[suspenseful music playing]
[jeff] it's josh.
What's up, buddy?
How's it going?
What's up, josh?
Um, there's gonna be a little
bit of change of plans.
[josh] I got
some bad news, man.
I'm covid positive.
-What?
-You got covid?
[josh] I did my 72-hour test
to go to hawaii, so...
They put me
on a do-not-fly list.
I can't go anywhere.
I have to quarantine.
How you feeling?
[josh] I don't feel sick
or anything.
But, I mean,
you watch the news
and, you know, you see
what happens to people.
I mean, that's scary.
[jeff] yeah. Just take care
of yourself, man.
[casey] yeah. We'll give you
a call back
when we get to the house
and come up
with a plan here.
All right, guys.
I'll talk to you later.
[casey] son of a b*tch.
Now what?
[casey] exactly. Now what?
We just gotta get back to the
house and figure it out, man.
[casey] our tripod
just became a bipod.
[suspenseful music playing]
[seagulls squawking]
[phone rings]
[casey] oh, there you are.
How did the fish delivery go?
Was barry happy?
[josh] I met with some of
barry's other co-partners.
They want a lot more tuna.
They want a lot
more mahi-mahi.
[casey] and they want
marlin too?
They like it?
Yeah. Yeah.
They like all the pelagics.
[casey] all right.
Well, that's good to hear.
[josh] our las vegas pipeline
is doing great.
So far I've been delivering
very mostly pelagics
like ahi, mahi, and marlin.
The fish that live
in coastal waters.
He wants 3,000 pounds
more of those.
But he's also thrown us
a curveball.
They did give us new order
of some fishes,
monchong and the deep 7.
He said he needed 250 pounds
of deep 7 fish.
Oh, and he didn't really
give me an option.
He goes,
"this is what I need.
Make it happen."
-you know how barry is.
-What are the deep 7?
[jeff] the deep 7
are fish that...
We call them bottom fish
over here in hawaii.
They're not easy fish
to catch.
They're really elusive.
We got kalekale,
gindai, ehu,
opakapaka, lehi, onaga,
all snapper.
[jeff] hapu'upu'u
is a grouper.
Together
they're the deep 7.
They fetch a higher price
per pound
because they're difficult
to catch
in large quantities.
They're served as whole or
sashimi on special occasions.
But, unfortunately,
we don't have them over here
on the big island,
so we're gonna have to go
to another island
-to catch them.
-*bleep*
[josh] yeah.
I have a really good
buddy of mine
that's actually from o'ahu,
and he's probably
our best bet.
Hopefully, he can piece
together a plan.
Yeah. Well, we still have
to make the crossing.
-Yeah.
-[josh] yeah.
That one's gonna be
a little hairy.
You're smiling like a bride
walking down the aisle.
You're just happy you're just
not gonna do that job, huh?
No. Trust me, I would much
rather be in hawaii
going across the crossing
than sit here with covid.
[casey] yeah, but...
All right, man.
Well, get well soon.
I'll talk to you guys later.
-Take care.
-[josh] all right.
[upbeat music playing]
let's get this thing set up.
Barry has already called,
checking out the order today.
The pressure's,
it's definitely on.
And the guys definitely
need me out there.
So the only thing
left to do now
is to set up for that test
for tomorrow
and see where we go
from there.
All right.
How do I cut this thing?
[suspenseful music playing]
[casey] so the goal here
is written up
over here, right?
-[jeff] yeah.
-[casey] o'ahu is about
200 miles away
from where we're at
in rough
and unpredictable seas.
And it's not the 128-foot
cornelia we're on.
The kuleana is like 32 feet.
Okay. It's not like we're
jumping on a boat in alaska.
I know where the hell
I'm going there.
Here if I start to turn wrong,
you gotta tell me,
dude, okay?
[jeff]
it's kind of weird, man,
doing a big trip
like this.
It just doesn't feel right
not having josh.
[casey] I know.
I'd rather have
josh back healthy
than the 'rona any day.
So let's just ride it out,
let him do his thing.
I wish him the best.
I know he wants to be here
but we gotta get it
done, man, so...
[casey] because time is
ticking away on this order,
we can't wait for perfectly
flat calm weather.
We gotta find these
bottom fish that barry wants,
but we also have to find
the mahi, the marlin,
and the ahi
that we know he loves.
[upbeat music playing]
-[casey] is this it?
-[jeff] yeah.
We're up here
at upolu point.
It's pretty much
the closest distance
between the big island
and maui.
So after we get out here,
you know,
we're gonna be exposed,
and there ain't no hiding
the rest of the ride.
You know,
when we fish in kona,
the island acts
as a natural barrier
from the wind and waves
especially over
on the east side.
[casey] so when we look at
our tracking line,
we're doing...
[imitates beep]
-with the wind.
-Yup. Yeah.
Okay. So we're
staying up
because if we get
too far south--
you gotta buck it all
the way back.
Once we stick our nose out
on the channel,
we are exposed
to everything she has.
[casey] it's gonna be
a little bit tricky, but...
I mean,
we'll figure it out.
We'll be all right.
[laughter]
at least I'm laughing
about it.
