07x14 - Reel Tension

[bunniefuu]

Zack: I'm freezing
out here, boys.

Tyler: Stressed out.

Narrator: With time
running out, tensions peak.

Bobby: How about you
shut the [bleep] up already?

Tim: Why don't you
run the [bleep] boat?

Narrator: And tempers flare.

Billon: Damn it.
Jarrett: Come on!

Tyler: Freakin' almost
ran over our fish.

[laughs]

Bobby: Boo-yah!

Nick: Hang on that rod.

Zack: Woo!

Narrator: And with blue gold
on the line...

Tyler: Big tuna. We need it.

Narrator: ...Southern
hospitality is out the door.

Bobby: You guys ready
to go to w*r?

Narrator: Will desperation...

Zack: We really need this one.

Narrator: ...Produce results...

Greg: Come on.

[laughs]

Narrator:
...Or rupture relationships?

Tim: I hate fishing with you.
Tj: Why?

Tim: 'cause you're a crybaby.

Narrator: This is...

Bobby: Come on down.

Nick: Did you win the fight
or did bobby buggins?

Narrator:
Wicked tuna: Outer banks.

Greg: Tuna drama.
Like high school.

Narrator: Local boat

Little shell holds the top spot

For the third time this season

Keeping all

Northern competitors,

Fishing vessel tuna.Com,

Hot tuna and pinwheel, at bay.

Meanwhile, former champion

Reel e' bugging continues

To flounder at the bottom

Of the leaderboard.

♪ ♪

Bobby: Supposed to lay down
by midafternoon,

Flat, beautiful.

Beautiful fishing weather.

Trying to get bit.

We've had a tough season,
there's no doubt about it.

This year it's not working.

You know, the harder we try,
the worse things go.

What we're hoping for
is just the quota to hold out

Long enough for us
to redeem ourselves.

And we need to do anything
we can do to play catch-up.

Brian: Got to get bobby
to put us on one.

Put us on a wolf pack.

Bobby: Supposed to blow


You know, the best we can do is
fish every day it's fishable.

Things are getting dire, you
know, having such a tough season

And financially feeling like
a pressure cooker,

Like your head's gonna explode.

The only thing that's gonna
reduce this pressure

Is to put a big fish
on the boat, get a good price.

Other than that, the pressure
is just gonna keep building

Until something explodes.

[beeping]

Big marks! Hey, big marks!



Oh, look at the mother lode!

I got the mother lode
under my boat right now.

I mean, ramen noodles, brother.

How I'm not tight,
I'll never know.

Tj: I have to find out what kind
of sounder reel e' bugging has.

He's got herds under him
all day long.

I think his machine's in demo
mode and he doesn't know it.

Reel e' dum-dum.

Bobby: Bro, I'm trying
to get back to a mark.

I had a mark and
I'm trying to get to it.

[beeping]
yo, they're breaking
right there.

Brian: Where?

Bobby: Hey, look right there,
brian, look at me.

Look at them right there.
See 'em?

Brian: They're all
around us, man.

Bobby: Tuna right here, bro.

Look over here! Look over here!

Swam right past the boat.

Brian: Oh, this is
gonna be good today.

[beeping]

Dave: We're marking, dude,
they're 100 feet thick.

Hey, bobby.

Bobby: Yeah, come on.

Dave: I'm inside everyone
like a mile.

I got 'em stacked
under the boat here.

Bobby: What's your number
right where you are?

Dave: I'm on the 783
just to the west.

Bobby: I'm heading that way.

I'm now, I marked
singles and doubles

For the last three hours, dave,
everywhere.

Dave: Alright,
we're gonna get 'em.

Bobby: It's gonna happen.

You know, we're 100%
ready to k*ll today.

[laughs]

Tyler: And there he is,
the mouthpiece.

Bobby bedbugs is just clueless.

He's a hack.

One minute he's saying
he's marking herds

Underneath his boat, and
the next he's chasing the bite

And following dot com
wherever he goes.

He doesn't know what he's doing.

Bobby: Yeah.

I went in the hot water,
there was nothing, so.

Tyler: There's a good reason
why that boat's having

A miserable season,

And it's because of the guy
driving the boat.

Bedbugs is nothing more
than a fluke.

Bobby: Here we go.

Back to the [bleep].

A whole lot of
400-pound flukes.

15 of them actually.

Tyler: Alright, well,
we'll see how it is

At the end of this summer, pal.

Just keep doing it
the way dot com does it,

And I'm sure you'll
have a banner year.

Dave: I can't believe like how
tyler runs his mouth like that

Over the radio.

Like, if you're face-to-face
he'll go like this...

Bobby: Let him go do his thing.
He can go bother somebody else.

Brian: Tyler and
his usual antics,

Coming down, stirring the pot.

Trying to get in bobby's head.

He's hating on us.

Bobby: Oh, [bleep],
what we got here?

[bleep] jumping.

[beeping]

Mother lode!

Brian, get ready!

Brian: Money marks, bro.

Damn, we need a bite, man.

Any minute now!

Bobby: Oh, man,
the herd is here.

[beeping]

[reel ticking]

[reel unspooling]

Brian: There it is! There he is!
Bobby: Boo-yah!

Brian: There he is. Got him on!

Bobby: Dave, we're tight,
we're tight.

You got 'em?

Brian: Yeah.

Bobby: Stay on the rod.

Drew, wake up.

Is he there?

Brian: I think he's off.

No, no.

Bobby: He's on?

