[scream]
tyler: Woo!
Narrator: On this episode...
Tim: Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Nick: Bluefin tuna. No doubt.
Narrator: Hard times at sea.
Drew: You're going too fast,
bobby.
Brian: Hey, bobby.
Stop the boat! Stop the boat!
Narrator: ...Leave two
former champions struggling...
Tj: Keep going!
Tim: Why you yelling, you idiot?
I'm coming!
What the [bleep], I need you
to [bleep] coach me now?
Narrator: ...To stay
in the competition.
Tj: Tangled up in dart line
here. Watch my foot.
Tim: I can't get the--
tj: I'm all tangled here.
[laughs]
narrator: But the rest
of these titans...
Brandan: Give 'em hell,
little shell!
Zack: I think he exterminated
his self from the competition.
Narrator: ...Smell
blood in the water.
Drew: Ah! [bleep]
bobby: You all right?
Drew: Son of a [bleep]
bobby: Drew!
Brian: Holy [bleep], bro.
Narrator: The battle
for bluefin rages on.
Tim: Yeah!
Billon: Mike tyson wouldn't
want to fight that fish.
Narrator: This is...
Cliff: Hell yeah!
Brian: Whoa!
Cliff: What the [bleep]?
Drew: Back there!
Brian: It's unbelievable.
Tj: No, no, no, no, no!
Narrator:
Wicked tuna: Outer banks.
Brian: So close, yet so far.
Narrator: Fishing vessel
tuna dot com leads the fleet
over closest competitors
pinwheel and fishin' frenzy.
Meanwhile hot tuna trails
by nearly $10,000.
And reel e' bugging has
barely made a splash.
Bobby: Alright. Let's get
this boat out of here.
Let's get rolling.
Tell me when we're clear.
Drew: Clear in the stern.
Bobby: Beautiful.
Brian: Let's go do this again.
We strike out this time,
let's not even talk about that.
Bobby: We're having
a hard time this season.
We're dead last,
we only have two fish.
I mean, we are
the defending champs,
so honestly it's embarrassing.
We got to do whatever it takes
to turn this thing around.
Bring it on!
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[dog barking]
tim: Pa-pow goes the breaker.
Tj: We're down a man
for a few days
because jarrett had to go home
for a family emergency.
Jarrett: My fiancée called me
and her grandma passed away
yesterday morning.
Tj: Oh, no.
Jarrett: I was wondering
if it was cool with you guys
if I can go home
for the services.
Tj: Yeah, of course!
Jarrett's the best mate
a captain could ask for,
so he's definitely leaving
some big shoes to fill.
I'm in charge of putting us on
the meat and rigging the baits.
Hopefully I do a good job,
we'll see.
We'll be fine, I mean, tyler
does it with merm every day.
♪ ♪
marissa: Tj's on the back deck.
Tyler: Tj's on the back deck.
[laughs]
tj's getting a little taste
of what it's like to be me.
This is good for him.
Get his lazy captain armchair
butt out of the chair,
and get him on the back deck
rigging baits,
back to where it all started.
Marissa: He must be
working up an appetite.
Tj: We're working it,
we're working it.
Got the bears dancing.
Nothing's biting,
except for captain ballbuster.
Tim: This is good.
Just what the doctor ordered.
[beeping]
nice mark, 100 feet.
[beeping]
come on, big boy, man, come on.
Show us some love.
[beeping]
tj: Here comes the meat.
Tyler: Smells good
down there, merm.
Marissa: I'm cooking bacon.
Make it crispy.
Tyler: We're gonna get 'em.
Marissa: Yeah, we are.
Tyler: Oh, god,
the bacon smells so good.
[beeping]
tyler: Oh, oh, oh, oh.
Marissa: Big mark?
Tyler: Oh, yeah.
Marking 'em right here,
merm, big marks.
Marissa: Big marks.
Tyler: This is what we wanted,
right here.
[beeping]
come on, come on.
Let's get a bite.
[reel unspooling]
we're on. We're on.
Marissa: We're on.
What do I do about the bacon?
Later, bacon.
Tyler: Okay. Let's go. We're on!
Back rod, merm.
We got 'em on.
Yeah!
Woo!
Alright, yes!
Oh! We're on! Woo!
Marissa: They smelled the bacon.
[beeping]
tim: Tyler's fighting one
up the line from us here.
Nick: Dammit, dammit, dammit.
Dammit, cliff.
Tim: So hopefully
we get on 'em here
and, uh, make this
short and sweet.
[reel unspooling]
tj: We're on!
We're hooked up on two,
it's a double.
Tim: Oh, there's one
on here, too?
Tj: Yeah. Come on, baby!
Come on.
Tyler: Come on, merm!
[marissa groans]
woo!
Keep winding. Keep winding.
Ha ha!
Woo! Get him, merm.
Let's get him.
[marissa screams]
wanna put your raincoat on?
Marissa: No, I'm already wet.
Thank you, though.
Totally worth getting wet
to get this fish.
Pretty crazy weather conditions.
We're up here on the boat,
and the fish is down there,
so when a big wave comes,
the boat goes up,
the fish can swim down
and get more line back.
Still got a lot of line out,
though.
Tj: Didn't take no drag.
A bluefin would have
dumped a lot of line.
You can see it's just coming in
nice and easy,
so, seems like a yellowfin.
Maybe get a gaff,
get some dinner anyway.
Yellowfins! Yeah.
Tim: We got some dinner.
We got some poke.
Couple little yellowfins, nice,
dinner, dinner food.
