06x12 - The Home Run

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Narrator: On this episode...

Tyler: We're on! Whoo!

Narrator: Of
wicked tuna outer banks.

Bobby: Epic run, dude.

Narrator: Time on the water...

Tyler: This is the tough part.

Narrator: Is time
away from family.

Eric: It's hard, man.

Marciano: We're having
a tough season down here.

Narrator: But for
these captains...

Tj: We're on! We're on!

Narrator: Every fish caught...

John-michael: That's a big
stress relief right there.

Narrator: Provides for
those that matter most.

Zack: We're just gonna try
something a little different.

Narrator: And while a
pair of southern brothers...

Eric: All right, back up, adam.
Adam: Pull him in.

Narrator: Dominate the fleet.

Adam: You don't get a
day off until this is done.

John-michael: Whoo.

Narrator: Another will
do whatever it takes...

Banks: Reed and I
were brought up in a
pretty competitive family.

Reed: Put steve on it
if you can't keep up.

Narrator: To preserve
their family legacy...

Banks: Another crazy
fish might be gone.

Narrator: Or go down fighting.

Adam: Come on!
Tyler: There he is.

Keep reeling, keep reeling,
keep reeling, keep reeling,
keep reeling.

Eric: Take a shot!

Narrator: This is...

Eric: Take a shot!

Narrator:
Wicked tuna outer banks.

Eric: Best family
comes out on the top.

Narrator: With the
quota running out fast,

southern boat offshore outlaw
has battled their way to the

top of the fleet.

But only a few hundred
dollars separates them from

fellow southerners
rasta rocket,

with reel e' bugging
not far behind.

And with pinwheel,

kahuna and hot tuna
all in contention,

it's still anybody's game.

Only northern boat falcon
is at a major disadvantage

struggling at the
back of the pack.

John-michael:
There's always work.

Even your day off is
not truly a day off.

Eric: How many times have you
told me you wanted to go home?

John-michael: Yeah.

My kids are kind
of young right now.

But they still get
on there and they can
see me and of course

they're always, like,

"when you coming home?
Why are you working?"

eric:
With jaime now, she's like,

"how much longer is
the season gonna last?"

I was like, "I have no,
can't answer that."

john-michael: Yeah.

I've never been away from my
wife or my kids this long.

We have a lot of days that
were fishable and we could not

go home to see our families.

We're on the top right now,

but the quota could
end in two days,

it might end in five days,
you know.

We got to go out there like
it's gonna end tomorrow.

So, we got to get
every fish that we can
before the quota does end.

But it's like, you know,

you don't want it to
end in a way because that's

how we get our money.

Eric: This is hard
to tell the family the,
how this system works.

John-michael: Yeah.

Eric: You got such a small
window with this quota to

leave and sleep on this
boat with three grown men and

try to fulfill all these
promises that everything's
gonna be all right.

John-michael: I know.

I still wanna be playing
with my kids, eric.

Eric: It's hard, man.

John-michael:
I miss being home,
but at the end of the day,

I'm out here
catching these bluefin
for the good of my family.

Eric: We just need
a few more fish, man.

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

John-michael: Yep.
It's a long, tedious process.

[snoring]

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

there he is!

That's him!
That's him! That's him!

All right, big dog!

Eric: Tighten the drag!
Tighten the drag.

Adam: Is he taking
the line out?

John-michael: Yeah!
Adam: Thank you.

John-michael:
I'm keeping him tight.
He's still taking it.

He's still taking it.
Really taking it.

Eric: That's him.
Adam: For sure, 100%
john-michael: Yeah.

Eric: Man,
we need this fish bad.

We didn't just leave
our families to come up
here and have a good time.

We have to produce.

John-michael: Oh, man.
A lot of head shaking.

Adam: Get a gaff.
What is it? Is it tuna?

John-michael: And he's
fighting like a damn tuna.

Adam: Crank it,
crank it, crank it!

Pull him in, john!

John-michael: Swivel!
Hammerhead.

Adam: Are you kidding me?

John-michael:
Son of a [bleep]! Dammit.

Adam: God almighty.

John-michael:
I can't believe that.

Eric: Let him go.

Adam: Oh, man,
[bleep] giant hammerhead.

Tj: Shark? Thank god.

Adam [over radio]: Dammit!

Tj: He's so sour.

Eric: Very disappointing
to see that shark come up.

You know,
we're away from home.

We're away from our wives.
We're away from our kids.

So, it's imperative to make
this season a success.

Gonna take an hour to regroup.

With seven kids
between the three of
us, every fish matters.

Adam: We'll get one.
Got all day.

John-michael: Thought
that was our ticket home.

Bobby: All right, my brother.

It's off. Alright,
drew we're clear, man.

Waking up to head out.

Hey, I just checked
the pelican app.

We're good.

Drew: They're
loading groceries?

It's gonna be flat?

Bobby: As flat as a*s.
Ready to go?

Drew: Almost.

Bobby: It's been draining
not being able to get home
and see your family.

We've been pushing and
pushing and pushing.

So it's, you start to
get a little homesick.

You know, you miss the
people you care about.

Hey, you do, you're up!

Bobby: What's
going on, buddy?