Brian: Yeah, he's off.

Bobby: He's off?

Brian: He's off.

Bobby: [bleep]

He's off.

[drew coughing]

Popped off.

Brian: Man, we got
to get another bite.

Catch a fish so we don't
give any more fuel

To the haters, like tyler.

And I know tj,
he's a hater, too.

Him and tyler, they're on
the same hater squad,

You know, bobby is friends
with dot com.

They don't like that whole deal,

So they act like
little high schoolers.

We got a lot of ground
to make up, but we can do it.

Can't play with snakes,
'cause they'll bite you.

Zack: Conditions are
a little different

Than we left it this morning.

Little windier.

Pretty much what we're doing
is just sewing up a bait

And putting a hook
inside of it and...

Zack: Take it to the depth
that the tunas are at.

Right now I'm feeling
pretty damn cold.

I hate fishing at night
on our little boat.

We don't have a cabin to go
warm up in like the other boats.

Even if we do hook up,
fighting the fish

With the little light we have
is extremely difficult.

Come on, baby, give us a fish.

And now it's just
a waiting game.

A cold waiting game.

But we're in
second to last place,

And we've pretty much
been near the bottom

The whole entire season.

So we're gonna do whatever
it takes to get one on deck.

Daniel: Hopefully we're gonna
catch us a tuna

To get warmed up.

♪ ♪

Tj: Hot tuna's still
in this thing, baby.

We're gonna get ours.

Just getting on the drift,
trying to figure out the weights

And how we're drifting,
but we'll get it dialed in.

Tim: We only get, like,
a short window today

Before this weather
starts to get really bad,

So hopefully we get this done
quick and get back out of here.

Back home, packer bound.

[beeping]

Tj: We're marking.

That's them, right?

Holy [bleep], why the [bleep]
don't they bite?

Tim: We're marking fish
down deep around 300 feet.

[beeping]

Tj: During any bluefin season
there's certainly a point where,

You know, fatigue will start to
set in and tensions can flare.

You try to avoid that,
but sometimes it's inevitable.

That being said,
I can't let it get to me.

You know, I can't get bluefin
fever and start freaking out

Like all these other kooks.

I just got to stay focused
and try and get my next bite.

[beeping]

Tim: Streaking up to it, man.

They are streaking up.

[beeping]

[reel ticking]

Tim: He's on there.
Tj: Got him on, baby!

Tim: Marked 'em real good.

Seen him come
streaking up to the bait.

Got 'em on.

Tj: Crank on that
for a second, crank on it.

Crank, crank, crank,
crank, crank, crank!

Fast.

Tj: Gone?
Tim: No!

Tj: Sure?

There's a lot of weight
there, dad, crank.

Tim: Tj, I'm cranking.

Tj: Not really.

Here, watch.

Fighting this fish
with just me and my dad,

The tension is definitely high.

This fish could
put us back on top.

There's a lot on the line
right now.

We're still on the run and
this fish really matters, man.

You know,
quota's coming to an end.

We're out here
on the ruby waves.

Down and tight, baby. Woo!

I think he's gone.

Tim: Is he?

Tim: No, he ain't.
Tj: No.

Tj: A little bump to the left.

Good. Good.

Back a little, back a little.

Where you going?
Where you going?

Tim: I don't see him.

Tj: That way, out, out, out.

Where you going?

Tim: Tj, I'm trying
to go around.

Where am I going?
Where am I going?

Why don't you let me
run the boat?

Tj: Alright. Stop! Stop!

Here he comes, here he comes!
Get the dart, get the dart!

Here he comes!

Right here! Right here!
Come on, come on!

Hook! Hook! Hook!

Tim: Tj, one second.

Tj: Come on!

Tj: Missed him.
Tim: Missed him.

Tj: No!

Right under the boat, bro.

Tj: Stab it, stab it, stab it.

Tj: It's a barn door!

Tim: Grab a gaff.

Fishing with you,
everything's an issue.

Tj: Okay, dad.

Alright, I got him.

Got it?

[laughs] woo!

Tj: Good job, baby!
Tim: Nice, got him, got him.

Tj: Good job. Love ya.
Tim: Love you, too.

Tj: Good job, buddy. Woo!

The pelicans are
flying west. Woo!

Tim: Pretty amazing bite, man.

Tj: Sorry, sorry, sorry.

I'm hopped up, I haven't slept.

Tim: Well, in the heat
of the moment,

Yeah, things get said
that you don't wanna say,

But a lot of pressure on when
the fish gets close to the boat,

So everything's forgiven.

It's just one of those things,
you know.

It's one of those fishing deals.

Tj: Bigger than he looks, right?

Tim: Yeah.

Tj: We tail rope the fish, and
immediately everything's good.

You know, me and dad,
we worked it out.

You know, we're happy,
we're stoked.

It's all good, baby.

This has all been wonderful, but
the pelicans are flying west.



Tim: Very nice fish. Yeah!

Tj: Flying west, baby.

Tim: 91, baby.
Beautiful, beautiful.

Tj: Breakfast time.
Good job, love you, man.

Tim: Love you, too.
Tj: We're going home, baby.

Tim: Yes, we are.
We're going home for breakfast.

♪ ♪

Tj: Windy.

Tim: Nice.

Mary: Hey, guys.

Tim: What's shaking, mary?
Tj: Hey, mare, how are you?

Mary: Hey, guys. How you doing?
Good to see you back here.

Tim: Thanks.

