03x07 - A Crack in the Mystery

[bunniefuu]

[shane] yeah.
Hey, how's it going, man?

Is this, uh,
gulf coast steel builders?

Trying to find anyone
that worked at horton boats
in, uh, 1989.

All right.

Yeah, thanks anyway.

Hello. Is this jw marine?

Yeah, I'm trying to find out
if anyone met or knew
captain phil harris.

[josh] we followed my old ma
from hawaii

To the gulf of mexico,

The birthplace
of the cornelia marie.

[man] phil was here
an awful lot,
doing construction.

If he was fishing this area
at that time,

It was probably orange beach,
I would assume.

[josh] so far, it's led us
to a new client...

I'll give you a chance,
and then we'll go from there,
you know.

[josh]
...And some new species.

-[man 1] yes, sir!
-[all] yeah!

[man 2] wow.

[josh]
but while demand is high...

[men cheering and whooping]

...Dad's trail is going cold.

[shane] yeah, I'm just trying
to find out

If anyone had any interactions
with captain phil harris.

All right. Thanks, man.

[josh]
our orders keep coming in,

So the plan is to find out
what the old man was up to,

Because following
in his footsteps
always leads to fish.

[cell phone ringing]

Hello?

Yes, it is.

Yeah, thanks
for calling me back.

And do you have
this guy's number?

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I got a pen.

Yeah, give me that number.

Have a good one.
Thank you again.

Appreciate it.

I found someone
who knew the old man, dude.

-Come on.
-[laughing] yes!

[casey] what's goin' on, boys?

I'm thinking maybe this guy's
got some information

On if the old man actually
was fishing down here,

And if he was, where?

It depended on how much time
your dad spent down here when
that boat was being built.

You know that shipyard
wasn't going
seven days a week,

So what did he do
when he wasn't down there?

I'll admit, I doubted josh
about this place at first,

But there is room
for expansion in this fishery

If we do it right,

And following leads from phil
is how we found success
in hawaii.

How'd you find this stuff out?

Just calling all day,
shipyard to shipyard,

Just anywhere near horton's.

You went about that
kind of in a smart way.

I'm impressed, shane.

It was the only one
I could find that knows
anything about it.

Do you believe him?

Well, I mean,
there's only one way
to find out.

[casey] you know,
we got the cobia, the snapper,

Amberjack, tuna.

I mean, that's gonna be a lot
to leave on my plate,

Especially if you guys end up,

You know,
turning over more stones
way up north, there.

[josh] after we delivered
on the swordfish and gar,

Our hooker matt
gave us another order.

It's tuna
and a couple exotic species
I've never caught before,

But we need help
to get it done.

[casey]
I'm kinda thinking about
maybe calling jeff up,

See if he'll come over
and go fishing with me,

So I'll tell him
to bring his gear.

We can get him
on an airplane tonight

If he's got, you know,
no fish to get rid of
right now.

[josh] well, that would be
a beautiful thing.

Just give him a call
and see what you can get
out of him.

[jeff] yo, casey!

I made it.

Yeah, you did.

-I'm ready to go fishing.
You ready?
-Yeah. Ready as I'll ever be.

Yeah, like, I mean, like,
right now, like, ten minutes.

-Really?
-Yeah.

[heavy helueston] you alive?

-[josh] barely.
-Barely. Oh.

[jeff]
pretty far way to come, man.

-Hey, this is ronald.
-How's it going?

-Ronald. Awesome.
-Captain ron, meet the prawn.

-Ron, how's it going?
-You should be proud of me.

-Absolute... Good on you.
-[casey] nice shirt, man.

-You like that?
-Yeah, yeah, it's sick.

-Yeah? Maybe I'll get you one
someday.
-Someday?

-I'll take one.
-Yeah.

[all laughing]

[jeff] okay, man. Xx?

-Yeah. You know it.
-All right.

[ron] oh, he's got you one
in the bag. Look at that.

-[casey] oh, you got
one for me?
-Got your favorite, man.

-Nice!
-Gave you the blue one.

-I'm gonna look like
a *bleep* blueberry.
-I know.

