[josh harris] it's been
3,794 days
since I've seen the old man.
Not one goes by
that I don't think about him.
Watch things happen,
make things happen,
or wonder
what the [bleep] happened.
Right now,
we're making things happen.
I wouldn't trade it
for the world.
[phil laughs]
not one day
that I don't compare
my success to his.
Hey, jeff!
How are we doing, buddy?
Good, man.
Case is ready to go.
But I never realized
how big this could get.
[ship's horn blowing]
time to rock and roll.
Cornelia marie is in hawaii,
baby!
-Whoo!
-[horn blowing]
-whoa!
-Yee-haw!
My dad was
captain phil harris.
Real, buddy!
A legend in the bering sea.
I'm a sweetheart.
You can't get
any better than me.
I'm just a smiling
[bleep] jack.
And he left me with the name.
Yeah.
Boom!
Last year when I found
his charts of hawaii,
detailing a
multimillion-dollar
kona fishery,
I started
to unravel a mystery.
It looks like
your dad experimented
with the most productive
fishing depths
around the entire island.
-[line spooling on reel]
-oh. I got it.
Holy [bleep].
Now, armed with new leads,
I'm heading back
to the big island...
[bleep]
...To uncover
the old man's secret past
and make his dream my reality,
right as the world
turns upside down.
Coronavirus pandemic ripples
through hawaii's economy.
[male reporter] boats sit idle
on the docks,
some stacked four deep.
[josh] but if my dad taught me
one lesson,
it's if anything's
worth a damn...
Wow!
...It's worth fighting for.
-[bleep]
-[laughing]
-a [bleep] shark.
-Yeah.
Oh, [bleep].
-[horn blowing]
-yeah.
Oh, my god, dude.
Heard you guys
might be hiring.
Yeah.
Yeah, I got him.
-This thing is a monster.
-Oh, my [bleep].
What is he doing?
-Fire!
-Ah, [bleep].
We're on fire!
[laughter]
[bleep] up.
[laughter]
here we are. We really
did it this time.
It's an ahi right there.
We're on, bud.
Come on, come on,
come on, come on, brah.
[line spooling on reel]
I guarantee you got ahi on
right now.
Nice fish, man.
Beautiful fish.
He's not circling.
Super, super [bleep] green.
Nice fish.
[speaks hawaiian]... For this
fish, thank you
for blessing us.
It never gets old.
We'll find a home for her.
[speaks hawaiian]
[grunts]
-aw.
-I missed you.
-Hey, mommy.
-Hey.
[kolina]
how did it go out there?
Got a pretty decent
amount of weight, so...
I'm glad you caught fish,
but we got to figure out
how to sell these things.
So I'm
a second generation fisherman.
I've lived in hawaii
for 37 years
and I've never seen an impact
on our community
that's happening right now.
The situation
is still relatively dire
for hawaii's fishing industry,
especially for
a lot of these vessels.
Less than half the fleet
is operational right now
with hotels closed down
and restaurants
making the decision
to close their doors.
It's gonna hurt all the owners
in the pockets.
It's hurting the crews,
the captains.
It might put a few guys
out of business.
[jeff] so once covid-19 made
its way over here in hawaii,
our business numbers
have dropped 88%.
We got to figure
something out.
[line ringing]
[cell phone ringing]
what's going on, big dog?
Hey, look, man,
I know you and casey want
to come back here and fish,
but there won't be a reason to
if we can't figure out
a market.
We got to.
It's crushed, so we've got
to figure something out.
All right, later, man.
[engine revving]
well, that ain't good.
I mean,
jeff's stressing a little bit,
we're stressing a little bit.
Got to really start digging
into things
and dig through everything
I've got in this dome of mine
and come up with an idea
and a solution
to help further our business
to where we can find a market.
But when everything
goes to hell,
I always ask myself, wwphd?
What would phil harris do?
My old man
taught me everything,
how to fish, how to be a man.
[men yelling]
nailed it.
Good job, josh.
He also taught me
and my brother
that every problem
is an opportunity that
we haven't seen yet.
You know, you guys
might be doing this
without me.
And you both have been
taught well enough,
you know, that you guys
should be able to shine.
There's only one person
on this planet
that knows my dad
just as well as I do.
That would be my brother.
I want to see
if he knew anything
about the old man's plan.
It could be something
that I missed.
What's up, buddy?
It's nice, but this don't
quite look like the 'vette.
-No, that's in the shop, dude.
-Oh, yeah.
Good to see you.
Yes. Don't really know much
about this [bleep] car,
but it is what it is.
Yeah, at least it's a chevy,
you know.
At least it's a chevy.
You know, me and my brother
have been apart
for a long time
and I have missed jake
more than anything
on this planet.
Over here,
rub your shoulders
a little bit.
