right now.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

brian: There he is.
Fish on.

Bobby: It's bugging.
We just got tight.

Reed: Reel e' bugging is tight.

Banks: Right there.

Reed: Yeah. He's gonna
get them and we're not.

What are we gonna do about it?

Bobby: Watch your back.

You get the rod.
I got everything else, bri.

Is it tight?

Brian: Yeah.
Let's walk him back.

Bobby: We're gonna go get him.

Brian: Well,
we're way out there.

Bobby: I'm going back, bro.
How about that?

Drew: Yeah. Head shaking.
Damn.

Brian: Yo, bobby.
What's this guy doing?

Bobby: [bleep] guy.

Brian: This boat's
pretty close to our line, bro.

Drew: Damn, all right.

Bobby [over radio]:
Yo, light blue boat.

We're stretched way out.
Way out. Way out.

Please turn to your starboard.

Brian: What an idiot.

All right. We're clear.

Bobby: He, he's turned off.

He was coming
right at you, bro.

I just called him off.

He was cutting right across.

Brian: Man, he could
have clipped off this fish.

You want some?

Drew: Yeah.
Brian: I'm in low gear.

Drew: All right.
That's weird, dude.

Bobby: I'll back
you up on him.

Drew: He's
starting to go back down.

Bobby: Good. Down is good.

He settles in, we'll have
a better shot at this fish.

You know what I mean?

Drew: Low gear.

Bobby: The stress will k*ll you.

Brian: There's the mono, baby.

Drew: Is it a tug
of w*r with the bug.

Brian: The bug of w*r.

John-michael: Oh, man.
You know, bobby's hooked up.

Good chance he's
gonna catch another one,

get back ahead,
but it is what it is.

Bobby: Come on, big country.
Don't let me down.

Our quota allows us
one bluefin per day,

so if we're gonna
capitalize on this extension,

our catches have to be
on the dock by midnight if
we wanna fish the next day.

Drew: Want me to
get a little bit, brian?

Brian: Yeah. Go.
Keep him coming.
Keep him coming.

Daniel: Man, I can't believe
bugging's still on that fish.

Zack: We got to get ours.
We got to make it count.

Where's our bite?

Bobby: There you go.
There you go.
There you go.

It's on high gear, right?

Drew: All right, bri. Ready?

I tuckered him
out for you, buddy.

Brian: I'm feeling
the vibe right now, bro.

Drew: Yeah.
Brian: Get on the wheel.
Get on the sticks.

Drew: Yup. Switch, bob.
Brian: Oh, I got color.
I got color.

There he is, bobby.

Swivel's on the rod.

All right.
He's coming up, bro.

Bobby: Wow! I hit
that sucker 30 feet deep.

Brian: That's a slob, bro.

Bobby: All right.
Get a tail gaff.

Brian: We'll
gaff in his mouth.

Tail rope right here.

I got tail rope.
I got tail rope.

Bobby: Take that!

Brian: That fish
keeps us in the game, bro.

Drew: That's right, man.

Bobby: We fought
hours for this bluefin,

and getting it in time to
be able to fish tomorrow is

exactly what we needed.

Drew: Yeah.
Brian: Damn.

Look at the shape
of that thing, dude.

Look at the
shape of that thing.

Drew: Wow! Dude!
Oh my god!

Bobby: The
fattest fish to date.

Brian: Let's put the
tape on that thing, dude.

Bobby: This fish is a monster.

Drew: 103.

Bobby: It's bluefin like these
that take you to the top.

Oh, and we're
headed there, baby.

I can feel it. Butterball!

Drew: That thing's fat.
Brian: Fat.
Drew: Like me.

Bobby: We got a
drew-sized butterball.

Reed: Man, this sucks.
Night fishing is the worst.

Banks: Hoping for the best.
Reed: Swing that rod out.

A lot of the boats
are gonna stay here
tonight and drift around.

I don't care to do it, but if
we're gonna win this thing,

I guess we got to do this.

Hope we make the right call.

I'm a day kind of guy.

I don't fish at night
unless I absolutely have to.

It's not that we can't, we
usually just get the job done

before it gets dark, and
nobody wants to be away from

their families more
than they have to.

I have not had a single bite.

Bobby caught a huge bluefin
earlier and there's a chance

he could take the lead.

The only way we can stop that
from happening is if we break

out of our comfort zone
and catch one for ourselves.

I'm sick of this [bleep].

Reed [over radio]:
What are you seeing, tj?

Tj [over radio]: I mean,
I'm trying to catch a
bluefin, man.

I don't know
what you're doing.

Reed: The [bleep] are
we doing here then?

Reed [over radio]: All right.
I'll be standing around.

What a [bleep] joke.

Jarrett: Reed is not a
nighttime fisherman.

Tj: He absolutely hates it.

