04x03 - Karma's a Fish

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NARRATOR: For the
past three years.

NICK: Ah, Frenzy baby!

NARRATOR: Greg Mayer has
caught more bluefin than any
other captain in the fleet.

GREG: Yes, another nice
fish, tuna, tuna, tuna!

NARRATOR: And
he'll do anything...

-Call TJ Ott.

NARRATOR: To stay on top.

-He's out here telling
everybody who's gonna listen
"TJ's a [bleep]."

NARRATOR: But when the
underdogs of the fleet...

CHARLIE: Come
on, baby, hit me.

-Oh, boy, if I don't
get 'em down I'm gonna
be on suicide watch.

NARRATOR: Band together...

JARRETT: Come on,
boys, whoo-wee!

STEVE: He's after it.

-Get it, boy!

NARRATOR: Will
they put an end...

WILL: Bang!

BILLON: Got 'em on!

Woo.

-Pow, goes the breaker!

NARRATOR: To Frenzy's reign?

-Oh, Frenzy, we're
coming for you, boy.
-Unbelievable.

CAINE: Hit him with the dart,
hit him with the dart.

NARRATOR: This is...

-Damn!

NARRATOR: Wicked Tuna:
Outer Banks.

Long time champion
Fishin' Frenzy has a narrow
lead over last season's

runner-up, Pinwheel.

Meanwhile,
northern captain, TJ Ott,
on Hot Tuna,

trails far behind after a
stressful few days.

TYLER: Today was a good day.

Look, there's the Hot Tuna.

Huh.

Well, maybe TJ is keeping his
boat at Pirate's Cove now.

TJ: Hey, where's he going?

-Where you going?
-Where you going?
-Where you going?

You see them?

-There they are.

Yup, right there, Pinhead.

Put her in a slip, big mouth.

Come on, tough guy.

We've had a tough
last few days.

I nearly lost my
mate to a rogue wave.

Side, hold on!

MIKE: Oh, my God, holy.

TJ: I've had electronic issues.

Ay-ya-ya.

My main plotter is out here.

I'm gonna go back, bro.

So the last thing
I needed to hear is that
my old deckhand, Pinhead,

is out on the water
trashing us for not fishing.

-He's out here telling
everybody who's gonna listen,

"TJ is a [bleep], he can't
even come across the bar."

Part of the game is
psyching out your opponent.

You're picking on
guys all the time.

Sometimes they don't
even know about it.

-I'd like to be there
when TJ sees Tyler.

-If Tyler wants to talk
about me or my boat, put the
freaking microphone down,

come see me and
say it to my face.

Put her in the slip!

Come on!

-TJ's over there, bro.

I don't get what's going on.

-All he does is talk
[bleep], you talk [bleep]
when I'm not there.

Right now, I'm right
here, see that?

I'm right here.

He's petrified to back
his boat into this slip.

Because if he does and
he runs his mouth I'm
gonna throttle him.

-I don't even know what
this could be about.

-I said "Bring it [bleep]."

-Put her in the slip.

Come on, come on,
put her in the slip.

Put her in the slip, let's go,
put her in the slip!

Greg told us you
were badmouthing us.

-Get on the dock,
get on the dock.

Put her in the slip.

Let's go!

Get on the [bleep] dock...

-I know that Greg told TJ
that we were talking bad about
him just to stir the pot.

Dude, we don't
have time for this.

-What more can I do?

And that right there is
a first class coward that
can't back up [bleep].

Now it's on.

GREG: TJ and Tyler,
they're probably having it
out at the dock right now.

Last trip, I pitted
TJ against Tyler.

I only narrowly out-fished
Tyler last year and he's right
behind me in the earnings now

so, I need him out of my way.

We need to make
every day count.

The Frenzy's been
number one for the past
three seasons and I'll do

whatever it
takes to stay there.

Looking good.

-It's time.

DALE: Looks like
Greg's over there.

-Oh, man.

-Rolling in with the
old wolf tonight.

ED: We don't have the
reputation, we don't
have a pretty boat.

You know, I kind of think
the fact that Greg has been
the "Top Dog" every season, he,

it's kind of gone to his
head and I think he thinks
nobody can beat him.

-Hey, here they
are right here.

-We're how deep?
-150 feet, that's them.

And we're in the right
spot for it, too, nice
little cherry b*mb.

[beeping]

[clicking]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

-We're on, we're on, we're on!
-Got 'em on, Dale.
-Hell yeah.

Hell yeah, is it a good one?

-Yeah.
-Yeah.
-Nice!

-Sweet!
-Pretty work.
-Got a nice fish on here.

-We just hooked up to a fish,
got a nice fish on, there's
boats all over the place.

We just got to try to hold
onto this fish and keep
him out of the other boats.

-All right, hold.
-Hey, guys, got
a fish on here.

Appreciate it if you'd
give me some room.