Oh, god.
That is... [bleep].
[phil] you ain't a man
until you pull a tooth out
with a pair of pliers.
-[grunting]
-terrible.
You are!
[laughter]
that's my boy.
After my dad passed away,
my brother really lost it
and got deep
into the drug scene.
And he had to do some time,
and thank god for that,
because he's still alive
and he's doing a lot better.
I'll still take him down.
So these are
the long lost charts, huh?
Mm, there's something.
I didn't quite believe you
when you told me
how detailed
these things were,
but there's a lot going on.
You know,
he might look at them
and have a totally
different perspective
on something
I'm missing because,
you know,
this is the first time jake's
ever seen
the old man's charts.
-Yeah,
I see that it says "good olo"?
-Ono.
Ono?
What the hell is ono?
It's like... Looks like a
barracuda but a lot bigger.
They're huge.
Good ono.
So what's the main fish
that you're going for?
Ahi.
[josh clears throat]
but our biggest problem
right now
is trying to find a place
to sell these fish.
Have you tried going through
some of the old man's stuff
to maybe try to get
some answers?
Not yet.
You know, I was gonna wait
on that a little bit.
I'll go through it with you.
Done.
I'll go grab it.
Last year in between seasons,
I went and collected
all my dad's belongings
from my grandfather's place
in north dakota.
And I kind of put it off
for a long time
because it's the last stuff
of his and it's very painful.
It's just something
that was hard to look at
and deal with.
But with jake by my side,
let's see what we can find.
Look at grandpa.
-That's cool.
-When he was a young man.
How do we still
have full heads of hair, huh?
I don't know.
That's real, right?
-Ah! Yeah, it's real.
-Okay, all right,
all right, just making sure.
What's wrong with you?
Here's vegas.
[josh] oh, yeah.
Las vegas.
Look at this.
-Four queens.
-Four queens there,
the golden nugget's
right there.
The old man
at treasure island,
planning some blackjack.
There's more vegas.
-Vegas, vegas.
-Aloha airlines.
Some chips, binion's.
Baja, mexico, vegas, nevada.
-There's ports...
Baja, mexico.
-Vegas, nevada, is not a port.
He had something going on.
Everything keeps pointing
to vegas, I think.
Charts, books,
coins.
What's the name on that chip?
Ah, binion's.
He has binion's right here,
too.
[josh] when I met up
with sig hansen
to show him the charts...
Well, this thing's like
a treasure map,
I mean,
it's pretty interesting.
...He told me about
the 1980s king crab crash
that was just brutal.
It sent a lot of fishermen out
to the west.
Hawaii was on their radar,
just to have that ace
in the hole,
you know,
that ace up your sleeve.
He thought that might
have driven the old man
to the big island,
so he could keep his chips
in multiple baskets
instead of one.
I'm pretty sure
it's looking like
something's going on in vegas.
Old man was a closet gambler.
He was a gambler, jake.
There's nothing closet
about that.
This looks like he was trying
to find a different place
to sell his hawaiian catch.
[phone line ringing]
case, what's going on,
my brother?
What do you know about vegas?
What do I not know
about vegas?
[both chuckle]
I know that vegas
is the single largest consumer
of seafood
in the continental us.
They go through
$100 million a year
in seafood.
You're kind of like
rain man when it comes
to seafood, you know that?
It's kind of my job.
Got to rock
the sale side of this,
really concentrate
on the business side.
There's nothing exciting
about vegas,
so don't worry about it.
We're gonna follow a few of
the old man's leads
and some connections
of my own.
If we could reel in
some high-end buyers up
for ahi,
we could definitely keep
our business afloat
and create
a whole new revenue stream.
[casey] whoo!
Cool, dude,
let's make it happen.
We lined up some meetings
with general managers
and executive chefs.
Look at the size of this one.
First up is tim lager,
he's the gm of binion's.
And that's where
the old man's poker chip
came from.
This guy's the gatekeeper
to seven different restaurants
across three
different resorts.
Kind of a big deal.
-Josh.
-Josh, nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
-So what brought you guys
here today?
-This guy right here.
I mean, take a look at that.
-Oh.
-I found it in my dad's stuff.
-Wow.
Beautiful.
-What's up, chef?
-What's happening, man?
-It's been years, buddy.
-It's been a while.
-Casey.
-How are you, man?
-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
Barry dakake
is one of my connections.
He ran scotch 80 prime over
at the palms for 18 years.
This guy knows his stuff.
He even served me
and the old man once.
-Do you have a razor blade?
-[both chuckling]
you can't shave when you come
in the restaurant?
Oh, come on.
What's going on, big guy?
How are you?
Nice to meet you.
-Yeah, good to meet you.
-What's going on,
my man?
Thanks for contacting me.
