Joe: No!
Narrator: If you're fishing
north carolina's outer banks.
Tj: Oh my god.
Narrator: There's a few
things you need to know.
The waves get high,
the bluefin fight back.
Tj: Jarrett, gaff him.
Come on, gaff him.
Narrator: And only
the strong survive.
Marissa: Welcome aboard.
Narrator: But this year
the northern captains
face a bigger challenge.
Marciano: I hear rumors
of some new guys in town.
Tyler: Yup. Game on.
Narrator: Because
there's a new southern
fleet on the horizon.
They're outlaws.
Adam: We're gonna fight
it out until the end.
Eric: Stick him! Woo!
We're hardcore.
That's all there is to it.
Narrator: Young g*ns.
Zack: We might be young,
but we can fish better
than anybody in this fleet.
Woo!
They a little bit
slower than we are.
Narrator: Tough guys.
Bobby: Hope you brought
your big boy pants.
Drew: Play nice. Ah!
Bobby: Butterball!
Narrator: And local legends.
Reed: Local knowledge.
Priceless.
Banks: Time to send
the northern boats
back to gloucester.
Reed: Let's go, baby!
Narrator: And these wicked
fishermen are going reel
to reel with the north.
Jason: It's a screamer!
Bobby: It's w*r!
Tyler: Oh.
Brian: We got them on, baby.
Narrator: And to beat them.
Bobby: It's a game
changing fish right here.
Tyler: We're getting crushed
by the southern boats.
Narrator: They'll need grit.
Zack: I can't
see nothing dude!
Oh. Oh.
John-michael:
We're on, we're on.
Narrator: And skill.
Bobby: Yo, he's out
of his [bleep] mind.
Narrator: In the most
competitive season yet.
Zack: Yeah.
Bobby: They think
they invented fishing.
Tyler: Wow, what
a band of idiots.
Bobby: Make it count.
Zack: Yeah! Woo!
Narrator: This is wicked tuna.
Reed: Stick him, go!
Narrator: Outer banks.
Reed: Another
worthy adversary.
Marciano [over radio]:
You on there, tyler?
Tyler [over radio]:
Yeah, go ahead, dave.
Marciano [over radio]:
Come in tj.
Tj [over radio]:
Yeah. What's going on?
Tyler [over radio]:
I got like 14 hours
of sleep last night.
I feel great today.
You know hopefully we
can put a decent season
together for all of us.
Tyler: Yeah, definitely.
If we stick together we
should have a good year.
Tyler [over radio]:
We can have a nice
profitable season.
It'll be great.
Tj: Yeah, we got
to get ours, man.
We got to get a paycheck
and do our thing, so.
Did your, uh, sister come?
Tyler: Yeah, yeah.
I dragged her down here.
Marciano [over radio]:
I never realized she
was such an old salt.
Tyler: This season I'm
fishing with my sister.
We're gonna pick up where
we left off in gloucester
and see if we can give it
a good shot down here
in the outer banks.
She's turned out to be
one heck of an angler.
That's for sure.
But for me this year,
I feel like I'm gonna
feel a lot of emotions
when we get out
there and get started.
This is the last place
that I fished with duffy.
So he's gonna keep catching
me fish even if he's
not really physically here.
It'd be nice to have
another set of hands,
but it really doesn't feel right
to replace him yet, you know.
Those are some pretty
big boots to fill.
Marciano: Yeah. I gotcha.
I gotcha for sure.
Tj: How about you guys?
We're gonna do
it yankee style.
My daughter angelica
and my nephew jay decided
to get real paying jobs,
so they didn't come
down to the outer banks.
I've never really fished a
full commercial season with
just my son, joe and I.
So it's gonna be interesting
to see if we can pull it off.
I don't know how it's
all gonna come together.
Tyler: Competition's
gonna be stiff.
There's gonna be
a lot of boats.
Tj: And you know we're
not too welcome, so.
Tyler: Yup. I guess
we'll have to see. Game on.
Tyler [over radio]:
Catch em up!
Tyler [over radio]: Who's
this little kayak coming out?
Joe: Look at this
boat coming by us.
They're flying.
Tyler: Wow. What a band
of idiots right there.
Zack: Yeah! Rasta rocket! Yeah!
My name is zack shackleton.
I'm the captain of
the rasta rocket.
We're out of holden beach,
north carolina.
We came to fish against
the best of the best.
The northern boats and
the southern boats.
We got a 25-foot
contender center console.
It's definitely
a lot smaller than the other
boys, but it does the trick.
Woo! [bleep]. Yeah.
Number one!
Tyler [over radio]:
Being out here in the winter,
they got a death wish.
Tj: Look at that porpoising
piece of [bleep].
Marciano: There's enough space
for a urinal in the middle of
the boat and that's about it.
Shane: Damn haters.
Haters everywhere.
Marciano: Well, it's fast.
I'll give 'em that.
Marciano [over radio]:
He's got speed on us all.
Tj: It's flat calm.
That thing's porpoising.
It runs like [bleep].
Zack [over radio]: It
runs like a cadillac.
We're happy to get ours.
We'll see y'all
at the fish house.
Tj: One more time in english.
Zack [over radio]: It
runs like a cadillac.
We'll see y'all
at the fish house.
We'll be passing y'all
on the way back home.
Reed: I see all the yankee
fleet made it down here.
Reed [over radio]: Back for
another a*s kicking this year?
Marciano: Well now,
there's a familiar voice.
Marciano [over radio]:
What's going on, reed?
Reed: Not much.
What's happening, dave?