I did this little fear laugh
sometimes too
where I giggle
-when I'm
a little bit scared.
-Yeah.
Okay. *bleep* it.
Let's go.
You ready?
[suspenseful music playing]
[jeff] I'm not liking this.
*bleep*
that sucks, dude.
[jeff] we gotta...
We gotta turn down,
hit a spot.
I think I smack my shin
on I don't know what,
but it's bleeding.
Yeah. Okay.
We're gonna have
to change course, man.
Now this angle
is not gonna work.
We're gonna have to go
around kaho'olawe
and use the islands
as the blocks
so that we can make it.
-That's that little island
right there?
-Yeah.
The waves are starting
to stack up from the east,
so we need
to change course.
We're gonna pass on
the west side of kaho'olawe
to shelter
from those breakers.
-[casey] you're ready?
-[jeff] keep boogying along.
[suspenseful music playing]
all right.
I'm heading out now
to go get another
covid-19 test.
Let's see where we...
Where we sit at.
Clock's ticking away,
you know,
barry's order is due,
and right now
I'm on the do-not-fly list.
Before I join the boys,
I need two negative tests
before takeoff.
I have no
symptoms whatsoever.
I just wanna get out,
start helping the boys.
This order is a massive one.
And jeff and casey
are doing all they can,
but they can only
do so much
when they're
short-handed, so...
We're in this together,
you know?
Chopped off one of the arms
of our business.
All right. Well...
Jeff and casey are in route
to o'ahu right now,
so they're in for quite
a journey ahead of them.
Here we go.
[suspenseful music playing]
whoa.
We're out...
Dude, we're out of gas.
*bleep* port side.
Uh...
But I guess we're burning
quite a bit of fuel
by going north
on the island.
-[jeff] can we
change over tanks?
-[casey] yeah.
We got another
You got another
you can probably make it.
We're okay, I think.
Let's boogie.
The kuleana gets
one mile per gallon.
And we got 55 gallons
of fuel left.
-We got 55 to 60 miles to go.
-Do you think we'll make it?
Possibly.
Big waves,
small boat,
not a good combination.
[suspenseful music playing]
[josh] fingers crossed.
Hopefully, this will prove
that I am negative.
Another covid test down.
And I'm not saying
I know exactly what an ahi
feels like
when it gets hooked,
but it feels like
these nasal swabs
are touching my brain.
That's my diary for today.
[suspenseful music playing]
[jeff] and this is it.
We're coming in.
[casey] that's
diamond head, right?
[jeff] that's diamond head
crater right there.
[casey] why do they call it
diamond head?
[jeff] well, it's...
It looks like a diamond.
-[casey] we did it, man.
-We're there, huh?
Some people say,
"go to wai'anae."
I say, "why not?"
that was a fun ride,
huh?
-[jeff] that sucked.
-[casey] yeah,
that was brutal.
[jeff] two hundred ten miles
just get up here
to the west side of o'ahu.
I'm tired,
I'm not gonna lie.
My eyes, they wanna close
like right now.
So unpack, get some sleep,
and start fishing tomorrow.
[suspenseful music playing]
-[jeff] benda. Benda.
-Oh.
-[jeff] what's up, man?
-What's up, man?
How are you?
-Good.
-Oh, it's been a while.
-Good to see you. I know.
-Yeah.
-[casey] casey, man.
-Yeah.
Glad to be
back home. Yeah.
Brian aka benda
is one of my best friends,
and he earned that nickname
because his rods always bend.
He's one of the best
fishermen I know.
He's from o'ahu, and he's got
a lot of local knowledge.
Yeah. This is my friend, joe.
-What's up, joe?
-[benda] good friends.
We grew up together fishing
out here in wai'anae.
[jeff] beautiful boat, man.
Well, how are we
gonna do this?
No supply, man.
[joe] well, I was thinking,
you know,
I'll let bryan and jeff
-use my vessel...
-[casey] okay.
...'cause he's very
experienced out here.
And if you don't mind,
I'll hop in you.
-[casey] cool.
-[joe] I'm familiar.
-He's familiar.
-[casey] no, it's good.
I'm the least experienced
guy here.
I mean, I've never
bottom-fished for nothing
-but a halibut in my life.
-Yeah.
Where are we gonna go,
joe, today?
I think we're gonna
check out ka'ena point.
[casey] there's
a massive difference
in the two ways you fish.
Bottom-fishing,
you got six or seven hooks
on a leader in 200,
250 fathoms
versus the live bait
that we traditionally do
is right on the surface,
and only 100 yards
behind the boat.
So we gotta split up.
Brian and jeff are gonna go
after the deep 7,
and joe and I
are gonna go after pelagics.
Okay, guys, we're burning
daylight here. Let's go.
-[jeff] let's go fishing.
-[casey] all right, man.
All right.
[jeff] well, the best
advantage we have
is you and joe taking us
right to the spots
because that's half
the battle.
Let's go get on them.
I'm ready.
[benda] yeah.
Let's do it, bro.
[suspenseful music playing]
we're getting
pretty close to the area.
Got it.
[joe] so see the first v,
farthest to the right?
