06x03 - Little Boat, Big Tuna

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Narrator: On this episode
of wicked tuna outer banks.

Shane: We're ready to go get
number three in the boat.

Zack: Minnie, you
ready to go fish?

Narrator: The smallest boat in
the fleet fights for respect.

Zack: We got to pass tj.

We can't let you
get too far ahead.

Tj: No.

Zack: Damn.

Brian: There's a new
rasta man in town.

Banks: He's got a chihuahua.
Reed: Every dog has its day.

Narrator: But will this
southern underdog bite
off more than it can chew?

Zack: Dang, shane.
Come on, dude.

Daniel: Hurry up! Stick him!

Zack: You missed again?

Narrator: Or will the northern
fleet continue to dominate?

Tj: I don't care if it's
today's fish, tomorrow's fish.

I just want a fish.

Tyler: Whoa! We got
'em on, on the stick!

Marissa: Woo!

Narrator: The battle for
bluefin between the north.

Tyler: Woo! There it is!

Brian: Double! We're doubled up!

Narrator: And south heats up.

Adam: Outlaw
still in it, baby!

Man: Let it go!

Narrator: Tempers flare.

Brian: It just got
put in the water.

Just two seconds ago.

Bobby: I know that.
I'm just saying it to you.

Narrator: As the
smallest boat fights to
make a big impression.

Zack: Woo!

Narrator: This is.

Banks: Oh, god!
Reed: Crank him up!

Narrator: Wicked
tuna outer banks.

Shane: We're here to win.

Narrator: Northern
boat hot tuna continues
their winning streak.

But rivals kahuna and
pinwheel are nipping
at their heels.

Little boat rasta
rocket has only made
a tiny splash.

While falcon and offshore
outlaw are on the hunt
for their second fish.

And reel e bugging
has finally entered the
competition in last place.

Tj: All right, boys.

Let's get out there
and try and get under that
bridge before it gets dark.

Mike: All right.
Tj: Throw the lines.

Mike: Turning and burning.
Fishing's red-hot.

We're gonna out there.
We need another fish asap.

Tj: We're still that top boat.

I'm not gonna lie, it
feels pretty good,

especially being ahead of
all the southern guys.

I mean, this is
their backyard.

We're definitely taking
it to 'em right now.

But I can't get
ahead of myself.

I know these guys are
good fishermen and we've
got to stay consistent.

If we're not consistent, we're
not gonna take this thing.

Jarrett: Ain't no
rest for the wicked.

Get 'em while the
getting is good.

We got to get at it,
and we can't let these
southern boys show us up.

These northern boys are
coming to town, baby.

Tj: The quota is getting
eaten up more rapidly
than ever before.

And we cannot afford
to play games.

So we've got to do whatever
we can to get bites.

Hopefully, charlie's out
there waiting and he's hungry.

Drew: Minnows to
catch monsters.

We spent the night
out overnight.

Bobby is getting
some sleep right now.

And you know, any rest
he can get, helps because
the pressure is on.

You know, hot tuna
are on top right now.

That bothers all of us,
but we're not producing
fish and we need to.

Brian: We want tunas.
That's all we want, tunas.

You got marks?

Drew: Yeah, it's a good spot.

Brian: Nice. We're in a good
spot for the sole bite.

Come on up!

Drew: Look at
the marks though.

Brian: Give me a bite, bro.

Give me a bite.
Come on, baby!

Drew: Oh, there it goes.

Brian: Fish on!

Drew: All right.

We're on! We're on!

Bobby! Fish on, buddy!

Brian: It's a big fish, bro.

Drew: Big fish, dude.

Bobby: Beautiful. Beautiful.

Brian: It's a big fish, bobby.

We got a jumbo.

Bobby: They wake me up
because the rods are
bent and we're tight.

All's I can think of is, we
got to get this fish into this
boat, it's non-negotiable.

Brian: It's the best
one we had all year.

It's a monster.
Look at him.

It's dumping it.
Dumping it.

If this one's big enough,
it could put us on top.

Bobby: Come on, brian.

Brian: What a run.
What a run.

Bump it ahead.

Drew: Yeah, bud.
Bobby: Get him!

Brian: He did not like that.

Big fish.

Drew: Pulled the hook?

That was a [bleep]
big fish, bro.

Bobby: Losing this fish
makes me feel terrible.

It makes me feel sick.

It just seems like, you know,
it's one thing after another.

Yeah, it's start, it's
starting to piss me off.

Drew: Oh, dude.

There's fish all over here.

Bobby: All right, let's
get rods in the water.

Yo!

Brian: What?
Bobby: It's got weed.

I'm telling you; we
went through weed.

Brian: It doesn't matter.
It broke the hook.

Bobby: I'm talking
about the other baits.

Brian: It just got
put in the water.

Bobby: I know that.
I'm just saying it to you.

Brian: Just two seconds ago!
Bobby: Relax, bro.

Brian: You relax, bro.

We've been out here to
the whole time and come and
say we ain't doing [bleep].

Bobby: Bro!

Brian: My relationship
with bobby, it's not really

the typical captain-mate
relationship.

I'm putting the
baits in the water.

Bobby: I know!

Brian: I just dropped it in.
I know there's weed on it.

Bobby: I merely said
there's weed on it.

Brian: Come on, let's
get 'em out, bro.

We're running out of time.