My name's reed meredith,
I'm the captain of the
fishing vessel kahuna.
Five years ago we were
in competition against
the northern boats.
So you yankees think you
can just come down here and
invade our little quota?
Definitely bothers us
to see all the northern
boats coming down here.
You know, the quota
is small as usual.
We've got 49 metric tons
to work with and only
one fish a day limit.
So we definitely want to show
the rest of these guys who we
are and what we're made of.
Second best is not an option.
Tj: You think you
still got it in you?
Tyler: It's been a few years.
He might be a little rusty.
Reed: Like riding a bike, pal.
Tyler: As long as banks is
on board you guys got a shot.
Reed: Well, it's a
good thing he's here.
Got my brother banks
fishing with me.
He's been with me for
over 20 years doing
this bluefin fishing.
We've got a new guy, steve.
He's a little bit green,
but he's coming along.
Tj [over radio]: I'm trying
to take as much of your
quota away from you as I can.
Reed [over radio]: If
you catch more than me,
I'll cook you dinner.
I feel pretty
confident in that bet.
We'll see you on the rip.
John-michael: That's kahuna.
We're already getting passed.
Better get used to
that on this boat.
Adam: Very optimistic.
My name is adam price.
I'm the captain of
the offshore outlaw.
My first mate is
my brother, eric.
And the second mate
is john-michael.
We pride ourself on work ethic
and we're gonna give everybody
a run for their money.
With a little bit of luck
on our side, we're gonna
finish this thing up on top.
Bobby [over radio]: Hey,
outlaw, you on this one?
Adam: Standing by.
Adam [over radio]:
You're so screwed.
Bobby: I'm bobby earl.
I'm captain of the
reel e bugging.
I was born and
raised in queens.
Queens, new york.
Hold on. Hold on!
Now! Now, ready?
Go! Drew!
I mean, I'm from the north,
but I fish for the south.
The guys I hang out
with, the guys I fish
with are southern guys.
So, I'm certainly
not a northern boat.
Bobby: I love their
work ethic down here.
I love how salty they are.
They live, breathe,
eat fishing.
We've forged such
a great friendship.
Hey, I love you guys, man.
Good luck.
Adam: Yeah, right.
Bobby: Up in new york
I was in finance.
And in 07 when all the
markets crashed, uh,
I had a friend in
the extermination
business who said,
"you have no idea what's
going on, there's a
bedbug expl*si*n."
so I started a business k*lling
bedbugs in new york city.
We actually used bedbug
money to finance this boat.
Here we go, there's
some porpoise action.
Brian: We got to get off to a
jump on these guys, you know.
If we're gonna be the
champs this season we got
to catch a fish today.
Set the bar.
Bobby: It's gonna
happen right now.
You got to wake
up for a minute.
Daniel: Yeah, you ready?
Zack: Yeah.
Zack: We're rubbing
minnie on the reels.
For good luck.
Oh, yeah.
Daniel: I'm just gonna do
that one and that's gonna be
the first one to get a bite.
You watch.
Zack: We'll just
catch after that.
Man, pretty sunrise.
Banks: Let's get this
first one under our belt.
Reed: Let's get this
[bleep] in the water.
We don't want these
yankee boats to catch the
first one of the season.
Steve: Let's do it.
Reed: Kahuna's gonna be the
number one boat this year
because look at what
we're dealing with.
We're up against
the northern crowd.
And those guys are
always chasing our heels.
Steve: Get one early.
Get ahead of these guys.
Make 'em sweat a little bit.
Banks: Oh, they're
sweating just knowing
we're their competition.
Tyler: There's a lot of boats.
You can see a lot.
Marissa: So many boats.
Tyler: I know this season's
not gonna be easy because
this is a completely
new fishery to merm.
It's a lot different
fishery because we're
constantly trolling.
The fish are constantly moving
in different locations, but
we're up for the challenge.
We're not gonna let
these local guys run
away with this thing.
We're all looking for that
first one because that's
that big money tuna.
That's when you get paid.
And it sets the
momentum for the year.
Everyone's out here
fishing hard, trying hard.
But I wanna catch the most.
I wanna be the best.
And in order to do that, it's
good to start off by sending
a message to the fleet by
catching that first one.
Daniel: Look, here's a
reel right here, here's a
[bleep] bird and [bleep].
Zack: That is a good sign.
We might be in the right area.
Bobby: I got birds here.
I tell you what.
It's about to happen.
Brian: Well, you
got some marks?
Bobby: I got a feeling.
Mike: It's only one
fish a day, so we've got to
capitalize as much as we can.
Beautiful, beautiful
conditions.
This place is gonna light up.
It's got to turn on.
Reed: What's that over there?
Yeah, I'm fishing close.
I see four or five
tunas jump up here.
Zack: Y'all boys
better get ready.
Looks like we're
marking right here.
Right here, we're marking.
Tyler: We've
marked a few fish.
They just been deep,
so they just might not
be ready to feed yet.
Bobby: Get ready.
Brian: What do you got?
What do you got?
Bobby: Holy [bleep],
look at those marks!
Gonna happen right now.
Brian: Don't get all in
that grass all right?
Bobby: What grass?
Reed: Soon as I cross this
grass, fire that long one out.
Banks: Okay.
Reed: I really think
they're in the grass.
Bobby: We got weed.
A lot of weed.
Bobby: This is
where we wanna be.
Reed: We're on! We're on!
Banks: There he is.
Come on, baby.
Reed: Let him run.
Just let him go.
Daniel: That's a real one.