Reed lives about a
half mile from his boat.

He could get up.

He could walk to his
boat in the morning.

He likes to get
there at 3:00 am,

start her, fire her
out 23 knots and he
likes to come home.

Jarrett: I can understand why.

Tj: This is the first time
reed's actually doing this.

And the reason why
he's doing it is 'cause the
competition's so tight

there at the top;
he's got to.

And he knows that
he's got no choice.

Not his favorite place to be.

He likes to be
kind of laid up home
right now, snuggled up.

We know we got a
good shot tonight.

We mark those fish
and they come in,

we got a good shot.

I'm curious to see how
reed's gonna perform tonight.

Jarrett:
I got hand it to him.
It's not easy.

Tj: He's gonna be miserable.
There's no doubt.

Joe: Oh, see him?

Travis: Here you go, joe.
Right here. Right here.

Joe: Look at me now.

Marciano: Throw
him in the bucket.

See if he lives.

Joe: He'll probably
fly out in the bucket.

Travis: Kind of neat.
Electric blue.

Marciano: Did you get him?

Even though the season hasn't
been good to us this year,

travis has been a
huge help on the falcon.

We've caught a couple of
bluefin since he's been aboard.

But we need to take advantage
of this extended quota and

catch a couple more
before we run out of time.

Travis: You know, fishing
here in the outer banks,

we're fishing what
we call the point.

The gulf stream comes
right by the labrador current.

And right here is where
these two currents collide.

So we got flying
fish, cold-water bait.

It's the place to
be for a bluefin.

They're making their
migration back up north,

and they got to stop in
and get something to eat.

Joe: We don't see
as many species up in
gloucester as we do down here.

We can catch a
swordfish down here.

Yellowfin.

It's kind of
bluefin or bust up there.

But, hopefully,
we get our bluefin,

and then we can play
around for something else.

Make it happen, captain.

Eric: Come on.
Just keep chugging along.

We'll get our bite.

John-michael:
We're in the weeds, man.
We're in the weeds.

We're no strangers to these
long nights on the water.

And fishing like
this is why we've been a
threat this season.

[loud yawn].

Eric: Quit your yawning,
john-michael.

John-michael:
Bobby bugging's heading
in with his giant bluefin,

but if we can
grind it out tonight
and catch a giant,

we still have a
chance to get back in first.

Eric: I just wanna go to bed.

♪ all we need
is a dumb one ♪♪

ain't that right, chop-chop?

[laughter]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

got him on!
Go, go, go, go, go!

John-michael:
This is the one, boys.
It's a tuna.

Eric: Right there! Right there!
He's running.

John-michael: It's a tuna.
Adam, get up. Adam!

Eric: Adam!
Adam: We're on?

John-michael: This one could
put us over the top, boys.

[reel unspooling rapidly]

eric: Got him on!
Go, go, go, go, go!

John-michael:
This is the one, boys.
It's a tuna.

Eric: Right there! Right there!
He's running.

John-michael: It's a tuna!
Adam, get up. Adam!

Eric: Adam!
Adam: We're on?

John-michael: This one could
put us over the top, boys!

Eric: Hell yeah! Woo!
John-michael: It's a tuna!
Eric: He's straight down.

Adam: He taking line?
Eric: Hell yeah!

Adam: That's him.
The right one, fellas.

Eric: We're gonna
have to move this rod.

Adam: Right here.

Maybe we should
get a harpoon ready?

Eric: He ain't done nothing.

Adam: Yeah.
He, something's funny though.

John-michael: We can't afford
to have anything happen to
this fish right now.

This could be the one that
puts us back in the lead and

in position to win this thing.

Come on, tuna.

Adam: It's the
right one, fellas.

Eric: Coming up, adam.

It's a shark. Hammer.

John-michael: A
little hammerhead.

I want my hook.

With how tight the race is,

this shark is a
punch in the gut.

That sucks.

Eric: [bleep] damn.

John-michael:
That's wasted time,

wasted gear, and we're
right back to searching for

our ticket to go home.

Eric: Wrong species.

Getting frustrated.

John-michael: There he goes.

Eric: Yeah. We just got
sharked up you know.

Bobby: Hey, mary.
How's it going?

Mary: You made it.
Bobby: We got a giant for you.

We're in fifth
place right now.

We couldn't be
happier bringing in a
fish over 100 inches.

This literally could put us
at the top of the leaderboard.

Tada!
That is a butterball.

Mary: All right.
Let's get him up here.

Bobby: Mary,
what's the bottom line?

What does she weigh?

Mary: 470 pounds dressed.
Bobby: Well worth the wait.

Mary: We got to see
what it looks like on the
inside before we celebrate.

Bobby: Let's take a peek.

In order to get a
high price per pound,

the buyer needs to
like what they see.