Mark glacin
is the head chef over
at whiskey licker up,
one of the hottest spots down
in old town vegas.
Well, hopefully,
one of these guys
is gonna give us a shot
to keep jeff, casey,
and I going.
Wish us luck, old man.
So tell me, you're coming
to vegas because...?
-We kind of have
a new thing going.
-Right?
We want to get
some fish over here.
-Okay.
-We want to get
some good fresh fish
straight from hawaii,
straight to you guys,
-you know,
from the hook to the cook.
-Sure.
You know,
and it's from the hook
to the cook.
From the hook to the cook.
From the hook to the cook?
You know, cook, to the chef?
And then
the most important part
of what we have to offer you
is the traceability.
Traceability is important,
right?
I buy from
a lobster company here
in las vegas.
But it's still
a company.
You don't get it directly
from the fishermen.
From hawaii?
I don't know when it's caught,
I don't know the fishermen.
If you buy it from us,
you know where it was caught,
when it was caught there,
who caught it.
We cut it,
we remove bloodline,
we remove the skin,
all the bones out, you end up
with a finished piece
of prime rib-style ahi,
-just no waste.
-Ready to use.
So what
kind of price per pound
are you guys looking at
for this?
What are you gonna charge me
for this?
-You're looking at
about 45 bucks a pound.
-[inhales sharply]
$45 a pound?
-Whoa. Okay, you're proud.
Okay, that's really proud.
-Yes.
Does that thing give me a kiss
at the end of this thing
or what?
I mean,
that's an expensive date.
$45 a pound is a lot of money.
Are we gonna be
the exclusive customer
for you guys here in las vegas
or do you have
other accounts here?
We don't have other accounts,
as of yet.
Guys, you're the new guys in
town, you have no accounts,
it's scary.
What do you think?
What are your thoughts on it?
I can't do it.
I just can't do it right now.
I mean, you guys are
just starting on this thing.
Right now, I think we'd have
to kind of put it
on a backburner.
[josh] shot down by tim.
Thank you very much.
Shot down by mark, means barry
is our last chance.
If he says no,
I don't know
what we're gonna do.
This is the culinary mecca
of the world.
If you're telling me
it's gonna be $45 a pound,
I'm out.
I can't do it,
I can't afford it.
Moving beyond price now,
this is something my dad
always wanted to do.
You know what he did
in the crab industry.
He came in as a nobody
and he built himself up.
And then
he became a fleet high liner,
one of the best of the best.
And now it's my turn.
This is about following
in those standards.
You know, we know seafood,
you don't want
to give us a shot?
All right, guys,
here's what's gonna happen.
You send me a sample order,
I'll work with it little bit.
Most important is quality,
consistency, loyalty.
That's how I build
my relationships
with people, okay?
-Got it.
-All right, brother.
Thank you.
-Thank you.
-It's all right.
[josh] I'll take it.
A foot in the door
is a foot in the door.
A 1,000-pound sample order
at 45 bucks a pound,
that's 45 grand.
If we can do that,
the floodgates will open
and then it's on.
Jeff, you got me?
We're headed your way,
we're gonna see you shortly.
All right,
pick us up at the airport.
Now, it's been 3,975 days
since I've seen the old man.
And not one goes by
where I don't think about him.
This definitely means
that your crab
are right here.
We've come a long way, buddy.
-I love you
and I am proud of you.
-Thank you.
You don't get to be a legend
without being a gambler.
Risk versus reward,
that's the name of the game.
And it's my turn to ante up.
[casey] so hot out here.
Everyone always makes jokes,
flip flops, shorts...
[bleep] heatstroke.
Government shutdowns
are crippling the economy
in hawaii for fishermen.
With a little help
from my old man's notebooks,
we got an idea
to sell fish directly
to the massive market
in las vegas.
-What's up, jeff?
-Well,
that's a big a*s tour van.
We have a chance
to prove ourselves with
a 1,000-pound sample order.
But with just a few days
to get it there,
it's gonna be nuts.
Luckily,
we've got a secret weapon.
-Welcome back, boys.
-Hey, man, what's new?
One guy I look up to
in the fishing industry
would be jeff silva.
That's a big [bleep].
He's a guy that works...
Works his tail off.
He's, like, a master
of his craft.
Holy [bleep].
[grunting]
he's one of the most
badass fishermen
I've ever known.
Yeah, man, economy is...
Economy is one thing,
you know, fishermen--
-there's, like, nobody here.
-There's nobody here, man.
It's scary.
And the plane we were on had,
like, 12 people onboard.
[jeff] yeah, I mean,
that's probably crowded
right now.
[casey] it's one thing
to hear about it
on the phone,
it's completely different
to see it with your own eyes.
To see all these hotels
and restaurants shut down,
places we would
normally sell to, it's brutal.
