04x05 - I'll Sleep When I'm Dead

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR: On this episode
of Wicked Tuna Outer Banks...

DALE: If you stay tied to the
poles every day, you're not
gonna make it in this fishery.

NARRATOR: As the season
hits the halfway point...

TYLER: You can't afford
to take a day off.

You just got to go
as hard as you can.

NARRATOR: The three-time
champion has fallen behind...

GREG: It's unacceptable and
it's got to change.

NARRATOR: And the only
thing standing between
the rest of the fleet...

BRITTON: We're worn out, tired.

NARRATOR: And the top spot...

BRITTON: But, hopefully, this
is gonna change our fortune.

NARRATOR: Is total exhaustion.

NICK: Early mornings,
the rough ocean; this
ain't for the faint of heart.

NARRATOR: Which boats
will grind hard?

-Go ahead, go ahead, go
ahead, go ahead, go ahead.

-Just what I'm looking
for, baby, I'm hoping
we can hold on to him.

NARRATOR: And
which will grind...

-We're on, we're on!
-Tight, baby, tight, whoo!

NARRATOR: To a halt?

CAINE: Oh no, pulled the hook!

[grunting]

NARRATOR: This is...

-Let it go, just let it go!
-Hurry, Steve!
-I'm trying.

-Oh, yeah!

NARRATOR: Wicked Tuna
Outer Banks.

Northern vessel, Pinwheel,
leads the fleet for the
first time this season.

But southern boats
Reels Of Fortune,
Fishin' Frenzy,

Foolish Pleasures and
Little Shell are only
one good payday away.

Meanwhile, midseason burnout
has Doghouse and Hot Tuna
lagging behind the pack.

[waves lapping]

BILLON: When I was a
kid everybody told me,

"If you want to fish
for a living you
better learn how to live with

a little bit of sleep."

Turns out they were right.

GREG: It's the middle of the
season and we're struggling
to be in the top three.

I was the top boat the
last three years running.

But if we don't turn
things around this trip,
we're done for.

-We're all tired but
we're hanging in there.

Living the dream.

BRITTON: I'd pay $10 for
a cup of coffee right now.

-I ain't never had a cup
in my life and I might
even get a large one.

BRITTON: Bluefin Tuna season
is a game of attrition.

Sometimes the last man
standing is the winner.

Because from the midpoint of
the season until the last day
of the season is ultimately

where you win or lose.

You ain't never had
a cup of coffee?

-I ain't never liked it.
-It's about like
drinking liquor.

I don't drink it for
the taste, I drink
it for the effect.

-This season is
definitely one of the hardest
seasons being down here.

-We got a solid lead right
now but I have Reels of
Fortune and Fishin' Frenzy

breathing down my neck.

I'm exhausted, the
season's been brutal, but
that's when I'm at my best.

When the sun cracks
the horizon tomorrow,
we put out the spread.

And I'm gonna love my job and
love everything I do because
we're out here on the ocean,

getting to do exactly
what we wanna do and
making money at it.

-Aye, aye, aye!

CHARLIE: Steve and I have
only had probably an hour of
sleep in the last couple days

you know, we've been
going really hard and you
know it's gonna be another

all-nighter tonight, so.

I'm probably worried
more about Frenzy than
I am in the Pinwheel,

but I would really
be embarrassed if that
northern boat beat me.

That's something we're
gonna bust our butts to
prevent it from happening.

Quitters never win.

Winners never quit.

However that saying goes.

We're in it 'til
the bitter end.

[snoaring]

-Just a day of fishing
aboard the Little Shell.

We're at the halfway
point of the season.

We're on the downhill
swing now so we've got
to work and fish harder.

When you're fishing
around the clock, it
can become a lot on you.

You can kind of lose focus.

Your reaction time can
kind of change and that's when
you've really just got to push

through it because things
can go wrong very fast.

You ain't gonna catch
it at the dock, so we
got to be out here.

There's no two ways about it.

[beeping]

Time to get up, we're
marking out here.

[beeping]

[clicking]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

We're on, we're on!

-Got it, Cliffy?
-Yep.

-Something big
is on there too.

It dumped a lot of line.

Hoping it's a good one.

Gonna take our time.

Got all night to
catch this fish.

Still got him?

-Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead,
go ahead, go ahead.

-Still on there?
-Yeah, he's still there.

-There's not very many
days left in the season,
we've fished all day,

been fishing all night.

We got one bite.

We're gonna hope for the best.

I don't know what to tell
these other boats around here.

-Tell them to freaking move!

Got me a tuna on.

-Little Shell hooked up here.

-Coming up,
take her out of gear.

[snap]

-Dammit!
-He's gone.

He stopped the boat.

He ain't there.

Sucks that we lost our fish
but you can't dwell on that.

We need to catch as many fish
as we can, as quick as we can.

