05x08 - Man Down

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WILL: Abandon all hope,
he who enter here.

NARRATOR: On this episode of
Wicked Tuna Outer Banks...

BRANDAN: Got 'em on!
DALE: There they are!
TYLER: Woo!

NARRATOR: When top
captain Greg Mayer of the
Fishin' Frenzy's

season is threatened
by injury...

GREG: We may have caught the
biggest fish of the season,
but it kicked my a*s.

NARRATOR: Other
skippers in the fleet...

TJ: There's a mark.
NICK: Here they are.

NARRATOR: See an
opportunity...

JACK: Did you see that?

NARRATOR: To strike.

TYLER: Oh! It's
taking a lot of line!

NARRATOR: But can his
inexperienced mates...

NARRATOR: Fend off
the competition?

BILLON: We're just hoping we
can stay ahead of everybody.

NARRATOR: Or will
another boat...

CAINE: There he is!
There he is! Oh, my God!

TYLER: He's pulling us.

NARRATOR: Run away...

CLIFF: There he goes!
STEVE: This is nuts.

BRANDAN: There he is!
There he is!

NICK: Get it off! Get
it off! Don't let it
bind like that.

BRANDAN: We're
in trouble here.

NARRATOR: With the lead?

TYLER: Yeah, buddy!
MIKE: Oh, yeah!

NARRATOR: This is
Wicked Tuna Outer Banks.

NICK: Look out, Frenzy!
We're coming for the top spot.

NARRATOR: Former southern
champion Fishin' Frenzy leads
the fleet for the first time

this season, but Hot Tuna ad
Little Shell are in striking
distance of the lead.

Meanwhile, the ill-fated
Foolish Pleasures looks for
its second fish of the season.

BILLON: What's happening?

-What's the word with Greg?

BILLON: Uh, far as
I know he's coming.

He was in pain yesterday,
but he's coming.

BILLON: The other day
we caught the biggest
fish of the season.

One, two, three.

-Three.

BILLON: And we're in
first place for the
first time this year.

GREG: Holy crap.
-Woo!

GREG: That's a big fish,
there. Oh, [bleep].

BILLON: Unfortunately,
while fighting the fish,
Greg hurt his shoulder.

GREG: I can't do
anything. I don't know
what the hell it is.

BILLON: We've finally gotten
ourselves to the top, and
now our season's in jeopardy.

There he is.

-Uh-oh. Our
fearless leader.

BILLON: He must be feeling
a little bit better.

Uh, maybe not.
I see the dogs.

GREG: I can't do it today.
It's not very good.

I'm waiting on an MRI.
I just really wanna go
fishing, but.

I've never let anyone run
my boat bluefin fishing.

It couldn't have a
worse time to happen.

Right in the
middle of the season.

But this is a critical point
in the season and I don't have
a lot of options right now.

BILLON: All righty, well.

I'm a little surprised that
Greg wants me and Dirty
to go fishing without him.

GREG: Just don't let
Nick move ahead of you.

BILLON: It's a lot
of extra pressure.

GREG: Keep up with me
and I will see you.

We have got less than a
$5,000 lead over the Hot Tuna.

This boat's got
to keep fishing.

BILLON: All right, Dirty.
It's all ours.

-All right.

BILLON: We got a little
surprise this morning.

Greg's gonna take the day off
and Dirty and I are gonna go
out there and see if we can

catch something by ourselves.

If we can get
out and get back.

That's all I'm worried
about right now.

We'll be fine.

There's a
lot of pressure to not do
anything wrong right now.

Whenever you're ready.

-Clear.

BILLON: Wish us luck.
GREG: Well, they're off.

I know they can do it.

At least I hope they can.

BILLON: I brought the
paintbrush in case
we scratch something.

-Good idea.

BRANDAN: Am I a bad person if
that makes me really happy?

NICK: I'm behind the
Hot Tuna and the Frenzy.

With Greg off the water,
I think this is a chance that
Little Shell could pull ahead.

TJ: He's unbelievable.
JARRETT: He's a piece of work.

TJ: This is huge, you know,
Billon and Jay are out here
by themselves without Greg.

It's anybody's
to take right now.

Nick on the Little Shell,
I know he wants to take out
Frenzy in the worst way,

but the Hot Tuna
is here to play.

And it's gonna come down
to the guy who makes the
right turn of the wheel.

And we're just trying to
make it happen.

We're only one fish away
from taking that top spot.

MARCIANO: Should
I wear the hat?

There. Now
we'll get a bite.

With Greg out of the picture,
every boat in the fleet is
thinking this just might give

the rest of the guys a
little bit of an edge.

Come on, fish.
Let's do this.

-Any minute now.

MARCIANO: Any minute now.
It should happen.

Monkeys could fly
out of my butt, too.

-Uh-hmm.

JACK: If there's anybody
that loves catching
bluefins, it's Greg Mayer.

Obsessed.

CAINE: I truly hope he's okay.

BRITTON: Your key
player is gone.

And you just, you're
making do with the team
that you have on the floor.

Billon and Jay are gonna
have a difficult time.

DALE: Greg is injured
and can't use his arm
because of his shoulder.

I know a thing or two
about having to go to
work with only one arm.

Greg, it ain't gonna hurt you.
I've been doing it for years.

I don't know if Greg's in as
much pain back on the dock as

we are out here
not having a fish.

Man, I hope we get our shot.

BILLON: Right now,
we're a man down.

We're kind of playing defense.

We're just hoping we can
stay ahead of everybody.

Come on, baby.

CLIFF: We need a damn fish.

We really need a fish
on deck early today.

NICK: There's a deep mark.
I know what's gonna happen.

If I go take a [bleep],
we'll hook one.

MARCIANO: This is interesting.

Now we got some
fish on the screen.

Come on, fish,
give us a break.

