BRITTON: Whoo!
DALE: Look at that bird going!
JARRETT: Pa-pow!
CLIFF: Bam, baby, pa-pow!
NARRATOR: It's been
the toughest season in
Outer Banks history.
MARCIANO: We ain't [bleep] got
'em 'till they're on the deck!
TYLER: Twenty times, ow!
NARRATOR: With Southern
boats defending their turf.
DIRTY: We don't retreat,
we reload.
NARRATOR: And Northern
boats bringing the heat.
TJ: We're gunning
for that top spot.
NARRATOR:
The competition is fierce.
TYLER: It's a battle royal.
NICK: Get some
of that Hot Tuna!
NARRATOR: The
fish are massive.
CLIFF: Damn, that's a big fish.
NARRATOR: And now...
BRITTON: Got 'em on!
TYLER: I really think
we just got the bite
we've been looking for.
DUFFY: Woo-hoo hoo.
NARRATOR:
With only two days left.
GREG: Whoever catches
one today is gonna end
up winning this thing.
NICK: We got our
work cut out for us.
TJ: We're gonna fight tooth
and nail till the bitter end.
NARRATOR: It's a race
against the clock...
BRITTON: Throw the
darn dart, bud.
MIKE: Let's go fishing.
NARRATOR: To catch...
TYLER: Oh.
CLIFF: Oh.
NARRATOR: Before
the season closes.
TJ: Coming down to the wire,
we can definitely take it.
GREG: We're gonna fight like
hell to get the lead back.
NICK: I'm confident
that Little Shell
is gonna smoke 'em.
NARRATOR: This is
the season finale...
BRITTON: Oh.
JOE: That was sick.
CHARLIE: Brother, look!
MARCIANO: Easy, easy!
BRITTON: Come on!
BILLON: This might be
the nail in the coffin.
NICK: Yeah.
NARRATOR: Of
Wicked Tuna Outer Banks.
CHARLIE: This is a last
ditch effort to pull it out.
NARRATOR: With two
days left in the season,
Southern vessel
Little Shell leads the
fleet by less than $4,000.
Followed by former champion
Fishin' Frenzy, and Northern
comeback king, Hot Tuna.
WOMAN [over radio]:
The general category fishery
will close Friday at 11:30 PM,
and remain closed
until it automatically
reopens, June 1st.
NICK: We got 48
hours left, boys.
CLIFF: I'm wore out, man.
NICK: I'm super proud
of you guys, man.
I swear, couldn't ask
for a better crew.
Forty-eight hours left.
I wanted to be on
top, and here we are.
You know, good
fishing helps a lot.
We've been battling
all season with
Hot Tuna and Frenzy.
They got another thing
coming if they think we're
going down without a fight.
JARRETT: Bow's clear.
TJ: The next 48 hours,
it's gonna be an all-out
w*r for every bluefin.
The job's not over yet.
We know we can win this thing.
We're gonna
give it everything we
have to finish out on top.
GREG: Tomorrow, game over.
With Little Shell
ahead of us,
we're gonna fight
like hell to get the
lead back if it kills us.
We're down, but we're not out.
BILLON: Season ain't over
till it's over, so here we are.
It's gonna be a
fight to finish.
GREG: Okay,
let's get out of here.
BILLON: All right.
JACK: Last game of the season,
can't hold anything back now.
BRITTON: We're going fishing.
Good Lord willing
with just one more.
TYLER: What we wanted to do,
we wanted to have
a better showing and
catch some more fish.
DUFFY: Whoo!
TYLER: We've got two days
to do a ton of damage and
that's what we're gonna do.
CHARLIE: This is it.
This is the end of the season.
We're running out of time.
I really, really, really
bad would like to catch
one so we could get in.
We only had 39 metric
tons to begin with.
Last year, it was taking
seven fish to make a ton
this year it's taking four.
As big as these fish are,
it doesn't take as many.
Well, there's a lot
of boats here doing it
now, a lot of boats.
GREG: We're the
first boat here.
Supposed to gust to 30.
Part of the reason we got
out here now, we figure
the earlier we get here,
the better off we are,
and try to get a bite
before it gets too rough.
BILLON: Season's almost over.
We got a jumpstart on
everybody this morning.
We left early, kind of
got ahead of the pack.
We're hoping we can get
ours and get in there,
and finish up on top...
where we belong.
GREG: Hopefully, we
can find one and pass
them on the way in.
I know that's gonna
drive Nick nuts.
My old mate, Nick, on
the Little Shell, he's
leading the fleet.
We're trailing by almost
four grand, and the
Hot Tuna is less than
us in the earnings.
Of course, I wanna
reclaim my title as the
top boat in the fleet.
Who wouldn't?
We have to catch a fish today.
GREG: There's one right there.
I marked what looks like
our first fish here now.
It's kind of rough.
I just wanna get lucky enough
to get our bite right now.
I'm sure it's coming.
So, I'd say we are
in a good spot.
BILLON: Got 'em on, flat line.
GREG: Oh, look, we got 'em on.
DIRTY: Flat line.
GREG: I told you
we'd get a bite.
BILLON: He's a real one.
GREG: All right, we
got a fish on here.
BILLON: This is
bluefin season, baby.
Cold, rough and big fish.
DIRTY: What dreams
are made of.
BILLON: Feels like a good one.
GREG: That's a nice flat
line bite, we're on!
NICK: Dammit.
TJ: Looks like it's you,
us with Nick, so these
next couple days are
gonna be big ones.
Got to make it happen.
JARRETT: Just keep on fishing.
DIRTY: He's holding
it down pretty good.
You see that bend in
that rod right there,
if you can hold it.
It's gonna bounce a lot.
It's usually got a little
bit of weight to it.
He's just kind of maybe
down there, a couple hundred
feet, just enjoying the ride.
GREG: This is a good one.
DIRTY: Yeah, it's real,
the struggle is real.
BILLON: We'll make
you proud, poppa.
DIRTY: Look at that
bend right there.
He's holding it.
GREG: Woo, woo.
Wow, choppy.
This is it, this is
what we signed up for.
three knots of tide,
eight foot of sea.
Welcome to the Outer Banks.
BILLON: Another
day in paradise.
DIRTY: Stay tuned.
NICK: The good news is,
it's rough.
Yee-haw!
The bad news is,
Frenzy's hooked up.
My old captain, Greg
on the Fishin' Frenzy, him
and I have been battling for
the title all season, but
I'm confident that Little Shell
is gonna smoke 'em.
Woo-hoo, whoa, hang on, boys.
CLIFF: Boat's got more
water going over it than
it's got going under it.
I bet TJ's thinking,
what the hell.
DUFFY: He ain't fished
any days like this yet.
CLIFF: I guarantee it.
NICK: If someone told
me that the Hot Tuna would
be in contention for the
lead with 48 hours left,
I would have laughed.
Hang on.
So, Little Shell's gonna
do whatever it takes to
make sure a Northern boat
doesn't take the
top spot at the end.
Get you some.
Get you some, Hot Tuna.
TJ: I can't believe
Frenzy's got 'em on.
MIKE: TJ, you would
never go out in this.
TJ: We've never
been out in this?
MIKE: Once in a blue.
The one where Jarrett
got rim racked.
TJ: Putting the stick
out in some nautical
conditions right now.
We're gonna take a little
bit of beating today, but
hopefully the beating pays off
with big tuna on the deck.
JARRETT: Oh.
TJ: Anyone who doubted
us, anyone who kind of
was making fun of us,
calling us pelicans, you know,
the joke's on them right now.
MIKE: Let's go fishing.
TJ: I can see the Hot
Tuna coming in on top at
the end of this season.
I can feel it.
Wow. We're so close.
We just got to catch
bigger and better fish
than the Little Shell and
the Fishin' Frenzy on these
last two days of the season.
JARRETT: Definitely 15-foot
seas out here today.
TJ: And we've got to
catch as much as possible.
We're here, we're giving
it hell, and until
we can't fish anymore,
we're gonna get after it.
Just got to find that mark.
BRITTON: The Frenzy
just hooked up.
CAINE: One second.
BRITTON: Come on, guys.
JACK: You're good.
Go ahead, Caine, I'm good.
BRITTON: I told 'em
yesterday what we were
gonna do, setting out,
and they're 15 minutes,
trying to get my baits out.
There have been
so many huge bluefin
caught this season.
With two days left, it's
conceivable that we could
catch two 500-pounders,
but we need to get a lot
more action in our baits.
Will somebody get a bait out!
Something besides one bait.
I mean we've been
fifteen minutes, and
y'all got one bait out.
I told y'all yesterday what
we're gonna be doing, Jack.
JACK: I know. I got it.
Uh, they're rigged up.
BRITTON: Well, get 'em out!
Get 'em in the water! Ugh.
GREG: We got a
big fish on here.
This is it, this is what it's
all about, end of the season.
DIRTY: Choppy, choppy, choppy.
GREG: It's rough as hell.
DIRTY: Whoa, whoa, whoa!