Time is running out.

That's just bad luck.

-You know how long I waited
all night for that thing.
-Oh, that sucks.

Just pulled the hook.

Oh boy, what are you gonna do?

TJ: Gonna have some dinner.

MIKE: Sausage time.

TJ: Get some sleep, get up
in the morning and hopefully
these things are frothing

at the mouth.

We've been fishing pretty
hard and I think the guys are
looking forward to getting

some rest, I know I am, so.

You know, guys that go out
and fish, 24 hours, 36 hours
in a row, make mistakes.

They lose fish.

They waste money and
we're not gonna do that.

I'm gonna go take
a little nap.

-You wanna watch a movie?
-Yeah, let's do it.
-We're gonna rest.

We're gonna refuel.

We're gonna recharge and
we're gonna hit it hard
when the fishing is good.

-As TJ would say "Pa-pow."

[snoring]

DALE: Who's ready to do
some 1:00 am fishing boys?

Hopefully we can get out
there and get on these damn
things, make some money.

-Got to do something, man.

We got here early.

If the fish decide
they're eating tonight,
we're fishing tonight.

-Yeah, man.

The early bird gets the worm.

We're halfway
through this season.

It's definitely do
or die time for us.

Let me get her fired up and
get the hell out of here.

Fact is, it's do or
die for everybody.

You know the season's
only gonna last so long.

We have got to put as many
fish on this boat as we can.

We're kind of in the middle
of the pack, which is
not where I wanted to be,

but we haven't given
up, and one fish would
put us right on top.

-You are free in
the stern, Skipper.

-All right, man,
we're pulling out.

-Here we are leaving
at 1:00 in the morning.

Old Big Money over there
watching that movie on his TV.

TJ on the Hot Tuna
has earned a reputation in the
past few seasons of spending

a lot less time
on the water than the
rest of the fleet.

I guess if you have a big
screen TV on your boat, you
don't have to worry about

whether you catch
a fish or not.

It must be nice.

-Now I'm jealous.
-No shame in his game.

CAINE: Got the needle?

-At this point in the
ballgame, if we can catch a
fish, it'd be a great thing.

Catching up to the
front-runners is
gonna be difficult.

I'm not even worried
about that, now.

We've been busting our
butts around the clock this
season and so far we've

only got two tuna.

Some of the other boats
have three times as many,
but we're not giving up.

God's gonna make sure
we get what we need.

It's just trying to catch
enough fish to pay for a crew,
and an incredible boat yard

bill along with all
the rest of the bills.

Anyway, maybe we'll
have a decent day and
put him on the deck.

[beeping]

Look at that mark.

Incredible mark right there.

-Trying to turn a little
fish into a big fish.
-Look at it.

Incredible mark still coming.

Need a bite.

Whoo man, I need a bite.

Please let me get a bite.

[beeping]

[clicking]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

-We're on!
-Got 'em on!
-Do you wanna get this one up?

Put her back over here.

Behind us, behind us.

Got 'em on right
here at daybreak.

Look at that rod bent.

This fish here is gonna
be another whopper.

-Come on, son!

Keep him tight.

-Gonna be a stud, brother.
-Come on, baby, we need you.

Just need one big
fat tuna in our life.

Come on, baby,
come on up here.

We need you.

-Wow, gonna be another
big a*s fish, boys.

Beautiful morning,
friends, beautiful morning.

Whoo!

This rod has been bent to
the water lines, going on
two and a half hours now.

-Get it, dog, Get it!

Stay focused and
get him, Caine.

-Come on, baby, come to us.

-Dammit, he's going
the other way again.
-It's a sow, dude.

It's bigger than me and
TJ sandwiched together.

-Three and half-hours
into this bite, it's
not that I'm impatient but

I need some fish.

The longer you fight
a fish the opportunity
for something to go wrong

goes up exponentially.

My guide freezing up,
my swivel breaking,
my hook pulling.

It wears on your body
but it mentally wears
on your mind too.

Man versus beast here.

One on one.

But that's why I have, Caine.

He'll push through anything.

-Getting tired, baby.
-You or her?
-Probably a little bit of both.

But I'll tell you what,
I'm getting a second wind, Cap.

-There you go, there
you go, there you go!
-I'm gaining, dudes.

All right, there's the leader.

Right now is where
the fight starts.

We ain't even begun.

-Getting a little bit
every time there, buddy.
-Come on up, baby girl.

Please, please, please!

-There you go,
there you go!
-Oh, there he is!

Color, big one, dude.

-Ah, come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on.

Yeah, come on, come on,
come on, come on!

-Get it, baby, get it!
-Get ya some, get ya some!

There you go, get ya some!

-Get ready baby, get ready.

Come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on!

Come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on!

-All right, stick him!

Throw the dart,
right now, throw it.

