02x04 - Fisherman's Friend

[bunniefuu]

[casey] this is what
she looks like right now.

We're gonna batten down the
hatches and be ready for it.

We got a hurricane
coming our way.

[man]
hurricane douglas continues
to be a powerful hurricane.

Getting into some bad
60, 70, 80 mph winds.

[phone ringing]

what's up, buddy.

Yeah, that storm
was insane dude.

Dude, I heard it all night,

I mean all I could hear
was palm trees,

the wind was just
whistling through them, man.

I am so over 2020 right now

and I dare ask what else could
possibly happen?

We definitely lucked out
on that one.

Bob, it got
precariously close.

How close actually
did it come?

We were only about
of the hurricane.

If this storm
messes the fishing up

I'm really worried about
getting this into berry
on time.

Let's go down to the docks and
see what jeff's two cents is.

Pick you up
in like 15 minutes?

Cool. Got it.

[casey] alright,
see you buddy.

-Boom!
-Yeah!

[josh] my dad was
captain phil harris...

For you buddy!

...A legend
in the bering sea...

[phil] I'm a sweetheart.

You can't get any better
than me. I'm just a
smiling *bleep* jack.

[josh] ...And he left me
with a name.

Yeah! Boom!

One year after discovering
my dad's charts of hawaii,

I'm chasing down his dream,
the multi-million dollar
kona fishery...

We go down here,
off of these marks

we know that phil put on here.

[josh] ...We've been
finding out he was more
complicated than I knew.

He was asking me a lot of
questions about hawaii.

You could tell he was looking
for another experience
to have.

[josh] hurricane douglas
has cost us two days

and might have taken the fish
that we need for this order

and put them off the bite.

[casey] so we'll find them,

you sh**t them.

This is crazy.

[casey] that's a big
a*s shark.

Oh, we got a fish on here.

Fish on!

[josh] but,
like the old man said,

nothing comes easy...

Whoa! That's a *bleep*
marlin!

...And you've got to earn it.

Holy *bleep*.

Woo!

[shouting]

[casey] yeah baby.

-Joshua.
-[casey] jump in homie.

Get the *bleep* in the truck.

[josh] we're on
the struggle bus this morning.

[casey] you know that
hurricane douglas
came whipping through here.

It didn't hit the big island

but it hit just north of it
and the current's running
really hard south.

Hopefully we'll be able to
turn something out of it.

We got fish we have to catch
for that order, dude.

[josh] we got about a half
of our 1,800 pound order
sitting on ice ready to ship

but we need to deliver fresh,
top quality product

so getting the rest caught
quickly is key.

If the hurricane threw off the
fishing, we can't wait for the
currents to calm down.

[casey] what's up boys?

I'm gonna get ready to
go hook the boat up.

Blessed with the presence,
the master and commander.

What you got for us today,
ocean master?

[jeff] I don't know man. From
what I hear the fish aren't
really biting right now.

Lots of times
after the storm,
when debris comes in,

fish are kind of finicky.
They've got tossed around.

So what are we
going to do then?

[jeff] I mean,
we've got a plan.

[josh] well what's this
master plan?

What the hell
is that thing?

What I'm going to do is I'm
going to hook this spear g*n
up to this reel.

We'll just attach it
like this, right here
with this swivel...

-sh**t them.
-[casey] really?

-You actually get
physically in the water?
-I'm gonna get in the water.

Sometimes ocean conditions
mean that you can't just fish,

you also gotta be
able to hunt.

So I'm gonna get in the water
with my spear g*n

and that g*n's gonna be
also attached to a line
on the boat.

-That sounds pretty badass.
-It is, just don't
screw it up.

Alright.

So jon and casey, you go out
and get ahead of us.

You've got a bigger boat,
faster boat,
all these electronics.

You got a lot longer
line of sight.

You know, you guys
scout some ground

you know, see what you guys
can find.

[casey] so we'll find them,

you sh**t them,
you drive the boat

and you do the grunt work.

I'll reel them in yeah.

[jeff] sound good?

[all] sounds good.

Get going boys.

See you guys out there.

[casey] alright, let's get
out of here.

Jeff may be
the underwater pro

but we've got to find out
where those fish are hiding

and I have a secret weapon
of my own.

Alright, so I was going over
this last night,

looking at all the different
marks.

Now, look what my dad wrote,
you know.

The bottom of the ocean
is incredible.

We've got ahi strikes,
we've got marlin strikes,

you know,
we've got mahi strikes.

