06x10 - No Backing Down

[bunniefuu]

Reed: Oh, look out! Look out!
Bustin' right here.

Narrator: On this
episode of wicked tuna...

Zack: Oh, sh**t!

Narrator: Outer banks...

John-michael: We're on!
There he is, fish on!

Narrator: After a
season-long slump...

Bobby: It's been
a brutal night.

Will beats skill, and
we'll put the effort in.

Narrator: One captain
takes desperate measures...

Tyler: This is what separates
the men from the boys!

Narrator: To prove his grit.

Bobby: We're in
horrific conditions.

Boat flopping up and down.

Drew: I don't
like these waves.

Bobby: Hold on!

Narrator: And while
the rest of the fleet...

Daniel: Got 'em on.

Narrator:
Struggles to catch...

Eric: Forward!

John-michael:
Forward, forward, forward!

Eric: Forward!
Can't keep him tight.

Narrator: Before another
squall comes through...

Adam: I can't see the line.
You gotta tell me what to do.

Narrator: A
game changer
emerges from its wake.

Tyler: Oh.

Tj: Sick to my
stomach right now.

Narrator: This is
wicked tuna outer banks.

Drew: Holy spin cycle batman!

Narrator: As the battle
continues, rasta rocket

holds the lead for
the south after knocking

northern rival
pinwheel into second place.

Southern boats,
offshore outlaw, kahuna,

and reel e' bugging float
in the middle of the pack.

While northern
boats hot tuna and
falcon struggle to keep up

with the competition.

Bobby: All right, boys.
Let's get her off.
Let's get her done.

Everyone's doubted
us this whole season,

but no one's got drive
like we do and no one

has heart like we do.

Brian: Got to get
a 100-incher today.

Bobby: We had some
rough challenges, bad
breaks, tough start.

But, uh, you know,

every fish we
catch gets us closer
to our goal to the top

of that leaderboard.

I know we can
out-fish these guys.

It's just a matter of
time before the rest of
these boats see that.

Away we go.

[boat horn]

tyler: You ready
to rumble, merm?

Marissa: I'm ready to go, ty.

Let's make this one count.

Tyler: Rasta took the lead
from us with their last fish,

and now we're in second place.

Marissa: We gotta redeem
ourselves from our last trip.

Tyler: But the rest of
the northern fleet is at
the bottom of the pack,

so the pressure's
on us to push it to
the limit this trip.

Let's get out there
and get a good start.

Maybe we can catch them
drifting on the bait tonight.

It's gonna get really
rough, so if we can get out
there and catch one tonight,

it will allow us to get in,
take a break and get back out.

We've got our work cut out
for us trying to keep up
with the southern fleet.

We need all northern
hands on deck to hang in
there with these guys.

All right, you get me out
there to the grounds, merm,
we freaking put out some baits

and make it happen.

Marissa: We really
gotta get out there and
make this trip count.

Jarrett: You guys ready?
Mike: Ready to rock and roll.

Tj: We've had our ups
and downs this season,

but right now we're
pretty far down.

Jarrett: We're clear.

Tj: Falcon is the only boat
behind us on the leaderboard.

Jarrett: We gotta get
out there and do it.

Tj: We may be
getting roughed up, but
if we stick together,

I think us northern guys got
a shot winning this thing.

[text message alert].

Tj: Last trip, marciano
caught a fish but in the
process damaged his boat.

[text message alert].

Tj: Damn, that's a bummer.

It sounds like it's just
gonna be us and tyler out
there representing the north,

so I'm gonna have to let
pinhead know dave's not
coming, it's just us, so.

Tj [over radio]:
Hey, pinwheel,
you on here?

Tyler: Yeah. Go ahead, tj.

Tj [over radio]: Yeah, I
just got a call from dave.

He ain't coming.

I guess he's got some
hydraulic issues he's got
to take care of so he's

not gonna make
it out this trip.

It's just us and you, man.

Not much of a
northern presence.

Tyler: That's a bummer.
I'm sorry to hear that.

Tj: Let's make it happen.

Let's get out there safe
and try and get one.

Good luck.

Tyler [over radio]:
All right, good
luck to you too.

Tj: All I can say is,
we're going for it.

[vomiting]

[vomiting]

daniel: Yeah, he's here.
Man: He's here.

Zack: This is the second
time that we've taken
the top place from a

northern boat this season.

So it sucks that I'm not
feeling the best right now.

Yeah, I didn't feel too hot
this morning when I woke up.

But we gonna keep it going.

We're gonna get ours.

I hope it's just like
a 24-hour bug and we'll be
able to get right back going.

Being in the lead
means we have a target
on our backs again.

So to stay on top
of the leaderboard,
we're gonna have to fish

every possible day that we can.

Daniel: We gotta catch
one before it gets
too rough out here.

Zack: Whether I'm sick
or not, we're determined to
stay in that number one spot.

It ain't gonna stop us.

Reed: Hot pursuit.

Banks: We're gonna
get 'em today, boys.

Reed: Oh, god.
Look at 'em bustin' right here.

Better get ready.

All right. Fire one out.
They're busting.

I think that was them.

Maybe it was a dolphin.

We're falling way behind
despite our last catch.

It just boiled right there.

And it pains me
to say we're only ahead
of two northern boats and

bobby bugging right now.

Banks: Come on. One bite.

Reed: We're gonna be
dealing with some weather
over the next few days.

So if we're gonna
find our groove again.

