[birds chirping]
[dramatic music playing]
[casey laughs]
talked to the guys
in vegas, right?
[josh] yes, sir.
[casey] all right. Well,
what do we need to catch?
[josh] mahi, ahi, and marlin,
that's the end of the order.
[casey] it's gonna be tough
to deal.
[josh] we have two days left
to finish our big order
for las vegas.
We still have
The clock is ticking.
What do you think about
splitting up,
going on three boats?
[jeff] I don't think
it's a good idea.
If we're gonna split up,
and put more hooks
in the water,
and we each go
on different boats,
I think we need to have
somebody on the boat with us.
Each of us.
[johnathan] what about
larry and jim?
Your dads.
How many days you worked
for free for your dad?
Years and years and years.
[johnathan] call him in,
he needs to come out
and help you for a day.
I know your dad jim's
on the island.
He's... Dad's here,
and larry's here.
You know we need more help,
and it can't just be
any random greenhorn.
We need smart,
seasoned fishermen
to help us
get this accomplished.
Our dads are definitely that.
But getting them to agree
to go fishing with us,
that might be
a different story.
Probably not that bad
of an idea.
Well, you guys got your dad.
I'm with you,
I'm going with you,
adopt you for a day,
-as long as I can return you.
-Thanks, johnny.
[casey] I know this...
[laughs]
[phil] boom!
[josh] my dad was
captain phil harris.
For you, buddy.
[josh] a legend
in the bering sea.
[phil] all right,
my sweetheart.
You can't get any
better than me,
I'm just a smiling
[bleep] jack.
[josh] and he left me
with a name.
Whoo!
Yeah.
We're right on the cusp
of fulfilling this order.
Oh, yeah, I got bit.
And we'd staked
our reputation
on getting it done.
We just found
the motherlode, dude.
[josh] but it's gonna
come down to the wire.
[phil] oh, yeah, I got bit.
[josh] so we gonna lean
on who we trust.
[jeff] no, I got...
In the box.
Nice.
[josh] fight to the finish.
[johnathan] get on the boat!
All right [bleep]
[josh] and see this thing
through.
[man] keep cranking,
keep cranking.
Okay. Here we go,
put him in the boat, dude.
[man] you can never take this
from us. Never!
[tense music playing]
[josh] let's get on it,
see what we come up with.
Tomorrow will be a big day.
[waves crashing]
[timer ticking]
[casey] you know, it's nice
to be able to go out,
and hang out with the boys
for a minute,
but long story short,
we need more poundage,
and in order to do that,
we're gonna need more boats.
We made a deal with barry
that we'd have 1,800 pounds
of ahi and white fish
packed on ice,
and on a plane to vegas,
two days from now.
But we're over
and we're gonna
have to recruit
a couple grumpy deckhands.
Johnathan committed himself
to go on with josh,
I'm gonna go down here,
ask my dad jim,
see if we can talk to him
into going fishing with me.
My old man is
a bering sea legend,
and a world class fisherman
for over 40 years.
Saltwater runs
through his veins.
But now that he's retired,
if you ask him to
change his schedule,
look out.
Hey, jeffrey, how we doing?
[jeff] hey, what's up dad?
You know, and nobody likes
asking their dad for help,
it's just a pride thing.
My dad taught me everything
I know about fishing,
and the last thing I want
is for him to think
I don't know what I'm doing.
We're in a hard place
right now,
and we've only got
like a couple of days left,
and we're running out of time.
[larry] you haven't been
catching any fish?
What's the problem?
We're catching fish,
we're just not catching enough
to fill these orders.
It's not enough...
Not enough boats.
You know, we're thinking about
maybe putting three boats
out there, and two guys
in every boat,
more lines in the water.
[casey] hillstrand said,
"hey, you know, let's,
you know, maybe..."
he suggested
we do father-son day fish.
[jeff] yeah,
I know it's last minute,
but maybe you can help
put me on some fish.
I was fishing for you
when I was little.
-I know.
-I could use a little...
A little payback here.
You know, I'd love to be
able to help you,
but I got commitments
all the way through
to early afternoon.
Yeah, well,
let me think about it.
Um...
Maybe, I'm gonna give you
a solid "maybe" right now.
Okay. Thank you.
Enjoy your steaks.
Thank you.
[casey] a solid "maybe"
is better
than a definite "no".
But at this point,
it kind of looks like
we're starting
with just the two boats.
Barbequing always
takes priority apparently.
[man] woo-hoo.
It's 30 knots right now.
He's full throttle
to try to keep up with us.
That ain't happening.
[josh] to get this order
done on time,
we're heading to the closest
spot on my dad's chart.
West of keauhou harbor,
where he had marks for ahi,
mahi, and marlin.
on the water.
[johnathan] [makes sound]
I'm so glad
I'm with you today, dude.
The feel-small-wheelhouse
and the time bandit.
[johnathan] jeff knows
I've caught my share of crab
in the bering sea, but on this
little boat right now,
he is the pro.
[jeff] the current looks like
it's still moving pretty good.
But, um, this is the area,
this is where we kind of
did good the other day,
and we're just gonna
just drop some baits in,
and wait for something
to happen.
[johnathan]
look at the view, man.
-Look at the water.
-I know.
[johnathan] it's just...
