NARRATOR: All season...
-We need you, baby.
Come on in here!
NARRATOR: Giant tuna...
-Yeah baby, whoo!
-Man.
NARRATOR: And huge paydays...
-Thank you, Jesus.
NARRATOR: Have been
the name of the game
in the Outer Banks.
-Beautiful!
-Yes!
NARRATOR: And now...
-There it is!
NARRATOR: With only six
days left of fishing...
-Let's get 'em, bro.
-Seek and destroy.
NARRATOR: All that it'll take...
-I got to put my
fighting suit on.
-Good thing they got the
old man on the boat, baby.
NARRATOR: Is one big fish...
-Every fish counts so much.
-Whoo!
-This is fishing, boys.
NARRATOR: To steal the lead.
-Watch these ropes.
I'm telling ya.
NARRATOR: This is...
-Darn it, man.
-Stick him!
NARRATOR: Wicked Tuna
Outer Banks.
For the first time
this season, southerner
Doghouse leads the fleet.
But northern boat
Pinwheel, local underdog
Reels Of Fortune,
and long-time champion
Fishin' Frenzy are less
than $2,000 behind.
Meanwhile, northerner
Hot Tuna continues to
struggle with only two fish.
BRITTON: I feel like any
minute I will get a bite.
There's a lot of difference
in "I hope I get a bite,"
"I pray I get a bite,"
and "I'm expecting a bite"
and that's where I am this
morning, I'm expecting a bite.
We're having a strong season.
Last trip out.
CAINE: One, two, three, heave.
BRITTON: We caught three fish
that were worth over 22 grand.
-Whoo, pretty work.
-Now we're at the
top of the fleet and
it feels pretty good.
But with the season
coming to an end, I just
wanna finish strong with fish
on the deck and put
some money in the bank.
-Fingers are crossed.
We're right where
we should be.
TYLER: Today's
gonna be our day.
We're gonna get 'em today.
DUFFY: Let's get 'em, bud.
-Sounds like there's
been a couple bites
so far this morning.
Just, we haven't been
in on the action yet.
We need to get in on
the action, Duff-Duff.
DUFFY: We need the action.
TYLER: There's less
than a week left in the
Outer Banks Bluefin Season.
Last season we were
less than 700 bucks from
taking the top spot.
This season we're more
focused, better prepared,
and I feel the lead is
within our grasp.
I wanna be the first northern
boat to outfish the southern
fleet on their home turf.
We're gonna be having
four rods out and then we got
five baits on the greenstick.
So we got nine baited hooks in
the water looking for tunas.
CHARLIE: It's a little
brisk this morning as we
venture out into open sea.
Steve, how you doing, buddy?
-Never better.
The majority of my income
comes from these three
months fishing here on
the Outer Banks.
With our Bluefin payday
coming to an end, we're
gonna keep the lines out as
long as we can.
-Griff.
-Yeah.
-Pretty big slick right
there straight downwind.
GREG: Maybe something
will happen for us.
It's already happening
for a lot of other boats.
I am ready for a nibble.
I'm getting a
little desperate.
There's three boats ahead of
us and that's never happened
to us this late in the season.
But I know it's a numbers
game and it only takes
one fish to get us back on
top of the fleet.
I hate chasing a bite.
[beeping]
Here they are.
Here we go, 15 fathom.
BILLON: We're ready.
GREG: We'll get a bite here.
[beeping]
TYLER: On the mark,
we're on the mark.
Jig, Jig!
It's the mother lode.
We're gonna go off man,
we're gonna go off.
-Looks like a flat spot
up here over the bow.
Right there, see it?
Come on baby, hit it.
[beeping]
BRITTON: Oh, there we go,
look at that mark.
-Come on, tunas.
-Another mark.
-Oh, there they are, boy.
-Damn they're still
on the screen.
Our turn.
-There we go!
Back up there, Griff, quick.
She's smoking us down.
-I got a fish on there, bud.
-Come on, Lord,
give me something here.
-Got 'em on, got 'em on.
-There he goes.
-Got 'em on, baby!
-Woo-hoo, got 'em on!
-Come on, fish.
[reel unspooling rapidly]
-Yeah baby, here we go.
-Got 'em on.
-That's him, yeah baby.
-Tight, tight at the 540.
GREG: [bleep], Tyler
just got a bite.
Come on, tuna!
Nibble, nibble, nibble, nibble!
Come on dammit.
Pinwheel, Reels of Fortune,
and Doghouse are all hooked up.
We got to start
catching fish right now.
Time is running out.
Everybody's sacking
us up today, it sucks.
-Woo-hoo, got 'em on!
BRITTON: Good morning.
-Could be what we're after.
Yippie dippy-oo!
