07x04 - Pay to Play

[bunniefuu]

Woo,
let's get this money!

Narrator: Time is money...

Brandan: Give me
some of that money, baby.

Narrator: In the
hunt for blue gold.

Bobby: We spend thousands of
dollars on the fuel, the bait.

Zack: I don't see how these
other guys make any money.

Narrator: But the best of
the best are clocked in...

Dirty: Oh, tuna.
Billon: We got him on.

Tyler: We got one on.
Marissa: Okay.

Narrator:
And ready for battle.

Brandan: And they're trying
to be, uh, there he is!

Nick: Suiting up to do battle.

Marissa: It feels
like a big tuna.

Bobby: This is
a monster, dude.

Brian: If he hits the boat.

Narrator: Whether you're
a struggling captain
living on the edge...

Zack: Please, lord,
let us get this fish.

Daniel: Shane, stick him.

Shane: Dammit!
I can't see the fish.

Narrator:
Or a proven powerhouse
with a beast of a boat.

Dirty: Uh, the
wind's getting us.

Billon: Ready?
Dirty: Stick him.
Billon: Dammit, scratched him.

Narrator:
The only way to survive...

Drew: I'm fat.
This is even fatter.

Greg: Hold on.

Narrator: Is to catch...

Greg: Wow.

Dave: Pulled him off.

Tyler: Oh, sorry to hear that.

Yeah!

Narrator:
Wicked tuna outer banks.

Pinwheel is in the
lead with the other

northern boats rounding
out the top three.

Meanwhile, little shell is
on the gloucester boat's heels.

And reel e' bugging and rasta
rocket are at the bottom

with only one bluefin each.

Zack: Oh, yeah.
Back at it boys.

Oh, maybe today is our day.

Daniel:
Something's got to turn around.

Zack: Yeah.
We had some bad luck.

We've missed a lot
of days this year 'cause
of the weather that

these bigger boats have
been able to get out.

We're in the business
of making money,

and we have to catch
tuna to make money.

The more days that we
don't go out there and catch,

that's just less
money in our pocket

at the end of the year.

Our curtain blew
out on the way back to
wanchese last time out.

But it costs money
to repair it.

We haven't had a
paycheck in a while.

So we need to make some money
to get the curtain replaced.

There's always something
that's gonna break.

The boat stands to
bring on another thousand.

Daniel: Yeah.

Bobby: Ready to go?
Drew: Clear at the back.

Bobby: We're at the bottom.
We have to catch fish today.

When you're behind like this,

the first priority is to
get a fish to get a paycheck.

It requires money to
keep this operation going.

I mean, right now
we only have one fish.

I mean, it hurts our wallets.

It hurts our bank accounts.

Between fuel, ice,
bait, food, and tackle,

it's $1,000 when
I leave the dock.

That's enormous.

We're so far back, it's
just a matter of catching
one a day every day.

We got to climb
up the leaderboard
one boat at a time.

Uh, there's the rasta rocket.

Wow, dude.
These boys are flying, bro.

Drew: Yeah, they are.

Bobby: I mean, them
boys are fishing hard.

We're gonna get on
a little roll here.

I can kind of feel
it coming, you know?

We got to make a comeback.

We got to do it.

Man [over radio]:
West winds around 50 knots.

Chance of rain, 30%.

Seas, six to eight feet.

Tj: This sucks.

This is stick
weather right now.

No bait, no mammals,
no tuna marks.

You know, we'll see.

I mean, the negative
thing is you're out here.

You're spending money.
You're spending
time on the water.

And you're not
getting the result.

Just one of those days.

Little shell's over there.

Nick: Hey, you there, tj?
Hot tuna, come in.

Tj [over radio]: What's up?

Tj: That's 100%
confirmed, cappy?

Nick: Yes, sir.

I'm gonna try to tuck
in behind you if I can.

Tj: Let's go.
I'm down for anything.

Let's crank them in.

Tim: We just got
a confirmed report,

about 25 miles up the line,

there's a bunch of
tunas everywhere.

We haven't seen
nothing here at all.

There's no bait but we
decided we're gonna run

to the north and take
our chances up there.

Tj: It's a huge gamble and
it's gonna be a [bleep] ride,

but will be the
gamble we need to take.

Big, big herd.

Tim: We're gonna get
our asses kicked.

Tj: I mean, do I wanna
have to run up here and

spend money,
and burn some fuel,

and possibly not
catch something?

No.

But do I have the option?

No. I got to do it.

Our boat has one single


Filling it up for
one trip is about $750.

So if we don't catch anything,

I'm just burning money
while we're steaming around

the ocean looking for tuna.

No fish means no profit.

So making a big 25-mile
move on the water is
a major financial risk.

But a big risk could
mean a big return.

Pinwheel.

Tyler: Yes, sir?

Tj [over radio]:
I'm going north.

Giant, giant herd that's
right now up there.

Tyler [over radio]: Roger.

Dave: All right.
We're cranking them in now.

Thanks, tj.

Tj: He hears us.

Tim: Dave must love that.

Tj: It's not exactly
information I had
to give these guys,

but hopefully
if this does pan out,

they can repay the favor.

Dave: It's about a 20-mile ride,
but we're gonna do it.
There's a lot of fish.

We get there as
quick as we can.

We're all going.
We're all gonna get them.
We're all 14 miles right now.