BILLON: A big one there.
DIRTY: Uh, come
out of nowhere.
GREG: That's all the wind
doing that, swinging the
boat around that quick.
Just got to be really
careful with the boat.
Because all this wind and
sea, you can blow right
over the top of the fish,
and then you got tide to go
with it, so I can't really get
in position where I wanna be.
I'd like to be downwind of the
fish, but then the tide sweeps
me right over the top of him.
Hey, it's not easy.
If it was easy,
everyone would do it.
I tell you one thing, I
guarantee Nick's guts are
wringing and twisting.
NICK: Everything all
right back there?
BRANDAN: Best job ever.
At least it's rough.
NICK: It's just the
north wind, bud.
Tuna season, man.
How it's supposed to be.
I like it like this.
Fishing in rough weather
is risky, but right now,
I'm focused on
catching these tunas.
I smell tunas.
A lot of times, I smell
them before I see them.
And it smells sort
of like cucumber
grinds or grass,
or it smells like
watermelon rinds.
That's,
that's weird, but it
doesn't smell fishy at all.
CLIFF: The season's coming
to an end real quick.
It's been a tight battle.
Just gonna try to hold
on, and hopefully we'll
catch a fish real quick,
and we don't have to
sit out here, and get
beat up very long.
BRITTON: Hey, Caine.
Come up here one second.
CAINE: Hey, I'm gonna
keep her ahead too, just
while you're down there.
BRITTON: Well, just kind
of keep her a little
bit side too here.
Anyway keep your eyes
open for flat spots.
We got fish on the screen.
Here they are, here they are!
We're in the meat,
we're gonna get a bite here.
[beeping]
Hey, hey, hey.
BRITTON: Whoa, whoa, whoa.
CAINE: Hey, hey, hey.
JACK: He there?
BRITTON: That's a bite.
Just, I walk out of the
cabin, just in time to see
this bait get knocked out.
JACK: That's what
I'm talking about.
CAINE: Come on, boy,
we need this one!
BRITTON: About 100 feet away.
CAINE: That's a shark.
JACK: Shark!
BRITTON: Oh, it's a shark?
JACK: Shark, son of a [bleep].
BRITTON: If there's
a way to keep sharks
from biting your line,
I don't know what it is.
But if somebody would invent
something that repelled
sharks from fishing line,
they'd be a millionaire.
JACK: You just leave
it right there, Britton,
I'll get one going.
BRITTON: Cat piss.
JACK: We'll get
this one out here.
MARCIANO: Frenzy's
already hooked up.
Let's get moving.
-It looks like it's
gonna be a pretty [bleep] day,
but at least we're going out.
Hopefully, we catch something.
MARCIANO: I'll get these, Joe.
You wanna grab the
bow lines for me?
JOE: Yeah.
MARCIANO: We all clear?
JOE: Yup, all clear.
MARCIANO: We've got
a couple more fish.
Midnight tomorrow, that's it.
Season's over.
Some of the other guys went
out earlier, and I felt
it was better to wait just
for the flat tide.
It should be the best time
to get across the bar.
DALE: Light the fires
and kick some tires.
All right, we'll
give it a shot, guys.
We're at the bottom
of the pack right now.
We're gonna fish every
second that we can.
WILL: We're gonna go across
the bar and go fishing.
Every fish counts, and we
need the money really bad now.
DALE: Wow!
Nothing but water.
That, that part's over.
ED: Another day in the life
of the Foolish Pleasures.
DALE: Oh, yeah.
DIRTY: Say welcome
to the jungle, baby.
BILLON: Quite sporty!
GREG: We've been fighting
this fish for a long time.
The longer you've got a
fish on the line, the more
likely you are to lose him.
DIRTY: Hold on, hold on,
hold on, hold on.
GREG:
When it's rough, as that
boat's pitching and rolling,
the rod is coming up and down,
sometimes eight or ten
foot in sea, so you're
snatching on the line,
you're pulling
against that fish.
That's how you
break something.
You've really got
to be careful.
Rough seas.
Oh, boy, got it.
That's the tough time
to catch a bluefin.
DIRTY: It's wet, it's rough,
the fish is pretty tough.
Days like this, Billon, I
still wish I was a librarian.
I can see him.
I got color right here.
BILLON: Throw this dart
in him here in a minute.
GREG: Hold on guys, hold on!
BILLON: Hang on.
GREG: I wish I could
lead this b*stard.
Back the drag off!
DIRTY: Right here,
right here, right here.
BILLON: Oh, damn it.
It's making things a little
harder when it's rough.
DIRTY: Come on.
BILLON: I can't see
nothing, hold on.
DIRTY: Right here, here.
GREG: Come on.
DIRTY: Can't see,
right, right, right.
GREG: What the,
standing there, waiting.
DIRTY: Right here,
right here, all right.
GREG: Come on, come on,
throw the damn dart.
Stick 'em.
BILLON: Missed him.
Oh, my God.
DIRTY: Missed, missed.
GREG: Son of a [bleep].
Billon, we're
gonna lose this fish!
BILLON: I can see him.
I got color, right here.
GREG: Standing there, waiting.
DIRTY: Right here,
right here, all right.
GREG: Come on, come on,
throw the damn dart.
DIRTY: Stick him!
BILLON:
Missed him. Oh, my God!
DIRTY: Missed, missed.
GREG: Son of a [bleep].
Billon, we're gonna
lose this fish.
Didn't even look.
BILLON: We'll get him.
DIRTY: We'll get him.
It'll take another minute.
I can see him again.
Color, here you
go, here you go.
Right here, right
here, left side.
GREG: Tail gaff,
come on, tail gaff!
DIRTY: Here, pull it up.
GREG: Quick, quick, quick.
Oh, there you go!
DIRTY: Holy crap.
That's a battle there, boy.
BILLON: Oh, got him, baby!
GREG: Bam.
DIRTY: That's one
Nick ain't gonna get.
GREG: This might be
the nail in the coffin.
Beautiful.
I'll hold this down
and get over there,
and pull in the ropes.
BILLON: Fish look good.
We're happy to have him.
We had to earn him,
but we got him.
GREG: Nice fish,
woo, good job, guys.
You're on to it,
what do we got?
BILLON: 99 and a half.
GREG: It's a big one,
we'll take it.
BILLON: We love him.
GREG: That's nice.
BILLON: Pretty girl.
Pretty girl.
GREG: One of the last
fish of the season.
Catching a big bluefin
with two days left in the
season, that feels great.
We're in the middle
of a bluefin brawl.
Fighting for the top
spot is what we do.
DIRTY: Pretty good fish.
GREG: Now we've got plenty
of time to get this fish
to the buyer and get ready
for the last day of fishing.
TYLER: Oh [bleep], Frenzy's
already done and headed in.
BRITTON: Oh, man.
He got him one.
CHARLIE: Frenzy's got one.
That rascal.
NICK: Yeah, Frenzy caught
one this morning already,
so, we got our
work cut out for us.
Freaking sucks.
GREG: Good morning.
Good morning.
We tried to get out there
early and get it done,
and it paid off again.
DENNIS: All right,
let's check it out.
GREG: We're running
out of time.
We need this fish to
be a big paycheck.
Who knows if we'll
get one tomorrow.
We got the first one here
on the dock today and that's
as pretty as you wanna see.
That's a big fish
there, Dennis.
What do we got?
DENNIS: 421 pounds
dressed, guys.
BILLON: That's
nice, good work.
GREG: Yeah man, all right,
let's check him out.
See what the
inside looks like.
The buyer's looking at the
color and the fat content to
determine the price per pound.
DENNIS: I was expecting
to see a lot more fat in
the tail based on the shape,
but it's got a tiny,
tiny bit of fat.
BILLON: Good, yup.
DENNIS: So hopefully
the core looks good.
The tail color is a
little bit dull, but the
core is nice and sharp.
GREG: Here we go,
end of the season.
A 400 dresser.
What do you got for us?
I know it's got to
be worth some money.
BILLON: Bases loaded.
Bottom of the ninth.
DENNIS: $13 a pound.
GREG: Yeah, let's see what
we can do again tomorrow.
Damn, I was hoping for
a much better price
for this 400 pounder.
We're only ahead of
Nick by 1600 bucks.
DENNIS: Well done, guys.
GREG: Thank God
we've got tomorrow to
cement that top spot.
Not what we were looking for.
DIRTY: We earned
every bit of it.
BILLON: Yes!
TJ: Greg's gonna
always be hard to beat.
He's good, man.
He's a good fisherman.
This is his backyard.
We're gonna fight tooth
and nail till the bitter end.
If we catch
a couple big ones,
we could definitely take it.
JARRETT: I see
Falcon out here.
MIKE: The Falcon.
TJ: I'm happy for
Dave right now.
He took a big gamble
coming down here, he
bought a new boat,
he wasn't familiar with
the boat, so he's got a lot
invested in this right now.
I hope both us and the
Falcon catch fish today.
JOE: Looks like TJ over there.