-I got to put my
fighting suit on.
I've been expecting a
bite so much all morning.
It was not even a surprise.
-He's, he's growing,
getting bigger.
-All right.
-Still running,
it's a good sign.
-Yeah, baby.
-T, that's him, brother.
He's still peeling me away.
I got a lot of
heat on him, too.
He's got some power to him.
Definitely a good
fish, man, wow.
We got like 1,000 feet
of line out right now.
-Big one!
Come on Duffy,
wind, wind, wind!
-Yeah baby, let's get
him bro, he's coming!
-Get some baby, get some,
get some, come on Duffy,
get it!
-He's coming.
-Let me get it.
-All right, got it?
-Yes, let go.
-Got a lot of line out now.
-It's gonna be
a good one here.
Oh man, I'm telling
you he's pulling.
Come on, man,
we need this one.
-I don't know, it's
just the line's coming so
fast I can't tell.
STEVE: I can't belive it.
-Look at that.
See that [bleep]?
-That sucks.
-We're running
out of time now.
We can't afford to
lose a fish like this.
We need to bank as much
money as we can before
the season closes.
Gosh, darn it, man!
GRAHAM: Coming
up now, ain't it?
-Forward, forward, all right,
you're good, you're good,
you're good, you're good.
It's a nice tuna.
It's acting funny, it
just ain't acting right.
-Come on girl,
we need this one.
[line snap]
-Oh.
-Golly dang!
-Lost a fish, [bleep].
-We really, really
needed that fish.
Really needed that fish, bad.
-There's no crying in
baseball or fishing.
You lick your wounds
and you carry on.
TYLER: Hell, yeah!
Wind on him, brother.
-Straight down.
-Hell yeah, man,
let's get him.
-We need it, man, we need it.
-It's all business.
A lot riding on this fish.
And I don't wanna
be number two.
I wanna be number one.
-I got deep color.
See him?
-Oh, no.
I don't know what it is.
-It's a tuna.
-No, it's not a tuna.
-It's not?
-Oh, my God, it's
huge whatever it is.
No, it's a hammerhead.
-Oh, my God.
-You can never control what's
biting on the end of the line.
But when you get something
like a hammerhead,
you got to cut him loose.
The hooks we use
corrode over time.
So when we cut the
line and the hook is
still in the shark,
it won't be there forever.
-Just completely wrecked us.
-Time is money and we're
running out of time and money.
Fighting a shark is
not gonna get us to
the top of the fleet.
Dang.
I hate wasting time.
I can't let this cause
me to lose focus.
We got to keep on
moving forward.
-I swear, another hook
wide open, bud.
Pain in the a*s.
-We foul hooked a
shark and we ended up costing
ourselves two and a half hours
of precious time
fighting a shark.
-God darn.
We lost ours, too.
Come off.
Don't know if something
broke or what.
-That seems to
be the trend today.
[laughs]
Close, but no cigar, guys.
We got another shot.
[thunder]
CAINE: Man, that
thunder was close.
-I'm running on hope
right now and caffeine.
[grunts].
GREG: Oh, come on,
we got to get a bite here.
-Trying to take
advantage of it.
Ain't much time left.
You got to, You got to
push through the tired.
-Down line go off and
two floaters go off.
That's what we want.
A triple.
I'm the three-time champ,
but this year we haven't
been leading the fleet
like we should.
The good news right
now, there's less than
two grand separating us
from the top boat.
The bad news is, there's a
squall heading right for us.
But we're not gonna
let a little lightning
keep us off the water.
They're all over the screen.
I mean, that's got to
be porpoise, too, but.
JASON: I guess if you're
gonna be reincarnated,
a porpoise wouldn't be bad.
BILLON: You got a 40-foot
greenstick and a pair of
outriggers sticking
above this boat.
That's three lightning rods
you got to worry about.
But we can't afford
to not be fishing.
We're gonna ride this one out.
-These look like tunas here.
[beeping]
Here they are.
Come on, baby, come on.
Come on, baby!
[beeping]
[clicking]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
-There's the down rod.
Turn the handle.
-Hey, we're all right.
-We'll clear it and I'll
leave the other one.
-I told you it
looked like tunas.
Okay, we're on,
this is a tuna.
GREG: Oh man,
it's starting to rain.
Oh, we're gonna get wet.
Right now there's just
dollars and cents between
me, Griff, Shack, and Tyler.
This is the fish that
could get us in the lead.
GREG: I think the storm's
coming right for us.
[thunder]
Listen to that!
We got to get this fish
in quick and take cover.
-Look at that, he doesn't
want to slow down at all.
That lightning's way
too close for my liking.
We got to get this fish in.
Thank you.
-Hell yeah, we'll get him.