-Go forward, go forward!

Forward, forward,
forward, forward, forward!

Oh no, pulled the hook.

We still got him
on the dart line!

-Let the pole go, let it go,
just let it go!

-Let it go, let it go,
let everything go!

-Come on, please!

Stay on there!

BRITTON: All right, stick him!

Throw the dart,
throw it, right now!

-Go forward, go forward!

Forward, forward,
forward, forward, forward!

Oh no, pulled the hook.

We still got him
on the dart line!

-Let the pole go, let it go,
just let it go!

-Let it go, let it go,
let everything go!

-Come on, please!

Stay on there.

-Whew, please stay in him.

-Got any idea where
the shot hit her?

Just keep your eye on
the ball for a minute.

Once the fish pulls
off the hook, it takes
off like a rocket.

-Please stay in him.

-But with the dart line in
him, attached to the buoy, we
still have a chance to get it.

We just have to hope that
he's still there when
we pull the buoy back in.

Hang on, boy.

-Please stay in him.
-Yeah, don't rush it, dude.

Don't rip it out of him.

-What does it feel like?
-I don't feel no...
-Watch out.

-It's just dead
weight ain't it?

-Yeah, I think so.
-Come on baby, come on baby.
-See him down there.

-Right there, all the way.
-There you go, there
you go, there you go!

-Woo-hoo!
-Get that thing hooked
up to that winch.

-Pull her big boy, pull
her big boy, get some!
-Do you want some of this?

Do you want some
of that, whoo!

-Look at that, boys,
look at that guy.

-Look at that!
-Look at that guy, guy!

Whoo, hell yeah!

-There's a million things
that could've gone wrong
and a million ways that we

could've lost that fish.

We're worn out, tired,
but Caine found it in him to
wear the fish out even more.

-That's why you
hired this Cat Daddy.

-100 even boys, pretty work!
-Pretty work!
-Whoo!

-Look at that fat dog, dude.
-That's a fat one, dude.
-That's fat, boy.

-This little piggy's
going to the market.
-Woohoo!

Why do y'all always want
to do things the hard way?

-He's releasing
toxins from his body.
-Bro, at-sea Yoga.

-Like the upside down Mario!

At this point in the
season you can tell who's
gonna power through,

or who's gonna burn out early.

Duffy and I's ways of
getting through is a little bit
different than everyone else's,

you know.

-A little surgery
over here, you got to
clean the bait knife.

-And if that means doing yoga
to stay alert and limber, or
performing our own emergency

medical services,
that's what we'll do.

TYLER: It's all about
getting through it; it's
all about staying power.

As long as we keep
that up, we're gonna
catch a lot of fish.

-I one time stitched my own
head at sea with dental floss.

-You got to do what you
got to do to survive.

-And then I left it
in for three months.

To say the least, it
was severely infected.

They almost had to remove
what little few parts
of my brain still work.

A little bit of that.

Clean it up.

This was a success.

BUBBA: What's up Britton,
what do you got today?

BRITTON: 100 incher
for you, epic battle.

-Yeah?
-Yeah.

-All right, you want
to get it off the boat?

-Yes, sir.
-Let's do it.
-Good to go.

All right, Bubba.

-475 pounds.
-Good enough.
-Sweet, yeah.

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

The buyer's looking for
a good oily fish with
a high fat content,

and a bright core color.

BUBBA: What are we looking at?

Color's all right,
a little oily.

Yeah, I don't see
much fat in this one.

A tiny bit of fat but nothing
really all the way through.

Great color on the
core, no burn at all.

-What do you think?
-Uh...

$8 a pound.

-We'll take it.
-Take it, yes sir.

-Let's go get some more, man.
-Time is ticking.

Hopefully catch us some
really nice ones for tomorrow.

-Get me some nice fatties.

-We worked too hard for
too little on that one,

but that's how this
fishing goes sometimes.

All right, boys.

We'll meet up at the crack
of dawn again tomorrow.

TYLER: I can't believe
the hard work chasing down
some blue fish and they

won't even pop at the stick.

Our last trip out, we
went from the bottom of
the fleet to the top,

but that doesn't mean that
we get to kick back and rest.

I have Fishin' Frenzy
breathing down my neck.

Duffy and I got to
stay focused because Greg's
a great fisherman and

he's dangerous right now.

There's fish jumping up
in front of us and we're
both racing to the marks.

The fish keep coming up
and by the time we get
to 'em they go down.

Any one of us could
get a bite right now.

-It's first thing in the
morning here and these fish,
a lot of times they get active.

So, we ran down here.

We're gonna try and
hook a fish I hope.

At least we know there's
some fish in the area.

I'm used to being the top
boat in the Outer Banks and
we've won every season with

Nick on board,

but with a new crew
member this year, I've got to
rewrite my whole playbook and

sometimes I lose my cool.

