02x07 - A Bigger Boat

[bunniefuu]

[josh] so, I ended up
testing positive
to covid-19.

So, I got another covid test
right here.

All right, well,

here we go.

I'm still on
the no-fly list
because of the virus,

so I can't help
the guys fish.

But one of the first things
my dad taught me was,

you always put
the boat first,

even when
you're stuck at dock.

[phil] the doctor just called

and I have some blood clots.

It's best that
I don't go fishing.

[josh] in 2009, my dad was
told to stay onshore

due to a pulmonary
embolism.

Everything okay, you know?

Right now,
they came in and...

Reminded me that
I'm not out of the woods.

But that didn't mean
he couldn't lead this crew.

[josh] I'm tired
of pulling my hair
and messing around

these little piles of crab.

It hasn't been easy.

Hey, you're doing
just fine, man.

Just don't
get yourself frazzled.

Okay, bud,
be safe, good luck,

and land on him.

[josh] he never gave up.

And I don't plan
on it either.

All right, we're at the line.

Shake it up.

We've got a mission.
And there are no excuses.

[casey] oh, yeah.

That's a big fish.

*bleep*, dude.
It's dragging the boat.

[casey] shark's on our fish!

They are everywhere.

[jeff] I'm not catching
any more fish
to feed the sharks, dude.

We're gonna get it done.
No matter what.

-Another one.
-Another one, dude.

Sealed. Soon to be delivered.

Hopefully,
with better news.

[phone ringing]

[josh] gentlemen,
how's it going over there?

What's up buddy?
It's going good.
It's going good.

We got
all the bottom fish done.

But we need...

Ahi and mahi-mahi
more than anything.

[josh] even after filling
our deep 7 order

we still have 2500 pounds
of pelagics to go

and there's just over
a week till it's got
to be on that plane.

Bryan, what's
the best move for us?

You could go inside over here
on the ledge.

There's a lot of fish there
in the ledge on the dog mouth.

The other option is
we can troll up towards
ka'ena point right here

and get shark for a tuna.

That's the home
of the sharks.

Sharks at ka'ena point
are legendary.

But so is the fishing.

I've been researching
o'ahu's fishing grounds,

going over
to the old man's charts

just trying
to figure out a way
to help the guys out.

There's mahi on the inside
and ahi on the outside

then joe go
with casey,

jeff go with bryan,
you know,
divide and conquer,

lot more ground
can get caught.

-Sounds good.
-I think that's a good idea.

-Okay.
-[bryan] right.

You guys gonna have
to really knock it
out of the park,

but right now
I'm testing every day,

waiting for that negative
to come back

and once that happens, man,
will be in business.

-All right, later, bro.
-Bye.

[bryan] are you
ready, jeff?

-[jeff] yeah, I'm ready.
-[bryan] okay.

Got them off.

Casey, hurry up!
We ain't got all day.

We're coming,
we're coming.
Two seconds.

-Ready?
-[joe] yeah.

[casey] right now
the fishing in o'ahu is hot,

so it makes sense to stay here
and continue to fish.

We got the knowledge
from guys like bryan and joe

to help us out.

[jeff] one of the things
we're gonna do
before we go out and fish,

we're gonna try catch
our bait.

That's kind of the first part
of today and it needs
to be a success,

but seems like up here,
especially ka'ena point,
there's a lot of sharks.

We've got to kind of
get out there, get set up.

See what type of mood
the sharks are in.

[jeff] our bait fish
is opelu.

It's a local mackerel

that hawaiians have used
for hundreds of years.

It's the candy of the sea
for mahi, ono, marlin,
and ahi.

We're not
the only ones after them.

Sharks are too.

We got to get them
in the boat quick.

[jeff] you know,
this is the time when
they're just chilling out

kind of the sun's just
kind of coming up,
it's getting lighter.

It's kind of that critical
window where you want to...

Try to get on the bait.

That could be
the fish right there.

Looks good.

Marking them.

Loads of predators
down there.

Right now, jeff, go try,
try, just try...

[jeff] oh, it just
got bit off.

[bryan] what came off?

[jeff] it got bit off by one.

Kind of ran off the bait.
There's some
more opelu around,

but we're not the only ones
trying to get them.