That means lots
of oil and fat,

a nice cherry
color to the meat,

and a nice clear core sample.

Mary: Look at that, guys.
Look at that fat in there.

Bobby: Wow. Come on.
Give us a nice core, mary.
Let's see what we got.

Mary: To go with it.
Bobby: Yeah. Look at that.

Mary: Beautiful red core.
Very clear, like glass.

Bobby: Mary,
what's the bottom line?

Mary: $23 a pound.
Bobby: Nice! Nice! Yeah!

Oh, hell yeah. I know.
It's not 30.

With a payday like this,

we're gonna make some
serious waves in the fleet.

Wow! That's our
heaviest to date.

We'll go get you another one.

Mary: See you tomorrow.

Bobby: You got it.
You sure will.

This just goes to show that
it's really anyone's game.

This thing isn't over till
the last fish is on the dock.

And until that moment,
there's no stopping us.

Let's get back out there.
The clock is ticking.

Narrator: After a
crowded day on the water,

reel e' bugging's nearly
11-grand payday rocks the

competition as they leap
out of fifth place and knock

rasta rocket out of the lead.

Zack: We're just
getting here right now.

Maybe we can get the
early morning bite.

Bobby bugging caught
a giant yesterday.

Now he's in first place.

But we got another chance to,

to maybe take the lead if
we get a couple big fish.

I mean, we just don't
wanna follow no more.

We sound like a broken record.

This is gonna be our last day,

but you never know what
the government is gonna do.

The only thing that
you can do is just take
each day for what it's worth

and try to catch your fish.

Tj: You get the
stick ready, bubby.

Fire the stuff out.

See what happens.

This time of day they
start to kind of come in,

so we're hoping that
what's gonna happen today.

Even though nothing
happened for us last night,

we still put the time in.

We're here.
We're on scene.

We're trying to
finish strong, baby.

Bluefin season.

Mike: As soon as possible.
Just got to make it happen.

Banks: You ready?
Reed: Yup.

Hopefully, this spot's
more productive than
where we were last night.

Brian: About to get late here.

We got two baits out a little
bit earlier than we have been,

so, see if we can get
one of these early bites.

Reed: We're down to the wire.

This is it.

A few days left to fish,
and it's neck and neck.

Hopefully, we can pluck one
out today and catch back up,

take the lead back.

Tj: We're gonna get them.
I can feel it.

We might be in
sixth place right now,

but the point is
still super-hot.

And if we can get a slob
like bobby did yesterday,

we'll be in a
really good position for
the end of the season.

There's still time to
make this season ours.

And we're not slowing
down until we're told
that there's no more quota.

Keep bouncing, bubby.

We're marking.
Keep bouncing.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

mike: We're on! We're on!
Flat line! Flat line!
Turn the hydraulics on.

Tj: A 47-66 rigger bite.

We can't lose this fish.

There's too much
riding on this.

Jarrett: Ooh.
It's a screamer!

Tj: [bleep] we're getting
tangled up here. Dammit.

The greenstick line is
tangled up in jarrett's line.

What the [bleep]!
The [bleep]!

Mike: Tj, calm down, I'm
trying to reel everything in.

Tj: [bleep],
[bleep], not again.

Jarrett: Our last trip, we
got a tangle in our lines that

costs us time and stopped
us from getting a bite.

These tangled lines
cannot cost us our catch.

Tj: How long are
you in your backing?

Jarrett: It's [bleep]
going down, dude.

Mike: I'll get on,
I'll get on that one.

Tj: No, bubby.
Push it up. Push it up.

Mike: I'm on, I'm
on the right here, dude.

Tj.

Tj: Watch. Watch. Watch.
Mike: All right. Stop.

Why don't you walk
jarrett over here?

Tj: Well, bubby, come on.

Mike: Tj, I'm trying
not to get that on there.

Tj: It's not
gonna get on there.

You just got to
[bleep] pay attention.

Mike: I am paying attention.
Stop yelling.

Everybody's paying attention.

Tj: Jarrett, swing it.
Swing it.

[bleep] tide.
He's [bleep] shot.

Mike: Calm the [bleep] down.

Holy [bleep]!

Tj: Put this on the rope.

We got to get
back on this fish.

Come on. Reverse!

Mike: I'm in reverse.
Tj: All right. We're clear.
Jarrett: We're good.

Tj: Clear all this
bandit [bleep] up here.

Chaos right now.

The stick stuff was all
tangled up in the rod.

Trying to get
back on this fish.

Tyler: Marking them.
Can we go off please?

Hot tuna's fighting on and
we've got fish under us.

All signs point to tuna.

Not going as planned at all.

All I can do is just keep
hoping that our baited lines

stay on the mark, and
that one of these fish
comes up and takes the bait.

Gonna make us earn it today.