Bobby: Give me
this [bleep] rod. [bleep] it!

Brian: I know he's
the captain, but if he
starts barking at me,

I'm gonna bark at him too.

Trying to put the
baits out, bro.

Bobby: I merely said
there's weeds, you [bleep].

Brian: I know there's weeds.

I just put the baits out.

He just get so worked up.

I've got to tone him down
a little bit sometimes.

Bobby: I got it.

Run down and [bleep]
deal with him.

My relationship with brian
would be best described
as, I'm the older brother,

he's the younger
brother, you know.

And like most good, you
know, brother relationships,
we have a blow up,

we have to shake it off, put
it behind us and move forward.

We do that all the time.

Brian: Don't be so
sensitive, bobby.

Shane: Time to go.

Zack: Good morning, puppy. Oh.

Shane: This year, we
decided to keep the
profit margin down.

A good buddy of ours,
he lent us this camper.

A little old 24-foot
pull-behind camper.

It's pretty small.
It's cozy.

You think it's hard to
move on the boat, it's hard
to move in that camper.

I got to get your
sweater, puppy.

It's cold outside.

Zack: Our camper, I mean
three grown men in that
little bitty camper.

It's tight. But we're used to
working in small places.

Look at our boat.

Zack: Tuna day.
Shane: Tuna day.

It's keeping
things interesting.

We could have went and got
us a nice house, or you
know got us a hotel room.

You know, found somewhere
to stay that would have been a
little nicer or bigger for us.

But you know, we want to get
the best bang for our buck, so
I mean we can actually get a

better paycheck
for our families.

So that's why we chose
the lifestyle we chose
to live this year.

Zack: Let me sleep.

Shane: You know,
we put the boat in and
take it out every day.

Some people might have
a problem with that.

We really don't.

You know, it's just
the thought in process.

You know, we can be in
and out by the time most
people can dock a boat.

Zack: Just go out
there and get ours,
that's all we can do.

Minnie, you ready to go fish?

Shane: We're ready to go get
number three in the boat.

Zack: We got to pass tj.

We got about a 35-mile run
and, you know, hope we'd put
another tuna in the boat.

Dave: All right.

A little bit further and we'll
just set out for the drift.

Joe, if we do get marks.

Joe: Yeah.

Dave: Let's get a
little chum going.

Joe: All right.
Dave: All right.

We'll start cutting up
some of that [inaudible] bunker.

We're definitely struggling
here to get our second fish.

But for now, we're still
ahead of bobby bedbugs and
the guys on the outlaw,

so that's something.

But we can't hang
our hats on that.

We've got to get
our mojo back.

We've been all over
the ocean out here.

It seems like the magic
hours is, is, you know,
at sunrise and sunset.

That's why it's crucial
to find these fish and
get our baits on them.

After we get the baits
out, joe, I'm gonna fire
up the espresso machine.

We're gonna need it.

Joe: All right.

Dave: Espressos for everybody.
Joe: Sounds good.

Reed: Hot tuna's gonna
be hard to catch up to.

Banks: We'll get 'em.
Gonna get 'em.

Reed: Of course, homie.
Of course.

Banks: Gonna get 'em.

Reed: The hot tuna is
ahead of us right now.

Definitely not the way we'd
like to see it having a
northern boat in the lead.

But it's a close
race, you know.

We're right there.

Of all the southern boats,
we've got the best shot at
bumping the hot tuna

out of that top spot.

Banks: Baits are a little
on the small side but,
elephants eat peanuts.

Reed: Marking a
fish right here.

That's a, I'd recommend
getting the bait over.

Banks: Aye, aye, captain.

Reed: Oh, god,
there's nice mark.

Banks: Let's go.

Reed: I have plenty
of them right here.

Banks: Come on, one bite.
Reed: Get ready.

Steve: Gettin' ready to happen.

Banks: There! We're on!

Reed: We're on!
Banks: We're on!

Reed: We are on. Hooked up!

Let her run.
Let her run.

Hooked up, boys.

Come on, man.

Let's move to the
battle station, where is it?

Reed: Get on that rod.

Reed: Yes.
Banks: And we're on!

Reed: I'd say
there's about five.

Banks: A lot of tide.

Reed: It's tough because the
boat's going with the current.

The fish will sometimes
get sideways when the
current makes it just,

makes everything
more difficult.

Banks: I don't feel
like there's much
heat on this thing.

Reed: Well, turn the handles
because I'm backing up, dummy.

Banks: Yeah, I was waiting.

Reed: You're standing there
playing with yourself.

Banks: Hey, get me
the safety line.

I want a line for this rod.

It keeps jumping.

Steve: I got it. I got it.

Reed: We are tight.

Hot tuna's off to a good
start and right now we're
just playing catch-up.

We've got a lot of
ground to cover here.

With quota getting smaller
every day, we cannot
blow this opportunity.

We have to catch this fish.

A lot of factors working
against us here right now.

Steve's working at a
pace of a tortoise.

Banks looks a little
tired over there.

Banks: We got a lot of
tide working against us.

Reed: Everything's more
difficult in the gulf stream.

Oh, come on.

Steve, go over there and
massage his shoulders.

Good job. Good job.

Steve: I got you, pal.
I got you.

I know you're still
hurting from yesterday.

Reed: I don't know what I'm
gonna do with this crew.

Banks: Doing some weird stuff.