We need to catch a
bluefin, and fast.

I don't know.

Yeah, that's them.
Look at the mark.

Oh, come on, baby.
Good god, look at 'em.

Look at 'em going
right here, boiling.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

banks: There he is!
We're on!

Reed: Got 'em on!
Banks: We're on!

Reed: Got 'em on, baby!
Got 'em on.
Second bait out on.

Banks: Let's go. Let's go.
Let's do this. Woo! Woo!

Reed: She's hot, bud.

Steve: All right.

Reed: Well, it's gonna
be faster than you can crank.

I dare say the yankee
boats are gonna hate
hearing about this.

Banks: Feels like a
pretty nice fish here.

Reed: I'm so excited.
You good?

Banks: Yeah. He pealed
a lot of string off.

Is that normal?

This [bleep] rod holder
does not feel right.

Reed: Are you locked and
you need it tightened up?

Banks: It just
doesn't feel right.

Reed: Tighten his holder up.

Get it nice and secure, steve.
We can't lose this fish.

Steve: Is that tighter?
Banks: It's just real sloppy.

Steve: It's [bleep]
tight I think.

Banks: It might be
tight but it's just sloppy.

Reed: Totally not on
the controls, so yell
if you need something.

Banks: I can tell.

Dude, look at this
rod holder, man.

Something's way wrong.

Steve: It's not because
it's loose, right?

Banks: No, not
because it's loose.

Steve: It's had
a lot of abuse.

Banks: Yep.
It's like [bleep] me up.

Reed: Quit making excuses.
Get us a dart shot, please.

Banks: Bump it ahead.
I'm doing something weird.

Get the line back.
Angle's coming up.

Reed: Okay.

Banks: Watch out!
Watch out! Watch out!

Reed: What am I watching out?

Banks: He's coming around.
Deep color.

Reed: Get on the
controls, steve.

Deep color?

Banks: Pretty deep, brother.
Reed: Bump one time.
Banks: There he is.

Reed: Come on, baby.
Banks: There he is! Get him.
Reed: I can't.

Banks: Come on, reed.

Reed: All right!
Drilled him that time.

Banks: Yeah, good job.
Reed: Gaff, gaff his a*s.
Banks: Here you go.

Get him.

Reed: You got him?
Banks: Yeah.

Just walk with the gaff.
Go, go, go!

Reed: Walk with me, big guy.

Banks: Woo!
Reed: Pretty work, boys.
Pretty work.

Banks: That's what
I'm talking about.

First thing in the morning.

Reed: Yes.

Bad weather might
be on its way to us,

but this catch puts
us back on our way to

that top spot.

We just have keep
bringing our a-game and
we'll be that number one

southern boat again.

Banks: What are we
looking at, reed?

Reed: 88 inches.
Banks: Nice.

Reed: All right! Phew!
Finally. Pretty work.

Steve: Awesome.
Been waiting for that.
Knew it was coming.

Banks: Kahuna.

Reed: That's how the
wanchese boats do it.

Steve: Yeah!
Banks: Wanchese og.

Banks: Showing the
fleet how it's done.

Reed: Hey, dennis!
Dennis: How's it going, men?
Reed: We found one.

Let's take a look
at this thing.

Dennis: All right.
Let's see what you got.

Reed: The great
thing about being local to
this island is having our

families here to cheer us on.

My wife and kids
are why I do this.

They do tuna dances
every night so that we can
have some good tuna luck.

Woman: It really works.

Reed: The kahuna is not
a middle of the pack boat.

So we need a good payday
from this fish if we're
gonna get back to the top.

All right, dennis.
What are we looking at here?

Dennis: 276 pounds
dressed, reed.

Reed: Perfect fish
for the morning.

Dennis: Let's see
how it grades out.

Reed: Let's see how he looks.
All right.

The only way to get a great
payday is if dennis sees nice
cherry red color in the meat,

with lots of fat and
a clear core sample.

And that's what
we're hoping for.

Banks: Come on in, girls,
see what this looks like.

Dennis: Just
getting started here.

You can see some
true fat in the minors.

The tail color's
a little light.

So let's see what the
core color looks like.

Banks: Beaming.
Reed: As usual.

Dennis: Yeah.
It's a nice clear core.

Banks: How we do it.

Dennis: A little
light but no yaki.
Nice and clear.

Reed: All right, dennis.
What are you gonna do
for us on this one?

Banks: Got kids to feed.

Dennis: $22 a pound.

Reed: Nice.
Pretty work, boys.

With the quota
getting smaller every day,

every single dollar counts
for getting us back on top.

You know, we have to pull
this off for the home team.

See you back at home, girls.

Bobby: You guys ready for
this outer banks weather?

I just downloaded
my pelican app.

Bobby [over radio]:
That's the new weather app.

If I see hot tuna
loading groceries,

we know it's going
to be flat and calm.

[laughter]

tuna fishing is a
psychological game.

Tj: Oh, my god.

Bobby: So we're trying
to get in all those
heads a little bit.

You know, you're trying
to break their will.

Tj: Dude, this guy is
such a [bleep] clown.

To me, bobby
bedbugs is a nobody.

I have zero care for
what he says or does.

I mean, he's just a bonehead.
What a [bleep] joke.

Bobby: Oh, I think
it's working.

Tj: The wind's
definitely starting to
pick up a little bit.

Just gotta wait for
that mark, you know.

Need that real meat mark.

We're definitely
charging this year.