Want a break?
-Yeah, sounds great.
-Come on, baby!
-Right there, there he is!
Color, color, color.
-Get your tail rope.
-Got it.
-You can loop him,
just loop him.
Let's get him onboard.
-I'm right here.
-Okay, get him.
Game over, whoo!
That's what I'm talking about!
Almost got to
move away from him
when he's like that.
-Oh, boy.
-Let's get the
hell out of here.
-Thank you, Greg.
-Whoo!
-I'm gonna take you
bow huntin' with me.
-Come on, man.
Now let's get one.
-That was a nice
damn fish there.
-I'm glad we got it.
Ready.
One, two, three,
do it, do it, do it!
Nice fish.
-Wow.
-Wow, wow.
-Beautiful fish.
-Look at the shape,
man, it's a nice one.
[whistles]
-We got us a nice fish.
Now we can get out of
this lightning storm
and back in the dock.
-97 and a quarter.
-97.
-97 incer, nice one.
-Fat, happy b*stard.
-That's a nice tuna.
-That's a nice tuna, man.
-Thanks for playing.
-Game over, insert quarter.
NICK: Just trying to stand
up in these type of conditions
all day will just wear on you.
Anybody stays out in stuff
like this, deserves a fish.
We're behind five
other boats right now.
When things aren't
going your way,
you kind of think in the
back of your mind that you're
doing this for
your family and that's
what keeps you going.
Day and night,
you know you're tired,
cold, and hungry.
That's what drives us.
Even if it means getting
struck by lightning.
-We've got a
couple baits out.
We're gonna try to drift
tonight and see if catch one.
Hopefully, we'll get lucky.
-All right, you see the
damn rod bend or something
just crank on it.
You know, just get
the hook in him.
Watch the machine now.
WILL: All right,
I'm ready to make a
drift whenever you are.
DALE: All right,
I am ready right now.
-Yeah.
-We haven't had the best
of luck today, so, uh,
it doesn't look like we're
gonna sleep much this
afternoon or this evening.
-Gonna have drift baits
tonight, try to put
some fish on this boat.
We haven't had
a catch in days.
We're falling behind
the top boats.
We're down to five days
left in the season.
We got to make this
trip count regardless
of the conditions.
ED: Baits in the water.
[beeping]
-That's a fish.
Right there on
our rig, Cliffy.
-Let me see.
[beeping]
-He's right there to your rig,
watch the down rod.
[beeping]
[clicking]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
-There he goes, got 'em on!
-There he goes, there he is!
-Got a bigger bite right here.
-We don't want you!
We need you.
NICK: Anybody stays out
in stuff like this,
deserves a fish.
Right there to your rig,
watch the down rod.
[beeping]
[clicking]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
-There he goes, got 'em on!
-There he goes, there he is!
-Got a bigger bite right here.
Got 'em on!
-Hopefully we get it
in the boat and get the
hell out of this weather.
-All right.
-Yeah, I can't see the
line real good at all.
So, just let me
know what you want.
-Hold right here, Dale.
-There's lots of things
that can go wrong on
a night bite and we're a
sitting duck with this
lightning right over us.
We've got to get this fish
in the boat as fast as we can.
-Forward, Dale.
-Keep going.
-Keep going.
-All right, we're good.
I'm trying to get
him to go in a circle so
I can get some more line.
-Whoo, woo-hoo,
look at him go.
That's, that's gonna
be a tuna, boys.
-Good job, boy.
I can't see the line.
-Yeah, just keep going easy.
All right, slow down,
there you go.
-Talk to me.
-Go ahead.
Turn, turn her straight.
Turn the other way,
turn the other way.
There you go.
All right, here's your swivel.
Bump her ahead one time.
-Reel, Brandan.
Get ready with that
dart pole past him.
-You got to spin, spin your
stern towards the fish.
All right, Brandan right
in the left corner.
-Right here, Brandan.
-Real easy, Cliff.
Hammerhead.
-Hammerhead, dang bummer.
-Dang it.
-Gonna cut the leader so
the shark could go free.
-All right.
-He'll be fine.
-Bummer, man.
-Oh, boy.
It's, it's heartbreaking.
The season is gonna
be over in less than a
week and missing out on a
paycheck for our
families is devastating.
Oh, boy.
-Womp, womp, womp.
-Dammit, dammit, dammit.
I was hoping that
was gonna be a tuna.
WILL: Forward Dale,
all right, here he is,
here he is.
Look out.
Forward starboard.
Come on baby,
show me some love.
-Throw the dart.
-Looks like a good one.
Get the other gaff, quick.
All right, what a tuna, dude.
All right, yeah!
-Damn, that's a fish.
-Nice work, night shift.
-That's how we party.