[casey laughs]

-[jeff] wow, look at you,
all blue.
-Whoo.

-Look quite a way.
-You look good, man.

-You still, uh...
-Matches your side.

There you go. There you go.

Thank you, brother.
Appreciate it.

Appreciate you having me.

-Hey, no problem, brother.
It's what I'm here for.
-All right, man.

-Hey, can we boogie?
-Let's go.

-Let's go.
-Let's hit it.

[josh] tomorrow we meet
the guy that's got
some information on our dad

But for today, me and shane,
we're tugging in tuna,

And jeff and casey
are gonna tackle amberjack,

Snapper and cobia.

[jeff] louisiana, baby.

I don't know, man.
Everywhere I think
I've seen it all,

And these guys just keep
bringing me to places...

Pretty cool, pretty crazy.

No, I've never been
up here before.

You know,
I'm a little uncertain,

But you know what?

I trust these guys
with everything,

And if they tell me
they need my help,

I'm gonna be there,
so here I am.

[casey] dude, it's like
a wonderland of structures.

Who needs buoys when you got
this much structure out here,
right?

[jeff]
I mean, yeah, it's crazy.

One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten,

-11,12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
-There's a lot.

-...19, 20, 21...
-There's a lot.

-There's 60 of 'em, just here.
-I know.

[casey] it's pretty crazy,
all that.

-All the life.
-[jeff] it's insane, isn't it?

[casey] all the life.

[jeff] I still don't agree
with the idea of moving
our business from hawaii,

But josh and casey,

They both see potential
down here,

So I owe it to them
to give it a shot.

[casey]
we just got to rig 8-17, her

We're gonna try to catch
some amberjack.

We're gonna start
at these rigs.

They're, like,
ten to 24 fathoms deep.

The amberjack like 'em
because the squid
and the hornbellies

And other little fish, like,
hang out there.

It's like a fast food stop
for amberjack.

-[machine beeps]
-[casey] marking.

Marking at 100.
We got four of 'em.

Uh. We got *bleep*
in the bottom too.

[heavy] all right.

Back on, boys. Get 'em ready.

Down the bucket, shane.

All right, here we go.

Make it count, boys.

We are getting a frenzy going.

At least, we're attempting it.

[josh] there you go.

Send this little guy out.

Go do your job, little man,
and, uh, we shall be happy.

Go run a marathon for him,
pal.

-[josh] you ready to roll?
-[heavy] oh!

Rod, right now.

You got a good crank,
good crank, good crank.

All right, josh. Got him on!

[josh] oh, boy,
we got something on.

[shane]
what you got there, josh?

[josh] I don't know
what we got yet,

But it's big... Ger.

All right, dude.

[josh] fish are on,
and we haven't even had
lines in for five minutes.

[josh] seein' something.

All right, dude.

Hey.

[heavy]
big ol' skipjack tuna.

[josh] all right. Well,
that's a good way to start
the day off, though.

-It's a beautiful fish.
-Oh, look at that blue
on that thing.

-Yeah, look at the blue.
-Damn.

That blue is beautiful.

-Wow.
-[heavy] there you go, buddy.

[shane] that literally took,
like, three minutes for that.

-[shane] and you just put that
out there?
-Yes, sir.

-My god!
-[heavy] didn't even make it
all the way round the rig yet.

[josh] skipjack, you know,
it's a great fish to have
for bait.

Hoping to get something
a little bit bigger than that.

It's getting frisky.

You're gonna be on
in a second. Here you go,
you're on.

Go on.

Crank, crank, crank her.

-Yeah, buddy!
-We got one.

[ron] cast that boy in, jeff.

[casey] all right!

-[ron] that's a lot of action
here, casey.
-You got a good one?

It looks not bad.

[casey] it was taking line
there for a second, huh?

Yeah.

So, do they go down
and wrap round the rig?

-Yeah, if you don't pull
'em away.
-Yeah.

Is he still on?

Man, with g*ns like that,
it just looks that easy,
you know what I'm saying?

[man] yeah.

-See him?
-Yeah.

-Oh, great. Oh, yeah.
-He's right here.