It means beyond anything
you ever know
that you guys
have come back here
to spend another year
with me out here.
Yeah. Well, you know what?
Coming into
a high-stress situation,
it's when we thrive our best.
I think we found ourselves
some possibilities
to help bring life,
pump life back
into this market.
I don't know how josh
and casey landed this order,
but somehow
we're gonna have to fill it.
I'm not saying 1,000 pounds
is gonna be easy,
but we'll get it done.
-[josh] plan of attack.
-[casey] plan of attack.
[josh]
last year we got our feet wet,
but this year
it's a totally
different ballgame.
We have an actual time,
date, delivery
that we need to achieve.
So this time
we've done our homework,
we know
where we want to start.
All right,
where are you guys heading?
We want to go down here,
it's a big bird pile that...
You know,
that phil put on here.
That one,
I want to go check that out.
Definitely worth
heading out down that way.
Phil had a couple marks out
by the tsunami buoy
and we haven't had the chance
to get out there yet.
It is there to detect tsunamis
that are coming
into the big island of hawaii.
If the window's right,
we can make it.
If it's...
It can get pretty
bad out there too, though.
The problem
with the tsunami buoy
is it's 32 miles offshore,
which doesn't sound
like a lot.
But that's very deep water
and it's out in the wind line
and you can take
a pretty healthy butt-kicking
going out there.
All right, well, I guess
we'll get on this
and check it out.
-Let's go do it.
-Yeah, boat ride.
[boat engine revving]
so nice to be out
in this kona air.
We can wear sunscreen,
instead of rain gear again.
This place is paradise.
This year it seems like
casey's kind of starting
to get some confidence
and josh is too,
so hopefully we can
kind of find the fish.
All over the state of hawaii,
we have weather buoys,
which small,
little, tiny baby fish
are gonna go there
and they're gonna feed,
which then are
gonna attract larger fish.
So it's just
a floating ecosystem.
I've had
a lot of success out there
and so I think
it's a really good idea
that we go out
and give it a try.
The only silver lining
with so much hardship
in the hawaiian fishery
right now
is there are less boats out
on the water.
It might mean we have
a better shot at catching ahi.
Holy [bleep].
-Damn it.
-Wow!
We're super far away.
We're not... I mean,
we're hardly even moving.
When you're heading out to
the tsunami buoy,
the conditions change
every mile.
We're [bleep]
in go-slow territory,
current's going 3.5 knots
right now.
Dude, that's like 10 foot
[bleep], man.
It's bigger than our boats.
You know
what the good news is?
If the wind keeps
coming from this way,
we'll have a nicer ride home.
Just hope the [bleep] boat
doesn't [bleep] sink.
[jeff] I'm watching
his bow line.
He's gonna take water
over his bow.
Well, [bleep] here it is.
Yeah, here is the moneymaker.
Slow down.
Oh, [bleep].
Nobody ever said
fishing is easy, baby.
I know these guys are
from the bering sea,
but 35-40 knots
on a 19-foot boat,
it's a different world.
Watch this one.
This is gonna be [bleep] bad,
bro.
-Oh, [bleep].
-[casey exhales sharply]
yee-haw, baby!
I'm just about to go down
and make myself a c*ck,
you want one?
We got an easy 15 more miles,
boss.
Watch yourself.
Whoo!
Yeah, we're starting
to take on water,
it's [bleep]
everywhere [bleep].
You go check that rear hatch,
see how much water
is underneath.
Yep.
Because that will [bleep]
with our stability.
There's a lot of water
back here, bud.
-How much water?
-A lot.
[bleep]
up here on the left,
there's a manual bilge pump,
grab that.
I got the other one going,
but grab that one,
pull it out.
Something's wrong.
Got to go check on them.
[bleep]
all right.
Just stick it down in there
and just start pumping
wherever's bad.
All right, dude.
-Is it working?
-Not really.
This thing is [bleep].
[josh coughs]
case, we've got
a lot of smoke
coming out of here.
-[bleep]
-hey!
-Call jeff.
-I'll get jeff.
I'll get the helm,
you go take a look
at that [bleep] right now.
[bleep] smoke?
Dude, that is not good, man.
-[casey groans]
-hold that up,
it's gonna hit my head.
It's starting to smoke worse.
[casey coughing]
-we're on fire!
-[casey coughing continuously]
starting to smoke worse.
[bleep]
-we're on fire!
-[casey coughing]
dude, that is not good, man.
[josh] it's the first trip
of the season,
we have a 1,000-pound order
to fulfill,
we're 15 miles offshore
and we are on fire.
Not the plan.
[bleep]
use the [bleep]
fire extinguisher.
[bleep] damn thing.
[fire extinguisher hissing]
shut the motor down.
-Shut it off.
-Shut it off?
Shut it off, shut it off.
