Jarrett: Tj, look, they're
blowing up all over the place!
Whoa-h*-h*!
Narrator: With
the bait boiling...
Tj: Bro, they're airing
it out everywhere.
Tim: Whoa!
Narrator: And the
bluefin biting...
Greg: Oh, look at
him on his bow, oh-h*-h*!
Billon: Holy!
Dirty: Got him on!
Bobby: We're on!
Tyler: We're on!
Narrator: The battle
to catch intensifies.
Tyler: This is a big fish!
Bobby: Watch out!
Brandan: Come on, baby!
Billon: That was badass!
Jarrett: Look at 'em, they're
jumping all over the place.
Tj: Bluefin season.
That's why you do this, baby.
Marissa: Get him!
Paul: I can't do anything.
He's gone.
Narrator: But will
a crushing loss...
Paul: Brings you
right to your knees.
Narrator: Jeopardize...
Dave: This is
different than home.
Narrator: Or energize
a champion boat?
Dave: Paul,
I got him right here.
Hey, come on, “payday”!
Narrator: This is...
Dave: For your dad, paul.
Narrator:
Wicked tuna: Outer banks.
Jarrett: One of the most
amazing things I've ever seen.
Gave me goosebumps, man.
Narrator: Fishing vessel
tuna.Com leads the fleet for
the first time in
the outer banks.
But local boat little
shell is close behind.
As is another
northern boat, pinwheel.
While former champions,
hot tuna and reel e' bugging,
round out the bottom in this
best of the best competition.
Dave: How's it going?
Paul: It's going.
Sandro: Not bad.
Dave: What, uh, what's
going on back home?
Paul: Uh, waiting to hear
from my brother, danny.
He's, uh,
gonna make arrangements
to see what we got to do.
Um, there's no need for
me to go back home right
now with nothing to do.
My dad's been
sick for, you know,
a little over a year now.
And he finally passed.
We got the call.
But you don't prepare
yourself for that.
He was one tough
son of a g*n, man.
Dave: Yeah, he was.
Paul: Wouldn't even be in this
industry if it wasn't for him.
Dave: They didn't even
have reels back then.
They used hand lines.
Paul: Hand lines. Yeah.
Dave: Think about that.
Sandro: The beating your
body takes doing that.
Paul: When we get finished here,
when we get home,
we're gonna make plans
to have a service,
a memory of his life.
Dave: Uh-hmm, can we come?
Paul: Absolutely, of course.
Sandro: Good.
Paul: You know?
You know, as well as I do,
you can't prepare for this,
you know?
Dave: Even me last year.
Paul: Yeah.
Dave: You know, we, we
try to prepare for it,
but when it happened,
it's still just.
Paul: You don't prepare
yourself for that.
Totally different, right?
Dave: Earth-shattering.
Paul: Yeah. It brings
you right to your knees.
But he would love us
to go catch some tuna.
Dave: You wanna
go fish tomorrow?
Paul: He would love that.
Dave: Okay.
Sandro: We dedicate
this next one to him.
Dave: Yup.
Greg: Dot com just texted me
that paul's dad passed away.
Man, that sucks for paul.
Down here away from home and
his dad passed away last night.
Bummer.
Billon, watch that downrigger.
Tyler: Oh, man
that sucks, merm.
Paul's father passed away.
Marissa: Oh, no.
That's really sad.
Tyler: Yeah, he's an og.
Og tuna legend.
Great fisherman.
Marissa: He is, he was.
Tyler: Oh, I feel bad for paul.
He's down here...
Marissa: I do too.
Tyler: It must be so difficult.
We'll say some
prayers for him.
Jarrett: Heard some crappy
news about paul's dad, huh?
Tj: Yeah.
He passed away, man.
He, he was, uh, he was
up and down for a while.
He lived a hard life, man.
He was a fulltime fisherman.
He was catching these things
in the '50s when they were,
you know, using
them for cat food.
So he's a pioneer
in the fishery.
There's no doubt, man.
Jarrett: That's a bummer, man.
The tuna, tuna gods
are looking down on him.
Tj: Yeah, maybe.
Greg: We need to take
advantage of every day that we
can get out here.
I just bought a house.
I'm doing a bunch
of work on it.
My dad's in town
doing some work that I
planned on helping him with, but
with the way the fishing's been,
I haven't had the time.
We're spending too
much time out here.
I've got my dad in town.
You know, he doesn't,
he doesn't come
down here very much.
He doesn't spend a
whole lot of time down here.
I see him a
couple times a year.
But I probably don't
make enough time to see him.
And thinking about
what's going on with paul,
I probably need
to change that.
I was hoping it'll be
something like the last two or
three years where we'd go
fishing in the morning,
get a bite, get back
in by lunch time,
have a few hours in the
afternoon to get some work done,
but it has not
worked out like that.
Tj: Oh, man.
It's been a long day.
I'm ready to go home.
Jarrett: All right.
I'll check the baits,
make sure they're ready to go.
Tj: All right, brother.
We're currently near the
bottom of the leaderboard,
and slow days like this
definitely tests my frustration.
But attitude
makes a difference,
and right now a positive
attitude will get these fish
to bite my lines.
I see some birds
on top over there.
Jarrett: Got a big
flock of birds up here.
Um, usually, they're always
kind of marking fish.
It's almost like a natural
fish finder of the ocean.