Zack: That's him.
That's him, baby!
He's burning it down.
Son, he is burning it down.
Brian: There he is! Fish on!
Eric: There we go!
Fish on, bob. Fish on.
Bobby: Real fish?
Brian: Yeah, we got him.
Eric: Yeah.
Bobby: Hey, we just got tight.
Just got tight.
Brian: Got a good one.
Tj: Some bites around us, man.
We've had the mark.
Mike: Oh, they're crashing.
Coming clear out of the water.
Tj: Keep jigging it.
Banks: Oh, wow! Oh!
Reed: What'd you lose him?
He's gone.
Brian: I don't think
it's [bleep] man.
It ain't what
we're looking for.
I think it's just
a big yellowfin.
Bobby: I'm gonna
help you out brian.
Brian: No, he's good man.
He's here.
Bobby: Nice fish.
Wrong fish.
Ah! Damn!
Reed: Pulled the hook.
Had a big bite,
just pulled the hook.
Nothing you can do about that.
Banks: That was him.
Brian: Damn, man.
I thought that was him.
Zack: Oh, this is him.
This is him.
You good, buddy?
Daniel: Yup.
Zack: Boy, he just
rolled with it, son.
He rolled with it.
It's been awhile
since we heard that.
It's been a while, boy.
Dang it feels good to
hear that in the morning.
Right now, daniel's just
trying to keep him tight.
We're just trying to keep
steady pressure on him.
We don't want him to
run and dart nowhere.
Just keep it tight.
I hope this is gonna be
the one that shows them
that we ain't playing.
Bunch of mammals to
the, uh, inside of us.
Reed: There he is.
There he is. We're on!
Let's move to the
battle station.
Banks: Oh!
Unbelievable.
Reed: That sucks, again.
Banks: Can't do
anything about that.
Zack: Keep her tight, son.
You're doing great.
Keep gaining on
him inch by inch.
Inch by inch.
Wear him down.
Shane: Yeah, I got
everything ready.
Zack: There's no
guarantee though.
I mean we just got
to keep him on there.
Banks: There he is!
Reed: Come on, baby.
Come on, baby.
Oh, again?
Steve: Third time in a day.
It's a little hard to swallow.
Daniel: Now we're on his a*s.
Zack: Definitely
getting close.
Daniel: I see him.
I see deep color.
Zack: Shane. Get ready.
Daniel: Get ready.
Get ready. Neutral.
Zack: Oh yeah, baby!
Daniel: Neutral.
Zack: That's the first fish.
Shane, shane!
Dang, shane!
Sling that mug.
Zack: That's the first fish.
Oh yeah, baby!
Shane, shane!
God dang, shane!
Daniel: Hit him, hit him, now!
Zack: Oh. Sling that mug.
Daniel: Tail gaff.
Zack: I'm coming.
I'm coming. I'm coming.
I'm coming. I'm coming.
Woo!
Daniel: Number one, baby!
Zack: Yeah. Yeah!
Shane: Hell yeah.
Zack: That's the first fish.
We ain't joking.
Number one on the board, baby!
Rasta rocket.
Tyler: Dude, the pocket
rocket caught one.
Yeah.
Oh, my god, pocket rocket
first one on the board.
Tyler [over radio]:
Got a 90-incher hanging.
Tj: Rasta rocket hooked up.
Reed: Well, right
now we can only hope
to get the second one
because rasta rocket beat us.
At least it wasn't
a yankee boat.
I've been commercial fishing
for upwards of 12 years now.
And two years ago me
and daniel got our
own boat together.
We've caught a bunch of fish
and we've caught fish that we
just couldn't get in the boat.
But shane, he's a beast.
Ever since he started
fishing with us we
ain't had no problem.
That's how you do it
right there muscles.
Daniel: Oh, yeah.
Zack: It's pretty cool
to be fishing with
your two best friends.
Oh, yeah. Let's throw
the tape on him.
Shane: 86.
Zack: 86. That's a k*ller
fish right there.
Number one on the board.
Minnie's stoked.
That's a good way to start
the season right there.
Woo! Rasta rocket.
Marciano: It's the first day.
So the pressure's on.
The preferred method of
fishing down here is trolling.
Joe: Come on tunas.
Marciano: We wanna get the
bite, but we just don't
have the experience like
when we bait fish back home.
Joe: Dammit.
Marciano: We're already
over this trolling [bleep].
We're gonna try and drift
here for the heck of it.
Tyler: Good luck.
Marciano: All right, joe.
Us yankees are gonna see if
we can mix things up a little.
These are imported
mackerels from gloucester.
The rasta rocket got the
first fish of the season.
We got to figure out how
to put one on the deck
and get in this game.
See if we can be trendsetters.
Come on fish.
Where'd you go?
Hang on, joe!
Joe: Yup?
Marciano: Lower it slow.
Joe: Oh, yup, yup.
Marciano: This is gonna be
the first season where it's
just joe and I on the falcon.
Joe: I don't know
what I was at.
Marciano: Oh,
yeah, yeah, I know.
But I think we're gonna
have a great time learning
together as father and son.
Throw some chum.
Joe. Cut some pieces.
There he is.
We're on! We're on!
Joe: It's a screamer!
Yeah, buddy!
Coming at us!
Marciano: It's
about a 600 mile steam
from gloucester, mass,
to the outer banks.
That in turn is a pretty
big expense to get down
here and get set up.
Just like always,
slow and steady.
Joe: That's right.
Marciano: So we're gonna
have to catch fish to make
this venture worthwhile.