Tj: You all right?
Jarrett: Not too fast.
Tj: Hold on.

Come on, man.
Don't lose this fish.

Jarrett: Tj, call pinwheel.
He's gonna cut our line.

Tj: Come on! Come on! Come on!
[bleep], [bleep].

Tyler don't go behind
me you're your player.

He's way out there.
Tyler, take it out of gear.

Tj [over radio]:
Do you hear me?
Don't go behind me.

Tyler, do you hear me?

He's way out there.
Tyler, take it out of gear.

Tj [over radio]:
Do you hear me?
Don't go behind me.

Watch your
playing line, tyler.
He's stretched way out.

We're on our fish
and freaking tyler is
about to run over our lines.

You hear me?

Tyler [over radio]:
Yeah. I hear you.

Tj: I think a mile out on top.

Tyler [over radio]:
You're good now.
Go get them, man.

The last thing I wanna do is
drive away from these marks,

but I can't cut off tj's fish.

I just hope we get another
shot before the bite's over.

That was our shot, dude.

We can't get in on the action.

Marissa: We'll get
another chance at them, ty.

Tj: That was close.
Crunch time right now.

It's about 150 feet away.
Got to pay attention now.

Jarrett: We're almost there.
Mono. I love it.

Tj: Almost, buddy. Almost.

With less than a week
left in the season,

we can't lose our chance.

This fish could be
the difference between
a northern boat

or southern boat
taking this thing.

Jarrett: I got a leader.
Tj: Keep going. Keep going.

Jarrett: Stick him, tj.
Nail him.

Mike: Woo. Nice. Good job.

Tj: Good [bleep] job, jarrett.
Bubby, help with the gaff.

He's [bleep] shot.

All right. Cinch it.

Jarrett: Woo! Ballyhoo.
Tj: That's a wrap, baby.

Bound for glory. Woo!

Getting a nice
bluefin this late in the
season is game-changing.

A giant like this
could put us back in
contention for that top spot.

Holy [bleep].

Tj: And that's exactly where
we need to be going into the
final days of fishing.

One more of these
and the season's ours, baby.

Ready?

Jarrett: Yup.
Mike: Pretty work. Pretty work.

Woo! Nice one. 95.

Tj: Good job, baby.

Jarrett: I'll take it.
I love it.

Tj: The end result
is the end result.
We're flying to the west.

Jarrett: Pa-pow!

Marciano: All right.
Stand by, guys.

There's fish around.

Hearing that our
northern buddies,

the hot tuna, are
catching close by,

that's really great news,
but ultimately we want that

bluefin on our deck.

Down deep, man.
Down at 400.

It's past our turn.

We deserve to get a chance
off this quota extension.

Joe: Hopefully, ours is next.

Travis: Come on. Come on.

Marciano: Here comes some.

Oh, yeah, we got good
marks on the screen.

Fifty fish on the screen.

We need to hook a fish here.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

joe: Oh, we're on!
Travis: We're on!

Joe: Oh, we're on!
We're on! We're on!

[reel unspooling rapidly]

we're running out of line.
We're running out of line.

Marciano: Got to get some
line back on this [bleep].

That makes me nervous.

Joe: Here, trav.
Come get you some.

Travis: We just got this
bait out not but a minute
ago and we're already on.

Tuna fishing at its best.

Marciano: Attaboy.

Travis: He's
definitely slowing down.

Marciano: Good job, boys.
Good job.

Joe: Hell yeah.
We got him tight.

Marciano: Now, the
key here is we're a
long way from this fish.

He's got 90% of the
line off the reel.

If he makes a run before we
get some of this line back,

we're gonna [bleep] lose him.

Let's hope our
luck holds, boys.

Nice and easy.

Travis: You want on him, joe?

Joe: Yeah, yeah,
let's get some.

Get some.

Marciano: Nice and
easy and steady, joe.

He'll come.
It's a nice fish.

That's for sure,
300-pound class.

Joe: Yeah. Nice.
Trying to get away.

He's running at us now and
we got him up a little bit,

but we're a long
way from landing him.

Travis: He's coming up.

Marciano: Couple more circles
and we're gonna see him.

Getting close now.

Joe: I got deep color.
Marciano: Okay.

Travis: Nice and easy.
Here he comes.

Joe: Nice shot!
Nice shot!

Marciano: You
ain't got him yet!

Here, grab the harpoon.

You're gonna let go of
the rod, joe's got it.

Joe: Tail strap.
Marciano: There we go.

Slide it tight, joe.
Slide it tight. Got it?

Joe: We got it.
I got it, yep.

Marciano: Okay, guys.
Let's get him aboard.

Just because we're not
gonna win this season,

doesn't mean for a minute
that we're gonna slow down.

Joe: Easy peezy lemon squeezy.

Marciano: Time's running out.