Any kind of sign of life
usually brings more life.
So a lot of times
if there's birds,
especially when they're
closer to the water,
the higher the fish
are to the surface.
So we got them right here too.
Mark right here.
Greg: There we go.
Come on, baby.
Where are you?
Tj: Come on, baby.
Where are you? Where are you?
Jarrett: Starting to
look lively over here.
We're on the meat.
Let's get this bite.
[reels clicking]
[reels unspooling rapidly]
we're on. Got a double.
Tj: Wow! Woo!
Jarrett: Oh, we lost one!
I'm going over
your head, buddy.
Oh, baby.
What a hit. Oh, my god.
He nailed that thing.
Tj: Bluefin season.
Come on, baby! Come on.
Jarrett: Tj, look!
They're blowing up
all over the place.
Tj: Oh, bro, they're
airing it out everywhere.
Woo! They got the
bluefish balled up.
Jarrett: Oh, they
definitely do. Wow.
Tj: Bluefin tuna
love bluefish.
Any time tuna can find
a school of bluefish,
it turns into a
feeding frenzy.
Jarrett: Woo!
Tj: Wow.
Jarrett: Tj, look
at them blowing up. Whoa!
Tj: This is like the
old days, bro, four,
five years ago with
these bluefin schools.
Woo!
Jarrett: Whoa! Look at them!
They're jumping
all over the place.
Tj: 602-771. It's epic.
Tj [over radio]: You get here,
you're gonna get one.
I guarantee it.
Greg: Oh, [bleep], man.
I don't wanna
run down there.
I'm marking some fish here.
You don't leave
fish to find fish.
That's like the first
rule of fishing.
He says it's [bleep]
guaranteed if we get up there.
Jarrett: Look at them, dude.
They're airing out. Wow!
Tj: Holy smokes,
look at that one!
Whoa!
Bro, that's like an 800 pounder!
Jarrett: Oh! Oh, my god.
Got one on the hook.
You got about 50 over there
jumping out of the water.
Tj: I don't know if
you guys heard me,
but if you get to me,
it's a guaranteed bite.
Tj [over radio]: I mean,
it's five years ago.
Just stupid.
Greg: Oh, my god.
Tj [over radio]: Guarantee it.
Greg: There's no guarantee.
I mean, there's
never a guarantee.
But there's four boats
ahead of us right now.
We're closer to the back
of the pack than the top.
That's never happened to us.
I've got to turn
this season around.
Listening to tj, it sounds
like I got to be there.
Well, four miles.
We can get there
in 10 minutes.
Billon: Yeah.
Greg: [bleep] it.
Let's crank them up, dirty.
If it's anything
like he describes,
we should be able
to get a bite.
It sounds really good.
We'll see when we get there.
God, I hope so.
We need a guarantee.
Jarrett: They're still going.
Oh-h*-h*-h*-h*-h*!!
Tj: Woo!
That's what it's all about.
Jarrett: Oh, my god.
Tj: That's what it's
all about right there.
That's why you do this, baby.
Jarrett: Time to
pay attention here.
It's kind of hard too.
[cranking]
tj: He's just down in
that tide, you know?
We have him close.
He's down in that tide.
He's using the tide
to his advantage.
See the frenzy is running to
us 'cause they know we're on
the meat right now.
This is some blue planet
stuff right here, baby.
Greg: Okay.
I see him up there.
Billon: Yup.
Greg: Oh, yeah.
Billon: You good? You got it?
Greg: Yeah.
Let's go ahead and set out.
Billon: All right.
Tj: Here comes the frenzy.
Greg: Oh,
that's a ball of bait.
Billon: Oh, wow.
Dirty: Oh, yeah. Look at him.
Greg: Oh, look at
him on his bow. Whoa!
Tj was right.
This place is crazy.
I've never, ever seen
this many bluefish on top
with bluefins eating them.
Holy!
Billon: Holy [bleep]! Solid!
Greg: It's awesome.
Yeah, go ahead and
shorten those long riggers up.
We're gonna get a bite here.
Dirty: Oh. Look at them.
Greg: Crank up one of your
flat lines and try something.
Might not have to.
You just missed
him, didn't you?
Dirty: There he is.
Flat line. Got him on.
Billon: Got him on. Screamer.
Jarrett: Yeah, woo!
Tj: You're welcome.
Greg: We're gonna
get a bite here.
Holy!
Billon: Holy [bleep]!
Greg: You just
missed him, didn't you?
Dirty: There he is.
Flat line. Got him on.
Billon: Got him on. Screamer.
Jarrett: Yeah! Woo!
Tj: Looks like frenzy's tight.
You're welcome.
Greg: Woo!
Double header on here.
Billon: That was badass.
Tj: Watch a big wave coming.
Jarrett: Woo!
Tj: Sorry.
Jarrett: He'll
be coming up soon.
Tj: Right. Big fish, bro.
I haven't seen
too many small ones
pop out of that school.
Jarrett: No. Nope.
Tj, get the harpoon.
I see color.
Tj: Here he comes.
Jarrett: Hit him,
hit him, hit him, tj.
You got it.
Tj: Got him.
Gaff him to your right.
Your right.
Get him in the head,
get him in the head,
get him in the head.
Jarrett: Oh, my god.
I don't got him good.
Tj: Oh, [bleep].
Jarrett: I got him.