Why are you up?
It's like 2:00 am.

Bobby: Tell 'em
to lower the heat.

Bobby: All right.
Maybe I'll get you out
here for a trip soon.

What do you think?
You like that?

Bobby: I have two boys.

I have a 25-year-old.
His name is bobby.

I have a 12-year-old.
His name is jack.

Yeah, I'll call you in about
five hours when we get back.

Catch a fish and
turn around, all right?

Jack [over phone]: Okay.

Bobby: Jack's a fisherman.

You know, he'll go offshore
tomorrow if I ask him.

It's, all right,
I love you guys, man.
I miss you.

I'll talk to you tomorrow
when we get back.

Bobby: All right. Bye-bye.

I don't know if he's ready
to fish in the outer banks.

It's a little rough down here.

But he could,

he could do anything he
wants to do because he really

just doesn't take
no for an answer.

Reminds you of someone.

Ready to go?

Drew: Almost.

Bobby: My boys wanna
see dad come home.

But we're not going home
until we beat everybody.

That's just how
we approach it.

So, with the quota
evaporating rapidly,

we just need to be consistent
if we want to do that.

Let's go fishing.

Drew: Let's go fishing.

Bobby: Hey,
let's go catching.

Drew: Let's go catching, bob.

We'll get it right
one of these days.

Brian: Let's get it, boys.

Banks: Just getting
going here this morning.

Quite a few boats
out here today.

Steve: Hotel atlantic.

Banks: Looks like a
floating city out here,

but we got our
baits in the water.

Should be getting a
bite any second now.

So, right now we're
in fifth place.

Not where we wanna be.

You know, we're hoping we're
gonna climb that ladder and

get to that top spot.

Steve: Any second now, banks.
Any second now.

Banks: All right.
Any second.

Looks like a pretty day.

Reed hasn't started
being a kook yet so
just give him time.

Reed and I were brought up in
a pretty competitive family.

Our dad definitely never
took it easy on us.

He was a,
he was a ballbuster.

And I think reed really picked
a lot of that up from him.

Reed: [bleep].
Today junior.

Why am I tripping
on all this [bleep]?

Twenty-right more minutes of
rigging this pole up here.

It's freaking done.

Banks: He doesn't take it
easy on anybody on the boat.

If you mess up,
he's gonna let you know you
messed up and correct it.

Reed: Hope steve isn't too
comfortable over there.

Better be finding some
five-hour energies.

Oh, there's a mark.

We're marking.
Need to get it.

We should get a
bite out of that.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

there it is.

Steve: We're on!
Banks: Got 'em on.

Reed: Watch out!
Let him run.
Let him run.

Hooked up.

Hey, I'm gonna move, steve.
Come under me.

Under, under, dude!

[reel unspooling rapidly]

banks: All right.
Taking line.

Reed: I think tyler
might be right there.

Banks: This guy's
gonna cut us off.

Reed: Pinwheel.

Reed [over radio]: Pinwheel?

Tyler: What, what, what?
You there?

Reed [over radio]:
Watch out behind me, tyler.

You're trolling down
my fish on top there.

You're like coming
right for it.

Just be aware.

Tyler: Come on.
I don't wanna hear it.

Just worry about that tuna.
That's all that matters.

Reed: How much heat
you got on him?

Banks: I mean I bumped it up
right when I got on the rod.

Reed: A lot of boats here.

We got to get
this thing tight.

Banks: Bump it ahead.
Not too much.
Not too much.

Reed: Come on.
You're in control here.
Turn that [bleep] handle.

Banks: Tighten me up.
Tighten me up.

Reed: What am I gonna do?

Banks: Go forward!

Reed: Put steve on it
if you can't keep up.

Banks: Tighten me up.
Reed: Shut up!

Banks: Tighten me up.
Reed: You tighten you up.

Put steve on it.

Let him turn the
[bleep] handle.

Banks: Steve.
Reed: [bleep], [bleep]!

Banks: You ready?
Steve: Yeah.
Banks: Okay.

Steve: Feels tail
wrapped or something.

Reed: Is he taking line, or?
Steve: I see our mark coming.

It's just weird.

Reed: Oh, god.

I won't even get
that [bleep] in him.

Get back on there.

Steve's got to
file that dart tip.

Banks: Keep me tight.

Reed: File that dart tip.

Oh, you could
definitely lose the fish if
the harpoon's not ready.

You've got a very
short window to actually
get a harpoon in that thing

and seal the deal.

You know, you can
throw the harpoon as hard
as you can and you hope

it goes in deep.

But sometimes it
barely breaks the skin.

My last fish,

I basically just
knocked the fish out with the
blunt end of the harpoon pole.

Banks: Maybe that's a new
trick we'll come up with.

Reed: We don't wanna
do that anymore.

Give her some big
pulls across your file.

Get ready, steve. Oh.
Come on, dude.

Banks: Just a little bit.
Reed: Walking away.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.

Banks: Tighten me up.
Reed: Hurry, man.

The [bleep] you doing?
What?

Banks: Might be gone.
Reed: What the [bleep]?

You lost him?

Banks: I don't know.

Reed: What the
[bleep] is that?

[bleep] amateur hour.

Banks: Got 'em on!
Tighten me up.