Tj: Back to the drawing board.
Tyler: I see tuna.
I'm gonna dart this one.
Marissa: Uh-oh, uh-oh.
Swivel's stuck. Swivel's stuck.
Get him, get him, get him.
Tyler: Swing him out.
Swing him out.
Marissa: Come on, ty.
Tyler: Woo, hey, it's a tuna.
Marissa: Get him, ty.
Tyler: Got him!
Marissa: Woo!
Tyler: Woo hoo hoo! Yeah!
Marissa: Tail gaff. [bleep]
tyler: Yeah! Come here! Woo!
Marissa: Tail rope. Woo!
Uh-oh.
Tyler: Get him, merm, get him!
Woo! Got him.
Marissa: We got him.
Tyler: He's ours. Woo! Alright.
Marissa: Welcome
to the pinwheel.
This is a beautiful bluefin.
Bring her aboard, tyler.
Tyler: See what
we're working with.
I know I make this look easy,
but tj's in for
a rude awakening.
Woo! Nice butterball.
Marissa: Team pinwheel.
Tyler: Thank you very much
for your life.
Thank you.
Marissa: Let's see
what he measures.
Tyler: 95. Perfect!
Marissa: Woo! We'll take it.
Marissa: Nice work, tyler.
Nice morning bite.
Tyler: Good job, merm.
Marissa: Maybe we can float
the burnt bacon to tj.
[tyler laughs]
greg: I didn't realize that
jarrett wasn't on the hot tuna.
He does a lot of the heavy
lifting on that rig,
there's no doubt about it.
We'll see how that works out.
Dave: Tj's just with his dad.
That means tj's got
to be on the deck now.
[paul laughs]
paul: His father don't
[bleep] around at all.
Daniel: I wonder who's running
the boat, tj or tim?
Zack: I'd like to be a fly
on the wall on the boat anyway.
Daniel: At least you'd be warm.
Zack: Yeah. [laughs]
probably be fed
pretty good, too.
Bobby: With jarrett
off the hot tuna,
that may even out
the playing field a little bit.
Bobby: We've always had good
luck in this kind of weather,
so we're gonna see if we can't
get on top of these fish
and get out of last place.
Bobby: That may be rasta rocket.
Could that be?
That's a little boat
right there, man.
My hat's off to these guys, man.
They have fished hard
every day, every week,
in terrible conditions,
and they're out here.
So I got a lot of respect
for that team.
Doesn't mean I'm not gonna
take 'em down, though.
[laughs]
brian: Can you imagine
being stuck with bobby
on that [bleep] boat all day?
Drew: Well, at least he wouldn't
have any way to throw
buckets at you.
Brian: Just keep
going to the left!
Bobby: I am, [bleep]!
[laughter]
zack: Yeah.
[spits]
zack: Primetime, they should
start making a showing
any second.
[beeping]
nice solid mark.
Shane: Marks like this
all day long.
Zack: Come on.
Definitely some fish.
Shane: Eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
[beeping]
bobby: We're marking 'em at 50.
Big marks! Big marks!
Look at it!
Let's get tight.
Bobby: We got mark at 120.
Get away from our fish,
you [bleep].
Zack: Come on, fish.
Shane: Come on, baby.
Be the one. Be the one.
Oh, there's a herd, dude.
Come on, baby. Please.
[reel ticking]
there he is.
[dog barking]
daniel: Reel, reel,
reel, reel, reel, reel.
[barking]
daniel: He's going down.
Zack: There it goes.
[barking]
minnie, hush, baby.
Daniel: Please be right.
Zack: What you need?
Daniel: Ticket home to get
out of this rough weather.
Bobby: Looks like
rocket got tight.
How about us [bleep]?
[barking]
zack: Acting a little weird.
Daniel: Uh, just turn
the boat down sea.
Swivel.
Color.
[barking]
it's a tuna.
I think he's under the motor.
Spin it, zack.
Oh, man. We're in trouble here.
Neutral, neutral, neutral.
Zack: Is he still on the line?
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
[dog barking]
daniel: It's a tuna.
I think he's under the motor.
Spin it, zack. Dang.
Oh, man, we're in trouble here.
Neutral, neutral, neutral.
Zack: Is he still on the line?
Daniel: Forward, forward,
forward, forward!
Damn.
Zack: Bigeye?
Daniel: He's...It's a bigeye.
Zack: It's a bigeye.
Daniel: Yeah.
It's a fish.
Stick him.
Daniel: Ready?
Zack: Yep.
[barking]
shane: I knew it was
too good to be true.
♪ ♪
tyler: Pinwheel's on our game.
Marissa: Woo! We got the tuna.
Tyler: How you doing, dennis?
Dennis: I'm good. I'm good.
Tyler: We got a good one
for you today.
Dennis: Alright, well,
let's see what it looks like.
Tyler: Alright, we're sending
this thing up to you.
Look at that big boy.
Dennis: Nice shape.
Tyler: I love bubble butts.
We're only a few thousand
dollars behind dot com,
and snagging this fish
so early in the day
will put us in a good position
to take the lead.
Team pinwheel is kicking butt.
What do we got, d-bone?
Dennis: 399 pounds dressed,
tyler.
Tyler: Woo!
Marissa: Nice work, ty.
Tyler: Alright! That's a lot
of meat right there.
Alright, we'll check it out.
The buyer's looking for a really
ruby red color in the tail,
a great core sample,
and some fat.
And if all those things line up,
we're gonna get
a good price per pound.