[casey]
land this son of a b*tch, huh?

Jab him in the head.

[casey] no, no, no, no, no.
Don't go down.

Don't go down,
you little b*stard.

[jeff] nice!

-That's a nice one.
-Hell, yeah.

There you go. We got a fish.

-[casey] first one.
Got a fish!
-[jeff] awesome.

Back in hawaii,
these are kahala, like...

This is really
good eating fish,

But we just can't eat 'em
because they're parasite,

But up here,
it's a great eating fish.

[casey]
first out in the water,
first amberjack in the box.

What did I tell you
about this place?

You said you needed my help.

So far, it's been pretty easy.

It's probably
just beginner's luck.

Yeah, we're on.

Oh, yeah.

Keep drawing it.

-[casey] feel like a big one?
-Probably a good-sized one,
yeah.

-Nice!
-Yeah, buddy.

Are you gonna sweat now?

Get your pen and paper out,
casey.

He's so damn strong.

[casey] it's a big thing
in hawaii. You never let
the fish see the gap.

-If they see that gap,
they run.
-[ron] should be close.

-Oh, hey, it's right there.
-[casey] there he is,

-Right in front of ya.
-[ron] rods!

All the captain's trophies
over here, fellas.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah!

-[casey] nice one.
-[ron] nice one, baby.

-Good job, brother.
-Good job, boys.

-Hey, good catch.
-Good job.

-[casey] good job.
-[jeff] good job.

[casey] we got most
of the amberjack we needed I
like, a half a day fishing.

If we get one more good one,

One more big one,

We can move on
to snapper and cobia.

That bait's nervous.

Something down there
giving him hell.

Whoa. Too small, casey?

Real screamer.

[jeff] oh, that's a big one.

-It's a big one.
-[jeff] a big trophy.

Oh, *bleep*.

[exhales heavily]

I smell like your grill.

You are the electric grill.

-"caseymolov."
-yeah. I think the batteries
are going.

[all laughing]

[ron] ten more feet, casey.

[casey] ten? Come on, baby.

Still rippin' it.

[ron] too small, casey?

Argh! Just wanna make sure
that we don't lose him.

[ron] he's close. Right there.

[casey] god. Feels heavy, man.

-[ron] bring him up.
-Feels heavy, man.

[casey] we flew jeff here,

All the way from hawaii,
to start chipping away
at this order.

If we can haul this one in,

We can scratch amberjack
off the list.

[ron] ten more feet, casey.
It's close. It's right there.

Oh, look at the size of him,
boy. Whoa.

Nice.

[jeff] whoa!

[casey] nice.

[casey and ron] nice!

-Yeah!
-Hello, baby!

-The size of that one, boy!
-Yeah, buddy.

-Good one right there.
-That's a big fish.

-Awesome. Well done, captain.
-Nice work.

-Thank you.
-Nice work.

There you go, brother.

-[ron] good job. I knew
you reeled them in.
-Whoo!

-[ron chuckles]
-[casey] looked good, too.

[ron] *bleep*, yeah.

[casey]
that's 200 pounds
of amberjacks, easy,

But we still have
snapper and cobia to catch.

Those are usually closer
into the shoreline,

So we're gonna move over there
and see what happens.

-[josh] you got one on, buddy?
-[shane] I got one on, dude.

[josh] oh, yeah.

-[shane] here we go
with the popper.
-[josh] all right.

Here we go. There you go.

All right.
Is it a good-sized one?

-Yeah, I would think it is
a good-sized one...
-Oh.

-Wow!
-...And it was pulling
underneath the boat.

[heavy] keep him tight.

Oh, no!

[heavy] hold the rod out. Out!

Hold it down.

Nice job, shane.
You're doing good, buddy.

[shane] okay, there he is.

[shane pants]

[heavy] he's a yellowfin, no?

-[josh] all right.
-All right.

[josh] baby yellow.

-[heavy] yeah.
-[josh] wow.

We got a small tuna.

It's enough
for a couple of pounds.

Aw, man.

-[heavy] two fish tacos.
-Two fish tacos?

[shane] oh.

[josh] shane and I have to g
350 pounds of tuna.