Reed: Whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

Banks: Might be gone.
Reed: What?

Banks: It's kind of weird.
Reed: Gone?

Banks: Hard to tell.

This one's another
crazy hot water fish.

Reed: We lost him?
Banks: No, he's there.
Reed: Damn.

You can't say he's gone.

Banks: Feels like it.

Reed: Oh my god.
Amateur hour back here.

Banks: Yeah. Okay.

Reed: He's gone.
Banks: Yeah, he was gone.

He was swimming right at us.

Reed: He's a little bit
of a hard a*s at times.

When there's work to be done,

I expect you to know
your role and I expect
it to be done perfectly.

We've been doing
this long enough that
second best is not an option.

Banks: Look at that rod, man.

I just saw deep color
angling under the boat.

Swivel.

Bump it. Bump it.

Reed: Bump it.
Wheel to the [bleep] right.

Steve: I got it.

Reed: Bump it. Bump it.
Go ahead, put it in gear.
Leave it in gear.

Banks: Hurry up.
That's all right.
That's all right.

Reed: All right, stop.

You got to go with
the situation.

It's gonna be the same thing.

Go ahead and turn the wheel
back the other way now.

Give it a bump so he doesn't
get up alongside you, steve.

Bump. Bump. Bump.

Steve, steve,
leave her in gear.

Banks: Bump it.
Reed: Turn your rod out.

Gaff.

Banks: Get the tail, quick.
Yee!

Reed: Take this
thing to the other side
before you [bleep] celebrate.

We're jammed up here.

Oh, god. Watch the gaff now.

Okay, now you can [bleep]...

Banks: Can we celebrate now?

Reed: Yeah.
Well, I mean we can't [bleep].

Steve: I'm already over it.

Reed: Woo!

Banks: Our dad definitely,
he was a ballbuster.

I think reed picked a
lot of that up from him.

You know, to be good,
you got to expect
a lot out the crew.

Reed: Got him.

86 inches, 86.
Pretty work.

Definitely no sea
monster though.

This is good.

Steve: Happy, happy, happy.

Banks: It's called
having a hard dad.

That's how he was with us.

Tj: We need a fish bad.

Mike: Reed just landed one.

Tj: I'm gonna put
the boat on a drift.

Marking 'em right here.

Look.

Jarrett, let's
put her on a drift.

Bubby, get me some
alcohol and a paper towel.

A couple days ago,
bubby blew his knee out.

[bleep]!

Jarrett: What
happened to you, bubby?

Mike: Went to favor my right.

When we hit a wave,
my left one slipped and
[bleep] just popped out.

Tj: But he was able to
rest his knee and he's
back onboard this week.

He's my brother,
I love him.

And, you know, we're a team.

You know,
there's no "I" in team.

We do this together.

So, although I know me
and jarrett can get it done,

michael's a big
part of the team and I'm
glad to have him back.

These are boston
mackerel from back home.

Fire 'em down.

See if we can get lucky.

Basically, you know,
putting these down
is just like we,

how we fish up north.

I'm gonna suspend
it down and try to get
in front of their face.

You know, the fish are
pushed down right now.

They're not up in the water
column feeding like they were
earlier this morning.

This is what works.

We're marking fish right now,

but we just can't
seem to get a bite.

So, we're just gonna
switch things up and try
drift fishing for a while.

Hopefully we can make
up some ground and put
some meat on the deck.

Bubby's back
onboard this trip and
we're gonna make it happen.

Mike: Hopefully a nice big
tuna comes and holds on.

Marciano: Contact.

Okay.
Message.

Facetime. Okay.

Joe: It's not looking good
for the falcon right now.

We're not making any money.

It's been a tough
season down here.

I think my dad and I really
need to take some time to kind

of clear our heads and regroup
before we head out next trip.

Marciano: Hello?
Joe: Hey.
Marciano: What are you doing?

Joe: Our family is
supporting us from afar,

but it's not the same
as being with them and
seeing them every day.

Maybe that's helping
these southern guys.

You know, they're in
their home backyard
and gonna get to see their

family every day.

That's something we
never get to experience
down in the outer banks.

Marciano: Hey,
what are you doing?

Marciano: What do you mean?
What do y'all mean?

Marciano: Why? Is it straight?

Marciano: Well maybe like
a little bit with a sharpie.

Marciano: That's what
sharpies are for, aren't they?

Joe: We're missing home
big time and especially having
a rough season down here.

But reality of it is,
we got to toughen up.

The season's not over yet.

There's still
fish to be caught.

Bottom line is,

we came down here for a
paycheck and we just got to go
out there and make it happen.

Marciano: Yeah.
We miss you, too.

All right.
Well, love you, hun.

Joe: Love you, too.

Zack: Man, I see nothing.

It's foggy as hell right now.

Shane: There
ain't no visibility.

Couple hundred feet.

Zack: It's hard in the fog.

You always got to stay looking
out for boats and make sure

you don't run over anybody.

The fog makes it extremely
difficult on our little boat

because we don't have
a radar and we're just
pretty much running blind.

Shane: Boat over to
our right, right there.

I just saw his light bar.

Zack: But I feel like
we have to be out here
every day no matter what.