Ooh, look at that.
Dennis: Fish definitely
has some fat.
He's turning nice
and white here.
But the tail color's
not super red.
Let's see what the core
looks like.
Look at that.
Nothing wrong with that.
Tyler: Wow. Look at that.
Beautiful tuna.
Marissa: It's nice.
Tyler: Freakin' tj's
flying around.
Dennis: Core is not bad,
so you're in decent shape.
Tyler: How much can we get
for this fish?
Dennis: $13 a pound.
Tyler: Awesome. Good job, merm.
Marissa: Good job, ty.
Tyler: We're stoked.
Thank you, dennis.
Dennis: Alright.
Tyler: Alright!
Keep the pressure on the fleet.
Marissa: Tyler, a bird just
pooped on the back deck.
Tyler: Bird pooped?
Get the hell out of here,
you pelican, go find tj.
[squawk]
♪ ♪
tj: Lot of rigging today.
Lot of rigging.
I haven't done this much work
on the back deck in years,
but with jarrett gone,
somebody's got to do it.
It's alright.
As long as the old man
can get me on the meat,
I'll stay out here all day.
Hey, seems like it's getting
[bleep] down here
and closer to the tide, right?
Tim: Yep.
It's standing up,
that's for sure.
[beeping]
tj: Ah, we just marked one.
One single.
[beeping]
♪ ♪
down and tight.
Woo-hoo!
Holy [bleep].
Tim: Hold on.
I don't know if we lost him.
Tj: Yeah, because the [bleep]
thing wasn't in gear. [bleep]
tim: What happened?
Tj: It didn't go back. [bleep]
tim: What are you talking about
it didn't go back?
Tj: The [bleep] throttle
wasn't on.
That's my fault.
The throttle wasn't on.
I went to put it in reverse,
I couldn't put it in reverse,
and I'm imagining
we broke 'em off.
Tim: That was definitely
the one there.
Ain't no yellowfin or bigeyes
straightening that hook out
like that.
That was a big old bluefin.
Tj: Sitting here with
a bent hook and no bluefin.
[laughs]
[bleep]
nick: I bet they're
missing jarrett.
Cliff: They'd probably settle
for bubby about right now.
[laughs]
nick: Greenstick,
what's it look like?
Cliff: It looks flat.
Nick: Just that back one
was hung up, weren't it?
Cliff: Yeah.
Nick: I know that tj's having
a hard time without jarrett,
so I think it's time that
the boys on the little shell
showed them a little bit
about stick fishing.
You know, it's a little choppy.
One of the hooks just hung up.
It's just typical for
a rough day, you know,
we're just gonna pull
that thing down,
make sure everything's right.
It's critical, you know.
Cliff: Looks good.
Nick: Yeah, looks better.
Cliff: Get us another bite,
I hope.
Nick: I just shut the door
so I could get the heat
going for you boys.
Cliff: I'm ready to get
this gear off.
Nick: Don't bother.
It ain't gonna take but one
right mark to go across there
and we're gonna be
freaking tight.
Oh, I guarantee it.
Yeah, you, yeah,
I'm gonna get you a fish.
Brandan: And hopefully we can
get one before lunchtime
and go home and get a shower.
That'd be nice.
Starting to get a bit gamey.
[laughs] yup.
Cliff: [bleep] oh, the stick!
The stick! The stick!
Oh, it almost took
the [bleep] thing off.
Nick: Come on, baby!
Cliff: Thank the lord!
Nick: Here, cliff!
Cliff: I got it! I got it!
Brandan: Come on, baby.
Woo!
Nick: That's a real one.
Yeah, it's definitely a fish.
Brandan: Big bite.
Nick: He's pulling hard
on this bandit, buddy.
Definitely a good one.
Brandan: Give 'em hell,
little shell!
Nick: Yee-haw!
[bleep]
alright, find your ball, cliff.
Where's your ball?
Cliff: Right over there.
Nick: Ball's pulled down now.
Cliff: Yeah.
Nick: Alright, slow down.
Let's take our time here.
Alright, boys,
let's make it count.
Bluefin tuna, no doubt.
Definitely a bluefin.
He's acting like a keeper.
He's pulling, pulling hard.
We just got to take our time.
Take our time and
ease him up here.
Here's your other drop, brandan.
Brandan: Yeah, yeah.
Nick: Alright, get your dart
ready, brandan.
Brandan: I'm ready
with the dart.
Nick: There you go.
Just ease him up here.
Alright, there's the fish.
Cliff: Big fish.
Brandan: Here, fishy,
fishy, fishy.
Nick: I'll go, I'll go.
Cliff: That's not me,
she's out of gear.
Nick: Alright, well, you're
gonna have to go ahead some.
Little bumps.
He's damn pulling
hard as [bleep].
Just real easy, cliff.
Cliff: Tell me,
I can't see the fish.
Nick: Keep coming. Keep going
ahead, keep going ahead.
There's your drop.
♪ ♪
dart him, brandan! Dart him!
Nice!
Tail gaff! Tail gaff!
Tail rope, cliff!
Big b*stard, tail rope!
I'm gonna reel him in!
Yes! Tied off
to the cleat, boys.
Woo! Yeah!
That's a nice one, boys.
Cliff: Hell, yeah!
Nick: He's ours!
Woo!
Thanks for playing.
I'll save you a spot in
my greenstick seminar, tj.
Tj: [bleep]
cliff: One, two, three.
Ready?
Nick: Alright.
Let him down. Let him down.