Reed: Woo, fish
is very erratic.

Oh, boy. Now it's sounding
for the depths.

Banks: Going down-tide now.

Oh, so erratic
feeling right now.

Reed: Tide riders,
they're always erratic.

Banks: Going up high again.
Up high.

Reed: Dammit. He's pulled
us right around.

We need this fish, boys.

Steve: We do need it.
Deep color.

Get some, banks.

Reed: Watch the swell.
Watch the swell.

Bump her one time.

All right, all right.

Just a little.
Let him circle.

Let him circle.

Hold him and get
the next circle.

You're not doing a
good job of holding.

Bump one time, okay.
Come on, baby.

Come on, give me a shot here.

One more circle.
One more circle.

One more circle.
Come on, banks.

Come on! What are you doing?

Come on, right
there, right there.

Got him! All right.

Gaff! Steve, right here.

Crank him up, banks.

Oh, come on, banks.

The [bleep] you're doing, man?

Crank him up.

Great, he's going deep now.
Oh, boy.

We're [bleep] now.
We're [bleep] now.

Banks: Oh, god.
Steve: Oh, please, lord!

Banks: Oh, god.

Reed: Banks dropped
the ball on that one.

Didn't lock the drag up
and crank him up to us.

Dropped the ball.

We get the fish up close.

I sink the harpoon in him.

Got him! Crank him up, banks!

Banks: Whoa!

Reed: And banks
doesn't have the drag
pushed all the way up,

so the fish goes deep again.

Great, he's going deep now.

Oh, boy. We're [bleep] now.

But this time he's got the
harpoon attached to him

and he's taking all
that line with him.

We're lucky if we get him.

Right now, we've got to
get this fish back up
close to the surface.

Because with the harpoon line
wrapped around the main line,
one or the other could cut.

We could lose this thing.

Come on, don't lose him.

Banks: Man, you got so
much backing on this thing,
I'm gonna get bound up.

Reed: Just keep cranking, bud.
Got him coming.

Banks: Might be coming up.
Definitely coming up.

Reed: Steve, tail wrap.
Come on, baby.

Tie that [bleep].
Steve, come on, dude.

Steve: Let's go.

Reed: Come on, bud,
tighten her up.

Woo-hoo! Yes!

Steve: Kahuna
keeping it tight.

Reed: I don't know whose
hand that came off of
and went into my mouth,

but somebody's
getting punched.

Woo! Pretty nice fish.

Thank god we got him.

Thank you, jesus.

Steve: 86.

Reed: Pretty work, boys. Nice.

Steve: Another nice
fish on the kahuna.

Reed: Heading to the west.

Steve: Putting it on
those northern boys.

Daniel: A little breakfast
of champions up here.

Zack: Oh, yeah.

Daniel: We're having
potted meat and crackers.

Get some salt in my system.

Shane: A little bit of
crunch like a piece of toast.

Kind of tastes like bologna.

Egg sandwich.

Zack: Oh, man. With
our bills, our house,
daniel's little baby.

I mean, it's, it's
important that we keep our
costs down and try to make

the most money we can.

Shane: It is what it is.

Zack: Food just takes out
the expenses in my opinion.

She said, "where's mine?
Where's mine?"

but if it ain't potted meat
or crackers, we ain't eatin'.

Ooh, yeah.

Daniel: We can't really
cook on our boat.

I mean, it's not like
we're gonna have bacon
and eggs for breakfast.

Shane: Look at their
grill on the back.

Daniel: Hot tuna's probably
having bacon and eggs
over there on his boat.

Mike: Cook a nice big
pork loin for the guys.

Nice salad and
maybe some rice.

Eric: Oh, yeah.

You hear that butter sizzle.

We're getting ready
to cook some hot food, you
know, out here on the boat.

Dave: Food is
fuel for the crew.

Joe: Oh, mortadella.

Dave: Yeah, yeah,
yeah, mortadella. Ooh.

Joe: That's fat. Looks good.

Eric: Yeah.

Eric: Outlaw special, baby.

Tyler: Throw butter
on there, and then like maybe
like some more seasoning.

Marissa: Let me know if you
want it hotter than this.

Tyler: Oh, yeah.
Feed me.

Daniel: Don't get
much better than that.

Their grocery bill's
more than our fuel bill.

Brian: Oh, there's
tunas at the top of the
waves right there, bro.

See the tunas surfing
in the top of the waves!

Look at 'em!
See 'em up in the top.

Bobby: Yup, yup, yup.
I'm gonna loop around.

Brian: That was three
right there, 100%.

Bobby: Gonna happen, bro.

We are absolutely desperate
to find us a bite right now.

Drew: We're seeing giant
bluefin tunas jumping out
of the water right there.

50 yards out.
Big tuna right on the surface.

Bobby: Seeing tuna nearby is
a great sign, but nothing is
for sure until we have

a giant on the line.

I'm gonna try
not to tangle us.

Drew: Yeah, make it easy.

Have them jump right
in the boat, bobby.

We're right on
the surface too.

You know, we drag
them right through them
jumping out of the water.

They'll grab right
onto our lures.

Oh, one of these
got to go off.

Bobby: Matter of time, boys.
Brian: Come on, baby.

Drew: That's exciting when you
see them out there jumping,

just free-jumping out
of the water.

And they're
good-sized tunas too.

Fish on!
Hold on!