Tj: We got this one, so let's
hope it's a good quality one.

Tj: Check it out?
Mary: I would love to.

Tj: Alright.

We couldn't ask for
a better situation.

The wind's starting to pick up,

So we can get a high price
for this tuna,

And the other boats
can't make it out,

Then that will put
a lot of pressure on them.

What we got, mary?

Mary: 342 pounds dressed, guys.

Tim: Nice, mary, nice.
Tj: Right size core right there.

Mary:
It's a beautiful-size fish.

Tj: Let's check out the fat.
Let's check out that core.

When we come to the buyer
they're looking for

Good fat content,
good color, good oil,

And hopefully a good core.

Mary: Alright, here it is, guys.
Tim: Alright, mar.

Mary: Yeah, it's not bad,
look at the fat there.

Tj: Definitely some
skin fat, yeah.

Mary: A little fat there,
you got some down along here.

But, no, I like it.

Tj: Let's check out the core.

That's a nice-looking core.

Mary: Yeah, it is.
Tim: Boo-yah.

Mary: I like the color.

Tj: So what are you thinking?

Mary: I'm thinking...

$14 a pound.

Tj: Hey, we'll take it.

Tim: Perfect. We'll take that.

Tj: Thank you.
We need a few more of those.

Mary: I'll take it, too.
[laughs]

Tj: With this decent price
and a possible windstorm

Blocking the rest of the fleet

From getting out for
the remainder of the day,

I bet the other captains are
starting to feel the heat.

Pa-pow!

Dave: Crazy, crazy day.

Bobby: It's been blowing, man.

Dave: It was blowing 55, 60.

Bobby: Hopefully
it'll blow out of here.

Dave: Good luck.

Bobby: Shoving off, 3:00 am.
Dave: I'm gonna wait.

Bobby: No, we can't.
We can't afford to.

Our crew is desperate
to get back out fishing,

But the wind is kicking up,

And it's keeping the whole fleet
at the dock.

Dave: I know you wanna do well.

You did well last year,
you kicked a*s.

Nobody can take that
away from you.

Bobby: Yeah.

Dave: Play it safe.

Bobby: Yeah, we'll be safe.

Even though dave
is our competition,

He's been really helpful
to us this season.

I can't say the same
for the other northerners.

Tyler: Wow, you guys are
rocking in the slick, bro.

Tj: What are you doing, dave?

Bobby: Dave's just
checking in on us, man.

Dave: I'm out on bobby's boat
just catching up,

And out of nowhere,
here comes tyler.

Tyler: Hey, this boat,
if they wanna catch fish,

They got to learn
how to tie it up first.

What kind of tie-up job is this?
What are you doing here, man?

Bobby: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Tyler: How did we get outfished

By a guy can't even
tie his boat up.

Bobby: Pinhead!

Tyler: Come on.
How does this happen?

Bobby: How about you shut
the [bleep] up already?

Worry about keeping your lead.

Tyler: I'm just trying to accept
how I lost to you last year,

How embarrassing it is.

Bobby: It should be
embarrassing.

Tyler: It's so embarrassing.
Bobby: You should be humiliated.

Tyler: We're not gonna let
that happen this year.

I'll tell you that much.

Bobby: Tyler starts being tyler,
untying my dock lines,

Making fun of this thing,
making fun of that.

Just being a general nuisance.

Tj: Alright. Well, good luck.

Tyler: I love stirring the pot
and being crazy

And doing stupid things,
it's freakin' awesome.

Bobby: No, no, no. You're out!
You're out! You're out!

Tyler: I just like heckling
and tormenting everybody

As much as I can.

Tj: Where are you going?

Dave: Easy! He's gonna fall,
he's gonna get hurt.

Bobby: Come on down.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Tyler: How did we get outfished

By a guy can't even
tie his boat up?

Bobby: Pinhead!

Tyler: Come on.
How does this happen?

Bobby: How about you shut
the [bleep] up already?

Tyler starts being tyler;
just being a general nuisance.

Tj: Alright. Well, good luck.

Tyler: I love stirring the pot
and getting the dock talk going

And being crazy and doing stupid
things, it's freakin' awesome.

Bobby: No, no, no. You're out!
You're out! You're out!

Tyler: I just like heckling
and tormenting everybody

As much as I can.

Tj: What is going on here?

Dave: Easy. He's gonna fall,
he's gonna get hurt.

Dave: That's enough.

Bobby: Where are you going?

Bobby: Ah!

Down!

Dave: That's enough.

Bobby: Come on down.

Tj: Fishing season
is difficult enough

Without having to feud
with other captains,

But I'm not surprised that
people get riled up by tyler;

I've been there.

Most of the guys in the fleet
have been there,

But this is what tyler
wants right now.

Tyler just got to live
in bobby's head rent-free.

Bobby: Take your
pineapple [bleep].

Tj: Oh, no!
True colors just came out.

Tyler: Bobby bedbugs is trying
to prove to himself

That last year wasn't a fluke

And that he can hang
with the big boys,

And he's like a force
to be reckoned with,

And he's here to build
his legacy as a fisherman.

Well, I got news for you, pal,

I've been in the tuna fishery
for a long time,

And I've seen a lot of guys come
and I've seen a lot of guys go,

And I won't let the door
hit you on the way out.

Bobby: So this is what
we're dealing with.

Tyler: I'm out.

Bobby: Yeah, it is what it is.

Dave: Why does he
do stuff like this?

Tj: It's how he gets
in people's heads, man.