But we're gonna get as
many bluefin as we can out
of this last quota extension.

Joe: Yeah, brother,
that's how it's done.

Travis: Hey, right on, man.

Marciano: Even if it
kills joe and travis.

Joe: I think this one's
bigger than we thought.

Ugh.

Marciano: It's
not a monster fish,

but it's a good solid keeper.

You know, I'm guessing
81, 82 inches maybe.

He's definitely a
keeper I'm sure of that.

Joe: 89.
Marciano: 89?

Travis: That's a
nice fish, man.

Marciano: Nice. We'll take it.

Icing him up here.
Let's see.

Joe: No problem, cap.

Marciano:
Dinner's on me tonight.

I think you both earned a
good steak dinner for a chip.

Tj: Make room
for the pelicans.

Dennis: Tj!
You got a nice one?

Tj: Yeah, well, we're
happy to have one anyway.

You want to get him
off and get him weighed?

Dennis: Yep.
Tj: All right, brother.

It's neck and neck right now.

So no one is gonna expect us
to come up from sixth place.

But if we can get a
high price per pound,

this bluefin could put
us back in the running
to take the top spot back.

What we got, den?

Dennis: 299 pounds, dressed.
Tj: All right, buddy. Excellent.

Dennis: Look at the
beautiful tail color.

Tj: Beautiful color, yeah.
Super red.

Jarrett: Woo-hoo.

Dennis: I'm not
seeing a lot of fat here.

Tj: Right, right.

Dennis: But beautiful,
beautiful tail color.

Tj: Check the core out.

Jarrett: Really nice.
Look at that.

Tj: Oh, yeah.
Dennis: Beautiful core.

Tj: Wow.
What are you thinking?

Dennis: $18 a pound.
Tj: Beautiful.

Jarrett: Hey, we'll take it.
Tj: Well, done.

That's what we needed,
dennis. Thank you.

Jarrett: Thank you
very much, dennis.

Dennis: You did a good job.

Tj: Although we didn't
get the biggest payday,

this bluefin is a step in
the right direction and a nice

reminder to the fleet that
we're not going down easy.

They can't count
us out just yet.

Joe: What's happening, scotty?

Scott: What's up, dude?

Marciano: So, it's a
nice-size package.

I think the quality is
really, really good.

Scott: Let's pull it up.

Marciano: This is our first
bluefin in over two weeks.

Although we're not
contenders for that top spot,

we need a high price per
pound to make up lost time.

What do we got, scotty?

Scott: 231 pounds dressed.

Nice little fish.

Marciano: Yep.
Let's see what you think.

All right.

Scott: Super greasy.
Feel that.

Marciano: Nice.
Scott: Wicked greasy fish.

Marciano: He looks
all right, right?

Scott: Yeah, with
the amount of fat,

shape of the fish.

Marciano: Yeah, yeah.
Scott: Let's see what we got.

Marciano: Nice.
Scott: Nice.

Marciano: Nice core, right?
Scott: Yeah.

Marciano: No mush.

Scott: At least somebody
knows how to swim their fish.

Marciano: Yeah, that's right.
Scott: So bottom line.
I can get you guys...

$19 a pound.

Marciano: Well done, men.
Travis: Yeah.
Joe: Good job.

Marciano:
All right, scotty.
Thank you.

We're out of here, man.
We're gonna go see if we
can get you another one.

Scott: All right.
Travis: Take it easy.
Scott: Sounds good.

Marciano: This extra
quota has given us a
second chance at earning

a living down here.

So every dollar
feels like a million bucks
for us right now.

Let's make some money.

Narrator: After
a long dry spell,

falcon's much needed catch
gets them one step closer to

salvaging their season,

while hot tuna's
bluefin pushes them ahead of

offshore outlaw and back
in the race for first place.

Brian: Final countdown, bro.
Bobby: Wow, that was good.

All right, we just
dropped some stick baits down.

Mostly mackerel.

They didn't want
to come up all day.

We're gonna go
down and get 'em now.

Now if we can get freaking
hooked up at some point,

that would be dynamite.

All season, the fleet
has doubted this boat.

But after our last fish
pushed us ahead of the pack,

I think even mr. Og wanchese
on the kahuna is starting to

get worried about us.

Brian: Now, it's a
waiting game here.

Bobby: We only
have a handful of days
before the season is up.

So if we're gonna
take home the title,

now is the time to show
this fleet exactly what

the bugging is capable of.

See if we can
grab a quick fish,

get it in in time to
turn around and come
back out here for tomorrow.

Yeah, marking fish, bro.

Hey, big marks, dude.

I mean really big. Huge.

It's got to be two connected.

It's about to happen.

Drew: Keep going, bobby.

We're bound to run
over a stupid one.

Brian: It's gonna pop off.