-Oh, boy.

Like, I can't sit here.

I don't care what he says.

I'm out here to catch fish.

-Time to go to w*r.

-Forward, Dale, forward!
-Oh, yeah.

Oh, here they are, man, 30.

Wow, look, it's
coming right up to it.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

-You're on!
-We're on, we're on!

-Got one on, got
him on the rod.

-Crank up the down line.

Okay, let him, let him go.

Woo.

-Burning her down,
baby, come on.

It's taking it, baby.

Yeah, that's what we want.

-All you, Bill-Bill.

What day is it?

-Frenzy's right next to us.

Hopefully they don't
get crossed up.

One of us will lose
our fish if they do.

Come on back, Dale.

-Anything can happen
here right now.
-Big run here.

Big run.

-Come on baby.

-Come on baby.

-Get on top of him.

Forward, Dale, forward.

Watch the lines, watch em.

[line snaps].

Ah, [bleep]!

-Dammit!

Got cut off, man.

Thousands of dollars
gone just like that.

-I got a bag of
[bleep] for you, Greg.

I don't know what
Greg's problem is.

-We cut his fish off.
-We did.

-Still got ours though.

Let's get him in.

-Right there I can see
him 50 feet, right on top.
-I see him, yeah.

Oh, ah, pull him, pull him up.

Pull him up, pull him.

Hold on, hold on,
hold on the door.

-Tail rope to the right.
-You got her right, what side?
-Right.

Dude, nice shot there
Robin O' Frenzy.

He didn't see it coming.

-Oh, boy.

GREG: This is our third fish
of the season and it's gonna
help us keep ahead of those

straggler boats
who think they can
run with the big dogs.

Welcome aboard fish.

Game over.

Thank you.

-What you got, baby?
-79.
-Good.

-Yes, yes, it is good size.
-Oh, now I can relax,
that was great.

-I guess Greg is
gonna win this thing
any way that he can.

-I worked my a*s off all
night for that [bleep]
to cut my fish off.

DALE: It would be nice to
see Greg get knocked
down off his throne.

We definitely wanna
be the ones to do it.

If it can't be us,
just please, somebody.

Greg just put one hell
of a target on his back.

-When somebody starts thinking
they can't be beat, that's
when the wheels come off.

CHARLIE: We get by with
a lot less than most guys
have, I mean, this is my

air conditioning.

It conditions my air.

-Is that a three blade BPU?

-This is what I'm
gonna leave my son.

This is his inheritance.

It's got one
speed, off and on.

It seems like to me that
the guys that are always
worried about winning,

they're the guys that's
already got it made anyways.

I don't have that luxury.

Has anybody seen
them things lately?

CHARLIE [over radio]:
Anything at all down there,
Shack?

BRITTON: No, ain't
seeing nothing, Griff.

-Nothing for the Little Shell.

I need a bite, somewhere.

-Everybody's always calling.

-Griff.

GREG: These guys are looking
for the fish, they might
wanna check our icebox.

-We did have a swing and
a miss on loser mountain.

I'm guessing Greg
probably has razor blades
on his fishing lines.

He cut off our
fish last night.

Let us know if you
see anything will you?

-Wow, that's bad.

We got your back, bud.

-We got to take
him down a notch.

-Those of us that are
just making it by the
skin of our teeth,

we have to stick together
to survive out here.

Somebody's got to get
this thing going here.

Come on, give me a mark.

Come on.

One of us needs to
get a bite here today.

I just seen something
bust up there.

More than a white cap.

Hey, hey, hey.

There's a load of tunas here.

The tunas are all
around the boat.

Tunas are everywhere.

Oh, boy.

-Gotcha.

Charlie, he just marked
a herd of them I'm trying to
get down there, but yeah, no,

they're snapping
this morning, man.

-Oh, there's a little mark.

[beeping]

We're gonna get
'em here today.

-Come on, baby.

Come on, baby.

Come on, baby.

-All that's tunas.

Frenzy cut our fish off
last night but we've got an
opportunity to get a bite

right now and we're not
gonna let it get away.

We've got to get
some of these fish.

Ridiculous marks, dude.

-Come on, big tunas.

That's about three
fish right there.

All right, come on, baby,
come on.

[beeping]

[snap]

-Hey, got 'em on, Dale.

-That was a pretty
violent bite, man.

-There he is, there
he is, there we go.

[snap]

-We got 'em on.

We're on, got
'em on the stick.

-Dammit.
-Ooh, man.

We've got a bite and hopefully
we can catch this thing.

We need him.

All right, get the
yellow polyball.

Pretty work.

-I think there's one on
number three and one on six.

We had a boil on number
three then one air
balled on number six.

-We might have two on
at once, which sometimes
can be disastrous.

Two big fish you know
pulling against each other
that's a lot of power.

-Out of gear.

Yup, got 'em here.