-One, two, three.
Man, it is nice to
get this fish on deck.
-I think you're gonna
need a bigger boat.
-It's fat, round,
it's exactly what
we're looking for,
and hopefully it's
gonna bring the money.
-Looks like 98 inches.
-Yeah!
-That's a big a*s
fish man, [bleep]!
Long day, man.
Long day.
It's worth it now.
GREG: What's going on, Bubba?
BUBBA: What's up, Greg?
-We got you a good one here.
-I wanna see it.
Let's get it up.
-Let's bring that
thing down here.
Right now there's
three boats ahead of
us in the earnings.
But there's less than
two grand between
us and the top spot.
-The shape of that thing.
-Big fish.
The Frenzy's
been the top boat for
the last three seasons.
I'll be damned
if I let someone else
take our title from us.
So, we really need a
good price for this fish.
All right, what we got?
-420 pounds dressed.
-I told him it was
-Let's go check him out.
So far this season, our
top fish did $21 a pound.
While our low fish did an
embarrassing $7 a pound.
Let's hope this fish is at
the top end of the spectrum.
-It's got a good
amount of fat.
-Yeah.
-The color on it's nice.
The core's beautiful; it's
a nice bright cherry red.
-You know what we're here for.
-Money, money, money!
We're behind the Pinwheel.
We're behind Griff.
You got to give me a
good number on this.
Come on, baby.
-$19 a pound.
-Bam, that's nice.
-Yeah.
-Yeah baby,
almost eight grand.
Nothing's gonna stop us now.
Let's get back out there
and catch some more.
NARRATOR: With only five
days of fishing before
the season closes,
Frenzy's eight grand
payday gives them a
lead over the fleet.
But, Foolish Pleasures
has a big fish on board
they have yet to weigh in.
Meanwhile, Hot Tuna
languishes far behind the
fleet after catching only
two keeper
bluefin all season.
TJ: Oh man,
I hope we get 'em.
Final push, baby.
We're running out of
time in the season and the
mood is not good on the
Hot Tuna right now.
We've been struggling,
we're at the bottom of the
fleet, and now with this
trip we've got
my father, Tim Senior.
Tim Senior is a very
imposing personality that
makes everyone nervous.
We're basically co-owners
of the Hot Tuna.
You know, my father's
a businessman.
And I know dad is concerned
about the boat not
making money this season.
TIM: Everyone else in the
fleet is making good money.
I don't want to
hear any excuses.
Let's go out and turn
this thing around.
The Hot Tuna only has
The top boat right now
has earned over $45,000.
That doesn't make me happy.
Are we all set?
-Yeah.
-Where's the headers?
-All right, hold on.
-Let's start all over again.
MIKE: It really sucks
having my dad coming to town
knowing that we're at the
bottom of the fleet.
But the boat has to
produce and dad's gonna
make sure it produces.
-Hot Tuna is a business
and right now this business
ain't making no money.
-Michael, just swing
the rods in and everything.
-Oh, boy.
I don't even
wanna think about what
we missed this morning.
Come on, TJ, let's
push it up a few knots.
-All right man, let's go.
-Let's get the
hell out of here.
How about putting
us on some fish?
These graveyards you've
been picking out lately,
uh, aren't really
producing too well.
TYLER: We've worked so hard
all season that we just
wanna finish out strong.
-We got to get
these baits out.
-Put one in the boat.
Just got to put
one in the boat.
Frenzy and Foolish Pleasures
both caught big fish last
night and Frenzy's eight-grand
payday pushed them back
to the top of the fleet.
Last year, Frenzy only
beat us by less than $700.
I don't wanna be second
best again this year.
-I don't think the
tunas like us right now.
They got lockjaw.
-The tuna gods are
making us earn it.
They're making us wait
for our next bite.
[beeping]
Marking 'em.
Here we go, here we go.
[beeping]
Oh, my God, come on!
[beeping]
Give me what I need, baby.
[beeping]
[clicking]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
-There he is, we got him!
We're on, Tyler, we're on!
-Whoo, thank God.
That's the one we need.
-Yeah, we got 'em on!
Get him, get him!
-Come on, Fudgy.
We need this one.
The leaderboard's
so tight that every
fish counts so much.
This is what it all
comes down to and we've
got to capitalize.
-Feels like a good one.
-We need this one, Duff.
Time's not on our side,
especially if we want a chance
of getting this one and maybe
catching another one.
Easy, easy.
-He's a 95, 100 incher,
it's a big fish.
-Dumpin' us.
-I saw him, he's right there.
-Yeah, I see him, dude.
He's a behemoth.
-Look at how big
he is right there.
-He's huge.
-Oh, my God!
Look at that, dude.
Leader.