[reel unspooling rapidly]

drew: There we go!
Bobby: We're on!
Brian: Come on, baby!

Brian: Come on, baby!

This is a
weird-fighting fish, man.

Bobby: What's the problem?

Brian: Whatever we got,
it's big and it's on top.

Drew: Could be a
huge swordfish.

Bobby: We've seen
it all out here,

literally we've
seen it all out here.

The pressure is
so high right now,

we can't be wasting any time
on anything but a bluefin.

With time running
out in the season,

we don't want a swordfish,
we don't want a shark.

We need a bluefin on the
deck of this boat right now.

Come here.
We'll switch off.

Brian: Something huge.
Drew: Come on, bobby.

What is it?

Bobby: It's
massive whatever it is.

Brian: Got mono.

Bobby: And there's swivel.

That's a tuna, bro.
That is definitely a tuna.

Brian: Come on, baby.
Almost there.

Bobby: Aah. Ready?

Get some.
Stay over there.

Still tight?

Brian: Yeah.
We got big problems, bro.

[line snap]

bobby: Oh!

Brian: I didn't
touch nothing, bro.

Didn't have too
many options on that, bro.

Yeah, hold on.
Let me reel it, bro.

Just broke the hook.

Bobby: Losing this
fish is devastating.

This could be what
costs us the whole thing.

It's just hard not
to think about that.

We have to get
another bluefin.

Brian: Damn.

Drew: I'll keep hooking 'em.
You guys keep dragging 'em up.

Bobby: Some days
you're the dog,

some days you're the hydrant.

Zack: What time is it?

Daniel: 5:49.

Get ready for
the trolling bite.

Hopefully they'll bite like
they did yesterday morning.

Zack: Ever since the
reel e' bugging's
took the lead,

it's been a struggle
for us to get a bite.

And we're running out of
time to make it happen.

Daniel: Got
everything ready, shane?

Shane: Yeah.

Zack: But no matter
how worn out we are,

we just got to keep
putting in these hours.

Sooner or later, we're
bound to reel in a keeper.

We're getting our stuff
ready for the sun up bite.

Try to go capitalize.

There's pinwheel.

Tyler's gotta be
hurting right now.

Even hot tuna and
falcon caught yesterday.

Shane: At least we're
sitting prettier than he is.

Zack: Let's try to
stay ahead of him, boys.

John-michael:
Well, we got to hurry.

So the stress begins.

Hot tuna caught a
nice bluefin yesterday
and now they're ahead of us.

With all these
fish being caught,

this season's gonna be
over with before we know it.

So if we're gonna bring a
few more paychecks to our

families, we've got to
get the ball rolling.

Eric: At least it ain't rough.

I mean, that's the
only good thing I got.

We dream of days like this.

Sun's coming up.

Adam!

Zack: We got 'em busting
right here off our bow, boys.

Look. Marking 'em.

Daniel: Now we
just need a bite.

Zack: The end of
the season is coming.

So we gotta catch today
to take back the lead.

Looks like we're in the
right spot right now.

150 will do the job.

Shane: Oh, yeah.

Daniel: Reel.
Zack: Reel. You keep tight.

Zack: Ready?

Zack: All right, boys,
let's make it count.

John-michael: There he is!

Yeah, baby! Woo!
Yeah, he's smoking it.

Adam: What is it?
John-michael: It's a tuna.

Big splash. Big swirl.
Need to move this rod.

Bobby: Outlaw's hooked up.
Looks like they're on a fish.

Tyler [over radio]: Yeah,
I'm watching rasta over here.

They're hooked up too.

Un-[bleep] real.

Reed: Oh [bleep].

It's never good when you're
the boat that's not catching

and everyone else is, so.

It makes us feel like [bleep]
that we're not catching fish

and the rest of the
fleet seems to be.

Time is running out and
we're growing concerned.

There's something
busting right there.

Banks: They are busting.
Reed: Oh, there they are.

Tunas jumping right here.
Look at 'em.

Banks: Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, there he is. We're on!

Steve: Got 'em on!
Banks: Right out of my hand.

Steve: Oh, doubled up!

Reed: All right.

Woo!

Banks: There's a big
boy freaking taking it.

Reed: Bump it up
a little, steve.

Come get on this one.

All right. This is our
chance, let's no blow it.

Steve, get on that rod.

Woo! We're doubled up!

John-michael:
Whoa! Come on!
He's coming right on up.

Forward!

Forward, forward,
forward, forward, forward!

John-michael:
I got it. I got it.

Eric: All right, john.
This is your
morning bite you wanted.

John-michael: Yeah,
let's hope he's big enough.

Eric: He's big enough.

Zack: This fish just
got more important.

Let's bring him in.

Shane: He's getting tired.
We almost got him.

Daniel: Color.
Zack: Color already?
Daniel: Deep color. Swivel.