This smells electrical to me.
If an electric fire
breaks out,
it's not just burning
your boat,
it's gonna get into your fuel,
it's gonna get
into all your electronics,
it's gonna get
into your batteries.
[bleep] ow!
And you're basically
facing a time b*mb.
It's a b*mb.
I think it's coming
from the batteries back there.
-You think so?
-Yeah.
They arc on themselves
or something?
I don't know,
I am gonna go back here
and look at it.
[bleep]
man, these wires are hotter
than hell down here, josh!
It's done, it's cooked.
We can't turn
the batteries back on.
That did not go
how I thought it was gonna go.
[josh] hey, jeff.
Jeff, we're gonna need a tow,
buddy.
-We're dead in the water.
-All right.
Casey, here, take this one!
-Here we go.
-[engine revving]
that was stupid.
When I first saw
their boat on fire,
I'm not gonna lie,
it wasn't funny.
But now after they are okay,
it's a little funny.
I think we [bleep]
smoked the boat,
just about k*lled ourselves,
out of cigarettes.
Serious failure.
[casey] that was the longest
freaking tow job ever.
I'm not so much worried
about the money
it's gonna cost to fix it,
I'm more worried about do
we have enough time to fix it
and still get this order done?
It's not exactly that
we can call barry
and say, "hey, sorry."
yeah, no, we'll lose
that account for sure.
Let's just get the boat
out of the water,
let's see
how bad it really is.
Agreed.
Hawaii 1,
bering sea crabbers 0.
-What's up, boys?
-What's up, brother?
Figuring out the damage here.
What's up, case?
What's the latest?
Here's the
end of battery cable,
that's the ground.
And I don't know
if something shorted
or what happened,
but everything, all the wires
pretty much have charred edges
like that.
We're not gonna be
able to access all the spots
we want to go fishing
that we need to get to
with this boat.
We go out and get
a bigger boat,
or just fix this one, or...
I know of a guy
you can call up,
schedule an appointment.
Upgrading to a bigger boat
isn't something
a captain takes lightly.
And doing it when the prices
at the dock are
at an all-time low,
it's an insane risk.
[phil] they're making money
and I'm spending money.
So it's kind of a tough pill.
[josh] but rolling the dice,
it runs in the family.
Back in 1995,
my dad convinced
the other owners
to dump a million bucks
into the boat
before hitting
the crab grounds.
They cut the boat
into four pieces,
lengthened it
from 107 feet to 128.
More tanks,
more space for crab.
They even raised
the wheelhouse.
That upgrade made it
so he could fit
an extra 100,000 pounds
of crab onboard.
It was a game changer.
So it's at least worth looking
to see what's out there.
-What's up, justin?
-How's it going?
Let's not worry
about price yet,
because I think what you guys
are looking for may be
a lot of what's in this boat.
And this boat could
actually take you
where you want to go
and this is
a true fishing machine.
Now, whenever anybody
tells me, "let's not talk
about price yet..."
we can talk about price.
-All right,
let's just see it first, yeah.
-Let's look at the boat first.
open fisherman cab,
you've got
a nice tower up top,
so you can
definitely spot the tuna
with that, birds.
Twin 300 outboards,
so this boat is fast.
You've got 260 gallons
of fuel capacity.
The range on this boat,
And if you see the hinges
right there,
that whole entire tower
will actually fold down,
so you can trailer
this boat anywhere
on the island.
You can take it
to south point,
you can take it to hilo,
you can take it up
to kawaihae.
This boat's plug and play,
you guys are
out there working.
So normally we'd be at 399
on this boat,
but we could actually do it
for 360.
One day
it's been fished, 360.
But only one.
$40,000 day on the water,
benefit for you guys.
$360,000, you know
how many king crab that is?
It's a lot.
[casey]
if you look at 275-mile range,
pack in 3,500 pounds of fish
or better,
I think this
might be the next step
for what
we're working towards.
When I said
we needed a bigger boat,
I was thinking, like,
but 360, that's massive.
We got some big orders,
I mean, this definitely
can push the limits
of what we just went through.
Definitely gonna need
a bit more than
what we'd
originally talked
about between three of us.
A little bit more?
It's a lot more.
For something like this,
it could make us
but it could also bury us.
Even pooling our money,
this boat is still
$100,000 past our budget.
But I know a guy,
he might be able to float us.
A long time ago,
I came to you for help,
you helped me out.
So, I'm coming to you
for help again.
So, if you would be willing
to go partners with us?
Or should I say
I know a pirate?
Well, how much money
are you talking about?
Just a little... Little help,
like, maybe, you know,
[jonathan clears throat]
100k?
Yeah, 100k.
What's going on, hillstrand?
Hey, man.
How you doing, buddy?
A long time ago
I came to you for help,
you helped me out.