Tj: What?
Jarrett: I got him right here.
Tj: Just lift him a little bit.
Yeah, rope's behind you.
Rope's behind you.
Good, cinched?
Jarrett: Yeah,
we're good, nice.
Tj: Woo!
Jarrett: Oh, that's
awesome right there.
Tj: You're all very welcome.
I told you if you'd get here,
it'd be quick.
Tj [over radio]: Unbelievable.
We're gonna head
to the west, guys.
Good luck, have fun,
see you inside.
Greg: Now you can't tell me
that tj's not lucky as hell.
Billon: Oh, yeah. He is.
Tj: Let's get
this fish on deck.
Ready?
Another 100 inch fish.
That's a jumbo.
Jarrett: Yeah.
See what we got here.
Ooh! The biggest one yet.
Tj: How big?
Jarrett: 1-0-7.
Tj: Woo!
Sea monster, baby.
Jarrett: Yeah, buddy.
Tj: Good job, pelican.
Jarrett: Yeah!
Tj: I love you.
Jarrett:
Speechless day right here.
I mean, I, I ain't gonna lie.
One of the most amazing
things I've ever seen.
I mean.
Tj: I mean, you can
believe in a lot of stuff,
but you got to believe in
karma and you've got to
believe in good energy when
a day like that happens, bro.
Jarrett: Yeah, it gave
me goosebumps, man.
Tj: All right, good job.
We're going west, baby.
Jarrett:
All right, man. Nice work.
Tj: The drinks are on me.
Jarrett: I've been doing
this almost ten years.
I've never seen that before.
Tj: It don't
get any more epic.
Greg: You really don't
wanna be fighting two fish.
You don't know which
one's gonna be the better one.
If you go the wrong way,
you're gonna burn
both of them off.
Right now, whichever
one we get first is
the one we're going after.
Dirty: It looks
like he's starting to
angle under a little bit.
Billon: You want me
to ease up on mine?
Greg: Yeah.
Let's work on dirty's.
Dirty: Gaining more
than we're losing.
Greg: That's perfect.
I like what we've
got going on.
Dirty: Got to be pretty close.
I'll be able to see
him here in a sec.
I got color.
Swivel's right
here in the water.
Billon: Right here.
Greg: All right.
Stick him. Stick him.
Billon: Got him!
Greg: Get a gaff.
Dirty: Mean, ain't he?
Billon: Yeah. He's mean.
Greg: I got this.
Now you get the tail.
Billon: Yeah.
Dirty: Yeah,
tail rope to my left.
Billon: Oh, oh, oh, okay.
Greg: You're on, you're on.
Dirty: All right, all right.
Greg: All right. Woo!
Let's go ahead and
put him in the boat.
I don't know what to say.
That was awesome.
Just great, great fishing.
Tj wasn't making it up.
Let's measure that fish.
Billon: 95.
Greg: But we still have to
turn that second fish loose.
We don't wanna
unnecessarily k*ll a fish
if we're gonna release it.
Billon: It's about the same.
Greg: Yeah.
Billon: Pull him up.
Greg: Hook's out.
There you go.
Billon: There he goes.
Dirty: Thank you, sir.
Thank you for playing.
Greg: Woo!
All right, guys.
Billon: About time.
Let's go home.
Let's have a beer.
Dirty: Yeah.
Greg: I'm ready to go home.
Billon: Let's go home.
Dirty: Good lord.
Thank god, bad luck's over.
Tj: Pulling back into
cheese town, baby.
Biggest one we've
caught all year.
What's happening, den-den?
Dennis: Back on the meat, tj.
Tj: They were
bouncing off the boat.
Like we just wanted to keep
hooking them and hooking them.
I mean, they were, we
could have gaffed them.
Dennis: Too easy.
Tj: If the fishing
gets like this,
it's gonna be anyone's game
and it's gonna be pretty epic.
Dennis: Let's see
what it looks like.
Tj: All right.
Cool. Check him out.
I hope this bluefin
has been feeding on
bluefish for a long time.
Bluefish are very
fatty and oily,
so that means
whatever eats them will
also be fatty and oily.
And that's what the
buyer wants to see.
What's the weight, den-den?
Dennis:
Tj: Beauty, baby.
Jarrett: Nice.
Tj: That's a sea monster.
Dennis: Right on.
Let's check it out.
Tj: All right, bud.
So far this season, our
worst price was nine bucks
a pound and our best price
was eighteen bucks a pound.
This being our biggest
fish of the season,
we're definitely hoping
we get closer to $18 a pound.
How we looking, den?
Dennis: Not bad. Yeah.
The, the tail color is nice.
You said the fish are,
are eating bluefish.
Tj: Yeah. They're greasy.
They got the grease.
Dennis: You can see they're
getting nice and tacky.
Jarrett: Ooh.
Tj: Beautiful.
Dennis: Really nice color.
Tj: So what's the
good news here, buddy?
Come on...
Dennis: $16 a pound.
Jarrett: Hey.
Tj: Beautiful, baby.
Jarrett: There we go.
Tj: Beautiful.
We need about ten more of
those and we'll be in it, man.
Dennis: Right on.
Tj: Conditions are gonna be
a little different tomorrow
but the bluefish are there,
so this possibly could
happen tomorrow again.
There's no doubt about it.
So you've got to
get out there and spend
as much time as possible.