Daniel, you know he's
fishing for his little girl.

Daniel: What are you doing?
What is the little baby doing?

Zack: And, shane,
he's fishing for his family.

And I feel like
shane's kids and
daniel's kid is just as

much as my
family as it is theirs.

And I got to take
care of them, too.

All we need's ours.

Why can't we get it?

Okay.

Oh. There he is.

We got a little mark or
something right here.

There he is.

Dude, I swear to god,
I'm gonna just [bleep],

something grabbed
hold of that one.

I seen the rod
load up, dude.

I ain't [bleep]
you or nothing,

it loaded.

Shane: Well, it
looks like it might be
pretty out here today.

Banks: In the harbor
with meat on the deck.

Steve: I'm gonna let you
get that on first, this time.

Banks: Yeah. Good.

Reed: We're really
hoping that this fish
puts us back in that top spot.

We not only do this
for our families,

but we're also doing
this for our hometown.

You know, we're here to
represent wanchese.

I mean we're glad to have
one more, that's for sure.

Banks: Hold it down
for the home team.

Dennis: All right.
Let's check this one out.

Banks: The big ones
like us, dennis.

Reed: This one
looks pretty good.

What are we looking
at for a core weight?

Dennis: 416 pounds, reed.

Reed: Nice, that's
better than I was thinking.

Pretty work, boys.

Dennis: Let's see
how it grades out.

Reed: All right.
Let's take a look.

Dennis: I've been watching
the meat color brighten up.

You can see it's oxidized.

And you can also see some
really nice meat quality here

due to your good handling.

And let's see what the
core color looks like.

Reed: All right.
Let's take a look at that.

Dennis: As usual you
guys take your time and your
cores are consistently good.

Reed: What are you thinking?

Dennis: Not a bad fish.

$20 a pound.

Reed: Not bad, isn't it?
Pretty work, steve.

All right, dennis.
Thanks, man.

Dennis: Thanks for the fish.
I appreciate it.
Thanks, guys. Yeah.

Reed: Yeah.
Hopefully we'll have
one for you tomorrow.

Dennis: Good luck.

Reed: With this
competition so tight,

this fish is gonna
put us in first place.

This is the way it should be.

Kahuna is not the
middle of the pack boat.

This is where we need to stay.

Wanchese boys are back on top.

Steve: I like it.

Marissa: Any marks?
Tyler: Nothing. No marks.

Marissa: I'm not
going back there.

Tyler: Even though we've
fallen behind the leaderboard,

I'm really proud
about marissa.

She's done great.
She's done well adjusting to
the different type of fishing.

And I really definitely
wanna get a win.

Definitely wanna
try and win down here
and win with my sister.

It'll be epic.

Marissa: Aya-yay.

Tyler: Oh, here they are!
Here's the herd.

Come on, now.
Marking 'em right now.

Marking 'em.

Holy [bleep], marking 'em.

Tyler [over radio]: Oh, boy.
Hold the [bleep] on.

Nice little pack of them.

All right,
let's get it done today.
Let's get it done today.

[beeping]

[wind]

[beeping]

get me a bite.

Come on,
make it a good morning.

Come on, keep going.
We're on! Whoo.

Get it on, merm! Whoo.

Marissa: We got him!
Tyler: We need this one.

Marissa: We got him.
Another big boy.

Tyler: Another big boy.
We need this one. Keep going.

Keep reeling, keep reeling,
keep reeling, keep reeling,

keep reeling,
keep reeling,
keep reeling.

Woo-hoo.
Got him on.

Yeah, merm!
Keep going.
Keep pulling.

Me and merm are having
a tough time right now.

The southern boats are
ahead of us and it sucks.

I don't wanna be
behind these guys.

They're kicking
my butt right now.

I wanna go head to head.

I wanna be competing
with these guys.

Good job, merm.

Keep going, keep going,
keep going.

Good job, merm.
Gaining.

Just get back to
the jerry brown.

Get some,
get some,
get some.

Good job.
Still down 40 feet right now.

That's the tough part.

Marissa: Going under the boat!
Going under the boat!

Whoa!

Tyler: All right. He's big.

Marissa: Get him?
Tyler: I threw over him.
Marissa: Going back down.

Tyler: Easy, easy,
just let him circle out.

Get ready to get some.

Got him!

Marissa: Got him?
Tyler: Tail gaff.

Marissa: Got it.
Tyler: Big boy. He's pissed.

Pissed.
Come here.

Tail rope. Woo-hoo.

Marissa: We got another one.

Tyler: Yes, that's right!

All that hard work paid off.

We stayed out here, we grinded.

This is exactly
what we want here.

Nice quality bluefin.

Try and make up some
distance on the leaderboard.

Get in this race.

Show these new boats
in the fleet they ain't
all they think they are.

It's really cool to
be working with my
sister and, like,

be like a team.

I mean she's k*lling
it in all aspects.

She's doing everything
I asked of her and
she's holding her own

on the back deck.

I wouldn't trade
her for anyone.

I'm happy. Butterball.

Marissa: He's big. 93, woo!
Tyler: Woo! 93-incher, yeah!

Marissa: Woo!
Tyler: Woo! Way to go, merm.