Under us, thick.

All right, here we go.

[casey] we got a predator.

See him?

[joe] yeah, that's not good.

That's not good at all.

We got three predators
hanging out.

[radar beeping]

we are marking sharks
really hard.

Holy *bleep*, look at that.

[joe] don't go too deep.

[casey] the bait fish
can go anywhere
from the surface

down to
about 30 or 40 fathoms.

It's the perfect ambush depth
for big predators.

Our strategy is to get them
on the boat quickly,

so the sharks
don't stand a chance.

[casey] my tuna's
on the bottom,

then I thought I got taxed.

And I think I got some,
I know I got so...
It's still jerking.

Whatever it is, my shoulder
can only take
so much of that.

Oh, here we go.

[joe] come on, casey.
We really need this.
Shark is on it.

Keep cranking, keep cranking.

Hey, two, even the...
Oh, *bleep*.

Keep them in the boat,
in the boat, in the boat.

Nice.

So even though
the sharks got us,

we got half our rig back.

Hopefully, we'll turn this
into some other fish.

Looks like we got
some birds flying around.

It looks good.

So, all we need now
is a fish to bite.

We're ready.

Bryan always brings
not just the fish,

but he always brings
the nice weather.

Every time
we go somewhere.

It's just total flat.
Even when he says
it's gonna be windy,

it's nice.

[bryan] big mark
on the screen.

Just got off the screen there.

Could be ahi,
but really big

sh**ting across the screen
at about 40 fathoms.

How's it feeling, jeff?
Feeling good to bait.

[jeff] feels nervous.

[line roller rattling]

we're hooked on man.
This is a big fish.

Makes still a funny loop.

-[bryan] got him, jeff.
-Oh, you wanna gaff?

[bryan] yeah, I got them.

-Be careful.
-Yeah.

I just spit all opelu up.

[bryan] oh, he swallowed.

-[jeff] is he?
-[bryan] yeah, gotta beef.
He's spinning our bait.

Oh, it's a nice one, bro.

Oh!

-Sorry, sorry.
-Oh, no, no, no.

This line might be chased
by a shark right now, so...

I got him right here
a leader, but I should
have let him go?

-What you think?
-So, we got a shot here.

Sharks kind of like on to
the outer skirts right now.

I don't think
he's gonna bother us.

We got to take
the chance now
while we can.

-[jeff] so, just take
this guy and...
-Yeah, let's just take him.

That's one way
to bring them in.

Shark was *bleep* bro
and they were like
*bleep*.

-Dude, you got it.
-Shark was right there.

-Thing was right there, man.
-He was, like, right in the
outskirts,

I was like, pull his butt in.

Right, he could rush in
at any time.

So, I was like,
you know, I just pull him in.

I thought you was
gonna get it.

-You just threw him
right in the boat.
-Yo.

Mean, bro.

[bryan] nice fish, bro.

[jeff] that's awesome.

Well, look how cool.

Thank you.

You know, in hawaii,

some fishermen believe
that eating an ahi heart

is good luck.

[bryan] there it is, buddy.

[jeff] bryan will eat it.

He's not a *bleep*
like josh.

[laughs]

and bryan?

He's just a badass.

One more
for vegas, baby.

Yeah.

-Nice fish, man.
-[jeff] nice one.

[line ringing]

[casey] yo, josh,
what's going on, bud?

[josh] what's up, brother?
Just to let you know
I got back my covid test.

-Yeah.
-[josh] it's...

It came back negative today.

No way. Nice.

[joe] all right.
That's terrific.

[casey] so you're
negative, negative?

Negative, negative, dude.

All right.
That's good to hear, man.

I am officially
covid free.

Off the no-fly list
and I'm ready to travel.

I just really hope
I'm not too late.

Well, joe and I
are sitting here, dude.

We're just getting sharked
on like you wouldn't believe.

These guys are
in candyland, right now.

[josh] okay, I'll let you
know how everything goes.

I'm gonna get
on this right now

so I can get out there.

Cool.

All right,
get well soon, bud.

Getting josh back out here
is a big win.

And hopefully,
he can help us catch up

because right now
we're running
pretty far behind.

-Hey, joe, see them,
two birds up there?
-Yeah.