You know, the whole pelican
thing is a thing of the past.

The wind's coming
up right now.

It's getting rough,
but we need a fish.

And the only way we're
gonna prove we're still a
threat is if we push it to

the limit out here.

Any minute now.

Any minute now the
line will be screaming.

Eric: Put two baits down.

Drop it on its head, john.

John-michael:
Oh, yeah. I want to.

Adam: I'm ready to get
the [bleep] out of here.

Got this wind coming in.

John-michael: We're in
third place right now.

But the gap between us and
first is not that far away.

Damn, it's blowing.
I think it's picking up.

Eric: We gotta be real
careful tonight, john.

John-michael: I am.
She's taking off, ain't she?

Jeez, forever.

If we slow down our drive,

that'll give all these other
boats a chance to get ahead.

So we're gonna grind
through nights like these
if we're gonna make sure

that that doesn't happen.

Adam: There ain't
nothing else you can
do except sit and wait.

Tj: That looks like
tunas coming on, right?

I sure hope it's what
we're looking for.

Eric: Dude, mark at 180.

Jarrett: We're on the meat.
Let's get this bite.

Tj: Come on.

Eric: Oh, look at that mark.
Look at that.

They're getting
ready to come tight.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

jarrett: There he is!
We're on! We're on! We're on!

[barking]

tj: Got 'em on, baby!
Line going out, baby!

Line going out.
We gotta get on top of him.

We need this one.
Bubby, we're on! Come on.

Jarrett: We're on!
That's the one.
He just dumped us, big time.

Tj: Had the mark.

Finally got that right mark
we've been talking about.

Big hole and a
bent pole, baby.

Down and tight in
the gulf stream.

That's what it's all about.

Wind's starting
to come on too.

That wind's coming earlier
than we anticipated.

So fingers crossed, man.

We really could use this one.

Hey, baby.
You wanna get 'em too?

I wanna get 'em too,
I promise you.

Let's see what happens here.

Adam: We are marking bait.

[reel unspooling rapidly]

john-michael:
There he is! Fish on!
Run him, baby.

Eric: He's going! He's going.

This is him!
There it goes.

John-michael:
I got him to orange.
He's going now, bud.

Woo! Come on out
of this reel, buddy.

Eric: Holy [bleep]!

John-michael: This is
our ticket right here.

Let's punch it and go home.

Eric: He's take, he's out,
I'm in the black backing.

Dude, he's taking
the, hey, you're gonna
have to do something.

Adam: I can't see the line.
You gotta tell me what to do.

Eric: Straight down.

There you go. Pretty work.

Adam: It's rough.
We gotta be on point.

Eric: All right, the orange's
backing, it's coming up.

John-michael: The
orange is coming up.
Orange [inaudible].

Eric: You wanna move the rod!

John-michael:
All right, you ready?
One, two.

Put the button down.

John-michael: Yeah.
Eric: Woo! Much better.

Adam: Sure did pull
a lot of string out.

John-michael: I know, he
went way back in the backing.

Eric: Here comes the top shot.

John-michael: Top shot!

We got about 200-yard lure,
over 200 yards.

Tj: Seems like the real deal.
It's got some weight.

We're in this gulf stream,
we're in this wind.

Jarrett: Leader!
Tj: Leader?

Jarrett: Tj, get the harpoon,
I see color.

Tj: Close?
That's a big one.
Bump him back, mike.

Bump it back a little.
Bump it back.

Mike: Bump it back more?
Tj: No, no, no.

Let him come to us.
Crank, crank, crank, crank!

Hold on! Hold on!

Jarrett: Here
we go right here.
He's coming right to you.

Mike: Stick him!
Tj: My god. Sorry, jarrett!

Jarrett: We're on!
Tj: Let him go. Let him go.

Crank, crank, crank, crank!
Hold on! Hold on!

Jarrett: Here we
go right here.

He's coming right to you.

Mike: Stick him!
Tj: Missed him.

Jarrett: He's
going under the boat.

Bubby, turn the wheel.

Tj: Bubby!
Mike: I'm going, tj.

Tj: Oh, [bleep] fish, no.
Sorry, jarrett.

Mike: Not fast enough.
Tj: It was hard to see him.

Like it was a weird, the
reflection in the water.

My god! [bleep]!

I missed the perfect
dart shot, man.

I could definitely
have cost us this fish.

Sick to my stomach right now.

Eric: Get ready, adam.
He's coming up.

Adam: Coming up. Yup.
Eric: Forward! Forward!

John-michael:
Forward, forward,
forward, forward, forward!

Eric: I can't keep him tight.
You gotta hurry.

Adam: Come on, man.

John-michael:
Here he comes.

Eric: Got color.
He's under the boat. John!

John-michael:
What side, what side, buddy?

Eric: Come on, john.

John-michael: I can't.
What do you want me to do?

Eric: Dude, he was
right there, dude.

Tj: Take your time, jarrett.

[ligament crunch]
[painful groan]

are you all right?

Jarrett: What's going on?

Mike: I just popped
my knee out.

Tj: What?
Mike: I can't move.

Tj: Inside?

Mike: Yeah. I
can't even walk.

Right now my left knee
is completely tight.

I can't even move it.

These guys are
gonna have to land
this fish by themselves.

This might screw my
season up, big time.

Eric: All right,
he's coming to us.

He's coming to us.
You get ready.

If this line pop's,
john you gotta take a shot,

so you got to be ready.