-All right, bud.

NICK: Hook me a fish.
-We got you covered, Cap.

MARCIANO: See if we
can get one to go.

NICK: Keep an eye
on them tunas, boys.

-Come on, big boy. Let's go.

-That's a tuna.
That's a tuna, dude, it's
got a tail on it, dude.

-That was a bluefin.

TJ: Oh, they're blowing
up right next to us.

MARCIANO: Marking here.

We're [bleep] marking good
every circle up there.

BILLON: There's a mark.
There's a mark right there.

-Come on, baby.

MARCIANO: Give us break.
Big breakaway.

-Come on, baby.
-Come on, fish. Where you at?

-Whoa, we're on!

MARCIANO: Is that
the real deal?

-Oh, yeah.

MARCIANO: Oh, yeah!
Attaboy, yeah!

The quota's going fast and
basically we're one rung up
from the bottom of the ladder.

We've got to kick it
in here and see if we
can do some damage.

I've got something on here.
Not sure what.

-Come on, baby.
Come on, man.

Oh, there he goes!
There he goes! Got 'em on!

NICK: There he
goes, got him on!

Catch him up, guys.
I'll be out in a minute.

-We're not gonna
be satisfied until we've
taken the lead from Frenzy.

We're gonna fish as hard as
we can to make that possible.

NICK: Got 'em on!
Look out, Frenzy!

We're coming for
that top spot.

Hey, Brandan, come on, boys.

Let's send that Hot
Tuna packing back
to Gloucester, guys.

TJ: [bleep], man. All
these slicks, you think you'd
be, like, going off instantly.

NICK: Yeah.

MARCIANO: All right,
Gel. One engine.

We're gonna see him
in a second. There he is.
Joe, get your gaff ready.

-Yup.
MARCIANO: It's a,
no, no, no, no, no.

Oh, [bleep].
It's a baby bluefin.

Oh. See how he's got the
Mackerel patting, Joe?

That's how you tell.

He's under 73 inches,
we got to release him.

There he goes.

Little baby bluefin.

Not even close enough to really
measure, but someday he'll
grow up to be 1,000 pounder.

So far, no gold tickets.

-It's time for a
new sheriff in town.

With the number one
captain off the water,
this is our shot.

CLIFF: We got a fish on
early in the morning.

I don't wanna jinx it.

NICK: Still
pulling hard there,
bud. Pulling real hard.

All right, here's your
first drop, Brandan.

-All right, I got it.
NICK: There you go. All
right, here he comes.

I can see the fish, but
something ain't right.

He's wrapped up.
Stop the bandit reel, Cliff.

The fish is getting
close and we got a
tangle on the greenstick.

I got the mainline
in this hook here.

If we don't get these
lines untangled, this fish
could very easily come off.

Take this, Brandan.

-Yes, sir.
NICK: All right, turn the
bandit reel back on, Cliff.

There you go.
We're clear now.

All right, let's get him.
All right, here he is.

It's our chance, boys.
Turn your bandit reel off.

-All right, boat's
out of gear.

NICK: All right.
Now, Brandan.

It's in the gill
plate, you got to go!

Dart him! Good job,
Brandan. Get a gaff.

-Ugh!

NICK: Tail rope.
Careful, let's not lose him.

That's money in
the bank, baby.

-It'll pay the bills!

NICK [over radio]:
We're coming for the top spot.

TJ: Oh, God, please no.

NICK [over radio]:
Billon, take notes. This
is how you captain a boat.

BILLON: Cringe-worthy.
Staying at the top is
just as hard, if not harder,

than getting to the top.

-We caught a fish
and it feels good.

Quota's disappearing.

This is one more for Little
Shell and that's one more that
somebody else can't catch.

NICK: All right, pull it in.

-Okay, one, two, three.

NICK: Yeah! Nice.
-Let's go, team Little Shell!

NICK: 84 incher.
-All right!
-All right.

Yes, sir. That's awesome, man.

NICK: 84 inches.
This one could put
us in the lead, boys.

TJ: But we haven't
had a bite yet.

Nick on the Little
Shell just got one.

That's been it so far.

We're looking for
that connection.

-They're busting
right over there.

-Busting right beside
us, too. Look, look,
look, look! Right, look!

They're crashing
right here on the side of
the boat. Those are tuna.

-Oh, oh.
TJ: Holy [bleep]. Look at that.

BILLON: Coming up again here.
Fish busting all around us.

It's a game now.
Oh, Lord, please.

TYLER: Oh, [bleep]!
-Yeah, oh, yeah, baby!
[bleep]. Dude, holy [bleep].

TYLER: The quota's getting
caught up and we're in
fourth place in the earnings.

Nobody knows what gonna
happen with the Fishing
Frenzy being down one man.

-He's a big fish.

TYLER: But we look at it as
an opportunity to show these
southern boats what a northern

boat can do when they get hot.

I don't wanna let
TJ have all the fun.

I got 'em right out here.

[bleep] blowing up.

JARRETT: Holy [bleep],
through the hole!

Woo-hoo. Boom! Look at 'em.

MIKE: Oh! Look at that.
They're exploding over there.

-Come on, baby! Woo!

Don't let Frenzy get it first.

-There he is. Right here,
short rigger! Got 'em on.

BILLON: Feel like a real one?

-Yeah, baby. Dude,
he smoked that thing
from the inside, boom!

See right there?

BILLON: I see it on top.

-Yeah.
BILLON: Got him on.

WILL: Oh, no,
Frenzy's hooked up.

Right up here off
our bow's tight.

DALE: Why wouldn't he be?
He's right near us.

There's no reason we
shouldn't have a fish on here.

Oh, [bleep], man.
What the hell?

The door almost fell
out the [bleep] door.
How about that?

Trust me, that's the
next thing that's gonna
happen on this trip.