Tj: Nick on the
little shell asked if he
could tuck in behind me.

So basically we're
just gonna break the seas
down for him a little bit.

We got about six miles to go.

Cliff: Yeah.
No worries, man. Got you.

Tyler: We've gotten
our butts handed to us.

Hopefully it pays off.

Marissa: Bumpy ride.

Brandan: We're getting
close here, boys.

There's a slick right
there ahead of us, and
them birds right there.

Cliff: Uh, wake up, yum-yum.

Brandan: Hey, nick.
Come on, buddy.

We might be setting now.

Cliff: You just
get us on the hunt.

Let me and brandan throw
the apparatus in the air.

All right. Ready?

Brandan: Yeah.
Cliff: Put her in gear.

Brandan: Best action
we've had all day.

Cliff: Brandan saw a slick
with some birds diving on it,

so we're gonna get the
greenstick in the air.

Tj: Nick, are you
seeing anything?

Nick: A slick and some
birds but it slowed down.

Tj: All right.
I'm gonna set out. [bleep] it.

Nick: We're getting
ready to get them.

Tj: Well, here goes nothing.

Let's see if we
can round them up.

Cliff: Woo! Slide that
rope out to the knucle arm.

There you go.

Brandan: Now we're
seeing some birds.

It's rougher than snot.

Cliff: It's kind of crappy.

Brandan: Hopefully
we're about to come
tight and see what happens.

Nick: Has there
been a bite yet?

Tim: We're just setting out.

The gear's out now here,
so it's just a waiting game.

Tim [over radio]:
See if this ride pays off.

Brandan: Birds and fish
go together like peas
and carrots, I reckon.

The tuna push bait up
near the top of the water
and the birds will see it.

And they're trying to be, uh.

Nick: There he is.
Brandan: There he is!

I heard it.

Cliff: Woo! Got him on!

Nick: Tight right here, tj.

Tj: You got a bite?

Nick: I said I'm
tight right here.

Stick bite.

Tj: Nick just got
bit next to me.

Marissa: Nick the stick.

Tyler: Man, they're on fire.

Dave: Nick's hooked up
right now on the greenstick.

Sandro: Oh, man. He's on fire.

Dave: All right. Let's go.
Paul: Flatten them out, baby.

Sandro: Finally made it to
where they saw all the fish,

and we're hoping
for a quick hookup.

Marissa: Dot com is
directly behind us.

Tyler: All right. Come on.

Let's get bit.
Let's get bit. Let's get bit.

Brandan: Look at that ball.

Holy [bleep]!

Cliff: Look at the ball go.
Look at him taking the bird.

Nick: Get the, get the,
get the lines up.
Get the rods up.

Brandan: Look at that ball.

Oh, my god, dude.

Cliff:
Check it out.
Woo! Big one.

Nick:
Burning me down.
Burning me down.

Turn away.
Turn away. Turn away.

Turn away from the ball.

Cliff: I got it
hard over, buddy.

Nick: That's good. That's good.
Yup. Wow.

The power of this one, huh?

Cliff: I'm gonna go
grab your jacket, nick.

Brandan: That was awesome.

Nick: Suiting up
to do battle here.

We got one on.

Cliff: Hey, pretty work
on the stick rigging.

Nick: It's fishing.
Cliff: Hey.
Nick: It's damn sure fishing.

Dave: We'll get a bite here.

Look at that.
There's one on the outside.

Paul: Yeah.
That's a sh**ter, dave.

He's coming up for it.

He's gonna hit it.

Dave: We got to
get a bite here.

Paul: You marked
a sh**ter, sh**ter.

sh**t, shoop-e-doop.

Dave: Come on. Come on.
There he is. We're on!

Sandro: We're on! We're on!
Paul: Nice.
Dave: The real deal.

Got them on at 10-010.

Marissa: Dot com's on.

Tyler: What?
How the hell did this happen?

Dave: Middle rod holder, payday.
Paul: Drop it.

Dave: Got it.
Paul: Yeah, dave!
Dave: Got them on!

Paul: Woo!

Sandro: It's about time.

Dave: We got a long way to go.
We got a lot of line out.

Dot com special.

Oh, yeah.

Sandro: All day, man.
Paul: He's a big one.

Sandro: Oh, no.

Sandro: No, no, no.

Sandro: It look
liked it popped.

Still there.

Paul: Still there?
Dave: Whoa..

Sandro: Oh, man.
He must have been wrapped up.

Dave: Ready? Three, two, go.

Sandro: Wow.
Dude, that was sketchy.

Keep going forward!

Dave: He's still there, right?

Sandro: I think so.
I don't know, man.

Nothing.

Dave: Gone, huh?
Sandro: Here, reel.

I think he's gone.

Paul: You got him or no?

Dave: He's gone.
I got to put it in gear.

Sandro: [bleep] day
long for this [bleep] joke.

Dave: It's devastating.

After all the fuel we
burned to get to this spot,

we can't afford
to go home empty-handed.

Sandro: Chewed us off.

Paul: We had a lot of
line out, you know?

Sandro: I know.
What the [bleep]?

Paul:
Broke him off. Broke him off.

Dave: We have no other choice
but to put out the baits and

hopefully get another bite.

Pulled him off.

Dave [over radio]:
Yeah, we pulled him off.
Pulled him off.