[casey] right below that,
like 30 yards out,

ahi just jumped,

then you got a boil on
the surface, right next to it.

Is this a good spot
to throw live bait over?

I think
you're gonna get bit here.

[casey] are we?

I'm pretty sure
you're gonna get bit here.

[casey] we only have four days
until we have to deliver.

We got 2400 pounds
of fish to catch.

Luckily, I got
one more trick up my sleeve
for dealing with these sharks.

I have this
new and improved,

pretty little piece of wire
on the end,

so if the shark teeth come in,

if it's a shark
that gets a hold of it...

Tooth-proof wire.

Wire's strong, so...

We'll see,
we got a big order to fill.

Going over.

[line roller whirring]

we got them on.

[casey] oh.

-[joe] keep going neutral.
Go neutral.
-Neutral.

We got something on here
that's pretty big.

[casey] he has to worry
about the sharks
coming up to get 'em.

[joe] this could be
a big fish.

He's still taking line.

-[casey] ahi?
-[joe] could be an ahi.

Spikey's got
his head shakes going.

Took off ripping really hot.

And now it's just mo.

Stuck stone we call 'em,
just down there barreling.

Shark! Right there.

Whoa! That thing had
a really big tail.

Yeah, yeah, yeah coming,
coming, coming.

Reel.

[casey] he's on that one.

Shark.
Right there.

Whoa! That thing had
a really big tail.

Yeah, yeah, yeah coming,
coming, coming.

Reel.

[line roller whirring]

[casey] he's on that one.

Oh, it's got a fish.

Right there.

Told you
I seen a big fin.

[casey speaking]

-[joe] oh, *bleep*.
Sharks are relentless.
-Not again, dude.

These things are
really strong.
This is a big one.

It's like eight-footer maybe,
seven, eight footer.

And he is
really, really strong.

I finally got the first
ahi in o'ahu
on the line.

Unfortunately, I'm not
the only one that wants it.

He's gonna try to go
into the wheel, I know it.

[joe] these sharks
are relentless.

[casey] well, there
went the shark.

-[joe] yeah,
-we just made
him really cool.

Now, he's got a piercing.

[laughs]

I just hope that guy
doesn't go down
and hang around.

[casey] yeah.
Let's rig up the bait.

Let's get back to fishing.

Get ready. Another shark,
man. *bleep*

got it.

-[casey] look at the
size of that thing, dude.
-Yeah.

Oh, man.

Another one, another one.

[casey] *bleep* damn it.

These guys are crazy.

Oh, man, all we get back
all day are fish heads.

So far the pelagic fishing
ain't going so hot for us.

[joe] you know how
you go to work,

they take a percent out
of your paycheck for taxes.

Well, the sharks
does that to us.

They just take a percentage
of our catch.

-[jeff] are you there?
-He's gone,
shark got him again.

[whistles]

[bryan] the shark problem
is mean.

He's already
messing with it.

Breaking my *bleep*.

We got lucky
with an ahi earlier,

but it looks like
that luck just ran out.

So, he gave me
the fish back, but...

Still not gonna be
able to sell it.

Your buyer is not going
to want teeth marks
bruised meat.

Anything that's
been mutilated
is basically no good.

I got dinner.

But, you know, this is...

Just wasting time.

[casey] we're absolutely
surrounded by sharks.

One, two, three...

Four.

Five...

Six, seven...

Eight,

nine,

ten.

And that's just what I see
from this deck.

Imagine if we go up
to the tower.

Damn near got enough
to have a whole football team.

[joe] all we need
is one more for the coach.

[line ringing]

[jeff] yo.

[casey] yo, how are
you guys doing over there?

We've had a bunch of misses.

It feels like the shark's
like stalking it for a while.

[jeff] yeah,
we're just getting
like solid slaps.

You know, I think
that the sharks are messing
with us pretty good.

Yeah. I don't know, man.
We got to figure out
something different here.

I'll see you back
into the dock.

-[jeff] all right, bud.
Sounds good.
-All right, thanks.

[jeff] all right, good luck.

[casey] well, apparently
we're not the only one
having this problem today.

I guess the sharks
are really on the bite.

We have money
that needs to be made.