MARCIANO: Yeah,
they're doing good.
JOE: We had a pretty good
season on the new boat.
It was a great
learning curve for me.
This is my first
year down here.
We haven't got a stick bite
all year, so hopefully,
we'll catch one last fish.
MARCIANO: Right over
here, at ten o'clock.
This is it.
We're down to the wire.
Fish popping on the top.
There's five boats ahead
of us in the earnings, but
this has still been our best
season in the
Outer Banks so far.
[beeping]
We got fish in the
screen, here they are.
The Marciano's aren't
really a greedy bunch.
We just like to pay our bills
and we're happy, so if we
can get another fish or two,
that would just be
icing on the cake.
Are you watching the screen?
JOE: Come on, baby!
TJ: Really good marks.
Really good marks.
That's all the meat
right there, brother.
Oh, my God.
JARRETT: Come on!
TJ: Getting really
good marks right now.
I'm shocked we
haven't got bit.
JARRETT: Something
just whacked it!
MIKE: You got him up back?
Jarrett's got him
behind the boat.
JARRETT: He's on!
MIKE: There goes the
breaker, we're on!
JARRETT: He's making a run.
NICK: No, way!
I don't believe it!
They're on!
BRANDAN: Yeah, TJ's
fighting one right now.
NICK: [bleep], [bleep].
CLIFF: Damn sure are.
NICK: Going backwards, too.
CLIFF: Yup, yup.
NICK: There's no way.
No way, no how that we
would ever, ever, ever, ever
live it down if
the Hot Tuna won.
And don't get me
wrong, he's caught
some fish this year.
It could possibly happen.
You know, I hate
to say that, but.
CLIFF: TJ's been
on fire this year.
NICK: We started
the day on top, but
now we're trailing.
We got to take down that
Northern damn Wookie.
[Chewbacca call]
CLIFF: It's amazing
what a little bit of
effort will do for him.
MIKE: He's taking
some pretty good drag.
TJ: That's a short.
MIKE: I don't know
if that's a short.
He's dumping us.
TJ, come on!
TJ: I'm coming,
[bleep], it's on.
Looks, like a short to me.
MIKE: Would a short be
dumping us like this?
TJ: Yes.
MIKE: There's got to be
a couple of them on there
then with this weight.
MARCIANO: Why the [bleep]
we can't get a bite.
That sure looks like them.
Why the [bleep]
can't we get a bite?
JOE: Right here,
let's get a bite.
Oh, we're on, we're on!
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
That's a bluefin.
Okay, that's the real
deal right there; that's
what we're waiting for.
MARCIANO: Just
let him, run, Joe.
Just let him run, let him run.
Don't even stop him.
JOE: Okay, yup,
screamer, that was sick.
MARCIANO: All right, Gel.
One engine in neutral, please.
ANGELICA: Aye, aye, Cap.
MARCIANO: All right, guys.
Well, we finally got
our bite on the stick.
Let's hope we can get
him to the boat here,
and reel him in.
ANGELICA: Well, we're
a long way from landing it,
but it's pretty cool seeing
the stick work.
MARCIANO: TJ's
still pulling, yeah?
JOE: Yeah.
TJ: Didn't look very
big, but we'll see.
MIKE: Tons of weight here.
TJ: I saw the
fish as it hit out of
the corner of my eye.
Jarrett was jigging him up.
It looked like a
short fish to me.
It didn't look
like a 73 incher but,
well, you never know.
It could be right
on the money.
TJ: He hit the
thing really hard.
Took a bunch of line.
If it's a short, we're
just gonna release it.
You know, if it's
under 73 inches, you know,
we're gonna get
the hook out of his
mouth, and let him go.
JARRETT: You got to let the
little ones go, so you have
something to catch next year.
MARCIANO: Okay, Gel,
one engine, please.
Now, Gel, near the edge too.
If I say, you know,
ahead with both engines,
just like a rod,
we don't want him
under there when we get to
the harpoon stages, okay?
ANGELICA: Okay.
MARCIANO:
So be ready for that.
JOE: He's a big one.
MARCIANO: Oh,
all right, here we go.
He's gonna run a little.
JOE: When he takes
line, what do I do?
MARCIANO: Yup, yup,
just let him run.
If you treat that just
like a fishing reel, Joe.
JOE: Just like a rod?
MARCIANO: It's gonna
drag and everything.
JOE: Yup.
MARCIANO: It's not
infallible, you know.
JOE: Right.
MARCIANO: You can rip hooks
out if you pull too hard.
JOE: Right.
MARCIANO: Or you can
break leaders off.
There he goes again,
he ain't ready yet.
JOE: It's a decent sized
fish if we can hold onto him.
MIKE: Weight there, man.
TJ: Huh?
MIKE: Some weight.
TJ: Hey, I'm praying
it's a keeper.
MIKE: I'm just trying
to be positive here.
JARRETT: I got color.
MIKE: Nice glow.
TJ: I think he's, I
think he's a keeper.
MIKE: So do I.
TJ: That's a keeper.
[bleep], yeah.
MIKE: Stick him!
TJ: Got him!
MIKE: Girls, inside.
TJ: Yeah, he's
right on the money.
Gaff the tail.
MIKE: Got him.
TJ: Take that, Little Shell.
MIKE: TJ's got it.
Hells, yeah.
TJ: Pa-pow!
MIKE: Game over, rover!
Stretch him out.
TJ: It's not a monster,
but that's another one
for this northern boat.
What do we got?
JARRETT: 74.
TJ: Yeah!
MIKE: Yeah, yeah, yeah!
TJ: Woo!
JARRETT: The pelicans
are flying west again.
TJ: I'll take a 73-74
incher every day.
MARCIANO: What is this?
Okay.
ANGELICA: Neutral.
MARCIANO: Neutral, yup.
Doing a good job
running the boat, Gel.
This could be our very
last fish of the season.
Oh, got a deep color.
Okay, ahead!
There he is, out there.
You see him out there?
ANGELICA: Yeah.
MARCIANO: Keep going ahead.
There he is, a nice big one.
ANGELICA: Neutral!
MARCIANO: Neutral.
Keep going, Gel.
ANGELICA: More?
MARCIANO: Yup, Joe,
come here, pull him up.
JOE: Yup.
MARCIANO: Gel, you
keep going ahead!
ANGELICA: Okay, let's get him!
MARCIANO: All right, ahead!
ANGELICA: Yup!
MARCIANO: Just don't let
him get under the boat.
Easy, easy, easy!
ANGELICA: Look out, look out!
MARCIANO: Watch the line!
MARCIANO: This could be our
very last fish
There he is.
A nice big one.
All right, ahead!
Just don't let him
get under the boat.
Easy, easy, easy!
ANGELICA: Sorry.
MARCIANO: Look out!
JOE: Stick him,
nice, nice shot!
MARCIANO: All right,
get a gaff, neutral!
ANGELICA: Okay.
MARCIANO:
It's a nice one, guys.
It's a nice one.
MARCIANO: Yup, nice big
fat one, take your time.
JOE: Yeah, good job!
MARCIANO: It's a fatty.
JOE: Hell yeah, good job, Gel.
MARCIANO: We got him, Gel.
First giant on the greenstick.
Watching Angelica
and Joe turn into
that well-oiled machine
has been a great experience,
not only as a father,
but as a captain.
JOE: If that's gonna be
our last fish, it's gonna
be on the greenstick.
That was an epic show.
MARCIANO: Yup, another
good season, guys.
Just like me, they were
a little rough around the
edges in the beginning,
but now, they're season
veterans in the Outer
Banks fishery as well.
Look at how round
that fish is.
We don't catch 'em that
round in Gloucester.
TJ: The merch right here.
He got a big one!
MIKE: Oh, oh, oh.
That's a real one.
MARCIANO: Yeah, we finally
got one on that stupid stick!
JARRETT: Nice work,
boys, and girls.
MIKE: That's a jumbo.
TJ: We got that thing's baby.
We got a 74 incher.
MIKE: We'll take it.
TJ: Yeah, we are.
MARCIANO: Yeah, nice going.
It's nice to see you
guys have a good season.
We, we all knew
you had it in you.
You just, I know what
it's like to be on the
[bleep] end of luck.
TJ: All right, we're gonna
go, we're going west.
You wanna go west?
MARCIANO: Yup, yeah,
yeah, we'll go.
We'll go, man. We're ready.
JARRETT: Congratulations.
MARCIANO: Thanks for the help.
Without a doubt, being
able to work with TJ has been
very helpful to us this year.
He's been producing fish.
Working with a guy like
that is always helpful.
I certainly hope that Hot
Tuna has benefited in some
way by working with us.
Ready all together.
One two three.
There he is.
What a round one.
Look at the shape on that.
That, without a doubt,
is the best quality fish
we've caught this year.
It's got perfect shape.
The ideal tuna is a football
with a tail on it, and that's
exactly what we got here.
JOE: Look at that.
MARCIANO: He's round all over.
What do you got?
ANGELICA: 92.