Look out.
-Coming at us.
Shot!
-Swing him out.
-Throw the dart,
throw the dart, stick him!
Oh!
TYLER: I saw him,
he's right there.
DUFFY: Yeah, I see him, dude.
-He's a big fish.
-Dumpin' us.
-Look at how big
he is right there.
-He's huge.
-Oh my God, look at that.
-He's a behemoth.
-Leader, look out.
TYLER: At the start of
this trip, we were less than
$1,000 behind the fleet's
top earning boat, Doghouse.
But then, Fishin' Frenzy
landed an eight-grand
payday and pushed us
further away from the lead.
So, we really need
to land this fish.
-Coming at us.
Shot!
-Swing him out.
-Throw the dart,
throw the dart.
Stick him, oh!
-Oh, my God!
-Did you get him?
-No.
-Coming right at us.
Oh, big fish.
-I had a good shot at him.
[line snaps]
-Oh!
-We lost it.
Oh dude, this sucks.
This is the worst time
this could be happening.
Chafed him off.
He was gut hooked.
Nothing you could
do, chafed him off.
DUFFY: You could feel him
every time he switched
directions like 20 times.
-This is a disaster.
We're never gonna be the
first Northern boat to finish
on top if we keep losing fish.
Now it's just us and
a piece of fishing line that
attaches us to our paycheck.
And just like that, they
can bite through it.
This would have been the
one to put us over the top.
DALE: What's up, Bubba?
We got one for you.
-Well, let's get her up
so you can get going.
-This is a big tuna
we got onboard.
-Oh, my God.
DALE: And I'm confident
this thing is gonna
change the game for us.
What do we got, Bubba?
-503 pounds.
-Nice.
-Hell yeah another fat one.
This season our fish have
averaged about $19 a pound
and I'm hoping that this
fish is gonna be right in
there with those.
All right Bubba,
what do we got?
-Pretty good amount of fat.
It's consistent all the
way through the whole fish.
-Sweet.
-It's a nice core.
Great color all
the way through.
-Help us out, man; we
brought you a good fish.
Bring us some good money.
-$20 a pound.
-Oh yes, awesome, awesome!
-Definitely.
-Awesome.
-Definitely.
$10,000, what a payday!
-Thank you very much.
-Thank you, thank you.
This is definitely gonna
help us give Greg on the old
Frenzy a run for his money.
Pretty work guys,
that's awesome, dude.
-Yeah, that is awesome.
NARRATOR: With only four
days until the season closes,
Foolish Pleasures' ten grand
payday catapults them into
second place, only four
grand behind the fleet's
longtime top-earner,
Fishin' Frenzy.
-See anything, any action,
why'd you shut the motor off?
-Yeah, I know but we
usually drift with it
on anyway, you know?
-The pressure is at an
all-time high right now.
There are boats in the
fleet that have more than
triple the earnings we have.
And that's on me
as the captain.
And having dad on board
adds even more pressure.
The only thing I can
do is get the bait out
and hope we get a bite.
-We got them tied off?
-Yeah, I got
two, I got two.
[inaudible].
-No, but let's make
sure we get these done.
So they don't go in the wheel.
What is going on
with these things?
-Cut that.
-The Hot Tuna has spent
less days fishing, caught
less fish and made less money
than any boat in the fleet.
-No, it's pretty big nick.
-The crew on the
Hot Tuna works much
harder when I'm onboard.
Time's running out so we're
gonna fish around the clock.
TJ?
-Yeah?
-Are we all set?
How about putting
us on some fish?
-Seek and destroy.
I'm always happy when
Big Tim is on the boat.
He lights a fire under
all of us and I think that's
just what we need right now.
-Now it's time to wait.
[beeping]
-Couple marks, baby.
Up high, one down deep.
Looks like it could
be a pack in there.
[beeping]
[clicking]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
-We're on, there he is.
-Here we go.
-Pa-pow, nice.
-We got a real one on here!
[inaudible] up around him.
Okay, get this, get this.
-Got 'em on, baby.
-Big fish, big fish.
-There's not much
time left and we really
need this, I mean.
-It took off like a mad dog.
Still fighting pretty
hard here, big fish.
-Oh, [bleep]!
[laughs]
He didn't like that.
TJ: Definitely a real one,
there's no doubt about it.
Swivel, swivel, swivel!
Get a dart, dad.
He's coming up right there.
-There he is, he's
coming right here.
Strong shot, you're
gonna get him.
He's coming right there.
I got the dart.
I got it!
Watch, watch!
These ropes, I'm telling you.
-Dad, you're in the ropes!
Right here, Michael,
give me the gaff come on.
-Give me right, to my left.
Here you go, right there.
-Right in the head.