Deep color.
100 feet to go.
Joe: Ahead! Ahead!
He's up on top!
Here he comes right there.
Yep.
Marciano: No, no, no, no!
Joe: This fish is crazy.
Marciano: Alright,
joe we did it.
Nice!
Joe: Yeah, good one.
Marciano: Here we go.
This is great.
Hopefully this is a good
indicator that we're gonna
have smooth sailing the rest
of the time down here
in the outer banks.
Yeah, we got him!
Wrapped him up.
Reed: [bleep]!
Bobby: Marciano got one.
Shane: [bleep]. Terrific, man.
Adam: Oh, man
they got one too. [bleep].
Marciano: One, two, three.
Joe: Beauty.
Marciano: Some of these
guys ain't too happy that
we're down here in the south.
What do you got, joe?
Joe: 88.
Marciano: 88?
Nice, we'll take it.
But the bottom line,
we're here to take our
share of the quota just
like everybody else.
Joe: Let's show these
southern boys how it's done.
Zack: Pretty sure he's
gonna give us some good money,
especially being the first one
brought to the dock.
What's going on, boys?
Bill: How you doing, guys?
Bill: See what you got here?
Zack: Say, bill.
How much does he weigh?
Bill: It's looking
316 pounds dressed out.
Zack: Oh, yeah, that's
a good first fish boys.
That's what I'm talking about.
Bill:
See what we got inside of her.
Zack: The buyer, he's
looking for a nice fat fish.
They're looking for
a nice greasy core.
That pretty much tells
them that fish is healthy.
Price per pound on this
fish can go all the way
up to $35 for a good fish,
so we're hoping
for a good price.
What you think
we got here, man?
Does it look good?
Bill: Doesn't have a
whole lot of fat, guys but
you know it is what it is.
Zack: Beggars
can't be choosers.
Bill: Exactly.
See what we got on the inside.
Zack: Oh, yeah.
Bill: Yeah, look at that.
Pretty translucent.
Got some grease, man.
Zack: I think it's a good one.
What you think, man?
Bill: I think I can do
$14 a pound.
Zack: 14, that ain't bad.
Daniel: He's yours.
Zack: Hell yeah, he's yours.
He's gone, 14 the
first fish of the year.
Hey, it's a paycheck.
We might be young, but we
know how to fish just as good
as anybody in this fleet.
We're gonna get ready for
tomorrow and get number two.
Be on top of that leaderboard.
Marciano: You ready, scotty?
Scott: What's going on, guys?
Good to see you.
You guys starting
off strong I see.
Marciano: Let's hope we
can keep it up till the end.
Scott: Let's check it out.
Joe: Sounds good. Yeah.
Marciano: Scotty?
What's the dress weight?
Scott: 293 pounds dressed.
Marciano: Perfect, perfect.
Now the important part.
Scott: Nice little fish here.
Marciano: Yeah, it's a beauty.
Scott: Look at all
that fat in there. That's nice.
Get you a good price as
long as the core's good.
Ooh. Perfect.
Marciano: Nice.
Scott: No burn there.
Marciano: So what
do you think, scotty?
What can you do for us?
Scott: I'll get you guys
$19 a pound.
Marciano: Nice. We'll take it.
Well done, joe.
We did it for our first one.
Scott: See you tomorrow.
Good job.
Joe: Take it easy.
Scott: See you later.
Marciano: It's a good start.
Maybe this is our
year down here.
Narrator: The young
rasta rocket crew's first
fish of the season gets the
southern team on the board.
But it's not enough to
top northern boat falcon's
$5500 payday which gives
them the early lead.
Brian: We're gonna
change it up a little bit.
Haven't been getting
too much action up top,
so we're gonna go see if we
can find something downstairs.
Bobby: I'm fishing this
year with brian olszyk
and drew cooper.
Brian's specialty is tackle.
That's his thing.
Bobby: That ain't broken, bud.
Drew has decades
of experience.
I always call him "macgyver."
the guy can fix anything.
I will put us on a fish.
So we kind of have a
great team where we
all know our thing.
It's gonna happen, guys.
I just feel it, we're
there, we're right there.
You know, at a certain point
in your life you realize that
working 80 hours a week,
it's something that's not
just that satisfying.
I wanna do what I love.
You know, I love
being on the water.
Still beats land.
Drew: It's like you
said the other day.
It's like watching paint dry.
Bobby: It's like watching
paint dry right now.
Drew: But it's the most
beautiful color in the world.
Bobby: Yes it is.
Yes it is.
Eric: John, you got any money?
Adam, you got any paper?
John-michael: Hey,
you got any money?
Eric: You got to pay.
John-michael:
You got pay to play.
Adam: Pay to play.
The rasta rocket got the
first fish of the season.
And at this point
we're gonna do whatever
it takes to catch up.
Eric: Uh-oh. We got three.
Here we go.
We're gonna pay the tuna gods.
So when the fish bites this,
the tuna gods can have it.
[beeping]
adam: Right here.
Here's our mark.
Come on tuna, please.
There he is!
Is it the right one?
Eric: Right one, baby.
Adam: Oh he's taking off.
Eric: Doubled up.
Adam: Two.
Clear the lines, john!
Eric: We paid the tuna gods.
I knew it would work.
Adam: Two!
Eric: We paid the tuna gods.
I knew it would work.
Adam: Easy now.
Pay attention.
Eric: Mines gone.
Adam: Pulled one off.
John-michael: Mine's still on.
Adam: He's smoking
us down too.
John-michael:
Come to my backend.