MARCIANO: This is gonna
be our biggest money
fish of the season.
JOE: Another one
for the Falcon.
MARCIANO: We caught our
biggest fish of the season,
and there's still one more day
to get a bigger one.
Proud of you, guys, you came
down here, we toughed it out.
We finally pulled it off.
We got one on the greenstick.
All right, let's get steaming.
TYLER: Let's jig
the stick a little bit.
DUFFY: I just wanna go home.
TYLER: It's hard on us.
We've come a long way to get
down here and get ourselves
in position to make money,
and we're getting smoked.
I know we're not gonna win
this year, but Pinwheel is
ahead of two southern boats,
including last year's
champion, Reels of Fortune.
Things could be worse.
You know, our stuff works.
We're fishy, we're in the
mix, we're on the mark.
Just can't get hooks in them.
It's terrible.
Oh, my God, we're
gonna go off.
DUFFY: Good.
TYLER: Marking 'em
right now, so there's
definitely fish around.
DUFFY: Come on!
TYLER: Whoa, fish on, baby,
fish on, clear your lines!
I really think we just got the
bite we've been looking for.
DUFFY: Woo-hoo-hoo,
bird down, right?
TYLER: Right now you can
tell that that orange ball
is getting sucked underwater.
That's telling us that
this guy's pretty big.
Just nice and easy.
We get this fish, Duff, we can
make the turnaround and still
be able to fish tomorrow.
DUFFY: All right, I'm
coming up to the leader.
TYLER: That's fine.
Let it back right up to him.
Oh, my God, this
is embarrassing.
TYLER: That's, uh, it's not
even that big of a yellowfin.
We got nothing to
show for it, we suck.
We just suck, but
nothing we can do, man.
We thought we had the one we
wanted, just not the case.
We're just gonna narrow our
gap between us and TJ just
a little bit more so that he
can't brag too much about it.
MARCIANO: Scotty,
what's going on, my friend?
SCOTTSO: What's going on, guys?
ANGELICA: Can we get
a drum roll, please?
MARCIANO: All right, ta-da.
SCOTTSO: Yeah, it looks nice.
JOE: Wait till you see
what's on the inside.
MARCIANO: All right, Scotty.
What do we got?
SCOTTSO: 378 pounds dressed.
JOE: Sweet.
MARCIANO: Nice, we'll take it,
we'll take it.
SCOTTSO: Good color on it.
Gonna be some fat
in there, too.
MARCIANO: Yeah, let's see
what the core looks like.
JOE: Oh, nice.
MARCIANO: Ooh, very nice.
What do you think, Scotty?
SCOTTSO: Well, knowing
it's got great fat, good
core, good shape on it...
You guys will get...
$22 a pound.
MARCIANO: Nice.
JOE: Good job.
MARCIANO: Well done. Well done.
JOE: Good job, Gel. Good job.
MARCIANO: You guys might
even get a paycheck this week.
JOE: Yes.
ANGELICA: Can't wait.
MARCIANO: But don't
get your hopes up.
Being at the top
of the fleet has never
been our main goal,
but this $8,000
paycheck always has been.
We'll see you,
Scotty, thank you.
SCOTTSO:
All right, guys, good job.
MARCIANO:
Good to see you, man.
JOE: Thanks, Scotty.
ANGELICA: See you.
MARCIANO: Now, we prep
for our last 24 hours,
and try and catch one more
giant bluefin tuna.
First giant on the greenstick.
SCOTTSO: What's up, boys?
You guys got another
one for me, huh?
TJ: Wanna get him up there?
SCOTTSO: Yeah,
let's check it out.
TJ: Third place is not
where we wanna be, especially
at this part of the season.
But I know one good fish
is all it takes, and we're
right back in the lead.
What do we got, Scotty?
SCOTTSO: 288 pounds dressed.
TJ: That's a squeaker, man.
What are you gonna do?
SCOTTSO: Hey, it's all right.
Not a monster, but
it's got some decent quality.
I mean it still has
a little bit of fat
and good color on it.
We'll go check out the core.
Looks good.
Well, with that being
said, I can get you guys...
$22 dollars a pound.
TJ: Nice, Scott, sweet.
MIKE: We'll take that,
Scott, sweet, appreciate it.
TJ: All right, buddy.
SCOTTSO: Nice fish.
TJ: All right, pal.
TJ: Thank you, Scott.
SCOTTSO: Cool, all right,
thanks guys.
TJ: Five grand for
this bluefin edges
us closer to the win.
Now we're less than a
grand behind Frenzy.
So one more good fish
tomorrow could definitely put
us at the top of the fleet.
Let's go get another
one for the North, boys.
DALE: Need a bite.
We need a bite right now.
WILL: So, hopefully,
this afternoon they'll
bite pretty good.
ED: If we're able to
put two more fish on
the deck of this boat,
we could possibly
make a little bit of
money this season.
Fill this hole
that we created.
DALE: We're hoping the
luck's going to turn
around here for us. Oh.
This has been the worst
season that I have ever had.
It's been extremely painful.
I don't have any delusions
of grandeur right now.
It's lonely at the bottom.
WILL: I made zero dollars this
year, bluefin tuna fishing.
I got married last
year to my wife, Mary.
Day before Christmas,
we found out we were
having a little girl.
I've never been
this excited about
anything in my life,
but there's a
lot more pressure.
I don't have money to
buy diapers and toilet paper,
and [bleep] all
the things that you need
to live on planet Earth.
It's tough.
We got problems upon problems.
I got a baby on the way.
[bleep], I don't know,
Dale's only got one arm.
We need a [bleep] fish, bad.
DALE: I did get some kind
of a scratch right here.
It doesn't really look like a
tuna, but it doesn't always.
A couple marks right here.
WILL: Let's get a bite here.
ED: Come on, you [bleep].
DALE: Marking 'em good.
Nice big herd of fish.
ED: There he is, come on.
DALE: Is it a bite?
WILL: Got him on, here.
Fish on, fish on!
ED: We're on, we're on,
yeah, we're hooked up, guys.
WILL: Got 'em on here,
fish on, fish on!
DALE: Is it a bite?
ED: Yeah, that's him.
WILL: Pulling pretty hard.
Definitely a heavy fish.
I hope it's a tuna.
DALE: That's exactly
what we were hoping for.
Come out here, catch
one and go home.
Nothing would thrill me
more than for us to be on
our way home with a nice
fish on the deck.
WILL: Forward, Dale!
DALE: Forward?
WILL: Yeah.
ED: Yup.
WILL: Going around
in a circle ain't he?
ED: What is it, a yellowfin?
WILL: Nah.
DALE: Whatever it is,
it's 50 feet down.
WILL: Does it look like
a tuna on the screen?
DALE: It looks like a tuna on
the screen, but a big shark
probably looks the same.
I'd love to be wrong, man.
Nothing makes me
happier than be wrong
about the right thing.
It's not acting
at all like a tuna,
but I sure hope it is.
WILL: I don't think
what he was marking
was what we got on.
ED: Took a little
bit of line quick and
then kind of stopped.
Acting funny, we're not
quite sure what we have.
It feels heavy, gonna keep
our fingers crossed it's a
tuna fish and not a shark,
or some other
ridiculous creature that
we're not looking for.
WILL: It is what it is,
but I want it to be a tuna.
DALE: I definitely want
this thing to be a tuna.
We need it to be a tuna.
WILL: Oh, boy.
Leader's right here.
Forward, Dale.
Oh, he's, yeah, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, oh, right here.
WILL: Oh.
WILL: Forward,
forward, you're good.
Come on right here, come on.
ED: We got color right there.
There he is.
WILL: You got a visual?
ED: Yeah.
DALE: Oh, boy.
WILL: [bleep] I
wish it weren't so.
ED: Man, oh, man.
That was not part of the plan.
WILL: All right, let him go.
Be free and prosper.
Would have been nice
if it was a tuna, but we'll
let it go and keep fishing,
try and get the right one.
ED: Sugar Ray Leonard.
A lot of wasted time
fighting the wrong species.
DALE: We're gonna keep
trying until it's done.
This is definitely gonna be
a season I'd like to forget
but probably
never will forget.
Things can always be worse.
CAINE: This morning was rough.
Never had a bite.
Sounds like Frenzy, the Hot
Tuna, and Little Shell are
fighting it out for first.
I could give two jugs of
cow piss who really wins
if it ain't the Doghouse.
BRITTON: Golly Dang.
Just one more nice fish.
One more nice fish
would, it's gonna be
some money for them,
it's gonna be some
money for my family.
I mean, I got to catch
as many as I can catch
while this quota is open.
You know, how
they do in Vegas?
We're all in.
We're in it to win it.
Maybe not amongst
everybody else, but in it
to win it for my family.
CAINE: We're very close to
ending this bluefin season.
Every little bit
counts for me.
It's been a
difficult season for sure,
but it's all for my dad.
My father, Bubba, diagnosed
with colon cancer.
It is something on the
back of my mind every day.