So I'm coming to you
for help again.
So, if you would be willing
to go partners with us?
Well, how much money
are you talking about?
Just a little... Little help,
like, maybe, you know,
[jonathan clears throat]
100k, right?
So what happens if
I lend you 100 grand
and you don't pay me back?
Well, there might be a skull
and crossbones
right after cornelia marie.
[jonathan laughs]
so how about that?
When my dad passed away,
jonathan was
kind of the guy that,
you know, picked me up,
dusted me off.
Ready to work your a*s off?
Yes, sir.
Josh harris,
we're gonna teach him
everything we know.
As I'm calling him,
I'm just hoping
and praying he says yes.
We'd all be partners.
Jeff, casey, you and I.
Well, it's like my dad's dream
-that I get to fulfill too.
-Yep.
I don't lend people money,
but I'll buy a boat
with you.
-Okay.
-How about that?
Josh harris
is like family to me.
And he needs a new boat,
a bigger boat.
Phil would have done
the same [bleep] thing.
I see a lot of similarities
between phil harris
and josh harris.
-I'm in.
-Okay.
I'm gonna come out
and hang out
with you guys again,
that was fun.
Perfect, jonny.
Thanks, brother.
-Okay, thanks. Good bye.
-Bye, bye.
It's hard not to
like josh harris.
Well, probably
if he was an animal,
he'd probably be a koala bear,
and he'd hug you,
or a baby monkey that hugs.
[guttural laugh]
-that was hillstrand.
-Yeah?
I told him
what our situation was,
where our budget was,
said may need a little bit of
help, a little bit of coinage,
make him
a little bit of a partner.
Partner just in the boat,
right?
Just in the boat.
And I think
we can make this happen.
-You guys down to do this,
casey?
-I'm in.
I'm in.
You in?
Yeah, let's see what happens.
-Go talk with the man.
-All right.
This boat not only
does it look cool
but it's definitely big enough
to go into the seas
we need it to go into.
It's got the range
and it can pack a payload.
-[casey] doing okay?
-[josh] looking good!
It's one thing
to have a $20,000 boat
that you pay cash for,
it's another thing to have
that big of a boat
and a boat payment
that you have to make.
Good.
Should be clear.
-Don't let go.
-I won't.
It hasn't floated away yet,
we're doing good.
Look at the sea turtle,
it's huge.
That's good luck right there.
Like he's just coming over
to bless the boat for us,
right?
Wow.
If it was casey
it'd be bright red,
but about the same shape.
I'm getting away
from the dock.
Knowing that we have
the right machinery
to do the job,
you know, jeff's got skills,
we got skills,
so let's do this.
All right, buddy.
New boat,
let's see what she can do
at the tsunami buoy,
'cause the last one...
I don't think this thing
will be a problem.
[engine revving]
here we go.
[casey laughing]
man, she's definitely
cutting it.
This boat is literally the key
to unlock those spots
on my dad's chart.
We're gonna go out there
and we're gonna rage,
we're gonna risk it.
If it's a risk, hopefully
it will be worth the reward.
It's going pretty good,
this tub, compared
to the little guy.
We're about
where we were at last time.
I think you guys are
in a better situation.
We can bury into this.
We got this.
What do you think?
You want to go for it?
Yeah,
we're about halfway there.
You might be waiting for me
this time.
All right, let's hit it.
Come on, tsunami buoy,
I've got a vegas order
to fulfill.
First time we take
this boat out,
we decide to attack
the tsunami buoy
right out of the hole.
We already got
our butts kicked there once.
You know,
we're going straight back
to that school yard,
and we're gonna stomp
that bully.
Thirty-five miles offshore,
starting to get nautical.
All right, you think maybe
we should have a safe word?
[bleep] abracadabra.
Abracadabra it is.
Show me the magic!
Oh, boy.
Holy [bleep].
Abracadabra.
No abracadabra.
Never!
[bleep]
that's got to be it, man.
-That's got to be it, buddy.
-Finally made it.
Oh, [bleep].
I think
it's kind of funny-looking,
isn't it?
Weird-looking buoy, dude.
Hawaii 1,
bering sea crabbers 1.
It only cost us 360 grand,
but, hey,
at least we're on the board.
I've never seen
this many birds out here
in one area.
There's things jumping
all over the place out here.
All right, man,
we're here, though,
so let's just get fishing.
See how it goes.
[josh] let's do this.
We'll fish.
All right, what's gonna be
the lucky guy?
You.
Yep, all right, got you.
Mr. Business over here.
Sorry, dude.
I know, it's uncomfortable
for me, too.
First order is 1,000 pounds
skin-off fillets of ahi
and mahi-mahi.
Now we've got the boat
to get it done,
with 3,500 plus pounds
of storage.