Cliff: Let down, let him down,
let him down.
Man, he's a nice one.
Let's get a measurement on him.
[yelling]
cliff: Good job, men.
That's a nice one.
That's why we're the best.
Brandan: We the best.
We the best.
Bobby: Little shell got one.
Son of a [bleep].
Got to get the bait
in the water.
I know who's on these numbers.
I got to go all the way
over there.
Alright, whatever it takes.
We've had a hard time getting
back in the game today.
If we want to catch a fish and
get him before the cutoff,
we got to hook up right now.
Drew: Man, these waves are huge.
Bobby: Hold on, boys.
Big wave coming!
Brian: Yeah, we're [bleep]
right now.
Drew: Going too fast, bobby.
Bobby: We're gonna get hit now.
Wait for it.
[crash]
brian: Whoa!
Hey, bobby, stop the boat,
stop the boat!
The life raft.
Bobby: Oh, [bleep].
Drew: Back there.
Brian: Life raft!
Bobby: Dude, how the [bleep]
did that happen?
Did you see it blow?
Drew: No.
Brian: How the [bleep]
did that come off?
Bobby: We buried the bow
in that big wave.
From burying the bow
did it go off?
Are we gonna be able
to pull this in?
Brian: That thing's heavy
as [bleep], bro.
Bobby: Dude, I think
all three of us can do it.
One, two.
Bri, we got this.
Here, hold this rod.
Brian: Yeah.
Bobby: That rope is
getting that way.
Don't let that rope
go in the props.
Give me a gaff. Give me a gaff.
Drew: Here we go.
Bobby: Today, bro.
Drew: Ow! Son of a...
Bobby: You alright?
Bobby: Don't let that rope
go in the props.
Give me a gaff. Give me a gaff.
Today, bro.
Drew: Ow! Son of a...
Bobby: Sorry! Drew, I'm sorry.
You alright?
Bobby: Drew?
Drew: Yes.
Bobby: You alright?
Drew: Yeah.
Brian: The hits just
keep coming, drew.
What the [bleep]?
Took a rogue wave
and the life raft deployed.
In the commotion, I gaffed
drew right in the hand.
But we have to keep the rope
away from these props
or we could have a catastrophe.
Okay, the line's clear.
I'm coming to you, drew.
Drew: Alright.
Bobby: You got to put
direct pressure on it, bro.
Give me that tape that's
in the coffee area.
Drew: I was handing bobby
the gaff and when he grabbed it,
he pulled a little too quick
and the tip of the gaff
went in my finger.
Right to the bone.
No problem. Bone stopped it.
Bobby: Just got to get it
tight for now.
We'll loosen it up once
the bleeding stops, okay?
Drew: Yeah. Thank you.
Bobby: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Alright, yeah.
Alright.
I'm going in gear.
Drew: Go!
Could have been a lot worse,
but bobby's not allowed
to have gaffs anymore.
He's harpoon only.
I'll have a matching set.
Bobby: It's unbelievable.
You cannot make this stuff up.
Cannot be in the ocean
as a commercial fisherman
without a life raft.
You know,
it's, it's a tough call,
but at the end of the day
we got no choice.
We got to go in.
To repack the one I own
takes three weeks.
Season's over.
Agh!
♪ ♪
nick: Alright, boys.
Can't hold
the little shell down!
What's up, scotty?
Scott: What's going on, guys?
Nick: Got another one, man.
We're on a roll.
Scott: Yeah, awesome.
Let's check it out.
Nick: Alright, it's all the way
down. You got it, boys?
A lot of boats out there
are struggling,
but the little shell,
we're putting meat on the dock,
that's the bottom line.
Meat on the dock wins this thing
and little shell's hungry
for a victory.
Alright, scotty,
how much we got dressed?
Scott:
We got 420 pounds dressed.
Nick: Nice, good fish, guys.
Dang nice fish.
See what the bottom line is.
Scott: Yeah.
Nick: We started the day
in the middle of the pack.
So we need a good price
per pound to take over the lead.
Scott: Alright, guys.
Well, doesn't have any fat
in it, but it's alright.
Other than that, I mean,
the color is decent.
Why don't we check out the core?
Nick: Alright, let's do it.
Scott: Nothing wrong with that.
Nice and solid.
Nick: So, what do you think?
Scott: Bottom line,
this fish right here...
Get you guys...
$13 a pound.
Nick: Alright. Nice fish, man.
Thank you very much, bud.
Scott: Thank you.
Alright, you guys. Good job.
Brandan: Thank you, man,
thank you.
Scott: Thanks.
Nick: If we turn and burn
and get another solid fish
like that one, we'll be back
on top in no time.
These guys, if they're gonna
beat me in my backyard,
they better bring it.
Paul: Reel e' bugging
hits a wave so hard,
blows his life raft off
of his boat out of the harness.
Dave: Crazy, right?
Paul: Yeah.
He's lucky he didn't get k*lled.
You got to pay attention
to every single wave
when you're going out here.
Very dangerous.
Zack: Bobby unfortunately
is having
some really bad luck this year.
I think he exterminated his self
from the competition.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
tj: I know it's rough.
It's rough, I know.
Tim: Looks like it's
a little calmer here.
Tj: I know it's rough.
It's rough, it's rough.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
holy [bleep],
it's rough as [bleep].
Hang on, hang on,
hang on, hang on.
We're out here without jarrett,
and we've had
a rough trip so far.
First it was the yellowfins,
then we lost a real one.