It'd be great if we
could kick some bluefin a*s,
just like dad's kicking
that cancer in the a*s.
Looking for a midday bite.
JACK: So I reckon we'll scrap
one out by the end of the day.
Just hope he's gonna
be big enough, but time is
not on our side right now.
I came into this season
with the mentality
that I have every year.
Try and grind as hard as I
can to catch as many fish.
This year, Duffy and I,
we've had some tiffs.
Please do not touch
anything on my boat.
PRODUCER: Duffy,
Duffy, hey Duffy.
TYLER: Ow.
The hiccups of the
season got to us.
We weren't on our games, but
we made up for it yesterday.
Yes, baby!
With our eighth
fish of the season.
Come here.
Bottom line is,
Pinwheel's not having
the season we expected.
I'm just hoping we
can have a good last few
days in the water and
come out of here profitable.
DUFFY: A lot of expenses
running out here at one a day,
so just keep fishing.
Come on!
Hey Duff-Duff,
jig one up, bro!
Come on, tunas.
It's dinnertime.
Come on, Pally.
Get jiggy with it, come on!
Oh my Jiminy-jigs,
oh there he is!
Woo, got him on!
There he is, got
'em on, come on.
BRANDAN: Pinwheel hooked up.
Right there off the bow.
NICK: Oh, boy.
At this point in the day,
I'm getting nervous
that we haven't
caught a fish yet.
Frenzy and the Hot Tuna
caught today, and now
The Pinhead is hooked up.
It's critical that we make
it back to the dock before
midnight with a fish.
We don't have
a lot of time left to
end this season as the
top boat in the fleet.
That don't make you feel good.
TYLER: Woo, that's on, baby.
Yeah, buddy.
DUFFY: We need this one, man.
TYLER: Watch that line, Duffy.
Watch that line!
Oh, man, we're getting
tangled up here.
This is not good, bro.
This is not good.
It's a big, big,
big stick bite.
Saw him eat the bait.
He was everything we want and
hopefully he's still there.
This is the thing about
the stick, there's so much
heat there on the bite.
It was like pa, pa-pow!
Got 'em on!
Hell yeah.
DUFFY: We've got this, T.
TYLER: Come on, baby!
Please be that big money fish.
TYLER: Ugh.
Did we break a hook?
Oh, man!
Ah! Lost him.
I'm really bummed out.
I thought this season in the
Outer Banks was gonna be ours.
Dammit, man.
We must have ripped
the hooks out.
We lost him.
Oh, man, just losing a fish
like that, it's painful.
Dude, we're just [bleep]
getting smoked here.
NICK: Ruined him.
Tyler's c*ck coming
off his win up north.
The Outer Banks has
humbled him, just like it
has many a northern captain.
Maybe we'll get
up here and get the
mark before dark,
we'll have a
little bit of time.
TYLER: We really
needed that one.
We really needed that one.
When you put in all this time
and effort, it's heartbreaking
to lose 'em like that.
Oh, man!
Why'd it come off?
CHARLIE: Come on, baby.
Let me have one, one
more for the end of the
road, end of the year.
We've got today
and tomorrow to try to
turn our season around,
at least make a
little bit of money.
There's some really nice
fish caught this year.
I mean, some boats have
made $13,000, $14,000, even
$16,000 for just one fish.
Unfortunately, we haven't
caught one of those yet,
but it's not too late.
This is the last-ditch
effort to pull it out for the
season, so I really, really,
really need to get a
bite here, you know.
I'm, uh, as you can
tell, I'm starting to
get a little anxious.
STEVE: A couple two
tones right there.
CHARLIE: Where?
STEVE: Or a porpoise.
CHARLIE: That's a really
good sign because there'll
be tunas traveling
with those little porpoise.
We're gonna get
a bite right here.
We're gonna get
a bite right now.
STEVE: We're in the meat.
Let's get a bite here.
CHARLIE: Damn, come on, Steve.
Get me one, bud.
Yeah, it's about as thick as
I've seen 'em right there.
They're gonna start
busting on top there.
They keep getting up
in the water more.
STEVE: I want my fish.
CHARLIE: Ooh. If
we don't get one here, man,
it's gonna be disheartening.
STEVE: There he is.
[bleep] he missed it.
He missed it.
CHARLIE: Is he
on there or not?
STEVE: No, he
should have been.
CHARLIE: I cannot
believe this.
God almighty, I cannot
[bleep] believe this.
Come on, man.
Brother, look, [bleep]!
Dude, that looks
like a good one.
[bleep] he missed it.
He missed it.
CHARLIE: Is he
on there or not?
STEVE: No, he
should have been.
CHARLIE: I cannot
believe this.
Come on, man.
Brother, look!
[bleep], look behind!
Dude!
STEVE: Get back here.
CHARLIE: I know. I know.
STEVE: Smoking me, dude.
I got get this
thing off there.
CHARLIE: Man, I tell you, we,
we're finally hooked on here.
We're hoping that this
one's gonna be big enough.
STEVE: The whole entire
fish was out of the water.
It's a nice one.
CHARLIE: We're nervous.
This is the last
inning, you know.
And just try to
ease him up here.
STEVE: I'll tell
you when I see it.
CHARLIE: Hopefully, this
one will make it for us.
STEVE: I see it
now coming, yup.
Coming around here.
CHARLIE: Don't take a wrap
until he gets in the block.
STEVE: I won't. I won't.
All right, bud.
Got get him!
CHARLIE: Oh, God.
$5,000 bill right there, cuz!
Thank goodness we
finally got us one.
We needed this
thing terrible bad.
STEVE: One, two.
CHARLIE: We're not gonna
be able to win this thing,
but it's more about catching
fish and making
some money for us.
Drumroll. 101 man, 101.
STEVE: Awesome,
pretty work, Griff.
Good job, man.
CHARLIE: Good going, man.
Wow, that's a nice one, too.
We're just gonna button
everything up, put our heads
down and get on in there.
Tuna fishing, baby, yeah!
Hey, guys!
MARY: Oh, boy!
CHARLIE: Another big one.
MARY: Let's check it out.
CHARLIE: This is
a nice big fish, and
with any luck at all,
this thing could be a
really big paycheck for us.
MARY: 448 pounds
dressed, Griff.
CHARLIE: Good.
For me, it's not about
being the top boat.
As long as I can pay Steve
some money and pay our bills,
that's a successful
season for a fisherman.
MARY: There's not a ton of
fat in there as you can see,
but it's got
a nice color to it.
CHARLIE: Good.
Well, bottom line,
what do you think?
MARY: $15 a pound.
CHARLIE: Great.
Good deal, man.
Well, hey that's a check, bud.
Can't complain
about 6,700 bucks.
Thanks, Mary.
MARY: All right.
STEVE: It's drinking
weather, let's go.
CHARLIE: Okay, just one more.
I know we can make it happen.
MARCIANO: All right, we can
let these lines go and start
making our way out, I think.
JOE: Let's make it happen.
Last trip of the season.
MARCIANO: Let's hope
we can get lucky and
squeeze one more.
-I'm so happy that my
brother and I can
contribute to my dad's
best season in the Outer Banks.
What we've
accomplished together
as a family is awesome.
MARCIANO: Quota's full.
The fishery closes
tonight at midnight.
So, we got one more shot.
Okay.
JOE: All clear.
ANGELICA: Last
trip of the season.
I just hope we catch one
more, but for what it's worth,
it was a great season so far.
JOE: Let's make it happen.
One more.
MARCIANO: All right,
guys, one last hoorah.
Guys and gal.
ANGELICA: Crew.
Crew is fine.
MARCIANO: But not crewmen?
People? Persons?
DALE: It is now
The last day of the quota.
We're hoping that we're
gonna catch a fish tonight.
We got the night shift down
there drifting some baits.
We're in dead last
place right now.
We've only got three fish
and we have got to catch
the right fish out here.
We need the best fish
swimming around in this ocean.
ED: We need to be in the
right spot and be positioned
strategically and I hope we're
not chasing a phantom bite.
Put our trust in
the, the man upstairs
there on the wheel.
Hope he puts us on him.
I've known Dale a
long time and I know he's a
competitive guy and he likes
to catch fish.
He may not be showing
it, but I can tell you this
season is eating him alive.
DALE: We're up here doing
everything we can possibly do
to try to get this last fish,
try to make some money
here before it's over.
ED: He's got a lot
of responsibilities, a lot of
things that weigh on his mind.
He knows Will
and I need paychecks, so
he feels responsible to
take care of us.
DALE: And hopefully,
we'll get lucky
and see what happens.
WILL: If you could,
please pray with me now.
Dear Lord, baby
Jesus, we need a tuna.
ED: Oh, heaven help us.
NICK: This is it.
The last day of fishing for
bluefin on the Outer Banks.
Gonna try to a little
bait fishing here.
We're, we're real
tight with the Frenzy.
He's not quite back out
here yet so I'm hoping we
can get one before daylight.
We've been fishing for over
Both Frenzy and Hot Tuna
caught fish yesterday,
so we're behind.