-[casey] I can b*mb down here.
-[josh] yeah dude,
scout it out.

-Let us know
what you come up with.
-Not a problem.

Yeah, cool.

*bleep* sweet.

When you're a fisherman,
you learn real quick

that the weather
can play tricks on you.

[phil] I'm in
deep trouble here.

I mean look around.

The reality of it is,

I'm in the middle
of a great big iceberg,

and I'm stuck.

I've got $100,000 worth
of crab pots

that are going to get ate
if we don't do something here.

[josh] when I was a kid

I watched the old man come up
with solution

after solution

when things got tough.

[phil] here's the deal.

I'm gonna try to
spring out of here

use the forward cleat

so my bough doesn't get
into the rocks up there.

[josh] pops loved
finding ways
to outfox mother nature...

Fish on!

...And that's what made him
a hero to me.

[laughing]

we officially made it
out of the ice harbor.

We'll be out in open water
by tonight.

[josh] if jeff thinks
spearfishing is our best shot
after this hurricane

then I'm all in.

Hook them hard boys.
Spear that *bleep*.

Good luck.

[josh] let's do it.

Oh yeah.

Scout for jeff,
we'll check for marks.

Let's see if we get lucky.

[josh] I'm fishing with jeff
solo today. I feel great.

This guy right here
catches some fish.

We've got a big order to fill
and one way or another,
we're getting them a hoard.

-Let's switch, you drive.
-Alright.

Then that way I can get
all of my stuff on,

get everything set up.

[jeff] spearfishing is
a team game

so nainoa's gonna
drive the boat,

I'm going to be in the water
trying to spear the fish

and josh is going to be
the one that actually
cranks it in.

[casey] look jon.

Big pile of birds up here

going to the left a little.

No they're on to something
here.

If they're on the hunt
they'll go higher.

There's an aku pile or
something sitting under here.

Even if they're off the bite,
predator fish like ahi stay
close to their food source.

They're never very far away.

They may not hit your bait,
but you can find them
with a spear.

-That's the idea.
-He's a crazy b*stard.

He is crazy. He's nuts dude.

Oh man. I'm crazy,
I know you're crazy
but I'd never do that.

Do a lot of spearfishing?

No *bleep* huh? Where do you
spearfish, near shore?

Ah *bleep*.

-Ah come on.
-No I'm not *bleep* around.
I'm not *bleep* around.

[dark brass music]

oh, right... Right here.

Oh it's a
*bleep* scorpion dude.

Oh *bleep*.
Watch out, scorpion.

-Holy *bleep*.
-*bleep*.

-Oh. Did you see it?
-Big scorpion, big scorpion.

-Yeah, it bit you.
-Yeah, it bit you dude.

*bleep* stinger's right there.

Don't touch that,
there's poison in it.

Holy *bleep*.

We haven't even started
fishing and you're already
getting *bleep*.

Oh that's gnarly.
Those things hurt.

I hope there's nothing else
in here dude.

[josh] well, maybe you should
check it first.

[nainoa] luckily it wasn't in
the bottom pants, yeah?

Oh god, I know.

[josh] you know he's
a man's man when

the only way jeff silva
starts his day

is by getting stung
by a scorpion.

*bleep* right out of the gate.
I mean--

-I've never seen one
in real life.
-Or maybe a cane spider.

*bleep* that.

[screams] there's one
in the bag.

*bleep* you. *bleep* damn it.

[jon] look at this,
look at this right here.

[machine beeps]

we're marking fish
again buddy.

[machine beeps]

[casey] oh yeah we are.
Look at that dude.

[machine beeps]

[jon] right there.

-[machine beeps]
-that's--

oh, there's some big
fish up top at 20.

-[machine beeps]
-you see them down there?

Yep. I got a mark over
here too man.

Yep. Right at 40.

Got double confirmed.

Call jeff, tell him

we've got something going on.

[phone rings]

yo.

We are marking ahi
left and right.

If you guys want to get it
with the spear it might be
a good shot.

Alright man.

Alright. Good luck buddy,
spear them straight.

[jon] I'm pretty excited
buddy.

Here we go.

Dude you do look like a
*bleep* ninja though. You look
like an assassin.

[machine beeps]

[machine beeps]

[jeff] hey josh look at all
these marks down here.

-There's a *bleep* load.
-*bleep* load of ahi down
there for sure.

A lot of fish right now.

I'm going to put opelu in my
belt in case I see a fish.