Marissa: Good job, ty.

Tyler: Happy, happy,
happy, baby! Woo!

Atta girl, merm.

Marissa: We're just
getting warmed up here.

Dennis: Hello.

Wow, look at him.
Looks like a fatty.

Marissa: It really does.
Tyler: Bring in the forklift.
Dennis: Yeah.

Tyler: My sister kicks butt.
She's got salt in her veins.

There's no doubt about it.

She's a good angler.

And she can stay on the rod.

She's got stamina.
She's the real deal.

She's legit.

It's a nice looking fish.

She reeled this one
in all by herself.

Dennis: Awesome.
Tyler: Another merm tko.

Marissa: What do we
have for a weight, dennis?

Dennis: 327 pounds
dressed, guys.

Tyler: Good size.
Rock on, merm.

Dennis: Let's check it out.

Tyler: We're starting to
get in the groove.

We're climbing our way
back into the leaderboard,

and that's what's important,
you know.

We wanna compete
with these guys.

Ooh, look at that one.
That's a good one today.

Dennis: Nice greasy meat.
Tyler: Perfect.
Dennis: That's awesome color.

Tyler: Come on.
You got me on the
edge of my seat here.

Let me know,
what's it gonna be?

Dennis: $17 a pound.
Tyler: Awesome.
Marissa: Wow.

Tyler: Perfect.
Thank you so much.

That's what we
came down here for. Wow.

Marissa: Thank you.

Tyler: It might not be
enough to put us back on top.

But it's one hell of a payday,
and it keeps us in the mix.

Merm's come a long way.

She isn't an imitator.

She can hold her own
with anybody out here.

We just got to
keep this going.

Great job, sis.

Marissa: Thank you.
Good work today, ty.
We needed that.

Marciano: Well, joe.
I'm certainly missing home.

Joe: Yeah,
it's tough down here.

We're down here
for a long time.

And when really,
it sucks is when it's blowing,

and we don't have
anything to do, you know.

And we're all waiting
on the fish days.

Marciano: No, this isn't
our backyard you know, so.

Joe: No.
We're away from home.

We don't get to
see our family.

We're not landing fish.

It just really makes
it tough down here.

Marciano: Let's see.
Let's not give up yet.

Let's try and make
something start to happen.

Joe: That sounds
like a plan to me.

Marciano: We're
not doing so hot.

We're at the bottom
of the leaderboard.

There's no way around that.

Come on, fish.

Hopefully,
we can pull it together,

and come out of this
ahead of the game,

and not further behind.

Travis: Put the
old camouflage on.

Maybe, uh, maybe if we
get real low, sit real still,
these tunas will come up.

Joe: And there he is,
in the screen.

Travis: You know,

falcon's supposed to
be a bird of prey.

Come in silently.

Joe: Got to be stealthy.
Travis: Yeah.
Joe: Got you.

Let you guys know when
I see these bluefin.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

oh, we're on,
we're on, we're on.

Travis: Oh, jig it,
jig it, jig it, jig it, jig it.

Oh. Uh-oh.
Just missed one.

Marciano: What happened, guys?
We had a bite?

Travis: We just missed
one on the long rigger. Yeah.

Marciano: Ugh. Well,
we had a brief
moment of excitement.

So we're getting warmer.

That's just gut-wrenching.

We didn't even get a
chance to lose that one.

But I'm trying
to stay together,

and keep it positive.

At least for now.

Joe: All right.
Send him back out.

Marciano: Ah.
Getting warmer.

That's half the battle.
You got to get a bite,

but we do need a solid hook up
if we're gonna make this work.

I'm hoping.

Adam: Oh, boy. I'm tired.
Could definitely
use some sleep.

We gonna do some
shift work tonight?

Eric: Who's gonna
pull the short straw?

John-michael: Yeah.

Eric: Finally got
to where want to be.

The pressure to stay
in the lead is intense.

But with reed and banks
catching up with us,

we can't forget about them.

It's gonna be extremely hard.

We just got to keep producing.

John-michael: 37 miles to go.

Adam: It's gonna
be a long night, too.

Eric: I mean we got to
work for this twice as
hard as everybody else.

It's just simple as that.

John-michael: That's right.

Adam: All right, fellas.

Getting ready to go lay down.

Eric: It's gonna be game on.
Banks and reed,

we're throwing a
wrench in their plans.

It's gonna be the best
family comes out on the top.

I don't care about sleep.

I just wanna win this thing.

John-michael:
Yeah, that's right.

Jarrett: Ooh.
Swordfish for dinner.

I'll tell you what.

Coming out on the hot tuna,

I eat way better out
here than I do on land.

Tj and bubby 100%
feel like brothers to me.

You know, I mean,
I feel like a part of
the whole ott family.

And I mean, they just
100% my second family.

Bubby's part of the team,
and, you know, when he's
not there,

it feels like there's
just something missing.

Mike: Just drifting
along here.

Guys are hooking
fish left and right, you know,

we're fishing like
gloucester right now.

We're drifting with
baits out, so, you know,

hopefully we can get one
of these things to hold on.

Brian: Dinner is served.

Bobby: Let's k*ll
something and go home.

Oh! Watch the coffee!
It's full.