We're bound for glory, baby.
Here we go.
Jarrett:
Let's do it again, man.
Zack: Well, boys...
That's probably it for the
trouble, don't you think?
Daniel: Yeah, I believe the
fat lady has sung on today.
Zack: We got a
little hope left.
Dropping these baits
for a couple hours.
Uh, we caught one
last year doing it.
Daniel: Oh, yeah.
We'll see what happens.
Zack: Frenzy caught.
Hot tuna caught.
We have to catch up and
get a paycheck tonight.
It's a one-fish-a-day limit.
So that means to even have a
chance at winning this thing,
we have to capitalize
and catch a fish every day
that we are out.
Come on, baby.
Give us a fish.
Daniel: Yeah,
get down there too.
Zack: Come to papa.
Daniel's counting
off fathoms which is
pretty much an arm length.
We're gonna get it down
there about 30 before we,
what's for dinner?
Shane: Pop-tarts,
mini muffins, chips.
Zack: I bet all those
other guys are fixing
dinner about right now.
Shane: Greg and billon and them,
they're probably having a steak.
[reel unspooling rapidly]
zack: Hey, there he is.
We're on!
Yeah, baby! Hooked up!
[barking].
Daniel: Hush, minnie, hush.
Hush, hush, hush.
I don't know,
it may be a tuna.
Zack: Yeah. We don't
know right this second.
All we know is
we're on a fish.
Daniel: Just what
the doctor ordered.
Zack: Well, we're
tight on something.
He ain't really ran
like a tuna yet though.
[grunt]
it's holding some
weight down anyway.
Something big.
Daniel: You never know.
Zack: You never know.
Whatever it is, it's heavy.
Daniel: Surprise us.
Zack: Please.
Daniel: There have been
a couple tuna bites
right here around us,
so that'd be phenomenal if
that'd be a tuna right now.
Shane: How am I gonna
get the weights off?
Daniel: Reel, reel,
reel, reel, reel, reel.
Reel it up.
You're gonna have
to reach, reach.
There you go.
Now we just need
to come up a tuna.
Swivel.
Zack: Swivel, about to see it.
Shane: I can't tell yet.
Zack: Looks like a shark.
Shane: Definitely a shark.
Can't do nothing with it.
Man, get a, a gaff maybe.
Zack: I got you, yeah.
[minnie yelps]
daniel: Wrong species min.
Zack: Wrong species, no good.
Daniel:
Bad luck strikes today.
Shane: Yeah.
Zack: It's tough,
but sometimes in
the darkest of darks,
there is a light,
so all we can do is put
them back in the water and
try, try again.
Greg: Frenzy's
back in the game.
Dennis: I'm seeing a really
nice body shape on this fish.
Greg: It was an epic struggle.
Dennis: Let's see
how it grades out.
Greg: How's it going?
We got us another one.
Good to see you, dad.
My dad lives in jersey,
so I don't see him a whole lot.
You know, I see him holidays
and a couple times a year,
but I just bought a house.
I have a bunch of work to do.
So he's come down and
help me with that.
How's it going at the house?
You keeping everyone straight?
Dad: Yeah. Pretty much.
Greg: Uh, good.
Dad: Pretty much.
Greg: Good, good, good.
All right, what do we got?
Dennis: 411 pounds dressed, men.
Greg: Nice.
Dirty: Perfect.
Greg: Nice, nice.
I started fishing
with him when I was kid.
So, you know, it
went from that to this.
I mean, it's hard to...
Anyway, it's hard to
believe it started,
you know, fishing with
my dad as a kid and now here I
am running a boat here,
catching tunas,
making a living.
Dennis: The fish are
just starting to oil up.
Now I think they feed
on these bluefish for
another week and we'll be
seeing some fat fish.
Greg: That's gonna definitely
make a difference in them.
Dennis: Yeah. You can see
it marbled in there good.
Nice clarity in the core.
Nice fish.
Greg: This is the moment
we're waiting for.
Dad: This is it.
Greg: Bottom line, what
do you think she's worth?
Dennis: $16 a pound.
Greg: Six grand for the day?
I'll take it,
it's not a bad day.
Dennis: All right, guys.
Thank you very much.
Good job on
your fish as usual.
Greg: All right.
Dennis, thank you.
Dennis: Thank you.
Greg: All right.
It's a paycheck.
It was a tough one but we
earned it and we're going back
out to do it again.
So that's the whole process.
I will, uh,
I'll see you at the house.
Dad: Okay.
Greg: Great job, guys.
Let's go do it again.
Dave: Just looking at the
temperature chart there.
We're gonna go from cold
water right into warm water
just within a
couple hundred feet.
That's where we wanna be.
You ready to catch one?
Paul: Yeah. I'll catch one
in honor of my dad today.
Sandro: A nice, big one.
Paul: It'd be nice to
get a big, big fish.
We were walking about
it on the way down,
"how nice would it be to
get a 100 inch fish today?"
dave: Well, let's do it,
for your dad.
Paul: Yeah.
Sandro: Yeah.
Let's rock and roll.
Paul: Let's do this, baby.
Fire this big baby up.
Hell yeah.
Dave: My dad gave us a fish.
Your dad's gonna
do the same thing.
How's that, paul?
Paul: Sounds great to me.
Dave: We're gonna do it.
All right. Who's going?