What used to be days left
has turned into hours.
So, we got to catch a monster.
We'll see.
We're a long way from
getting one on the hook.
At least we're in a good spot.
Of course we're tired.
Of course we're exhausted.
I'll take the first watch,
then I wake Brandan up,
then he wakes Cliff up.
I mean we've been
doing that all season,
that's how we put
ourselves in the lead.
Every second on
that water is counting,
you know, 24 hours.
We got to catch one today.
BRITTON: Maybe we can
get us a bite tonight.
We need a bite.
JACK: All we can do is keep
fishing and keep trying.
Beat down, it's
been a long day.
Left the dock early again
this morning and it was rough,
so we're beat up from
this long, rough day,
but the wind's calm down, so
it has fallen out pretty well.
-Quota's closing.
You finally get a
bite that you feel good
about and it's a shark.
A big letdown.
CAINE: I don't like sharks.
BRITTON: There's a mark.
There's a lot of mark.
Same mark we've
been seeing all day.
We're marking 'em
good right now.
Come on, fish.
DALE: Getting some good
marks right here, man.
NICK: Come on, we
got to get a bite!
Come on, any second now.
Got him on, got
him on, got him on!
Wake them boys up!
Cliff, wake up!
We've got 'em on!
Got 'em on, boys!
Wake up Brandan, get
up, we've got 'em on!
BRANDAN: I'm awake, I'm awake.
NICK: There he is,
there he is!
CLIFF: There's [inaudible]!
NICK: There he is!
I heard 'em talking
about all the way here,
I didn't get bait out,
ate it out my hand.
DALE: There's one down there
at 180 feet, right here.
Nice mark down there.
WILL: Hey, we got him on!
DALE: Got 'em on!
WILL: Fish on, fish on!
ED: Run, baby!
WILL: Hooked up, baby!
All right, a little
bit of forward.
DALE: Steady forward.
WILL: You're good,
you're good, come out of gear.
DALE: Final day, we
need a final fish.
CAINE: Got 'em on, got 'em on!
BRITTON: Got 'em on!
CAINE: Got one on, dude.
Speed drop got us one on.
Fingers crossed.
JACK: I'm not gonna get
excited about this one.
There's been a lot of sharks.
CAINE: Coming up
pretty quick, Jack.
I don't know, Bubba.
JACK: I know. I know.
BRITTON: Hey, Jack?
JACK: Yes, sir.
BRITTON: What's, what is hope?
JACK: Confident expectation?
I'm catching on, baby!
CAINE: He wasn't
very confident when
he said that, was he?
Confident, uh, expectation?
I don't know, Britton,
this kind of looks
more like a fish.
It's coming up here really
quick, but it's acting more
like a tuna with that paddle.
BRITTON: Hey, Caine!
CAINE: Yes, sir?
BRITTON: That ain't no shark.
CAINE: That ain't a shark.
JACK: Down digging.
Down and dirty.
Just got to take our
time, hope everything
goes according to plan.
I hope we get this
fish in the boat.
BRANDAN: Hey, [inaudible]
sleeping on a night bite!
NICK: Oh, it's acting
sharky now a little bit.
BRANDAN: Please
don't be a shark.
NICK: Oh it might
be a good one.
Brandan ain't got here yet.
We got him on, Cliff.
CLIFF: All right!
Good job, Cap.
This is awesome.
We were laying down sleeping,
there he was, Nick Gowitzka.
Night catch.
BRANDAN: All by himself.
CLIFF: By himself.
BRANDAN: Haven't had time
to rig up the dart pole.
NICK: Here you go.
Feel him, Cliff,
for a second, huh?
We're all right.
CLIFF: I don't know, man.
He's pulling pretty good.
BRANDAN: Please be a tuna.
We really need a tuna.
NICK: I just thought
it was pretty cool
y'all were laying down.
CLIFF: There it goes.
There it goes.
NICK: That's 20 fathoms
to the fish here.
BRANDAN: There he is.
I think it's gonna be a,
I think it's gonna be a tuna.
NICK: It's gonna be a tuna.
CLIFF: It is gonna be a tuna.
Yeah, that's what I'm
talking about, we're fishing!
WILL: We're gonna
see him in a second.
Here he is.
We're getting close.
We got color.
There he is.
We got a shark on.
DALE: No, we don't.
WILL: Yeah.
DALE: You don't tell me
we got a shark on, dude.
WILL: Hammerhead.
ED: Hammerhead.
WILL: Wow.
DALE: A stupid
shark, how typical.
It's so bad now
it's predictable.
ED: Dammit.
DALE: I don't
know what to say.
ED: Hit in the butt.
JACK: We're excited now.
We're just tense.
It's, it's been a long night.
We're, we're, this is
our first only tuna bite,
so we were,
just really, you know,
we just really need
this to happen for us.
CAINE: I see color right here.
I see color, it's coming up.
Pretty sure this is
gonna be a keeper.
Fighting a fish at night, the
difficult level rises by 100.
When you can't see
and you can't hear.
Everything can go
wrong at night.
JACK: Fighting like a
damn hundred incher.
CAINE: Might be, look right
here to there, look at him.
JACK: Yeah I know, but
what do you want me to do?
You want me to gaff him,
you want me to dart it?
[inaudible].
BRITTON: Throw the
darn dart, bud!
You got to throw
it [inaudible].
JACK: Okay, you got it.
CAINE: Come on, Jack,
you got to be faster.
JACK: Here we go,
good shot, good shot.
BRITTON: Throw the dart!
CAINE: Throw it, throw
the dart, throw it!
JACK: Oh, [bleep].
CAINE: Missed it.
JACK: Damn it, I missed.
BRITTON: Golly dang, come on!
CAINE: Jack, throw it again!
Throw it again,
throw it again!
Now, now, now, throw
it, throw it, throw it!
BRITTON: Dart's
not in right, Jack.
Looks like it's gonna lift.
CAINE: Get the other dart.
BRITTON: Go get your
other dart, Jack.
Come on, just worry
about your dart!
JACK: Okay.
CAINE: Here he comes,
here he comes, here he comes.
BRITTON: Come on,
Jack get your dart!
Moving in slow motion.
All right, stick him!
CAINE: Drilled him.
Thank God.
Way to go, Jackaroo.
BRITTON: Have you ever
seen such a mean little
fish in your life?
CAINE: Mean, man, mean.
Reach over, reach over,
reach over, reach over.
JACK: Yeah, got him.
Ready to pull him in?
CAINE: One, two.
Just pull him that way.
BRITTON: Last day for the
Doghouse, we made it happen.
We're so exhausted
we could barely stand,
but this is the best kind of
exhaustion there is.
JACK: Check her out.
What do you got down there?
BRITTON: 82.
CAINE: 82 men, I don't
think [inaudible].
JACK: That's
the hardest 82-incher I
ever caught in my life.
BRITTON: Mean, buddy, mean.
Tired, dark, night.
CAINE: What time is it?
BRITTON: Oh.
JACK: It's like 2:00
or 3:00, probably.
BRITTON: It's like
JACK: We fished
all night, guys.
We did it.
CAINE: Twenty-four
hours right there.
Congratulations, men.
BRITTON: Yes, sir.
CAINE: Bring it in.
Bring it in.
BRITTON:
Y'all doing really well.
JACK: I'll tell you what,
there's been a story behind
every fish this season, guys.
BRITTON: Every fish.
CAINE: Every fish.
JACK: I mean I'm telling you.
CAINE: Working
hard for it, men.
JACK: What a story.
BRITTON: It feels good.
For me knowing
I'll be able to pay
my guys, it feels great.
For me knowing that
we got another fish
on the market, super.
NICK: This is
our chance, boys.
CLIFF: All right, Brandan.
NICK: Get ready, Brandan.
BRANDAN:
Watch the line, Cliff.
NICK: Holy cannoli,
that's the meat!
Drill him!
CLIFF: Yeah.
NICK: Tail gaff. Tail gaff.
BRANDAN:
That looks good, man.
That looks real good.
CLIFF: I need a tail rope.
NICK: Tail rope,
Brandan, tail rope!
BRANDAN: Holy crap!
NICK: Look out, Frenzy!
We're coming for that top spot!
NICK: This is
our chance, bo
Holy cannoli, that's the meat!
Drill him!
CLIFF: Yeah.
NICK: Tail gaff, tail gaff.
BRANDAN: That looks good, man.
That looks real good.
CLIFF: I need a tail rope.
NICK: Tail rope,
Brandan, Tail rope!
BRANDAN: Holy crap!
NICK: Fat one.
BRANDAN: Good job, Cap.
NICK: Pull him up straight.
BRANDAN: Pull him
up by yourself.
NICK: Pull him straight,
straight in the boat.
CLIFF: All right!
NICK: Yes, yes!
CLIFF: Yeah [inaudible].
BRANDAN: Good, good.
CLIFF: Nice.
NICK: Ain't gonna win no
beauty contest with him.
CLIFF: Ain't the biggest
fish, but he's a fish.