And right now,
we're not making it.

[josh] I don't know
what's gonna happen, dude.

These guys
are not pulling any fish.

Barry and his
business partners

are definitely
not patient people
by any means.

Sometimes when you get sick,
you don't recover.

So, getting
this negative covid test,

it's kind of like
second chance.

Right now, it doesn't
look like casey and jeff

are gonna meet
are goal in o'ahu.

Before I join them,

I think I'm gonna
go over to ka'ena

and see if I can put
a new plan into the works.

[bryan] all right, guys,
this is the deal.

You guys got attacked
by sharks yesterday.

This is how we're
going to get past that.

We've done
pretty well catching fish,

but getting them
on a boat in one piece?

It's a little bit
of a different story.

Bryan asked us to meet
him at the beach

to teach us
how to "out-shark" the sharks.

What you do is
when you hook up,
you let them run.

The shark can't catch a tuna
if he's just free swimming.

Tunas can
always outrun sharks?

I mean, sharks
are big, fast mean animals.

They are fast,
but they tire out
really quick.

A tuna is built
for speed and power.

I'm gonna tie
this rope on jeff,

he's going to be my fish
and I'm going
to be holding him

and you're going to come in
like a shark.

Can we get
a smaller shark?

So, let me get this straight.

You're gonna be the tuna.

Bryan's gonna
have you on the line.

I gotta be the shark
and I'm gonna have
to try to catch you.

Try.

Try.

All right.

It's all you're
catching all day.

All right, jeff.
I'm going to try
and reel you in.

And see what happens.

One, two, three... Go.

That easy, that quick.
That's what happens
every time.

The shark's there.
He's gonna eat him.

[casey] I'm gonna come
and eat the rest of you!

[laughs]

all right, guys,
see what happened?

And I'm trying
to pull him in.

You could get them
that easy.

You know,
line or no line,

I didn't think you're gonna
be that easy to catch.

Just wait.

I'm gonna let jeff run.

We're gonna watch
that tuna speed kick in.

One, two, three. Go.

[laughing]

all right, he's tired.
The shark's tired.

So, I'm gonna pull him in.

[laughs]

-I got my tuna, yeah.
-That's 100 bucks a pound.

Yehee!

So what was
that you were saying
about easy to catch?

Dude, I almost had you.

You zigged when I thought
you were gonna zag.

So, what are
you gonna do next time

when you get a tuna on
and there're sharks.
What are you gonna do?

-Let it go.
-That's what you
got to do.

Let's get out
of here, man.
Good job.

[casey] if we don't
start catching
mahi and ahi today,

there's almost no chance
we're gonna fill this order.

We don't really have time
to go back to ka'ena.

It's a lot of traveling.
O'ahu is really
our only option right now.

Hopefully,
bryan's little beach
lesson pays off.

[radar beeping]

[casey] there's some fish.
We're marking fish there.

Wani, marking fish at 10.

Ah-ha, yeah. I see them.

What do you say,
we throw a live bait out,
see what kind of fish it is?

I say we ought to
throw live bait out,

see what kind of fish it is.

I like the way
this guy works.

Here we go.

Oh, boy, this is a fast one.
Look at him go.

We are going to get bit
any second now.

I got a feeling.

Hopefully, we can
get by these guys.

-[line whirring]
-oh, we're on. Right there.

Hopefully, the sharks
don't get it, though.

All right, it's a big one.

Shark's got him already.

He's got him already.

[bryan] oh, he got *bleep*
eat and run.

There.

Let's give that one back.

Can't even get them up.

I'm not catching any more fish
to feed the sharks, dude.

[bryan] I totally hear you.

[jeff] we've lost nine fish
in two days.

If we can't change the tide,

we're gonna lose
our vegas account.

-[line whirring]
-oh, we're on.
Right there.

[line roller whirring]

oh, it's got weight.
It's a nice fish.

Jeff, if it's a big one,
just let it run, yo.

I just want to make sure
that we don't get shark,
you know,

just want to make sure
that we don't lose him.

[line roller whirring]

[bryan] jeff,
just let it run.

[jeff] oh, it's got weight.
It's a nice fish.

I just want to make sure
that we don't get shark,
you know.

Jeff, just let it run, yo.