Smiley point coming down,
that's the area
we're gonna be working today.
[casey] before gps,
fisherman in hawaii
orient themselves
based on landmarks.
In o'ahu, they still use
the wai'anae mountain range.
The vs that joe
is talking about
are actually contour lines
in the mountains
that you can see
from the water.
We're lining up
with the most
westerly valley
known as first v.
-[suspenseful music playing]
-[seagulls squawking]
[joe] oh, right here
in front of us, what's that?
That big boil in the water.
-Big boil. You see it?
-[casey] oh, yeah,
yeah, yeah.
-Yeah, what is that?
-We're gonna go get it.
That's what it is.
Going on.
-[casey] get 'em?
-Here we go. We're on.
-[casey] nice.
-[joe] we're on.
Here we go, baby.
[casey] all right, buddy.
Make it bite.
All right.
We got a fish on here.
That didn't take long.
There he is. Yeah.
We got a marlin on.
[casey] how big?
Uh, looking like
[suspenseful music playing]
[joe] oh, he's ripping
some line out now, guys.
He's taking it.
[casey] streaming it out.
Watch out. Let me hit it.
There's a real nice fish here.
This thing... Oh, taking line.
[joe] he's jumping.
Look out. Look out.
[casey] there he goes.
Go. Yeah. Yeah.
[joe] he looks pissed.
-[casey] there you go.
-[joe] there he is.
-[joe] there he is.
-[casey] oh, he's coming.
He's coming straight out.
Let's be careful, guys.
He might come
over the rail.
Be ready to duck.
I mean,
he's really coming at us.
If he's gonna spear
one of us,
it's gonna be now.
[suspenseful music playing]
[joe] going under the boat.
Under the boat. Running hard.
We don't want him
to get ahead of us.
We wanna be ahead of him.
[casey] he's aiming
for the props.
[joe] they like to dive
into the propellers,
try cut the line
off the props.
[casey] god,
he's running again.
This guy's a punk.
We came 200 miles
to hunt the deep 7,
but that's just part
of our order.
And right now,
that's jeff's problem.
If I can reel in this marlin,
that would give us
a good jump start
on the rest.
Come on, baby.
Come on, big b*stard.
He's coming up.
He's gonna... He's gonna jump.
He's gonna jump,
right in between us.
[joe] he's gonna hit
the surface.
[casey] that guy
is going crazy.
Look at that.
There he is.
Look at his jump.
There he goes.
He is trying to kick
that hook out of him.
He does not like it.
He's a pissed off
mofo right now.
[joe] can you
see color yet?
Oh, yeah.
-[joe] you see color, yeah?
-Oh, I see him.
Oh, big time.
Pumping crank.
Pumping crank.
We're getting close
to veer right now.
He's right there.
You see the color?
[joe] there you go.
Very critical now.
[casey] he's spinning.
There he is,
he's coming in closer.
[joe] we just may
have our chance right now.
No room for error.
Stay on him, casey.
Talk to me, let me know.
[casey] he's here.
He's here.
-[joe] now.
-[casey] nice.
[joe] I got him.
Drop the other gaff.
[casey] double gaff,
coming up.
[joe] whoo! Gone!
-[casey] in the boat.
-[joe] yes, sir!
-Yeah!
-Whoo!
[casey] that's actually
a beautiful fish.
[joe] that's a nice fish.
That guy there
is going to vegas, baby.
[jeff] yeah, I'm not
gonna lie, like, I have...
I have spent some time
bottom fishing
back home in kona,
but different boat,
different location.
[benda] this is what us
locals call a kaka rig.
There's seven hooks,
and they're at
And the lead is gonna go here.
For these deep 7
bottom fish,
we got to fish deep.
I mean, real deep.
We fish two,
three times deeper
than we fish for tuna.
Anywhere from 600
to 1,000 feet,
even deeper than that.
So we fish
with electric reels.
We also use multiple hooks,
and try to bang up
as many as we can.
What's our plan for bait?
[benda] so, for bait,
put anchovy on or squid.
We got a pail or two.
So basically just hook it
right on the skin.
-Just like that.
-[jeff] okay. Perfect.
Okay.
And we just hook every one.
[jeff] okay.
[benda] okay. So let's try
and get on some fish then.
[jeff] sounds good.
[suspenseful music playing]
[beeps]
[benda] seventy-six fathoms.
We're marking...
We're marking
right there, jeff.
Make a drop.
Oh, the crane
is moving.
[jeff] oh,
the crane is smoking.
[benda] yeah,
it's moving so...
We gotta shallow real fast...
[jeff] so the lead can't even
keep up with the line.
[benda] yeah. So there's
a ledge right here,
and the fish are hanging out
right on the edge,
and it's really hard
to get on that edge
without drifting past it.
It's not that easy
with... Our crane's
going a knot and a half.
It's kind of running away
a little bit.
[jeff] once we see a mark
on the sonar,
we're dropping our rigs
on a target
that's about the size
of a dinner table.
[benda] you're gonna hit
soon though.
-[jeff] yeah, I know,
I'm starting to see...
-[benda] you're 78, 77.
[jeff]
it's all about accuracy.