-It's a simple
[bleep] command.

Come on, Billon.

If I don't get it together and
make things run as smoothly
as I have in the past,

we don't have a chance
of victory here.

[beeping]

Mark here.

[beeping]

-The C-start been
rubbing on here.

-We're on!
-Oh, Greg might have
just got a bite.

Hey, Greg let's catch a fish.

I have a high respect
for the Fishin' Frenzy.

Greg's a great captain.

He's a great fisherman.

He values me as
a threat to him.

He values me as a good
fisherman, but when it comes
to fishing against Greg,

this has got to be the
year that we beat him.

-Oh, there he is!

Just what I'm
looking for, baby!

I'm hoping we can
hold on to him.

I want him.

Some kind of bad I want him.

Tyler's had his time at the
top, now it's our turn to take
back the number one spot and

this is the fish that's
gonna get us there.

It's like your best friend's
good-looking sister.

I want this one bad.

-Oh God, come on man.

That would make our whole day.

I'm ready for a bite.

I'm ready for a
bite, I'm ready.

Oh yeah, I'm ready.

Get ready, get ready,
get ready, get ready.

Oh, we're gonna go off.

Let's just...

-Oh!

Whoo, we got them on.

-Son of a [bleep]!

-I got this, yeah buddy!
-Okay.

-I'm gonna come around on
this fish here in a minute
and I'm gonna probably move

my rod back and get
everything settled.

-As long as we got one
coming onboard, we're good.

Okay, got it.

[reel unspooling]

TYLER: Dude, I
can't even stop him.

This is definitely the one
we've been looking for.

Right now he's
taking a lot of line.

Finally got the right one on.

-I finally got my Top Shot
back on there and he burned
us down about 350 yards and

now he won't move.

He's down there in the tide.

-All right, it's
getting easier, hold on.

-Frenzy's been on
for about 25 minutes.

We've been on for 15.

Let's see who can
get this fish first.

-Big fish, man.

Big bite, heavy tides.

I'm at a stalemate with
this guy right now.

Probably got over


-This is what we need.

We got to get this one.

Greg's still tight over there.

He's got a good one
on, we got a good one.

For me, I've always just
considered the red boat
my only competition.

I've never factored
anyone else in the fleet.

-Bout to have him straight
up and down here in a sec.

-Gaining on him.
-Let's put him on the boat!

-You're good, you're good,
I'm watching.

I'm watching, you're good.

-Come on!
-What, he's shaking his tail?

Whoo, ha-ha!

boat my only competition.

-Yeah, bout to have
him straight up and
down here in a sec.

-Gaining on him.

GREG: You're good,
you're good, I'm watching.

I'm watching, you're good.

-Got to angle him towards you.
-Billon, click me in high.
-What, he's shaking his tail?

-A lot of tail shaking there.
-Back her off, heavy fish.

[snap]

-You got to be kidding me.

Son of a [bleep].

JASON: We haven't been
home in two nights
and losing this fish.

We know we're gonna
go three for three.

I guess I'll sleep
when I'm dead.

-And we pulled that
one off, [bleep].

-Greg, I'm sorry
to hear that, bud.

-Thank you, Tyler.

That sucked.

-Tight, baby!

Tight, whoo!

-Swivel.
-Yup.
-Deep color.

-Come on, grab the tail rope.
-Oh!

-I got him, I got him,
I got him, yeah, whoo!

He's a big one, baby.

-God!
-Yes, all day for that.

-Okay, get it
nice and lowered.

-Oh, [bleep]
-Oh my God!

This is beautiful, brother.

-Whoo!
-We'll take it.
-Yes!

Come on, we need
five more like that.

-What do you got?
-80 incher, 80 on the money.
-We beat 70, yes!

-This is a great fish.

This is a good-looking
fish right here.

If we can get $4,000
for this fish it's gonna
really turn our Outer Banks

season upside down.

Pinwheel, baby!

This fish is a great catch
and we're happy to have him,

but in the
Outer Banks no lead is safe.

If we want to win this thing.

We got to put more
fish on the deck.

Let's set back out, baby.

-How do you like me now?
-Powie, stoked!
-Let's get number two, baby.

CHARLIE: You know, I was kind
of thinking maybe there's fish
that swam back up down there

where there were this morning.

STEVE: It would be nice to get
one right now where it's nice
and calm, nice and pretty.

When you're out here
days at a time, it can
start to weigh on you,

the things you're
neglecting back at home.

But fishing for Bluefin
is a big part of my income
and we're gonna be fishing

as much as we can.

It's what you got to do to
pay the bills and look out
for the people back at home.

-I'm gonna call my momma.

I try to keep in touch with
my momma all the time, you
know, since my dad's passed.

I'm calling to tell you
I'm worried about you.