So far today,
we're catching bait with bait
at the normal hotspots.

Just know that we came out

And did our diligence,

Did our best,

And our best
wasn't good enough today,

But there's always tomorrow.

[ron] drop it down.
Let's try it on...

Try it on this side
and see what happens.

Send that bait out
as far as you can.

Went out for about 150.

Well, I put the b*mb
in the water,

Dropped it down
to about 150 feet.

I had to count it out
in seconds.

And now...

Just gotta get old captain ron
to put us on.

Run it right in front
of their face, buddy.

Snag 'em by the tail
if you have to.

It don't matter,
as long as they get hooked.

[casey] that's right.

[casey]
we caught all the amberjack
which is great,

But since we moved,

We haven't seen
a single snapper or cobia.

Ooh, marlin! Marlin.
I got a marlin on.

Hey, casey. Get on a rod.
Get on a rod!

-[ron] hey,
get on the wheel.
-[casey] yeah, yeah.

Whoo!

[jeff]
oh, that's a big *bleep*,
dude.

[man laughing]

-[jeff] wow.
-[ron] oh, he's going now.
Don't worry about it.

Hey, that was
a little excitement
right there. [laughing]

Hey, he's at least 300, huh?

-Yeah, he is 300.
-Yeah.

[jeff] at least three.

[jeff] a 300-pound marlin
like that in the area...

He ain't leaving.

Smaller fish, like the cobia
and the snapper,

They're gonna stay hidden
in the rigs.

Well, buddy,
this ain't working out
so good, huh?

No.

Maybe we gotta come up
with a different plan, here.

Did you bring
your dive stuff with you?
Speargun?

I have it. I don't have it
with me.

[casey]
'cause if they ain't biting,
we gotta get 'em, right?

-Yeah.
-It's worked for us before.

It's kind of foreign territory
up here.

I don't really know a lot
about the grounds,

I don't really know a lot
what's under the water,

But I do know
that diving's popular
out here,

But yeah, I mean, if we could
maybe get around some, uh...

Maybe get around a rig
that's got maybe
some more clear water,

That's got some action,
it might be worth
maybe jumping in.

I like that idea,
'cause we need to get
some more fish.

Just ain't cutting it
right now.

-Yeah.
-What do you think?

Think we can dive on 'em
'round here and sh**t 'em?

Hell, yeah.

Yeah, I can,
but I ain't getting
in the water.

I'll bring you
wherever you wanna go, baby.

[jeff] so, it's been going
pretty good.

We got some...
Got some amberjack,

Some... Back home,
we call them kahala,

But we're not catching
any of the snapper,
the mangrove,

And can't find
any cobia anywhere.

There's a guy up here
by the name of louis.

He goes by "butch".

There's hundreds of oil rig
out here,

So going to one after another,

Searching for what we need,

We don't have the time
to do it,

So I literally need him

To take me straight
to the ones he knows
that's holding the fish

And basically just try
to put me on 'em.

So, that one you hook
on a tight line?

Yeah. This one I just...
I hook right here...

-Mmm.
-...To my bungee
and my buoy.

Like, I'm tellin' ya,
yesterday

I was just, like, going out
to get a little practice
with that g*n,

And I was sh**ting at *bleep*,
like, you know,

Almost to the front of that,
to where ron
or the next guy...

From that distance,
if you're hitting it,
it don't matter.

-It was a good shot.
-It was a good shot, yeah.

[jeff] having a local diver
to watch my back is critical

At these shallow rigs,

The water's super-murky,

And predators like that marlin
could be feet from you,

And you wouldn't even know.

Other than that?

Walk in the park.

[shane] hopefully,
this guy knows something.

[josh] well, hopefully
this dude's legit.

There's a lot of people
out there that'd say
they knew the old man,

But, you know,
they just wanna come
and hang out and talk with ya.

[shane] I don't know, man,
but it's the best lead we got.

And I think this is the guy.

-David?
-Yes.

-So, I'm josh.
-Hey, nice to meet you, man.

-Nice to meet you.
-I'm shane. How's it going?
Having fun?

-Nice to meet you, man.
-Nice meeting you.