[suspenseful music playing]
[jeff] got one.
-[benda] got one.
-[jeff] yeah.
[benda] okay.
-It's something.
-It's something.
Hopefully it's part
of the deep 7.
*bleep* it was there.
[benda] yeah, I don't know.
It came off?
[jeff] it probably came off.
[suspenseful music playing]
[benda] looks like a kahala.
[benda] yeah,
he ate your fish.
But you had a fish on
right here.
That was a real one
right there.
[jeff] yeah. I guarantee
the kahala ripped it off.
[benda] so this is a kahala
that we don't wanna catch.
It's actually a really good
eating fish.
Problem with it
here in hawaii,
there's a lot of worms in it.
I've eaten it a lot,
but you can't sell it
on the market.
Goodbye.
[seagulls squawking]
[casey] see them birds
up there, joe?
Yeah.
[casey] got four
or five there,
following something, yeah?
[beeping]
[casey] oh, we're marking fish
like crazy, dude.
We already have
a marlin on board,
and the water's
starting to boil,
you got to strike
while the iron is hot.
Oh, here we go.
We just got bit.
-[casey] we're on.
-[benda] we got him on.
We're on.
It's a marlin, I can see him
jumping back there.
It's a marlin.
Okay. She's going on.
[casey] roger.
Roger. Roger.
[joe] took a lot more line
than the first one did.
A lot of line out still.
Try to get him.
It's a nice fish.
It's a pretty
big one. Um...
He's coming up a little.
-We're gaining line on him.
-[casey] yeah, he is.
Two marlin in one day.
Gonna put a big dent
in this order.
[joe] I think
he's gonna surface
before I got...
[casey] got it,
both engines in.
[joe] he's back there,
I see him.
-I can see color now.
-[casey] you got color?
-[joe] yeah.
-[casey] oh, nice
color, yeah.
[joe] he's on the surface
right all here.
[casey] one engine,
and we're in auto.
[joe] there you go.
Here, come grab it, yeah.
He's right here.
Sink that, yeah.
[casey] got it. It sunk.
[joe] think he's head for it?
[casey] get a stern.
[joe] it's a lot bigger
than the first guy.
-[casey] whoo!
-[joe] you got some meat
on the deck, yeah.
[casey] nice fish, dude.
-[suspenseful music playing]
-[seagull squawking]
so, we just hooked our fish.
We've been fishing
most of the day,
but no luck.
These electric reels,
they allow us
to retrieve a fish
at over 400 feet
per minute.
And even at that pace,
we're still not fast enough.
I need to use a little bit
of elbow grease.
There you go.
Ugh. It's another kahala.
Damn.
[jeff] you know, we found
the fish, they're here.
We just can't get them up
to the boat.
This might be it,
so we got them on.
[suspenseful music playing]
[benda] dang it.
It's another kahala.
[jeff] dang it. *bleep*
just kahala K*llers
today, man.
Dude, I'm whipped, man.
What do you think?
[benda]
we're out of here, bud.
Let's carry on.
[jeff] sounds good.
Hey, josh, how's it going?
What's going on, brother?
Well, jeff and I are standing
here, he's right here.
-What's up, jeff bro?
-[jeff] moving up.
[casey] so we went out
fishing today,
and we got two marlin
on board, but...
Bottom fishing
wasn't hot, dude.
[jeff] yeah, we got busted up
pretty good, too.
I do think that the fish
are around.
I just don't think
we're going to the right spot.
And, you know, we always talk
about current info, you know.
[josh] yeah. Well,
I've been doing
a lot of homework over here,
and pier 38, man.
That's the mecca center.
Now I bet you can
go over there,
maybe you'll run
into somebody over there
that can tell you what to do,
or give you some ideas.
That's not a bad idea.
You know, I mean,
that's the best
I can think of
from right here.
It's a good idea.
[suspenseful music playing]
[josh] pier 38 is the only
fish market
of its kind in the us.
Fishermen go there to sell
directly to the wholesalers.
And if anybody knows
where the deep 7
are biting on that island,
they're gonna be
at the pier.
-All right. We'll...
-[josh] whatever...
We'll go to pier...
Pier 38 early in the morning.
Try to see if we can't find
some intel.
[josh] you got this.
Lightning can't strike twice.
-Very true, buddy.
-Once you're hooked up.
[casey] very true. All right.
You have a good night.
[josh] all right, guys.
Good luck, man.
All right. Talk to you later.
I'm doing everything I can
to help these boys
find a fish,
but being stuck at home
doesn't really help
the situation.
As soon as I get
my first negative test,
booking my flight
straight to o'ahu.
These results should be in
right now.
And...
Oh, that's another positive.
*bleep*
[suspenseful music playing]
[casey] what up, bryan?
Morning.
What's up, casey?
[casey] how are you?
-[benda] jeff. Right on.
-[jeff] benda.
Right on, man.
Pier 38
has been the mecca of fishing
in the state of hawaii
for over 50 years.
Fishing boats
of all different sizes,
all different species,
that's where they come
to sell their fish.
We need to find
a local fisherman
that basically is fishing
the same way we are,
catching the same fish we are.