Okay, little buddy, you ready
to go do some damage for me?
Here you go, buddy.
Get 'em.
We need a fast start
and the tsunami buoy
has got to hit big.
[gulls squawking]
oh, yeah.
This little guy's just
twitching, he is going crazy.
No,
he didn't just pull that hard,
did he?
[line spools on reel]
we're on.
All right.
Think it's a mahi-mahi, maybe,
it's staying up.
Oh, [bleep].
Think I might have lost him.
I have a feeling
we're just gonna get
a piece of floss back.
Got jacked.
Got jacked by something.
Dang it.
[jeff] seeing some bigger
marks down deep,
looks like there
might be ahis.
Hopefully we can kind of get
some of these guys to bite,
you know, anything right now
kind of helps for vegas, so...
We're marking
a big fish right now.
This is the fish right here
that we're marking.
It's up here, kind of see
how they're kind of going down
these dark red lines
right here.
All this stuff up here
is bait.
We're staying over the big
marks, that's good,
that means
that you're over the fish.
If you don't see the big
marks, that means
either the fish is behind you
or it's gone deeper
or it's moved away.
[line spools on reel]
we're on.
Fish on.
It's bouncing,
so it seems like it's an ahi
for sure.
Nice fish.
Yeah, jeff's on,
he's got a fish on.
Good for him.
If I can get the leader...
So this is the most
critical part of the fight,
I don't want to lose him
right here.
Oi, [bleep].
This guy is cartwheeling
all over the place.
[jeff exhales sharply]
tsunami buoy is paying off.
You know, it's a b*tch
to get out here,
but we're off to a good start.
[phone ringing]
-hello?
-How's it going?
It's a nice fish, man.
It's a good day.
How's it going for you guys?
Just found a floater.
Throwing the bait around
that right now and see
if that works out,
but bummed out, man.
We'll catch you up.
We're trying.
I know you are, man.
Just dial in that new boat,
you'll figure it out.
You're a smart guy,
you'll get them.
Even though fish
aren't biting, man,
I'm getting hungry.
I'll tell you what,
I'm ready to bite.
You're always hungry.
We need a new bag of tricks.
We need something good.
We need to find a rhythm.
Somehow, someway,
we got to find our omen,
you know, like something.
Spent all this money
on a nice shiny boat
and not holding our end of
the bargain up, you know.
Okay, we're good, neutral.
Sometimes when I start eating,
we hook up.
Maybe it's because
I eat all day, but...
So what?
Let's go.
Blow this popsicle stand.
I'm gonna show you guys
a magic trick.
This is how we turn
a little fish into a big fish.
Fishermen have
all kinds of crazy ideas
on how to hunt their prey.
I know my old man
definitely did.
These crabs have gas.
Find those fart bubbles,
we got it made.
You watch,
if there's fart bubbles,
there's crabs.
Casey, well, he thinks eating
is his golden ticket.
We'll see.
I kind of want
to finish the sandwich,
but at the same time,
I kind of want
to get the fish.
[bleep]
it worked.
[line spooling on reel]
-get out of here!
-[laughter]
you can't make this
[bleep] up!
[ignition fails]
[bleep]
this would be the bolt
that holds our car alarm
on the carburetor.
Casey had one job
and that was to get
a rental car.
We're in the middle
of a [bleep] desert right now.
It's about 109 degrees.
Good, that should do it.
Of all the vehicles that
we could have rented,
pretty much anything,
would have been
more reliable than this.
[ignition fails]
and now the car is dead.
Oh, it's deader
than a door nail.
[ignition continues to fail]
[engine revving]
so just like
on the cornelia marie,
it breaks, I fix it,
josh watches.
[tires screeching]
whoo!
Oh, [bleep].
-It worked.
-[line spooling on reel]
[laughs]
you can't make this
[bleep] up!
[josh] we followed my dad's
notebooks
all the way down to vegas
and ended up getting
a 1,000-pound order of fish.
That can really save
the business.
We followed his charts
all the way to tsunami buoy,
after an hour, nothing.
But then casey starts eating.
Oh, wow, that's a big one.
Man, look at that,
he's jumping.
We might just have ourselves
a magic sandwich.
Beautiful fish,
beautiful fish.
-Oh, nice job, case.
-[casey grunts]
redeemed myself on the gaff
with a mahi-mahi.
-Look at that one, right
through the gills, aha!
-Way to go, buddy.
-[laughs]
-dude.
And you saved part
of the sandwich too?
You know
we're getting another one.
Don't touch that sandwich.
-Just put it in gear, josh.
-Roger.
There's got to be
a school here,
there's a bunch of...
Oh, you can't make
this up, dude,
every time you take
a bite of the sandwich,
we get a fish.
Oh-h*.
Smooth.
Don't touch that sandwich
-till we get that food
for the vegas order.