You guys go to sleep.
We're gonna get them today.
Sandro: Yes, sir.
Paul: Tuna heaven.
[coughing]
bobby: It's been
a tough season.
We've only caught two fish.
It makes me sick.
And now we're actually
physically sick.
Being this sick, this ill
is impossible at home,
never mind out in the ocean.
[coughing]
brian, I'm giving
us one hour to hook up and
then we got to head in.
[phlegmy cough]
[groan]
[beeping]
hey, we're marking them.
We got nice marks
on the screen.
[beeping]
[reel clicking]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
brian: Fish on. We're on.
Bobby: Oh, yeah.
We're hooked up.
Brian: Come on, baby.
Bobby: Oh, boy!
Oh, boy! Oh, boy!
[cough]
[cough]
oh. Out of my way.
Watch out!
[thud]
[cough]
brian, you all right?
Brian: Yeah.
Bobby: I've never
wanted a fish so bad.
Me and my crew could
barely stand up we're so sick.
We just wanna go home.
Brian: We're wrapped
up in these lines.
Bobby: Our lines
are all tangled,
and that means the
line with the fish on it
could snap at any minute.
Now that would
really make me sick.
I'll cut it.
I don't give a [bleep].
Brian: It's wrapped up here.
Bobby: Want me to back up?
Reel it up, drew.
That's how desperate we are.
I'm ready to lose all
that money on tackle
and bait if I have to.
Get it off the rigger.
I'll do this.
Brian: Get it off the riggers.
Bobby: Come on!
Can you see it, bri?
Brian: Over the top.
Over the top.
Bobby: What's this?
Brian: That's the line.
That's the line.
Bobby: It's going
all over you.
Stay with the fish.
I'll get it.
[coughing]
brian: I don't know
what's going on.
Bobby: Is he there?
Brian: I don't know.
I think so.
Bobby: Keep going.
Uh, switch with me.
You're probably exhausted.
Brian: I think he's gone, bro.
I felt that other line,
bro, that other line.
Bobby: Nah.
That's naked, man.
Naked. He's gone.
We can't catch a break.
Want to close this deal, man?
Brian: Yeah, yeah,
I got it, I got it.
Bobby: We had him.
Brian: Pulled the hook.
Just got lucky. He evaded us.
He gets to swim another day.
Bobby: I surrender.
I surrender, bro.
It's not our week.
Guys, let's go home.
[cough]
dave: Happy to be
alive and fishing.
Paul: The fish, they're
doing 30 miles an hour
when they hit the bait.
If they miss it, you know,
there's nothing you can do.
But if they grab it fast,
you know, you got to,
you wanna hook them,
snag them real quick.
These, uh, mustad hooks,
these are different from what
we use back home.
And you've got to,
you got get them really sharp
'cause they're big.
My father was
very proud that he saw
me come and take on,
you know,
what his passion was,
and I followed
in his footsteps,
loving fishing, and,
you know become
pretty successful at it.
This barb alone,
that's like the size of the
hook we use at home right there.
So you need a sharp point
to get and then it'll grab,
so you got to sharpen them.
I miss my dad a lot.
He taught me a lot.
We're gonna catch one today.
Marissa: We really got
to get a fish today.
I'm getting ready for battle.
Tyler: I can't even hook
one for us to go to battle.
Throughout the
last few seasons down
here in the outer banks,
I've always been
towards the top or the
middle of the pack.
We've always had
really strong showings,
but we've just never been
able to get it done and
get that top spot.
Marissa: I have to look
pretty for the tuna.
Tyler: What, are you
straightening your hair?
Marissa: Oh, yeah.
Tyler: This season
I'm on my game.
I'm grinding.
And as long as I
don't lose momentum,
I feel that I have what it
takes to outfish these guys.
Marissa:
While I was down here,
I decided I'm having
a bad hair day.
Tyler: Oh, boy.
[beeping]
whoa. Oh, oh, oh, boy.
Oh, boy. Merm, we're
marking 'em right now, merm.
Oh, merm.
I would love to get
a bite out of that.
Give me a bite.
That was the mother lode.
That was the medusa head.
Merm, we are really
marking these things.
Marking the daylights
out of them right now.
[beeping]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
marissa: We're on!
Tyler: Got them on right here,
We're on.
Marissa: We're on.
Tyler: The one we need.
Keep reeling.
We missed one on this one.
Go to the rod that's on.
Got them on.
Just what we wanted.
We marked him real good too.
Marissa:
All of the sudden, we're on.
Nice sunset bite. High rod.
Tyler: Start reeling.
All right, woo!
Marissa: We are
definitely down and tight.
This feels like a
really big fish.
It just took out a lot
of line really fast.
Feels like a big tuna.
This is definitely
the bite that we want.
Tyler: Big fish here.
Just what we need.
Marissa: Taking a lot of line.
I buckled the pineapple in.
Tyler: Got to do what
we got to do, merm.
Marissa: We have a lot
of drag on this fish.
He's taking out
a lot of line.
Got to be a big fish.
[reel unspooling]
tyler: She's back there.
She's turning the handle.
Tj [over radio]:
Out here on the change.
Marissa: Let's bump
the drag up the strike.
We're locked and loaded.
Tyler: Let's go, merm.
Good job, merm.
You're gaining.
Keep going, keep going.
Marissa:
Definitely going down deep.