All right, hold up.
Back up, adam.

Leader!

John-michael:
Come on, baby.

Adam: Get ready, john.
Stick him, john.

John-michael:
All right. Dart's in.

Adam: Got the slim hook?

John-michael: Yep.
Adam: All right.
Tail rope him.

John-michael: We got him.

Woo!

Tj: All right, jarrett.
Let's do this.

Right now, bubby is inside.
He blew his knee out.

He can't move, so it's just
me and jarrett on deck.

We're in second to last
place right now, so this is
just absolutely horrible.

But we've gotta do what
it takes to land this fish.

Jarrett: Bump it.
Bump it. Bump it.

Tj: Swing him around.

Doing tight circles now,
you know?

Jarrett: Right there
[inaudible] there he is.

Get ready.

We've already lost marciano,
and now bubby?

These northern guys are
dropping like flies.

We've gotta land this
fish if we have a chance
of hanging with the south.

He's really fighting.

Tj: Same. Good angle.
Yeah, go!

Jarrett: The other side of me!
Get on the other side of me.

Come on, man. Stick him.

Tj: I got him.
Get a gaff.
Get a gaff.

Jarrett: Hold him, tj.
Don't lose him.

Tj: Back up.
Get him in the head.
Give it to me.

Jarrett: Ugh.
We're about to lose him.

Tj: I got it. Tail rope.
Get the tail rope.

Bigger than you think.

Jarrett: Hold him still.
Tj: Tie him up.

Oh, we got him! Woo!

Take that gaff out.

The adrenaline's got a
hold of old jarrito, baby.

He's not seasick.

That's the adrenaline, baby.

Jarrett: I can honestly
say only one time in my
life have I ever, you know,

gotten sick
during a fish fight.

So this is a pretty
rare occurrence, and I'd
like to keep it that way.

Tj: Good job.

Eric: One, two, three. Woo!

We're gonna take
that little baby.

John-michael: We fought
hard for this fish, but
that's what it's gonna take

to get on top out here.

We're sending the fleet
the message that we're
not gonna go away.

Adam: 80-inches!

John-michael:
Woo! Yeah, baby!

Adam: I told you.
John-michael: Hell, yeah.

We've been
consistent all year.

But now after this fish,
we might be back on top.

He might be little,
but damn it's still
a paycheck, baby.

Tj: Woo!
Bigger than we thought.

Jarrett: He's a lot bigger
than I thought he was.

You never know until you get
him to the back of the boat.

Tj: 104, 104 baby, 104!

Jarrett: Woo!

Tj: The pelicans are
finally flying west.

We're going home, baby.

This trip definitely
pushed us to our limits.

Bubby messed up his knee,
we almost lost the fish,
and jarrett lost his lunch.

But this is what it's all
about, bringing home giants.

And you don't get these
chances if you're not
willing to take risks.

Jarrett: What happened
to you, bubby?

Mike: Went to favor my right,

when we hit a wave,
my left one slipped and
[bleep] just popped out.

So now that one's all
swollen like a butterball.

Who knows this might be
the last one of the season.

Tj: Bubby might had to take
some time off the water
and give his knees a rest.

And that is a major
disadvantage for us at
this point of the season.

Jarrett: Getting old,
your age there, bubby.

Jarrett: Better start taking
care of those knees, man.

Tj: But at the end of the day,

I'd rather keep my guys
safe than do something stupid.

Mike: It hurts
extremely bad right now.

Jarrett: I bet.
Tj: Take it easy, bubby.

We'll get you checked out
once we're back to land.

Brian: All right, boys.
What are we gonna do today?

Bobby: We stayed all
night in this crap.

Let's catch a big one right
now so we can go home.

Brian: What a lovely day.

I like making sure I get
these nice and tight, man.

Just they're gonna be
riding out there for a
couple of hours, so...

Bobby: We might not
have made it happen yet,
but we're still out here,

and we're prepared
to stay as long as it
takes to get a bluefin.

It's been a brutal night.

Rain, four-foot,
six-foot seas.

Everything tossed
all over the place.

I predict 20 minutes
of baits in the water,
we'll be tight.

God willing, we'll
be heading home.

From what I've heard, three
boats got giants yesterday.

We didn't get ours.

So as a rule of thumb,
like I said a million times,
will beats skill,

and we'll put the effort
in and here we are.

I've done this enough
years to know we're gonna
have our moment in the sun.

I just wish it would
have gotten here, right?

But it's coming,
I know it's coming.

Brian: Just waiting
on the captain's call.

Bobby: All right, put 'em in!

Bobby: Let's try
and get a fish.

[deep coughing]

zack: Ooh.
I feel real bad.

Hopefully we can get 'em
early and go on back home.

Maybe I can get rid
of this cold and get
a good day's rest.

No sick days out
here on the water.

You gotta be in it to win it.

You gotta go every
day you possibly can.

Don't matter if you're sick,
dying, I hate it too.

I want to be 100% and
help these boys out.

Going along.
At least we're fishing though.

Shane: Oh, yeah.

Rig up our baits and
get the spread put out.

Zack: We just gotta
find 'em today.

Sure.
And fight it out.

Don't matter if we're
feeling rough or not.

You just gotta fight it.

Kahuna and the offshore outlaw
both caught fish yesterday.

And with the worst of
the weather on its way,

today's gonna be our last
chance to catch a bluefin and

keep ahead over the fleet.

I might still be sick,
but we're not going
down without a fight.