Eric: We got to get
this fish on the board.
We have got to make
a statement for the
rest of this fleet.
John-michael: This fish
got a lot of line out.
Means a lot of extra
pressure on this line.
Oh my gracious.
He's still taking it out.
Man, big fish, big fish.
Adam: Coming to
you now, buddy.
John-michael: I hope, son.
Eric: Go, go, go, go!
Yep. Pretty work.
It's a crazy fish, come on.
John-michael: I
still have my gut,
but I have 20-inch
biceps when I get done.
There's color.
Adam: Swivel!
Eric, swivel on the rod, dude!
John-michael: Come on!
Come on! Get him, eric!
Stick him! Yeah!
You got him?
Eric: Yeah!
Adam: Get him!
John-michael: This little
fish is whooping our a*s.
You got him?
Adam: He's an animal, son!
John-michael: Tie him off!
Tie him off, eric!
Eric: Whoo!
Adam: Son, that little
fish right there
got some meat on him.
John-michael: Whoo!
Adam: First day of the season.
Got him!
So now that we've landed
our first fish of the season,
it takes a lot of
weight off of our shoulders.
Some guys haven't
caught any fish yet, so
we feel pretty fortunate.
Are you ready?
Drop him.
He's a little butterball.
Eric: Thanks for playing, cap.
Let's see what we got.
John-michael: Bam!
88 and a half.
Day one, we got one.
Everything on me hurts.
Tyler: We spent the
night out here last night.
We just can't get our
name to get pulled.
I don't know what the
hell we did to deserve this
bad karma from the tuna gods,
but they are not happy with us.
[beeping]
whoa, that's the mark.
Get ready. Come on!
[reels unspooling rapidly]
we're on! We're on!
We're on, merm.
Triple hook up!
Triple! Merm!
Wake up, merm!
Tunas! Lots of tunas.
We just lost one.
Still got two though.
Marissa: I'm here!
Tyler: Big fight here.
Triple hook up on the bite.
Holding two right now.
Can't let these lines cross.
These lines cross
we're game over.
So keep an eye
they're going that way.
Marissa: It's only one a day,
but we have to fight
both of them in case we
lose one along the way.
Tyler: A lot of line out.
Kind of trying to
fight this one.
Let that one run.
I'm so stressed out.
Marissa: Just
calm down, tyler.
We got two here.
Color!
Marissa: That's pretty color.
Tyler: Nice fish.
On the rod, merm.
Marissa: Yep.
Tyler: Dammit!
We lost the other fish.
We've really got to
get this one, merm.
Reel, reel, reel!
Pull him in.
Pull him in!
Pull, merm, pull!
Marissa: Get him, ty.
Tyler: Got him! Tail gaff.
Coming off the stick.
Thank god! Whoo!
Marissa: Nice job, ty.
Tyler: Whoo!
We're on the board!
Marissa: Finally got one.
Tyler: It feels like a
huge weight's finally been
lifted off our shoulders after
we finally put the first
fish on the boat.
Got him!
Now hopefully merm and I can
get on a roll because I want
to be the top boat this year.
Marissa: My first obx bluefin.
Tyler: Perfect.
Let's get a measurement
of this beauty.
Marissa: 84.
Tyler: Perfect, merm.
Good looking tuna. Whoo!
Marissa: Whoo!
Nice job, ty.
Tyler: Good job, merm.
So happy.
I mean breaking the ice.
It's so important
to get that done.
Adam: We got in
late last night.
We weren't gonna make
the 12:00 deadline.
So we just decided to offload
this fish this morning.
Hopefully we'll do
really good with him.
How's it going?
Scott: What's going on, man?
Adam: We're excited.
First fish of the season.
Scott: Look at that.
Nice little butterball
you guys have.
Marissa: Whoo! Got him!
Tyler: What's up, d-bone?
Dennis: Hello.
Tyler: We're happy we
got a nice one for you.
Dennis: Well, hopefully
you got a good one.
Tyler: Alright, let's get it
off the boat and send it up.
Dennis: Let's do it.
Tyler: What are we
looking at for a weight?
Dennis: 291 pounds
dressed, tyler.
Tyler: Awesome.
Adam: What do we got, scott?
Scott: 287 pounds dressed.
Adam: Alright.
Scott: Let's tail cut
some cores. Let's do it.
Tyler: Alright, d-bone.
Dennis: Really,
really nice tail color.
We're starting to see some oil
fanning into the majors here.
Let's see what
the core is like.
Holy smokes. Look at that.
Tyler: That's a
beautiful looking core.
Dennis: Really is a
beautiful looking core.
Tyler: What can you get us?
Dennis: I'm jetting
this straight to tokyo.
I'm gonna pay you guys
$23 a pound.
Tyler: Good job, mermy.
Marissa: Good job, ty.
Tyler: Thanks, dennis.
I really appreciate it.
Dennis: Nice job on the fish.
Thanks, guys.
Tyler: So stoked. Standing by.
Dennis: Thanks, guys.
Tyler: Hell yeah!
Bringing the pain from maine.
Kicking a*s and taking names.
Marissa: Whoo!
Scott: Alright, guys.
Adam: All right, man.
Scott: Not too bad, man.
I like it. Good color.
It's got some fat in there.
Adam: Oh yeah.
Scott: Moment of truth.
Eric: There we go.
Scott: Perfect.
No burn in that.
Yep, really
consistent color too.
It's a nice fish.
Adam: What are you thinking?
Scott: Bottom line,
this fish will get you guys
16 bucks a pound.