And we got to get them
to talk to us.
Yeah. You think these guys
will talk to me?
[benda] I don't know
if they're gonna talk to you,
they're gonna talk
to jeff though.
He looks way local too,
but you're like a just...
Your tan line is, you know,
not enough.
[laughing]
all right. Guys, you wanna see
what we can find out?
[benda] let's go.
Yeah.
How many boats?
How many boats?
[man speaking]
[benda] seventy?
-[man] yeah.
-[benda] no way.
So, any boats waiting?
[man speaking]
[jeff] like what do you think
the average size fish
that they're pulling up is?
[man speaking]
yeah? That's not too bad.
Yeah.
-[casey] what's up, bro?
-[man] how are you, man?
[casey] how are you?
Boy, okay.
They only talk
to the local boys.
I'm gonna hang back
for a minute.
See, if I can hear
what's happening over there.
Problem is,
I have really bad hearing,
and a really big mouth.
So I don't wanna screw
this one up.
[man speaking]
[jeff] yeah.
All right, bro.
Thank you.
[man] mahalo.
I don't know
what I think about that,
that's crazy.
What did you guys find out?
[benda] this fish right here
is probably about a month old,
right, jeff?
Yup. And the info
is, too.
[benda] still try
to find somebody
that's been out in the last
Let's do that.
[benda]
I see somebody over there.
Maybe just kind of kick back
a little bit.
Let me go see
what I can find out.
-Hello.
-Oh, how's it going?
I'm good.
You jumping on fish?
[casey] bryan know that guy?
I mean, it's an island.
I mean,
usually somehow, some way,
some shape or form,
you know a fisherman.
[benda]
what kind of fish you got?
[man] I actually drop off
some of the bottom fish.
[benda] the deep ones?
[man] monchong.
[benda] yeah, no way?
-What's up?
-So that guy's name
is josh, bro.
-[jeff] does he want a job?
-Yeah, can we...
-[benda] yeah... No.
-Can we trade him out,
we need a josh right now.
Yeah, I know. We need a josh.
He said once you get out past
almost halfway to second v,
he said the crane starts
pulling good up north.
He said it's biting real good
right on that shelf
right there,
right on that bend.
[jeff] well, I mean, at least
we were getting info
that we're in the area
that they are.
Is he dropping off any fishes?
-Does he have any boat?
-Yeah, he dropped off like
a bunch of monchongs, ehu,
he said he had onagas,
everything all on...
All on second.
-Yeah.
-So I think we got
to head out
the second v, bro, I think
that's what we got to do.
It's all we've got.
[casey] good information.
Good job.
[suspenseful music playing]
[casey] those two marlin
we caught yesterday,
that was a great start,
but we really got to get
these deep 7 fish caught.
So it's all hands on deck
for bottom fish today.
Hopefully, the hot intel
in second v pays off.
We're just about
on that second v right now
with lahilahi mountain.
So we got to go out a little.
-Yup.
-Then probably come back...
This way for our depth
because of the way
the ledge drops off,
-so we wanna be up current...
-[casey] yeah.
...A little.
Current's moving a little
in our favor.
[casey] roger.
[beeping]
we're marking real good
right here.
[joe speaking indistinctly]
[casey] holy smokes.
We're getting down there.
[joe] we're on, dude.
It feels like a good fish.
Come on. Crank them up,
bring them up.
Coming up.
[suspenseful music playing]
I think we got the one
we're fishing for here.
[casey] really?
[joe] got an onaga here.
[casey] that thing
looks tasty.
[joe]
we know we're in the spot.
[casey]
oh, dude, we got another one.
[joe] ehu.
[casey] what's the difference?
[joe] so the ehu and onaga,
both snappers,
and they're both deep 7.
Nice job. All right.
That's what we're
here for, bro.
Right there.
[tense music playing]
so we're kind of just
bouncing around on the ledge,
the current's slowed down
a little bit.
We know the current now.
I can see the current.
[jeff] at least
it's a good current.
[benda] yeah, a good current,
so we will get back on top.
[suspenseful music playing]
[jeff] check it out.
Let's see what we got here.
[benda] it looks
like deep 7.
Oh, yeah, ehu.
-[jeff] ehus?
-[benda] ehu.
[jeff] all right.
-All right. We got ehu.
-[jeff] perfect, something.
[benda] oh, another one.
[jeff] double ehu?
[benda] double ehu.
[jeff] that's awesome.
-[benda] the perfect size
right here for...
-On the plate.
[jeff] these fish
are served whole
to their customers.
It's all about presentation.
The prettier the fish,
the more value
that the fish has.
Between our boat,
and casey and joe,
that's the ehu we need.
It's super good. Good eating.
But only two
out of the deep 7
are in the box.
We still got
a long way to go.
[suspenseful music playing]
[joe] all right.
Coming up with an onaga.
-Nice, nice...
-[casey] onaga?
...Onaga, getting bigger.
[casey] I think we might have
more on this one.
[joe] oh, we do.
[casey]
and we got another onaga.
-[joe] all right. Yeah.
-[casey] open the box?
[joe] yeah.
Bring it right up.