The captain fell out the door,
hooked him on the greenstick.

Come on, man.
Come on, fish.

-Fishing Frenzy's got 'em on.

TJ: We can't get outfished
by the JV team, dude.

-That's them, TJ.
That's them. They're
coming up quick.

TJ: There he is!
There he is!

-Missed him.
TJ: There he is!
There he is!

-Oh, you.
-Missed it again!

TJ: He's got it!
He's got it!

-Don't put
the hydraulics, we got to
stop with the hydraulics,

I'll put it
on auto. Stand by.

Let it go, let it go!
Hydraulics are on!

TJ: Jigged 'em up, baby!

-Nice work, buddy.
-There, he's there.

He's there.
We're on, baby!

TJ [over radio]:
Got 'em on. All right,
Billon. It's you and me.

BILLON: You gaining
on him good?

-A little bit.

BILLON: Let's show the
fleet how it's done.

NICK: [bleep]. Now
they're both hooked up.

Straight off our bow over
there, a couple hundred yards.

It's gonna be a long
row to hoe getting
ahead of those guys.

Damn! Why can't
this be easy for us?

-I'mma need your help
here soon, Billon.

Staying right on top spinning.

What do you see it there?

BILLON: I can see it,
but he's in the glare,
he's right on top.

-Hey, my little gaff's on the
other side of me over here.

BILLON: I'll jump down
there and help you.

Ugh. Not having
Greg onboard, I have to
be captain and the mate.

It makes it that much
harder to fight a fish. Ugh.

Especially with so many
guys gunning for us.

-Lord, please let him be a
keeper, let him be big enough.

-Oh, man. I
hope he's still here.

TJ: What?
-There ain't no pressure.

TJ: Oh don't say he
straightened us out
or something, did he?

He was screaming line out.

Bubby, tell me he's
still on there.

MIKE: Oh, man.
I hope he's still here.

TJ: What?
-There ain't no pressure.

TJ: Oh, don't say he
straightened us out
or something, did he?

He was streaming line out.

The bird, though, I could
see the bird moving.

Yeah, he's there.

He was going so good.

He's there.
He's there.

We've got a fish on and
Frenzy's got a fish on.

BILLON: Oh, Lord, please.

TJ: If we could hold on to
this fish, this could give us
the shot we've been looking

for to edge them out
of that top spot.

-Do you still see him?

TJ: You sure he's there?
-I don't know.

TJ: Oh, come on.

Yeah, he's gone. Bring it in.

-You've gotta be kidding me.

TJ: Straightened the hook
or something. [bleep].
What the [bleep]!

BILLON: Oh, Lord, please.

-Uh.
BILLON: We need this one now.

-I don't know, it doesn't
look that big though, does it?

It's like a little
dorsal fin on him.

A little Mako.
Shark. [bleep].

BILLON: We'll cut
him off, see if you can
get your sea star back.

-Yeah. It's a Mako. Saw a
little dorsal fin before and
I can see him right there.

BILLON: Okay.
-I'm gonna try to get
the sea star up with it.

BILLON: Gaff right there and,
uh, see if we can get it back.

Greg trusted us to take
his boat out without him to
make money, not to lose it.

This shark is not only costing
us bait and tackle, it could
potentially cost us the lead.

All right. Just
let me get towards this
corner a little bit.

There's a longer
gaff, if you need it.

-Maybe not.
BILLON: I'm gonna
get my hook back.

-There you go.
We're gonna release
him. Y'all ready?

BILLON: Yup. See
you later, big boy.

-Sharks. Not exactly
what we wanted there.

BILLON [over radio]:
Got me a little Mako.

NICK [over radio]: Hey,
understudy Captain Billon.

-Oh, you [bleep], [bleep].

TJ: We've got Nick
gloating over the radio.

I don't like it. You
know, every fish counts
right now where it's

neck and neck between
us, the Little Shell,
and the Frenzy.

Now Mr. Southern Charm
is headed to the dock with one
and the rest of us are sitting

here with empty decks.

BILLON: Ugh.
The clock is ticking.

If you can't make it
happen, you're behind.

Gonna turn them
down a little bit.

With Greg gone, I'm sure a lot
of guys are gonna take this
as an opportunity to get ahead

and I'm gonna try my best to
see that it doesn't happen.

Oh, Lord, please.

CLIFF: I'm glad
we got this fish.

The name of the game is
putting fish on the boat.

Only so much of the pie.

We want the biggest piece.

-All right, captain Nick.

Looks like you got a nice one.

NICK: We're lucky and
hung onto one early.

-Let's whip this off
and get it processed.

NICK: All right. Yes, sir.

-All right.
Little Shell is stoked.

We're coming in with our
seventh fish for the season.

If this fish is good quality,
it could put us ahead of the

Fishing Frenzy
and the Hot Tuna.

NICK: Greg's faking
hurt because he's
scared of me, I think.

What we got, Dennis?

-234 pounds dressed, Nick.

NICK: Nice fish.
-Let's check it out.

NICK: All right,
let's look at him.

In a top quality fish,
the buyer is looking
for bright red color and

a lot of fat content.

We're all really hoping
that we have a diamond here.

All right, tale of the tape.

What do we got, Dennis?

-Not a lot of fat in this
fish, but it does have gorgeous
tail color. You can see it.

NICK: Good.
-Nice translucency.

Let's see what the
core looks like, Mary.

NICK: Beautiful core.
-Not bad.

NICK: Pretty.
CLIFF: How blazing
hot is that market?

DENNIS: With this nice
color and the little
scratches of fat,

I can get you $18 a pound.

NICK: All right. Nice!

Well, we're gonna turn
around and get back out there.

Hopefully, we come back
and see you tomorrow. Thank you.

-Good job, guys.
Get another one.