I hope you feel all right.

She's had some cancer
and she's been through
some treatments.

My mom's got a great
attitude about it.

I'm telling you, she's a,
she's a trooper, she's tough.

I'm not as tough as
she is, no way, no how.

All right, get you some rest.

I love you.

I'm just calling to
check on you, all right?

I try to help her with
anything I can, you know,

I mean she'll not go needing
anything as long as I'm alive.

Love you.

That's why I go at it so hard.

It's hard to watch your
mom and dad get old.

-I know.

-Man, I'm telling you,
it hurts, man.

-Any more marks, Nick?
-Yup.

-Basically, we're
just hanging around the boat,
making sure the boat is ready

for its next trip
out and getting as
much rest as possible.

-Yeah, all right,
man let me go.

I got to get this thing,
catching fish, man,
I'll talk to you later.

-All right Nick,
good luck, man.

Catch yourself a fatty.

-I swear every guy
that ain't out here today
wants to call you to and see

what's going on,
what's being caught.

Oh, they're just sitting
there on the dock and they
want you to do all the work and

as soon as you find
them, they want to run
right out here to you.

We got a nickname for
those types of people.

It's called 'Pelican.'

TJ: I definitely try
to be more conservative
than the rest of

the fleet about not
wasting too much money
on tackle, and fuel,

and ice et cetera because
to untie the ropes,
you're talking $1,500.

That's money out of my
pocket and that's money
out the guys' pocket.

I need to fish
smarter not harder.

And part of being a
smart fisherman is relying
on your network to

get solid information.

[phone ringing]

-I'm not even gonna
answer him, it's stupid

"What time are you
leaving in the morning?"

"We're leaving at 5:00."

Then they call me
after we get out here.

"Is it any good,
should I come?

[bleep] you.

-Of course, utilizing
your network only works
if people are willing to

give you the information.

[phone ringing]

BRITTON: Hello?

-Hey, where you at?
-I'm in the ocean,
I'm fishing.

-Oh, are you just out
for the day or you over?

-Well, it's Bluefin season.

Yeah, it's generally what
I do during Bluefin season.

-I mean there's been
some fish caught.

I don't really know
what to tell you.

If you're wanting to catch
a Bluefin, you're not gonna
catch it sitting in there and

calling me on the sat-phone.

-All right, Shack, good
luck today man, thanks.
-Yup, see ya.

Golly dang, unbelievable.

Pelicans.

You ever see a pelican
sitting on the dock waiting
for somebody to, like,

throw them something?

You just move
your hand and they.

Even the Bible would tell you:
no work, no eat.

-What's the deal
today, Dennis?

-Well, daylight's burning.

Let's get moving.

-Let's get this up,
let's do it.

We got to make that big money.

Feels great to be
putting fish on the dock.

That's how we stay at
the top of the fleet.

Game on.

Everything's coming together.

Good-looking fish.

It looks like a good tuna.

Good, what do we got, Dennis?

-245 pounds dressed.
-Wow.
-All right, dude.

-Sweet, this is a
good fish right here.

-That's a sweet one,
let's check it out.

-Ooh, that's a
good-looking fish.

-Yeah, I'm really charged
up about this one.

It's a really, really
beautiful tail cut here.

Really, really
greasy meat here.

-But that core's gonna
tell us everything
so let's check it out.

MARY: All right.

-Oh, that's nice
and he's cold.

What do you think
you can do for this?

-I think they're
gonna be competing for
this fish in Tokyo,

$20 a pound.

-All right, dude,
that's what we needed.

-Thank you,
thank you very much.

Really appreciate it,
thank you so much.

-Way to go.

-Thank, you brother.
-All right, bring me
a few more of these.

Just like this one.

-We're on top and things are
going great on the Pinwheel.

-Keep your eyes open,
boys, Pinwheel's in town.

WILL: Come on, Cap,
put us on the meat.

Let's get on top
of them, boys.

Just need to catch
some fish, man.

-Is she stressing?

-Yeah, this wedding's
costing money, you know?

And I'm down here fishing
and we ain't making no
money, I'm spending money.

I'm getting married soon
and everybody knows dream
weddings aren't cheap.

-We'll get them.

It can't be bad luck forever
man, you know how that goes.

-My fiancée, Mary, deserves
the best and I definitely
want to give it to her.

Of course that means
me being away from her
more than I would like,

but sometimes that's
what it takes.

-At least I hope we get them
because if you can't afford
a wedding with an open bar,

I ain't coming.

-Right?

If I can't afford a
wedding with an open
bar, I ain't going.

-We've really been
pushing ourselves really
hard these last couple days

fishing day and night.

We're tired, we're stressed,
and we all want to keep
our catching streak going

as good as it's been.

-Driving around, Mister.

Cruising around in the
streets of North Carolina.