Come on, take it!

Bobby: Are we
hooked up or not?

I think it was just weeds.

Bobby: Yo, brian!

I got tunas jumping
right here on the right.

Bobby: Oh, porpoise!
You sure?

Drew: Yeah.

Bobby: I thought
those were tuna.

Drew: So did we.
Brian: So did we.

Reed: What's up, dennis?
Quick turnaround.

Banks: Nice wet one for you.

Dennis: Shape looks
really nice on that fish.

Banks: Yeah, man.
Dennis: Looks like a nice one.

Reed: Oh, good.
The real tuna buyer's here.

All right, dennis.
What we at for core weight?

Dennis: 266 pounds, reed.
Reed: All right.

Dennis: Let's see
how it grades out.

Reed: This fish isn't a
jumbo, so we really need a
good price per pound so

that we can get ahead of tj.

The buyers are looking for
heavy fat and good color.

That's what would
get us a big payday.

All right, dennis.

Dennis: It's got a
really nice tail color.

Very good fat.

You can see the minor lobes
are really becoming whitish,

and you can see some
nice white meat.

Look at that.

Steve: Bright and clear.
Reed: Perfection.

What are you thinking?

Dennis: I'm gonna
pay you $23 a pound.

Reed: Nice.
Banks: Woo.

Reed: Pretty work. Boys.

We're definitely pumped you
know, but we get our best
price per pound this

season on our
smallest fish.

That's a little bit
frustrating because with the
season only one being fish per

day, if the hot tuna catches
again and furthers his lead,

it will be tough
for us to catch up.

We've just got to get
back out there tomorrow
and find that next jumbo.

Tyler: All right,
merm, you're driving.

All right.

Just do circles around
here, but don't make
super sharp turns.

After being out all
day without a single
bite, I need some rest.

So merm is gonna take
over the wheel while we
troll with the greenstick.

Get us a bite, merm.

Marissa: This is my
first season fishing
in the outer banks.

The southern style of
fishing is all-new to me.

Things are getting
better each

and every day,
I'm learning more and more.

Where do I turn?

Tyler: I don't know,
just drive around.

Marissa: But it's really
important for me to get
my first bluefin tuna on a

greenstick because when tyler
and I get in a good groove,

we're a big-time threat
to the rest of the fleet.

Tuna!

Tyler: Whoa. Merm
found the mega mark.

Marissa: I found
the mega mark.

Huge marks.

Tyler: They're in this area.

Whoa! Something happened.

Maybe we're on.

Oh, yeah, we got 'em on, merm.
We got 'em on, on the stick.

Marissa: Woo!

Tyler: Coming around! Woo!

Woo-hoo! Got 'em on!

Got 'em on, on the stick.
And we're on, merm.

Marissa: Now what do we do?

Tyler: Wait for him to get
tired so we can go home.

Marissa: You just
press the button and it
does it automatically?

Tyler: Yeah, we're just
letting him get tired,
letting him get tired.

Marissa: I don't
have to crank?

Tyler: No cranking.

Marissa: Woo! No
cranking involved.

This is my first
hook-up on the stick.

Really exciting
new experience.

Tyler: Keep your eye.

We have like a swivel.

We've caught two fish so far
and we need this one to keep
pace with the southern boats,

so merm has to learn how to
fish with the greenstick or we
don't have a chance down here.

Marissa: This is what
I've been practicing for.

Tyler: You know,
with the stick, you
got a big expl*si*n,

so you get a good hook set.

Just got to worry about
when it's that much force
and that much power,

it'll rip a bigger hole
in the fish's mouth.

It makes it a lot easier
to throw the hook.

That's why we wanna
take our time.

We don't want to put too
much pressure on this fish.

I just don't want
to risk losing it.

Taking her down.

Oh, he's going under.

Big fish, big fish, big fish!

Wow, he's got
everything under.

He took it down.

He took the whole bird
and ball down there.

Something very big on there.

Merm, I lost the ball.
Where'd the ball go?

Where's the ball?
See the ball?

Please pop back up.

It break off? Oh, no!

Tyler: Oh, he's going under.

Big fish!
Big fish!

Big fish! Wow, he's
got everything under.

Just took it down.

Just took the whole
bird and ball down now.

Something very big on there.

Merm, I lost the ball.
Where'd the ball go?

Where's the ball?
See the ball?

Please pop back up.

It break off?

Oh no! Oh!

Marissa: There's the green
ball right, right behind us.

Tyler: There it is!

Come here, merm.

Come watch the bandit reel.

Marissa: Do I hold it?

Tyler: Guide the lines back
and forth on the wheel.

Marissa: Do I need
gloves for that?

Tyler: Don't stop
unless it's rolled up.

Hold on.
Roll it over.

Obx, baby. Obx!

The bird is still under.

We got a good one on here.
Let it go.

Marissa: That thing's hot.
What's happening, tyler?

Tyler: Now the bird's putting
pressure on him and we're
putting pressure on him.

We got the fish in the middle
and we're pulling from the
bandit and the bird's pulling,

it's trying to float him up.

And then we wanna
shorten the gap.

Marissa: It's really
interesting learning.

It's not like fighting
a fish on the rod,
but it's really cool.

Color!

Tyler: That's the bird.
Marissa: Bird.

Tyler: That means he's
starting to come up.

Oh, [bleep]
tangling a bluefin.