Zack: Come on, baby.
Just a little further.

[sigh].

Zack: Damn.

Zack: Man, we
gotta get that hook.

Daniel: I got it.

Zack: He's just gonna
swim off just like that.

Zack: With both outlaw
and the kahuna hooked up,

this could be our last
chance for the lead.

We got to get back on the
meat before someone takes

it away from us for good.

I'm just gonna spin around.

All them's right there,
they've been tight.

Zack: This is the worst
possible time to catch a short.

Banks: Get 'em, steve.

Reed: It's your
moment to shine.

Steve: Every time
I question him,

he feels a little better.

Hopefully it's 73.

Reed: You need me to
get on it for a minute?

Steve: Do you want to?

Reed: I mean, if you're just
gonna stand there and talk

about it then I will.

We got two fish on right now.

And one of these
could put us in the lead.

We have to stay sharp
and keep these lines
away from each other.

Banks: Feel like a good one?

Reed: I mean, it's a keeper.

Hang on now.
He's changing directions.
He's headed for yours, banks.

Banks: Watch the line!

Reed: We got to
switch, aren't we?

Banks: Looking that way.
Let's do it.

Reed: Oh [bleep].
Oh [bleep].

I got a lot of
heat on this one.

Banks: Help him out.

Reed: This one got bigger.

Adam: You getting
anything on him?

John-michael:
I get a few cranks,
he takes a few right back out.

I'm excited, tired.
Hope we get him.

That's what we wanted.

Gotta get him in the
boat first though.

Gotta be getting close.

Eric: Coming at the boat now.

Adam: We got to stay
one move ahead of him.

Banks: Mine's coming up.
Mine's coming at us.

Reed: Now they're
getting together.

Banks: Hey, we're
gonna be screwed here.

Reed: We got to switch again?

Yes. [bleep] do this.
Behind me.
Now get behind me.

Banks: Whoa!
Steve: Got it?
Banks: Yeah.

Reed: Center rudder.
Banks: All right, I'm in.

Reed: Gotta get one
or the other here.

Banks: They're like
following each other.

Reed: Try to get
'em behind us again.

Banks: I'm gonna
get mine straight up
and down right now.

Reed: And then mine's not
because they're just...

[line snap].

Reed: Oh, [bleep]!

Get that [bleep]
out of my way.

We got one fish on now.

But with time running out,

we've got to close
the deal and land it.

Banks: Well, that took
care of that problem.

We didn't have to let one go.

Reed: Get on that [bleep].
I'm gonna back up to it.

We've been saying
all season that we're
wanchese's top boat.

Now would be a damn
good time to prove it.

Banks: I see him right there.

Reed: Can you?
Banks: Yeah.

Reed: Steve, get on the gear.
Banks: Way up on top.

Reed: Nice fish.
Right rudder.
Get ready to bump it.

Bump it. Okay.

Pretty good right now
with your steady bumps.

Turn him out, banks.

Banks: Bump it.

Reed: You're good. You're good.
You're good. You're good.

Got him.

I don't know how
good I got him though.

Get a gaff.

He's gonna be around the line
if I don't get him up here.

Hit that tail.
Hit that tail.
Pull him up to you.

Pull him right up
to the front of you.

Let's go, banks!
Come on, baby!

Watch his arm.

Banks: Turn it out.

Reed: He's right
under the boat.

Banks: Bump it ahead.

Reed: Just leave it in gear.
Leave it in gear.

Pull him up to you.

Pull him right up
to the front of you.

Let's go, banks!
Come on, baby!

Watch the dart line.

Banks: Turn it out.

Reed: He's right
under the boat.

Steve: Behind you
right on the rod.

Reed: That didn't
work out too good.

Banks: Bump it ahead.
Let's go!

Eric: This is a mean b*stard.

John-michael:
That's a big damn fish, dude.

Adam: Pay attention.
Let's not lose him.

John-michael: Coming up.
He's coming up.

Adam: Get ready, eric.

Eric: Bring him to me, john.
Bring him to me.

Adam: Stick him! Stick him!
John-michael: Yeah, baby!

Adam: Woo!
John-michael: Yeah!

He's a fatty.

Adam: Yeah, he
is fat, isn't he?

Eric: Got him.

Adam: Yes!

John-michael:
That feels good, baby.

I like it.

Reed: Oh, it's gonna
be a problem here.

Watch it now.
Don't crank that into the tip.

Got a gaff ready.

Steve: Yep.

Reed: Watch,
watch it, watch it!

Banks: Get ready, gaff.
Reed: Crank him up here now.

Banks: Come on! Come on!
Seal the deal. Let's do it.

Reed: Can't get the
rope on it either.

Come on, baby.

Banks: Come on.
Reed: Phew!

John-michael: Oh, he's purty.
I like these kind of days.