Tyler: Dot com pulled him off.

Marissa: Oh, no.

Tyler: Oh, sorry to hear that.

Yeah!

Cliff: Oh, yeah.
Now we're getting right
where we want to be.

Brandan: Hey, here it comes.

Nick: Here comes the drop.

Coming up.

Cliff: Watch it
around your leg.

Nick: When you grab the hook,

I got to back
the hydraulics off.

Cliff: Yeah.
I got you. I understand.

Nick: Coming up
here now, cliff.

That's gonna be the
fish right there.

That's gonna be the fish.

Cliff: Get your dart ready.

Nick: Definitely him.
Cliff: Talk to me.
Nick: Wait right here.

Brandan: First
available shot, take it?

Nick: Yes. Get him, brandan.

Get him!
Did you get him?

Brandan: Buddy....

Brandan: First
available shot, take it?

Nick: Yes. Get him, brandan.
Don't miss, buddy.

Brandan: Got it!
Got it! Got it! Got it!

Nick: All right. Tail gaff.

Cliff: Let me put
the boat in gear.

That's it.
Somebody talk to me
about the fish, brandan.

Brandan: Stay right there.
You're good.

Nick: Bring his tag.
He's got a tag in him.

Hell, yeah! He's tagged.
That's cool as [bleep] man.

Brandan: Yeah, baby.
Cliff: Good job, b.

Brandan: Woo!
Nick: Yeah!

Cliff: Let's get this
crap in and go home.

Nick: All right, boys.
We just put him in the boat.

Tj: Nice going.

Tyler: Merm, you got
to make this happen.

Nick just took commanding
lead of this competition.

We're all like playing
for second right now.

Nick: Woo!

[whistles]

tim: The little shell got him.
We're next, man. We're next.

Tj: I mean, I, I know
we're gonna get a bite.

Just, bluefins
used to love us.

They loved us this summer.

Why aren't they
loving us this winter?

Cliff: You know what we
got that they ain't got?

Nick the stick.

Nick: You're damn right.

Cliff: Making the call
to run that 25 miles and
burn that fuel, paid off,

but we need to
have a good price.

We need to make sure
that we're in the black
and we're not putting the

little shell in the red.

Brandan: Money, money.

Some of that money.
I need that money, baby.

Cliff: We got to cover
our expenses, and we got
to stay up at the top.

Nick: One, two, three. Now.

Cliff: Oh, god.

Nick: Let go.
Go, go, go, go.

Go down. Nice. Nice!

Cliff: He's a nice fish.

Nick: Damn, if he
ain't a fat one.

Cliff: Oh, my god.

Brandan:
This is a diamond here.
We earned it.

Nick: All right.
Tail of the tape, boys.

Cliff: 104.

Nick: 104, woo!

It says,
"iccat madrid, Spain."

iccat is the international
conservation of atlantic tuna.

That's really, really cool.

I mean, that's why we
do it, guys, right here.

Proud of you, boys.
Man, I love you guys.

Cliff: Nick the stick
is on fire.

Brandan: Nice fish.

Cliff: Hopefully this fish will
bring us some good money.

Scott: Did you guys find them?

Nick: We moved position,


uh, we found some fish.

Scott: Hey, you got
to take chances, man.

Nick: Yes, sir.
Scott: Looks like a nice fish.
Nick: Yeah. He's very nice.

All right, scotty.
Let's get this thing off here.

See what he's worth.

Scott:
Sounds good.
Let's do it.

Nick: I would say,
on average,

the little shell
spends $800 on a trip.

But those expenses are
the cost of doing business.

The higher price that
we can get for this fish,

that means the higher
our profit and the more money

that the three of us can
split for our own paydays.

All right, scotty.
What's the dress weight?

Scott: Looking at


Nick: Nice. Nice fish, guys.

Brandan: Nice fish.

Scott: Hopefully,
the core is good.

Tail cut's good.

Nick: Yeah.

Scott: Let's check it out.
Nick: Yeah, let's do that.

All right, man.
What are we dealing with?

Scott: Good color.
Super greasy. Good fat.

So as long as
the core is good,

it should be all right.

Nick: All right.
Let's look at it.

Scott: The core
looks really good.

It's a nice fish.

Nick: This is our
best-looking fish so far.

What are you thinking?

Brandan: Ya-ki it to me.

Scott: Bottom line...



Brandan:Yeah.
Cliff: All right.
Nick: Yes!

Cliff: That's what
I'm talking about.

Scott: And well done.
Nick: Long day for us.
Scott: Awesome.

Nick: I got a tuna on
my wallet to remind me,
every time I take it out,

that this is where
the money comes from.

We're gonna get back out
there as soon as we can
and come back and see you.

Scott: Sounds good.
All right, guys. Take care.

Nick: All right, buddy.
Cliff: Thank you.

Nick: This is what
we're striving for, is
to fill this with money.

And that's what does it,
is tunas.

Brandan: You can't ask
for nothing any better.

Nick: I'm proud.

Zack: The weather's nice,
and we have to go fishing.

Just gonna try to get
out here and make the best
of it and get our bite.

[beeping]

zack: Look. Marking them.

Daniel: Now we
just need a bite.

Zack: Come on, baby.
Give us a bite.

Daniel: Uh-huh.