-We're behind most of
the fleet right now and we've
already lost one fish and that

cannot happen again.

If we can land this fish
it'll definitely turn
things around for us.

-Lord, please let us
hang on to this one.

-Oh, Lord, yeah.
-Forward, Dale.

-We get one, I'll be
happy, real happy.

-When they fight against
each other on the stick,
there's a greater chance

for something breaking.

They could break the mainline
and I could lose everything.

-All right, we're
coming over this side.

We're gonna be coming
up on him soon here.

-Have it ready, what we'll
do is, we'll choke him down.

-Got color.
-There he is, holy.

-Just easy forward,
ease forward.

Easy, easy.

-Get him, stick him!
-Easy, hold on, hold on.

-Going down, it's
going down, buddy.

Watch him,
watch the slack!

Dammit, Willbilly!

WILL: Got color.

-There he is, holy.
-Just easy forward.

Ease forward, easy, easy.

DALE: Get him, stick him!

-Easy, hold on, hold on.
-It's going down.

It's going down, buddy.

Watch him, watch the slack!

Dammit, Willbilly!

-He's good.

Take me out of gear, Dale.

-Please, Lord.

ED: We're hooked up right
now and after getting cut
off by Frenzy last night we

need to land this fish.

-It's gonna be
a real nice one.

We definitely wanna
catch him here.

CHARLIE: Just
ease it right up.

-Come off that one, didn't he?
-Dammit, man.

Way up there.

Well, we know that
we've lost one of 'em.

But now we need to
concentrate on catching
the one we still have on.

We can just ease that along.

Just ease it right up.

This is what we're here for.

-Wow, that's a big fish.

DALE: We've been underestimated,
cutoff, and behind the
eight ball for way too long.

But we can change
all that right now.

-He's doing a circle now.
-Get him, stick him!
-Get a gaff.

[grunting]

We got him!

-Got him, woo!
-Pretty work guys,
pretty work.

-Damn, that's a
nice fish, [bleep]!
-Nice, nice, nice, nice.

-Bang!
-Pretty work.

Had a few bad things
go on for us lately.

This fish just turned
things around for us.

-One, two, three.
-Dale, watch it.

After everything that's
happened on this trip it
feels so good to bring this

fish on board.

-All right, what do you got?
-100 inches.
-Hell yeah!

-Yeah!
-Hell yeah!

Frenzy may have cost us
a fish the other day,
but this fish is fat.

This could be one
heck of a payday.

-102.
-Yeah.
-Hell yeah, 100 inches.

Large and in charge.

-That's the biggest one yet.

-I hope it's one
really big, big, big one.

STEVE: Hold hope.

-Oh, Frenzy we're
coming for you, boy.

Come on, man.

We need this one!

When you're in the middle
of the pack and you haven't
made the kind of money you

need to make,
every opportunity
you get is do or die.

Pull on him, buddy.

Pull on him!

-You got him?
-Yes, meat hook.
-Meat hook.

¶ ¶

-Good job, Steve.
-Arr!
-I love that.

Good going, Steve.

-Yeah man, thank you, buddy.

-The Reels of Fortune might
not be considered a contender,

but we're certainly
gonna fish like one.

-Pretty work, all right.
-73.
-Oh, man.

-Right on the money.
-Pretty work, I'll take it.
-Yes sir, hell yeah.

Tuna fishing baby, yeah!

CHARLIE [over radio]:
Well, we got one.

GREG: I'm not happy that
the other boats are catching.

We get out here and do what
we do, we will find the meat.

-Hey Greg, I confronted Tyler
at the dock and you wouldn't
believe what happened.

He wouldn't tie the boat
up, he kept bouncing
around the harbor.

He can't get undone if he
won't come out of the [bleep]
boat and tie the boat up.

-It's a little bit
different when it's
up close and personal.

He's unbelievable.

Some of the boats in the back
of the pack might be catching,
but they don't concern me.

Tyler's in second place.

He's my biggest threat.

-He's talking all that
[bleep] when I saw him and
it went exactly how I thought

it was gonna go.

-So I happened to mention
to TJ that Tyler was talking
crap about him on the radio.

He's out here telling
everybody who's gonna listen
"TJ's a [bleep]."

-Really?

-Part of the game is
psyching out your opponent.

-Well now, he
just is a coward, he
wanted no part of it.

-TJ and Tyler can
fight all they want.

That's two less boats I need
to worry about in the ocean.

I just worry about the
fish and let them take
care of themselves.

-He was just scared, you know?

-TJ's talking on
the radio right now that I was
too scared to get off my boat.

I'm not even gonna respond.

I know that Greg told TJ that
I was talking bad about him.

He's just trying to throw
us off our game and TJ's
mad at the wrong guy.

TYLER: But I'm not
gonna play into it.

I'm not gonna give
Greg the satisfaction.

I got too much to
lose and there's too
many fish to catch.