A lot better than I
like them other ones we
been doing the whole season.

Adam: Yeah.
Eric: He's a fatty dude.

John-michael: Butterball, son.

This trip wasn't the easy one.

But with our
families depending on us,

every bit of it was
worth it for this bluefin.

Eric: Nice fish, dude. Fat.

John-michael: Hopefully, it's
enough to put us back on top

in these last days of fishing.

Adam: See what we got.

93.

Eric: Yeah, baby!

This is our
ticket to punch home.

Reed: After watching
practically everyone else

hook up the past few days,

nothing feels
sweeter than pulling
this bluefin onboard.

Oh, 89!

Banks: We'll take that.

Reed: Yeah. Jeez, [bleep] 89!
Thank you, baby jesus.

Pretty work, boys.
Pretty work.

Hey, what's up, dennis?
We got another one for you.

Hopefully, this fish will
put us over the top and
get us into first place.

It's been a hard
road getting here.

But if this fish
turns out to be the kind
of fish I hope it is,

it'll help us
to get to the top.

You ready to take a
look at this thing?

Dennis: Yep.
Let's see what she looks like.

Reed: All right, dennis.
What do you got?

Dennis: 295 pounds, reed.
Reed: Nice.

Banks: It's a bit longer.
Reed: We'll take him.

Dennis: Looks like
a decent enough fish.

Reed: Let's look at him.
Man, look at that beauty.

Dennis: A little bit of
fat starting to come out.

Just a little bit.

Love to see some more
fanning through here.

Nice translucency
here in the tail.

Let's check the core.

Not, you know, not perfect
red but I think it has enough

fat to get a good
enough price in tokyo.

Reed: Yeah.
All right, dennis.
What are you gonna do for us?

Dennis: $18 a pound.
Banks: Nice.
Reed: Pretty work.

Dennis: Nice job, guys.
Reed: We'll take it.
We'll take it.

With so little time left,
if this fish does put us
in the lead,

the rest of the
fleet might as well
throw in the towel.

All right.
We're outta here.

Scott: What's up, guys?

John-michael: Got a
fat fish for you today, buddy.

Scott: How about we get
it up and check it out?

Adam: It took us a while to
get in the groove this season,

but now we're not
far from number one.

Slow and steady
can win the race.

So what do we got, scott?

Scott: We got 452 pounds.
Adam: Nice.

Scott: So hopefully
the core is good.

Adam: Yeah, let's do it.

Scott: You guys got
a nice fish here.

Eric: Oh man.
Adam: That's good to hear.

Scott: Definitely
one of the best.

Let's see how the core looks.
Nice inside color.

Eric: Scotty, we're at
the end of this thing, man.

We're right here.

Scott: Bottom line...

$23 a pound.

John-michael: Yes!
Adam: Yes, yes.
John-michael: Woo! Yes, sir!

Adam: This payday is
exactly what we needed.

And hopefully, it's gonna
put us on top for these last

couple days of fishing.

Eric: Chopper, you
ready to be top dog?

Narrator: Offshore outlaw's
10 grand payday launches them

boat out of sixth place.

But it's still not isn't
enough to outshine kahuna

whose quality bluefin gives
the local legends the lead.

With only days left to fish,

the southerners top
the leaderboard but the

fight for first
is a six-boat race.

John-michael: Got 'em on!
Got 'em on! Got 'em on!

Eric: Got 'em on! Yes!
Let's pull him in the boat.

John-michael: We set out
with a goal to try and catch

12 bluefin this season.

Now that we have 13, it's
all about making the most

out of these last
days of fishing.

Reed may have taken
that top spot from us,

but it ain't over with yet.

Zack: The worst place for
any of us to be is behind the

local boat right now.

But all season long we've
been giving the kahuna and

all the other boats
a run for their money.

Reed better watch
out if he thinks
he's got this in the bag.

Tj: Yeah! Woo!

Even though it's been a
struggle for the northern

boats overall, we're not
out of the running yet.

We deserve to be the first
northern boat to take the

title in the outer banks.

Marciano: We spent
a lot of time and
money coming down here.

So even though we're not in
the running for first place,

we're not gonna
slow down our drive.

Joe: We got 'em on!
Here we go!

Tyler: We got a tough
few days ahead of us,

but I know my sister and I
have what it takes to finish

this thing on top.

These southern
boats want a battle and
we're gonna bring them one.

Bobby: We're moving into the
final days of the season and I

can't wait to put an end to
all this talk about us not

being true commercial
bluefin tuna fishermen.

We mean business and we're
gonna have the last laugh.

Reed: We are exactly
where we wanna be.

Yes, we're gonna have
to defend that top spot,

but this is my back yard.

No one knows the
outer banks like I do.

And no one's gonna
come into my hometown
and beat me at my own game.