[reel unspooling rapidly]

fish on!

Zack: Fish on! Burning it down.

Daniel: Yeah.

Zack: We got us a real
one right here, boys.

Daniel: Screamer!
This one's mad.

Zack: It's a big fish.

Bite on the 786 705.

Daniel: Fingers crossed.

Zack: Please, lord,
let us get this fish.

Shane: We need this fish.

We got to have it.
We got to have it.

Good thing daniel's
doing a good job.

We're getting close.

Swivel.

I see color way
out there on top.

Daniel: You're gonna
have to spin down sea.

But, I mean, don't go crazy.

Just turn the boat.

Shane: Okay.
Daniel: Stick him.

Shane: I can't.
Daniel: Shane. Damn, man!

Damn, dude!

Shane: I can't get it.
Come on. I can't get it.

I'm over the [bleep].

Daniel: Go, go, go!
Get him! Get him!

Shane, stick him.
Damn it, man!

What the...

Shane: I told you.
I'm over the line.

Zack: We got him. Tail gaff.

Daniel: Get the gaff, man.

Don't stick him
in the head, shane.

Shane: I got the gaff
but I can't see the fish.

Zack: Come on.
Give it. Give 'em. Give it.

Give it to me.

Daniel: Stick him in the head.

Get the other gaff.
Stick him in the tail.

Zack: Put the rope on his a*s.

Daniel: Woo!

Zack: It was a
struggle but we got him.

Pretty damn pumped
right this second.

Holden beach, baby!
Back on the board.

What a relief.
We are pumped.

This fish feels so good to
have right now because it
means money in our pockets.

Hopefully, this is a good
sign that we're on our way to

catching more fish
and getting paid.

That's the end game.

Zack [over radio]: We got
them on rope on the rocket.

Bobby: Pretty work, zack.
End game. He got them.

Daniel: See what we got.

Zack: Dang, boys.
That's a stud.

Let's see what this
thing measures out.

Daniel: 102.

Zack: That's a big one.
We got him.

That fish right there
will help us earn
a profit this year.

Damn, it feels good, boys.

Tyler: All right, merm.
Let's try and get something.

Marissa:
We're in it to win it.

Tyler: That looks
like the fishin' frenzy.

He's trolling.

Greg: That's the pinwheel.
You got them on yet, tyler?

Tyler: No, sir, not yet.

Greg [over radio]: If
I don't produce every
day, I'm not making money.

That's the most
important thing.

Tyler [over radio]:
There's the bedbugs.

You here?

Bobby: Oh, we're here.
We're in the right spot.

It's gonna happen right now.

Tyler [over radio]:
Welcome to the party.

Hopefully, my fish
is a better quality and
I get paid more money.

Bobby: Here we go.

Even though these guys
are my competitors,

I'm gonna work with whoever
I can find out here.

Each trip out here can
costs more fuel, bait,
ice, fishing line.

Those things add up fast.

If we don't land a
fish each time out,

our wallets take a major hit.

You spend tens of
thousands of dollars on the
fuel, the oil, the bait.

But the reason I have this
big boat and not a little
boat is the ability to

stay and stay and stay.

We can hold, you know,

well over


I mean, we're staying
till we get a fish.

We came out here
to win this thing.

[beeping]

tyler: Oh.
There's the marks, merm.

Nice beautiful marks here.

Bobby: Nice marks. Oh. Oh.

Bobby [over radio]: You got to
see the marks I got right here.

Tyler [over radio]:
Pinwheel's marking too.

Greg: You got to be
[bleep] kidding me.

Tyler: Let's get them.

Bobby: Here we go.

Tyler: We got one on.
We're on! We're on!

Marissa:
Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

[laughs].

Tyler: Woo! I love it.

Tyler: Woo! I love it.

Keep going, merm. Keep going.

Merm, to the rod.

Marissa: Down and tight.
Tyler: Got them on right here.

Big bite, big fish.
Looks like a good one.

Greg: Come on.
We got to get a bite here.

Bobby: We got to pull one
out of our [bleep] right now.
We really do.

Marissa: It feels
like a big tuna.

Tyler: Big wave.

Marissa: Should probably
put my jacket on.

Whoa.

Tyler: Reel.

When you're in big waves
and you're fighting a fish,

there's a lot more
pressure on that line.

You're constantly
going up and down,

and that means you're pulling
on that fish that much harder.

And things can
break at any time.

Get him, merm. Get him.

Marissa: We're on our way.

Tyler: I just got
to keep encouraging merm

to keep going because
we got no other choice.

Get some coming
off the waves.

Get some coming down.
Get some, get some.

There you go.
Let the waves help you.

We spent all this money to
get out here to the grounds.

The sea conditions
aren't getting any nicer.

We just got to
keep on grinding.

Marissa: Uh-oh.

Tyler: Keep going.
You're gaining. You're gaining.

There he is.
Keep reeling, merm.

Keep reeling. Keep reeling.

Marissa: There he is!
Tyler: He's on top.

Let's go get him.

Keep reeling.
Keep reeling. Keep reeling.

There he is.
See him up on the waves?

Marissa: It's getting
really rough out here.

Tyler: Keep reeling.
Come on. Get tight with it.

Marissa: Uh-oh. Ahh!

Tyler: Oh!
Marissa: Argh.
Tyler: Broke us off.