¶ ¶

-What's up, Bubba?

We got one for you.

-Let's do it,
send it up.

DALE: Frenzy might have
cost us one the other day, but
if we can get a good price

for this fish, I'm hoping
it's Foolish Pleasures
that has the last laugh.

That's a million dollar
fish right there.

What do we got, Bubba?

-509 pounds.

-Wow, that's one
of the biggest tuna
so far this season.

Nice.

-Nice, hell yeah.
-Let's go check it out.

DALE: What makes a buyer's
eyes light up are fish with a
bright translucent color and

tail cuts that are
dripping with fat.

-Yeah, that's a
really nice core.

Nice beautiful solid cherry
red all the way through.

Good amount of fat
coming through on this.

-What's this gonna
mean to my wallet?

-$20 a pound.
-Oh yes, thank you.

$10,000, that is the
biggest payday anybody's
gotten so far this season.

We are overjoyed.

-Thank you.

-Got to get back out
there and get you a few
more of these cherries.

We've been underestimated
since we got down here
but we are definitely back

in the game now.

-Yeah, somebody's got to
knock Greg off that pedestal.

-It's our year.
-They're going down.

TJ: Well, I just saw them.

They're jumping
in front of us.

Right now I've got to keep my
emotions in check and we got
to focus on the task at hand.

But you just got to look
for a different type
of expl*si*n, you know,

in the midst of all
the white water.

As far as I'm concerned,
Tyler's name is dirt and
I'm sick and tired of

this kid's nonsense.

Bubby, give it a little jig.

MIKE: Tyler called us out.

Instead of kicking his a*s
on land, we're just gonna
kick his a*s on the water.

[beeping]

-Oh, my God, this
is the mega mark.

I kind of grew up always
wanting to, like, be a captain
and TJ be a captain and us

catching fish together side
by side, so I want him to
put his best foot forward.

I want to go head
to head with him.

Tunas everywhere!

[beeping]

-There's a mark right
there, a big mark.

There's the mark,
there's the mark.

[beeping]

-Oh, my God.
-Come on, big boy.
-Bubby, jig that stick.

-Tuna, right over there.
-All you want.

[beeping]

[snap]

-Oh.
-We're on!
-Woo-wee.

-Dumping me!
-There he is!

We got him, we're on,
Tyler, we're on!

-We're on, baby!
-Pa-pow!

[snap]

-Oh.
-We're on, got
him on the stick!

-Woo-wee.

NICK: There he is, We got
him, we're on Tyler, we're on!

-We're on, baby.
-Pa-pow.

-Looks like we got
a good one on here.

-Dumping, dumping
me, holy dump.

-Yeah.

TJ: The bird is a
flotation device at
the end of our mainline.

When a tuna takes our bait,
the buoyancy of the bird helps
put resistance on the fish

forcing it swim closer to
the surface and making it
easy to reel into the boat.

But, when the bird breaks
off, we have less control and
the tuna can now dive deep and

chaff itself off
under the boat.

-Come on, baby.

We need this.

All we have to do now
is out fish Tyler.

We wanna destroy
Pinwheel on this trip.

-Whoo, got 'em on!
-Yeah, baby.
-TJ's down and tight, too.

Duffy, we need this fish.

We got to get him.

-Yo, hold up one second.
-What's going on, Duffy?
-Dammit, he's gone.

Oh!

T, he's not on here anymore.

-You got to be kidding me?

-Damn.
-Woo-wee, got 'em again.

-Come on, boy.

We need this one.

-We've got a fish on and
we desperately need it
to teach Tyler a lesson.

-Woo-wee, come on, boy!

-Let you get on there for a
while and manhandle him too.

-Yeah, it does.

Every time I get a line
back, it just takes it
right back out of my hand.

-We need him bad.

Tough one, just got
to tire her out.

-Come on, bend, bend.

Hold on.

Okay, hold on, hold on!

-Going under the boat.

-Don't let him,
he'll chaff himself off!

Swing him out, swing him out,
swing him out, swing him out!

-All right, he swung out.
-There he is.
-You could see him.

He's a big fish.

-Want me to get a dart
shot on him if I can?

-There he is.
-Hit him, right here,
right here.

See him, Jarrett?

Hit him, hit him.

-Throw the dart.

-Got him, got
him, get the gaff.

-There you go, good shot.

-Yeah, he's right there,
Jarrett, get him, nice fish.

Right over my left
shoulder right here.

Right there.

Fatty, baby.

-Tail rope.
-Come on, grab the tail rope.
-He's huge, oh my God.

-There is a Tuna God, yes!
-Oh, good job, Bubby.
-Holy pa-pow!

-A jumbo.
-Whoo!
-Yeah, beauty, look at it.

-Oh my God.

That's a big Carolina
Bluefin, bro.

-103.
-Whoo!
-Yeah.