John-michael:
Oh, thats perfect, yes.
Eric: Alright.
Adam: Getting this first fish,
it helps pay all this
money that we spent trying
to start the season.
So now we just have to wait,
go out tomorrow,
hope we can catch another
fish and earn some profit.
Eric: We'll be
seeing you a lot.
Scott: Yeah. Hope so, man.
Keep it up.
Narrator: The
offshore outlaws first bluefin
ekes them ahead of fellow
southern boat rasta rocket.
Northern boat pinwheel
jumps to the top of the fleet.
And hot tuna,
kahuna and reel e' bugging
have yet to catch
their first fish.
Tj: Some bites around us, man.
We've had the mark.
But when we got here
there was 7 or 8 boats.
Now there's about 20.
It's day two of the
outer banks bluefin season,
and we've yet
to break the ice.
I think that's the
kahuna over there.
At least we're
not alone though.
Big daddy kahuna, he
hasn't landed one either.
Reed: We are definitely rusty.
I'll call it amateur hour.
This is my 25th season
fishing here and this could
possibly be the slowest start
I've ever had.
To add insult to injury,
two northern boats have
already put fish on the deck.
And we're just floundering
trying to find a bite.
It's definitely
pissing me off.
Banks: This is no way
to set the precedent.
Reed: We are definitely
the dog of the fleet today.
Tj: Beautiful mark.
Reed: Oh look at that
mark we just went over.
Banks: Come on, one more shot.
Tj: Marking right here again.
Reed: Come on.
Got to be our turn.
Tj: They are definitely here.
Oh, yeah. Oh yeah.
Watch, watch that stick.
Banks: Ooh, doggy.
Something getting
ready to happen.
Tj: Oh here they come.
Get ready! Get ready!
Get ready! Get ready!
Reed: Come on!
Banks: There!
Mike: Oh! Just missed him.
Hold on!
Steve: Ah!
Reed: Dammit.
Mike: Hold on!
Now we got 'em on, baby!
Game on! Let's do it.
Hold on! No!
We got 'em on, baby!
Got 'em on!
Whoo! Game on!
Let's do it.
Reed: Oh, they're on.
Son of a [bleep].
Son of a [bleep].
Banks: Did they just hook up?
Reed: Sure looks like it.
Oh, yeah they're on.
We suck.
Tj: Pull, bubby.
Mike: I don't think
this is his first rodeo.
A lot of weight on this
thing right now, boy.
It's a [bleep] 500 pounder.
Tj: Yeah. I've got to
be extra careful right
now fighting this bluefin.
I know he's big.
I know it's not a small fish.
It's got a ton of
line out and there's a
lot of drag in the water,
so I have to be very
careful about how
much pressure I put
on this bandit reel.
Mike: Slow and
steady wins the race.
Watch the line!
Getting all tangled up here.
Tj: Hurry up!
Get the line untangled
before we lose it.
We need this one, baby!
We need that icebreaker.
Mike: That was a close one.
All right, he's coming up now.
Tj: Bubby, get
the harpoon ready.
Jarrett: He's tired.
Drop, drop. Okay.
Tj: Where is he?
Mike: Go forward.
Tj: I see him. I see him.
Mike: I got him.
I got him. Dude, he's thick.
Get a tail gaff and tail rope.
Nice fatty.
Tied off, baby!
Jarrett: Yeah!
Tj: Whoo!
Jarrett: Yeah!
Tj: All aboard, baby!
Mike: All right. Whoo!
Jarrett: First
fish of the year.
Reed: Looks like
tj got a big one.
Oh, god.
I cannot believe we
can't get a bite.
Tj: One, two, three.
Mike: Whoo!
We got him right there!
Jarrett: Yeah!
That's a beautiful fish.
Tj: Whoo! Nice.
This is an outer banks
sea monster.
So not only are we stoked
to have our first fish,
but this is an absolute pig.
Mike: You're not gonna
believe this, 106.
Tj: 106 out of the gate, baby!
Whoo!
Jarrett: Nice!
Mike: Whoo!
Tj: Beautiful.
Jarrett: That's a way
to start the season off.
Mike: It's a big one.
Tj: You like this
one chef azah?
Mike: Yeah, game on.
Tj: Nice!
Jarrett: Coming out
of the gate hot, man.
Tj: We might not
have got the first
fish of the season,
but we definitely got
the biggest one so far.
Hell of a way to
start the season.
This is a real deal
bluefin tuna, man.
And I'm determined to be
that person with the boat to
come down here to south and
take that top spot.
I know we can do it.
Good job, boys.
Good job, boys.
All right.
The pelicans are
flying west, baby.
Mike: We're flying
to the barn. Whoo!
Jarrett: First one
of the season, baby!
Dennis: You picked up
right where you left
off in gloucester.
Tj: This is a good start, man.
106-inch fish.
Back in the beautiful obx.
Dennis: Alright,
let's check it out.
Tj: Alright, buddy.
Hope you brought
your checkbook.
At the end of the day I
have no sympathy for the
southern guys worried about
us coming down here.
I get it.
It's a small fishery.
You live here.
You want to
supplement your income,
but if you're a
bluefin fisherman,
you go where the fish are.
So stop complaining
about me being a bluefin
fisherman coming to
where the fish
are in the winter.
What do we got, den?
Dennis: 510 pounds
dressed, guys.
Jarrett: Ooh!
Mike: Such a beauty.
Tj: That's a sea monster.
Jarrett: Nice.
Mike: Awesome fish.
Tj: That's a good
way to start it out.