Damn it! He was big.

We're out here.
We're spending money.
We're grinding our tails off.

We're doing whatever it
takes to try and land fish.

And when you're not
making money and it's
hurting your wallet,

it really hurts your soul
because we're going backwards,
and that's not the goal.

Oh. Chafed him off
right at the boat.

Greg: What are you
using, dot com leaders?

Bobby: It happens.

You know, this
isn't gloucester.

Tyler: All right.
We'll set back out here.

Damn it! That stinks, merm.

Marissa: Nothing you can do.

Zack: I think it's a monster.

Daniel: Yeah, boys.
Zack: Bill, we got him. 102.

Little boat, big tuna.

Bill: That's right.
Zack: Oh, yeah.

So what we got
for a weight, man?

Bill: 525 pounds.

Zack: That's a good number.

Bill: Uh, yeah, man.

Get core sample, tail
cut, get down to business.

Zack: That's what
we want to hear.

When we bring
a fish to the buyer,

they're looking
for three main things,

a high fat content,
rich red color,

and a translucent core.

If the fish has
all of those things,

we're in for a good payday.

Bill: Uh, not too bad, guys.
Pretty good amount of fat.

Nice oily fish. Good color.
See what this core looks like.

Not a bad color.
It's consistent.

Zack: Bottom dollar...

Bill: $18 a pound.

Daniel: Oh, yeah.
We needed that.

Zack: That was worth
the butt whipping.

Bill: Yeah.
Zack: We'll see you tomorrow.

Daniel: Right on.
Bill: Good job, boys.

Zack: This is a really
great price for our bluefin.

Now we can all get paid
and we can replace our broken
window before we go out again.

Daniel: Oh, we
needed that one.

Zack: That one right there
keeps us alive for sure.

Greg: There's some
meat around here.

Oh, wow. I see the ball of
bluefish right on my bow.

All right. Try that
left rigger this time.

Start cranking it up and
skipping it towards them.

You know what I mean?

Billon: All right.

Greg: Uh, we got to
get a damn bite here.

A bait ball is when
the predators push all
the baitfish together.

In this case, the tunas
have got the bluefish
balled up on top.

You see the ball there?

That left-rigger,
crank it up, billon!

Billon: I see it.
It's right here.

It's close.

Greg: Acknowledge me.

Billon: Okay. I heard you.
We'll get another pass.

Greg: I'm definitely
frustrated right now.

The fish are
right there and I can't
get a bite out of them.

On top of that, rasta rocket's
ahead of us.

We're supposed to be
the top boat down here.

Here we are getting
sacked up by an outboard.

Not a position
I like to be in.

I'm willing to try anything
right now to get a bite.

Let's get a bluefish here.

Billon: We can do it.
We can rig something up.

Greg: They're probably gonna
be right here under the boat.

Let's get them.

They're right there.
They're right there.
Get them in the boat.

There you go. Okay.

I wanna try and get a bluefish
to use for bait because
we're matching the hatch.

If you have what they're
eating, they're gonna eat it.

Rig up one of those bluefish
to put on a flat line.

We got some free bait.
That's a good day.

[beeping]

wow.
Hell of a mark right here.

Billon: Hey, grab this
bluefish and throw
him off that side.

Here.

Greg: You know
what might work?

Throw it right into the ball.

I think if they see the splash,
they're gonna pile on it.

Billon: Okay.
Greg: Ready?

Billon: Yeah.
Greg: Make it splash.

Oh, my god.

I figured it was
worth the shot.

Billon: Yeah. Absolutely.

Greg: Oh, there he is.
Look right behind the boat.

Billon: Yeah. There you go.

Greg: Wow!
That's the one we want.

Billon: That was cool.
Greg: Look at him.
Dirty: Still tight.

Billon: Oh, I
hope he hangs on.

Greg: The bluefish worked.

I knew it would
work eventually.

Dirty: It's nice
to have options.

When they're hungry, probably
put a pickle out there.

We've done that before.

Tj [over radio]:
Get a nibble, greg?

You get a, a bite, greg?

Greg: Yeah. We got one on.

Greg [over radio]: We tried a
dead bluefish and we got him on.

Jarrett: Got bit of a ballyhoo.
We missed it.

Tj: Oh. [bleep].

Greg: Look at him go.

Billon: That's cool.

Dirty: Got a little angle
under the boat here.

Billon: Oh, wow.
He's not really settled.

Greg: Another
damn head-shaker.

Dirty: I'd be doing
the same thing.

I got swivel.

He's right here.

Greg: It's a bigeye.
Dirty: Bigeye.

Oh, no. Bigeye.
That's some money.

Greg: We'll get a
tail rope on him.

I'm coming down to help you.

Dirty: Nice bigeye.

It's a bonus.

Greg: Catching a bigeye
is great for two reasons.

One, the fish alone
will cover our fuel bill
for the trip, and, two,

it doesn't count against
the bluefin quota.

So we can keep fishing
and catch a bluefin and
maximize our profit.

Get him tied off, and we'll
go up there and try that
bluefish one more time.

Dirty: Wow.

This is gonna be
the bite we want.

I got this.

Greg: Go ahead. Let her go.

Oh, tuna!

Dirty: Look at that.
Got him on.

Greg: That was a tuna.
He ate it immediately.

Billon: Yeah!