There's not as many
boats out here today.

That rough weather yesterday
maybe scared some of them off.

They was kind
of being a little
hesitant on fishing today.

Shane: All right,
we're fishing.

Zack: But still we need
to get a bite and get home.

Daniel: You sit tight.
We got this.

Won't be long now.

Zack: Oh, man. Oh.

I feel bad.

We're marking something.

Shane: Come on, baby.
Be the right one.

Daniel: Go lay down, man.
I know you feel bad.

[coughing and gagging]

we got a sick man
on our hands today.

Zack: We have fish
under the boat right now,
but I'm feeling terrible.

I'm just praying that I can
fight the fish if we hook up.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

daniel: Got him on!
There he goes.
Making a run!

Zack: Oh, man.
I'm feeling nauseous.

Woo.

Daniel: You all right, zack?
Talk to me, zack.

You need me to reel him in?

Zack: Man, I feel bad.

You all right?

Zack: Man, I feel bad.

[retching]

daniel: You want
me to reel him in?

Zack: I got him.
This some good medicine.

Zack: Ooh. All right.
We're tight.

We got something on here.

I don't know what it is.

He didn't take much line,
but there's always a chance.

Ooh.

Banks: That must be
the, uh, rocket, huh?

Steve: Yeah, it is.

Banks: Hey, reed.
Rasta's fighting a fish.

Reed: You little b*stards.

Hopefully, we'll find
one for ourselves here.

Tyler: Got to be kidding me.

Marissa: What, tyler?

Tyler: The rocket,
they're like fighting a fish.

Zack: With how close
this competition is.

Swivel!

We need this fish to stay
on top of the leaderboard.

Color!

I'm trying my hardest
to pull through because
we need a bluefin.

We're about to find
out what we got.

Yellowfin!

Shane: A big one too.

Zack: Not what we wanted,

but it's a good sign
there's tuna in the area.

So maybe that's good
sign of things to come.

Daniel: Even though we
didn't get the right bite,

we gave it our all.

And I don't think any of
these other captains would

be out here fishing
with the flu.

Jarrett: Pelicans are back.
We've got a giant.

Tj: What's happening, dennis?
Dennis: So, where's bubby?

Tj: We were in the middle
of fighting this fish,
and he blew his knee out,

and he stayed inside for the
remainder of the fish fight.

Dennis: Another day or two,
you'll have to go shorthanded.

Tj: All right, well,
you wanna get him up
there, get him weighed?

Dennis: That looks like
a really nice one, tj.

Let's check it out.

Tj: This is our third catch
since the quota extension.

But with more
fish being caught,

there's always a
chance prices could lower.

And right now,
we need top dollar.

If we can get a high
price per pound it will
definitely give us a chance

to remind the
southern fleet what the
northern boats are made of.

What we got, dennis?

Dennis: 498 pounds, guys.

Tj: We'll take it.

Dennis: It's a pretty fish.
Let's check it out.

I think this is your
best fish to date, guys.

Tj: Yeah, that's a
nice looking unit, man.

Dennis: Very,
very nice tail color.

Fat all the way
through the meat here.

Let's see what the
core looks like.

Tj: We'll take it.

Dennis: Look at that,
that's just dynamite.

Tj: Beautiful.
Well, the risk already
paid off with catching him.

Well, what do you think?

Dennis: I think this is
a beautiful fish, guys...

$24 a pound.

Tj: Woo.
Jarrett: Yeah!
Tj: Wow!

Jarrett: Nice work, man.

Tj: There is nothing
sweeter than a big fish
that gets a big payday.

Dennis, thank you.

Dennis: Right on.

Tj: We're gonna look at
the weather and see if we
can get back out there.

Dennis: I hope you can
get one more like this.

Tj: All right, dennis.
Thanks, man.

Dennis: You will.
Thank you.

Tj: With the falcon
off the water right now,

this is exactly the
boost we needed to
show the southern fleet

that the north is
still a threat.

Let's go give bubby
some good news.

He probably needs it.

Adam: Outlaw's back, baby!

Scott: Yo!
What's up, guys?

John-michael: We got a
nice one for you, scotty.

Scott: Let's get it up.
We'll check it out.

Adam: We definitely wanna
catch as many as we can,

and we're gonna fish as
much as we possibly can,

try to work every
weather window possible.

Push it to the
limit a little bit.

John-michael:
What do we got, scott?

Scott: We got
343 pounds, dressed.

Adam: Nice.
John-michael:
Wow. Good. Awesome.

Scott: Let's check it out.
Adam: Let's do it.
John-michael: Do it.

Scott: All right, guys.
Not a bad little fish.

Normally these small fish,

these lean fish
are just red meat.

But you can see
some fat in here.

It's really not bad.

How about we
check out the core?

John-michael: Yup.
Adam: All right.
Scott: It's good.

John-michael: Oh, yeah.
Scott: No burn there.
John-michael: Sounds good.

Adam: Definitely.
So, what do you think we can
get for this fish, scotty?

Scott: I'll get you guys...

17 bucks a pound.

Adam: All right.
John-michael: All right.

We'll take that with that
little fish, heck yeah.

Adam: All the hours
that we put in to
catch this fish here.

The wind was picking up
heavy and very fortunate to
catch this fish because not

everybody was getting 'em.

Scott: Hopefully we'll see
you a couple more times.

John-michael: Appreciate it.

Scott: All right.
No problem, guys. See ya.