[josh] what, you just strap
them right in there?

I'm going to just stick them
in here,

like b*ll*ts.

I'm going to use them
for bait.

-Live or dead?
-No, not live.

-Oh, okay.
-We could put live. I've never
done that before.

Just have a little live belt,
just like--

[laughter]

couldn't you technically

like strap up
a couple of live ones

and keep them on a leash?

I mean, then you could sit
there and walk the opelu.

[laughter]

for hundreds of years,
hawaiians have been
using opelu,

a local bait fish,
to help draw in ahis.

But they didn't have
spear g*ns.

At least not like mine.

[josh] holy *bleep*.
That thing can
sh**t pretty far, huh?

Damn and you have to pull.
How many... Damn.

There's three of them?

You wouldn't want to get
hit with that.

[jeff] okay we're loaded.

So these are the b*ll*ts,
the famous b*ll*ts.

So, we'll just put these in
our belt and then if we see a
fish and it's being skittish--

[josh] I thought you were
joking, at first.

No, I'm never going to joke
with you.

I didn't joke about that
scorpion, did I?

No, that was the real deal but
you did joke with me about
the spider.

I would never do that to you.

Never.

I'm jumping in, we're gonna
look around and see if we see
anything, alright?

[josh] okay.

He's officially in the water.

Even with a badass g*n,
spearing an ahi is hard to do.

They can swim almost 35mph.

Jeff needs to dive 60ft
on one single breath
before he even starts hunting.

He's right on top of those
fish that we saw. Man I hope
we're on the money here.

This is pretty cool.

[josh] it's crazy to think
that jeff's in the open water

out in the middle
of the ocean.
That's absolutely insane.

Desperate times call for
desperate measures.

One way or another, we're
getting that order fulfilled.

It's pretty crazy.

-Ooh. Big fish jumping
in front of us.
-[jon] yeah.

-[machine beeps]
-[josh] something big
down there.

[josh] something big
at the top.

[nainoa] whoa, big shark.

A big *bleep* shark.

That's a big a*s shark.

[josh] damn. Dude he's coming
in hot for jeff.

[nainoa] oh my god.

[nainoa] whoa, big shark.

-A *bleep* shark.
-Big shark.

[josh] damn. Dude he's coming
in hot for jeff.

[nainoa] oh my god.

[josh] he's fast.

It's an oceanic whitetip.

It's about ten footer
right now. Wow.

-[nainoa] holy *bleep*
-[josh] dude.



I think this is crazy.

Oceanic whitetip sharks

have a rap sheet
that's about a mile long

so jeff better grow a set of
eyes in the back of his head.

[jon] wow.

[josh] he just keeps the spear
in front of him.

[josh] coming up on you.

[josh] this is scary stuff.

[josh] well if I ever have
a mental breakdown I'll go
diving for sharks but...

I think I'm just gonna
stick with the sea monsters
we're already catching.

Hey josh, there's a big ahi
down here.

I'm gonna sh**t him
but there's like five sharks
around him.

I'll see if we can get him,
okay?

[josh] okay, do it dude.
Get on it.

-[nainoa] oh josh, you got one
man, you got one.
-[josh] I got it.

-One on there?
-[nainoa] he's on there.

-[jeff] we got him.
-We got him.

Rod, rod *bleep*!

[jeff] just take it slow,
nainoa, okay?

-[nainoa] take them
nice and slow.
-[reel spins]

[nainoa] it's gonna run
and take off

and then start tension real
nice and slow.

*bleep* me.

Yeah, I need to start
working out.

This is a tiresome process.

[jeff] it's coming up.
It's coming up.

Last drag on that *bleep*
thing was long.

We know there's sharks around
us though, yeah?

[nainoa] plenty of sharks
around here, we want to
get him up as soon as we can.

It's coming.

I'll take the backup g*n.

My arms feel like linguine
and this isn't even
a monster fish.

[nainoa] oh you *bleep*.

*bleep* shark nailed him.

-[josh] a shark nailed him?
-[jeff] shark got him.

[josh] oh come on.

This is the second time I've
caught an ahi that a shark's
taken a bite out of.

[nainoa] and it's called
a big a*s shark.

[josh] oh man.

That was a supreme
piece of meat right there.

Would have been great
for our order
but that's all we have left

of what was
a perfectly shot fish.

That's not going to
fill our order, man.

It's still twitching.

That's not how we want it
to go.

The sharks came in fast
and out of nowhere.

I'm just glad that they took
the tuna instead of jeff.