Oh, tuna!
Let him go. Let him go.
Let him go a little bit.

Dirty: Look at that.
Billon: Got him on.

Greg: That was a tuna.
He ate it immediately.

Dirty: Yeah!
I'm gonna get my bigeye.

Greg: We could probably
put him in the boat.

Dirty: All right.
Let him do his thing
and put him in the boat?

Greg: Let him do his thing.
Yeah.

Dirty: One, two, three.

Notice how big his eyeball is.

I got the rod.

Billon: I'm hoping
we got a bluefin.

Our last fish we
just caught was a bigeye,
which we're happy to see.

I mean, it all adds up,
but it's not what we're
looking for.

This is feeling
more like a bluefin.

I'll get him to settle down.

Here you go.
Whenever you're ready.

Greg: See him on top?

Billon: Yeah.
He's kind of on top.

Greg: Here he comes.

Billon: Be careful
with that swivel.

Dirty: He's coming on top.

Billon: Go ahead.

Dirty: There he is.

Greg: Nice fish.

Billon: Oh, he's just
puppy-dogging right now.

Right here behind you.

Stick him!

Dirty: Missed him.
Billon: Damn it! Scratched him.

Greg: Man, the wind's hitting
us uh, at the wrong time.

Billon: Here you go.

You ready?
Right here. You get him?

Dirty: [bleep].

Greg: Oh, come on now.

Just gaff him. Hurry up, man.

Dirty: Got him.
Greg: That's even better.

Billon: Got his tail.

Dirty: Left side.
Right here. Yeah.

Greg: Okay. We got him.

Wow. How about that?

Dirty: Woo!

Greg: Pretty work, guys.

Billon: Just like
the old days, boys.

Greg: Not a bad day.

We got a nice bluefin
and a bonus bigeye.

That's a profitable
day for the frenzy.

Billon: One, two, three.

Up you go.
Beautiful. Beautiful.

Let's get a
measurement on him.



Greg: 91?

Nice.

That is a nice
damn fish there.

Billon: Butterball.

Zack: Pretty nasty out here.

Zack: We got our
window replaced fast.

But the expense for
the repair set us back.

All in all,
I think we're the most cost
effective boat in the fleet.

Save some pennies
anyway by getting our
gas at the gas station.

We're running on
like 70-gallon trips.

Putting the boat on and
trailering it every day.

That's another
way we save money.

Yeah. I'm sure a slip's over
$500 for a month probably.

Economically, I just
don't see how these other
guys can make any money.

So we make it work.

We just got to get
lucky and get our bite.

Greg: All right.
Let's weigh him
in and get back out.

Billon: Let's get this money.

Mary: Hello, fellers.
It's heating up out there.

Greg: We're still behind nick.

He's k*lling us.
But it's not over yet.

Mary: Well, looks like
this one's, uh, barreled out.

Hoping it's gonna
be loaded with fat.

Greg: Yeah. Me too.
Let's see what we got.

Mary: All right. Let's do.

Greg: Nice fish.
What's it weigh?

Mary: 391 pounds dressed, guys.

Greg: Beautiful.
Let's see what we got.

Mary: All right.

I see fat.

You could see right
away, it has a little
bit of fat in there.

There's a little bit
coming into the majors.

It's not too much
fat, but hopefully
the core will hold up.

Greg: Ooh. Look at the fat.

Billon: Look at that. Yeah.

Mary: You could see it's a
nice cherry beautiful core.

Greg: Well, it's all well
and good, but what's it worth?

Mary: I'm gonna say...

$16 a pound.

Greg: I like it.

Billon: Cool.
Greg: Thank you, mary.
Mary: I like it too.

Well, I'll take one every day.

Billon: We will too.

Mary: All right.
I'll see you tomorrow.

Greg: I'm really happy we got
a good price for this fish.

It keeps the paychecks
coming in and it keeps
us in the competition.

We're not going anywhere.

Billon: Money in
the bank, baby.

Greg: We needed this one.

Bobby: We're gonna
get ours, dude.

We're gonna get ours.

Brian: Any minute now.

Bobby: We just got a spot.

I got rocket right here
kind of trolling in traffic.

A lot of boats, so you
got to really keep your
eye on things, you know?

Those rasta rocket
boys are tough.

I mean, when they can get
out here, they fish hard.

They got another
bluefin, and they are
pulling way ahead of us.

If we don't get
a bluefin soon,

our expenses are
gonna be too high to

continue coming out here.

What the hell was that?

Oh, there's dolphin right here.

Brian: Blowing up
right there, bobby.

Bobby: I sure as
[bleep] just saw that.

We got dolphin everywhere.

We got marks.
Nice marks. Mother lode!

Come on. Come on, boys.

Brian: Come on, baby.
Bobby: Get ready.

[reel clicking]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

brian: Oh, there he is.

Oh, that's him.
That's him, boys.

Bobby: Game on.

Brian: Look at the fish.
He's smoking that drag.

He's way out there.

That's the farthest out
I've ever seen on this spool.

It's a big one, bro.

Walking him in, bro.

You wanna get
some for a minute?

Bobby: Yeah.

Brian: I wanna take
this jacket off.

Bobby: All right.

I mean, based on this run,
this could be a monster.

It means everything.

This could be the one that
turns our season around.

He's ready to come, bro.