Doesn't get better than this,
-my friend, don't get better.
-No way, man. I know.
[johnathan] oh,
look at 'em jump!
[jeff] I see a whole lot
of big ones.
[johnathan] look at 'em jump.
-[jeff] look at them all.
-[johnathan] woo!
My legs are shaking, dude.
My hairs are standing
on my neck.
There's a lot of them.
There's a lot of fish.
They're all over.
-[johnathan] we're lucky.
-[jeff] there's a lot of fish.
Pretty stoked about this.
Good to see
some signs of life,
and we're gonna
kinda just stick it out,
this is our game plan today,
I know casey and josh,
I think are just
on the inside of us,
dragging bait, too.
[josh] just get more bait
in the water,
they're everywhere.
They're in the middle of
a mahi school right now.
And we need to
capitalize on that.
Marking something up,
We're going port.
We only need around
50 more pounds of mahi
for this order.
That's about six
to eight fish.
Hopefully, we can mop it up
in one frenzy.
Oh, yeah, I'm getting
some tugging action.
[casey] tuggy, tuggy, tuggy.
[josh] the little fish
we're using as bait,
we're towing him,
and when he sees
a predator coming,
he gets scared, so he starts
tugging really hard
because he knows he's like,
"he's gonna eat me!"
it generally happens.
But, uh...
[casey] right now
it seems like
the fish are off the bite.
That sucks.
[casey] and the key is,
when you're cruising
around the outside
of the school,
and you start
marking fish like this,
you just have to be patient.
Yeah, that's exactly
what you've known for, man,
patience. Mmm-hmm. Yeah.
Hopefully jeff's
got something over there.
[johnathan] is there
something going on?
There's some fish here,
but nothing's really bit yet.
-You know what I mean?
-[johnathan] yeah.
[jeff] it's time to
switch it up.
We can jump in
with a speargun,
and we can pick off
the bigger ones.
[johnathan] they're not
going to bite,
so we're gonna force feed them
with your spear,
because they...
-[jeff] yup.
-They won't bite.
[jeff] there's definitely
ono and mahi down there,
I can see them
from the surface.
But for some reason,
they're not biting the bait.
We gotta start putting weight
on the boat.
So I'm gonna bring
the fight to them.
[johnathan] you're
the craziest guy I ever met.
Pick me out a nice one.
[jeff] this swivel is gonna
attach to my speargun.
-[johnathan] yeah.
-[jeff] so you're gonna have
to feed me line because...
You're gonna come
to the surface and say...
Yeah, just pull out, and be
like, reel, reel, reel,
and you just go slow.
...Just go slow,
slow, and slow. Okay?
-All right.
-I'll be listening to you,
I'll be watching
and listening.
Look at them jump
[bleep] blue there.
[laughs]
it's a little treasure.
We just found
the motherlode, dude.
Okay. Here we go.
[tense music playing]
[johnathan]
this is pretty advanced,
I've never done nothing
like this crazy [bleep]
my captain is in the water
because we need
these white fish for vegas.
Mr. Vegas needs some fish.
[tense music playing]
now, this is...
This is hot.
This is hot for alaska boys.
We just need a cigarette
and a drink.
[tense music playing]
[johnathan] yeah,
I've got fish on here.
Whoo. We got fish on.
[jeff] reel, reel it in.
Fish on.
This might be it, here we go.
Okay, buddy, help.
[jeff] well,
they're not big, man.
[johnathan] yeah.
[jeff] it looks a lot bigger
underwater.
[jeff] what do you think?
[johnathan] we'll eat that
for dinner tonight,
that's for sure.
It could always be worse.
[jeff] big fish are smart,
soon as I got in the water
with my speargun,
they knew that
there was another
apex predator around,
they made a break for it.
So now we gotta find
a backup plan
for the backup plan.
[johnathan] hillstrand's
overheating.
Running hot.
Like, if I had an umbrella
out here,
like I don't know
if you're superstitious,
but then, I mean,
it'll save you from the heat.
I'm superstitious,
but I mean, like, main thing
I don't like on the boat
is like bananas,
and like stuff like that,
so, I mean...
[johnathan] dude, I think
my wife packed bananas.
-Are you serious?
-Are you...
Are you serious, dude?
-[johnathan] I think I got
a banana, dude.
-[jeff] no [bleep] way.
-[johnathan] I have a banana.
-Are you kidding me?
[johnathan] I think
there might be two bananas.
[jeff] what are you doing
to... Oh, my god.
Give me this thing [bleep] no!
-[johnathan] oh, dude!
-I don't want those
on the boat.
-[johnathan] I'm sorry, man.
-Oh, my god.
[johnathan] I'm so glad
you said that.
-[jeff] dude [bleep],
we gotta go in.
-[johnathan] dude,
-'cause we just lost our bait.
-It's over, it's over.
In my experience,
every captain I've ever met,
they got this one superstition
they just can't shake.
[man] what's up
with bananas, phil?
[phil] well, I don't know,
I like bananas,
-so I have bananas.
-I will not leave on Friday.
The last two trips,
I blown the main engine up,
same engine twice.
So we don't leave on Friday,
and I, uh,
I really believe that.
I mean, I think
that's serious business.
I will not leave on Friday.
-[jeff] it's over.
-[johnathan] oh, man.