-[josh] so, I hear you knew
the old man.
-Uh...

[shane] all right, man.

David?

-Yes.
-So, I'm josh.

Hey, nice to meet you, man.

-Nice to meet you.
-I'm shane. How's it going?
Having fun?

-Nice to meet you, man.
-Nice meeting you.

-So, I hear you knew
the old man.
-Yes. Yes, I did.

I used to work the fuel dock
in '89,

And I remember his name,
coming across all the tickets.

How old were you
when you seen, you know,
all these bills?


somewhere round that age.

What was he actually doing?
Like, what stood out on there?

Um, large amounts of fuel.

He was buying large amounts,

And he was putting it
in cans, totes...

I mean,
any way he could carry it.

[shane] like,
a couple of hundred gallons?

-[david]
a few hundred gallons, so...
-Really?

Yeah, that's odd,
'cause, I mean,
who ever does that?

Huh.

How often? Do you know
how often he was doing it?

Probably three, four times
a week.

-[shane] wow.
-A lot.

-Was it diesel?
-No, gasoline.

Gasoline. Are you talking,
like, he was buying a lot
of fuel just to fuel a car?

-Had to be a boat.
Some type of...
-[josh] a big boat?

Oh, yeah. He was buying
way too much to fuel a car.

Probably bargaining
with somebody to go fishing,

By giving 'em
free fuel or something
so they'd take him out.

I mean, that's what we do
up north.

Are you guys...
Y'all fishing here now?

No, we came down here
to try to build
another delivery hub,

And, uh, you know,

Also try to figure out things
about my dad too,
at the same time.

Awesome.

You always wanna understand
why people do
what they do,

And I was a young kid then,

-So I didn't understand
a lot, you know?
-[david] right.

[shane] and it's hard,
investigate stuff, you know?

Yeah, I can imagine.

There's no... 'cause,
you know, it's hard...

I mean, I've made
many phone calls, trying even
to find anyone,

You're the only person
I could find.

So, you got anything else?
Anything at all?

Not... Not really. I...
I was 17.

[softly] yeah. I got you.
I understand.

Yeah, I don't know
if it's a lot of information,

But hopefully it helps some.

It does actually.
More than you know.

-Thank you for your time,
I really appreciate that.
-[david] all right. Great.

I really appreciate it.

-[shane] thanks for meeting
with us, man. All right.
-[david] oh, no doubt.

-[shane] so whattaya
think, man?
-Well,

If he's getting all that fuel,

Then obviously,
he's gotta be goin'
over 150 miles out.

Probably.

You know, I mean,
that's the only thing
that makes logic to me.

Let's go take a look
at those charts.

Yeah, let's go see
what we can find.

The water's not
as blue as back home,
that's for sure.

Looks...
Looks a little murky.

But it's only about
so this is a whole new world.

Dealing with these massive,
massive structures,

Currents that are moving
at 5, 6 miles an hour.

A lotta things
that can go wrong
really, really, really quick

[casey] cobia
and snapper are around,
but they're elusive.

They keep hidin'
in the rigs for shelter.

So if they're not gonna
come to us,
jeff's gonna go to them.

[ron] you see 'em swimmin'
right there, casey?

These guys are goin' down
for, you know, damn near
a minute, at least.

When they go under, takin'
a good look around, but you
gotta have fish to sh**t.

Oh, he got some!
It's a snapper!
Nice, good job!

You know,
we were hopin' for some
really big fish today,

But snapper's on the list
a stuff we needed,
so it's a good one.

-You get another one?
-[ron] yeah, we gotta
another one.

[casey] well done.

No way!
Nice!

[ron] jeff's got another
one on, right there.

Beautiful snapper,
look at that thing, huh?

Good one.
Nice fish.

That right there,
that snapper,
that was a pretty nice one.

[jeff] you know,
hopefully we can get
that cobia that we need,

And kinda seal this thing up.

But, you know,
we're makin' some progress,
we're chippin' away.

[shane] so what's the plan?

[josh] after meetin' david,

We know the old man
was loggin' some
serious mileage.

And if he was goin'
that far offshore,
it had to be for a reason.