[casey] here we go.
[joe] yes, sir.
[casey] beautiful fish.
That's our biggest one
yet, huh?
[joe] nice going, yeah.
That's a nice one.
[jeff] that's something on.
[benda] oh, yes, bro.
-[jeff] do you see him?
-[benda] looks good.
-Yup.
-[jeff] three?
[benda] three gindai.
Triple gindai, baby.
[jeff] we're on the puka.
[benda] yes, sir.
[jeff] nice.
Oh, that's the biggest one.
[benda] oh, nice fish, man.
That's k*ller.
-[benda] whoo!
-Good job, man.
Whoo! Triple gindai, baby.
Another beautiful fish.
[jeff] beautiful fish.
I love gindai.
[upbeat music playing]
[joe] like we got a double,
two fish coming up.
First one's up,
it's an onaga.
-[casey] onaga?
-[joe] onaga.
[casey] onaga.
Ooh, that's a pretty one.
[joe] coming up,
look like an ehu.
[jeff] ehu?
-[joe] onaga and ehu.
-[casey] nice.
Another double set up.
Good job.
And let's see what we got.
[jeff] yeah. Here we go.
[benda] I see it
down there, jeff.
It's a deep 7.
-[jeff] it's a...
-[benda] I'm not sure
what it is.
[jeff] it looks like a...
-[benda] oh, a kalekale.
-Kalekale.
-We got a kalekale.
-[jeff] good job, man.
-Awesome. Let's go.
-[benda] yeah, we got it.
[whirring]
[joe] we got something
coming up on us.
[tense music playing]
oh, I know what you got.
You got a sea bass.
[casey] oh, kick his a*s,
sea bass.
I heard about these things.
[joe] hapu'upu'u.
[casey] hapu, what?
-[joe] yeah.
-[casey] is that a grouper?
[joe] something like that.
[tense music playing]
[casey] are they edible?
[joe] it's part
of the deep 7.
[casey] we got another one
out of the deep 7?
-Hapu'upu'u.
-Sea bass.
Hapu'upu'u...
We got the puu-puu one.
Well done.
Good job, joe.
[joe] heck, yeah.
-Go.
-Go.
Let's see what we got.
[jeff]
it's got to be good sized
with the reel rocking
like this.
So, right here.
[benda] oh, I got
a good feeling
about this one. I don't know.
[jeff] yeah. Feel good?
[benda] this got a good size.
-[jeff] that's good.
-[benda] yeah.
-[benda] whoa. Hapu'upu'u.
-[jeff] it's a big hapu'upu'u.
[benda] look
at this hapu'upu'u.
Wow.
-That's a monster.
-[jeff] yes.
-[tense music playing]
-[seagulls squawking]
-[benda] whoa. Hapu'upu'u.
-[jeff] it's a big hapu'upu'u.
[benda] look
at this hapu'upu'u.
-Yes.
-[jeff] wow.
That's a monster.
[benda] yes, sir.
[jeff]
oh, that is a nice fish.
[benda] look at that
hapu'upu'u right there.
[jeff] that's the biggest one
I've ever caught.
[benda] that's the biggest
that I've seen.
It's probably like
a 30-pounder.
[jeff] yeah. It's a big fish.
[benda] it's really nice.
That's awesome
for vegas, bro.
[suspenseful music playing]
oh, another one.
-Yeah, we got opaka.
-[jeff] oh!
-[benda] yeah. Look
at that opaka.
-That's the one we needed.
That's the last one we need.
-[benda] yeah!
-[jeff] nice one.
[benda] wow.
Look at that opakapaka.
[jeff] barry ordered
250 pounds of the deep 7.
We've got that, but...
We're still missing
the monchong.
What's the count?
How many did you get?
Just shy of a dozen.
[jeff] we got 11.
We had a good day, but...
A single monchong
would be great right now.
Monchong aren't a part
of the deep 7.
They're not a snapper
or a grouper, but a pomfret.
But they are a bottom fish.
And they're super hard
to catch.
They're deeper than
all the other fish,
and time is running out.
We're gonna get on 'em.
[jeff] all right, man.
We'll see you inside.
[joe] okay.
[tense music playing]
[josh]
so, what's the scoop, guys?
How's things going?
How's the progress coming?
[casey] uh, we're doing good
on the deep 7.
We got hapu'upu'u, onaga,
ehu, opakapaka,
kalekale, gindai.
You know, I'd let you slide
a lot of things, but the fact
that you still don't have
these fish memorized,
it bothers me.
Your little...
Your little *bleep*
cheat sheet right there
is not gonna cut it, man.
[casey] I don't have
a cheat sheet.
Tell me the deep 7
right now from memory.
Tell me the crab we fish
in the winter from memory.
Bairdi and opilio.
-That's too easy. Damn it.
-[laughs]
[casey] the one thing
we're kind of
having a hard time with is
the real deep, the monchong.
That was one specific
that he named that he wanted.
Monchong are mostly found
in extreme depths.
We're on the 175 fathoms.
But most
of the old man's charts,
they mark shallow spots.
Except for one spot
near barbers point.
I want a veteran fisherman
like joe to take a look.