[jeff] oh, my god.
-[johnathan] oh, my god.
-Oh, my heart rate right now,
it's just the do
little race...
[johnathan] oh, my god.
If you ever go
fishing with jeff,
don't bring a banana.
[laughs]
-I will never do that again.
-Okay. Now we got...
No, uh, I believe you.
Never do that to you.
I know you won't.
We got the bananas off
the damn boat.
[casey] there you go,
right in there.
That's good.
This is about the right spot.
[tense music playing]
[josh] oh, yeah, I got bit.
I got one, got one on.
Yeah. We got action.
That's huge.
Oh, yeah.
[tense music playing]
[josh] oh, yeah, I got bit,
I got one, got one on.
Yeah. We got action.
That's huge. Oh, yeah.
[casey] josh is hooked up.
Go get them, man.
That's awesome.
[josh] oh, he spit it.
No, it's on.
[casey] I think
it's a mahi-mahi.
[josh] he's got buddies
following him.
[casey] we have less than
two days to fill this order,
and until our dads
can join us,
we just got the two boats
on the water.
So we gotta make the most
out of every bite.
You bring him until he's like
just where he can't
get in the wheels, okay?
This 40 pound mahi,
he's gonna fight like hell.
But we're not gonna
let him off the hook.
[josh] casey, see a way out?
[casey] yeah, that's it.
[tense music playing]
[casey] that's a damn
nice fish.
[josh] all right.
[casey] hell, yeah.
[grunts] [bleep]
[josh] what the [bleep]
[casey] I tried to pull him
out of the water by the hook,
and didn't work out very good.
[josh] oh.
That sucks.
Okay. Go and turn,
turn around.
Well, it's better
to have loved and lost
than to have
never loved at all.
No, the guy who said that
never had a 50 pound mahi-mahi
jump out of his hands.
I thought you said it was 40.
Gonna be 60 next time
I tell the story.
[laughter]
[josh] hey, man, we're all
about preserving our species.
At least we got bit.
We're doing
something right, bro.
See where jeff is.
He's probably in a good spot.
[johnathan] good job. Yeah.
No banana.
Oh, here he comes,
here he comes, jumper.
Woo-hoo. See that?
Jump out of the water?
Yeah. Woo!
-[jeff] mahi-mahi.
-[johnathan] mahi-mahi.
[jeff] I'm telling you,
I believe in superstitions,
within five minutes
of getting those yellow fruits
off the boat,
we're hooked up
to a good sized mahi.
-You're good.
-[johnathan] [bleep]
oh, you still got him.
[grunts]
we still got him.
Yeah, I got him.
[jeff] yeah,
he's getting close, buddy.
Bring him on in.
[johnathan] yeah, I got him,
I got him.
Holy moly. Woo-hoo!
[jeff] oh, man.
-[johnathan] in the box.
-[jeff] yeah, hillstrand.
[laughs]
-nice.
-First fish with you, man.
Beautiful fish.
Got the damn bananas
off the boat.
F bananas. [laughs]
who needs potassium anyway?
[tense music playing]
[johnathan]
they're right there.
Oh, there he goes.
Out of the water...
Oh, he's running.
We got a runner.
We got a mahi-mahi here.
Just gotta get him
in the boat.
[jeff] you're good, man,
keep going.
[johnathan] okay. Okay.
He's getting closer.
[jeff] yeah, I got him, yeah,
watch that line so it doesn't
bundle up on you.
[johnathan] hey, man.
I don't wanna lose this.
[bleep] I gotta keep
the line tight.
Don't lose me, don't lose me.
Don't shake me.
It's number two in the bucket.
Yeah, baby.
Whoo.
-Our fish for mama.
-[jeff] nice, fish man.
[johnathan]
that was beautiful.
Wow.
Once you think
the day is over, [bleep]
not for us over here
because we don't give up.
We don't give up.
Woo-hoo, oh, he's there,
he's there.
-[jeff] okay.
-[johnathan] yeah, he's there.
Coming in.
Coming in hot, boss,
coming in hot.
We're having
a pretty good day here.
Woo-hoo!
-In the box.
-[jeff] not the biggest,
but you know what?
[johnathan] yeah, we keep him.
[jeff] we need him for now.
That's good fish for mama.
[jeff] yeah.
Here he comes.
[jeff] yeah, keep going.
I'll throw him in the bucket?
[jeff] yeah, we'll take him.
[johnathan] yup. Sorry.
Go, in the bucket,
in the bucket.
Yeah, beautiful fish.
No bananas over here.
-Let's not even say
the b word, all right?
-Don't say the b word.
-Okay.
-I'll buy you...
I'll buy you a couple
when we get in.
[johnathan]
I like this boat.
Fish-k*lling machine here.
[tense music playing]
so we'll just call it a day?
All right. I'm done.
Sometimes fishing is just
the luck of the draw.
Jeff and john had made
a big dent in the mahi,
reeling in six fish,
but time is running out.
With more than
casey and I got
flat out skunked.
[tense music playing]
[casey] dang,
it's raining out here.
[josh] yup, feels like
I feel on the inside.
We got one day left
to complete this order,
you know, or else
we're crushed financially.
Not gonna lie,
it's pretty bleak right now.
We got one day left,
and there's still
a lot of fish to catch.