There's, uh, some oil rigs
that are way out here.

And you're
in 3,000 feet of water.

But I bet you there's
gonna be fish out there.

Do you think it's what
the old man would do?

Yeah, definitely.

[phil] so I'm kinda goin'
above everybody, for just,
with a handful of pots

I like to go up where
nobody's been.

We're gonna give
it a shot anyway.

[josh] one thing about
my dad, he was never shy

About being the furthest boat
away from the dock.

-[phil] uh-huh.
-[josh] here we go!

Pots goin' over.

He'd always say,
the bigger the risk...

[phil] if somethin' doesn't
happen here pretty quick,
we're outta business.

...The bigger the reward.

Most of the guys
that are fishin'

Which is a bunch
a boats that go rig to rig
are all inland.

You know, they don't go
out that far, 'cause it's
a long ways out there.

But it's in the right depth
for catching tuna,
I would imagine.

It's like if you go out
to the farthest reaches,

It's deeper water,
the pelagics
like deeper water.

It's a full commitment,
a solid day,

-But that's what I'm thinking
man, we're all out of options.
-[shane] all right, man.

[jeff] we really
need them big cobia.

-[ron] I'm gonna
start out here
-[jeff] yeah.

-And just work
this whole block.
-[jeff] yes.

We're divin' really deep
in really murky water,

And, um, you know,
we're workin' really hard
for the fish we're gettin'.

It's not easy conditions,
man. It's a lot
that goes on out here.

There's a lotta current,
visibility, there's just
so many factors.

Cobia are bigger and stronge
than the snapper
that we just hauled in.

So I'm tethering my g*n
to the reel, once I sh**t one,
it's on casey to reel it in.

Nice push.

Oh, he's got somethin',
he got somethin' on.
We gotta fish on.

[ron] oh, *bleep* yeah!

Comin' your way,
comin' your way.

It sounds like
he shot a cobia.

Tryin' to reel it in but...

*bleep*

Well, you're done
shootin', jeff.

Well, you're done
shootin', jeff.

I don't even think
he realizes he just lost
the shaft and everything.

The cable, this plastic
coated cable,

And, uh, it actually holds
the shank down in these places
where it sits bent a lot.

It sheared on somethin'.

So far cobia's proven itsel
to be the toughest species
to bring in.

You know, they're hidin'
deep in these rigs,

And that one just cost us
about 200 bucks in gear.

Jeff, you know
your shaft's gone, right?

-[jeff] yeah.
-Okay.

I shot that guy,
like, I was pulling him out,

He swam around
one of the pillars.

And then he ran down.
He just cut
that 400 right off.

That sucks.
That was a nice one.
It was like a 30-35-pounder.

[casey] let's just bail,
why don't you just
come into the boat?

[jeff] god, that sucks.
He just grazed that structure.

And he cut this 400-pound,
this 400-pound mono right off.

Let's just regroup
on the inside, and figure
something else out.

[heavy] all right, boys,
we're gonna see some *bleep*
we never seen before today.

New rigs,
new colors,
new current.

-So let this
a*s-kickin' commence.
-[shane] all right.

[josh] last day
to get this order
accomplished,

And there's a lotta work
to be done.

Casey and jeff are takin'
one more shot at the cobia.

Literally, one more shot.

[jeff] I didn't bring
a whole lotta gear,

So I gotta make sure
when I do sh**t a fish
it's a good shot.

And I can get that fish
away from the structure,

And get it back as quick
as I can, 'cause if not,
I'm gonna lose it right away,

And that's something
I can't do.

I can't lose gear and
I can't afford to lose fish.

Yeah, we're getting close.
Our destination's

Right up there, man,
about four miles away, so...

[josh] as for me and shane,
we're followin'
the old man's lead.

Far offshore.

Hopefully, we'll find
the tuna we need out there.

What else was he usin'
all that gas for?

This rig is massive.

I've never seen
anything quite like it.

I didn't know
they had structures
in the water that big.

As big as it comes.

[shane] they got two of 'em!

[josh] we markin'
up there, heavy?