-Shark's gonna know
that he can't get it.
-Okay.

Just want to make sure
that we don't lose him.

*bleep* yeah, jeff.
You're the man, bro.

It's not a big one.
But you know what?

It's at least something.
I'm sure, hopefully,
they'll get bigger.

Maybe the bigger ones
will show up.

[bryan] I guarantee it.

-Dude, we got to
start banging.
-Okay.

sh**t right on, bro.

Right on, man. Thank you.
That was awesome.

-At least we're getting
fish on the boat.
-Something.

[jeff] yeah.

Bryan's advice
of actually
letting the tuna run

and tire the sharks out,

it worked.

But we still lost time.
One odd ahi?

It's just not enough.

We really got
to pick up the pace.

Just got in to hawaii.

Boys are over
in o'ahu right now...

But I decided to touch
down over in kona.

They're out there fishing
their hearts out,

but you can only do
what you can do.

And right now,
we're behind schedule.

Jeff and casey,
they're doing the best.

But you know,
battling sharks
and being short-handed.

There's nothing
so much you can do.

Couple weeks ago,
I was talking to an old
alaska fisherman,

bob tremaine,
who fished out here.

Bob was a legendary
bering sea crab fisherman.

Him and my dad,
they go way back.

You know,
when we needed help,
he was there.

And he mentioned something
that's been sticking
with me ever since.

Desperate times calls
for desperate measures,

and I got to get
this figured out,

or else our order
is screwed.

You got an awesome
place here, bob.

So how's your
vegas order going?

You know,
a couple of weeks ago,

I was down here.

You were talking
about a place

that we weren't
quite ready
to go to yet.

But it's got this
an ample amount of fish.

Yeah, well, one of the options
is going way offshore.

Seamount, I don't know
if you're quite ready
for that yet.

That's 140, 150
miles offshore.

[bob] yeah.

So, we need that place now.

We got our deep
seven order completed,

we need some
ahi really bad.

They're out there
if you can figure out
how to catch them.

There, no, I know.

Okay, well, I've got something
I want to show you.

Alright, josh,
so this is a video
from the cross seamount.

One of the most
productive small seamounts

around the hawaiian islands,
if not, you know,
in the world.

On a good day,

it's possible to catch
in an hour,

or maybe even
for a day.

Really?

That's good conditions.

[josh] and 2,000-3,000
pounds an hour.

I mean, that's unheard of.

That's ten times
the amount of productivity
we've seen.

If we could fish like that
we'd fill
our 3,000 pound order,

like it's nothing.
And then some.

By that 'stache,
I'm thinking
it's probably like,

early 2000s.

No, it's '92, I think...

'92-'93.

-Yeah. 'stache doesn't lie.
-[laughs]

yeah.

Why are the seamount
so productive?

Well, you know,
they call it a seamount

because it's a volcano
that never came
above the surface.

Currents move up
against the side
of the volcano,

it brings up
a lot of different types
of food for the fish.

-Yeah.
-It's all about the food.

Is that the boat
you guys went out on?

That's the boat.


But if you want to catch more,
you're gonna have
to go bigger.

Yeah.

[bob] after fishing
out here ten years,

primarily
the cross seamount,

I have fish receipts,
fish tickets

for over two million pounds
of fish.

*bleep*

it's time for you guys
to get offshore and

take everything that
you've learned
to make it work out here.

[josh] I have a question,
need an answer.

I need to know exactly
how much it's
gonna cost the cornelia marie

from dutch harbor, alaska
all the way to kona, hawaii.

No, I'm dead serious.

Look at that, dude,
there's a shark right there.

[joe] oh, *bleep*,
sharks are relentless.

[line roller whirring]

[casey] this one has taken
our bait this whole time.

[joe] yeah, and our fish.

Again, dude.

[casey] no matter
what we do these sharks
just keep taking our bait.

It's starting
to get really annoying.

They're everywhere.

How much fish
we got to feed them

before they get full
and quit coming after us?

You know, so far the day
has been a total bust.

There's ahi around,
we're marking them.

Big marks under the boat
but we can't keep anything
on the line long enough

to even try
bryan's techniques.

I'm gonna try to get
some of these baits
ready to go.