I know the old man
is watching,
and I don't wanna
let him down.
[phil] me and those two boys
have been through a lot
in our lifetime, you know,
a whole lot,
and, uh, you know,
there's just a bond there
that is never gonna be broke.
I mean, it's just
never gonna be broken.
[dramatic music playing]
rain in hawaiian is ua.
It's a blessing.
It's just...
-Look how green it is.
-[jeff] it's just good manna.
Rain is always
a good thing out here.
Well, here's to good manna.
Let's have some good manna
for the morning, boys.
-Good manna.
-[casey] good manna.
[josh] hopefully the dads
show up tomorrow.
Let's pray for that.
Let's do it.
[casey] I'mma gonna go
send my old man
a last minute text.
Dude, don't leave me hanging.
[dramatic music playing]
[timer ticking]
[upbeat music playing]
[josh] I'm waiting here,
the dollar waiting on a dime.
Well, this is d day.
D being for dads, I guess.
And this time tomorrow,
the plane
with our first real order
will be taken off to vegas.
We worked a deal out
with the cattle ranchers
to ship our fish
with their product
back to the mainland.
And those flights,
they leave like clockwork.
And they ain't waiting
for us.
Our business, our reputation,
we have exactly one day left
to save it.
I don't know, man, let's see.
It's kind of getting late,
we can really use the help.
[jeff] five minutes
past seven. I don't know.
-Should we just go fishing?
-Five minutes past seven,
-we're waiting a while.
-[jeff] I'm over it.
Let's just put go.
Let's just put them
in the drink,
-I'll get loaded up.
-All right.
[larry] hey.
[josh] well, well, well.
[johnathan]
let's go fishing, baby.
[josh] look at this.
[casey] oh,
look who decided to show up.
[johnathan] yeah. God,
in his almighty
infinite wisdom,
wanted us to golf today,
but we decided to go fishing
with you guys.
[casey] is that what
you guys were gonna...
Did you guys plan this
to screw with us, or what?
[larry] yeah.
Yeah, I talked casey,
jeff's dad,
into going fishing today.
I might have done that.
Someone had to do it.
-Morning, josh.
-[casey] we thought you
were gonna bail on us.
[larry] how we doing, josh?
If we don't catch anything,
it's your guys' fault.
[casey] we thought you guys
were gonna bail on us.
[josh] morning.
[larry] how we doing, josh?
We're right on.
If we don't catch anything,
it's your guys' fault.
Oh, this is pretty awesome.
With just 24 hours left,
we have our own
salty dog navy,
ready to set sail,
and help us out.
Jim mcmanus was one hell
of a fisherman.
I mean, larry silva, come on.
All I got to say is,
he taught jeff how to fish.
And johnathan hillstrand,
you always have
to have your token pirate.
I mean, come on,
we're on the seas.
[casey] yeah,
who is the captain,
and who's the deckhand?
[johnathan] I don't know,
we're gonna have to fight
for that one.
Well, my dad is retired now,
so I'm the captain now.
[laughter]
[jim] [bleep]
I taught him
everything he knows,
and he still
don't know nothing.
[laughter]
[casey] nobody spear me,
don't gaff me.
If you see me in the water,
I'm not a fish.
[tense music playing]
[casey] now the real captain
comes aboard.
Hey, slow down a little.
Okay.
Don't let him hit the dock,
johnathan.
[johnathan] forgot
how little this boat is.
Me and you today, buddy.
Love you, phil.
Say hi to my dad, too.
Hey, dad.
-What's up, pops?
-Both our pops' are watching.
[josh] yeah. We're good.
-It's gonna be a good day.
-[johnathan] yeah.
[josh] once again, hillstrand.
Yeah.
So we're fishing together.
We don't get to do that much.
[josh] this is true.
[johnathan] we're
in a little boat.
I have bigger toys
in my bathtub when I grew up.
What type of bathtub
that you have?
A three-hour tour.
[josh] this boat is kind of
like an action hero.
It just won't die.
[casey] oh [bleep]
just stabbed through the boat.
[josh] dude, it's stabbed
through the boat.
Been shanked
by a marlin.
[bleep]
-[casey] wooh!
-[josh] come on.
-Oh [bleep]
-[casey] yeah, baby.
[josh] been crushed by waves.
Oh, we got lot of smoke
coming out of here.
[casey] hey, we're on fire!
[coughs]
[josh] and it's caught
on fire.
She takes a licking
but she keeps on ticking.
We're on a tinker toy.
-But I'll tell you what...
-Dude.
...This tinker toy
with the two of us,
-let's go catch a dad fish.
-Yeah. Dude.
It's dad day.
Even with three boats,
five hundred pounds of ahi
and white fish,
it's a huge task to tackle.
Our best chance are
"the thousand" fathoms line,
that ledge is massive.
All three of us
can work at different depths,
and target different species.
[jeff] so, we're gonna have
drag a bait here
for one second, and see
maybe if there might be
something on the surface.
Maybe something will bite.
Good plan.
Should work.
We should be hooking up
any minute.
[jeff] lot of birds around,
lot of bait,
that's always a good sign.
It's our last day
to fill in, man.
We don't have
a lot of time left,
so we got to just get
some fish, you know.