Uh, we're markin' a few,
buddy. Markin' a few,
about ready to put 'em out.

Deploy the weapons.

[josh] make me
proud, little buddy.

[shane] there's your gift.

[josh] oh, here we go,
we're on!

[heavy] you're good,
you're good
with the clear.

-Here you go, shane,
we got a double!
-[shane] a double.

[heavy] got a double!
My man!

All right, boys, crank!

It's what we came here for.

-Here you go,
josh, take it on?
-[josh] no, here you go.

Here you go.

-[heavy] we gotta
bigeye here.
-[josh] ooh!

[heavy] the way
the current is,

The fish is gonna keep
goin' other ways, hold on.

[josh] he's goin'
under the boat?

[shane] yeah, he's goin'
under the boat.

[josh] oh, *bleep*,
bring him all the way back.

Cranking!
Whoo!
Cranking!

-[shane] he's comin'.
-[josh] crank!

Come on, shane!
Get him on!

Have a little tuna,
I mean we only
need 482 to fill the lot.

Oh! Whoa!

Thank god, you got
the g*ns goin', huh, bud?

Well, we got two.

Not much, but it's a start.

Well, we'll see what
we can do, desperate times
call for desperate measures.

[shane] all right.

The vibe is good there.

Get doubles, that's a good
vibe, now we just need
to get the big ones now.

-There's life out here.
-Oh, there's definitely
life out here.

See it? Tuna over there?
There's tuna right here, too.

[shane] he's tryin' to pop it.

-All right, we're markin'
all that small *bleep*, so...
-[shane] right, here we go.

[heavy]...Lines
of small *bleep*,

But we put 'em on there,
we get old jumbo up in here.

We didn't get 212, we got 227.

Yeah.

[shane] there's
a big line right there.

[line whooshing]

-[heavy] now, josh.
-Oh, we're on.

We're on!

[heavy] crank, crank,
crank, crank, crank,
crank, crank, crank,

-Crank, crank, crank,
-[shane] there it is,
you're on, you got it!

[josh] we are on, baby!

[heavy] and just like that.
[laughs]

-And just like that.
-[josh] and we're
back in the game.

[heavy] when
you move, we move.

-Ooh, this thing is pissed.
-[heavy] no, no,
no, just move that.

-Get it right.
-[josh] oh boy, yeah,
it's really givin' the nuts.

-He's goin' right
for the motors.
-[heavy] oh!

Pump!
Oh, pump,
pump, give.

[josh] people on that oil rig
cheerin' us on right now.

[shane] now we really
got an audience.

[chuckles]

[josh] this one's just
runnin' the line out.

-[heavy] is it?
That ain't good.
-Yeah.

[indistinct clank]

-Oh, what is this?
-[heavy] a big a*s tuna, yeah.

[josh] oh, it is
a big a*s tuna.

[shane] holy crap, man,
I didn't realize we were that
far away from that thing.

[heavy] big fish here
in the gulf of mexico.

[shane]
we're, like, a half a mile
away from the rig now.

-[josh] this has been
a fight, man versus fish.
-[shane] yeah.

[josh] he's gotta
be gettin' tired.

There you go, go, go, go,
go, go! You can do it, go!
Oh, you can do it.

[josh] I'm runnin'
outta steam, here,
take over for a minute.

-[heavy] steam?
-[josh] yeah.

-[heavy] steam!
-[josh laughs] I got, dude!
This is a young man's game.

[heavy] the 100's
are gonna give ya
a little more leverage.

We kinda wait 'til
the fish gets settled in.

And make sure
it's a bigger fish before
we put the harness on you.

[josh] I never used
a harness before,

But I can tell you what,
this is a lot easier
than holdin' the pole.

We're gonna get this,
fulfill this order.

This is the fish we need
to put us over the top.

We need this fish.

[casey] like anywhere else,
every fisherman knows

You gotta have bait
before you go anywhere.

[jeff] hey ron, how many
a these little hornbellies
we need, man?

-[ron] I'd like to have
at least 200, man.
-[jeff] 200?

If I was catchin' by myself,
we'd be out here for a week
trying to catch 200 pieces,

But luckily jeff's got
the natural touch for it.