-Yeah baby, nice job.
-Nice work.
-Nice job, nice.

-Tyler definitely lit
a fire under the Hot Tuna
and he's not gonna be

able to extinguish it.

TJ [over radio]:
Nice big one.

Happy to have him, bro.

The teacher has taught the
student another lesson.

-TJ had one good trip.

He's got to remember, this
is a marathon, not a sprint.

Whoever can be the most
consistent and put the
most fish on the dock,

that's gonna determine
who wins this thing.

It's anyone's game.

-Put us on the meat, Skip!
-I'm trying, brother.

NICK: Oh boy, this sucks, man.

Catch us one here early,
man, I got to get us one
early, man, come on, fish.

CLIFF: I'm gonna go out
there and look around, Cap.

-Can't I just get lucky?

We're definitely underdogs,
we're a new crew, I'm
kind of a rookie captain.

I definitely have my
work cut out for me.

-Come on, fish.

-I have a huge amount
of responsibility.

Three crew members,
all with families.

That weighs heavy on me.

It's a lot of pressure.

Oh boy, if I don't get
them down, I'm gonna
be on suicide watch.

BILLON: We're about to
trade paint with Nick.

-Nick's right here
coming alongside us.

-Nick learned
a lot on my boat.

He definitely learned
a ton about winning.

This year Nick's gonna
learn what I taught the
rest of the fleet for the

last three years,
and that's how to lose.

-Let's see what
they do this time.

Look he's over the
stern with his feet touching
the water like a damn

little spoiled brat.

-Frenzy's messing
with us because we
ain't caught no fish.

Oh, boy.

Frustrating, real frustrating,

I mean we're doing
everything I know how to
do, except catching fish.

Seems like the rich stay
rich and the poor stay poor.

Ain't that right, Cliffy?

CLIFF: That's about the
most truthful statement
you've ever made.

TJ: Bubba, our
long lost Bubba.

We got a beautiful
big one here, bro.

-All right, let's get it up.

-All right.
-Looks big to me.

-What do you think,
Bubba, is that a nice one?

-Yeah.

-Tyler definitely
challenged us to battle
him and we brought it.

It's certainly a good
feeling to know that Pinhead's
sitting with nothing and we're

coming in with a beautiful fish.

What we looking at, Bubba?

-538 pounds.
-Yeah.
-Yeah.

-Oh, yeah.
-We got him.

Wow, that's bigger than
the Foolish Pleasures.

Biggest one this season.

-Nice.

-Cool, you want
to get a tail cut?

-Yeah, come on up.
-All right, here we go Bubba.

-Yeah, it doesn't
look bad at all.

-Pretty greasy.
-Yeah, it's got some
oil to it.

-Fat in the minors.
-Color's nice on it,
that's a good core.

-Yeah, nice core, so
what are you thinking?

Come on, Bubba.

Sing some good music to us.

-$20 a pound.
-Yeah.
-Oh Bubba, welcome back!

We needed that.

-Bubba, thank you very much.
-Nice.

-That's the fish we needed
to get us back on track.

This fish definitely makes our
last tough few days worth it.

All right, let's roll out.

-All right.
-That's karma
for you, Pinhead.

Biggest paycheck of
the season, pa-pow!

CHARLIE [over radio]:
All right, your turn Doghouse.

Come on man, you deserve them.

-All right, maybe the next one.

-You deserve a
full-fledged wham.

CHARLIE [over radio]:
Us underdogs have to stick
together out here.

CAINE: We're right here where
we should be, that's a fact.

-Give me a break and let
me put one on the deck
so I can settle down.

I fish to support my family.

I need to catch to produce.

Just that one fish,
need that fish.

[clicking]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

-We're on, we're on
Britton, we're on.

-Whoo, got them on!
-Taking it, daddy.

GRAHAM: Oh, still
burning you down?

-Burning me down.

-Come on boys,
we need this one!

-Come on, baby girl.

-Can you pull that stick
line down by your hand?

We got a pretty good mark
here just pull it down low.

We caught one here yesterday.

You know knowing
that they're here and there's
some fish around I'm excited.

Maybe we'll catch another one.

Oh, yeah, Steve,
this is gonna be them.

-I believe you.

-I'm marking them buddy,
I'm marking a few.

Come on baby, hit me.

-There he is, there he is!

Yeah Griff, he's after it.

-Get it, boy.
-There he is.

[beeping]

[snap]

-Pow, goes the breaker.

Got them on.

Oh, that looks
like a good one!

Take my spot.

-All right.
-Come on baby, come on baby.

This is gonna be
a good one here.

-Looks like a
decent fish to me.

Oh, man.

-Catching this second
fish could really be
a game changer for us.

Pretty work, Steve.

-Come on, we so need this.

Fish is coming up.

Getting close here now, Bubba.

-These big fish, they
know how to fight.

Come on, Caine!