-Y'all take care.
NICK: Pretty work, boys.

But, we're gonna have
to do better than that
to top this fleet.

I hope the Frenzy doesn't
catch one today, you know.

I hate to say that
about anybody, but
Billon's on the boat.

And Billon's definitely
a good fisherman.

I like to see him do
well, but I'd like to see
us do a little bit better.

-Look out, Frenzy!
We're coming
for that top spot.

WILL: There he is!
-Finally! Woo!

WILL: We got a fish coming
on the screen right now.

Wow, look at the marks.

Come on, screen, that's
right where my bait is.

-Come up and bite. Bite!
Come on, [bleep]. Come on!

We got something on
the line here, Will.

But it ain't what
we're looking for.

Another shark.

WILL: Oh God.
-Come on, dammit! Pit of misery.

WILL: Damn!
-We'll just release
him and send him back.

WILL: We'll just let him go.
-It ain't good. Man.

WILL: [bleep].
-Dale slept right through it.

Rip Van Winkle in there.
Sawing logs.

When we're out here on days
on end with no fish, nothing
to show for it, it taxes you.

It wears on your mind,
wears on your body.

So, as captain, Dale, he
needs his rest and he knows
he can count on Will and I.

WILL: We got to
change something.

I definitely don't envy
Dale's position right now.

We're not catching fish.

Nobody's making any money
and that's definitely
weighing on him.

WILL [over radio]:
Yeah, that's right.

TYLER [over radio]: Oh.
Uh, you need bait?

We got tons of 'em.

WILL: All right. Sweet.

TYLER: Just talked
to Will Billy on the
Foolish Pleasures,

and he's running low on bait,
so I'm gonna throw him some.

-Three more?
TYLER: Yeah, that's fine.

-Tyler offered up some
fresh bait for us and, uh,
we're desperate right now.

So we need to catch a fish.

Might make all the
difference in the world.

So we're gonna
take him up on it.

There might be a whole lot of
north-south drama, but when
you have a group of guys that

are out here doing the same
thing that are struggling,
whether you want to or not,

you end up bonding
with those guys.

There we go. Thank you,
fellas. Thank you.

TYLER: Right on.
Let's go catch one.

WILL: Yeah.
Definitely, dude.

I need to get one of these
[bleep] and get out of here.

WILL: All right.
Let's catch a fish.

TYLER: We're marking 'em!
We're marking 'em!

Marking 'em right here,
gonna put 'em out.

-Oh, my God.

TYLER: Every bit
of 28, no less.

-Just getting over it, right?

Our fish finders
showing hundreds of
fish underneath the boat,

this is our opportunity
to bend a rod and see
if we can change our luck.

-Yo, yo.

TYLER: Yeah, put, yeah,
definitely put that out.

Fire that one down, that one
that's just on the gunnel.

-Come on! We're on! T!
We're on, baby!

TYLER: We're on! Woo!
Oh we're on! Oh we're on!

-Let's do it, buddy.
TYLER: Don't bother me now!
It's taking a lot of line!

WILL: They're
definitely fighting one.

Hopefully we can get in
on some of the action.

Let's get a bite here.

TYLER: It's taking
a lot of line!

-This thing's heavy.
He's pulling us.

This is a [bleep]
monster, dude.

TYLER: Got 'em on,
baby. Karma definitely
came back to reward us.

We gave Dale some bait and
we got a fish on the line.

And right now the tuna
gods are helping us out
by putting us on the meat.

You know,
it's really important when
you're out here fishing

in the fog you have safety on.

I'm not in the wheelhouse
not looking in the radar,
so we have our foghorn on,

so no one trolls into us.

-There's so much
[bleep] drag on him.

Oh, there he is.

TYLER: It's a big fish.
-It's a big boy, dude.

Hold on, T. Make it count.

TYLER: I can't see.
There so much.

-Come, make me come
around on him again.

TYLER: So much
[inaudible] on it.

When you're in the
fog and it's nighttime,

it's real easy to miss
the fish or even hit the line.

-He's coming up.
There he is.

TYLER: I can't afford to
take a rushed dart shot
and risk losing the fish.

-Get him! Get him! [bleep].
Did you hit the line, dude?

TYLER: He's a big fish.
-He's coming up.

There he is. Get him!
Get him! [bleep]. Did
you hit the line, dude?

TYLER: Damn! I missed it!

With a one-a-day fishery
and the quota going fast,

we're desperate to
put one on the deck.

Just focus on trying
to make this fish ours.

-Get him.
TYLER: Woo!

-Good job, bud.
TYLER: Oh.

-Give me the gaff.
Give me the gaff.

TYLER: Careful. Careful.
Let's not lose him here.

Get the tail rope on there.
All right, got him.

Pinwheelin', baby.
Work hard all
day and get paid.

-There we go, bro.
TYLER: Love it, man.

Bringing in our sixth fish
this season, really happy
about it because hopefully

this is enough money to get us
out of the middle of the pack

and back up where
the leaders are.

-Here you go.
TYLER: Woo! Look
at this butterball.

-Perfect.
TYLER: Yeah, buddy!
Get a measurement.

It's 86, bro. 86 inches.

-86. All right, bud.

TYLER: Look at, we're
k*lling it in the OBX, dude.

We're saving our season.

-Hell yeah.

TYLER: Another tuna
for Team Wheel.

DALE: Damn it!
WILL: This is not good.

-We're out here,
we're close to Tyler.

Tyler catches a bluefin
and we catch us a Mako.

It, it, it can't
get any worse.

Almost makes me want to cry.

It's a good thing Dale
was asleep because I think
he'd have come unglued.

WILL: Abandon all hope,
ye who enter here.

TYLER: We're gonna have
to idle towards the beach,

get ourselves a
good night's sleep.

Get the fish in
there in the morning.