Bobby: If anything,
I thought I let him off easy.

The reality is this is my boat.
It's like my house.

You just don't go
on another man's boat

And go running up
to the fly bridge.

This is some pirate nonsense.

At least we didn't have
to choke him out.

Tj: Yeah, well,
let's not hurt anybody

And let's just go fishing
and catch some fish.

Dave: Yeah.

Bobby: Yeah, yeah.
He just pushes too far.

It's always too far.

Let the games begin.

♪ ♪

Cliff: Pretty morning
out there, ain't it?

Look at that sky.

Nick: Weather finally broke.

Everybody's gonna be
out here eventually.

I'd like to get one
before they all get here.

Cliff: There's a bunch
of mammals right there.

Brandan: There's some marks.
Come on, man.

Come on, man.

Nick: That might be
a tuna, brandan.

I see some mammals right here.

I ain't got my eye on 'em now,
but mammals are a good sign.

A lot of times, the tunas
will hang out with them

Or they feed on the same thing,
the little baitfish.

So anytime you see any kind
of porpoise or whale,

It's good to check it out.

I've seen them blowing,

And I can just see their spray
in the, in the distance.

The season is a marathon,
not a sprint,

And sometimes people
can't handle that.

Sometimes they start fighting
each other instead of tunas.

There's definitely a time
in each season

Where fatigue starts
to get to you.

It either makes you try harder
or it makes you unravel.

With tyler or bobby, hopefully
they will be the ones unraveling

And coming undone
and fighting each other

And we'll be the ones
that are trying harder.

Cliff: Look, something's
busting right there.

There it is.
See it bust right there?

Straight ahead,


Come on, fish, we need you!

[reel unspooling]

Nick: There he is!
Got 'em on! Got 'em on!

Cliff: Got 'em on!

Brandan: Yeah, baby! Hooked up.

Nick: Double-header.
Double-head-ah!

We got to separate these fish.

Cliff: Crank, b,
crank her tight.

Nick: Alright, brandan.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Cliff: We got to watch
these now.

We need to separate these fish.

Nick: Go over me, over me.

Cliff: Hold on, I'm gonna
back my drag off some.

Nick: You got to move.

Cliff: [bleep], man.

You got to leave that off
right now, brandan.

Mine's running for it.

Nick: Alright, you're gonna have
to uncross again, right now.

Cliff: I ain't sure
if we ain't together.

Nick: Bring your tip
right to me now.

You've got to move
the rods, man.

You got to stick 'em up
and move 'em.

Like this, so you could
see what you got.

Alright, I'm under you.

Alright, there you go.

You can't just
look at it and tell,

You got to pick them up
and do that.

Spin the boat, brandan.
Put it in gear.

Just hooked
a double-header here.

Just ease your drag up
a little bit.

Getting a good chase here now.

Trying to still
get him straight,

They're not settled down yet.

Just trying to make sure
they're not getting together

And one burns the other one off.

Brandan: Got two fish on.

Double-header.

Nick: I'm just about straight
up and down on him now.

Cliff: Yeah, I'm way out.

Nick: Still got him, cliff?

Cliff: I don't know.

Nick: Put the boat in gear,
brandan.

Cliff: [bleep]

Nick: You don't?

Cliff: I might be, man,
he's got a lot of line out.

I ain't sure yet.

So much line out.

Nick: Damn it, damn it, damn it.

Brandan: Got two fish on.
Double-header.

Nick: I'm just about straight
up and down on him now.

Cliff: Yeah, I'm way out.

Nick: Still got him, cliff?
Cliff: I don't know.

Nick: Put the boat in gear,
brandan.

Cliff: [bleep]

Nick: You don't?

Cliff: I might be, man,
he's got a lot of line out.

I ain't sure yet.

So much line out.

Nick: Damn it, damn it, damn it.

♪ ♪

Brandan: There he is.

Cliff: He's still on there.

Nick: That fish is right
where you want him,

Away from this one.

Cliff: That's right.

Nick: You want a break?
I got to come out this wetsuit.

You alright, cliff?

Cliff: Yeah, I'm good, bud.

You just need to watch
some of these outboarders

Skipping around here.

I'm way out, way up.

We got all day, boys.

Nick: Take your time.
We only need one of them.

Cliff: That's right.

Nick: The fish are split,
and we're just trying

To position the boat
and keep 'em both tight.

[pop]
cliff: Ah! Damn it!

Yeah, this fish is gone.

We lost that one.

Nick: Pulled hook? Yeah.

Cliff: Hook pulled out of it.

That's just part of fishing.

Nick: Here you go,
let me take him, brandan.

You drive the boat,
I'll give you a break.

Just try to get on top of him.

Come on, baby.

Cliff: So we had a double.
One pulled the hook.

We're gonna take our time
with this one

And just hopefully it works out.

Nick: We only need one fish.

One fish.

Just go easy,
because I'm in low gear.

Just trying to get...

Hey, I can't see [bleep] now
either in the sun.

Cliff: He's right here.
He's right here.

Nick: Alright. Pulling hard,
angle towards him.

Cliff: Come on, baby.
Turn, damn you.

We're getting up and down
on him now, boys.

♪ ♪

[pop]
oh, [bleep].

Nick: Pulled the hook.

Cliff: Get that long rigger out.

Get your hooks
in the water first.

Nick: Ain't nothing
we can do about that.

It's nobody's fault.

Just one of them things
you're gonna have to deal with

If you come fishing.