Get him in the head,
get him in the head.
-Got him?
Tail gaff right there
to your left, buddy.
-I'm holding off.
-Tail rope!
-I got the tail rope.
-I'll go this way.
-Good job, guys.
-Yes, we're on board, baby.
-Nice, big pig.
He had to show us how to
do it again, we forgot.
Nice job.
-See ya later
brother, nice work.
-See ya later, bye.
-Hey guys, hey guys, we got
him; that's a good sized fish.
-Hello.
-Well, hello.
-103 baby.
-103, that's a nice one.
-Yep, very nice.
-We'll take it.
-103, baby.
-103, nice to have
you back on board.
-Yep, awesome right?
-Nice work.
-Nice, pretty work.
The minute I get on board,
we catch a big fat Bluefin.
Why can't they do this
when I'm not on board?
-Oh man, we
needed that one, bad.
Coming right down to the
end of the season here.
JARRETT: Big Tim coming out
is exactly what we needed
to turn our season around.
This fish was a
battle, but we got it.
-I'm going to bed.
[snoaring]
[beeping]
-Oh, there's a mark.
[beeping]
They're there.
Oh, that's good
like three or four.
-We're on, we're on!
Number two, number two!
We're on, we're on!
Yeah baby, let's go.
-We're on, come on, dad!
-Watch out, come
on, Jarrett, reel.
-Can you take
that and throw that
inside or something?
-Got 'em on
baby, got 'em on!
Nice sunrise bite, whoo!
-Feels like a big one.
-Good thing they got the
old man on the boat, baby.
These guys have been
sleeping at the switch.
-This is good action, man.
This is good action.
Tire her out, baby.
Tire her out.
Oh, we got color here.
-Got color?
-Swivel's right there.
-There he is.
-Stick him, stick him!
-I missed him, sorry.
-Come on TJ, take a shot.
Don't mess this up.
TJ: We got color here.
-Got color?
-Swivel's right there.
-There he is.
-Stick him, stick him!
-I missed him, sorry.
-Come on TJ,
don't mess this up.
-I got it.
-Oh, there you go.
Get the gaff.
-I got him, I got him.
-Get it on the tail.
-I got him, I got him,
I got him.
-A little high,
a little high.
-Game over.
-Oh God yeah.
-Live action baby, yeah.
-Jesus, good job, yeah baby!
We're back in it, baby.
-Okay.
-Pa-pow!
-Whoo-wee.
-Nice, nce unit.
Want to get a measurement?
-Let's measure
him up, baby.
Catching these two big
tuna could not have
come at a better time.
So, dad can see us at our
best instead of our worst.
Hopefully these two will get
us a big payday that can push
us out of last place and get
us back in the game.
-90,90.
-Wow.
-90!
-Nice, baby.
-90 on the button.
-We'll take her, baby.
-All day.
-Oh, I feel way better
than I did three days ago.
TJ [over radio]:
All right boys,
we got two fish.
If there was ever
a good time to have
a final push, wow.
-Pretty work, TJ.
God, sheesh.
- As soon as Big T got in
town he started catching 'em.
Big Tim had to get here
to double his catch.
-That's what it takes:
motivation, and TJ's dad
has got it.
-Still anybody's game.
We got a few days
left, anybody can
get three fish today.
The only one who is not
really in the mix is TJ.
CHARLIE: TJ caught
another big one.
Enjoy your ride in.
TJ [over radio]:
We Audi.
-I tell you what I need.
I need two of them
big ones you got.
NICK: TJ's got a big one.
Oh, Little Shell,
dead last now.
We started out
the season strong but then
we got overtaken by almost
the whole fleet.
At the start of this
trip the Hot Tuna was the
only boat doing worse than
us in the earnings.
But now that the
Hot Tuna has caught two
fish that could change.
With only four days left
in this season, I cannot
be the lowest earning boat
my first year as a captain.
I cannot let that happen.
Dammit, dammit, dammit!
We're gonna be dead last.
[beeping]
-What is it?
-There's the mark,
there's the mark.
-It ain't like heavy,
heavy but it's good
enough to get a bite.
-Watch this, Brandan.
Watch this bite.
Should be about now.
Come on, baby.
[beeping]
[snap]
-There it is!
-There it is!
-Hey, guys, we're on, whoo!
-We're on, this
is fishing, boys!
Man, we got some
action here, boys.
-And you found it.
And you found it.
-Oh man, I don't know
what just happened here.
I don't know if he's there.
Pulled a lot of drag and then...
he's still there!
Whoo, bam!
-Tail rope, need a tail rope.
-I got you, I got you,
I got you, I got you.
-Get a tail rope.
-There's the fish.
Real easy, Cliff,
the fish is tired.