Going over.

That guy's gonna get bit.

[laughs]

he's just asking for trouble.
Isn't he?

Oh, he doesn't even know
what he's about
to get himself into.

-[radar beeping]
-[line roller rattling]

looks like we're marking
some fish here.

[line roller whirring]

-[casey] there he goes.
We're on.
-[joe] you got something?

-[casey] yep, we're on.
-You got something already?

All right.

-Oh, we got a big one on.
-[casey] oh, yeah.

I'm already in neutral
and he's still dumping line.

That should be a good fish.

Let him run, dude.
Let him run.

Don't let the sharks get him.

Just let him run.

-Let him run?
-[joe] yeah, let him run.

Okay.

We really need this fish.

[line roller rattling]

-[casey] there he goes.
We're on.
-You got something?

-Yep, we're on.
-[joe] you got
something already?

All right.

Let him run, dude.
Let him run.
Don't let the sharks get him.

-Just let him run.
-[casey] okay.

[joe] let him outrun
those sharks.

[casey] we've really
been struggling with
these sharks off o'ahu

the last few days.

And I just gotta calm down
for a second

and really remember
bryan's advice.

I gotta fight every bit
of my natural instinct

that wants
to muscle this fish in.

I just gotta let him run.

[line roller rattling]

he's taking off again.

That shark can't catch
that tuna. There's no way.

He's kind of
staying on the surface.

I think that ahi
has worn out also.

So you better hurry up.

[casey] I tell you
who's worn out.

I'm thinking
casey is worn out.

God, this son of a b*tch.
Feels like I've wound
this thing in


My arm is just jell-o.

This is a big fish.

I see color right now.

You got a gaff
ready for me?

I got a gaff right here.

One more circle.

[casey] he's coming
towards you.

There you go.
Get him! Get him.

Nice, right in the eye.

Nice gaff.

-[joe groans]
-[casey] whoo!

Yeah.

-Look at that thing!
-Yeah!

-Hey!
-Yellow fin, baby.

Dude, that thing is huge.

This fish is an athlete, man.

He outran all those sharks.

Yeah, sharks,
no way could keep up
with this fish.

No ways.

Man, that's our first
o'ahu ahi together.

Right there.

Finally got what
we were looking for.

[jeff] we just
marked a big fish
and also mahi-mahi.

It just came to the boat

and maybe we should get
that one in bryan.

-Yeah.
-Because that hit sharks--

-you know the sharks
are close, so...
-Sharks are here.

[jeff] yeah, there's a couple
of more mahi mahis back there,

two more eating right now.

[jeff] we might
not be hitting the ahi today.

But, we just landed
on a huge pile of mahi-mahi.

And they could turn
this whole day around.

Bro, remember
what I told you about on ahi
when we get them close,

-you got to let them go.
Let them run.
-Yeah.

Mahi-mahi's, bro,
you let them go, it's gone.

They're gonna eat it.
They don't dive down.

-So, it's the opposite then.
-This is the opposite.

-You gotta just yank 'em in
as fast as you can.
-Okay.

[line roller whirring]

hooked up.

Nice, dude.

[bryan] got another one,
right here.

[jeff] it's so unreal,
you know, how fast fishing
changes that quick

from a nightmare morning
to all of a sudden
a productive day of fishing.

-That was like
synchronized mahi fishing.
-Yeah, no *bleep*.

[jeff] we can't cross
mahi-mahi off the list yet,

but that run puts a big dent
in this order.

[line ringing]

hey, case,
how's it going?

[casey] dude,
we just got a big one
in the box, ahi.

Yeah, we let them
run this time.

How's it going
for you guys?

This huge pile
of mahi-mahi just came in

and just started
just frenzying
behind the boat

and me and bryan were
able to pick at them.

[casey] we need
to get a lot more ahi yet.

We gotta come up with a plan
on how we're going
to get these fish, man.

We're still a long ways away
from where we need to be.

But at least we're getting
josh back tomorrow.

The three of us are gonna
have to figure out a plan.

[josh] casey, jeff,
they're in great spirits.

There's a good chance
that we might not get
this order fulfilled,

but the sky's the limit.

I got an idea that could...

Really help us out.

High stress situation
right now.