Now with the weather
taking a turn,
our luck seems to be going
from bad to worse.
Oh, [bleep], that window's open.
Tim: Oh! [bleep] [bleep]
really having
a [bleep] score today.
[bleep]
took a wave right down
my freaking body here.
Tj: [bleep] dogs
take a rogue wave.
They got soaking wet with you.
Tim: Oh, boy.
Tj: If this keeps up,
we might give bugging
a run for their money.
At least we still got
our life raft.
[laughs]
[beeping]
tim: Marking 25 fathom.
[beeping]
tj: This is the time, man.
This is when it all goes down.
[beeping]
tim: Oh, look at this.
That might be
a bluefin there, boy.
Yeah, that's a bluefin.
Tj: This is a lot more fun
when you have a fish on.
Out here in these ruby waves,
big mountain ruby waves.
Oh! Oh! Oh!
[dogs barking]
oh!
No, no, no, no, no, no!
Keep going!
Tim: Why are you yelling,
you idiot?
Tj: Because he's hitting it.
Don't take it back!
[bleep]
there they are, there they are!
Tim: I'm coming.
Tj: No, no, no, no, no, no!
Keep going!
Tim: Why are you yelling,
you idiot?
Tj: Because he's hitting it.
Don't take it back!
[bleep]
there they are! There they are!
Tim: Tj, you got to give me
a heads up, man.
Tj: Dad, I said, "oh." I didn't
say, "throw it in reverse."
come hold this spool. Come on.
Tim: I'm coming.
Tj: Come on, come on.
Tim: I was--I'm coming!
What the [bleep]?
I need you to [bleep]
coach me now?
Tj: After the mishaps
we had yesterday,
this is our chance
to get back in the game.
But the pressure is on.
Alright, just go easy,
I'm gonna go back.
Light pressure. Lot of line out.
Tim: We got 'em on, baby.
We might have more than one
on this rig, man.
This thing's got us
stretched out pretty far.
Way down in the back end
on this one.
Tj: Watch this wave. Wait.
Tim: Tj, you got to calm down.
Tj: It's really rough,
so we had to take our time,
especially with this greenstick.
Hang on, hang on,
hang, hang on, hang on.
Tim: I am.
Oh.
Holy [bleep] [bleep].
Here's the breakaway here.
Tj: He's circling,
definitely circling.
Tim: Yup.
Tj: Trying to stay
on top of him,
get close to see
what drop he's on.
He's got a lot of weight.
Tim: Yup, he does have
a lot of weight.
Here he is. I got half.
Here, here, here.
Tj: Hold on, hold on.
Oh, [bleep].
Tim: There he is. See him?
Tj: Yup.
Tim: Nice fish.
Coming up now.
Tj: Second drop.
Tim: Yup.
Coming under you again. Come on.
Bump it, bump it.
Bump a little bit. Not too much.
Bump, bump, bump!
Making big circles, yeah?
Here's the clip.
I don't know if he's on there.
He's not on this one.
Tj: What is he on?
Wait a minute.
Tim: I don't know what
the [bleep] he's on.
Tj: Is he tangled up?
Tim: No idea.
Tj: You got to be careful here.
I don't want to unclip it.
Tim: He's wrapped up.
He can't be in it.
Tj: No, just keep going,
I'll dart him.
Bring him right to you.
Here we go.
Tim: There he is.
Nail him!
Okay, you got him.
Tj: Gaff.
Right here, right here,
right here.
Move up, move up.
Right there. Get his head,
get his head, get his head.
Alright, give me that.
You get the rope, get the rope.
Right here.
Get that, get that,
get that side first.
I think he's...
Tim: Oh, there he goes.
Got to get a tail on him
like that.
Tj: Get it around.
Pick him up a little bit.
Tim: Yup. Got him.
Oh, god.
What a [bleep] a*s kicking.
Tj: Holy [bleep]. Woo!
We got him, baby.
Tim: Yeah!
Tj: Dad and myself are
getting it done right now.
Even though we're down a guy,
we're making it happen.
That being said, I'd still love
to have jarrett back.
Okay. Good?
Tim: Come on, baby.
Woo!
Tj: Good job, man.
Good job, buddy.
Want to measure him?
Tim: Yeah, let's measure him.
The moment of truth, baby.
Tj: 109 inches.
Tim: 109 inches. Woo-hoo!
Tj: Wow, 109, baby.
That's our biggest one
of the season.
Got it done
with the old man, baby.
The ht's bound for glory.
The pelicans are flying west.
Tim: Yeah, baby.
♪ ♪
bobby: Hey, let's get
this thing on here
and let's get out of here.
Drew: Alright, yup.
Bobby: We lucked out.
One of drew's buddy's was able
to loan us a life raft
while he's not fishing, so we're
gonna swap these rafts out
and get right back out there.
Yeah, it is. That's tight.
Drew: Verify it, please.
Bobby: I'm bruised, I'm bruised,
you know.
But we're not out.
We're not out.
I believe we can win this thing.
If we didn't have this transfer,
we couldn't do that.
Got you, bro.
Life raft swap complete.
Marissa: What's bugging
doing over there?
Tyler: Who knows? There's always
something going on with them.
Marissa: What was tj's
new nickname for him?
Tyler: Reel e' dumdum.
Marissa: That was
his new nickname?
Tyler: Yeah, because he's called
the reel e' bugging.
That's the name of his boat.
Marissa: That's not that funny.
The reel e' one and done.
[tyler laughs]
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
tim: A wild day, man.