[beeping]

Marking them good
right here, 130 feet.

Marking the [bleep]
out of them.

Dude, it's ridiculous,
huge marks, dude.

All that's tunas.

-We've been marking a
pretty big school of fish.

See if we can't get a bite.

-We're definitely over the
mother lode right here.

They're coming up.

They're just like


[beeping]

[clicking]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

There he is, got him on,
got him on the rod.

-Ooh, got him on, baby.

All right, Dale, we're gonna
have go forward and drive
up the line, all right?

-All right.

-I got him on here,
seems like it's gonna be
a nice fish.

-Still tight on him?
-No, keep going.
-Keep going, Dale.

-Yeah, I'm steady going.
-Forward, Dale.
-Let him get tight.

Go forward!

-You b*stards!

Crank!

-What we're trying to do
right now is stay straight
up and down on the fish.

If he gets stretched way out,

he has the advantage because
he can go wherever he wants.

-Oh, man, come on,
we need this fish.

-That's pretty
tight right there.

We got him.

-All right.
-Watch it!
-Come on, money fish.

Come on.

WILL: Come on, money fish.

Come on.

DALE: Oh, man, come on.

We need this fish.

We don't come out
here because it's fun.

We come out here because
we need to get paid.

Nice job, guys.

Keep her tight, keep her tight.

-I think we have broke him.
-Got color, we got color.

-All right, it looks
like a good one.

There it is; it's
coming right up, man.

Forward, Dale.

-It's a good thing I passed
that burrito through my heart
yesterday because it'd give me

a heart attack right now.

-Keep on going, Dale.
-There he is, there he is!
-Easy, Dale.

-All right, the
swivel's on the rod.

He's thrashing his
head pretty violent.

-Get him, stick him!
-Throw the dart, stick him!
-Come on, line him on up here.

Line him on up,
line him on up!

Got him.

-Nice shot.
-Get the gaff!

-All right, hold on
right here, Dale.

-You got him?
-Yep, got his a*s.
-Grab the tail rope.

-A big dog, baby.

Oh, yeah!

-Pretty work, guys.
-Yeah, nice fish.
-Whoo.

-Got one.

That'll put a few bucks in
the wedding kitty for sure.

I don't know if it will
pay for the open bar,
but it will sure help.

-Ready?
-Haul him up.
-Come on, you big b*stard.

Hell, yeah.

-That's a money fish
right there, dude.

I wanna make love to it.


diamond right there.

-Hell yeah, it's
hell of a fish, bro.

-Hell yeah, I definitely
feel like the Foolish
Pleasures fishing 24/7 is

starting to pay off.

That's why we came
out here, right there.

This is what it takes.

This is what separates
the big dogs from
the pound puppies.

That is gonna pay some
bills right there.

DALE: Way to keep me
living indoors!

[laughter]

-Oh, boy, we
didn't catch nothing.

I feel like I let Cliff
down, I've let Brandan down,
I've let my family down.

I don't know what
to do about it.

-When it ain't your turn,
it ain't your turn, and
it just ain't our turn.

-This thing's half over.

We're not where we wanna be.

But I'm gonna get
these boys on these fish
before they stop biting.

Hey, Mav, you still got
that number for that
truck driving school?

-Might need it.
-Oh, boy.

DALE: We got him, finally.

The right one.

We got you a
decent fish today.

It's been a long few days with
some round the clock fishing.

We're about to find out how
that's gonna pay off for us.

We got to get offloaded
and get back out there
and keep them squirming.

-Let's get on
up here on the dock.

That is a fish.

All right, that's good.

-What do we got?
-412 pounds.
-Nice.

-Hell yeah, let's
see what we got.

-All right,
sounds like a plan.

-As close to burned out
as we feel, a good price on
this fish will definitely

give us a second wind.

-This is really oily.

I mean it's about to
slip out of my hands.

Just feel that.

-That's a good fish.
-I mean damn.
-That is really oily.

-Now that's good.

I'm half tempted to bite it.

-Don't do it, Skipper.

-This core,
pretty translucent.

-Tell me we're living
indoors for another month.

-Oh man, all right guys...

$24 a pound.

-Hell, yes.
-Oh, yes!
-Nice, nice.

-Pow dude, we need
that [bleep] bad.

That's the highest
price per pound anyone has
gotten so far this season.

Don't go nowhere
because we'll be back.

Sometimes this fishing
can you leave you so tired
you just want to cry.

But, when you get a
wipe those tears off with

your winner towel.

That's how it's done.

-We just got to keep
our head down, work hard,
keep pushing, don't stop.

-I'm tired as hell, Griff.

-I want to catch a
fish, whatever it takes.

But having said that, I
don't think Steve's gonna
like cranking one in.

-Yeah, whoa, who said
Steve's cranking it in?