Watch out! Watch out!

Got things tangled here.

I'm trying to get
the tangle out.

Back up a little bit.

Marissa: Come on, tyler.

Don't lose my
first stick fish!

Tyler: Big tangle.

Don't step in any
of this line, merm.

Tail gaff! Tail rope.

Woo-hoo! We got him!

Marissa: Nice.

Tyler: Way to go, merm!
First greenstick fish.

Marissa: That was awesome.

Tyler: Woo! Hell yeah.

Happy, happy.

Marissa: Nice work. Woo!

Tyler: All right,
mermy, pull him aboard.

Now that merm's finally
got a greenstick
catch under her belt,

then we're in this thing.

These southern boats
better watch out.

Perfect. Good job, merm.

Marissa: Good job, ty.

Tyler: All right, let's
get the measurement.

What do you got?

Marissa: 85.

Tyler: Woo!
Merm's first stick fish.

Marissa: That was fun.
That was crazy.

Zack: There's old
tj right there.

I'd be out here every
day if I had his boat.

Shane: Hell, I think his
boat's bigger than our camper.

Daniel: Oh, yeah.
Zack: Oh heck yeah.

Zack: I really don't feel
good with tj sitting on
top of the leaderboard.

I'd much rather it
be one of us southern
boats sitting on top.

I mean, this is our backyard.

Yeah, how about the hot tuna?

Come on, tj.

Tj: Yeah.

Zack [over radio]:
You better get ready.
It's about to happen.

We can't let you
get too far ahead.

Tj: They're about as big
of threat as that little
dog they've got on board.

They'll nip at your heels,
but that's about it.

No. Just.

I mean, look at our dogs.

They're rottweilers,
not lapdogs.

Tj [over radio]: Wasn't
that the dog on frasier?

Zack: Oh. Damn.

Daniel: Tj gonna hate
talking [bleep] about minnie.

You can put four of the rasta
rocket inside the hot tuna.

Tj: All right, guys.
Be safe.

Keep the lifejacket
on that dog.

Zack: Minnie, he said put
the lifejacket on the puppy.

I just don't think tj really
takes us serious at all.

I mean, I don't think
he thinks a center console's
gonna come out here and go at

'em, get it done,
but I'm gonna make
him eat those words.

Come on, baby, where's ours?

We just got to get lucky.

That's all it is.

Brian: Hey, bobby?
Bobby: Yeah.

Brian: Find us a fish.
Bobby: We're on 'em, bro.

You don't smell 'em?

Brian: All right. All right.

Hope we get lucky
tonight, boys.

Bobby: The plan for
tonight is to lay up
in some colder water.

And we're gonna put some,
some stick baits in the water.

And we tripped over a few
during the evening hours.

Worst-case scenario,
we'll be sitting on
them in the morning.

Ready to get on the troll.

We'll put a couple
mackerel down.

Maybe a squid.

See what we can do.

Drew: How far down were
those marks, bobby?

Bobby: I marked those
fish at 100, so I would
drop at 100, maybe 125.

Drew: Alright.

Eric: Get 'em down there.

Brian: How many pulls?

Eric: You have to
go down 50 pulls.

Bobby: Let's get one
right now and we can turn
and burn at midnight.

Let's do it.

Brian: Yeah.
Bobby: See what we can do.

Marissa: Whoo!
Successful trip.

Dennis: What do you
got for me tonight?

Tyler: Merm's
first stick fish.

Dennis: Let's check it out.

Tyler: Got a nice
looking fish.

Merm's first greenstick fish.

How could you complete the
obx experience if you didn't
get one on the greenstick?

Finally she got to see
it in action today.

We're still trying to contend
with these southern boats
and just a tough competition.

It's really the toughest
we've seen down here.

Marissa: What do we
have for a dress weight?

Woman: 251 pounds dressed.

Tyler: Perfect.
Marissa: Nice.

Tyler: That's a
nice little package.

Let's check it out.

How we looking d-bone?

Dennis: Nice heavy
fat tonight, tyler.

You can see the fat
just fanning completely
through the majors.

Tyler: Perfect.
That's what we wanted.

Dennis: Let's check the core.

Gorgeous core, too.
Nice and clear.

You guys are gonna ring
the bell on this one.

Tyler: Perfect.

What do you think you
could get us for this
beautiful fat fish?

Dennis: $28 a pound, guys.

Tyler: Whoa!
Marissa: What?

That's awesome.

Tyler: Thank god, bro.
Give me a hug.

Dennis: Nice fat.

You caught a
fatty there, guys.

Tyler: This fish checked off
an obx milestone for merm.

Her first greenstick catch.

Tyler: Whoo!
Marissa: Whoo!

Dennis: See you tomorrow.
Tyler: Hopefully.

Now that she's got that under
her belt, those southern boys
should be even more concerned.

All the hard work paid off.

Whoo! Hell yeah.

Eric: It's midnight.

John-michael: Happy
birthday captain adam, baby.

Whoo!

Adam: 500 pounder for my
birthday would be awesome.

Eric: I hope we can give
it to him, but I refuse
to put 40 candles in it.

Adam: Let's get
it done, fellas.

Even though we've been
out here a couple of days
now, and it's my birthday,

we are not going in until
we put a tuna on the deck.

It's our only hope if
we want to catch tj.

Eric: At least we
got some balloons.