Take her out of gear.
Get ready to stop
my bandit reel.
-All right, you
just tell me when.
-Dart the fish,
Brandan, somewhere.
All right, pull your dart
back, pull your dart back!
There you go, tail rope.
Which side, Cliffy?
Always hot, right
side, left side?
-Right side, right side.
-Okay, good job.
Yeah, all right, pretty work!
-One, two, three.
-Look where he was hooked.
Think he was hungry?
In his belly!
This is amazing right here.
-Let's measure him quick.
I'm gonna say he's 100 inches.
-I'm gonna say
he's at least 98.
-104, whoo, 104!
Happy to have him.
I can tell you one thing,
he ain't gonna get no bigger.
Cool, boys.
-We're back in.
We had a great trip
with dad on board.
Good to see him happy.
It's always a good thing.
What's happening, Bubba?
-What's up, TJ?
-We sure got a couple
nice ones for you.
-All right, let's
get 'em up then.
-All right man.
What do we got, Bubba?
-537 pounds.
Second fish, 371 pounds.
-That's a nice one, Bubba.
-There you go, baby, nice.
-Want to see what we got?
-Oh, look at that.
-That's a nice
haul, huh, Bubba?
-Yeah, absolutely.
It's nice and oily consistent
fat all the way through.
You can just see it.
Nice core, there's
beautiful color on it.
-Right, what are
you thinking, cuz?
-Come on, Bubba.
-$20 a pound.
-Nice, thanks Bubba,
Bubba-licious.
-We'll take it,
we're off to a good start.
What about number two, baby?
-Nice color to it.
It's a good fish all around.
Good fat, good color.
Great core.
-What are you
thinking, bro?
-$19 a pound.
-Oh wow, Bubba!
That was not a bad
haul today, brother.
Thank you, 17 grand haul.
Hopefully that can push
us out of last place
and back in the game.
Dad should be happy with that.
TIM: Almost 18 grand, is
a nice change from zero.
-Pa-pow!
-You got a slob
on there for me?
-Yes, sir.
-Let's get him off and
get you turned around.
-All right,
daylight's burning.
The bottom two boats
are us and the Hot Tuna.
They brought in two fish.
I'm hoping our fish is
good enough to keep us
out of the bottom spot.
How much you got, Dennis?
-533.
-All right, that's the biggest
fish we caught this season!
-Very nice meat
color on this one.
I'm seeing oily meat here.
Let's check the core.
You guys did a good job here.
If it had a touch more of
fat it'd be huge money.
I'm gonna pay you guys
$18 a pound for this one.
-All right!
-Good job.
-Awesome.
-All right.
-Well done, guys.
Bring in a couple
more tomorrow.
-Yeah.
-All right, thank you, Dennis.
-We'll see you
Dennis, thank you.
Give 'em hell, Little Shell!
NARRATOR: With only three
days until the season closes.
Hot Tuna's two
fish haul gives them
a much-needed payday.
Meanwhile, little Shell's
almost 10 grand catch puts
them back into contention with
the fleet's top five boats.
BRITTON: We need
another bite, bad.
GREG: Okay good, fire
them things out there.
CAINE: Nighttime.
We're gonna pull on
our trolling gear.
We're gonna try
some dead bait.
-We started this
trip on the top.
But the other
boats are catching.
We're not at the top
of the fleet anymore.
We just have to keep
the faith and fish hard.
Keep your eyes open now.
-We got to stay grinding.
I'm never taking my
foot off the pedal.
Not until I got that trophy.
This trip we've only
managed to hook a hammerhead
and then lose a tuna and
now we've dropped to
fourth in the earnings.
I pray we have a good night.
Time to drop the bait.
-Hell yeah, we got
to switch something up.
STEVE: I got faith in you
Griff, you got this one.
CHARLIE: I know man,
I've done it before.
This ain't my first rodeo.
This is business, this
ain't messing around, man.
This is business.
I'm getting a little
nervous, time is running out.
We need a few more paychecks
before the end of this season.
I'm holding onto this thing
I'm really anticipating one
grabbing it out of my hand.
[beeping]
There's a mark,
there's a mark.
There's tuna mark there, bud.
Come on, baby!
[beeping]
TYLER: Nice marks,
there's the mark.
DUFFY: Up high?
-Oh yeah.
-Come on, baby.
-They're biting tonight.
This really could
be a night that makes,
defines our whole season.
-Lord, there's the meat, boy.
Golly dang.
I need a bite.
Come on, baby.
-Got him on!
There he is, Steve.
He ate it out of
my hand, Steve.
Right out of my hand.
Oh boy!
-Whoo, got him on the rod!
-We got 'em on!
Come on, boy,
we need this one!