John-michael:
Woo. Come on, chopper.
Let's go home.

Zack: I'm about over it.

I don't think
it's gonna happen.

We waited till sundown.

What you think, minnie?

You ready to go? Yeah?
Is you ready to go home?

Yeah.
She's over it today.

We can't stay out here
any longer, but we
gave it our best shot.

It's starting to blow now.

I mean, it's picked up a
good 10, 15 mile an hour.

So the swells are
getting a lot bigger.

We just wanna be safe.

It could jack up anytime,
so we're just gonna
ease on in and be safe.

Daniel: Go and
put my jacket on.

Well, it's gonna get cold too.

Zack: Daniel got to get
back home to a family
and so does shane.

Oh, sh**t. Whoa, man!

Shane: That was a good one.

Zack: Yeah, I feel
a little swell.

Daniel: A good one.

Zack: Let's call
it a trip, boys.

It sounds like everybody's
going home except
pinwheel and bugging.

So all we can do right
now is cross our fingers
and hope that we don't get

knocked out of the lead.

All right, boys.
We got 41 miles to go.

Y'all about ready to head
to the house and get a fresh
start the next couple of days?

Both: Oh, yeah.
Zack: Oh, yeah. Let's ride.

You ready, puppy?
You ready? Yeah.

Daniel: Take her to the house.

Tyler: Happy to be here today.

We're out here, we're
doing what we got to do.

Marissa: Where
is my life jacket?

[laughing]

tyler: You don't need it.

All you need is your
bibs and your raincoat.

The weather's taking
a turn for the worse.

But if you're not willing
to push the envelope
at least to a point,

you're not gonna
be successful.

Marissa: Oh, my god.

Tyler: Woo! We started
this trip in second place.

But now, everyone's
catching fish.

I don't wanna be
behind these guys.

I got to pull it together
and rep the north.

Tyler [over speaker]:
Merm, to the back deck.

Merm, to the back deck.

Come on, merm.

Back deck's calling, merm.

Marissa: Wrong number.

Tyler: I got a chant
going on over here.

Tyler [over radio]:
Merm, to the back deck.
Merm, to the back deck.

Bobby: What, she doesn't
like the weather?

Bobby [over radio]:
Nice and foggy over here.

Tyler: She ain't going
to the back deck.

At least not today,
I don't think.

Marissa: Wrong number.

Brian: Oh, that's
funny as [bleep], dude.

Tyler: Got to make it
happen today, merm.

Some fish around, merm.

Marissa: We just marking 'em?

Tyler: Yup.

Nice [bleep] mark.
[bleep] mother lode.
Twenty fathom.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

we're on!

Marissa: Perfect timing.
Do I need the rain gear.

Tyler: Seventeen.
Yeah, merm. Rain gear.

Marissa: We're on!
Tyler: Woo, banger!

Marissa: I'm here.
Tyler: We got one on.

Rough as [bleep].
Happy for the bite.

The waves can be impossible
to navigate in the outer banks.

Big waves!
Big waves, merm!

And the aftermath
of taking on a big one
could be catastrophic.

Add a fight with a bluefin
tuna on top of everything and
you got a recipe for disaster.

What happened, merm?

Marissa: He's running away.

Tyler: Looks like our fish
is taking a lot of line.

Trying to stay up sea
so we don't swamp the
boat and have one of these

giant waves breaking
inside of the boat.

Make mom and dad proud.

Marissa: Big wave!
Oh, my god.

Tyler: Reel, reel, reel.

Welcome to the
obx merm-a-nation.

Marissa: What?
Tyler: Fine.

Just keep reeling,
keep reeling,
jerry brown.

Merm, if it's blowing...

Marissa: We're going!

Tyler: Here we are.
A lot of guys didn't go today.

If we can capitalize
on this fish,

it will definitely help us
out in the competition.

Marissa: A little bit
harder today just because
of the rough weather,

and it's cold out.

Tyler: Stalemate for
this one right now.

He's straight up and down.

The waves are not
doing us any favors.

It's making it really
hard to get this fish.

Keep going, merm.
You're doing good. Holy [bleep].

The waves are
definitely hurting us.

We gotta get this fish and
get the hell out of here.

It's getting ugly.
Watch out, merm.

Watch out! Hold on.

Marissa: Ah!
Tyler: Merm, you all right?

Watch out, merm!
Watch out. Hold on!

Marissa: Ah!
Tyler: Merm, you all right?

Marissa: I'm here!

Tyler: Whoa!
Reel, reel, reel, reel.

This is what separates
the men from the boys.

Nice fish.
We're starting to get him to
settle down in a nice pattern.

Marissa: Got a lot
of pressure on.

Trying to pull hard.
Trying to take line back.

Trying to get a little bit
when I can, tire him out.

Tyler: Come on.
Come on. Come on.
Oh, there he is.

All right, hopefully we
can get a harpoon shot.

The only two boats
out here in this weather,
us and bugging.

The waves are gnarly,
and making it really
hard to fight this fish.

But if we can put this
one onboard, it would put
us in a great position to

take the lead back
from the south.

I can't believe we
got the right bite.

Easy with the swivel.
Easy, wait, wait, wait!

Whoa!
Keep it at the boat.

Reel, reel, reel!

[line snap]

ah! Merm!

Marissa: Oh, my god.
[bleep]!

Tyler: That was a
freaking 600-pounder.

Ah!

Marissa: We lost him.

[bleep], we broke
him off at the swivel.