You can't win them all.
That was one of the most
intense things I've ever seen.

[cell phone rings]

-[josh] casey.
-[nainoa] that's your phone.

[josh] what's going on there,
big dog?

How are you guys doing?
What did you get?

Well we had a nice ahi on,

it took off hard
and now we know why.
I got the head back.

A shark decided to
take the rest of the ahi.

Oh no.

We got it right through the
head too, it was great.

It was a huge fish too
but you can't win them all.

Ah man.

*bleep* happens, oh well.
See you in there.

Alright bye.

-[nainoa] everybody in?
-[josh] shark infested waters.

Losing that ahi hurt.

Between the hurricane,
now sharks

we're falling behind.

[indistinct conversations]

-[jon] there's a good seat
right here.
-[casey] what a view, huh?

[jon] right in the sun.
Perfect.

[jon] we need
to find fish fast.

So I decided to call in
a favor.

Bob tremaine's a friend
of mine that lives on
the big island.

He's been a bering sea crabber
since josh and casey have been
in baby shoes.

I've known bob since I was a
kid, man. I've known bob for
about four boats.

-[laughter]
-that's about 40 years.

There's no time frame,
it's just four boats.

-There he is.
-Oh there he is.

-[jon] hey brother.
-[engine revs]

-damn, crazy.
-He races those cars.

-Does he?
-Yeah.

[josh] damn.

You know, bob tremaine's
a legend in dutch harbor,

but he's been over here on the
hawaiian islands wreaking
havoc for just as long

and now they call him
kona bob.

-Hey bob. Nice car man.
-Hey how's it going?

Here, have a seat.

You can hear that thing
from a way's off.

What have you got under the
hood of that thing?

It's a 600 horse, v8,
small block ford.

You know, just your basic
small block ford.


to the wheels.

A track car.

-How long have you
been here now?
-Since '88, '87.

I fished commercially out here
from '87 to 2000.

That's their dream, to be you

-back in 1988.
-Yeah.

[casey] so are you still
fishing out here anymore?

Yeah, when I can.

-Just for fun?
-Between racing and golfing.

Badass man. One of
the few people that were there
during the heydays

and before then
and when my dad was a tyrant

and a whippersnapper.
What can you tell me?

He was asking me a lot of
questions about hawaii

because he knew I'd
been over here fishing a lot.

So you could tell
he was looking for
another place to go,

another experience to have.

-Just that kind of guy.
-Yeah.

If bob was here
in the late 80s

and he was in dutch harbor
before that

I might just be talking to
the guy who sent my dad

on this hawaiian adventure.

You could tell he was looking
for another place to go,

another experience to have.

-Just that kind of guy.
-Yeah.

I might just be talking to
the guy who sent my dad on
this hawaiian adventure.

You my friend,
are one of the few people

that were there during the
heydays and before then
and when my dad was a tyrant

and a whippersnapper.

What can you tell me?

He was full of energy
all the time, just going.

-That's weird.
-When I met morris hanson,

he pointed your dad out.
Your dad was on deck.

He was like his deck boss.

And your dad was running
around doing everything,

getting the pots hooked up to
the crane, getting them over
on my boat.

And morris pointed out,
he goes,

"this guy is going to be
somebody.

He's gonna end up
having a boat someday.

He's a little crazy,
I have a little trouble
with him in town

-but he's a good seaman."
-[laughs]

"you know,
he's got the passion

for the industry."

and that's the first time
I met your dad.

That's pretty truthful right
there. [laughs]

he came up in the pilot house
and I talked to him and really
intrigued him.

And it was pretty obvious that
he was looking for another
place to go, another fishery--

-another avenue.
-To do it where it was warm,

and you could have fun and
enjoy it and catch big fish.
Yeah.

Years later you find out
little tids and bits about
your old man

and you hear all these stories
and learn a lot

-and it's like,
it's pretty cool.
-Yeah.

[josh] since we started
this journey

I just feel like
the old man's

been watching
over my shoulder.

Little things like finding
the notebook

and running in to
bob tremaine.

It's almost like he's just
throwing little hints out
there for me.

So how are you guys doing?
How's the venture going?

Well...

Well the fish are
off the bait,

at least we've had a hard time
catching them.

Big blow came through,
messed up everything.

You know, what kind of
recommendation can you give

a couple of yayhoos
from alaska to get us back on
some fish here?

Yeah well, one of the options
is spearfishing.