Bait staying super,
super scared,
so when the bait
gets nervous like that,
it usually means
there's a bigger fish
in the area,
looking at it.
Throw a little bit more, dad?
Throw a little bit more.
Perfect, like that.
[larry] just hooked up.
We'll take anything
for our first fish.
We gotta change the mood.
[jeff] he's right there.
[larry]
there we go in the box.
Okay.
[jeff] holding a yard sale
of bait.
Oh, there's a pile here.
If I can just get
my [bleep] together,
I can [bleep]
mop these things, dude.
[dramatic music playing]
[machine beeps]
[larry] got another one, son?
[jeff] yeah.
Got hooked up.
Dad, straighten the boat
a little bit.
Gotta keep him close,
and we're gonna bring this
small kind of calf in.
[larry] oh, yeah. Oh.
Nice fish, son, nice fish.
[jeff] we stay on a school
like this,
we'll fill this order
in no time.
Oh, man.
[casey] jeff's got another one
on right there.
Good for him.
[larry] yup,
we're hooked up again.
Okay. Here we go,
put him in the boat.
Nothing slows him down.
[jeff] bring this guy in,
right here.
We're doing good
on mahi-mahis.
[larry] here we go,
and we're gonna wing it in.
Oh.
Oh. Whoa. Whoa.
[laughs] love it.
[jeff] oh [bleep] sometimes
they come back out.
[larry] that's a good size
one, there you go,
that's a big one.
That's a big one,
that's the bull right there.
[jeff] so lots of times,
when you're fishing
with mahi-mahis,
in the packs,
we have what's
called a bull,
which is basically
like the big male,
and there's usually
one of them,
so I think that's what
we got right now.
Great,
you come grab the bull.
[larry] okay. We gonna
bring in this bull here.
Don't wanna lose him.
You gonna you reel him, son?
-[jeff] I'll reel him.
-[larry] okay.
[jeff] yeah, I got him, dad.
In the box.
Nice.
We got a lot of mahi
on board now
which is awesome.
But we still need ahi
and marlin,
so we're gonna go out
a little bit deeper,
in hopes of finding
a bigger fish.
I've always got room
on this boat for a big boy.
-[machine beeping]
-[larry speaking]
[suspenseful music playing]
[jeff] [bleep]
it should start up.
I think we're out of gas.
[jeff]
no, we're not out of gas.
[larry] we're not.
[jeff] gas, it's all gas.
[larry] you can smell it.
[jeff] you smell it, yeah,
my back tank is leaking.
-[larry] the back tank, huh?
-[jeff] yeah.
It's not leaking
in the water.
So that's good.
It means that...
No, there's not a crack
in my hull.
But, um, I'm leaking fuel
in my hull,
which is not good.
So, we do got more than
enough fuel to get home.
So we're gonna
start making our way back.
I know stuff
like this happens,
but on our last day,
with good opportunities
to put fish in the box,
I guess, I didn't get john's
bananas off the boat in time.
[phone ringing]
[casey] yo, jeff, what's up?
Hey, what's up, case.
Hey, um,
I'm gonna probably
have to head in.
I got...
I got a fuel leak in my hull.
-[casey] uh-oh.
-Yeah.
-[casey] how bad?
-It's all the way up here
in my front bulkhead,
so, um...
-[casey] oh, no.
-[jeff] ...I got enough fuel
to get back, so hopefully,
I can get it fixed,
then I can get it back
in the water,
and I don't have time
to have this thing down.
-[casey] yeah, roger.
-[jeff] all right, man.
-See you then. All right. Bye.
-[jeff] okay.
That's definitely not good.
You know, hopefully,
jeff can get the boat
fixed in town
and get back out here.
For now, my dad and I
are gonna hit the deeper
section of the ledge,
kind of out where jeff
and larry were headed.
[jim speaking]
-[casey speaking]
-[jim speaking]
[johnathan] one mcmanus
arguing with another mcmanus
over there.
Look at them.
[laughter]
[jim] does that happen
every day?
I know what I'm doing.
Convince me of that.
[casey] there's fish jumping
over by the buoy, too.
I saw one jump.
We're at the thousand fathoms,
where big marlin,
big ahi
are kind of known
to frequent.
-[man] banzai.
-[machine beeping]
[fishing rod whirring]
-[casey] got it.
-[jim] we got a fish on.
[casey] pull it up.
Drag up. Drag up.
It feels like
it's a big fish.
[josh]
got something over there.
Looks like it's big fish.
Could be a marlin.
[jim] he's taking...
There he is.
[casey] yeah. [makes sound]
otherwise you get
your tail wrapped,
and he was point...
See, how it's pointing down.
All right. Just keep going.
Pull him in, pull him in,
-pull him in.
-[jim] he's big.
[casey]
that's got to be a marlin.
A really, really big marlin.
Look at that thing.
[water splashing]
[casey] keep cranking,
keep cranking,
keep cranking,
keep cranking.
He's coming right at us.
Yeah.
That marlin is got to be all
that's the rest
of our white fish order
jumping through the air
right there.
-It's gonna jump again.
-[jim] woo.
[casey] look at that.
Look at that.
The marlin can swim
50 miles an hour.
You can't just let them run.
They're gonna strip your reel.
You don't wanna pull on them
too hard either though
because you're gonna end up
breaking the line.