Brandan: Just got to
set it back out.

Hooked a couple, lost 'em both.

You can't always get 'em.

It just sucks when you don't.

Nick: Damn it.

Cliff: They were ours
for a minute.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Billon: A lot prettier
than I thought it'd be.

It's beautiful.

Greg: That would be sweet
to get a bite right away here.

Billon: Oh, yeah.

Feels like a fishy spot.

Birds, slicks.

Couple boats with fish on.

That helps.

Greg: We're going hard
every day.

Every boat in the fleet
is pushing really hard,

Because you've only got a
limited amount of time to fish,

So you're out there every day.

By the end of the season,
if things aren't going well,

You're getting frustrated.

Every fish counts right now.

But more than anything,
more than anytime,

Now we need big, quality fish.

Let's rig another naked.

Billon: Alright.

[beeping]

Greg: We'll probably get
a bite here.

Billon: That'd be alright.

Greg: 25, 30. Streaking up.

Two of 'em.

Billon: Lovely pair?

Greg: A lovely pair.

Billon: Come on, baby.
We need one.

Greg: Ready.
Billon: I'm ready.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling]

Dirty: There he is, got 'em on.

Woo!

Billon: Good job, team.

Greg: We're on,
yeah, baby, hooked up!

Dirty: Taking drag going down.

Got some tuna tendencies.

Going deep.

First guy to bite,

He was coming down-sea

With the waves, just swimming.

Right where we want him,

In greg's backyard.

Greg: Let him pull.

Dirty: Make him take it, bobby.

Greg: We need this fish
right now.

We're in fifth place.
I'm ready to change that.

Some of these other guys
treat it like a game.

But I'm here to do a job.

Dirty: I thought we'd keep
shortening that distance

To get him in dart range.

Do what we came here to do.

We're here to throw tail ropes
and cash checks.

That's our business.

Greg: It's a nice fish.
He got some weight on it.

Look at the way
he's got that rod bent.

It's a nice fish.

Ah, here you go, you ready?

Go ahead.

Dirty: Yes, sir.

♪ ♪

Greg: Oh, I don't want him
in this change.

Ooh, head shaker.

Dirty: Damn, this fish is nuts!
What's he doing?

Greg: Oh, maybe
he's tail-wrapped.

It's not over yet.

We got him close, but we still
got a long way to go.

Ready to get this one.

Billon: Swivel. Swivel.
Dirty: There it is.

Greg: Watch that line!

Billon: He's right here,
I see him.

He's right here on top.

Dirty: Fish is acting crazy.

Greg: Stick him! Stick him!

Billon: Stick him!

Greg: Do we have him?

Greg: Ooh, a head shaker.

Dirty: Damn, this fish is nuts.

What's he doing?

Greg: Oh, maybe he's
tail-wrapped.

It's not over yet.

We got him close.
We still got a long way to go.

Billon: Swivel. Swivel.

Greg: Watch that line.

Billon: He's right here.
I see him.

He's right here on top.

Dirty: This fish
is acting crazy.

Greg: Stick him! Stick him!

Billon: Stick him!

Greg: Do we have him?

Got him. Nice.

Pull, pull, pull, pull, pull.

[splashing]

Son of a [bleep].

Look out! Look out!

Damn it!

Billon: This fish
won't settle down.

Careful.
We don't wanna lose him.

Greg: To the left.
Go to the left.

This fish is nuts.

Billon: Oh, man, we're
in trouble here.

My left side.

Greg: We're getting
tangled up here.

Pay attention.

Billon: Woo.

Greg: Ha-ha-ha.

We got him.

One more.

Dirty: Woo!

What you think
of that tuna, baby?

Woo.

Greg: Hoist it aboard.

Okay, the tale of the tape.

See what we got.



Dirty: All right.

Billon: Happy to have him,
I know that.

Greg: We could be in
by lunchtime.

Billon: That would be all right.

Paul: Yeah, what was
that story with tyler?

I heard a big ruckus.
What happened?

Dave: Hey, I went down
to talk to bobby,

And tyler and tj show up.

Tj: Tyler and myself were going
to the dock yesterday,

And we noticed bobby bedbugs.

Dave: Tyler's like playing
with his dock lines.

Tj: Like, tyler was just
being tyler, you know.

Dave: He tries
to come on the boat,

And bobby tells him "hey,
I don't want you on my boat."

Tj: But tyler got on his boat
and put on his bedbugs hat.

Dave: Bobby said
I don't wanna do this.

This is not verbatim, but.

Tj: Tyler gets to the top
of the ladder.

Bedbugs wraps himself around him
like this behind him,

Like mounted on him.

Dave: Bobby's tearing
his hoodie off.

Enough is enough,
somebody's gonna get hurt.

Paul: Bobby's twice his age.

I don't know where they get
the energy to do this.

Nick: I wanna ask tyler
about his fight.

Pinwheel, did you win the fight,
or did bobby buggins?

Tyler: Fight? I was just trying
to summit the wheelhouse.

The guy had like
a psychotic breakdown

Because he's getting
his a*s kicked fishing.

Bobby: Nick, he was removed
from the wheelhouse.

[laughing]

Tyler: There was no removal
from you, deadbugs.

The only removal is you
from the fleet.

Nick: I heard you were
changing some colors, tyler.

Tyler: I mean, I had the guy
on the back of my sweatshirt.

I was climbing up a ladder.

Really didn't see
too much toughness there.

Nick: Got to stir the pot
sometimes.