Brian: When you're out there,
you're always thinking
about your family.

Bobby has a family
at home, too.

His family understands
just like mine does.

That this is our time.

This is the season.

These guys are gonna
keep the pressure on us.

So, we can't afford a day off.

Drew: Tastes like fish.

Tj: Perfect.

Jarrett: That's
pretty damn good.

Tj: Wow.

Mike: Marking 'em.
That's a big single mark.

Jarrett: Any second now.

[beeping]

bobby: Oh. We got a mark.
Get ready!

Gonna happen right now.

Tj: We'd love to get
a bite right now.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

we're on! We're on!

Jarrett: We're on!
That's a real one right here.

Tj: Take your time
with him, jarrett.

Down and dirty, baby.

Take our time with him.
Trying to get him up.

Get a clean shot on him,
head west.

Brian: Somebody's tight.

Who is it?

Bobby: Do you hear that.

Shh.

Hot tuna.

Brian: We want ours.
That's all we want.

Bobby: We're gonna
get this fish.

[reel unspooling rapidly]

brian: Here we go.

Fish on!

Yeah, baby!
He's a beast.

Bobby: No way that's
a shark with that rod.

Brian: No, that's a tuna, bro.

Bobby: Epic run, dude.

Jarrett: I hope
this is a tuna.

Tj: Why don't you think it is?

[bleep] dumped us, bro.

Jarrett: Yeah,
but it doesn't mean [bleep].

Maybe it's like a
shark or something.

Tj: He's acting
a little weird.

Seemed like a
tuna on the bite.

But just kind of
deadweight right now.

Not doing much.

We're on right now.
We're hooked up.

But what we have on the
line does not feel big.

But I'll take a 73 incher
right now before that

quota is eaten up.

Does it look like
it on the screen?

Mike: I can't see it.
I don't know what it is.

[reel unspooling rapidly]

jarrett: That's a tuna.

Tj: Watch, watch him.
He's acting a little weird.

Was like a tuna on the bite,

but he's kind of
deadweight now.

Not doing much.

Does it look like
it on the screen?

Mike: I can't see it.
I don't know what it is.

Jarrett: Woo-hoo!
That's a tuna.

Bobby: Epic run, dude.

I'm gonna try to get
him behind the boat.

Drew: All right.

Bobby: Nice and
easy, drew. Nice and easy.

Keep him tight.

Drew: I'm gonna
look like a fiddler
crab at the end of this.

Bobby: Takeover duty.

He's losing steam.
He's losing steam.

I'm telling you.

You got to just man up.

Yeah, look.

Drew: Still tight?
Brian: Yeah.

Bobby: Come on now.
Keep reeling, man.

Got to be close, no?

Brian: We should be
able to see him soon, dude.

Oh, there he is,
I see him.

Bobby: Hey,
take over the stick.

Bump it forward when
you get a chance.

This way, he don't come
up under the boat.

Jarrett: There he is.
He's still there.

Here we go, right here.
He's coming right to you.

Tj: Hang on.
Hang on.
Got him.

Bubby, bump it forward.

A little bump.
A little bump.
That's good. Good.

Come on, come on.
Crank, crank, crank.

Mike: Let's get a tail gaff.

I got him.
I got him.

Jarrett: Tail rope!
My left, tj. My left!

Tj: Bring him up
a little more.

Jarrett: All right.
We got him, guys.

Brian: What is it? I don't
think it's a tuna, bro.

It's a shark.

Bobby: No way.

Brian: Yeah,
it's a mako shark.

Bobby: You 100% sure?

Brian: So a hammerhead.

Hold on.
Let's get close.

No, it's a tuna.
It's just tail wrapped.

Drew: Tail wrapped, yup.
Brian: A tail wrapped tuna.

Get him!
Gaff him!

Bobby: All right.

Brian: You good?

Bobby: Yeah, I'm good.
I'm good. There we go.

Brian: Did we have to
work for that one today, boys?

Bobby: Let's go.
Drag his fat a*s in.

Come on, baby.
Dude, here you go.

86 inches.

Brian: Man,
I didn't think we was
gonna get a fish, bro.

Bobby: Yeah,
this ain't the one
we should have,

but we'll take him.

We are coming back
in the morning,

if I can get this to
the dock by midnight.

So let's go.

It's gonna be close.

Jarrett: Hell, yeah buddy.
Tj: We're going home, baby.

Jarrett: Yeah. Woohoo!

Tj: Good job, fellas.
It's gonna stay in there.

It ain't coming up.

Jarrett: It's been
a long rough night,
but we got the fish.

We got it. There
you have it, man.

Perseverance is key.

Tj: Say when.
Jarrett: When.

Mike: Just ripped out of him.
Took a huge chunk out of him.

Jarrett: Woo!
Well, we got him.
He's on the deck.

Mike: He's a nice fish.
Tj: I'll take him.

He's bigger than
I thought he was.

Mike: 89.
Jarrett: 89, yeah!

Tj: Good job, buddy.
Good job.

Mike: Woo!
Jarrett: Woo!
Tj: Good job, bubby.

Jarrett: It's great to have
bubby back on the boat.

I'm sure a lot of these
southern guys are thinking

that we're just
out of the race.