Tj: Yeah, we had
a lot of excitement.
Tim: Yeah, it was pretty wild.
Mary: Are you guys a man down?
Tj: Yeah, yeah, it's me
and the old man today,
but we held on to one.
Mary: Alright, well,
let's get him up.
Tj: Alright.
The fact that we've got one
over there is huge.
We proved that me and dad
can get it done,
but I had to work a lot today.
I haven't jigged the stick
this much in a long time.
Tim: Yeah, so, jarrett,
we do miss you.
[laughs]
tj: What do we got, mary?
Mary: 494 pounds dressed.
Tim: Whoa.
Tj: It's alright.
It's a good size.
Mary: That's a lot of meat.
Tim: Let's check him out, mary.
Tj: We didn't catch yesterday,
and with the one fish a day
retention limit,
it is easy to fall behind,
so we have to get a good price
per pound for this fish.
Tim: Alright, mare.
What do we got here?
Mary: Well, the news
is not good.
It's got some heavy rainbow
and not any fat that I can see.
So let's see how the core looks.
Tim: Oh, that's not bad, though.
Mary: It's not that bad.
The problem is really
there's no fat here.
Tim: What is he worth?
Mary: Um...
I'm gonna have to say...
$9.
Tim: Oh!
Tj: Hey, it is what it is.
Tim: We'll take it, mare. Yup.
Mary: Can't all be winners.
Tj: After the slow start
we had to this trip,
this fish feels like a winner.
But the numbers don't lie.
We got to get out there
and give it hell, so.
Pack out, back out.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
greg: We can't let
the hot tuna lap us.
They don't even have
jarrett on board.
We should rig the can.
Billon: We got a can
in the trashcan, don't we?
Greg: Oh, yeah.
Just rubber band it
to both lines.
Billon: Basically it's really
calm and we're really tired,
so we're gonna try
and get some sleep.
We got two baits out,
and we're gonna rig up the old
jingle can as our alarm.
Dirty's hooking it up right now
on one of the rods.
We're gonna tie this on the
other end and if we get a bite,
this thing's gonna start
jingling all the way out of here
and wake everybody up
in a hurry.
The trap is laid.
Alright, let's all go to sleep,
put in earplugs.
Greg: Let me know
when we got 'em on.
[snoring]
[reel ticking]
[snoring]
[reel unspooling]
[can jingling]
billon: The can! The can!
I love the can.
Greg: Got to love the can.
One way to get woke up.
That's a good way to get
woken up, I like that.
Billon: Yeah! The can, baby.
Dirty: He's on the bow rod,
straight down.
Oh, it's the one we've been
after for a day and a half.
Billon: Yeah, 30-some hours.
Dirty: 30-something hours,
but you know, hey,
it takes five minutes of chaos
to get us all smiling again.
That's perfect.
Got you.
Thank you, sir,
for everything you've done.
Greg: Alright, dirty.
Come on, baby.
Dirty: Feels good.
Feels tight. Feels nice.
Alright, he's taking a little
bit, he's holding that.
Billon: Yeah, we got
to take our time, that's all.
Break your spirit.
Billon: Come on. Ooh.
Greg: There we go.
We're gaining some line on him.
He doesn't like that drag.
That drag hurts him.
Dirty: Alright,
that's him down there,
you can see him now, color.
Billon: Yeah.
Dirty: See him?
Right off the corner.
Billon: It's, it's a little
out of reach for me, but.
Dirty: Right on the surface
here. Oh, yeah, come on, baby.
Getting close.
Alright, he's coming at us.
Stick him!
Billon: I got him.
Dirty: Oh, yeah.
Greg: It's not over until
we got a tail rope on him.
Billon: He's gonna go
under the boat, greg.
He's right here kicking hard,
he's kicking hard.
Look out! Look out!
Oh, lord.
[grunts]
dirty: Got him?
Billon: No, we don't.
Dirty: He's gonna go
under the boat, greg.
He's right here kicking hard,
he's kicking hard.
Look out! Look out!
Oh, lord, please.
[grunts]
dirty: Left side.
Billon: Got him?
Dirty: You got him?
Alright, I got him.
Billon: Yeah, you're right.
Dirty: He's not going anywhere.
I got him right here.
Greg: Woo!
Dirty: That's the way
to persevere, boys.
Greg: Good god, man.
Billon: Oh, good lord.
Mike tyson wouldn't want
to fight that fish. Damn!
Greg: Beautiful.
Billon: Slob. Yeah.
Dirty: It is a big tuna.
Billon: Nice shape.
Dirty: He is 102.
Billon: 102. Alright.
Dirty: Mean, terrible.
Billon: Oh, yeah.
Greg: Yet another epic struggle.
[laughs]
dirty: Perfect.
Dennis: Bright and early today.
Greg: Yeah, today, but not
in relation to my departure.
We left at 8 o'clock
the day before yesterday.
[laughs]
dennis: Well, at least
you got one.
Greg: Alright. Let's get him up.
Dennis: Let's do it.
Billon: We hooked this fish
right about midnight.
It would have been nice to have
hooked it a couple hours earlier
and got it in before midnight,
but that wasn't the case.
We're sticking it out,
we're grinding it out
and we're catching fish.
Greg: That's a nice fish,
dennis. How big is he?
Dennis: 518 pounds dressed.
Dirty: Nice.
Greg: Definitely worth the wait.
Billon: Worth the wait.
Dennis: Let's check it out.
Greg: This is a big fish.