-Yeah, I know.
-I know, I know, I know.
-Okay.
You sound like my mother,
"don't eat the sandwich."
hey, if it makes sense,
it makes dollars, buddy.
How many sandwiches
did you bring?
Well, apparently not enough.
All right, we're hooked up.
I don't know how big it is.
I know casey and josh
just got one.
This one's got
some weight to it.
I don't want to lose him.
He's just not happy.
Looks like he's hooked
in the corner,
but he did a real, weird,
weird loop on me.
Lots of times when fish
do circles like that,
they've been hooked before.
These guys are swimming
real weird, man,
they're doing weird circles
on me.
Every time they come up,
they act like
they're coming up
and then
they just get real finicky
by the boat.
[splashing]
they act like
they're gonna give up
and then they just do
this stupid circle
right here by the boat and
they just keep running on me.
You know, you never want
to try to let a fish go but,
you know, I don't want
to get hurt either.
[jeff exhales sharply]
nice fish.
Looks to be about 110.
[speaks hawaiian]
for this beautiful fish.
Worked hard for her. Thank you
for blessing us with it.
[speaks hawaiian]
just try to keep filling
this order, man.
We've got a lot of work to do.
I don't know
how my partners are doing,
but we're working together,
so no matter what,
it doesn't matter.
-Yeah!
-[line spooling on reel]
-another one?
-Yeah.
All right, dude.
[bleep] you're on a roll,
baby.
Wow, that's a big one.
Damn.
Nice job, buddy!
And you still have part
of a sandwich left, dude.
-Well, I'm saving it.
-I bet!
I got three fish left
in that, if I bite it right.
[josh laughing]
every time
this guy takes a bite,
we get a fish.
We've got to try
this crab fishing.
All right, look at that.
Oh, wow!
-Nice job, case.
-Oh, [bleep].
b*tch, get in there,
you little b*stard.
We are out of live bait, bud.
We're out of sandwiches too,
so I know what that means.
I think it's time
to just wrap it up,
we'll go tally how much
poundage we got.
First day fishing
with the new boat
and we k*lled it.
Jeff's two massive ahi
are worth 2k a pop.
And we raked
in a bunch of mahi-mahi.
Hopefully we're close
to 500 pounds
and halfway
to filling this order.
We got a long run,
be back out tomorrow.
All right... Oh!
I just walked
into the new pole.
Oh, there's a pole there.
[casey laughing]
good job.
All right, I'm out of here,
dude.
I'm tired.
Time to hit the docks,
get these bad boys processed,
and hopefully buy
a lot more sandwiches
for tomorrow.
First trip on the boat,
we got our first load in.
Oh, yeah.
Can't beat that.
What's up, boys?
Ever heard of shoes?
Hawaiian shoes.
-You hawaiians, man,
you're crazy.
-Hawaiian shoes.
So I got some good news
and some bad news.
-What's up?
-Good news is
I'm super proud of you guys.
You guys are catching fish,
you're working hard.
Bad news is after processing,
gutting, gilling,
we're nowhere near
what we need.
[josh] so when cut down
to a finished fillet,
we only have a third
of the 1,000 pounds.
There's a lot more to go
and we have
to catch this fish fast
and get it to vegas
as fresh as possible.
But all in all,
it's still a good start.
You know, my dad
would be really proud today.
We came over here,
we've achieved something that
was just a pipe dream to him,
and we're actually doing it.
We'll get it figured out.
Three amigos right here.
Here's to 4:00am
at the boat ramp.
I don't know
if I believe in destiny,
but taking my old man's dream
and turning it into a business
seems like something
I was cut out for.
I can't wait to see
what comes next.
-[ship's horn blowing]
-yeah, brother.
-Oh, my god, dude.
-Heard you guys
might be hiring.
Oh, [bleep].
Man versus fish.
Nice.
-All the way in the bucket.
-Nice.
There are so many places
that we've been
-and way more that
we haven't been.
-[bleep]
[laughing]
see the size of that thing?
-Oh, sorry.
-Get the fish,
by mahi-mahi!
Coming down, I'm coming down.
Keep me pointed.
We're trying to
basically set more lines,
so we increase our chances.
Oh, [bleep].
There's something that just
jumped in front of us.
Those are aku.
-This thing is a monster.
-Oh my.
Oh, [bleep].
A [bleep] shark.
-Oh, [bleep].
-Wow!
I don't know how much bigger
they can go than this.
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02x01 - Brother's Keeper
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As the boat F/V Cornelia Marie was being remodeled, Josh Harris found Hawaiian fishing charts that his late father, Captain Phil Harris, left behind.
As the boat F/V Cornelia Marie was being remodeled, Josh Harris found Hawaiian fishing charts that his late father, Captain Phil Harris, left behind.