That fish is digging
and he's gonna make you
earn every single inch.

GRAHAM:
I see color, I see color.

-He's coming up,
he's coming up.

-Keep him on
there, keep him on there.

-Please, please,
please, please, please!

There he is, there he is!

Hit him with the dart,
hit him with the dart!

-Throw the dart, throw it!

-What?

-All right, get a, get a gaff.

-Golly dang!
-Gaff him, get on it!

Don't lose him, 'cuz,
don't you lose him!

BRITTON: Throw
the dart, throw it!

-What?

-All right, get a,
get a gaff, get a gaff!

CAINE: Gaff him, gaff his a*s!

Get on it!

Come grab him right
through the door here,
right through the door.

-All right.
-One, two, three.

Come on home to poppa,
come on in here.

That's what I'm talking about.

-But that ain't no baby, whoo.
-Nice, baby!

Thank goodness
we needed that for a
peace of mind, brother.

-No doubt, whoo!

Thank you, Jesus, man.

-95 cuz!
-95, group hug!

We're still a long shot
but it ain't gonna take very
many more fish like this

to sh**t us right to the top.

Whoo, whoo.

-Sweet!
-Holy Tamale, man.

CHARLIE: Come on man,
we need this one.

Feel the line,
see if you feel it.

-Yeah, this one looks like
it might be a little bigger.

-We're on our second
fish of the trip, our
fourth for the season.

-So on this next one.

-No one else has
caught four yet.

So, if we get this one
it'll put us in a really
good position in the fleet.

Easy Bubba, Easy Bubba.

Feel good?

-Yeah, come on.

Meat hook!

-Yeah, you got it.

You got it, you
got it, you got it.

Pretty work, Bud.

-Yes sir, pretty work on you.

-He's bigger than the
other one ain't he?

-Yup.

The rig's lucky.

I'm gonna put it right
back out where it belongs.

-This is awesome, this
is what we're here for.

-Another one for the Frenzy.
-Bubba.

-What's up guys,
how'd we do today?

-We got us one.

All right, let's get him
off here see what we got.

-Let's do it.

-Some boats in the back of
the pack have gotten really
lucky and caught in the

past couple of days,
but I'm not worried
about those little guys.

All I'm focused on is staying
on top of the fleet and this
fish is gonna help us do that.

How big is this one?

-252 pounds.

-All right, let's go
see what he looks like.

I heard the Foolish Pleasures
and the Hot Tuna both got
$20 a pound for their fish.

I want at least
that much for mine.

So what do you think
about this one?

-It's mostly red meat.

The smallest hint of fat.

Yeah, it's not much.

-You got to have
something for us?

-$7 a pound.

-Damn, well all right, not
much we can do about it,
but we'll take it anyway.

-Absolutely.
-All right, thank you.

$7 a pound?

That's the worst price any
boat has gotten this season.

We'll need to do a lot
better than this if we want
to hold on to our top spot.

-Got them.

BRITTON: We got another
nice one for you, Bubba.

-Excellent, let's
get it up here.
-Yes sir.

Holy, let's get
down to business.

-Talk to me, 'cuz.
-What do you got?
-It's, uh, 549 pounds.

-549.
-Nice.

-That's the biggest
one in the fleet, dang!

-Let's go take a look at it.
-Yes, sir.

It's like the
surgeon's table, Bubba.

BUBBA: It's my
operating station.

It's got a nice color to it.

Got some fat coming through.

It's all through the
minors on the outside.

Core's nice cherry red color.

It's a perfect core no burn.

-I'm liking what I hear,
keep on going.

-I can do $19 a pound.
-I hear you, boy.

Yes sir, we worked for that.

-$10,000, 'cuz.

If people weren't paying
attention to the Doghouse
before this, they are now.

BRITTON: Another
one for the underdog.

This season could
really be anybody's.

-I haven't heard Pinhead
on the radio once all morning.

Which is kind of nice.

Tyler challenged us to
battle it out and we brought
one of the biggest fish caught

all season onboard.

And he's sitting on nothing.

Right now, I'm definitely
relishing it a little bit.

All right.

-Just keep moving
up that leaderboard.

JARRETT: Come on,
big boy, one more.

TYLER: Right, now we're
just treading water.

Doing everything we can
to try and stay in the
game and not get left behind.

TJ got a big fish,
hey, good for him.

I'm happy for TJ.

But, right now the Pinwheel
needs to get a few more fish
on the deck to stay ahead.

CHARLIE [over radio]:
Couple of marks down here
at 20 fathoms.

-We're running back out
and make another drift,
that's all we can do.

They're still marking
them down here.

So in any minute
someone can hook up and
slide themselves ahead.

-There's, there's a mark,
there's a tuna mark
there, bud.

[beeping]

I see another mark!

Really crazy.

Some days they just, they're
here but they just don't bite.