If it's a good quality fish,
it's gonna put us
right back on top.
Dennis: Look at the tail
on this bad boy.
This is really beautiful
marbling in the minor lobes.
If this has a nice cherry core,
I think they're gonna
dig this one.
Greg: I hope so.
Billon: Oh.
Greg: Wow.
Dennis: And you can even see
the oil glistening in the core.
Got everything.
This is the whole package here.
Greg: At this point in the
season, we need a good price.
♪ ♪
dennis: $18 a pound, guys.
Greg: That's our
top fish so far.
Dirty: Yeah, I like that.
Dennis: Thanks, guys.
Billon: See? We're still
in the game.
Proof's in the pudding.
Greg: Damn, $18. That's our
best fish of the season.
The fleet's gonna have
a hard time catching up to that.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
tyler: Hey, big tim?
How's tj holding up?
Tim: Nah, we're here.
Tyler: Alright, well,
I hope he finishes up
with a really nice time.
Marissa: His dad's
the captain today.
Tim: Pretty much.
Gettin' jiggy with it.
Tj: Everyone wants
to play the comedian
with me on the back deck.
So as far as I'm concerned,
all the comedians out there,
the hot tuna's having
the last laugh.
But I'm determined to put
another fish on the board.
Tim: We found a newfound
respect for jarrett.
[laughs]
bobby: Tj's a fine captain,
but it's been a long time
since he's been
on the back deck.
So we can't let hot tuna get
its second fish without jarrett
while we're waiting
on our first.
This trip,
we got to make it happen.
We're in the hot tide, man.
Let's see if it pays off.
[beeping]
got a mark at like 50,
it's weird.
[beeping]
nice mark at a--ohh, 100.
One fish. Single.
There's another one at 60.
It's our turn, bro.
Tj: Just trying to keep
the bears dancing.
[beeping]
tim: Marking pretty good
here now.
That was definitely him.
We marked a big one
down around 300.
[beeping]
whoa!
Tj: Got 'em on, baby.
Got 'em on!
Pow goes the breaker.
[dogs barking]
tim: Got 'em on! Got 'em on!
Bobby: That's great.
[barking]
tim: Got to get
these other ones in.
♪ ♪
you got it?
Tj: We got a lot of line out.
Tim: Okay.
Got some weight.
Tj: That's what we're
waiting for, baby.
We're zigging and zagging,
chasing bites.
Finally got the bite, baby.
Down and tight. Woo!
Tim: Yeah, he's got
some weight, a big fish.
Taking a lot of line.
Can't give him much more,
you know?
Tj: You gaining at all?
Tim: A bit, yeah,
a foot at a time.
Tj: Hold on, hold on, hold on.
Tim: We on that one?
Tj: Oh. He might be.
Tim: See him?
Tj: No.
Tim: He's not on there.
It's wrapped. I can see.
It's right here.
Tj: It's wrapped?
Tim: Yup. That's it
right there, right?
Oh, [bleep], he's wrapped
on that, don't--
tj: No, he's on here.
You're gonna have to hand line.
Take it out of gear.
Take it out of gear.
Dad, dad, dad!
Tim: Yeah.
Tj: Agh, [bleep].
♪ ♪
tim: I see him there.
Deep color.
Tj: Alright.
Tim: There he is. See him?
Tj: He's down.
Tim: Bump it up. Bump it up.
Turn it out.
Okay, good.
Must be a good one here.
Tj: Swing him out.
Tim: Alright. Go, go!
Tj: I am. You gotta swing him,
swing him.
Tim: I am swinging him.
Tj: Where is he?
Tim: He's right there.
Tj: Alright, he's going back
under, he's going back under.
Tim: Okay. Forward, forward.
Tj: You got to tell me, man.
You got to tell me.
Tim: Back up. Back up.
Coming up here.
Going under the boat again.
Tj: Tell me. Tell me.
I can't see here.
Tim: I see him. He's right here.
Just ain't got a shot yet.
Tj: He's [bleep] huge.
Tim: He's deep here.
Tj: Swing him out again.
Swing him out.
Tim: I am.
Coming up here.
Swing, go forward a little bit.
Forward, forward.
Right here. Come on.
Tj: Right where?
Tim: Right there, look!
Over my shoulder!
Over my shoulder! Come on!
Tim: You missed him?
Tj: Missed him.
Tim: He's right here.
Tj: Dad, dad, watch, watch,
watch the bandit,
watch the bandit.
Tim: I am watching the bandit.
Got him?
Tj: Yes. Get a gaff.
♪ ♪
back up.
Tim: I'll bring the head
right to you.
Right here.
Tj: I'm [bleep] tangled up
in dart line here.
Watch my foot.
I'm all tangled here.
Tim: The rope is on the boot.
Oh, my god.
Tim: I can't get the--
tj: Take it off. Come on.
Tim: He's coming up here. I'll
bring the head right to you.
Right here.
Tj: I'm [bleep] tangled up
in dart line here.
Watch my foot.
I'm all tangled here.
Tim: The rope is on the boot.
Oh, my god. How did you do this?
I can't get the [bleep]!
Tj: We got a dart
in this bluefin,
but the line is wrapped
around my foot.
Worst-case scenario right now,
if this fish takes off,
I'm getting ripped overboard.
Tim: How did you do this?
Tj: Get him?
♪ ♪
alright. Alright.
Right here on my left.
You got the rope?
Tim: I do have the rope.
I can only do too many
things at once here.
Up high.
Woo-hoo-hoo! Yeah!