It's a very delicate balance.
But if there's anybody
that can reel it in?
It's my old man.
[jim] out of the water,
complete aerial.
[casey] get him, get him
pointing towards us.
-Woo.
-[water splashing]
[jim] he's just taking the
line to beat the band.
Oh, he's way out there.
He's halfway to fiji,
and still going.
[fishing rod whirring]
-[panting] yeah.
-[water splashing]
[casey] okay.
[jim] you have a club
or something?
[casey] gaff... First, well,
we'll take a look at it.
But...
[suspenseful music playing]
[casey] it's probably
right under the boat here.
Oh, there he is.
You see him right there?
Oh. Damn it.
-[jim] oh, look at that.
-[casey] he spit it up.
[jim] yeah, he's gone.
[casey] ugh.
[jim] save me
having to [bleep]
dude, he barfed it up.
[jim] that's the bait.
After all that work,
-looks like he won.
-[casey] yeah.
[jim] he had the bait down,
and didn't have it
all the way in his belly.
[casey] this is where
the marlin's mouth ended,
it was right here.
So the tail never got
down there,
and the hook never got hooked.
It would have been nice
to have that in for weight.
[jim]
well, it wasn't meant to be.
[casey] it happens.
You know what?
You just got to go try
to hook the next one.
[timer ticking]
[josh] gonna get something
today, johnny.
[johnathan] yeah, baby.
It ain't over yet.
All of a sudden, mr. Big
could be showing up
any minute.
Those were the first
nice big marks
we've seen in a long time.
[josh] yeah, come on.
We need a one big
fat fish.
The fish of our life.
We still need 250 pounds
of white fish.
That can be the mahi
or marlin.
But we're running out
of time.
John and I, we're swinging
for the fences.
Here we go.
We're gonna wide troll today.
[josh] let out some bait,
see what happens.
Come on, little buddy,
do your thing.
-I like your plan.
-Yeah. Yeah.
[johnathan] there it is,
I saw it jump right there.
[josh] I can see them, yeah.
That's what we need
right there,
couple big guys.
[johnathan]
you're right, dude.
-One of them.
-That's the fish.
-That's the fish, my friend.
-[machine beeps]
there it is.
Oh, there we are, dude.
-Oh. Oh.
-[josh] get it, dude.
[johnathan] set the drag.
It's on, dude.
It's on. It's on.
It's on.
[josh]
it looks like a marlin.
[johnathan]
that's a big fish.
[bleep]
that's a marlin, dude.
[suspenseful music playing]
[timer ticking]
[josh] that's what we need
right there,
couple big guys.
[johnathan]
you're right, dude.
-One of them.
-That's the fish.
That's the fish, my friend.
[josh] it's our last day
to fill the order.
Johnny and I
are trying to get
all the white fish in
one shot,
and that's hopefully
in the form of marlin.
-[johnathan] there it is.
-Oh, there we are, dude.
-[johnathan] oh, oh.
-[josh] get it, dude.
-Set the drag.
-[johnathan] it's on, dude.
[josh] and now
we've got them hooked.
[johnathan] it's on.
[josh] it looks like marlin.
[johnathan]
that's a big fish [bleep].
That's a marlin, dude.
Dude, oh, holy moly.
[josh laughs]
[johnathan] oh, my god.
Look, man [makes sound]
there it is.
-[josh] you got it?
-[johnathan] [bleep]
dude, I don't know.
Oh [bleep]
[josh] is he in there?
It just spit the bait.
Just spit it out.
[johnathan] hook never sat.
Just missed it.
Just missed them
by that much.
[josh] oh, yeah.
Look at that.
[johnathan]
and I had him, almost,
and then,
it pulled it out...
Pulled it out of his mouth.
[josh] well,
we lost another big fish.
That monster is exactly
what we needed.
[johnathan] I just know
we need to get another bait
back in the water fast.
[josh]
we're doing everything right.
We just need a little help
from up above.
Jeff calls it mana,
I call it harris luck.
All's I know is we need it
real soon.
Come on, old man.
[dramatic music playing]
[jeff] let's take a look.
[larry] I wonder
if the tank is cracked.
[jeff]
I think it's my primary.
I think it's my big ones
that it's leaking from,
because those are the ones
that we were running off
of when the...
When the motors cut out.
Pretty frustrated,
me and my dad were just kind
of getting into the zone.
I figured
I could patch the leak
in the fuel line quick,
and get back out
into the grounds.
Unfortunately,
with a crack in the tank,
ain't going nowhere.
And then,
the alarms went off,
which means there's
water in there,
so I don't know
where that's coming from.
So I got a major issue
right now.
It's not something that
you can really deal with
when you're out there.
So let's just...
Let's just take
the boat home,
and we'll just park her,
and figure out
what's going on.
It feels like the fourth
quarter just started,
and I can't help out
my teammates.
We're back down
to two boats.
It's up to the boys now.
[dramatic music playing]
I'm gonna get bit.
There we go.
-Come on.
-[fish rod whirring]
[jim] you think
you can gaff him?
And they're small yellow.
[casey] it doesn't matter
if the fish are big or small,
when you're up
against the deadline,
you got put the weight
in somehow.
-[fish rod whirring]
-[jim] there you go, action.
He's fighting.
Man, he's a fighter.