With the one fish
a day, you got to offload
your fish before midnight

so it counts for today.

We're not gonna make
it in before midnight,

so there's no
sense k*lling ourselves
trying to run all night.

We'll regroup and we'll
come back out tomorrow night.

We've got to save our energy
if we wanna beat the Frenzy.

-Yeah, man.
Let's do it, bro.

TYLER: Let's roll.

BILLON: Greg's calling, and I
ain't marked a damn thing yet.

Ugh. Hello? No love.

Nah, couple bites.

Little Shell and
Pinwheel have caught.

Yeah, Pinwheel.
No luck on the
Bluefin yet, today.

GREG [over phone]: I
feel like if I was there,
we'd be getting a bite.

BILLON: Oh, I know it. Greg
is definitely competitive.

That's one of the reasons
that I work for him.

All right, I'll
give you a shout. See ya.

Greg wants to be the top
boat, we're not gonna let
him down whatever it takes.

I think he's a little pissed
we haven't caught one yet.

BRITTON [over radio]:
Hey, Billon.

BILLON [over radio]: Yes, sir.

BRITTON [over radio]: Have
you heard from the boss?

NICK [over radio]:
What'd you hear? He
feeling better or what?

BILLON [over radio]: Yeah, he
called me, but he never said a
word about his arm or anything.

CAINE: You didn't ask him?

BRITTON [over radio]:
Did you ask him?

BILLON [over radio]: No, I
didn't. It was all business.

CAINE: What'd he say, don't
come in until you run out
of gas or you got a fish?

TJ: I see Greg,
gets all butt hurt.

I mean, it's
absolutely perfect.

Nothing would
make me happier than to take
the top spot from Frenzy

and have Greg
lose his [bleep].

BILLON: We're
still in the lead.

I'm hoping we can catch a
fish and keep the distance.

We're gonna keep calm
and keep doing what
we're doing, you know,

you can't be the
man every day.

-Greg would say you can.

TYLER: Pinwheel, baby!

-All right!
TYLER: What's up, Scotty?

-What's going on, guys?
TYLER: We got a nice
fish for you, man.

Had to grind it out.

-Tough out there?

TYLER: Didn't make the
much decided to sleep,

catch up on it, and come in.

-Let's get it up,
we'll check it out.

TYLER: Bringing in our sixth
fish this season, if we can
get a nice price on this fish,

than hopefully we can get
back on the right track.

That's a good one.
What do you got
for weight, Scotso?

-282 pounds dressed.
TYLER: Pretty work, bro.

-All right, dude.
TYLER: Nice. Let's
check him out.

-Let's do it.

-We're in a little bit
of a slump right now.

Hopefully, this one will
get us on the right track,
and we can, you know,

put some more fish on the
board before the quota ends.

TYLER: Wow, look at
that beauty, Duff.

-Yeah. That's a nice fish.

TYLER: It's gorgeous.
-Super greasy.

Definitely a lot of fat in
the minors and the majors.

Definitely a ten out of a ten.

TYLER: Let's me see the core.
Come on, moment of truth here.

-Yeah.
-The core looks really good.

Yeah, there's not a
lot of them like this.

TYLER: We need a good price
here to kind of help us out.

We haven't caught as
many as we wanted to.

It's been a tough year for us.

-The color being
so nice and good core,
good shape on the fish,

can get you guys $28 a pound.

TYLER: Woo!
-All right.

TYLER: Thanks, Scotty.
-Yeah.

TYLER: Give me two low, bro.
All right, we're out!

-All right. Oh, okay.
TYLER: We got $28 a pound.

That's the highest price a
fish has brought all season.

That should definitely
help get us closer
to the top three.

We got another
one for the north.

Pinwheel, baby.

CAINE: Come on, baby girl.
Come on, man. Come to daddy.

We need a easy day
today, man. Come on.

BRITTON: Hey, Caine?
CAINE: Yes, sir.

BRITTON: You got to get
in standing by. I got to
go to the head, boy.

JACK: Oh, God, me too.
I'm dying. You better hurry up.

BRITTON: With the quota
getting more full everyday,

everybody's doing
everything they can do.

Fishing around the clock, to
try to catch as many fish as
they can before it's over.

Having the top captain
off the water, and his
mates running the boat,

has opened up a window
of opportunity for those of
us in the back of the pack.

JACK: Yeah, I will be.
BRITTON: Get us a
bite. Get us a bite.

CAINE: We're gonna get us one.
CHARLIE: Oh, boy.
Come on, baby, please.

All right, there's a mark.

There's Bluefins right
there, buddy, 20 fathoms.

Everybody's in a
panic to get theirs.

We can't make up for the ones we
haven't got yet, but we really
need one of these right now.

Oh, my God. That's them.
Come on, baby, please.

Look at that mark.
That's them right there, bud.

That's definitely bluefins.

MARCIANO: Here they are, Joe.
Here we go.

-Come on.
MARCIANO: Come on, fish.
Get us an early one.

JACK: I'm down here all by
myself with the greenstick.

-There he is!
There he is! Oh, my God!

Did you see him come
out of the water?

We hooked two or three.
We hooked two or three.

JACK: Did you see that?

-Dude, all four
baits were destroyed.

JACK: Holy [bleep].

CAINE [over radio]: We're
on! Yeah, baby! Hooked up.

We've got four or
five of them here.

Let's hope our gear holds.

JOE: That just gives
us hope for, you know,
there's fish around.

Fish are biting.

He is right over there, we're
in right in the same area.

It'll be our turn.

CHARLIE: He's got one on.
Wow. Yeah, he might have
had a part off.

That damn takes way
out of whack for the
rest of his gear.

CAINE: We got way too many
fish on the greenstick here.

BRITTON: Dang, what the heck?

A man can't even go to
the head around here?