What the hell's going on
with this, joe?
Talk to me, goose.
[laughs]
there is some pencil marks
written here on the chart.
We call this
the lighthouse squall.
I've had a lot of luck
there before.
Like the bottom here
is a lot of sand and mud
with very little reef.
So, I think
the monchong's fish
that they like to eat
is right there.
Well, I pray and I'm
hoping that you guys go out
-and whack them.
-We'll get it.
If you don't get this,
then we're screwed.
We'll get it.
Good luck, guys. Later.
Ugh.
So we've got a spot
to fish for the monchong.
And I've scheduled another
covid test for this afternoon.
This would be a great time
for some of that harris luck
to kick in.
This is super stressful
because I can't be there.
They're doing all
they can do,
but with any luck, these guys
will get it figured it out.
It's just I wish
I could be there.
[tense music playing]
[joe] we just go out
a little bit here.
Take it wide.
-Waves are breaking.
-[casey] okay.
And then, we head all over
to the lighthouse.
[casey] okay.
[joe] yeah,
we wanna get here
before the sun gets out
because, uh,
you wanna get these fish
right before they go down
into the dark deep water.
-[casey] got you.
-[joe] nighttime,
they come up
and feed in the shallows.
It's still dark.
[casey] shallows to them
is 100 fathoms?
[joe] yeah.
[casey]
one fathom is six feet.
Six hundred feet is what
we're fishing right now.
That's deeper when we fish
king crab in the bering sea.
And we're not the only ones
hunting right now.
These are prime feeding hours
for the apex predators.
Sharks, whales, you name it.
Look at how steep the bank
is down there.
[joe] yeah, it's a very
tight ledge here.
Could be them right there.
We gotta throw
our lines down.
Let's see if we
can get on them.
Clear to set?
[joe] let 'em rip.
[tense music playing]
[benda] right here
at 100 fathoms,
they start heading out
to the 200-fathom zone,
but we wanna catch them
before they get there.
[jeff] this location that josh
and joe picked, it's great.
But the window to catch
these monchong
is really small.
As soon
as the sun comes up,
the monchong
are gonna go deeper.
A lot deeper than what
our gear can get to.
[benda] try to find
the current here,
and it's going kind of
almost straight in,
and kind of like north.
And right there,
I'm marking,
that might be the monchongs
right there.
Try them right here, jeff.
[tense music playing]
[joe] there's a few fish
down there.
[casey] big mark at 60.
[joe] yeah.
It was ahi, huh?
Might be a predator, shark.
[tense music continues]
-got them.
-Whoa, we got them.
-We're on.
-That felt like a monchong.
It hit hard.
Monchongs hit hard, bro.
[casey] he's on.
We got them on, baby!
These things
can actually fight.
We were at about one-ten
when we got the bite.
We're at about
It's getting close, bryan.
[benda] okay.
Oh, *bleep*.
Something just got it, bro.
Something's grabbing it.
*bleep*, something
just grabbed our chong.
[jeff] oh, *bleep*. Wow.
[tense music playing]
[jeff] uh, well, since I got
you alone right now,
there's something
we got to talk about.
What's that?
We got to talk about
your hawaiian accent.
Casey.
Nice to meet you, bruh.
-You got it.
-Lay off the island
food, bruh.
What's up, bruh?
Here we go.
And I just wanna trick
the fish, bruh.
Do you know that you try
to have a hawaiian accent?
Nah, bruh.
-[both laughing]
-oh, gosh.
So, this is the type of things
that I'm talking about.
-[casey] what?
-What's up, bruh?
Are you running
from something?
That's what we're here
for, bruh.
Local knowledge, bruh.
[jeff] you think it's rolling
off your tongue,
but it's not rolling off
your tongue.
I'm just trying to help you.
We're trying to help you with
your personal image over here.
[casey] I just kind of figured
the hawaiian accent
was part of like the
hawaiian starter pack, right?
I mean, I already got
the polynesian tattoo,
and I got
the hawaiian buddy.
Business partner
for here on out,
you just call me
business partner.
-Whatever, bruh.
-[laughs]
you make me feel stupid
when you talk.
[laughs]
that bad, huh?
-[jeff] it's kind of bad.
-[casey] all right.
[jeff] getting close, bryan.
[benda] okay.
Oh, *bleep*.
Something just got it, bruh.
Oh! Like for...
Oh!
[jeff] got him.
Do we have more on still?
[jeff] it came off.
Something just grabbed our
chong right under the boat.
*bleep*
oh, he's right there,
it's a freaking shark.
[jeff] is it?
[benda] I just seen him
go under the boat.
[jeff] we're on the fish,
but...
We're not the only ones
that are trying
to catch these fish.
There's a lot of predators
around here
that are trying
to get them, too.
[benda speaking]
[jeff] oahu's west side
is notorious for sharks.
And so far,
we've been able
to avoid them,
but at some point, I knew
our luck would run out,
and we have to pay
the shark tax.
[benda] we got it,
I just get back on him fast.
-Rebait him, I'm gonna rehook.
-[jeff] okay.
Every fish we lose
is money down the drain,
and it puts us further away
from completing this order.