Tj: Woo! Good job, baby. Woo!
We got him, baby.
Tim: Yeah, baby.
Tj: We're flying to the west.
Tj: Woo!
Tim: Woo!
Tj: If anyone thought that
yesterday's fish was a fluke,
this one has certainly proved
that me and the old man
can get it done.
Tim: Woo-hoo!
Tj: Woo! Good job, baby.
Tim: Yes!
Tj: Nice one.
Tim: Beautiful.
Tj: Beautiful shape.
Tim: Loving it. Loving it, baby.
Tj: Let's get
a measurement on him.
Tim: Let's go. Sorry, charlie.
Tj: 99.
Tim: 99. Yeah, baby!
We'll take it.
Tj: Good job.
We're on a roll, baby.
Tim: Nice job.
Tj: Bound for glory.
Welcome aboard, baby.
We're going to wanchese
with the pelicans.
Tim: That's right, man.
[phone ringing]
jarrett: Hello?
Tj: Jarrett.
Jarrett: Hey, what's up?
Tj: We got another one, bro.
Jarrett: Nice, man! Hell yeah!
Tj: I kind of want you
to get back here.
I'm kind of sick of
jigging the stick.
Jarrett: I miss you all, man.
Flying out first thing
in the morning.
Tj: Alright, boss.
Safe travels. See you.
♪ ♪
tim: Hey, dennis.
What's happening, man?
Dennis:
Just the two of yous today.
Tim: Yeah.
Dennis: Father and son team
get it done.
Tim: Yeah, yeah.
Tj: Yeah, he put me to work.
Dennis: I put him
on the meat, though.
Well, tosh loves it.
Tj: Yeah, tosh likes it.
It must be a good one.
Dennis: I trust her judgment.
Tj: Want to get him up there?
Dennis: Yeah,
let's check it out.
Tim: Go ahead.
Tj: Me and dad, so far
we're batting a thousand,
you know, we're catching fish,
but, you know,
the end result is
that we got a fish.
And I'm enjoying it,
I'm having fun,
but I'm also looking forward
to having jarrett back.
Tim: Alright, dennis,
what do we got?
Dennis:
Tj: Perfect size.
Tim:
Nice little unit there, man.
Dennis: Let's see how
it grades out.
Tj: Alright, buddy.
Tim: Let's look.
Tj: After the disappointing
price we had yesterday,
we need top dollar
to take the lead.
Tim: Alright. What we got, den?
Dennis: This is quite a bit
better than your last model.
Tj: Oh, yeah.
Looks like good fat.
Dennis: It does have
very good fat.
You can see minor lobes here.
They're like practically white.
The fat's so jammed in there.
The meat feels
almost like butter.
Tj: Wow, awesome.
How about the core?
Dennis: Let's take a look.
Tj: Looks like
a good core to me.
Tim: That looks really nice.
Dennis: Nice and firm.
You can feel oil in the meat.
Tj: Beautiful.
Dennis: It's a pretty good fish.
Tj: Alright, so what are
you thinking, man?
It looks like a nice fish.
Tim: Come on, dennis.
Dennis: $17 a pound, guys.
Tj: Hey, that's better
than the last couple.
Tim: Oh, man! That's awesome.
That is awesome.
Dennis: Go bring me another
fatty like this one.
Tj: We're gonna try, man.
We're turning and burning.
Tim: See you tomorrow, dennis.
Tj: See ya. See ya.
Tim: Thank you, dennis.
Tj: You know, it's anyone's
game right now.
It's only a couple fish
between us
and the top of the leaderboard,
and I know if we keep going
out there and grinding,
if some of these guys
kind of cool off,
we can take this thing.
I mean, it's still
anyone's race.
Anyone but bedbugs.
Bobby: Every which way
you can do it, we did it.
I'm heading west, boys.
This year, it seems like
the more we push,
the more things go bad.
You know, so rather than
push our luck tonight
and try fishing, we're gonna
take the four-hour ride home
and we're gonna regroup,
reassess.
We surrender for now.
Narrator:
Hot tuna's $12,000 haul
catapults them ahead
of pinwheel, fv-tuna.Com
and little shell.
But fishin' frenzy's
monster fish lands them
in the top spot.
Meanwhile, last year's
champion, reel e' bugging,
remains in last place
by a large margin.
[clicking]
man: Uh-oh.
Bobby: What was that ticking
I heard down there?
Man: That was what us mechanics
call "raising the dead."
I think that came over
with the mayflower.
Bobby: As if our life raft
exploding wasn't enough.
We're dealing with
generator issues.
So, what do we have?
Man: We're getting fuel up now.
We're finally bubbling on top,
so we're, we got to get
a little bit in the cylinders,
and we'll go on with it.
Bobby: Alright.
Bottom line is you think
you can get it going today?
Man: I'll be here all day.
Bobby: Alright.
Man: Unless it's
something major.
I'll be here all week.
Bobby: Be positive, bickleman.
Man: Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
Bobby: Alright, my friend.
I'm gonna let you
get back to work.
Man: Alright, buddy.
Bobby:
We have a 50-year-old boat
that's kept together
with duct tape,
you know, blood,
sweat, and tears.
So as much as the competition,
we need fish to pay the bills.
Drew: And his wife's.
Bobby: Don't listen to him.
We need to get
on a fish today, man.
I'm really hooking this on.
Man: You want to try this
on one of those poles?
Might catch an antique fish.
Bobby: Ugh!
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07x09 - Hard Times at Sea
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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.