We're never out of the race.

We just got to look at the
finish line and keep going,
and hopefully come out on top.

Tj: We'll get him in there.

Get him packed away.

The pelicans are
flying west, cuz.

Good job.

Bobby: Anybody know
what time it is?

Mary: You're good. 5 till.

Bobby: Couple minutes to spare.

Bam!

Mary: We'll see what
this one looks like.

Bobby: Let's see what we got.

Dennis: All right.
Mary: All right. Right on.

Bobby: We had to
have this fish,

but more importantly,
we needed to be in
before midnight.

That means we can
count this fish today,

and catch another
one tomorrow,

without going over our limit.

Reel e' bugging bringing
it right on time.

All right, mary.
What's the bottom line?

Mary: 252
pounds dressed, bobby.

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

Mary: Let's see what it
looks like on the inside.

Bobby: Yeah,
let's take a good look.

Drew: Yeah.
Bobby: All right, mary.

Mary: All right, bobby.
It's got a really
nice bright red color.

I honestly don't feel a
lot of oil in that meat.

I do feel a little bit.
I do feel a little bit.

Bobby: A little bit,
but not a ton.

Mary: Oh, wow.
Nice red raspberry color.

I love it.
Nice core.
That's beautiful.

Bobby: All right.
What's the bottom line?

Mary: $18 a pound.

Bobby: Nice, I'll take it.
Thank you, mary.

Mary: You're welcome.
Good job, guys.

Great job getting
it in on time.

We'll see you tomorrow.

Bobby: All righty.
We just fished 40 hours.

We barely slept.

Now for our reward,

we get to fuel up, ice up,
change clothes and leave.

And we're leaving
in two hours.

Every time they think
we're out of it,

you know,
we crawl our way back in.

Mike: Showtime.

What's going on, dennis?

Dennis: How's your knee?

Mike: Rough seas
and bad knees. No bueno.

Dennis: Well, that one
looks like a nice fish.

Tj: We just pulled him out.

Dennis: Well,
let's pick him out.

Tj: Wanna get him up there?
Get it weighed out.

Dennis: Yup.
Tj: All right.

We've been struggling,
and we definitely had some
obstacles in our way right now,

in between bubby's
knee and just bad luck.

So, it feels phenomenal
to land another fish with
my brother back onboard.

If there was ever
time we can use a good
price per pound from dennis,

this is it.

What do we got,
den-den?

Dennis: 353 pounds, tj.

Tj: That's the right size.
We'll take him.

Dennis: Right on.

Tj: Wanna check
out the tail steak?

Dennis: Yeah,
let's grade it out.

Pretty nice one today, tj.

It's got very nice tail color.

Tj: Yeah.

Dennis: And enough fat.

See what the core
color looks like,

that's gonna tell us a lot.

Tj: All right. Cool.

Mike: That don't
look bad at all.

Dennis: No yaki.
It's a pretty nice fish.

Tj: I mean,
this is the right
size to market though.

What are you thinking?

Dennis: I'm gonna pay
you guys 19 bucks a pound.

Jarrett: Ooh.
Tj: Excellent.

Mike: That's a good price.
We'll take that.

Jarrett: Woo.
Tj: Excellent.

Hopefully with
the family intact,

we'll turn and burn,
and make it happen again.

This is definitely
a huge bonus for us.

Adam: I guess we're
just waiting around
for a [bleep] night bite.

Eric: [bleep].

Adam: Everybody's and
their [bleep] brother, dude.

The thing is, if we
don't get back by
midnight, we're [bleep].

Kahuna caught a fish earlier,

so we cannot go
in empty handed.

We're going after kahuna.

We want that top spot.

Eric: Marking anything?

Adam: I'm right where
I'm supposed to be.

More defined here.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

eric: We're on!

Adam: Woo!
Got something on.

Get it done, fellas.

Eric: This thing is a beast.

Adam: All right. Tight.

Adam [over radio]:
Yeah, I got him straight
off the stern here.

Reed: Oh, boy.
Yeah, yeah.

We don't want
the offshore outlaw
getting ahead of us.

That's where we wanna be.
We wanna be on top.

All right. Good luck.

Reed [over radio]:
Take one of them right now.

Eric: Forward!

John-michael: I need a smaller
piece of rope or something.

Eric: Top shot's gone.

Adam: Very important that
we land this fish right now

because this fish right
here could guarantee
our lead over the fleet.

Eric: He's gonna
go to bottom, son.

Yeah, he's in the mud.

Deep color.

All right,
back up adam.

All right, forward!

This side, john.

Hold up.
Hold up!

Right here, adam.

Back up, adam!
Back up, adam!

Take the shot.

Adam: Stick him!

Dammit!

John-michael: We missed him.

John-michael: We missed him.

Adam: Dammit!

Eric: Take the shot!
Adam: Come on!

Stick him!

John-michael:
Got him! Yeah!

Adam: Tail gaff!

John-michael: All right,
tail rope.

Adam: Oh, yeah.

John-michael:
Yeah! Now he's ours.

Woo!

Adam: Yes!

John-michael: Yeah, baby!

Adam: Yes.
John-michael: Woo!

Adam: That was a
mental game, that fish.