A deep diver.
Tyler: It's a good one.
I got him locked up.
A lot of drag on here.
A lot of drag on this fish.
Marissa: How much line's out?
Tyler: Uh, maybe 100 feet.
Nice fish.
My dreams of an
a 90, 100-inch nightmare,
but I'm happy to have him.
Marissa: We've got to
get this fish, tyler.
Tyler: Hopefully
we can get him here.
Marissa: Looks like
the fleet's pretty much
circling around us.
Who's this guy
steaming right at us?
Tyler: Little shell.
They're coming to check us out.
Cliff: That's pinwheel
over there fighting his fish.
Hopefully, we get us one.
Hey, nick. To the port.
Something's busting
right there to the port.
Between us and that boat
with the bright light on.
Get the stick jumping, b.
Brandan: Got just a couple
more minutes of light here.
Tyler's got one on.
We'll get one
tonight though maybe.
I hope so.
I'm broke. I'm always broke.
Why can't we just
catch one, dude?
Just one.
Just bite it. Bite it.
I don't even know
what I'm doing.
I don't care.
Marissa: Later little shell.
Tyler: They ain't gonna
give up easy, merm.
They're gonna
battle to the end.
Marissa: Is this him?
Definitely a big
mark on the screen.
Big fish.
It's down to the 33 now.
Let's get this fish, ty.
Marissa: We just gained
a lot of line back.
Tyler: Oh, yeah.
We just did a good job.
Marissa: Swivel.
Tyler: Swivel.
Watch out for the harpoon.
I need the harpoon free.
Marissa: It's coming up.
Tyler: Get ready to
get on the rod, merm.
Marissa: I'm ready.
Tyler: Oh, I see color.
Marissa: Oh, I see color.
Tyler: Merm, on the rod.
Pull him in. Pull him in.
Pull him in. Pull him in.
Marissa: Yup. Coming in.
He's doing another circle.
He's on top.
Tyler: On the reel.
Turn, turn, turn.
Marissa: Get him.
Tyler: Missed him.
Marissa: Oh, god.
You spooked him
with your harpoon.
He's coming, he's doing
another circle, he's on top.
Tyler: On the reel.
Turn, turn, turn.
Marissa: Get him.
Tyler: Missed him.
Marissa: Oh, god.
Tyler: Swing it out,
swing it out, reel. [bleep]!
Marissa: It's okay, tyler.
It's a big tuna.
Tyler: Got to get him.
He's been playing games.
Marissa: He's getting out the
last bit of energy that he has.
Tyler: I'm out here
all day working for this.
Marissa: Come on, ty.
Tyler: Swivel.
Marissa: No, there's swivel.
See, he's getting tired again.
Tyler: Deep color.
On the rod. Nice fish.
Big fish here.
Marissa: Hit him.
Did you get him?
Tyler: I think I
got him, I got him.
Marissa: You got him, wow.
Tyler: I got his tail.
Get the gaff!
[marissa screams]
big boy, big tail, big.
Marissa: Oh, my god.
Tyler: Pull it tight. [bleep]!
Marissa: That is the
biggest tail I've ever seen.
Tyler: Woo-hoo!
Yeah, merm! Yes!
Marissa: Yes!
Tyler: Woo, thank god.
We needed that one. Woo!
Marissa: Let's bring
this bad boy on board.
Tyler: Keep going.
Marissa: Oh, my god. Woo!
Tyler: Down, down. Woo!
Marissa: Wow!
Tyler: Yeah!
Get the tape measure, merm.
Marissa: This is incredible.
Let's see what this
measures out to be, tyler.
Oh, my god, 111.
Tyler: Wow!
Thing's a butterball, baby.
Woo-hoo!
Marissa: Woo!
Tyler: This is a big fish.
So happy. Yes!
Marissa:
This is what we needed.
Tyler: Woo!
Marissa: It's a
real obx bluefin.
Tyler: Yeah, merm. Yes!
Marissa: Yes!
Tyler: Woo! This is
like what you dream about.
Marissa: Got him. Big boy.
Tyler: What's up, mary?
Mary: Hey, good to
see you guys again.
You're really on the meat.
Tyler: This one's a big one.
Mary: That's great.
How big is it?
Marissa: 111 inches.
Mary: Wow, let's take
it up and take a look.
Tyler: Think the
rope's gonna make it?
Marissa: You're gonna
need another crane.
Mary: Let's turn it.
Tyler: What are we looking
at for a dress weight, mary?
Mary: 732 pounds dressed.
Tyler: Wow,
seven-hundo dresser.
That's a big one.
Mary: It's amazing.
Tyler: Let's check it out.
Whoa, look at this.
Marissa: Wow, look
at this nice tuna.
Mary: Look, you can see
without having to strain fat.
Tyler: Oh, yeah.
Look at that thing.
Marissa: Wow.
Mary: Here you can
actually see the marbling
through the meat.
Like, that's
what we wanna see.
Super greasy.
Let's check out the core.
Tyler: I can work with that.
Mary: Wow, that is not bad.
Really is a beautiful color.
Nice and clear.
Uh, I'm just
astonished, really.
Tyler: What can we
get for this big boy?
Mary: So all that being said...
I'm gonna say $15 a pound.
Tyler: Woo! Yeah! Finally.
Thank you, mary.
Mary: Hug it out.