JACK: Dude, I'm dying, bro!

CAINE: Jack's over here
about to [bleep] his pants.

Wow, you see him come
out of the water?

-Holy, [bleep].
-Please!

JACK: Whenever you get
multiple fish hitting the
stick at the same time,

it is not a good thing.

CAINE: Come on, baby!

I don't know what
we got here, guys.

BRITTON: You got a
mess is what you got.

CAINE: Get your
scissors ready.

BRITTON: When you have this
many fish on, the potential
for the fish to get crossed up

and to tangle
everything, is very high.

CAINE: We're in trouble here.

BRITTON: Priority number
one is getting the
stick line untangled.

CAINE: Pull it this way.

BRITTON: But,
of course, it's running
in your mind that, hey,

you know this quota
is going quickly.

I hope that there's at
least one still on there.

CAINE: Holy moly.
BRITTON: We need
this one, man.

CAINE: Hope he's on there.
BRITTON: Is he still on?

CAINE: I don't think
he's on here anymore.

I think he come off.

sh**t, man.

CAINE: Holy moly.
Hope he's on there.

BRITTON: Is he still on?

CAINE: I don't think
he's on here anymore.

I think he come off.
sh**t, man.

Wait a minute, he's
still on the line.

He's still here.
Coming in, it might
be a short.

JACK: Tangles out.

We got a fish on here,
but I don't know if he's
gonna be big enough.

We just don't know if
it's a legal fish or not,
but we need it bad.

He's on the very last squid.

The one hook that didn't
bend, hopefully he's the one.

CAINE: There he is.

BRITTON: Oh, he's
definitely big enough.

He's a keeper.

CAINE: Gaff him, gaff
him! Let's get him up
here. Get some gaff.

BRITTON: Careful, guys.
We don't wanna lose him.

CAINE: Got his a*s. Woo!

Get him in the mouth,
get him in the mouth.

Ready, one two three.

BRITTON: I mean, we just
don't do things the easy way.

CAINE: Come help us.

BRITTON: Every fish,
everything this year has
been the hard way to go.

Let's measure this thing.

But we're still
pushing through.

We're still
catching some fish.

JACK: Yeah. We just
pulled a 80 incher over
the side, boys.

[cheering inaudibly]

BRITTON: And we're
right there in the game.

We got ours today.

CAINE: We got ours today.

BRITTON: We got
ours today, boy.

CAINE: Oh, my gracious, boys.

No action. Nothing.

We're starting to
get a little nervous.

If we don't keep the top spot
right now, it's gonna be sad,

embarrassing, humiliating,
demoralizing. I'll stop.

-I was just about asleep.

BILLON: I'm just trying
to think of what to do.

At the end of the day, with
Greg gone, I'm the one who's
driving, it's up to me.

-Let's get one.
BILLON: Tell me about it.

I'd like to catch one,
so we can go home.

BRITTON: We're blessed today.
MICAH: How was it
out there today?

CAINE: It was
pretty incredible.

We had three or four fish
on there at one time.

Straightening hooks,
breaking leaders.

The bigger ones broke off, but
we did get you an 80 incher.

MICAH: Let's check her out,
guys. Let's get her up.

CAINE: Check her out.
Let's do it.

This particular year
seemed to be a struggle.

My father's diagnosed
with cancer.

Austin, Britton's son,
has wrecked his kneecap.

We're hoping to get a
good price for this fish.

And we all need paychecks.
Bills keep on coming.

BRITTON: What you got, Micah?

-206 pounds.
BRITTON: It's not 500 pounds,
but every little bit helps.

CAINE: Let's go check her out.

-Let's do it.
BRITTON: Let's check her out.

JACK: Sounds good.

BRITTON: Our last fish got us
$24 a pound, so hopefully we
can get close to that again,

so we can get our
season back on track.

-Gentlemen, step
into my office.

-That's right.

MICAH: So, let's take a
look at this tuna today.

The color's amazing.

If you look at this, it's
a beautiful deep red.

There isn't as much fat
as we, you saw on your last
fish, but your core is good.

Some translucence.

You got color in the core.

BRITTON: And all
that equates to?

-$15 a pound.

CAINE: [bleep], yeah, dude.
[bleep], yeah.

-Hey.
-Three grand. Thank you.

-Thanks, Brit.
We appreciate it.

You guys have a good one.
Good to see you, thank you.

JACK: Thanks a lot.
See you next time. Tomorrow.

-Hopefully so.
-Not every boat got
a paycheck today. Doghouse did.

We ain't stopping
until they make us.

We still in the game, baby.

DALE: Oh, man.

We've been beat down so
hard this year, it's hard
to imagine getting a bite.

Now, we just watch everybody
around us get a bite.

-Days like this, makes you
wish you'd stayed in school.

BILLON: Nothing, nothing.
A lot, a lot of nothing.

Need a big money
Bluefin, $30 a pound.

NICK: Hey! Here they are.
Nobody's been over these ones.

TJ: There's a mark.
-Come on, baby.

TJ: Nice. Marking
'em right here.



-Couple marks right here.
WILL: Good marks?

-They don't look bad. Lit up
like the jungle underneath
this boat right now.

There he is!
There they are!

WILL: Got him on the stick.

-There he is.
WILL: He's got it, man. Back up.

-There it goes.
DALE: We're in reverse, guys.

WILL: You're good.
You're good.

DALE: We're tight.
BILLON: I think Dale's
got him a bite.

-What, drifting?

BILLON: The guy in
last place has hooked
a fish and we haven't.

We suck.

CLIFF: Dale has had it
rough. I don't wanna wish no
ill luck on nobody.

But dammit, we're
in it to get ours.

DALE: Still there?
WILL: Yup.

DALE: Blowing up on it,
man. Hopefully we can
hold onto this thing.