John-michael: Woo!

Eric: Thing's at least 80.

John-michael:
Yeah, baby! Yeah!

That's a big stress
reliever right there.

That's big stress
reliever right there.

It would be awesome if
we could hold onto this
lead and beat the kahuna.

You know, not just
for bragging rights,
but for ourselves, too.

We should be making that
12:00 deadline tonight.

Eric: Yup.

John-michael: Hell yeah.

We gonna do a turnaround
and come right back.

Woo!

Eric: I mean, you couldn't
ask for nothing better.

Got him on the rope.

We're gonna make the deadline.

I mean,
we're gonna turn and burn.

What an awesome feeling.
What an awesome feeling.

Adam: Pretty fish, boys.

John-michael:
Yeah, he's a pretty.

Adam: Yeah, we'll take him.
Eric: Thanks for playing.

Adam: The dart
shot is beautiful.

Eric: Let's measure him.

Adam: 83.

Eric: Hey, a lunchtime fish.
I'll take him.

Zack: We ain't had no bites yet.

We're seeing some fish,
so we're just gonna switch
it up a little bit on them.

We're just gonna try
something a little different.

We're not doing too bad
for the whole season.

We're within striking
distance of the top spot,

so we're just gonna
keep grinding.

And it's anybody's game.

We're seeing fish down deep.

Usually, when the
sun comes up in the
middle part of the day,

they go down deeper.

This is the down rigger.

We're gonna take this weight
that's got a clip on it,

and that we're gonna send
it down probably 150 foot.

And if a fish bites it,

it's gonna pop our
line out the clip.

The fish takes off,

we reel this back up.

And our fish should stay
attached on the line.

Just trying to get
a bait down to her.

Shane: They're busting
right here in front of us.

Daniel: Two tones.

Shane: Right off our bow.

Zack: Bam.
There's the mark, boys.

Bam! That's them.
That is them.

Look at all those.

Please, we need
this one, baby.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

daniel: Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
We got him on.

Zack: Fish on, baby!
Go, go, go, go!

Give it some gas.

He took a little
bit of drag forward,

but he's burning down.

Well, whatever it is,
it's getting close.

I can't see because
of the sunlight.

Getting close now.

We got to find
out what we got.

Yellowfin.

Oh, yeah.

Hey, it's a tuna.

Daniel: You know,
at least we have some
yellowfin for dinner.

Zack: That could have been
the one that took us home.

So we're just
gonna set back out,

and hopefully the next one's
gonna be the right one.

It was a tuna of some sort.

Eric: Woo. Land h*.

With how close this race is,
not to mention the fact
kahuna caught a fish earlier.

Hopefully, scotty
will give us the price
we need to stay on top.

Adam: Let's say we take
a look at this fish.

What do you say?

Scott: Yeah,
let's check it out.

Adam: So what do
we got, scott?

Scott: We got 290
pounds dressed.

Adam: Nice.

Scott: Let's check
this thing out.

Adam: Yeah, let's do it.

Scott: All right, guys.

Not bad, not bad.
The color is good.

Really nice color.
See how the core is looking.

The core seems good.

We'll have to get you guys...

$19 a pound.

John-michael: Heck, yeah.
Adam: Nice.

John-michael:
Five grand for this
fish, that's awesome.

You know, I just
wish we could have
got a little bit more

for this particular fish.

And it's not just
the competition,

it's to get that
money that we can send home
to our families, too.

But, uh,
it's another paycheck.

Adam: Happy, happy.

Narrator: Kahuna's eight grand
payday sends them soaring from

fifth place to narrowly
edge out offshore outlaw

for the top spot.

While solid catches from
pinwheel and reel e' bugging

have them swapping
places on the board.

And with bubby back,

hot tuna's catch lifts
them into fifth place,

making the race
extremely tight.

With five boats all just
one great fish away from

stealing the lead.

Banks: Hey, you got
another, uh, plastic
utensil over there, pal?

Reed: Uh-uh.

No, what do you think I
have, an endless supply?

Banks: Yeah,
they usually come in
what's called a box.

And there's usually like,
uh, a bunch of them.

Reed: Yeah, well, and
that's not how I bring them.

I usually, uh,
bring one each day.

Banks: Reed's
style as a captain is
similar to my father's.

He definitely, uh,
picked up on the ball
busting of his employees.

Reed: You know,

there's this thing called
the [bleep] grocery store.

Banks: Yeah,
I hit it every day.

Reed: Yeah, well, apparently
you need to make a list.

Steve: Oh my god.
Reed: Shut up, steve.

Your "oh my god!"

steve: You're like the
kid with the two parents
that won't stop fighting.

Reed: Oh my god.

Steve: And I'm stuck
in the middle of it.

Banks: Whoa!
Oh, see, look.

Tightwad had one up there.

Reed: Yeah, one, [bleep].
Now I have none.

Banks: Here you go, sir.
You want this back?

Reed: No, I don't.

Banks: Here, you can
cut your apple with it.

Reed: No.

Banks: I'm going out back
where I can't see reed.

Reed:
Shut the door too, please.

Banks: Oh, it's like
so much nicer out here.

Steve: It's so quiet.

Banks: And the mood is
so much better out here.