Tj: I'm gonna
take an hour nap.

Mike: All right, cool.

Tj: We're currently in the
top spot, but kahuna and
pinwheel both caught today.

So if we wanna stay on top, we
can't go in until we land one.

But one of us has to stay
up to keep an eye on things.

Jarrett: So, uh, I'm
just gonna sit here,
watch the screen,

see if we mark anything.

Keep an eye on the lines.

Make sure we don't get hit by
any freighters or anything,
and drifting and dreaming.

Eric: Ugh. I'm tired.

Ugh. Just got to
rest my back.

Jarrett: Got a
couple marks here.

John-michael: Holy [bleep].

Eric: Guys, under the boat.

Jarrett: We're on!
Here we go!

Hey guys, we're on!

Tj: Whoo! Nice, baby.

That is a stud ball
right there, baby.

Jarrett: There you go.

Just hope it's
the right species.

Eric: There it is!

Game on, baby!

Adam! We're on!

John-michael: We're on!
Taking it.

He's got at least
200 yards out.

Taking it.

Eric: He's got some
shoulders on him.

John-michael: He's coming
in a little bit now.

Chopper, we got a long
ways to go, buddy.

I just marked like 15
of them on the screen.

Tj: This is jarrett's bite.

I was sleeping, man.

If we get this one,
he gets a bonus.

Jarrett: I'm
holding you to that.

Eric: Oh, [bleep].

Is he gone?

John-michael: I
don't know, man.

Forward.

Eric: Come on, baby! Please.

Eric: Game on, baby!

Oh, [bleep]. Is he gone?

John-michael: I
don't know, man. Forward!

Eric: Come on, baby, please!

Don't lose adam's
birthday present now.

John-michael: He's coming in.

He's coming in.

Outlaw is still in it, baby.

Eric: Pretty work.

Pretty work.

John-michael: Come here
and reel for a second.

I'm kind of tired.

I ain't gonna lie.

Eric: All right.
Tj: You all right?

Jarrett: Yeah.

Tj: Down and dirty, baby.

You know, these fish, when
they bite, they're aggressive.

And if we wanna stay
ahead, we've got be
out here and grind.

It's after midnight, so
this is today's fish.

So I don't care if it's
today's fish, yesterday's
fish, tomorrow's fish.

I just want a fish.

If we don't land this
fish, we are
definitely gonna fall

behind that
leaderboard for sure.

Adam: Crank down.
Let's get this sucker.

John-michael: Come on.
Tj: There he is.

Bubby, get the harpoon ready.

Jarrett: Get a dart ready.
Get, he's coming.

Mike: He's gonna come
over on this side, tj.

John-michael: I
see deep color.

Definitely a tuna.

Is the harpoon ready?

Eric: I got it.

John-michael: Chopper,
get out of the way. Get!

Chopper move!

Adam: Watch out.
Let me see that thing.

Mike: It's a short
right, jarrett?

Jarrett: It's a short.
Mike: It's a short.

Eric: Come on! Here go!

Got him! Whoo!

Adam: Stick his head first.

Eric: Hurry up, dude!
Hurry up!

Hell yeah!

John-michael: Whoo!

Yeah, baby!
Yeah!

Nice fish, man. Nice fish.

Damn. One, two, three.

He's a fatty, man.
Sea monster, son.

Wow.

Adam: 91, baby.

John-michael: 91, baby.

Adam: Money!

I couldn't ask for a
better birthday present.

This might be what the
outlaw needs to get ahead
of those northern boats.

John-michael:
Whoo! We're going home!

Adam: Yeah!

John-michael: Hell yeah!

Happy birthday
captain adam, baby.

Tj: Damn, I thought
we were going home.

Get a knife, bubby.

Mike: Here.

Tj: It's too bad
it was a short.

But we need to make
sure there's enough tuna
for future generations.

Oh, well.

We still did a good job.

But if we don't change our
luck soon, I don't know
how much longer we can

stay in that top spot.

Everyone's getting 90
inchers, we get a short.

Mike: It's the first one
I've heard of this year.

Tj: Well, at least
I don't have to pay
jarrett that bonus now.

Whoo!

Scott: Hey, what's up, guys?
How you doing?

John-michael: It was a
long, it was a long day.

It was a long day.

Scott: All right,
let's check it out.

John-michael: Nice.

Adam: A little fatty.

So what do we got for
dress weight, scott?

Scott: 342 pounds dressed.

Adam: All right.
See what we got here.

Scott: Good color.
Got some fat in the majors.

It's a nice fish, man.

Adam: Glad to hear that,
that's for sure.

Scott: You guys did
good. How about we check
out the core?

Adam: Let's do it. Nice.

Scott: Look at
that thing glow.

Exactly what we want.

Adam: So, what are you
gonna give us for this fish?

Scott: Bottom line.

Get you guys 20 bucks a pound.

John-michael: Nice.

Adam: All right.

Scott: Good job, guys.

Eric: We finally
got our second fish.

Now we got momentum.

We're not out of the game yet.

Just knowing that is huge.

Adam: Thanks, scotty.
Appreciate it.

John-michael: I don't
want to hear that
I've never gotten

you anything for your birthday.

Brian: Pretty morning.

This is when the fish come up.
It's like the golden hour.

Most of your bites are
gonna happen right now.

Zack: Minnie's fired up.