Greg: Same old tyler.

Tuna drama. Like high school.

Beautiful, safe again.

♪ ♪

Dennis: Looks like you got
a decent fish there.

Greg: 94-incher.
Should be a good one.

Dennis: Let's see
what it checks out at.

Greg: All right.

We're in fifth place behind nick
and all three northern boats.

It's getting close to the end
of the season.

That changes now.

How big is that one?

Dennis:


Dirty: Nice.
Greg: Nice, dude.

We got big fish this year.

Big old pork chop.

Let's see what the core
looks like.

Dennis: Well, you guys got
a fat one today.

Greg: Good.

Dennis: You can see the fat

Just completely fanned
through both major lobes here.

You're gonna be in really good
shape on this one.

Greg: Good.

Dennis: If it's got
a nice red core.

Greg: Looks great.

What's it worth?

♪ ♪

Dennis: Well, I'm gonna give you
guys $18 a pound today.

Dirty: Yes!
Billon: I'll take it, man.

Greg: That's like our high
this year, isn't it?

Billon: Absolutely.
Yeah, I think so.

Greg: At this point in
the season, everyone's tired.

You start to lose focus.

You start to lose
your concentration.

That might be our advantage
right now.

We're still pushing every day.

One more for the frenzy.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Tyler: It's not our day
today, mrm.

Marissa: Yes, it is.
The day is young.

We have a lot of day left.

♪ ♪

Tyler: What do you think's
gonna happen here, mrm?

Marissa: I think we're
gonna get a sunset bite.

Still early.

Tyler: [bleep]

Marissa:
Tyler, stop saying that.

Tyler: Stressed out.

We've been having
the worst couple of days.

After greg's fish put him
ahead of us today,

We're only ahead of the bedbugs
and the rasta rocket.

I'm starting to wonder if the
tuna gods are on bobby's side.

But there's no way that's true.

What the [bleep], are we
not getting bit today?

Marissa: No, we are, tyler.
Stop. Sunset bite.

Tyler: Where are they?

Our stuff's fine.

I wanna be mvp.

♪ ♪

[beeping]

Whoa.

Marking 'em.

Just close your eyes and pray.

Pray to the tuna gods.

[beeping]

[beeping]

[ticking]

[reel unspooling]

Whoa. We're on!

Got a bite right here.



Let's go, mrm. Hydros.

Marissa: Okay.
Tyler: We're on.

All right.

Reel that one in.

Big bite. Big bite. Big bite.

Eating.

Nice.

We needed this bite.

♪ ♪

Bobby: Is that pinwheel?

Thinking about cutting
his fish off.

Oh, that is pinwheel.

Yeah, I think we should
cut his fish off.

It'll cause a w*r.

Hey, you guys ready
to go to w*r?

I'm gonna cut
pinwheel's fish off.

Wanna do it?

Say the word, brian.

Tyler: Take that, bedbugs.

Marissa: Is that him?
Tyler: That's him.

Marissa: Oh, gosh.
Tyler: Woo.

We need this one
more than anyone.

Bobby: Oh, yeah.
I got to turn, though.

Gonna get close enough
that he knows we're here.

I like that idea.
I like it a lot.

How close you wanna get?

You wanna trade paint?

[laughs]

Oh, I really want to go
cut that fish off.

Dude, you have no idea.

Bobby: Is that pinwheel?

It'll cause a w*r.

Tyler: This guy fricking
almost ran over our fish.

Marissa: Yeah, he is.
I can see his lines.

Tyler: Dude.

Bobby: Nah. I'm not gonna do it.

Sucks when you got to
always be the adult.

You know what I mean?

I can't stand it, man.

Marissa: Good job, ty.

Tyler: Keep reeling, mrm.
You're doing good.

Bobby's not worth
my time right now.

I'm out here trying to be
the best fisherman in the game.

I don't need some fight
on the dock with a scab

To interfere with me
catching bluefin.

Oh. Woo! Locked up, mrm.

Marissa: He took a lot of line.

I'm just trying to get
some line back.

Tyler: Definitely some weight
and power behind this fish.

Getting some good line here.

Nice sunset tuna bite.

This is the one that could make
the difference in the season.

This is why we do it, though,
for the big, big tunas.

♪ ♪

Ooooh.

Stressful, scary.

I see color.

Big fish, mrm.

Bumpin' forward.

All right, be ready, mrm.

Marissa: Yup.

Tyler: Big fish circle.

Neutral.

Big tuna, mrm. Big tuna!
We need it.

Marissa: Yeah, we do.

Tyler: You got to be
on the throttle.

Swivel. Definitely a swivel.

Whoa. Big circles.

Mrm, get ready on the rod.

Marissa: I'm ready.

♪ ♪

Get him, ty. Get him.

Oh, you got him.

Tyler: Got him.

Got him, mrm. Tail gaff.

Marissa: Woo!

Hi, bluefin.

Big fish.

♪ ♪

Tyler: Woo!
Marissa: Woo!

Tyler: We didn't even
have a tail gaff.

Marissa: Nice work.
Tyler: Tail rope him.

Marissa: My hands are numb.
My fingers are numb.

Tyler: But we got him.

Marissa: That was so stressful.

Tyler: We're down here kicking
the best of the best's butt.

Don't mess with us.
We catch tunas.

Marissa: All right.
Here we go.

Tyler: Woo.

Marissa: Huge tail.
Tyler: Big tuna.