To the west.
NICK: I don't know which
way west is, it's dark.
CLIFF: I know.
It's the opposite way of
that sun cracking right there.
Bluefin Season.
Out. Done.
NICK: TJ.
BRANDAN: The Old Hot Tuna.
Looks like he's
late to the party.
NICK: Hot Tuna, cream
rose to the top, baby.
[over radio]
Pa-pow, you shall not pass!
TJ: We've already got one
Pinhead in the fleet, now we
got a bonehead because Nick is
definitely a bonehead.
I've got to put the boat in
position this trip to stay
ahead of Little Shell if we
have any chance of getting
back to that top spot.
So, we just got to
find that mark and I'm
confident we'll get bit.
One more day, baby.
One more day.
See if we can make it happen.
GREG: Nick, he's
really putting the
pressure on me now.
I mean it's come right
down to the wire here.
Whoever catches one
today is gonna end up
winning this thing.
And I hope it's us.
We're already behind Nick.
He just caught one.
Nick on the Little Shell,
he caught his last fish of
the season before we even
got out here.
We got to catch one
today or I, or I got
to hand it to Nick.
I can't lose two
years in a row.
We definitely got our
work cut out for us.
Hot Tuna caught
yesterday, too.
They're right in
the mix with us.
We can't let a northern
boat take the season.
I mean, we've been really
fortunate the last few days
and had bites right away,
but it seems like today
I'm not quite in the meat,
not really where I need to be.
DIRTY: Is that Dale?
BILLON: I believe that's Dale.
GREG: That's the Foolish
Pleasures over there.
DALE: The bad luck is
just as thick as it's
ever been, you know?
It's gonna be the worst
season I've ever had.
As captain of this boat,
you wanna be able to make
everybody on your boat happy
by being able to
earn a living.
You're never gonna
get ridiculously rich
in this business,
but you can
definitely earn a good
living, and this year,
I haven't been able
to do that for them.
Chalk it up in one
[bleep] season.
I'm just, I'm, dude,
I'm, I'm beside myself
with this whole thing.
GREG: Foolish Pleasures.
DALE: Come in.
GREG: Good morning to you.
You didn't get a
nibble last night?
Or you're already
back out here?
DALE: No, we're
on suicide watch.
GREG: Oh, boy.
Keep her coming.
Scratching 'em right here.
I see some splashes
offshore [inaudible].
DALE: I gotcha. Cool.
GREG [over radio]:
You'll get one here today.
DALE [over radio]:
I hope so.
GREG: We're all fishing
against each other,
it's a competition,
but I don't want anyone
to end the season broke.
I'd love to see him
catch one today.
Maybe he'll make a little
bit of money this year.
There's a couple birds out
there, I can't really tell.
I see some splashes,
that might be them.
Oh, we'll go take a chance.
What the hell?
BILLON: Take a look.
Take a look-see.
GREG: Bottom line is we can't
worry about anyone else.
Just pay attention to
what's happening on this boat.
Hopefully we'll
have something happening
behind this boat shortly.
BRITTON:
This is it. It's over.
Micah, I'm tired.
MICAH: Tell me about your night,
fellas, how'd it go?
CAINE: We got you one.
Let's see what she weighs.
MICAH: Let's do it.
BRITTON: What we got, Micah?
MICAH: 216 pounds.
JACK: Cool.
CAINE: Awesome.
BRITTON: It's not a
monster, but it's a tuna.
We need a good price per
pound for our last paycheck.
MICAH: Step into my office.
BRITTON: That's the word.
MICAH: Color's
good on this one.
Your, your core came out nice.
There is some
fat, not a ton of fat,
but there is some fat.
CAINE: Bottom line?
MICAH: Guys, today,
we're gonna be able to do...
$18 a pound.
BRITTON: Yeah.
CAINE: Heck, yeah, dude.
BRITTON: Eighteen.
CAINE: Well?
BRITTON: Heck, yeah.
JACK: All right, good deal.
It was worth it.
BRITTON: The season's over.
We earned some money.
Been a lot of hurdles.
When you overcome
the hurdles to make some
money, support your family,
then you got nothing else to
say about it, but a success.
Let's do it all over
again next year.
TJ: It's the last day.
Be nice to finish out
strong, get one, you know,
big jumbo, mambo jumbo.
MIKE: Just got the stick out.
Nick on, uh,
Little Shell and Greg
on the Fishin' Frenzy,
they're all neck
and neck right now.
Whoever gets the nicest
one today is gonna take
it, so hopefully it's us.
TJ: Marked one at 100.
JARRETT: Marking one up.
Already marking one.
Marking.
TJ: They're high, get ready.
DALE: Marking fish.
Marking tunas right now,
right under the boat.
Hey, drop our
long riggers back.
ED: Two sides?
DALE: All right, drop
'em both way back there.
Marked a lot of fish.
Last year, we'd have got a
bite, we'd have had a fish.
And the fact that we're hours
away from the end of Bluefin
Season in the Outer Banks and
we can't get one more
fish to make it four fish.
It'd definitely test your
mind out here and keep going
'til, 'til it's over today.
GREG: Here they are, marking
'em right here, up high.
BILLON: Okay.
GREG: A couple
fish at 15 fathom.
DIRTY: Splashes.
GREG: Heck yeah.
GREG: Oh, God,
the mark is here.
Hey, Billon.
BILLON: Go rig, yes, sir.
Got 'em on,
got 'em on, got 'em on!
DIRTY: There he is!
BILLON: Got 'em on, hot damn!
GREG: Got him on!
DIRTY: Last one, man.
Hope we get it.
BILLON: Last one.
We got to hold onto him.
DIRTY: Got to get this
thing in by midnight.
BILLON: Plenty of time.
Just hope everything
goes well.
Just want everything
to go smooth.
DIRTY: Taking some line.
Get everything out of
the way and go to work
just like we always do.
GREG: Foolish
Pleasures, we're on!
DALE: Greg just got bit
right here, of course.
ED: Let's get a bite here.
DALE: Mad a*s
marks down there.
If we're gonna
get a bite, it's gonna
happen in a few hours.
Otherwise, it probably ain't.
There he is.
ED: There he is.
DALE: Got 'em on.
ED: Go ahead, Will.
DALE: Got 'em on!
Get on that rod,
get the lines up.
WILL: It's a keeper.
ED: That might be
the right one there.
DALE: We're tight.
[over radio]
If we can land this fish,
it'll keep us
out of the nuthouse.
TJ: Sounds like
Greg was hooked up a
little bit below us.
Foolish Pleasures
fighting one above us.
One day left, man.
Trying to make it count.
DIRTY: Let's get this money.
GREG: Come on,
boys, we got this.
Last fish of the season.
BILLON: Easing it up.
GREG: That's where
he's dragging us.
Yeah, look at the water on
the stern, he's pulling us
right back, it's beautiful.
DIRTY: Yeah.
GREG: He'll get tired.
BILLON: Feels good.
It's tight.
Everything right now
is just like we want it.
Feels like a big fish.
DIRTY: This fish right
here is gonna put
us where we wanna be.
BILLON: I hope so.
Hoping we get him.
DIRTY: I do too.
BILLON: Working on him.
-Last day of Bluefin
Season and we have to make
sure that we land this fish.
Maybe the only bite we're,
we're gonna get today.
We don't have much
time left and, uh, we
need one more fish.
That's all we can
get, is one more.
So it's imperative
that we land this fish.
DALE: Man, I hope bed bug
don't get near my [bleep].
Hey, Bobby Bed Bug.
Hey, man I got a
fish stretched a mile
back behind my boat,
so just kind of
be aware of that.
We got a fisherman near us,
and our fish is going
straight towards the
fish he's hooked up with.
He's gonna run over my
line and cut off my fish.
It would suck to have things
fall apart in the final hour.
We are desperate to put
a fish on this boat.
WILL: Stay on top of his a*s.
That way if we've got
to go around him we can.
DALE: I gotcha.
ED: Gotcha.
There he goes. There he goes.
WILL: He's gonna
burn it down again.
DALE: He's heading
right for this dude.
This ain't gonna end good.
WILL: Damn, hmm.
DALE: Turn off.
Do not go across the
stern of my boat here.
You're headed, headed right
across the stern, Bobby.
Come on, man.
DALE: Turn to your
starboard, please.
Bobby, turn to your
starboard, buddy.
ED: Keep in mind, we
got Greg right on the
other side of him.
DALE: Headed right
for the red boat.
Damn.
Hey, Greg.
We got a lot of mono out
right here and, uh, this
is, it's a good fish, so.
WILL: Dammit.
DALE: What the
[bleep] [inaudible]?
Come on, man, this
sucks right here.
ED: We're gonna lose
this [bleep] man.
DALE: Watch him!
DALE: Headed right
for the red boat.
Hey, Greg, we got
a lot of mono out right here.
WILL: Dammit.
DALE: What the [bleep]?
Come on, man.
WILL: Oh.
ED: We're gonna lose
this [bleep] man.