Buddy.

What's up, dude?

-I'm fine.
-You're sure?

-I am good. Blood test
and everything.
-Great.

Thanks to bob
I got a few things in mind

that could really save
our bacon.

But now that I'm in o'ahu,

I gotta meet up with casey
and find out what we've got.

All right, brother,
where do we stand?

Jeff took off

here a little bit ago
to go fishing.

I'm gonna be right behind him.
I was just trying
to get this finished up,

so we knew
where we stood.

Here's our numbers so far.

As you can see,
we need more mahi-mahi,

we need quite a bit more ahi.

I think we're close to marlin.

We might get one marlin
if we can,

but I wouldn't
concentrate on it.

We're coming down
to the wire man.
They ain't gonna work for us.

-Stay positive.
-I've been staying positive
on everything I can do.

-Including covid.
-Yeah.

-Impossible, buddy.
-You guys are doing great like

and you know what,
I'm not coming down on you.
It's just...

I'm getting back
so I'm a little stressed out

just this whole
sickness thing...

I'd be stressed out too
if I told barry we could put
in that kind of order.

We're not going to give up.

Let's get out there.
We still have time.

Let's get there with jeff.

[radar beeping]

right now
you can see this fish.

Back down here
at 20 right here.


that's a confirmed
ahi right there.

So, they're in the area.
They're around.

It's still early.

It's still early.

Anything can happen.

We still need
a ton of ahi

and some white fish
wouldn't hurt either.

But we've only
got a day to do it.

I'm flying solo.

Hopefully,
I can make up some ground.

[radar beeping]

just marked four fish,
can see them up here
on the screen.

Hopefully, we can get a bite.

[line roller rattling]

wake up. We're on.

[line roller whirring]

we're on a big fish.

I don't know what it is.
Took a *bleep*
lot of line, man.

He's way out though.
It's a marlin.
It's jumping.

[line roller whirring]

get out there finally
to see jeff,

realized that
he's got a big fish on.

Whatever's on the other end
of that line is pissed.

It looks like
jeff's got a marlin on.

-[casey]oh, yeah.
-[josh] I can see
that thing dancing from here.

Marlin run in every direction
trying to get away,

so it's important to give jeff
a lot of room to work.

[jeff] you got mcmanus
coming up here.

Just don't let casey do
something *bleep* stupid

like wake me out
or anything like that.
All right?

Jeff's apparently
got a big marlin on,


Take your
binoculars out there.

Check it out.

[josh] the old tuna tower.

Fighting a marlin is
a completely different game

than fighting an ahi,
you know.

It's a lot bigger fish.
I am really watching the line.

[line roller whirring]

in the blue and black corner,
we have jeffrey silva
representing kona, hawaii.

And on the ocean side,
we have a big piece
of silver with a heartbeat.

Man versus fish, right now.

Oh, yeah. *bleep*

that's a big fish.

If I tell you to move,
or I tell you
to cut the camera,

I tell you
to get out of the way,
get out of the way.

*bleep*, dude.
It's dragging the boat.

[joe] how old you
said you was?



I can't believe he's 37.
No ways.

I know
I got a lot of gray hair.

-37, dude.
-No ways,
who's 37 and looks like that?

How old do you think I am?

By how you act, 12.

By how you look,



I am 41.

I could be like
your younger brother.

Maybe your oldest son.

[casey] oh...

Oldest son maybe.
What was
your mom's name again?

[all laughing]

took you long enough.

Damn.

[jeff] marlin is scary, man.

Probably got at least
on this guy right now.

That's like I'm in
a front row seats
of the marlin fight.

[josh] man versus
fish right now.

[line roller rattling]

[jeff] got him
on a circle hook.

[josh] this marlin
has some serious power.

So we know that we have
to give jeff a lot of space.

It's gonna be a game
of back and forth
with this monster.

Land this baby, we'll cross
marlin right off the list.

[casey] oh, yeah. *bleep*

that's a big fish.

*bleep*, dude.
It's dragging the boat.

[jeff] trying to get him
out of his circle.

He's doing *bleep* a circle,
he's on his side.

Oh, it's doing circles.

[jeff] you don't want a marlin
to circle on you.