CHARLIE: Got him on!
There he is, Steve.
He ate it out of
my hand, Steve.
Right out of my hand.
Oh boy!
TYLER: Whoo,
got him on the rod!
-We got 'em on!
-All right, let's scoot
the rod back here.
Got it.
-Oh, boy!
All right, here we go.
It's got to be him.
-Yeah.
-Oh, yeah, looks good.
-Go ahead.
All right, coming tight.
-We do this every day, man.
We're commercial fishermen.
This is, this is how we roll.
-Come on, boy,
we need this one!
-We just got to worry
about catching as
many fish as we can,
in the last few days of the
season before it's over.
Getting down to the wire.
We're fishing
around the clock.
We've just been fishing,
fishing, fishing.
As fast as you can catch 'em.
-There he is!
Throw the dart, throw
the dart, stick him!
You drilled him, brother.
-Get the tail gaff
and he's ours.
He's a big one.
Putting tail
wraps on 'em, bro.
Yeah buddy, whoo, yeah buddy.
All right, stay grinding,
stay focused, and
you'll end up a winner.
That's a good one.
Wow, that's a big one.
Let's roll him over.
Yeah, look at how
big this one is.
That's a big boy.
Oh, we did it, bro,
-This thing's
coming quick, Jack.
He's coming up.
He's coming up, dude.
-I see the color.
There he is, right there.
-And I can pull him
to you with this rod.
Right there he's
gonna go under.
Go ahead.
You got him, good job.
-Let me get a gaff, dude.
-I got him right here, buddy.
You nailed him.
-Boy, he's a nice fish, wow.
-You the man, Griff.
Pretty work, Bubba.
-This never gets old.
I could catch these
things all day long and the
next one is gonna be just as
exciting as this one.
Good God, he's the
biggest one yet.
-Yeah baby, another whopper.
-Drum roll please, 97.
-Pretty work, Griff.
-That's badass.
-Hell yeah it is,
yeah, yeah.
-Littlest boat and
slowest boat in the fleet.
Don't count us out.
-This fish could get
us in the lead, Duffy.
Got another fish for you, man.
-Let's get him up here.
-What do we got, Bubba?
-457 pounds.
-Awesome, bro, we need
big money for this one.
So let's go check it out.
-Let's go.
-Fishin' Frenzy and Foolish
Pleasures got good paydays
but there's less than
seven grand standing
between us and the top spot.
So this fish could
change everything.
What do you think of
this beauty, Bubba?
-Yeah, the color's
a little bit darker
than we like to see.
But, the core's nice.
-Bottom line, what
can you give me?
I need big money.
-$18 a pound.
-Great, we'll take it.
I'm really happy with it.
Thanks, brother.
-Thank you.
-The Southern fleets are
on notice, Pinwheel's on fire.
Oh Frenzy,
we're coming for you.
-The little engine that can.
-Yeah, baby.
DENNIS: Good morning.
-We got one really
nice fish for you, bud.
-Well, let's see what you got.
-Okay.
How big is that one, Dennis?
-525 pounds, Charlie.
-That's awesome.
-Let's check him out.
-Loaded with fat.
Tail color's not perfect,
but, really nice core.
Nice, nice color, nice fish.
-What do you think?
-$20 a pound.
-That's what I'm
talking about, yeah!
-You the man, Griff.
Thank you, guys.
-Nice job, way to go.
-Thank you, thank you,
baby girl, thank you.
-You did a great
job this year.
Way to go, Steve.
-We'll see you tomorrow.
-Thank you.
-I know.
-Thank you.
-Get back out there
get some more.
Now you know where they're at.
-Yep, we got a couple more
and we'll be back tomorrow.
Woohoo!
We just got over
$10,000 for one fish.
This is the best for me, ever.
I think now maybe the
guys realize that we're
here to play for keeps.
All right man, we need
to get back out there and
try for more just like it.
NARRATOR: With less than
three days of fishing left,
Pinwheel's eight grand payday
gives the northern boat
an edge over the pack.
But, Reels of Fortune's
first five figure fish
launches the southern fleet's
smallest boat into the lead.
CHARLIE: Crazy.
I guarantee you I'm surprising
a lot of people being
up on top of the leader board.
But that's what we
worked for all year.
Now I wanna show everyone
that the littlest boat in
the fleet can win this thing.
-Look.
What do you want me to do?
-I don't know if
I've ruined my motor.
-No oil pressure.
-What the hell is
going loose here?
-Want me to grab the bow?
-Yes.
Right now I am
worried to death.
This could be the
end of our season.
What disconnect
let that oil out?
Oh man, this could
be the end for us.
Whoo bud, that could be bad.
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04x07 - Catch Me If You Can
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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.