Tyler: Really stoked.
We just caught
the biggest fish of the
season in this harbor,
and it's bragging rights.
And getting a big fish
like this down here, it's huge.
It's cool, I mean, hell yeah,
I get to go look at
everyone else and be like,
"how big has your
fish been this year?
Mine's been a plug."
marissa: Nothing's gonna
stop us this year, tyler.
Tyler: Woo-hoo!
Paul: Nice out here, huh?
Dave: Yeah. It's not
rough out here at all.
Paul: It's hawaii.
It's like honolulu, man.
Sandro: Honolulu.
Dave: This is
for your dad, paul.
Going out right now.
Paul: You got it.
I'm praying, baby.
I'm praying.
Dave: I know exactly what
paul's going through right now.
He helped me get through
the loss of my dad.
He was there for me and
I'm gonna be here for him
in any way I possibly can.
And there would be nothing
better than to catch a fish
in honor of his dad.
I know it would
mean a lot to paul.
Sandro: Woo! Big wave.
Dave: Oh, man. A whole bunch.
A whole pile under
the boat right now.
Sandro: Woo-hoo!
Paul: Frenzy right here.
Dave: Yup. Oh, wow.
Look at them all.
Dave [over radio]:
Yeah, I got them under
the boat right here, greg.
Greg: There's marks
all through here. It's crazy.
Dave: All right, let's
get them and let's go home.
Paul: Tj.
Tj: Any minute, chief.
What about you
"nick the stick",
what are you seeing?
Nick: I'm seeing them
busting up on top about
five times out here, tj.
Definitely active
down this way.
Dave: Oh, yeah.
We're gonna go off here.
Look at them right here,
one, two, and three.
Jig that thing.
Sandro: Paul's jigging.
Dave: Come on, "payday".
Jig them up.
Dirty: Hey greg,
busting over here.
Look, 300 yards where
those birds are.
Greg: I got them.
Dirty: Okay.
Greg: 100 yards?
About 500 yards.
Dirty: No, 300 yards.
No, I said 300!
Tj: Oh, boy. Here they come.
Here they come. Woo.
The meat is here, bro.
Jarrett: Definitely
marking them, which is good.
Nick [over radio]: I'm
marking them right here.
Brandan: Oh, what is that?
Cliff: Look at them.
Look at them
busting underneath.
Brandan: Oh, my god.
Come on, baby!
Nick [over radio]:
Big mark. Ten fathoms.
Dave: That's it, "payday".
Jig that thing.
Nick's got them jumping
all over the place too.
Paul: They'll eat today.
Dave: We're gonna get them.
Dirty: Look, look,
look right here.
Look at this bait.
Look at this
bluefin right here.
Jarrett: Definitely here.
Dirty: Come on. Come on, baby.
Sandro: We're on! We're on!
We're on! We're on! We're on!
Dave: There we go.
Sandro: [inaudible] oh, no.
It looks like a shark.
Paul: We missed it, right?
Dave: Yeah.
I saw him come up.
Sandro: It looked
like a shark.
Dave: Marking herds of them.
[reel unspooling rapidly]
sandro: We're on! We're on!
We're on! We're on! We're on!
Oh, it popped.
Paul: Little b*stard.
Dave: We just, we,
we just, uh, [bleep].
Forget about it.
Somebody's gonna get it.
Dirty: Look right here.
It's bluefin.
Under the rigger. Crazy.
Dirty: Bluefin everywhere.
Billon: [bleep] everywhere.
Cliff: Right behind the stick.
Turn right around.
They're at,
they're at your ball.
They're right down your ball.
[groans]
dave: Can't work
fast enough right now.
Stacks of them.
Stacks of them under the boat.
Paul: Get your bait out.
Tj: Good mark. Keep jigging.
Here they come at 15 fathom.
Dave: We got to get
one for paul's dad.
Paul: We're gonna get them.
Dave: Hold on. We're on!
We're on! There we go.
[reel unspooling]
now, listen, don't lose him.
Paul: Is he running?
Dave: We got it going.
Now, listen, don't lose him.
Paul: Ooh,
don't jinx yourself.
Sandro: Hooked up!
Dave: We are tight.
Sandro: I just
put it up there.
Paul: Yeah.
Sandro: Feels like a good one.
Dave: How you doing, sanch?
Sandro: Good.
Ready to do battle.
Dave: This is
different than home.
Sandro: Yes.
Paul: Yeah.
Dave: Whoa.
Sandro: Heads up, paul!
[paul groans]
[chuckle]
paul: I wish
I saw that coming.
I know that my father's
spirit is gonna help us get a
fish on the deck
of this boat today.
Sandro: Nerve-racking, since
we lost the last few, so, oh,
we're hoping we get this one.
Definitely need it.
It'd be cool for paul too.
It would be awesome and
nice to get a good quality,
big money fish.
I'm sure his dad is watching
down us right now, so.
Dave: There he is.
Sandro: Big fish.
Dave: Ready, paul?
Paul: Yeah.
I can't see now.
Sandro: So, uh,
he's on right there.
Dave: Yeah.
Sandro: He's on right there.
Dave: Paul,
I got him right here.
Sandro:
Give me a bump forward.
Dave: And sandro's got
him coming up nicely.
Hopefully, nothing changes here.
All right. There he is.
Wow. Big fish.
Dave: I'm not changing this up.