She's ready to
go this morning.

Oh, yeah.

Reed: Damn.
Bluefin mark right there.

Banks: Here, I got
this one bait to go.

Reed: Fire it out.

Tj: A lot of marks, bubby.
A lot of marks.

Dave: Yeah, yeah, there's
fish right under us now.

There's a fish, joe!

Just keep that chum going.

It's gonna happen, boys.

Bobby: Drew! Big marks.

Zack: There we go.
There's a mark.

Tj: Watch, bubby!
Good marks up high.

Bobby: They're ready to pop.
Come to poppy.

Drew: Here we go.
Here we go.

Fish on! Fish on!

Bobby: Let it go!
Let it go!

Let it go!
We're on!

Brian: Double! Doubled up.

Drew: It's a double.

Double, double.
Double, bobby.

Bobby: I'll be very
honest with you.

We need an easy fish.

Brian: Oh, you smoked it.

Bobby: It's been a string
of one thing, another
thing, engine problems,

running aground,
yelling back and forth.

So, if we're gonna be
successful, we got to
tighten this game up.

We got to be better.

Tj: Looks like
bugging is tight.

Zack: Good for bugging,
but, yeah, we're trying
to catch up with tj.

We'd really like a third one.

Shane: Damn, there
he is, there he is.

Zack: There he is.
Oh, [bleep].

He on? You good, daniel?

Daniel: Yeah, I got it.
Yeah, I got it.

Zack: Ate it out of his hand.

Whoo! Fish on, baby!

Daniel: Oh, yeah.

Zack: We ain't been
fishing 30 seconds.

Daniel was dropping
it back and it hit.

So number three.

Let's hope he stays tight.

Brian: I'm just
keeping this one tight.

Drew's got his way
closer than me.

Bobby: All right, walk
that one in, drew.

Drew: I'm working on it.

Bobby: If we're lucky,
we'll have to figure
out which fish to keep.

Zack: He's circling for sure.

It's now or never.

I mean, we got to
have this fish.

We got to have it to
get over the top of tj.

Zack: If we can take him down
on the big boat, I mean, that
would just prove that we're

gonna be a top contender.

Bobby: It's stressful.

You hear two on, you
think, oh, that's great.

It's not necessarily
great because you're only
allowed to keep one fish.

Do you fight both fish?

Do they cross each other,
cut off, and you get no fish?

Drew: Head shaking.
Head shaking going on.

Come on now. Come off!

Fish came up, but
pulled the hook.

Bobby: The stress level as
usual just ticked up a notch.

We're only down
to one fish, guys.

You sure that's not
just weeds on the line?

Come on, country,
bring him home!

Brian: Got to get this fish.

Bobby: We're far
from over here.

So much can go wrong.

This one's big, though.
This is critical.

Come on, brian.

Brian: Right there, bobby.

That's right
where we want him.

Swivel.

Zack: Color. Deep.

Get the harpoon!

Shane: Watch out, zack.

Zack: Hurry up.
Come on, baby.

Just a little further.

Color!

Brian: Yeah. I
think I got color.

All right here he is, bobby!

Let's get him right here.

Oh, he's coming right up.

Coming up.
Here comes the leader!

He's up!
He's up!

He's up!

Bobby: [bleep].

Slob, bro! Slob!

Brian: Yeah, boy!

Bobby: All right,
get a tail rope.

Get a tail rope.

All right, come around the
other side of me, bro.

All right, tail rope's on.

Tie him off.

Brian: Whoo! Got one!

Bobby: Bedbug, baby!
There you go!

Brian: The tail rope
is slipping, man.

It came out. Holy [bleep]!

Bobby: We ain't got
nothing in him now, bro.

All right, get
a gaff on his head.

I'm tight, put it in gear.

Bump it now!

Dude, I'm gonna
lose this fish.

Brian: The tail rope,
it's slipping, man.

It came out.

Bobby: All right.
Get a gaff on his head.

I'm tight.
Put it in gear.

A little bit now.
A little bit.

Brian: Well, this is the
only rope on the fish.

Dude, I'm gonna lose
this [bleep] fish.

I'm hanging on
to one damn rope.

Bobby: You've been
[bleep] stop yelling at
me all [bleep] morning.

Brian: I'm just
telling you, bro.

I'm about to lose the fish.

Bobby: I'm done with it, bro.

Dude, I'm on my
hands and knees, bro.

Brian: Dude, it almost
slipped out of my hands.

I'd bet you'd have been a
lot more upset if I lost it.

I had no idea, bro.

Brian: Please listen
to me sometimes.

Bobby: Let's get
that tied off.

Daniel: Swivel.

Zack: Swivel.

Color deep. Come on, baby!

Just a little further.

Daniel: Stick him!

You got him on
this one, brother.

Dang, shane. Come on.

Daniel: Hurry up right now.

Zack: Come on, shane.

Daniel: You ain't hit him yet.

Zack: You missed again?

Damnit. Come on.

We can't lose this one.

Daniel: Stick him!

Zack: Yeah! Hell yeah!

Tie him off fellas.

Daniel: Throw something
[inaudible] right behind you.

Zack: Hurry up.

Daniel: Four.

Zack: Whoo! Rasta rocket!

Bobby: I love you, man.

Drew: Come on, bobby!

Bobby: Oh, there's
a jambalaya.

Brian: 90, 96, 96.