[hoist whirring]

♪ ♪

Nice! Woo.

Marissa: Big bluefin.

Tyler: All right, mrm,
let's get a measurement.

Oh, yeah, this is a nice fish.

Marissa: What do you got, ty?

Tyler: 103.
Marissa: Woo!

Tyler: Yeah.
Nice big fish! Woo!

Marissa: Nice, tyler.

Tyler: Yes!

Marissa: Yay.

Tyler: Let's get going west.

This is the best of the best,
and we're kicking their butts.

Marissa: Yeah, we are.

Zack: We're worn out
and desperate for a bite.

We're literally running on fumes

And we've stayed the night
to catch a fish.

We need a bite,
and we need it now.

Freezing out here, boys. God.

Daniel: Surprised
the water on the t top

Isn't turning into icicles.

Why couldn't it have came
together before dark?

Zack: [bleep].

[laughing]

♪ ♪

Nick: How about you,
rasta rocket?

Zack: All right.
Come on, nick.

Nick: Hey, man.

You guys gonna stay the night,
try to make a drift?

Zack: Yeah, we got a bait
in the water now.

Just trying to get lucky, man.

Freezing.

Nick: Anyway, I'm
over here at the 604.

If y'all want to get
on here, man,

Brandan's cooking a good dinner.

Get on here
and get warm for a minute

And get something to eat.

It won't take too much time
out of your fishing.

Daniel: Hell yeah.

Zack: Y'all boys want to...
That was quick.

Daniel: Hell yeah.

Nick: You can leave the rods
out while you're tied to us.

Might get lucky, just jump
back on there, you know.

Zack: All right, got it.

I looked back
at daniel and shane,

And there was no hesitation
in saying yes,

So we are headed
your way for sure.

Daniel: Got to get us
our belly full,

Maybe that'll give us
a second wind.

Nick: Just a little hospitality
goes a long way.

The guys are having
a tough season.

It's been rough a lot.

They ain't able to make it
out here as many days as us.

So, it makes it a little nicer
when you got friends out here.

Brandan's cooking us up
some food.

If I don't eat it all first,
it's good.

Cliff: What's up, guys?

Zack: This right here
is the good life.

Daniel: Give me that taste
of the good life.

Zack: Man, good lord.

Nick: Y'all guys have a seat
right over there.

Zack: For sure, man.

I totally tip my hat
to the rasta rocket crew.

Y'all are earning it out there.
Believe me, I know.

Zack: We was talkin' 'bout
going home before this.

You saved us tonight, yeah.

Nick: I'm cold on the boat
with a cabin and heat.

I can imagine no cabin,
no heat...No nick.

Zack: I don't even wanna go
back to our boat now.

[laughter]

Daniel: Minnie might not
get back on our boat.

[laughter]

Nick: How's y'all's
season going?

Daniel: Better than
the bedbug's, anyway.

[laughter]

Nick: It don't take much.

They're obviously tough
or they wouldn't be here

And they wouldn't be,
you know, catching tunas.

And hat's off.

Daniel: Come on, men.
Let's get back to reality.

All right, nick. Thank you.

Nick: Yes, sir.

Daniel: We'll see you, cliff.

Nick: Get you one tonight, zack.
See ya, buddy.

Zack: We'll see ya, brother.
Thank you. Carolina boys.

Nick: All right, yeah, man.

Catch you one up tonight.

Zack: For sure, man.

Nick: Got to put it on bedbugs.

Zack: Well, that right there

Was what the taste
of the good life is, boys.

Daniel: Yeah.

Zack: We better not
get used to that.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Tyler: We got ourselves
a nice fish.

Mary: Hey, guys.

Tyler: What's up, mary?

Another tuna for the books.

Mary: Well, I can't wait
to see this one.

Tyler: All right.
Let's check it out.

Mary: All right.

Tyler: There's no way
we're gonna let bobby

Push us off our game this year.

We got this fish, and we're
gonna go right back out

And get a few more.

What we looking at for a weight
on this one, mary?

Mary: 441 pounds dressed.
Another nice weight.

Tyler: Nice.

Mary: Let's see
what he looks like.

Tyler: Yeah, excited to see
how good a fish it is.

♪ ♪

Mary: All right, here it is.

Got a nice red color.

And I see some fat.

It's not real dense, but you can
see a little bit of skin fat.

Let's see what
the core looks like.

Tyler: Nice-looking fish.

Mary: The core's red.

It's not bad.

Tyler: Perfect.

What's a not-bad fish pay?

Mary: It's got some fat,
some good color.

I'm gonna say...

♪ ♪

$14 a pound.

It looks pretty good, you know.

Tyler: Perfect price. Rock on.
Mary: I'm delighted.

Tyler: Thanks, mary.
Mary: Thanks, guys.

Tyler: Appreciate it.
Marissa: Thank you, mary.

Mary: Thank you, guys.
See you tomorrow.

Tyler: I'm not thinking
about bobby at all right now.

Hopefully that fish puts us
back in the lead,

And that's all I care about.

The north is due.

It's time for us to win it
on their turf.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Nick: How about the rocket,
you get one?

Zack: No, we're still
waiting our turn, man.

Nick: You and me both, buddy.

This fishing that we're doing,

You don't have time to get
infused with other captains.

It's something that is
counterproductive.

I'm totally happy to help
the rasta rocket crew,

And I honestly hope
they get a fish.

We'll get him here.
We got some time left.

Zack: Yup.

Nick: Okay.

Oh, boy.