-Next.
-[laughter]

the second option would be
going way offshore

where that type of weather
doesn't affect the fish
schools offshore so much.

[casey] that's
out of our range.

I don't know if you're
quite ready for that yet.
Its 140-50 miles offshore.

The other option would be down
south for the big white fish,

and you're going to be seeing
a lot more marlin down there.

So you're telling me that
the big game fish, marlin
are not affected by the storm?

Not really,
it kind of stimulates them.

There's so much bait
down there,

they get down there.

Especially the marlin, they're
predators, they're gladiators.

They're looking for food and
there'll be more action
down there

where things are more
concentrated an there's not
so much effect from the storm.

-That's the golden ticket.
-That's a good way to go.

So here's to big game.
We're going after big game.

-Go after big game.
-Big game guys.

I hope we make you proud.

Thanks for the advice.

The guy that gave my dad
the idea to go to hawaii

is telling us to go south
to hunt for marlin.

That's exactly what we're
going to do.

[josh] I'm ready to go
fishing, dude.

And away we go.

We don't need
to *bleep* slam hard, dude.

We ain't got to prove nothing.
[laughs]

you're gonna beat them
in the long run.

*bleep* go boys.

Let's go.

Yeah.

Yeah baby.

Feels like I'm running at a
high rate of speed.

[laughter]

[josh] I feel like I'm on
a giant jet ski.

[jon] blue sky here.

First boat here.
That's a good thing.

Yeah either that means we're
all by ourselves and it's good

or we don't know what we're
doing and we're in
the wrong spot. [laughs]

it looks really good.
We're in the right spot.

[jeff] the storm kind of
passed by us and churned
the water up a lot.

A lot of birds.

Just kind of
getting set up right now.

At some point these fish have
got to come up and eat.

Yep. We're gonna make some
*bleep* happen today.

[jon] we're marking fish.
We're marking fish,
that's all I know.

[casey] yeah, that's aku,
remember I said we could hook
this up and go for marlin?

-Uh huh.
-That's what papa was
talking about, right there.

We've got this
hard bill stuff,

okay, with a big a*s
marlin hook on it.

-Yeah baby.
-So what we'll do

is we'll take this little hook

and we'll get a fish
about this big, aku

take this and we'll sew this
to that little fish's head

and then he'll swim around and
then hopefully a marlin
eats him.

Big marlin don't go after
small fish, so we're gonna
catch an aku,

a small tuna, something
a predator can really
get excited about.

-[jon] got you. Plan a.
-[casey] that's plan a right
now. Okay.

[casey] if anybody knows
you and me,
we'll be on plan b real quick.

Is that a little float right
there, jon off to the
starboard side?

About 50 yards out?

There you go there's your aku
right there.

-See him out there? Go to him.
-Okay.

-Put her in gear.
-Okay.

Go for it jonny.
Get up there.

Right now we're gonna catch
an aku so we can live bait
for a marlin.

Marlin eat aku. Marlin eat
anything they want to eat.

There pretty much the biggest
baddest fish in the sea, here.

And they're fast enough
to catch it.

So if we can catch one of
these little guys

they'll swallow them whole.

These aku
are marlin candy.

You gotta call them
just right though.

-You gotta go...
[sings] come here aku.
-[jon sings] aku.

-[machine beeps]
-[casey] here we go,
just aim right here,

dead ahead,
you're good.

You're gonna be on them
in two seconds.

We're in the zone my friend.

Oh. Oh, I had a bite.

We're on. Oh, we're off.

Where's my second hit?
Come on.

Yep, we got one.

[jon] hell yeah.

[casey] I'll bring it in
over here.

So now is the hard part.

You've got to be able
to get this fish in
without hurting him.

Get him unhooked and bridled

in about 20 seconds or less.

And get him back out.

[grunts]

yep, exactly.

Ah he's bleeding a lot but
we'll try it.

Pull that needle off.

Pull that needle...
[casey groans as the fish
rattles against him]

-yeah get it.
-There you go.
Get it on there.

No, no, just hook it on there.

-Just put it on the hook.
-Hook it on the hook.

Okay there we go.

Okay get him in.

Let's do it. Do it to it.

[casey cheers]

-[jon] you did it.
-[casey] okay put her in gear.

Okay. Stand by.

Okay.

[casey] we got
a live bait out.

Now we've got a thirty pound
tuna on the line.

That's worth
a couple hundred bucks.

That was a beautiful little
fish though man.

We're gonna use him to try to
catch a marlin

that's gonna
be worth a couple grand.