Tyler: Merm!
Marissa: I thought I had him.
Tyler: You didn't have him.

The rod wasn't bent.

It's big, big rough
weather out here.

It's rougher than can be.

We're trying to
push that envelope.

Get a nice beautiful fish up
to the boat and we lose it.

Tyler [over radio]:
Oh. We just [bleep]
busted him off the swivel.

Defeated right now.
Forget it.

It's turning ugly out here.
We're gonna head west.

Bobby: They're out?
Wow, that's [bleep] shocking.

Tyler: How about it, bedbugs?
What you doing? [bleep]!

Bobby: Yeah.
Let me, let me in
there real quick.

There you go.

Brian: Yo!
We don't wanna be the only
dumb-dumbs out here, man.

Bobby: Hey, yeah, we do.

Bobby [over radio]:
We ain't going nowhere.

Tyler: No sense in us staying
or trying to put 'em back out.

That was our shot.
That was our opportunity.

Bobby's already been rescued
by the coast guard once and
now it's becoming unsafe,

so good luck to
the loose cannon.

You've got to be kidding me.

We suck.

Tj: Hey, reed.

What do you hear from
the hero squad out there?

Any reports?

Banks: Hero squad?
More like zero squad.

Reed: I heard that there
weren't very many bites.

And the ones that did have
bites, they broke 'em off
because it was so damn rough.

Tj: Taking rogue waves
over the transom.

Reed: That was a great
game plan these guys had.

Tj: I don't, I don't
wish bad luck on anyone,
but I'd be lying if I told

you I wasn't laughing
a little bit right now.

Anytime you're out fishing
and it's blowing 30 to 35,

you could be in anywhere
from 10 to 18 foot seas.

It's not exactly the
smartest decision to
stay out in that stuff.

Reed: I plan on catching
some tunas next season too.

I don't wanna die this year.

Tj: When you see the
locals go in, you follow.

I mean, a couple times
you're out there in some
north wind where it's crappy,

but not full on
ten-footers in the tide.

Marciano: To heck
with that, man.

I wouldn't go out in
that [bleep] back home.

Tj: I think those guys need
a little dose of reality.

They have to still get
in across that bar.

Reed: I know. It's
not over for them yet.

Marciano: We've been
having a tough season,
but I didn't come down here

to bust [bleep] up.

Tj: I ain't doing
no stupid [bleep].

Reed: Yeah.
It's just straight idiotic.

Sometimes you got to know
when it's not worth the risk.

Bobby: We've been out ten
times worse than this.

We're not gonna follow
the herd today, okay?

We're gonna set the bar.

I think it's a
good idea, right?

Drew: If you ain't
the lead dog, the
scenery never changes.

Bobby: If you
ain't the lead dog,
the view never changes.

You don't get to the top
by following the leader.

You get to the top by setting
the example on how to lead.

And being a frontrunner
means never letting
anything stand in your way,

even a little weather.

Drew: We're out here in
these kind of conditions
just to get ahead of,

a step ahead of everybody.

Bring it on, you know.
We're gonna do it.

Bobby: Time of my life!
Time of my life.

Drew: See, that's
the way we are.

A happy boat, you know.
Happy boats catch fish.

Bobby: Hey, most
fun you can have
with your clothes on.

Don't you think?

Drew: Absolutely.
Bobby: Absolutely.

It does look like an
apocalypse out here though.

Now that pinwheel's
gone home,

the ocean is our oyster
and we better get that pearl.

So we're gonna get
out in front today.

We just got to find 'em.
They're here.

Drew: Oh.
Look at the marks, bob.
Look at the marks.

Bobby: Oh, here we go.
Here we go.

Drew: Yeah, yeah, yeah!
Look at that [bleep]. Yeah!

Brian: Come on, man.
Let's get annihilated.

Drew: Yeah,
look at those marks.

That's great.

That's fish all right in here.

Brian: Streaker.

Drew: Yup.
Streaking up and down.

And they're individual
fish is what they are.

Brian: Annihilator.

[beeping]

[reel unspooling rapidly]

here we go.

Bobby: We're on! We're on!
We're on! We're on!

Let's go get 'em.

Just like walking
a dog, brian.

Drew: All right, bob.
Brian: Oh, there he goes!

Wow, bro!

Bobby: Big wave coming.
Big wave coming.

Oh. Hold on, boys.
Hold on, boys.

I can't come down there.
I'm better off up here.

I can just see
better up here, drew.

Drew: No, I hear you.
You're good up there.

Bobby: We're down and dirty.
We're tight on this fish.

Brian: Yeah, it's big, bro.
It's a big one.

Drew: Yeah, it is.

Bobby: We're in
horrific conditions.

Terrible conditions.

You know, boat
flopping up and down.

Yanking at that hook.

Oh, boy. Hold on!
Hold on! One more.
Whoa! [bleep]!

We're in a [bleep]
washing machine.

Drew: Holy spin cycle batman.

Brian: You ready, drew?
Drew: Yeah.

Bobby: Drew,
nice and easy, baby.

We have to be as
careful as we can,

fighting this giant
in 10 to 15 foot seas.

There you go.
Walk him in, baby.

Here we go.
Coming at him.
Reel, baby, reel!

Earlier, pinwheel lost
his bluefin in swells
smaller than these,

so we're doing everything
we can to avoid that fate.

I'm gonna try to turn
down swell, okay?

He can't [bleep] hear me.