Those rods say "Griff" on them.

-No, they say
"Reels of Fortune".

A man can't go day and night.

Not only are you
mentally getting burned
out but you know,

physically you're tired
and the whole nine yards.

But we can't stop.

We can't take a break.

We can't take two
or three days off.

-Here, I got you.
-You just have to keep going.

-We sit and wait.

-Give me a rubber
band on that.
-Yup.

-And a balloon.
-All right, what can
I do to help with that?

-I think we're pretty
much good right now.

This has been one of the
longest trips of my career.

We're worn down to the
bone but we started this week
running behind Griff and Tyler

and if things don't turn
around tonight, I'm gonna
start getting worried about

the rest of the season.

There's something down at 30.

A couple marks here.

I think we're getting
into the zone here.

Here they are.

[beeping]

Come on baby, we need a bite.

[clicking]

Come on, baby.

[reel unspooling rapidly]

There he is.

Down line, turn the handle.

Got a bite!

We need to catch this fish.

If we lose this one, we're
falling even further back.

BILLON: All right,
taking drag.

[reel unspooling rapidly]

-Here we go, double-header.

-We just hooked a double.
-Double-header, man.

GREG: We hooked
a double-header.

We need to get both
of these fish in the boat if
the Frenzy has any chance of

getting back on top.

Back the drag right down to
nothing and move the rod.

You too, Billon.

Wow!

[beeping]

CHARLIE: Okay, uh-oh.

I swear to goodness,
there's a mark.

-That's it, let her rip.

-As far as the competition
goes, to win the thing would
be great because Frenzy's won

it three years now and,
golly, it's time for somebody
else to take the throne.

I just missed one.

Got him on!

Watch out,
we're on, we're on!

Steve!

He's pulling right now,
let's let him pull.

This is gonna be
a good one here.

-Doubled up baby, whoo!
-Just the way you like it.

We got two fish on
here in the dark.

You're gonna make sure these
fish don't come together.

Keep that one out there.

Just leave him, let him
do what he wants to do.

-Okay.

-If he's taking the
line, that means he ain't
giving up, just like us.

But a nice bend in the pole.

That's a nice fish
hanging tonight.

-It looks like we're okay.

They're kind of, they got
their angle pretty good.

Okay, you're gonna
have to bump his head a
little bit to the right.

Go, go ahead a little more,
keep coming around.

This fish is starting
to get close here.

-You get your dart ready.
-No it's a tuna.

It's right here on top.

Dart.

Quick, quick, quick,
quick, quick, quick, quick!

Ooh, come on!

There you go, tail rope,
right to the right.

-Give it to me.
-Give it to Billon.
-Hold that, hold the pole.

-Got her.
-One down, got her.

One down, one to go.

-Go ahead a little bit,
Griff so I'll come tight.

Gaining a little bit.

-You're gonna have to
help me see the line now.

-Yeah, it's gonna be coming
to you, I'm gaining easy.

All right, all right,
all right, he's coming
up off the side now.

He's coming around right here.

I can see the fish.

I can, I can see.

-What is it?
-I can see some color,
I can't tell.

-Okay, you can see
color though, huh?

-Yeah, barely.
-I don't wanna
rush this too much.

-Yeah, I hear you, you're not,
you're not cranking on him.

He's coming up.

Griff, it ain't but 15 foot.

You're about to have a shot.

She almost come up and
then stuck her head up.

All right, she's
coming around.

Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.

-Move.

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

-I'm doing it,
I'm going ahead, bud.

-You got him.

-Get him with a gaff,
you ready?

-Come on, with it.

Come here and stick him.

Stick him!

You need to get him in the
head before he takes off on
me and goes in the wheel.

[grunting]

-Hurry, hurry Steve!

STEVE: All right,
she's coming around.

Go ahead, go ahead, go ahead.

-Move.

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

-I'm doing it, I'm
going ahead, bud.

-Okay, you got him.
-Get him with a gaff.

You ready?

-Come on, with it.

Come here and stick him.

Stick him!

You need to get him in the
head before he takes off on
me and goes in the wheel.

[grunting]

-Hurry, hurry, Steve.

Get him off.

All right, let me get a rope.

Oh, my God.

-Are you all right?
-I'm gonna have me a
good ol' hole in my arm.

That went in there
and, hoo-wee.

I just stuck the
meat hook in my arm.

Yeah, it's worth it.

That's an extra-large.

GREG: Yeah, the fish is
just starting to corkscrew
on us here a little bit.

-I can see him, we got color.
-Quick bump.

Tail gaff, two gaffs,
I'm right behind you.

There you go.

-Come to my left,
come to my left.

Game over, thanks for
playing, come on, baby.

A big head on him ain't it?

-Big fish.

Good job, team.

That's a nice fish.

All right, what
do we got there?