Come on. Come on.

Here's to hoping
it stops there

and they all don't get eaten
by a thousand pound
tiger shark.

With an aku this big, we
should be able to catch marlin
or a really big ahi.

Okay.

[machine beeps]

right here, there's a fish.

-There's something,
just jumped in front of us.
-Oh yeah right there.

[jon] that was beautiful.

[casey] there's life here man,

we just got to hook into
one of these puppies.

When the marlin sees our aku,
he's just gonna see a
little fish freaking out

and hopefully he sees dinner.

He's tugging awfully hard.

Like he's very, very nervous.

Sometimes the prey
sees the predator before
the predator sees the prey.

He gets nervous for a second,
like that.

Oh we got a little
flash back there.

Oh, you got a fish on!
Fish on!

Fish on, baby!
Fish on.

Jonny, I think I've got
something else big here.

Right there dude, it bent it.
It bent it.

It's coming out. It's a marlin
dude, I saw the tail.

-Look at that.
-Wow holy *bleep*.

Dude that's big.

This thing is a monster.

[casey] these marlin can be
over 14 feet long

and upwards of 1000lbs.

Fighting one can take hours.

It's like playing tug of w*r
with a grizzly bear.

[jon] take it easy. Don't
reel him in too soon dude.

People get k*lled
by these fish.

They go nuts
when they come up here.

They could jump
your whole boat.

They can tail walk 300yds.

They are very powerful.

So I'm sort of concerned. We
want to wear this guy out.

[casey cheers] boy that's a
powerful one.

I tell you, it ain't no


[jon] bringing this marlin in,
we've got to be careful.

It's got a spear on its head

that could turn us into human
shish kebab.

This *bleep* thing's like a
unicorn out there.

[casey sighs] you want to
come and crank this thing for
a minute, jon?

Yeah.

[reel spins]

it's gonna be a while.

[casey] it's a big fish.

That guy's got
an attitude problem.

You know, with a big marlin
like this, you don't want to
snap your line off

and when they get a run
like this going

you've almost got to wonder

are we catching the fish
or is the fish catching us?

[sighing and grunting]

[jon] how long we been
fighting that for, an hour?

I have no idea.

I've got sweat dripping off
my beard.

Yeah, I've got sweat dripping
off my sweat.

-[laughing]
-it's hot. I'm hot dude.

[sighing]

[casey] it's k*lling me
though.

[jon] I was cranking the
handle and nothing was coming.

Okay. Crank it.

-He's getting more tired than
you, I promise.
-Here he is.

[casey] he's doing all this
with a hook in his mouth,
you're not.

That's it.

Oh baby. Oh baby.

I think we've got him.

[laughter]

that's a one of a kind there.

Okay, what we're gonna do,
I'm gonna pick this
*bleep* up.

We're gonna come right across
and lay him across this way,
okay?

Let's do it quick,
I'm out of juice.

-[jon] one, two. One, two...
-[both] three.

-[jon] one, two, three.
-I got him, I got him.

-I got him.
-Okay, watch out let him go.

[jon sighs] that's a monster.

[casey] holy hell.

Oh, *bleep*.
I've got nothing left.

-That's an old sailor.
-I'm sick of this stuff.

I remember casey mcmanus
when he was this tall

running around the docks,
he was never afraid
to get his hands dirty,

and today was no exception.

[laughter]

[cheering]

I'm pretty proud of him.

-Thank you god.
-Thank you jesus.

-Oh thank you. Oh my god.
-Thank you casey.

Give me some water buddy.

Give me some water.

I need some water, dude.

Too hot, brother.

Yeah. Yeah. [cheers]

-[cheers]
-[cheers]

yeah. We got him! We got that
*bleep*.

That wasn't easy.
That thing is
heavier than me.

That's a big fish.

The biggest marlin
I've ever seen in my life
is right there.

Oh my god.

Let's get this thing in a box.

-On three, all the way up
and in.
-One, two, three.

Holy *bleep*.

That's the whole box.

We're just getting started,
brother.

This is all going to vegas.

I've got to call jeff and let
him know what's going on.

He'll... I think he'll be
impressed.

What do you think, jonny?

I hope they are.

[casey] the meat from
this marlin

is going to take
a massive chunk

out of our white meat order.

Best guess, we're at 1000lbs.

Probably got about 800 to go.

That was an amazing battle.

Man versus beast.

Hillstrand mcmanus,
kings of the ocean.