Dennis: Really nice.
Really good fish.
Let's check it out.
Mike: Awesome.
Tj: I think this is
the biggest one we ever
caught in old wanchese.
Dennis: Is it?
Tj: I'm not gonna lie, man.
Dennis: You know,
it's not a bad fish.
It's not loaded with fat.
Tj: No, it's got a
little fat in the minors.
Dennis: But it's true fat.
Mary, let's see what
the core looks like.
Mike: It's not bad.
Dennis: Well, I think
this fish is fatter
than it looks in the tail.
Tj: I think you're right.
I think you're right.
Dennis: Because
you can see, look how
oily the core sample is.
Tj: Yeah.
Dennis: It's
really, really oily.
Well, start of the season.
Tj: What are you thinking?
Dennis: $22 a pound.
Jarrett: Ooh, yeah!
Tj: Payday!
Mike: Hey.
That's a payday.
Tj: That's a good
start in the obx, dude.
Jarrett: Hell of a start, man.
Mike: Yeah.
Tj: Getting over 11 grand
for this 500-pound bluefin
shows all the southern boats
we're not messing
around this year.
Not only did we catch the
biggest bluefin so far,
but we got a damn
good price per pound.
That was excellent.
Mary: Thank you.
Thank you.
Dennis: Nice job on the fish.
Tj: It's an amazing
start to our 2019 season
in the outer banks.
And hopefully, there's
many more to come.
Narrator: With hot tuna's
500-pounder
worth over 11 grand,
the northern boat
charges into the lead,
leaving southern boats,
kahuna and
reel e' bugging as the
last two boats
without paychecks.
Reed: All right, let's
get this party started.
Set these baits out.
Hope for the best.
Steve: We need a bite.
Reed: We're three days
into the season already and
I'm pretty upset we have not
put a single fish
on the deck yet.
Banks: Need to get it.
Reed: We pulled three
hooks on the first day.
It sucks.
So you actually hold
on to that first fish.
You're always wondering if
the next hook's gonna pull.
When the limit is only
one fish per day, makes it
much harder to catch up.
We just have to spend
every minute we can out
here on the water to put some
meat on the deck.
Banks: Come on.
Reed: We're marking.
Going over a herd
right this second.
First one I've seen all day.
That's definitely them.
Banks: Show us some love.
Reed: I can't believe
we haven't had a bite.
Any minute.
I just want one.
Banks: There you go.
Hey!
Reed: Hooked up.
Come on, baby!
Banks: Come on, baby!
Reed: We're on!
All right, steve.
Switch with me.
Whoo!
Burning it down.
We are on, boys!
Banks: Whoo!
Reed: Hooked up!
Banks: Hell yeah!
Reed: Holy [bleep].
It's a real one.
We gotta get on this guy.
Come on, baby!
We gotta get some line back.
Come on, man.
Don't worry about
those harpoons
until we get it situated.
Banks: Tighten
it up a little bit.
Reed: Come on.
Turn that [bleep] handle.
All right, that's good.
Lord, please let
us catch this fish.
Banks: Tighten me up.
Reed: What?
The [bleep] are
you talking about?
Banks: Bump it ahead.
Reed: Tighten me up.
Steve: Turn the handle.
Reed: I'm backing up,
so turn the handle.
Banks: Got 'em on.
Can't talk.
Don't wanna jinx anything.
Reed: Want a fresh
arm on there?
Banks: Yup. Ready?
Steve: Yup.
Banks: Go ahead.
Reed: Nice and easy.
Just turn the handle.
Keep it tight.
Banks: Keep it tight though.
Feels like a real one.
God willing we get this thing.
Reed: God, this
fish is erratic.
Banks: This fish is crazy.
It's going all over the place.
Steve: Big headshakes.
Banks: Shaking its head.
He's been hooked before.
Taking line.
Steve: Taking, taking.
Banks: Inching line off.
Reel, reel, reel.
Reed: Keep that thing tight.
Banks: Want me
to get on there?
Steve: Yeah, I
could switch up.
Ready?
Banks: Yeah.
Reed: I'd love for this
to be an 85-incher.
I don't think I've
ever wanted one more.
God I hope we
catch this thing.
Please lord, let
us catch this fish.
Come on, steve.
Show some enthusiasm here.
Steve: I'm pumped.
Reed: Heard the first
thing out of you.
Steve: Calm and collected.
Reed: It's the wrong place
to be calm and collected.
Man, this thing is erratic.
Figure eights. Headshakes.
Fish is going wild.
Steve: I got swivel.
I see the blackback.
It's right there.
Reed: There you go, steve.
Yeah, get on the controls.
Banks: Coming up high. Oh.
Reed: Oh, god.
Nice one, too.
Come on, baby.
Please lord, let me
get a shot at this thing.
Come on, baby.
Come on.
Get me a shot here.
Right this way. Nice fish.
Banks: Drill him.
Let's make these northern
boats sorry they showed up.
Let me get a shot
at this thing.
Come on, baby.
Come on.
Get me a shot here.
Right this way.
Nice fish.
Banks: Drill him.
Reed: Got his a*s.
Get me that long gaff.
Banks: Let's make
these northern boats
sorry they showed up.
Reed: Get a tail
rope ready, steve.
Steve: I got it.
Reed: Here, pull
this harpoon up.
Steve: Yeah.
Reed: All right, tail rope.
Banks: Come on!
Reed: All right,
put him on the cleat.
Banks: Get to a cleat.
Get to a cleat.
All right, nice! Whoo!
Steve: Get the gaff.