He's jumping right there,
too.
Oh, it's taking line.
Look at him go.
Holy mackerel.
[casey] got it.
Another one. Bingo.
It's not big as we wanted,
but you know what?
We have an order to fill.
So, this might end up
working out well for us.
We're on.
[jim] hell, yeah.
Yeah, we're hot.
[casey] nice fish.
Pretty happy with that.
[jim] we got a fish on.
[casey] ready?
Going here.
There you go. Whoo.
Good job.
[casey] thanks.
It's a great day.
[casey]
this last 50 pound beauty
officially closed the book
on our ahi order.
It's not the first time
my dad saved my a*s.
I just hope
johnathan and josh
can pull a rabbit
out of their hat as well.
[seagull squealing]
[timer ticking]
[johnathan]
we got a ship of fools,
and then, you got two idiots
in a dinghy.
[josh laughs]
that's what your dad
would say about us.
-But it ain't over yet, so...
-[josh] that's right.
It ain't over
until we hit the dock.
[johnathan] yeah.
[josh] a really brutal day.
Jeff's out of commission,
we're still a couple
hundred pounds short
for our first order to vegas.
Now the pressure
is really on.
And hillstrand and I
have nothing on the boat.
Stick and stay,
and make it pay.
[laughs] yeah.
We'll get it done.
We'll get it done.
[johnathan]
we're the last guys here.
[laughs]
just marking a fish, dude.
We got one.
We got one, dude.
-[josh] oh.
-[johnathan] we got a mark.
It's big boomerang coming.
[josh] I think we're down
to our last b*llet here.
-It's our last bait.
-[josh] I think so.
We need to get him
in the water quick.
-[josh] here we go.
-Okay.
[josh]
tell him to swim good.
[johnathan] swim good, baby.
May the force be with you.
Come on, you can do it.
[josh] oh, yeah.
We getting some tug action.
[fish rod whirring]
[johnathan]
fish on, baby. Fish on.
Fish on, harris.
[laughs] [bleep] wow.
Look at him go.
Dude, look at him go.
That's a big fish.
It's running, dude.
It's running.
Whoo. Wow.
That's a marlin, dude.
That's the biggest marlin
I've ever seen.
That's big!
[johnathan] oh, yeah, baby.
That's bigger than the boat,
harris.
Don't lose him,
keep the line tight, harris.
This is crazy.
You did it, man.
You hooked it up.
We cannot lose this fish,
man.
You have to reel it in,
and I know this is the fish.
This is the biggest fish
I've ever had.
[johnathan] oh, man. That's
about a 10-foot fish, dude.
[josh]
this big boy is running.
With a marlin this size,
all's you can do
is try to tire him out,
and get him close.
My arms are like...
[johnathan] get him out here,
I'll take over.
-Get over, dude.
-[josh] all right, dude.
Get them, man.
I'll drive.
[johnathan] yeah.
We're in trouble here!
-Oh, my god.
-[josh] [laughs] oh, my god.
-Oh, my god.
-[josh] but the problem is,
this fish might tire us
out first.
What's it feel like, johnny?
It's gonna break our rod.
[josh] get him, buddy.
Get him.
Get him, johnny.
Dude, it's a man-eater.
[johnathan]
it's bigger than our boat.
It is bigger than the boat.
Oh. [bleep]
we got to keep our line tight.
We can't lose this.
We can't lose this fish.
-Come on, buddy.
-[josh] holy [bleep]
[johnathan]
get the gaff hook,
get the gaff hook,
get the gaff hook.
Wow, we got a whale.
Oh, there you go.
Keep it coming.
-Keep it coming.
-[josh] all right. All right.
-Keep it coming.
-[josh] oh [bleep]
that was a bad idea.
[seagull squealing]
[jim] okay, captain,
she's all cleaned up.
Wonder if there's
something else
I can call you
besides captain?
You know, working
with your dad on a boat,
it's not for everybody.
I don't think
I've ever known you
to have patience.
I don't even know
if you know how to spell it.
It's fun sometimes.
Oh, my gosh.
You're just saying
how good of a gaffer
you were, and we blew it.
Oh, it wasn't my fault,
it took you too long
to get him.
My fault.
Where is he? Point to it.
-[jim] hard left and drive.
-No, dad, other way.
[larry]
it's too late, jeffrey.
[casey] left. [bleep]
do you wanna do
something else?
I just told you
what I wanted to do.
Uh, dude, I'm not gonna
comment on it anymore.
I love you, dad.
[jim] you get this shook up
on a crab boat?
-[beeps]
-get the gaff hook.
Wow. We got a whale.
Oh, okay.
Keep them coming.
Keep them coming.
-[josh] okay. Okay.
-[johnathan] keep them coming.
Oh. [bleep] yeah.
[bleep] get him. [bleep]
[josh]
that was a bad idea.
Oh, yeah.
Just get him.
Get him in the boat.
All right. Yeah.
[johnathan]
get him in the boat.
All right.
I got...I got him.
-There you go.
-[josh] look out, johnny.
[bleep] okay.
Oh [bleep] yeah.
I can't get out.
Bail out.
Bailing out [bleep]
[josh] dude, all right.
We got to wait.
-[bleep]
-you all right, johnny?
[johnathan] yeah.