We got a bite. We got...
We got something.
We got something right now.
Hopefully,
it's the right fish we need.
Here we go. Coming up.
Coming up.
[casey] fifty more feet.
Is he big?
[joe] oh, nice, one,
I got two.
Oh, looks like
we got a double.
That's monchong, dude.
[tense music playing]
[casey] that's a monchong?
[joe] that's a monchong.
Check that out.
*bleep*
[casey] dude.
Look at that thing.
Look at that.
[joe] boy, it's got a pink
and purple shimmer to it.
It's just beautiful.
Monchong, another one.
[joe] pull it. All right.
Good going, cap.
Looks like we found them.
-Nice going, cap.
-[casey] nice, bruh!
-[joe] yes, sir.
-[casey] hammering 'em!
-[joe] we're on
their grounds now.
-[casey] dude.
[joe] we just gotta work hard
catching them.
[jeff] we got one.
We got one.
-[benda] we got one?
All right.
-[jeff] yeah.
[tense music playing]
-chongi.
-It's a chong?
It's a chongi.
[tense music playing]
[jeff] whoa.
-[benda] we got the chongi.
-[jeff] yeah.
We finally got a chongi, baby.
-First one.
-Yeah.
[benda] dude,
you got another one on?
-[jeff] nope.
-[benda] what is it?
Oh, it's a monchong.
-[benda] another one?
-Yeah.
Don't lose it.
I won't. I won't.
[benda] yeah. Number two.
-Wow.
-Look at that.
[tense music playing]
[casey] there's one.
Monchong.
[joe] oh, yeah.
There you go, baby.
[casey] there you go. Great.
[casey] I got something else
on there, too. I can feel it.
[joe] one more on there,
you think?
[casey] yeah. It's something.
It's not, ooh. Big one.
[joe] oh, here we go.
-Yeah.
-[casey] look at that.
[joe] oh, nice double.
-[casey] yeah!
-[both laughing]
monchong!
-Yeah.
-Nice.
[benda] oh, hey.
We got another one.
[jeff] what,
another monchong?
[benda] another monchong.
-What?
-Yeah.
-Man, you're on the hole now.
-Number three.
Number three.
-Same size, though.
-[jeff] sick.
Number three, bro.
-Right on, buddy.
-[whoops]
you're the man.
[casey] monchong, check.
Bottom fish.
Bottom fish, check,
marlin, check, check.
Yeah, dude. We know
you caught a marlin.
Two.
-Two marlin.
-Two marlin.
And we see the josh.
And the rest of our
mahi and ahi.
Yeah. Can we just revel on our
victory for a minute for once?
[upbeat music playing]
[josh] how's it going?
[casey] check this puppy out.
What is that?
Monchong, we got him.
-[josh] really?
-Oh, yeah.
You're making all these big
orders, and you didn't even
-know what the fish look like.
-All right. Well,
it looks different
on the website
than it does in real life.
Where are we standing right
now for actual orders?
We're good
on our bottom fish,
we're good on the monchong,
uh, we still have the ahi,
mahi-mahi.
[josh] nailing down monchong
in the deep 7,
that's a huge win,
but it cost us precious time.
And this fight ain't even
close to being over.
Even with the two marlin
casey pulled in,
we still have 2,500 pounds
of fish to go.
Well, we got to be quick
because our window's
shrinking
for the time these fish
got to be delivered to.
It's just gotten too close,
I think,
to go back to kona,
so if you guys
could figure out
how to stay there,
and grind it out.
I don't see
a reason to leave.
[joe] there are a lot
of good places here.
I could stick around, and help
you guys out if you need me.
[jeff] if you can jump on
with casey,
I can get my boat,
bang back up here
across the channels.
Bryan can jump on with me,
and bryan knows these waters
on the outside
just as good as joe.
Well, time is shrinking.
Let's knock her out.
I think we got a really good
shot at pulling this off.
[casey] dude. You look
just a little shorter
than the last time I saw you.
Okay. So, you wanna see
what you look like?
[josh chuckles]
oh, my god.
You got your shirts,
you got your arms
sticking out here,
these are your ears.
[josh] I look like
a *bleep* scarecrow.
[laughter]
[casey] all right, buddy.
Have a good night.
Later, josh.
He'll be all right.
Hey.
Don't leave me out here.
The *bleep*. Hey!
Somebody's got to get me.
Hello?
Hello!
You leave me here
poorly dressed and alone?
[tense music playing]
[josh] well, we're committed
to be in o'ahu
because we're just running
out of time.
This is super stressful
because I can't be there.
I just need a breath
of fresh air.
I feel like the world's
closing in on me.
You know,
I need to be positive
when I talk to the guys.
But the truth is,
being stuck at home,
not being able to help
with this order,
I mean, that's brutal.
I feel like a horse that's
stuck at the starting gates.
We just need to get
two negative tests,
then I'll be back
into the race.
We're gonna make it
on this order.
I don't know how yet,
but I'm gonna figure it out.
I'm not the type of person
that's gonna let
the old man's dreams
slip through my fingers
that easily.
Not even close.
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02x06 - Dangerous Crossing
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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.