WILL: Straighten me
out a little bit, Dale.

DALE: I hope he's big enough.

They look like some
serious crashers.

We're off to a terrible
start this season, and
we've only got one Bluefin,

so we are desperate to put
a fish on this boat before
the quota's caught up.

WILL: Forward, Dale.
ED: Finally got a bite.

See, if we can't
get him in the boat.

WILL: We got deep color, Dale.
All right.

ED: There he is.
DALE: Looks like a nice one.

ED: Here it comes.
DALE: Gaff him.

ED: We got this fish to the
boat, I'm trying to gaff
it, and it's going crazy.

I don't have him
real good Will.

WILL: [bleep].
DALE: We can't lose this fish.

ED: We need to get
a tail rope on this fish
or we're gonna lose him.

DALE: Hurry up, boys.
We almost got him.

ED: I'm losing him
here, give me a hand.

Watch that hand,
it's [bleep] sliding off
of that bud. You got her?

WILL: Yup.
ED: I gotcha, buddy.

DALE: We got
pinwheel movement.

WILL: Fish is nuts.
Dale, slow down.

Let's tie that [bleep]
off right here.

ED: I got him.
WILL: Woo!

DALE: Way to get her done.
ED: [bleep] yeah, boys.

DALE: Pretty work,
guys. Pretty work.
Nice fish too isn't it?

ED: Woo!

DALE: It's great to know
that we finally got another
payday coming to us.

I'm really glad we
got a second fish.

We're finally starting to
dig out of the hole again.

Let's measure this thing.



WILL: Nice.
ED: Woo!

DALE: It ain't a monster,
but it's 100% legal.

WILL: Yeah.

WILL: Every fish counts.

DALE: We only got to
catch like 9 more.

-Michael Phelps,
baby. Michael Phelps.

BILLON: There you go.

-Make sure these baits
look like Michael Phelps.

Make sure they're swimming.

BILLON: It's just
me and Dirty.

We're out here, we're gonna
try and catch a fish, and
hopefully keep our lead.

I know there's a couple
boats right on our heels.

TJ: We're gonna get one today.

I have a good feeling.

MIKE: Me too.

TJ: We're here and hopefully
we can make it happen.

You know, we've been on a
roll and we're right there,
we're only, you know,

we're only one
fish from the lead.

JARRETT: Come on, baby.
BRANDAN: Come on, man.
We gonna get ours.

NICK: There's a mark.
There's a mark. Jig it!

I'm smelling blood right now.

Frenzy's floundering,
and we're gonna keep
the pressure on them.

Damn, look at that [bleep].

I want a Southern boat in the
top spot, but not a red one.

Oh, we're gonna get a bite.

Here comes your mark.

BILLON: Couple marks
down there, 15 to 20.

Another one at 30.
Oh, come on.

-Here we go.

BILLON: Got 'em on.
BRANDAN: Damn, Billon.

I want a fish. God, that
would be so awesome.

Get on that stick, boy.
Come on. Jig it.

BILLON: You look
all right there?

-Yeah, man. We're good.

Keeping up with
him right here.

Gonna staying on top.

Kind of going down sea.

Billon's about to
clear the other lines.

Got a couple marks.

Got a bite.

I think it's
gonna be a keeper.

BILLON: This is exactly how
I wanted my day to start.

TJ: Oh, there they are!
Right there, see 'em?

MIKE: Oh! There he
is. Wow, look at them.

They're all over
the greenstick.

We're on, baby!
Just like that. Woo!

TJ: Right now, it's a
showdown for the lead, and I'm
hoping it leans in our favor.

They're everywhere.

JARRETT: Is that a boil?
NICK: There you are.

CLIFF: There he is!

NICK [over radio]: I'm
not gonna let you guys to
have all the fun.

BRANDAN: Stay
on there, baby! I
seen that [bleep].

NICK: Brandan, get that, get
that rig off quick as you can.

Woo! He's burning me down now.

Get it off. Get it
off! Don't let it
bind like that.

BILLON: Doing battle.
We're underway.

We kind of got him
where we want him now.

Hopefully, we can
stay with him.

Acting right now, ain't he?

-Yeah, that rod bend.
That's what we want.

BILLON: Yeah, baby.

JARRETT: Come on,
we need this fish!

TJ: It's getting close.

We're gonna see
him in a second.

MIKE: Here he is. Here he is.

JARRETT: There he is.
Here he comes. Yellowfin.

We got the tunas.
Just the wrong species.

MIKE: Come on.
NICK: Come on, baby!

Billon and Dirty
are hooked up nearby, and
there's no way I wanna get

outfished by a couple deckhands.

All right, he's there.
There's your first drop.

Get it off.
Get it off!

Hurry, hurry, hurry, buddy!
Something ain't right.

Is he still on here?
Did we break him off?

CLIFF: He's not there?
NICK: I don't know.

CLIFF: He's on one
of the back baits.

BRANDAN: He could be.
NICK: No.

-Come on, baby.

NICK: We need this one, man.

BRANDAN: Tide's
kicking his a*s.

NICK: I don't know the
ball, the ball ain't
pulled down very far.

-Hopefully, he won't
do anything crazy.

NICK: This is not good.

-Oh.
CLIFF: Did we break him off?

NICK: I think we
might have lost him.

BRANDAN: He's still there.

NICK: I don't know the ball
ain't pulled down very far.

I think we might
have lost him.

Damn it, there goes our
chance to catch Frenzy.

[bleep], man.

BILLON: Kicking a*s.

Hopefully he won't
do anything crazy.

-Oh.

BILLON: Did we break him off?

-All right.
He's still there.

BILLON: All right.
Thank God. We're still
in the game.

I hate it when that happens.

-I think that was his tail.

BILLON: Just taking
our time with him.

That's all we can do.
Nice and easy.