He's starting to come.

Brian: We got him straight
up and down almost.

Look how big he is.
He's getting under.

Go, go, go, go, go!

Bobby: Right here, bro.

Brian: Forward,
forward, forward, forward,
forward, forward, forward!

He's getting real shallow
wide pinwheels now.

Bobby: Pull it forward!

Gonna do it again.

Be ahead of him.

Brian: Forward,
forward, forward.

He's moving to that
side of the boat.

I wonder if we should
move the rod to that side.

Bobby: A lot of [bleep]
could go wrong with that.

Get slack for one second,
we're [bleep].

Brian: He's
getting so close to that side.

Bobby: Forward again!

Brian: Forward,
forward, forward!

[thud]

uh, he hit the boat, bro.
He hit the boat.

Bobby: Reel!
Brian: He hit the boat.

Keep going, keep going.

Bobby: Go, go, go.

Brian: Look how big he is.

He's swimming up to
that side of the boat.

Bobby: Forward again!

Brian: Forward,
forward, forward!

Bobby: Reel!

Brian: He hit the boat, bro.
He hit the boat.

Bobby: Reel, reel!

Brian: He hit the boat.

He's moving over there.

He's moving over
there every time.

Bobby: All right.

Get on it.

Fish kept going
to the port side.

We choose the side
that's easier to fight.

That current's six, seven
knots and it's just running.

It gives them extra energy.

You know, they're smart.

Keep it going.
Keep it going.

This is where the
tension is highest.

Brian: All right. All right.

Bobby: I mean, this fish
is erratic and he's just
way too close to the boat.

Don't overdue that drag, dude.

And that means it could pull
a hook or even break the line.

I mean, this fish
already hit the boat once,

which could just destroy
our chances of catching him.

Wow. Keep going.
Give it a little bit.

We need a paycheck,

but right now this
is about moving that rod
and reel in the right way

to limit our chances
of losing this fish.

That is the only
thing that matters.

We're clear? No, we're not.

Wow.

Brian: Yeah.
It's big bro. It's a big one.

Bobby: Slow down.
Slow down. Slow down.

All right.

That was a swivel.

Brian: Yeah.
There's the fish.

There he is.
It's a big fish, bro.

Come on.
Stop right here. Right here.

Look at him.
Come on, bobby. Get him.

Oh, bobby.

Bobby: Look.

Brian: Come on, bro.
Look at him right here.

You get him?

Bobby: I got him.
Come on, baby.

This is a monster, dude.

Brian: We need a tail rope.

Bobby:
All right. Put this on.
Put it on. Tail's up.

Brian: That's a slob, bro.

Bobby: Yeah, bro!

Brian: Yeah! Got one!
Bobby: Got one! Woo!

Guess who's going home!
Guess who's going home!

Words can't describe the
sense of relief to know we're
finally gonna get a paycheck.

Jumbo model.

We need this fish to
ring the register 'cause we
need the money on this one.

You good?

Brian: Yeah.
Bobby: 110 inches.
Brian: Yeah!

Bobby: Hell yeah! There you go.

Brian: A little late to the
party but we'll take it.

Bobby: Wow. Wow.
That was special.

Yeah, we're going in
with a jumbo model.

Tim: Which boat?
Tj: Bobby dumdum.
Tim: What the [bleep]!

Tj: I mean, it's gonna
be a long night, buddy.

That's all I can tell you.

Drew: Uh, I'm fat.
This is even fatter.

Bobby: It's a game changer,


Brian: We needed that.

Dave: Bobby's gonna
make the midnight cut,

and then there's a bunch
of us out here with nothing.

Paul: We need a 100.

Sandro: We're losers out here.

Bobby: Excellent. Excellent.

We got it.
We started our comeback.

What's up, mare?

Mary: Hey, I hear you
got a whale onboard.

Bobby: Definitely a nice fish.

Beautiful fish.



A couple big fatties
like this, we'll be
right back in this thing.

Mary: All right.
Well, let's get him off here.

Bobby: Let's get her up.

Mary: Whoa!
Look how big that fish is.

Bobby: How much she weigh?

Mary: 589 pounds, dressed.

Bobby: Yeah!

That's a beast.

See what it looks
like on the inside.

Mary: Yup.

Well, I got to tell
you, I'm surprised.

Really not a lot of fat here.

You can feel it's not watery.

It is a little, a
little oily feeling.

Bobby: We need a
nice cherry core.

Mary: Let's hope for
the best on that.

Now this is a nice core.
Got a good color.

Bobby: What's the
bottom line, mary?

Mary: $15 a pound.

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

Beautiful.
Mary, thank you so much.

Mary: You're welcome, guys.

Bobby: We're gonna go get
you another one right now.

Mary: I know you are.
Bobby: Come on, boys.
Brian: Let's go.

Bobby: Uh, we're not out
of this, not by a long shot.

Brian: That's what
we needed there.

Zack: Back at it, boys.

Daniel: Headed to the meat.

Zack: We can't really
make ground the way that
the tide is pushing us and

the waves are pushing us.

Uh, we're just gonna run
a little bit and reset.

Hopefully get bit.

It's getting kind of
windy and choppy out here.

The weather might pick
up in the next few days,

which means we might
be off the water again.

If we don't get
another fish soon,

we're gonna fall behind
in this competition.