We're in kind of a tizzy to
try to catch them when you
know why they're biting,

naturally you know?

-Thankful for what we got.

We get one more man,
that'd be great.

If we don't, already happy.

-Yeah, look at
them, Billon, right here.

-God, look at them!

BRANDAN: I see them busting
up ahead, something.

-It looks like tuna.

-Damn, I saw tunas.
-They're biting a little bit.

I don't know how long
they're gonna bite.

Come on baby, come on baby.

[beeping]

Come on baby, come on baby!

-There he is, there he is!

[snap]

-We're on, we're on!

Pow goes the
breaker, got him on.

DALE: Griff is
having an epic day.

Griff definitely deserves
some luck this season but I
can guarantee you that Greg is

losing his mind right now.

-Every fish the other boats
are catching gets them
that much closer to us.

I'm not gonna lie.

I'm a little nervous
about Griff right now.

How far back you
got your riggers?

-You want to look at
them, or throw them back?

-Oh, I want them back
there, [bleep], get
her on, back-back.

Sinker.

Unbelievable, absolutely
unbelievable, unbelievable.

CLIFF: [inaudible] blew
another one here, now right
between us and the mark,

a big tuna.

-They're all around us.

There's all the meat you
want right there, 100 foot.

[beeping]

[snap]

-There he goes,
he's on, got them on!

-The breakaway didn't get him!

On the mark.

We're on, quick, quick, quick!

We're definitely underdogs.

We're a new crew,
I'm a rookie captain.

I'm the only captain in the
fleet that every crew member
has a family you know if I

don't do good and catch
fish for these guys, they're
gonna go without and that's,

I don't know if I
could live with that.

Real easy with the Bandit.

Get your dart and your
gaff, all your stuff.

-Yes, sir.
-This is him.

He's on the first one.

All right, you got the
Bandit, you got control of it.

-All right, he looks
like a good one.

So, just take our time here.

It didn't break the
breakaway but stay ready.

It is gonna be a keeper.

Just go real easy here.

-This is real good.

This is really,
really, really good.

-There's your
color back there.
-Here's the color, good color.

-Good color, bud.
-Whoa, look at that, Steve.

-That's what I'm
talking about.

Look it Jaws back there.

We want butterballs
not Margarine.

-That's right.
-All right, boys, he's
gonna come up now.

-Get your dart ready, Brandan.
-I'm ready baby, I'm ready.

-Take your time just
keep going, just like
you're going, Cliff.

-Yeah, I got you, 'cuz.

Speak to me now.

-All right, just keep going
just like you're going.

All right, slow down.

Right here, Brandan,
right here beside me.

Right in the gills.

Shove it in him, all the way.

All right, let go.

Let him run, let him run.

-Watch that line on that.

-Okay, spin the,
spin the boat.

-That bar is on the.
-It's on the dart line?

-They were both together
and it flipped off of one.
-Oh [bleep], let's get it off.

You got to tell me
stuff like that.

Get it out here.

Get that side of it.

This is gonna foul me up.

Our dart line is tangled
around our fishing line.

With these lines rubbing
against each other
we could lose this fish.

-Pull that dart line
in, Brandan, fast.

Reef it in!

-Gaff him now or
we'll lose him!

[line recoiling]

t it out here,
get that side of it.

This gonna foul me up.

-Pull that dart line in
Brandan, fast, reel it in.

-We got to gaff this
fish before we lose him.

-Tell me what to do.
-Got to let it go.

Got a lot of lines in the way
just be careful, everybody.

Our dart line is tangled
with our fishing line.

One wrong move could
cost us this fish.

There are five children
depending on this fish
so we cannot lose it.

All right, real easy now.

Take...

-God Almighty, I don't like
that dart lying around there.

-Turn the boat, Cliff!

Keep turning, real easy,
take her out of gear.

All right here he
comes, here he comes!

Real easy.

Take her out of gear.

All right, bring your other
gaff, get the tail gaff
and get your tail rope.

Somebody with a gaff,
somebody with a rope.

-Brandan, right
behind, side you, bud.

-Get in there, baby.

Quick, fast and in
a hurry if you can.

-Oh [bleep] I got it.
-Pull 'em up to you.

-I got it.
-All right, he's ours,
all right!

-All right, he's got him.
-He's ours, pretty work!

Didn't even break
a breakaway, son!

Damn, hell yeah!

-We got two of them.
-Turn him on the other side
and cleat him off close.

Just easy now, easy big fella.

-All right Griff.

Right here, right
here, wait a minute.

-Yeah, I got him good enough.

-Good, that's good.
-Yeah, hurry brother, hurry.

Hurry, hurry, all right,
all right, come over here.

Got him?

-Looks good buddy.

Man, this is awesome!

Awesome, this is unreal.

Oh, Frenzy we're
coming for you, boy.

-He's out of here
with three keepers.