-One, two, three and
down, there we go.

-Welcome aboard, fish.

-95.
-Cool.
-96 and a 95, a lovely pair.

-I can't believe
we just landed two fish.

That's huge!

If this doesn't
put us back on top,
it'll get us right close.

CHARLIE: You on one yet?

-We got two fish.

We got our second one on deck.

-It's been a long trip.

Not much sleep but
it's been worth it.

GREG [over radio]:
You got a nibble, Griff?

GREG [over radio]:
Good job, Griff.

-This is a fat one.

I don't know how it's
gonna stand up against Greg's
two fish but it's a good one.

And hopefully it'll put
us back in the running
for the top spot.

[grunting]

All right, hold it right there.

We got a nice one.

-98.
-98 inches buddy.

-That's awesome,
pretty work, Griff.

-I'm telling you,
that's a big fat fish.

Take that you Yankee b*stards.

-I think I'm ready to
put a bar of soap on
me and some deodorant.

-Oh.

But we got two fish on deck.

I don't mind sleepless
nights and working
my fingers to the bone if

it means we're coming
home with a double.

-What's up, boys?
-Nice fishing last night.
-Oh, really?

-Yeah, we got a couple
of nice ones for you.
-Perfect.

-How big is he, Bubba?
-367 pounds.
-367, not too bad.

Let's take care of him,
get this other one.

-474 pounds.
-We're still in the game.

Well, let's see
what they look like.

-All right, what
do we have here?

The color's a little dull.

It does have some fat.

You can see it, yeah.

-They all came in
with full bellies.

-This core, nice cherry
red all the way through.

-What do you think
for that one?

-This one we'll
do $15 a pound.

-Fifteen?

That's all right,
we'll take it, man.

-Yeah, all day.

-How about it?
-Second fish.
-Not bad-looking fish.

It got some fat.

-Yeah, it's got a
nice color in it.

Good core, no burn at all.

-So what do you think?

-This one, we can
do $21 a pound.

-Take that, nice.
-Take it all day.

-Absolutely man,
$15,000 paycheck.

Okay, let her go.

If we can keep this up,
the Frenzy just might
end up on top again.

Cha-ching, we're in the chips.

-Hey, Dennis.

We are so lucky.

-Yeah, you should
sleep in more often.

-Oh, man.

There ain't any sleeping
involved, brother.

I wish that were the case.

-You got a good one
under that pile of ice?

-People saying,
"Hey you need to
get some big ones."

-You got me excited.

I can't wait to see it.

-Good, good deal, okay.

All right, Mary.

What does that
one weigh, buddy?

-472 pounds dressed.
-Great.
-That's awesome.

-Well, let's take a
look at that thing.

-I can't wait.
-Nice big fish.

-Nice teary meat
quality in the tail.

Really oily meat here.

-Good, I wish
we could eat it.

-It nice how the fat is
just fanned out through here,

the major lobes.

It's a really
nice one, beautiful.

-Good.

-It's a really
nice one, Charlie.
-What do you think?

-$20 a pound.

-Oh, that's what I'm
talking about, yeah.

-You the man,
you the man, Griff.

-Thank you, thank you, guys.

All right, we're gonna
get you another one.

We'll see you tomorrow.

That's $9,400 for one fish.

It's the biggest one
we've caught all year.

A few more like this and
we're gonna be unstoppable.

Tuna-fishing baby, yeah!

NARRATOR: Fishin' Frenzy's
double catch...

launches them back into
the lead for the first time

since early this season.

And paydays of close to
10 grand for Reels Of Fortune
and Foolish Pleasures put them

narrowly behind the
fleet's two leaders.

-All right, let's get it out.

So we took a couple days
off to rest and recover as
we head into the back half

of the season.

Now, we're back on the
water and ready to hit
it harder than ever.

-Stretching lines right
now, getting them ready.
-TJ, Hot Tuna's right there.

-TJ, did you get out here?
-Yes, sir.

-Ooh, making its
way to the tuna grounds.

Welcome the Hot Tuna, whoo!

They're here.

-Shut the [bleep] up.

-Hot Tuna and Pinwheel
are the only boats that
even made it down here from

Gloucester this year.

And so far, Pinwheel is
the only one representing
from the North.

That guy's got no shame.

TYLER [over radio]:
Captain TJ Ott has decided
that once he catches a Bluefin,

he's going right to bed.

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

Pelicans sit on pilings,
fisherman fish.

-Old Hot Tuna.

Calling me from land wanting
to know what's going on.

Come on, man.

-That's big time.
-I'm not gonna let
this get to me.

There's a lot of season left.

So we'll see who has
the last laugh when those
guys are burnt out and

struggling to function.

And we definitely need to
teach those guys a lesson.

-That's what I signed up for.
-Yeah, let's do it.
-Pa-pow!