You want a marlin to come up

and come up
to your boat parallel.

So that you can
basically get them a plane.

He's coming up.

[cameraman] *bleep* that, bud.

[casey] marlin's up
to the boat.

Oh, just a bit outside.

It's not very often
you see jeff silva
miss with a gaff hook.

[laughs]

he is human.

[jeff] gotta tire him out.

These things k*ll people.
These things stab people.

It's sunk a boat.
They swamp boats.

Exactly how my line
is right now.

That's how we want
to keep this guy.

He's coming up.

[casey] yeah, baby!

It's like a 400 probably.

-Really?
-[casey] oh, yeah.

I'll tell you he may have
a little bit of reach.

But jeff silva,
that guy's got
some endurance.

Jeff silva, fish master.

Dude, we had front row seats
to a marlin fight.

I thought it was an ahi.

[casey] oh!

The footprint was so big,
I was like, *bleep*.

That's a big one.

Next time, I'm sitting up
there and you guys are
fighting it from down here.

[laughs]

what do you say, brother?
Go ahead?

I'll buy the first round.

[casey] we got marlin to cut.

[casey] all right,
team meeting guys.

[josh] well...

Going through these numbers.

We're way short on ahi.

But, beg,
plead, borrow, whatever.

But, we should
probably get a hold of him.

We knew
this dark day could come.

But we can't avoid
telling barry
the bad news any longer.

What's going on, barry?

Hey, man, what's happening?
What's happening?

Well, I ended up
getting covid.
Had to stay home.

I wasn't able to...

To partake
in helping out
with this order.

We're going to be really short
on the ahi portion.

What's the story?
What happened?

Probably the biggest
issue, man, is sharks.

You know,
every time we get a fish,

these sharks come up
and take it from us.

I have people to answer to.
I need product, man.

[casey] and let me tell you
the good news.

The bottom fish,
we smashed on 'em.

The only thing we're short
on is the ahi.

Oh, my god.

Hey, but I'll tell you what,
there is a solution to this.

What's the solution, josh?

You give us an extra week,

not only will we fulfill
our fish order with the ahi,

but I want to sell you
an extra 5000 pounds.

You can't give me
the order I want now,

you're gonna come up
with 5,000 extra pounds?

[josh] you know,
it's one of those moments
where time freezes

and you kind of see yourself
saying something

that you hope
you don't regret.

We've all sacrificed
way too much

and to now put it all
on the table
right here, right now?

[clicks tongue]

we're gonna go real big.

We're gonna bring
in the cornelia marie

all the way over to hawaii.

You have the boat coming here?

This sounds kind of crazy,
brother.

It's a little extreme,

but I can bring
in a lot more product

than what...
What you originally wanted.

You know, what do you think?

All right,
so here's the deal.

We'll always be friends,
but this is it.

-Okay.
-Last shot. Last shot.

All right, thanks, brother.
We won't let you down.

All right, man.
Thank you.

Gonna talk to me
about a decision like that
before you go and make it?

Did you even like
crunch the numbers
on this?

Yes.

-No, I didn't.
-This isn't josh harris,
bing, bing, boom, man.

Oh no, no, I did crunch
the numbers on this.

It will eat
into a good portion
of our profit.

But regardless,
we got to make this happen.

5,000 pounds
isn't some random figure.

It's exactly what we need
to make a profit

after shipping and for fuel.

So it makes bringing
the cornelia marie here
worth it.

Seamounts don't
make sense with any less.

We gotta make good
on our order.

Okay,
just for future reference
for future business endeavors,

what you want to do
is you want to secure
the extra 5,000 pounds

before you put everything
you have at risk
to make it happen.

[josh] you know,
the most important thing is

you get back to kona
and start prepping.

There's no turning back.

All right, well,
let's get out of here.

We had no other options.

The one thing I thought
I would never say

is that the cornelia marie
is coming to hawaii.

[jeff] I am just
trying to do my part
in this partnership.

Bringing a 130-foot
crab boat to hawaii

to catch tuna.

Great job, boys.

[casey] I'm not just gonna
walk out on josh
and leave him hanging,

but he just gambled
with everything
we have with this company.

Yeah, I might have
really put us in some *bleep*.

A hail mary from hell.