Zack:
Nick's a fantastic fisherman.

There's no doubt about that.

It feels kind of special
that he's kind of taking us

Under his wing right now.

Got a lot of marks through here.

Daniel: Yeah,
there's a lot of marks.

Shane: I'm feeling good
about it.

Zack: We'll find it.

[ticking]

[reel unspooling]

Fish on.

[dog barking]

Daniel: This side, here you go.

Zack: I'll get this side.

A little bit of gas.

Hold. You're good. You're good.

We're down and tight.

Daniel: We really need
this one right here.

Zack: We really need this one.

♪ ♪

[dog barking]

Daniel: Good, hopefully
he'll just settle in.

Stay up and down.

Zack: A lot of line out.

Oh, feels like a big one.

We need him.

A little nervous.

Shane:
Double-checking everything.

Hopefully, we get
a chance at this fish,

And I don't want nothing
on my end to be messed up.

Zack: Little bit of gas.

Keep going.

♪ ♪

Fish acting crazy.

[dog barking]

Zack: We don't wanna lose him.

Zack: Keep going.

Fish acting crazy.

Shane: Settled in, then
it comes back to the top.

Daniel: Yeah.

Zack: It's not settling in.

Trying to get off.

Come on, lord.

Let us get him.

Daniel: There he is.
Shane: There he is right there.

Zack: Holy smoke,
he's a big fish, boys.

Daniel: He's acting funny.

Tugging sideways or something.

Zack: It's a tuna, ain't it?

Daniel: Yeah, it's
definitely a tuna.

[reeling]

[dog barking]

Zack: Gas. Give it gas.

[dog barking]

All right.

Hush, minnie.

Daniel: Wild fish.

Man, my nerves are shot.

Shane: Yeah, just got
to take our time with it.

Daniel: It's definitely
a big boy.

It's a keeper.

That's what we need
right this minute.

Zack: I think I see the swivel.

Oh, yeah, perfect fish.

Color deep.

♪ ♪

Daniel: Right here, shane,

Right here, right here,
right here, right here.

Good job. Good job.

[dog barking]

Stay on him.

He's about to be pissed.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

Zack: Woo!

Daniel:
Get some of that, fellas!

Zack: Heck yeah, boys.
Shane: Oh, it's big!

Zack: Woo!
Daniel: Yeah. Eight is great.

Zack: Woo! We have prevailed.

Daniel: Prevailed.

Zack: Woo! Thank the lord.

Daniel: Just like that,
it makes it all worth it.

Shane: We'll still get in
at a decent time, too.

Zack: Success.
Feels pretty good.

We definitely all got a smile
on our face, even minnie.

♪ ♪

Shane: Welcome aboard, buddy.
Zack: Yeah.

Shane: Welcome aboard.

Daniel: We needed that.

Zack: Another one to the tally.

Daniel: Another one right here.



Zack: Perfect.

Perfect fish.

Fish right there will help us
with another check.

Let's take her to the house.
Take her to wanchese.

Shane: Take her to the cheese.

Zack: Woo! Rasta rocket!

♪ ♪

Man, that felt good.

Perfect. Perfect fish.

Bill: All right, guys.
What's up? Good to see you.

Zack: Good to see you, dude.

I'm happy to see you
with a fish.

That's for sure.

Let's set this thing up there
and see what he weighs.

Bill: All right, zack.
Sounds good, man.

Zack: I know we're the underdog
in this race,

But we're staying off the bottom

And we're gonna keep our foot on
the gas until the finish line.

Bill, what do we got?

Bill: 327 pounds cored out.

Daniel: Nice.
Zack: Nice.

Let's go check out
that tail and the core

And let's talk some business.

Bill: Let's do it.

♪ ♪

Man, guys.

That thing really does
have some fat in it.

Really, really good color.

Got some good grease content.

Let's see what
this core looks like.

Clear and translucent.

No burn.

This is definitely one of the
prettiest fish I have seen today

Or really, dare I say,
the whole season up here.

Zack: You're the expert
tuna judger.

All we know how to do
is catch 'em.

♪ ♪

Bill: Dude, I have no problem
paying you guys

$21 a pound for this fish.

Zack: Yeah, dude. Yeah.

Daniel: We need it.
Bill: Not bad, guys.

Zack: Thank you, dude.

Getting this payday
is a good reminder

Of how our hard work
always pays off.

We're just gonna keep
stacking bluefins

And keep making dollars.

Daniel: One more fish
over the bug man.

Narrator:
Pinwheel's hefty catch

Lands them back in the top spot

With northern champ hot tuna

Close behind and knocks

Local boat little shell

And northern legend

Fishing vessel tuna.Com

Down a few spots,

While rasta rocket's

Nearly $7,000 payday isn't

Enough to boost their standing.

Dave: I haven't heard tyler
on the radio.

Is he, I don't even see,
is he out here?

Bobby: I haven't heard
a damn thing from anybody.

We're done with him.

I'd like to get mine
and be heading west

Within the next two hours.

How about that?

Dave: All right.
Let's both do it.

[chuckles]

Bobby: Carraro on the radio

Asked me if there's any more
drama from the pinhead.

I approach tyler
like you approach electricity.

You're not afraid of it.

You got to be careful,
you get shocked.

I'm done. I'm done.

For this year, I'm done.

You know what?

Enough, I'm just going to
put him on the pay-no-mind list

For the rest of the season.

That should be the end of it.

But you never know
with that kid.

This is who he is.