And if another road
block comes our way,

it's gonna be a huge
setback, financially.

Fresh slick.

There's a bunch
of birds getting down
right there off of the.

Daniel: Uh, we need a bite.

Zack: Yeah, we do.
What in the world.
There's the mark.

The fish definitely showed up.

They're definitely here.

Daniel:
Come on, baby. Be the one.

Zack: Come on.
Give it to us. Give us ours.

Daniel: Oh, come on.

[reel unspooling rapidly]

got them on the rod.

Zack: Fish on, baby!
Fish on, baby!

Daniel: This fish
is a maniac, dude.

Daniel: Shane, help me
move him right there.

Zack: This fish just took
out the most line we've
ever had a fish take out.

Big fish.

Daniel: There's hot tuna.

Tj: Pasta pocket,
you got any numbers?

Zack [over radio]: We are
stopped right this second.

We are stopped tight.

Tj: Unfortunately, for us,
the fish aren't
cooperating right now.

They're just not biting.

Jarrett: Man, rasta rocket,

they trailer that boat
out of the water every day.

Tim: Really?

He catches them the
kid though, you know?

Jarrett: Yeah, they do.

Zack: Come on.
That's all you, daniel.

Daniel: He won't settle down.

Zack: Good gains. Good gains.

Daniel: Swivel.

Zack: Get the harpoon, shane.

Shane: I got it.
Zack: Come on.

Daniel: He's down
there circling now.

Zack: Right now since
daniel did his job and got
this fish close to the boat,

I need shane to focus.

He needs to be ready for
the harpoon shot this time.

We just have too much
money going out and
not enough coming in.

We need this fish now.

Daniel: Coming up. Coming up.

He looks like
he's going under.

Spin it now! Go, go, go!

I think he's under the motor.

Forward, forward,
forward, forward!

He's still on the line.
There he is right there.

Zack: Get him, shane! Get him!
Get him! Get him!

Daniel: Good throw, shane.

Hell yeah.

Shane: I'm coming. I'm coming.

Daniel: Tail rope.
Zack: Tail rope.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Daniel: We got him, girl.
Zack: We got him, man. Woo!

That's right, baby.

Daniel: Yeah, girl!
We got him.

Zack: Thank you, lord.
And we got him.

Tj: I'd rather be home
snuggling with minnie.

Tyler: Oh, my god.

I wanna be home
rubbing minnie.

Tj: They're getting the
last laugh right now.

Zack: We can catch them
if we can get out here.

This fish right here is
really gonna help us out.

A high price per
pound will put some money
back in our pockets so we

can recover from expenses.

Rasta rocket's got
more money in the bank.

One, two, three.

Oh, yeah.

Let's see how long
this thing is.

Shane: 94 inches.

Zack: Good fish.

We had just a little
bit of weather window.

And as you can see,
it's getting nasty.

But we had that
little window and we
had to make it count.

That fish right
there is crucial.

Crucial, crucial fish. Woo!

Rasta rocket wasn't done, son.

Daniel: Yeah.
That's what I'm talking about.

Bill: Boys, got
you another one?

Zack: Finally.

Bill: Y'all still
in the fight.

Zack: I mean,
if we can get the weather
and get out there,

we can catch the fish.

Bill: I see that.

Zack: Let's take him
off and see what we got.

Bill: 10-4, cap.

Zack: We had some stuff
we had to overcome,

but we're doing what
we need to do to get the

season back on track.

A high price per pound
will put some money
back in our pockets.

What we got, bill?

Bill: 407 pounds.

Zack: Fat fish.
Let's check him out.

Bill: Let's do it.

Zack: Looking good?

Bill:
First of all,
a lot of fat.

Just touch that fish.

I mean, how oily
is that thing?

She's been eating good.

It's got a really
good color as well.

Let's see what the
core looks like.

Oh, my goodness.
Translucent.

Zack: That is a pretty core.

Bill: That really is.
Great color.

Zack: I mean, what do you
think the bottom dollar?

Bill: $20 a pound.
Zack: My god. That helps out.
Shane: For sure.

Bill: Y'all get out there.
Stay safe now.

Zack: Bring you another one.
Bill: That's right.

Zack: These two last fish
prices have been fantastic.

It could take us to the
top of the leaderboard.

You can't count out
the little boat.

Pretty work, boys.

Narrator: Making
a mighty comeback,

rasta rocket catapults
into first place with

two quality jumbo catches.

And little shell
and fishin' frenzy pull
into the top three.

Meanwhile,
the gloucester boats fall
to the middle of the pack.

And reel e' bugging puts
another fish on the board.

Dave: Can you imagine the
rasta rocket guys in that
little center console?

The three of them, and a dog.

They can't even go inside.

Paul: Things will
happen out here.

It's a totally
different ballgame.

Dave: When I look at that
weather, it's forecast,


winds, outgoing tide,

I wanna fuel up so
we have enough for two trips,

in case we come in
late and we can't get fuel.

We cannot miss a
day of fishing.

Paul: Uh-uh.

Dave: Otherwise, we
don't have a chance.

Paul: How many gallons of fuel
do we burn each trip here?

Dave: Anywhere
from 150 to 250.

Paul: I hope we
get good prices.

Dave: We will. Everyone
else is catching but us.
We got some catching up to do.

Sandro: Let's do this.