We stayed out to get the
upper hand on the fleet, and
that's what we're gonna do.

We just got to land this fish.

Drew: Watch the line, bobby.
Brian: Stay on him, bobby.

Bobby: All's I did was
put it in neutral for a
minute and he takes line.

Drew: Well, don't do that.

Oh. I don't like these waves.

Bobby: Hold on!
Drew: Holy [bleep].

Brian: Here comes the mono.
We're getting close, bobby.

Want me to get him?

Drew: Yeah.
I've got no arm left.

Bobby: Walking at him, bri.

Brian: It's
getting close, bro.

Drew: Now he's coming up?
Brian: Yeah.

Going that way.

Bobby: Yup.
Go get him!
Go get him!

Yeah, he's coming, bro.

Drew: Forward, bob!
Brian: All right. Right there.

Right there.
He's a big fish.

Bobby: It's a [bleep] pig.
Brian: There he is, drew.

Drew: I see him.
I see him.

Bobby: It's hard to see when
the weather is as bad as this.

If drew misses this
fish and he hits that line,

we could kiss
this fish goodbye.

Drew: He's turning.
Brian: Right here, bud.

Drew: There he is!
Bobby: Hit him!

Don't [bleep] yell at me!
Stay cool.

We're gonna lose this fish.

Bobby: Hit him!
Brian: What?

Bobby: Don't
[bleep] yell at me.

Stay cool.
We're gonna lose this fish.

Brian: Come on!
Bobby: Drew, hit that [bleep].

Brian: Come on, drew.
Got him?

Bobby: Got him?
Brian: Yeah, got him.

Bobby: Holy, holy [bleep].

Brian: Get a tail rope.
Get a tail rope.
Come on, drew!

Drew: I got him. Watch it.
There you go.

[laughing]

yeah, buddy.

Bobby: Yeah!
Drew: Yeah!

He's all yours, bobby.

Bobby: Bump it in gear.
One engine. One engine.

To all the people who
say we'd be unsuccessful,

who doubted us.

It's obvious how
hungry we are.

We're not just
running our mouth.

We are gonna have
the last laugh.

It's a good day.

Brian: This is the one we
needed right here, boys.

Drew: That is a nice fish.
Let's measure him.

Bobby: 101.
Drew: 101.
Bobby: Yeah!

Brian: Yeah, bobby! Bam.

Drew: That's great.

[porky pig imitation]

that's all, folks.

Bobby: We're heading home.
You've got to admit it.

I put us on the [bleep] fish.

Drew: Yes, you do.
Bobby: Dude!

Drew: This puts us in a
really, really good spot.

Bobby: Hey, you
brought hot tuna down?

Looking good, tj.
Lost a lot of weight.

Dennis: You're making
it look easy like even
an exterminator can do it.

Bobby: I do assure
you, it's not easy.

Dennis: All right,
let's get the fish off.

Bobby: Bam!

Oh, look at this pretty baby.

I tell you what.

This trip's been mentally,
psychically exhausting.

It is critical that we get
top dollar for this fish.

I mean, it would be
a backbreaker if this
was not a quality fish.

We're making a statement.
This is a statement fish.

Rachel: All right.
We got 395 pounds
dressed, bobby.

Bobby: Yeah!
Dennis: It looks like a gem.

Let's see how it grades out.

Well, I think you guys
really pushed the envelope
with the weather today.

It paid off because this
is a gorgeous tail cut.

Seeing a nice oily buttery
band of fatty meat here,

but let's see what
the core looks like.

Look at that.

Bobby: Bam! That's beautiful.
That's beautiful.
That's beautiful.

Dennis: Look at the
translucency in this core.

I mean, you can practically
see completely through it.

Nice job, guys.
Really nice fish.

Bobby: What's the
bottom line, dennis?

Drew: $28 a pound, guys.

Bobby: Yeah! I told you.
Drew: Yeah, buddy!

Bobby: This is absolutely a
turning point in this season.

I can just feel it.
I can feel the energy.
I can feel it in the crew.

Bam! It's a home run.

For us, that is
a game changer.

It's like all the
hard work paid off.

We are right back
in this thing.

You just made our day.
I can tell you that.

Dennis: Nice job.
Drew: Thank you, dennis.

Bobby: Probably made our
season, actually. Thank you.

Dennis: Well,
thank you guys too.

Bobby: Our pleasure, dennis.

Dennis: Good job.

Bobby: That fish
was pretty, man.

Narrator: Northern boat
pinwheel suffers a huge blow

as catches from
southern boats offshore outlaw,

kahuna and fellow
northerner hot tuna

knock them nearly to
the bottom of the pack.

After pushing the limits,

reel e' bugging
takes the lead for the
first time this season.

Shaking up the competition.

Bobby: Hey, thank god the
bug business is banging, man.

Just working on exterminating
the northern fleet.

Bobby [over radio]:
That's all we're
working on down here.

Tyler: I don't got an
extermination business.

I only got a tuna business.

Bobby: Dinosaurs.
All history, no future.

Bobby [over radio]:
And we're gonna leave
every one of yous in the

dust by the time
this season's over.

[laughing]

bobby: Unreal.
Talk is so cheap, gentlemen.

I can't wait to see you
at the end of this thing.

Adam: Watch your tone, bobby.

Bobby: He said
watch your tone.

Hey, adam!
How's my tone?

John-michael:
He just mooned us?

That b*stard.

[laughter]

brian: Watch your tone, bobby!