Banks: Whoo!
Steve: Hell, yeah, boys!
Banks: That's what
I'm talking about.
Reed: Finally.
Banks: Don't call
it a comeback.
Reed: That took way longer
than I was hoping it would.
Pretty work, steve.
Steve: Whoo!
Reed: Thank you, jesus.
Little bigger than
I thought he was.
Banks: You always say that.
Reed: And 91 inches.
Banks: 91-incher.
Reed: Oh, yeah. Nice.
Pretty work.
Steve: Pretty work.
Reed: For my standards,
it took us way too
long to catch that
first fish of the season,
but we did make it happen.
Banks: Time to show
everybody what's up as usual.
Reed: We're on the board!
Tj: Did you get your fish?
Reed [over radio]:
We did, yup. Thank god.
It's all different here now.
The water's shoving up.
It's 20, 25 gusting 30, so
it does not sound very good.
Bobby: We may have to stay
a couple hours tonight, man.
You know, one fish
a day is tough.
You almost have to
catch a fish every trip.
Brian: Still early.
Still early.
Reed: You think the rasta
rocket's comfortable?
Tj [over radio]:
Hmm, not particularly.
Daniel: That's our
competition there, reed.
Zack: Swells getting
a little bit bigger.
The wind's picking
up just a little bit.
Zach [over radio]: We ain't
gonna give it too much longer.
We don't wanna push the
envelope and make it unsafe.
Bobby: Yeah, I'm in
for the duration, man.
I'm already 50 miles offshore.
We've already had
the cost of the fuel.
We're there.
We're staying.
Man, I'll stay here
for first light at least.
Tj: I don't know what
these guys are talking about.
I'm [bleep] going in.
It sounds like bobby
on the reel e' bugging
is gonna stay out.
I think it's a
stupid decision.
If something happens,
he's out here in
the gulf stream with
30 knots of north wind.
That's not where you wanna
be especially by yourself.
Bobby: It is what it is.
We'll be all right.
Brian: Get me a bite, bro.
Get me a bite.
Bobby: I'm gonna get
you one right now.
It's hammer time, bro.
Reed: Finally got one.
All I know is this better
be a good heroes' welcome.
Mary.
Mary: Hey, reed.
Reed: How are you?
Mary: It's nice to see you.
Reed: Dennis, we're
finally on the board.
Dennis: You got a good one?
Reed: It's a pretty good one.
Dennis: Right on.
Reed: We're on the board.
All right, dennis.
What do we have here?
Dennis: 288 pounds, reed.
Reed: Good start.
Dennis: Let's go check it out.
Banks: Let's see.
Reed: See what we got.
Ooh.
Dennis: Not a bad,
not a bad fish to
start off the season, guys.
It's a very, very nice red.
I'm only seeing just a little
bit of fat getting started
here in the minor lobes.
But if this fish has a
nice core, we'll ring the
bell for you on this one.
Reed: Let's see what
that core looks like.
Dennis: Oh, look at that.
Really nice red core.
Reed: Nice. Looks good.
All right, dennis.
What are you gonna
do for me here?
Dennis: Nice sticky
meat with a good core.
$18 a pound, guys.
Reed: Very nice. All right.
Steve: Awesome.
Reed: Sweet.
Dennis: Well done.
Reed: Let's get outta here.
Dennis: Good luck.
We'll see you
tomorrow, I hope.
Reed: Hopefully.
All right, dennis.
We'll see you next time.
Dennis: Right on.
Thanks, guys.
Banks: Hopefully tomorrow.
Thanks, dennis.
Reed: First one is
always the hardest, so
it's great to break the ice.
We're on the board.
Now it's time to
catch some more.
Narrator: Local legend
kahuna's last minute tuna
lands the outer banks
crew on the board.
But catches from hot tuna,
pinwheel and falcon
give the northern
fleet the early edge.
While the crew on
the reel e' bugging
can't seem to get started.
Man [over radio]: The
hazardous weather outlook
for eastern north carolina.
Northwest winds
30 to 40 knots.
Seas eight to 14 feet.
Bobby: It's a fuel problem.
I don't know if we can fix it.
We're losing the
second engine.
Brian: No, he
shut off the one.
That's it. Shut off.
Bobby: This one!
Brian: What?
Bobby, you told me to.
Bobby: Listen to me.
I opened this with
our engine running.
We got air in it.
Brian: Why did you do that?
Bobby: I didn't
realize it was on.
Bobby: All right.
Switch for me.
Drew: Sure.
Bobby: Just give me a minute.
Drew: Okay. Turn it on.
Bobby: Got nothing.
Drew: All right.
Bobby: So.
We're dead.
Dead in the water
29 miles from shore.
Bobby: Shut down for a minute.
Let me breathe.
Bobby: I got to digest
this for a second.
Drew: What are
you looking for?
Brian: Starting fluid.
Drew: Where do you
say it's gonna be at?
Bobby: U.S. Coast guard,
this is the fishing vessel,
reel e' bugging.
We are dead in the water.
Fuel problem, I'm thinking.
Approximately 29.2 miles
out of oregon inlet.
[radio static]
come back.
Could not read you.
Come back, you're breaking up.
[radio static]
u. S. Coast guard,
this is the fishing vessel,
reel e' bugging.
We're dead in the water.
Please reply.
[radio static]
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06x01 - New Blood
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American reality television series about commercial tuna fishermen based in the Outer Banks who fish for the lucrative Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.
American reality television series about commercial tuna fishermen based in the Outer Banks who fish for the lucrative Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.