You know, I would, I
think right now that
puts him in the lead.

Guys are catching fish
right now, we're falling
back; it's frustrating.

-Welcome aboard.
-You can never count
an underdog out.

I think us little guys just
threw a wrench in Frenzy's
plans to be number one again.

NICK: Oh, whoo,
we got him, 79!

-All right, this was a
big confidence booster.

We needed this for our
families, for ourselves
and for the people that

like to eat it.

CHARLIE: Awesome,
awesome, awesome.



Three fish in one trip,
that's a dream come true.

Let's measure the
third one, 74.

-Yeah baby.
-Pretty work, man.

Steve, pretty work, man.

-Pretty work, Griff,
you the man, buddy.
-Awesome job buddy?

-You're the man.
-Awesome.

God, it feels good, man.

Inside I'm a six year
old in a playground.

Tuna fishing, baby.

-There he is.
-Way to go, guys.
-All right.

Coming in and seeing all of
our families on the dock,
it makes it all worth it.

We got one really nice one.

A really nice shaped
fish, fat and round.

-This one looks gorgeous.

I can't wait to
get a look at it.

-All right.

-This one looks like it
might be a really good one.

-What is it, Gavin?
-300 pounds.
-All right, whoo, nice.

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

I'm really hoping we
get a decent price
for this fish today.

I mean, our kids are watching.

I don't wanna have
to cover their ears.

All right, Dennis, what
do you think, buddy?

-Look at the tail color's
just gorgeous on this fish.

-Beautiful, beautiful.

-I love the translucent
quality to this, you can see
through this practically,

it's so clear.

And this is one of the better
fish I've seen this year.

-Wow, good, so what's
that mean in dollars?

-$22 a pound.
-All right, yes, pretty work.
-That's awesome buddy.

-Nice Dennis.
-Yes.
-That'll pay some bills, baby.

-Yes, it will.
-Yes, it will.
-Thanks guys.

-Thank you, catch 'em up.
-Hope to see you, Dennis.
-Oh, man.

-There's not a minute that
goes by that I'm not thinking
about my family and thinking

that I need to
produce for them.

-You're not older.

CLIFF: It's really important
for the time that you are
away, to make it pay off.

-Big money on the Shell.
-That's one for
the little guys.

CHARLIE: Things are
looking up, Steve.

We caught three
this trip, man.

-I don't think the Frenzy's
had a trip limit this year.

-We were really,
really, really lucky.

Somebody's looking
out for me today.

MARY: All right, Charlie
I'm really looking forward
to seeing what you got here.

Let's get him up here.

-All right.
-Looks pretty nice, Griff.

-I'm telling you, man,
they're fat little rascals.

Oh, man this is great
doing the best you can
do, catching three fish,

it doesn't get any
better than this.

Mary, what's it say?

-219 pounds.
-209 pounds, Charlie.
-195 pounds dressed.

-Great, good deal.
-Check it out.

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

-Here we go.
-Nice, nice clear core.

Look how beautiful the
tail cut is on this.

It has that really, really
nice translucency to it.

I really love that.

-What do you think?

-$18 a pound.
-Man, thanks man.

-Let's check out
the other two.
-No, nothing bad.

Oh man, yeah, there
we go, that's good.

-Cherry, like a
cherry lifesaver.

It's not as fat
as your previous fish,
it's a little bit lean.

Meat color's good,
shape is good.

-All right Dennis, here
we go again, buddy.

-$16 a pound.

-Man, thank you.

Thank you, thank you, let's
check out the third fish.

-Nice red meat color.

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

-Come on, baby be clear.

That's what I'm talking about.

-This is a nice fish.
-Well, what do
you think, boss?

Big drum roll come on.

-$16 a pound.

-Man that's great, thanks,
man, thank you guys.

Steve we're on a roll,
buddy, we're on a roll.

-Yes sir, pretty work, man.

CHARLIE: We got over
$10,000 for these three fish.

That's fantastic, thank you.

-All right we're out.

-This is exactly
what we needed on
the Reels of Fortune.

We're hopefully gonna show
people that the little
boat that could, can.

NARRATOR: Reels
of Fortune's triple catch
launches them into the lead,

while big paydays for
fellow underdogs Little
Shell, Foolish Pleasures,

and Doghouse push them
all ahead of reigning
champion, Fishin' Frenzy.

And Hot Tuna's monster fish,
worth almost eleven grand,
gives TJ the edge over his

former deckhand,
Tyler, on Pinwheel.

-Here comes Reel of Fortune.

BRANDAN: Here comes happy
go lucky skipping back out
after getting his three.

NICK: It is good to see Griff
catch his fish and knocking
Greg off the top spot.

That little tiny boat,
you got to respect that.

b*stard.

-He's gonna run right up
there and catch three fish.

-Probably so.
-Watch him.

[laughs]

-Tuna fishing, baby, yeah!