No it's more like
mcmanus hillstrand,
kings of the ocean.

I think it just rolls
off the tongue better.

Mcmanus hillstrand,
it just sounds better.

See, I should have never
given you a compliment.

-I knew it.
-Well, you know.

[cell phone rings]

what are you doing, big dog?
What's you and jon up to?
Anything?

Bro, we've been working hard.

We've been working real hard.

Never... I can't remember
what it's called right now.

We got the marlin covered for
vegas.

-Oh boy.
-[casey] we got about a 300
pounder.

-Nice, nice.
That is a big fish.
-Wow that's a big fish.

-[casey] and I'm whooped.
-Tell jonny *bleep*
that's exciting.

Dude, they wore
this old man out.

Fight of your life,
huh jonny?
Nice job man.

How are you guys doing?
What did you get?

Well the only movement
I've gotten this morning was
a bowel movement

and that was about it.

Not even a bite yet.

[casey] maybe we should head
home? Get this thing cut up?

-[josh] tomorrow's a new day.
-Alright, see you buddy.

Bye.

-We can start
making our way back.
-Yeah.

I'm gonna throw this
back on this side.

Alright, gentleman,
let's *bleep* roll.

Hurricane douglas put us
behind the eight ball

but casey and jonny
scoring that marlin,
that really helps out,

but we still have
a long way to go.

800lbs of mahi, ahi
and white fish is
a lot to catch.

Coming for you baby.

[shrieking]

oh *bleep* big ahi, dude!

Just jumped out of the water.

[shouts] big ahi bro.
You see it?

-Yeah. Yeah. *bleep*
-you see it?

[shouts]
big *bleep* ahi again.

-Holy *bleep* big ahi again.
-Yeah.

Oh jeff.
Drop a bait right now.

[jeff] they're jumping at
the boat.

Oh! *bleep*
look at them!

Throw opelu, throw opelu out.

They're gonna bite it,
guaranteed.

That thing jumped out of the
water like ten times.
*bleep* thing was blowing up.

[jeff] something's got this
*bleep* thing.

[josh] shall we bring it up?
Shall we bring it up?

[jeff] I got him. I got him.

Bring it up.

Yup, got him.

Got him. We're on. We're on.

[shouting]
that's a *bleep* marlin.

-Yeah.
-[josh] holy *bleep*.

[jon] oh man, god
that's a beautiful fish.

Where's my damn camera?

Prize of a lifetime here.

Yeah. [shouts]

take a picture for me?

[jon] what a beautiful,
magnificent fish.

I had to take a picture
with it.

Look at it, here we go.

I think almost
every man's bucket list
has a marlin in it.

Catch a marlin.
I'm pretty sure.

Most men I know.

But who knows nowadays.

[laughter]

-with the hang loose.
Give them the hang loose.
-One, two, three.

[jon] that's a beautiful fish.
Look at that *bleep* thing.

What a great day on the water.

Alright, back to reality.

Look how long this fish is.

[laughter]

[jon] that's a giant.

[cheers]

oh my god.

[jeff] I got him. I got him.

Got him. Got him.

-We're on.
-We're on. We're on. We're on.

[shouting]
that's a *bleep* marlin!

[josh] holy *bleep*.

Oh my god, how did you *bleep*
hook a marlin out of the blue
right there?

We put a line out driving home
and suddenly we hit.

Now it's win one more fish
fight can turn a good day
into a great one.

How the *bleep*
did that happen?

*bleep* oh there it is.
[shouts]

work it josh, don't *bleep*.

I don't know if he's on yet.

-Reel harder!
-Oh he is, he's on, he's on.

He's on, he's on.

[reel spins]

-oh there it is.
-[jeff] oh *bleep*.

[shouting]

-[josh] dude.
-[jeff] oh that's
a good size one.

Damn.

-Let's drive on,
let's drive on him.
-*bleep*

-drive on.
-I got you.

Oh god.

[josh] oh *bleep*, now we've
got a marlin and it's pissed.

-[nainoa] is that line kind of
tight or what?
-[josh] oh it's tight.

He's running.

Last year, when me and jonny
were fighting a marlin.

Hell yeah harris.

I've got to tap out.
Here jonny.

You're up, big dog.

I got too tired.
I had to give up the reel.

[jon] this is one big fish,
dude.

Oh dude. What!

-[josh] the next marlin
hooked up.
-Careful, careful, careful.

[josh] casey was the one
reeling it in.

Let go, let go, let go.