Eric: Yeah, baby!

Zack: Oh, yeah.

Daniel: Ready to
put a tape on it?

Shane: 90.
Zack: 90 inches.

Oh, yeah, hell yeah.

Bobby: I had no idea you had
a three-foot tail rope on it.

Brian: You're mad I'm yelling,
and you're not listening
to what I'm yelling about.

You're too mad I'm yelling.

Listen to what I'm saying.

Bobby: I didn't know the
tail rope wasn't tied off.

He had like four foot of rope
and he's pulling like this.

Brian: It wasn't
the prettiest, it's
in the [bleep] boat.

Bobby: Future
reference, how about we
tie the tail rope off?

Zack: How about it, reed?

You on this one?
We got one dragging.

Reed: Oh, god.
Pocket rocket is on fire.

Steve: There's a new
rasta man in town.

Banks: He's got a chihuahua.

Reed: Every dog has its day.

Banks: He's like a miniature
version of the hot tuna
and the pinwheel combined.

Tj: Sounds like the rasta
pocket got another one.

Getting smoked by a 25-foot
center console today.

Zack: I know the rasta
rocket is underestimated
by everybody in the fleet.

But this third fish, this
should concrete it in their
mind that we're here to play.

Minnie, you good?

We're gonna go see if
we can't make breakfast.

Shane: I think they're
doubting us, but just got
to show 'em we're dedicated.

Zack: It's a pretty good
way to start the morning.

Bobby: Back again, dennis.

Dennis: Back again.
Right on!

Bobby: Got a
beautiful fish today.

Beautiful. It's not a fluke.

Drew: That's not a
fluke, that's a tuna.

Bobby: Tempers are
flaring a little bit.

It's getting a little
pissy out there.

[bleep] it.

At the end of the day,
we'll raise the fish.

We hook him, we'll
bring him in.

We're gonna close
the gap tomorrow.

That's fact.

So what do we have, dennis?

Dennis: 357 pounds
dressed, guys.

Bobby: Nice!

Dennis: Let's go see
how it grades out.

Bobby: Absolutely.

All right, dennis. What
are we looking at?

Dennis: Very, very
nice tail color here.

Unfortunately
not a lot of fat.

Bobby: Let's take a
look at that core.

Very nice red.

Dennis: If this fish had
some fat, it would be big
money with this color,

but just a little bit lean.

Just doesn't have
the fat, though.

Bobby: Bottom line.

Come on, dennis,
make it happen.

Dennis: $16 a pound.

Bobby: We'll take it.
We'll take it.

Thank you, dennis.

Awesome. Thank you.

Dennis: Thank you, guys.

Bobby: Obviously, you want
top dollar for every fish.

Listen, it's a paycheck.

You know, we never
sneeze at a paycheck.

Any day you get a
paycheck, it's a good day.

Shane: Best part of the day.

Coming back with the meat.

Outlaw. They're tired.

Zack: Minnie, look.
Say hey. Say hey.

Being so young and fishing
against all these guys,
it's pretty intimidating.

I mean, these are guys
that I look up to, but
we're here to compete,

and that's exactly
what we're doing.

Bill: Hey, guys.
Got the third fish I see.

Zack: Oh, yeah.

I think this one's the diamond
we've been looking for.

Daniel: At least gold.

Bill: We'll find out.

Let's go and get her
up and see what we got.

Zack: Watch it.

We're getting ours.

We're getting our
piece of the quota.

All right, what do we got, bill?

Bill: 450 pounds, guys.

Zack: Heck yeah. All day.

Bill: See what we
got on the inside.

Zack: That's what matters.

Bill: That's what it's
all about right here.

Y'all did great on this fish.

I mean, tons of
fat, great color.

I mean, my gosh, this
fish is a whole another
species of fish.

Let's see what this
core looks like.

Zack: Oh, man.

Bill: Look at
that color, boys.

I ain't seen many
diamonds yet.

This ain't looking
too far off.

Man. I think I can
do $29 a pound.

Zack: Dang, dang!
I about fell over.

Shane: I think it's gonna
wake the whole fleet up
when this one gets out.

I'm sure they thought that
we were some young guys

on a small boat just
trying to fish.

But we've said it from day
one, we're here to win.

So we're just gonna
keep it rolling.

Zack: We'll see you
again tomorrow, man.

Bill: Yes, sir, that'll
do it, yeah.

Zack: Man,
breakfast is on me.

Narrator: Little boat
rasta rocket's big fish
rockets them to the top.

While hot tuna cools their
heels in fourth place.

Pinwheel keeps the north
in the competition.

And falcon sinks to the
bottom of the board.

Zack: Hey, baby, I see you.
I see you.

You ready to catch a tuna?

Yeah, you're sweet
this morning.

Sweet this morning.

Minnie, she's pretty
much the most valuable
member of the crew.

She's pretty lucky, actually.

The first fish me and
daniel ever caught together.

We'd been up here for like a
week and we hadn't caught a
fish and we rubbed minnie

on one of the reels.

And dang if it wasn't
the reel that got bit
the very next day,

it's a tradition that we
keep alive every trip.

Are you ready to
christen the reels?

Yeah. Get 'em warm.

Daniel: Won't be long now.

I wouldn't bet against minnie.

Zack: Need to catch a tuna.
Yeah, yeah.

Need to catch a tuna, baby.