-We've been doubted and
written off this entire trip,

so hanging onto this fish is
crucial right now. Gaining.

BILLON: Good. That means
he's getting tired.

-I can see him down there.
He's right there, you see him?

BILLON: All right.
I see him.

All right, he's coming at us.

-All right.
Nail him.

BILLON: Gotcha. Be careful,
that line in there.

Got him?
Oh, [bleep].

Let's not lose him here.

-This fish is nuts.

BILLON: I'm
coming, I'm coming.

-All right,
let her go. We got him.

BILLON: We got him.
-Good job, man.

BILLON: All right. Good
job, pretty work. Yes, sir.

-Pressure's off.
We got one.

If Greg's not better,
he'll let us do it again.

BILLON: We got him.
Right place, right time.
We're thankful.

BILLON [over radio]:
Come on now. I'm
glad to have him.

CHARLIE: Sounds like
him and Dirty don't
need Greg after all.

Greg's not as important on
that boat as he thinks he is.

TJ: Unbelievable.
Billon got one.

JARRETT: Did he?
Billon and Dirty,
hats off to them.

But the Frenzy is a thorn in
everybody's side right now.

All we can do is give
it hell before Frenzy
steamrolls the fleet.

Billon fishing without Greg.

Not every first mate in
this fleet can do that.

Billon has earned his stripes.

I don't know what everybody
thinks is so great
about being the captain.

It sucks.

BILLON: Pulling this
fish on deck, it's
pretty cool feeling.

Let's get a
measurement on him.

-Like really, really cool.

-84.
BILLON: Nice.

I don't blame some of
these other guys for
underestimating us,

but now that we kind of got
the fire going, I feel like
it's gonna be hard to put out.

Number one.

-And another one
for the Frenzy.

BILLON: We're coming
for our title, baby.

DALE: We're slowly
digging ourselves out of
the hole that we're in.

Got another little piece
of the quota for us.

-What's up, guys?

DALE: It's been a
struggle, but we're back.

Hopefully it'll be good, man.

-All right, let's get
him up, we'll check him out.

DALE: We might be in
last place right now,
but as the captain,

the most important thing is
getting paychecks for my crew.

What do we got?

-164 pounds dressed.
DALE: We'll take it.

WILL: Oh, yeah.
-Let's check it out.

DALE: We're hoping that this
fish is a high quality fish,

but we'll take what we can get.

-Pretty nice fish.

A little small, but it's got
a little bit of fat in there.

As long as the core's good,
it should be all right.

DALE: Yeah, man.
Hopefully it is good.

-Looks good to me.

It's got the color
and the core, so.

DALE: That's what
we wanna hear, man.

-Yeah.
DALE: What are you thinking?

-Well, get
you guys $16 a pound.

DALE: Thanks, man.

That's more than we
were hoping for, buddy.

-Good job.

DALE: Hopefully we can
get back out there and
get you something else.

-Sounds good.
DALE: Thank you.

CLIFF: Thanks, Scotty.
-See you later.

DALE: We're a long way
from where we need to be.

Definitely feel
a little better.

Not complaining.

GREG: I think that's them
coming in the creek now.

You know, I'm
laid up right now.

There's not much I can do
and from what I hear, I guess
they could do without me.

How about it?
Tell me a story.

-We made it back.

We didn't break anything
we couldn't fix with
spray paint on the way in.

GREG: Perfect.
-We're good.

GREG: Let's get him up here
and see what he's worth.

BILLON: Yeah. Let's do it.

GREG: Billon and Dirty are
top mates in the fleet.

That's why they're
on the Frenzy.

I'm happy the guys got
one, but a lot of other
boats got fish too.

BILLON: What we got?
DENNIS: 281 pounds
dressed, guys.

BILLON: All right. Cool.

-Okay, not bad.
GREG: Not bad at all.

Let's take a look,
see what we got.

DENNIS: All right, yeah.

GREG: I'm hoping the fish
the guys caught today
will keep us in the lead.

DENNIS: You guys got
to check this one out.

Look how the fat is like
fanning almost all the way
through the major lobes.

Let's see what
the core is like.

GREG: Oh, yeah.

BILLON: That looks good.

DENNIS: Really,
really like lifesaver.

Cherry lifesaver red.
And you can look.

If you look closely, you can
even see some fat in the core
here and it's still holding

that beautiful color.

This is a beautiful
Carolina Bluefin.

-So how much?
DENNIS: $18 a pound.

BILLON: We'll take that.
-Look good.

BILLON: All right, yeah.
GREG: $5,000 day, boys.

-Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah.

BILLON: I like it.
GREG: That's great.
That's awesome.

BILLON: Hopefully
we'll see you tomorrow.

DENNIS: Thanks, guys.

-Yup. Thank you so much.

DENNIS: Be safe.
Good job on that fish.

Really good job
on handling that.

BILLON: Yup.
Thank you, thank you.

GREG: You know what?
I can't be there.

I wanna catch 'em every time
I can, but the next best thing
is, my boat's making money.

NARRATOR: While southern
vessels Little Shell,
Foolish Pleasures,

and Doghouse's catches
earn the boats a boost,

Pinwheel's seven grand payday
propels the

young northern duo
into third place.

And the five grand payday
hauled in by the Frenzy mates
keep the former southern

champion on top of the fleet.

NICK: Frenzy
already caught one.

We got to keep.
That pace with
the Frenzy, guys.

CLIFF: B.

NICK: Maybe right there.

CLIFF: We're about
to catch a fish.

NICK: Jig it!
Jig it, Brandan.

CLIFF: B's energetic
this morning.

He's back there doing
his Richard Simmons work
out on the jig.

NICK: Sweating to them oldies.

CLIFF: That's definitely
how you catch 100 inchers.

NICK: We broke out yet?