-Oh.
-Oh *bleep*.

-Get him?
-Yeah.

This is my fish.

I don't want him to *bleep*
come out and *bleep* nip me.

No, we're good.
I'm going to move this rod out
of the way for us.

Okay.

-[nainoa] pick up that slack.
-[josh] dude.

He's taking line.

He's going down right now,
he's jumping a lot and
exerted a lot of energy.

So what he's going to do now
he's going to
take you down deep

and sit in
the cool water down there.
The big blue waters.

He's gonna relax himself

take his time

and make you work hard.

-*bleep* this guy.
-[laughs]

fighting big game fish
is a chess match.

When to crank, when to let
them run.

Yeah he's really
going down there.

You've got to anticipate what
your next move's going to be.

What you're doing right there,
you're going to do a little
slow crank and yank.

Got the fish at 25 josh,
you're doing good, buddy.

He's coming up, he's right
where you want him,

-you're just going to keep him
right there like that.
-You want to go nice and slow.

Nice and slow and steady.

[josh] fishing out here
hurts in a different way

than it hurts in alaska.

[nainoa] we're gonna have to
gaff this thing right in
the corner, buddy.

-He wants to go to the motor.
-[jeff] I know.

[jeff] josh, keep cranking,
just watch his head.

[nainoa] he's turned back
to the left. Yeah he's
coming straight now.

Once a marlin's hooked,
it moves in every direction
trying to get away.

It's my job
to watch josh's line

and move the boat...

...So that the line doesn't
go back by the prop
and cut it off.

[josh] he's coming right back
towards us.

-[nainoa] crank it josh,
keep cranking.
-Okay.

[nainoa shouts] there he
goes.

[josh] oh *bleep*.

[josh] man versus fish.

Go, go, go, go.

Wow.

[laughing]

there's some white meat, baby.

[laughs] they asked for
white meat.

Bam! They get more white meat.

-Alright gentlemen.
-That's going to vegas baby.

It ain't over till it's over,
bro.

Right when we thought we were
going to the dock.

Just when you think you're
going home, you ain't
going home.

Wow.

-[josh] I'm so tired.
-[nainoa] awesome job.

Good job man,
slow steady pressure.

-This is still so crazy to
me to see...
-He's on the deck now.

...A giant of the sea sitting
in the back of this boat.

-We got it, man.
-*bleep*

that was rad.

[jeff] there's no fiercer
competitor than a marlin.

But josh did a great job.

He helped land
that ten foot fish

and we got it
in the box.

And I'm proud of him.

Mahalo ke akua
for this beautiful fish,
thank you so much.

It's unreal just having
two of my best friends
out here with me

and just being able to provide
a hell of a day

and this fish will not go
to waste

and just thank you
for keeping us safe.

Let's go home to our families

[sigh] mahalo ke akua.

Amen.

[jeff] beautiful fish.

You watch real fisherman
who's lives depend on it...

[phil] I'm just *bleep* razor
blades right now.

I'm critical this time,
this is the worst
you've ever seen me.

[josh] ...And they never quit.

[phil] I've got to get
this thing going.

Now I've got two cigarettes
going at once.

And as me and my brother
came up, my dad
never let us off the hook.

There's still things to learn

and you want to be top share.

You want to be top dog,
you earn it.

[josh] starting tomorrow

we've got an order to fill,

we're going to
go get the rest.

You know,
it was a good day for us.

But first a quick thanks

to the man that put us
on the marlin.

[josh] knock, knock.

-You guys made it.
-We did make it.

-Good advice you gave us man.
-Alright.

You did it brother.

It worked out, huh?

-Oh yeah it worked great.
-It did.

It's always good
when you catch fish.

Yes sir. Yes sir.

Alright guys.

Brought you over a couple
marlin steaks

from the marlin
we caught.

-Oh, thank you.
-So I'll hand that to you.

Alright, we'll put those
on the grill.

Yeah dude,
that's what I'm talking about.

Come on in. Anybody thirsty?

-Beer?
-[casey] yeah I'll take one.

Bob's advice about the marlin
was pure money.

[laughter]

alright guys, well, well done.
Way to do it.

-That's what happens.
-Yeah.

It was the kind of direction

only a great fisherman
could give.

That's the old cornelia marie
right there.

I haven't seen that picture
in about eight to ten years.

[bob] everybody loves
that picture.

That's so crazy.

He knew about the fish and he
also knew about the old man.

Feels like this could be
the start of
a beautiful friendship.