DALE: We are desperate to
put a fish on this boat.
We can fall apart
in the final hours,
or we can refuse to end
this season on a bad note.
ED: Dale, run up that way.
DALE: Yeah, that's what
I'm doing right now.
WILL: There you go.
Now get on the other
side of his a*s.
All right?
Good job.
Now keep going straight, Dale.
DALE: Oh, yeah.
No, I'm watching it.
WILL: You're good.
DALE: We're good, buddy.
We're good.
WILL: Holy cow.
That was scary.
ED: This fish is a big deal,
so doing anything out of the
ordinary right now is the end
of the world for us.
We got to get this fish.
GREG: Come on, we got
to land this fish!
Nick's on his way in
with his final fish.
We've been neck and neck the
whole season, but there's
only a few hours left,
so we have to catch
a Bluefin today.
Otherwise, Nick
could win the title.
BILLON: Every fish counts.
DIRTY: All right, I
can see him down here.
Got color, he's doing a spin.
All right, good,
just like we are.
ED: He'll come up.
We'll get him right
where we want him.
GREG: Last fish of
the season, boys.
Let's get him!
DIRTY: Yeah, eyeball!
GREG: Oh, yes, pretty work!
BILLON: Watch out,
get your gaff.
Careful, let's
not lose him here.
Watch that line, buddy.
Got him.
GREG: Great job, guys.
That's awesome.
That's right, all right,
boys, we're going home.
DIRTY: Great season, buddy.
BILLON: It's been awesome.
DIRTY: Great season Greg, woo!
BILLON: Happy to have him.
GREG: Beautiful,
pretty work, boys.
Oh, Dale's still on.
BILLON: Yeah.
GREG: You tired?
DALE: Tired,
we're getting close.
Pull him up.
ED: Got color right here.
WILL: Get a gaff.
Get a gaff.
There he is.
Just get a gaff.
Pull, don't pull
away from him.
Back up! Back up!
Back up! Back up!
He's coming up the tail
rope, just gaff in the tail.
Hold right there, Dale.
Get the tail rope.
Get the tail rope.
[bleep], it's
DALE: Is he really?
WILL: Yeah!
ED: Over here. Over here.
WILL: All right.
ED: All right.
[bleep], yeah.
DALE: Woo!
WILL: That's a
[bleep] 700 pounder.
DALE: Hell, yeah.
WILL: He's 105 or 108 inches.
ED: He's a fat b*stard, man.
Yeah, Will Billy.
DALE: Better to be
lucky than good.
I think we proved that.
Looks like I'm not going
to the nuthouse today.
ED: That's, uh, the best
note we could possibly end on.
WILL: Told you it
was a 700 pounder.
ED: Hell yeah.
WILL: Thank you, Jesus.
ED: 111-inches.
DALE: Ichiwawa!
We couldn't have asked
for a better fish.
WILL: We done took a
ride on the struggle bus.
It's a long ride.
DIRTY: You ready?
BILLON: Yeah.
GREG: We got a nice one there.
DIRTY: 85-incher.
GREG: Nick's on his way
in with his final fish.
And we're right behind him.
Bam.
It all comes down to which
one of us has the better fish.
DIRTY: 87, Frenzy got
her groove back, baby.
GREG: Just caught another one.
The season's over, bam!
TJ: That was it.
That was our
season right there.
We didn't end up getting
one on the last day here
and that's fishing, man.
It is what it is, you
know and honestly,
I'm ready to go home.
Let's bring it in, boys.
Good job today.
JARRETT: That's it,
season's over.
Came out here,
gave it one last shot.
MIKE: That's a wrap.
Quota's full.
Can't complain, it
was a great season.
JARRETT: We're heading
west and going home.
TJ [over radio]: The
Pelicans flew south this
year and they gave these
southerners a run
for their money.
There's no doubt about it.
CHARLIE: Well, our season's
ended up with limited success.
It's not been as good for
me as it was last year.
But put our stuff up and,
and get ready to turn the
page and do the next thing.
MARCIANO: Well, guys,
we gave it a good
try for the last day.
We couldn't make it happen.
I think we should call
it a successful season.
ANGELICA: We caught six fish.
This year was a huge
success for Team Marciano.
MARCIANO: Head
back to the barn.
ANGELICA: Sounds good.
TYLER: It's, uh, it's tough.
It's really tough
when you get smoked.
It's not cool.
DUFFY: It's been a
rough season for us.
You know, we didn't produce
like we did last year, but.
TYLER: That mid-season
slump really cost us,
but there's nothing we can
do about it now.
We just got to
dwell on our season.
Learn from it and try
and do better next year.
It's definitely a
humbling experience.
DALE: It's a Hail Mary
at the end of the game.
GREG: That's it.
NICK: Got us one more.
GREG: Season's over.
NICK: Last day.
GREG: Let's put this one on
the dock and see what we got.
MARY: Yeah, let's take a look.
DENNIS: Let's chop it up.
DALE: Feels great.
It makes up for feeling like
[bleep] about coming in last.
NICK: This bluefin is our last
shot at regaining the lead.
GREG: As long as this
fish isn't the worst
fish of the season,
I'm pretty sure we
got our title back.
DALE: Scotty, what do we got?
SCOTTSO: 609 pounds dressed.
DALE: Hell, yeah.
ED: Nice, hell yeah.
DALE: Yeah.
MARY: 193 pounds dressed.
NICK: All right,
good little fish.
CLIFF: All right, yeah.
DENNIS: 296 pounds dressed.
GREG: See what he
brings us for the last
fish of the season.
SCOTTSO: Wow, you guys,
that was a big fish.
It has the fat we need.
The color is good,
good shape on it...
Get you guys $22 a pound.
DALE: Oh, yes, oh, dude!
ED: Oh, yes.
DALE: My crew
is gonna go home with
a little bit of money.
I wish I could have
done more for them.
We did catch one hell
of a fish though.
MARY: It's a lot of fat.
This much fat in there,
I think it's really
gonna be a nice fish.
Let's see what the
core looks like.
Oh, it's beautiful.
NICK: Beautiful.
MARY: Red. Clear.
NICK: Well this is our
last fish of the season.
MARY: $18 a pound.
NICK: Yeah.
CLIFF: Yeah, bud.
NICK: That's a
good last fish, guys.
CLIFF: Yup.
NICK: That's enough
to put us on top.
But, the fat lady, she
ain't singing just yet.
DENNIS: Pretty little fish
you caught here today.
GREG: Yes.
DENNIS: You see the
nice red tail color?
Definitely some fat
penetrating into the major
lobes, nice clear core.
Nice way to end
the season here...
$18 a pound, guys.
BILLON: All right.
GREG: For a 300-pounder.
BILLON: I like it.
GREG: Hey, that's something.
DIRTY: Good way to
end it, ain't it?
GREG: That is the
way to end it, boys.
We k*lled it.
We k*lled it.
DIRTY: Yeah, we k*lled it.
NARRATOR: Fishin' Frenzy
wins the title this season,
beating out the Little
Shell by just over $3,500.
Finishing third is
Northern underdog Hot Tuna,
while Gloucester's
champ, Pinwheel,
ends ahead of Doghouse
by just $1,200.
Falcon closes its most
successful Southern trip on
top of last year's champ,
Reels of Fortune,
and Foolish Pleasures
salvages their season with
a $13,000 fish that
came just in time.
DALE: Another season.
It ain't what we were
looking for, but it's over.
I love fishing.
It's not necessarily the
greatest financially.
However, a lot of people work
their whole lives making money
so that they can go fishing.
At least we ended it
on a good note, man.
WILL: Yeah, dude.
It was good, man.
DALE: Caught a monster fish.
DALE: Yup, yup.
BRITTON: We earned every
fish that we caught,
but thank God for 'em.
CAINE: Man, I'm out of here.
I'm going to see my dad.
I love y'all.
JACK: Love you, too, man.
NICK: All right, guys.
Frenzy wins again.
And we kept up right till
the bitter end, boys.
I don't think we've seen the
best of what we can do yet.
Greg better watch out.
BRANDAN: He's already
worried for next year,
I can promise you that.
NICK: I guarantee it.
CLIFF: Good, good.
GREG: We beat Nick.
That is the way to end it.
You guys did a hell
of a job this year.
DIRTY: Always a pleasure.
GREG: Awesome.
This season's been
full of competition,
some fun, some pain,
and some really big fish.
-Woo!
-Woo.
GREG: That's all I can ask
for, go out there and catch
fish and catch more than the
rest of the fleet.
Pretty work on
your season, boys.
DIRTY: Pretty work.
GREG: Feels good
to be back on top.
DIRTY: Hey, let's
go get a real beer.
GREG: Yeah.
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05x13 - Down to the Wire
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American reality television series about commercial tuna fishermen based in the Outer Banks who fish for the lucrative Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.
American reality television series about commercial tuna fishermen based in the Outer Banks who fish for the lucrative Atlantic bluefin tuna off the coast of North Carolina.