There's no way I'm gonna
let this [bleep] this boat.
Yeah. [laughs]
[johnathan] holy [bleep]
thank you, god, we did it.
[bleep] you can never
take this from us.
You can't ever take it
from us, never.
Whoo.
[josh] I can't believe
that just happened.
That marlin could have
k*lled us both.
That bill is a deadly weapon,
and john put himself right
between me and the danger.
[johnathan]
that's pretty slick, harris,
pretty impressed.
Pretty impressed, josh.
You know I mean
that's exactly what my dad
probably would have done.
[upbeat music playing]
[josh]
dude, dad's day, success.
[johnathan] woo,
proud of you, dude.
[bleep]
your dad would be
so proud of you right now.
-Thanks, man.
-[johnathan] phil would say,
"don't [bleep] it up!"
we didn't [bleep] up, phil.
We got him.
You just made a lot
of money today, harris.
Our job is done.
We're going to town.
[waves splashing]
[upbeat music playing]
[johnathan] well, you hear
what happened to us?
[man]
dude, no, what happened?
[johnathan] we got about
eight-foot marlin onboard.
This thing went off on us,
dude.
I can't believe we got him
on the boat.
[jeff] you guys get
him trolling,
you guys get him on bait,
how did you guys got him?
-On bait. Caught on bait.
-Oh, I got gaffed him.
I stuck the gaff
right inside,
and it jumped right
in the [bleep] boat.
-We had to run to the bow.
-We did that,
and it knocked him over
as he's [bleep]
holding his [bleep] banging,
it's just go.
[johnathan]
I'm not letting go.
No, that was better
than pulling a full crab pot.
Dude, way better
than pulling full crab pots.
Today was an emotional
roller coaster.
That marlin battle
put us over the top
for our first full order.
[jeff]
we'll cut this thing off,
and, uh,
we'll get on our way.
[josh] and these guys,
they got to work
with their dads,
and I know firsthand...
[phil] rowdy,
whatever you guys do...
-[josh] yeah.
-...You did it.
You did this.
[josh] that's something
you should never
take for granted.
We did,
we really did it, guys.
Hey, it was your idea
to have three boats.
[casey] dude, as long
as we can keep this going,
we're good.
That was awesome.
[josh] thanks to hillstrand's
stroke of genius,
we could fly our fish
directly to barry on time,
and in full.
I know when you came here,
you came here
to help out josh,
and I'm very grateful that
you came here to do that.
You know, we couldn't have
done this without johnathan.
So I wanna send him off
with something special
to show him
how grateful we are.
I was able to save that nose
that you guys
brought in alive.
That just blew that [bleep]
boat to pieces.
-[laughter]
-[jeff] and, uh, so,
I figured
I'd give this to you.
[johnathan] wow.
-I'm honored, man, honored.
-They'll keep you safe all day
when you go in your battles
in the bering sea.
-And then, um...
-[johnathan] nice.
[jeff] ...I'm grateful
for everything you've done.
[johnathan] dude, wow,
that's amazing.
Look at that.
It's a pahoa,
it's a hawaiian dagger.
[johnathan]
now, that's deadly.
[josh] do not take that
on the airplane.
You know what? This is one of
my most prized possessions.
Seriously.
I appreciate it.
Thanks for everything
you taught me.
And for your friendship.
I love you, buddy.
You got to show this off.
[josh] my dad passed,
johnny made a promise
to always watch out for me,
and he always has.
Dude, come here. [laughs]
-you're stuck with me, man.
-I love you, buddy.
Don't cry.
Don't you do it.
Don't you do it. [laughs]
the way we saved
this operation
in the past couple days,
I know we made
the old man proud.
Yeah, I love you
[bleep] dude.
It's so good
to have you back.
[bleep] thanks, man.
[upbeat music playing]
[josh]
delivering a product on time
is very important to me.
You know,
it's keeping to our word,
upholding to our standards.
So I'm gonna hand this off
to barry in person.
[barry] my partners and I,
we discussed things,
we wanna bring some different
things at our table,
and you've delivered great,
but we're gonna up it.
-We got to up it.
-Okay. All right.
Now, the floodgates
are starting to open,
and everything
we've been working for
is becoming a reality.
How much are we talking here?
Hundreds of pounds
a month more, hundreds.
You wanna take it up a level?
Yeah.
Yeah, we can do that.
The sky is now the limit.
The truth is,
if I had to do it over again,
probably would have
just made a phone call,
or maybe not made
the pit stop in seattle.
[phone ringing]
what's up, buddy?
How's it going?
-Is that josh?
-[man] it's josh.
[casey] hey, bud.
Did you have fun in vegas?
That... Yeah, that went well,
but, uh, we got a little bit
of a change of plans.
I took my 72-hour test,
go to hawaii,
and they came up
positive for covid.
-What?
-You got covid?
[josh] it's not a joke.
I'm just kind of
in a state of shock.
I...
[casey] that sucks, dude.
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02x05 - Like Father Like Son
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As the boat F/V Cornelia Marie was being remodeled, Josh Harris found Hawaiian fishing charts that his late father, Captain Phil Harris, left behind.
As the boat F/V Cornelia Marie was being remodeled, Josh Harris found Hawaiian fishing charts that his late father, Captain Phil Harris, left behind.