I'm not gonna back out.
You just, you
bring him to paul.
And then, "payday",
will take it home.
Sandro: Paul.
Paul: Yeah, I'm right here.
Sandro: Coming at you, bud.
Dave: Come on, "payday".
Paul: Bull's-eye, baby.
Dave: Got him?
Sandro: Yes. Got him.
Paul: Got him.
This is off a little.
Dave: Yeah.
Paul: We got him, baby.
Sandro: We got him.
Paul: We got him, sandro.
Sandro: We got him.
Dave: Hey!
Paul: What do you say?
Yeah!
Dave: Yeah! Woo! "payday", baby!
Sandro: That's another
nice-looking fish, man.
Dave: We're back.
Paul: Come on over here
with that tail rope.
Woo!
Dave: We're going home.
He's nice and round, guys.
Sandro: Yeah.
He's a nice fish. We got him.
Paul: He's a nice little tuna.
Dave: Yeah. We got him.
Dave [over radio]: West bound.
Jarrett: Did he get it?
Tj: Yup.
[jarrett groans]
dave: Paul?
Paul: Yes.
Dave: This is your, uh,
this is your dad's fish.
Paul: Fish for my dad.
Thanks, man.
Dave: Hopefully, he's up there
with my dad smoking a cigar
and looking down on us, right?
Paul: I'm hoping, man.
Dave: And drinking a beer.
Paul: I'm hoping.
Dave: Paul's
dad's fish remember.
Sandro: Right.
It's a nice one too.
Paul: I am so happy
that we caught a fish
today to honor my father.
Dave: All right,
let's pull this puppy in.
Paul: Ready, go.
Let's go baby, yeah.
Dave: Hey, that's a lot
bigger than I thought.
Paul: This is exactly what
my father wanted me to do,
and I wouldn't wanna be
anywhere else right now.
Oh, yeah, 93!
Sandro: Damn, he's
rounder than the other one.
He looks bigger.
Dave: Yeah, he's round. Yeah.
Showing these guys
we mean business, right?
They should be just
a little worried.
This is for your dad, paul.
Paul: My father's
watching over us today.
It's been a hard couple days.
I'm excited we got
this one right here.
Dave: What's up, scott?
Scott: Hey, what's going on?
Sandro: Yo.
Paul: It was a good day.
Scott: A good day?
Dave: A very good day.
A tribute fish right here.
All right. Let's do it.
It's a nice fish.
It's round, right?
He's pretty.
Paul: Yeah. Coring.
This fish here,
I'd like to keep the tail.
Scott: Okay.
Paul: My dad died
and I feel this fish is
a little special to us.
So it's, I've caught
a lot of tuna.
I've never kept the tail.
This one I'm gonna
keep the tail.
Scott: Right here?
Paul: Yeah.
Scott: Okay.
Paul: This is a very
special tuna tail for me.
Nice.
Dave: Nice.
Paul: Doesn't mean
anything to anyone else.
Dave: There you go.
Paul: That is a
nice tail, huh?
Dave: Yeah, perfect tail, yup.
Paul: Even if it
was a 150 pounder,
it would mean something to me.
What's the weight
of this one here?
Scott: We have 337
pounds dressed.
Sandro: Nice.
Paul: That's really nice.
Dave: It's nice.
Let's check him out.
Scott: So you guys tell me,
what do you think?
Sandro: That's nice.
Dave: I think
it's pretty good.
Paul: I know he's nice.
Scott: Oh, yeah. Absolutely.
Dave: Right?
Scott: I love the
color of this one.
You can just see all the
fat in the majors here.
How about we check
out the core?
Paul: Yeah.
Dave: Let's do it. Come on.
[gasping]
paul: Wow.
Scott: Pretty solid to me.
Dave: Taking our time.
Paul: Yeah, that's a
bonus, dude, right there.
Dave: That's beautiful.
Sandro: That is nice.
Paul: Yeah. That is beautiful.
Scott: Good shipping fish.
Paul: Yeah?
Scott: Yeah.
I can get you guys...
I can get you guys $20 a pound.
Paul: Yeah! Tail up, baby!
Thank you, dad.
Dave: That's right.
Paul: Another payday, baby.
Dave: Special day.
Paul: Yeah. Yeah. That's nice.
Dave: Thanks, scott.
Sandro: All right.
Thank you, buddy.
Dave: Take care.
Paul: You know
I, I totally feel like
he was with us today.
You know, we're very
lucky to get one.
Thank you, dad.
We needed this one.
Narrator: Pinwheel's monster
700 pounder sends them
to the top of the fleet.
While fishin' frenzy
and hot tuna's bait ball
catches boost them
up a couple of notches.
And with paul's dad
looking out for him,
the dot com gets
another paycheck,
unlike reel e' bugging
who remains in last place.
[hammering]
paul: Every time that we
leave the dock in the morning,
this is gonna
remind me of my dad.
I don't get to see
my father anymore.
He's gone. Gone.
Never ever see him again.
And, at least, this
will give me that memory
every time I
leave the dock and come home.
I'm a lucky guy.
Thanks, dad.
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07x07 - Never Seen Anything Like It
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American reality television series about commercial tuna fishermen based in the Outer Banks who fish for the lucrative Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.
American reality television series about commercial tuna fishermen based in the Outer Banks who fish for the lucrative Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.