The best part about havin'
you down here is it actually
makes me look better.

Oh! Got one, dammit.

It works better when
you get 'em in the boat.

Oh, no.

Oh, it does, does it?

[ron] case, you havin' some
technical difficulties again?

That was, like,
two seconds
I did that.

*bleep*, you're
killin' me, dude.

Yeah, it was my idea
to bring you over here,
so work smarter, not harder.

-[ron] jeff, where'd
you find that guy at?
-[jeff] he found me, bro.

[ron laughing] he found you?
All right, just wonderin'.

The proper tool
for the proper job,

And you, buddy,
are a great tool.

*bleep*

[heavy] big fish here
in the gulf of mexico.

-[josh] this has been
a fight, man versus fish.
-[shane] yeah.

[josh] he's gotta
be gettin' tired.

I'm gonna get this,
fulfill this order.

-We need this fish.
-I know.

*bleep*

Might be the meanest
80-pounder
I've ever fought.

We followed
the old man's lead


And it led us right
to the tuna we needed
to finish this order.

But this thing does not want
to be caught, it already
dragged us two miles.

Now my back just
*bleep* k*ll... I've got two
slipped discs and this...

-Yeah, that don't help.
-No. *bleep*

We're gonna have
to take this thing
off me in a minute.

Because my back can't
handle this, I won't be able
to walk for a day.

All right, hey,
give me the harness
and the belt.

I'll help ya.

-[shane] got it down, yet?
-I ain't been
on the harness in awhile.

[josh] okay, gotta
tighten this little guy.

[shane] don't
let anyone tell ya

[chuckling] these fish
are not as strong
as they seem, they are.

[casey] I can barely
seem 'em down there.

Hey, jeff, get one?

We've been playing
hopscotch all mornin'.

I have a feelin'
we're gonna continue that
into the afternoon.

Second day a-huntin'
cobia, and the only one
we've even sniffed

Broke the line off and ran off
with jeff's spear yesterday.

So now we're jumpin'
from spot, to spot,

To spot, to spot.

Rig number 756.

Look, the last thing
we want if we're gonna
expand down here

Is to build a reputation
that we don't deliver.

Sounds like he got one.

[ron] look how them thing's
draggin' him, isn't it?

It's draggin' him
all over hell and back,
look at it.

Oh, yeah!

-[ron] looks like
it's draggin' him or what?
-It's draggin' him.

It's draggin' him hard.

Whatever it is, it's gotta
be decent size, 'cause
he keeps gettin' pulled under.

Without a tether to the boat
jeff has to fight this fish
in the water, by hand,

Holdin' his breath
and keep it away
from the rig.

He's havin' a hell
of a time underwater,

He's tryin' to swim,
and fight the fish
all at the same time.

Let's go, buddy!
You got him!

[ron] get him!

-[casey] sounds like he got
him up to the surface.
-[ron] yeah, boy!

-Yeah, buddy! Get
a good one? Yeah! Nice!
-[ron] yeah!

-Got him!
-[casey] I'll get him.

-[ron] nice work, boys!
-[casey] ugh!

-Yeah, nice!
-[ron] nice work,
good fish!

[casey]
that's a nice-lookin' fish.

Nice job, dude,
that's awesome!

[laughing]

-[casey] *bleep*, good work!
-[ron] jeff, good work, man.

[casey] look at that thing!
Look at that thing!

Yeah! That's
a heavy one, dude.

[jeff] that's a wrap, man.

[casey] I think that's it
for the cobia order,
to be honest with ya.

-That was a lucky fish, man.
-[casey laughs]

*bleep* we were down there
campin', *bleep* and the thing
swam from behind.

And I was just able
to swing. We're lucky.
I'm super stoked, man.

That one that I lost
is haunting me.
It's haunting me bad.

[casey] three, two,
one, bam! Got him.

There you go,
that was a good one.

We got the cobia,
we got the snapper,

I don't know how
josh is doin' today,
but our box is good.

So I think we'll probably
untie here
and head for the barn.

[josh laughing] he's
so *bleep*, this *bleep* fish
is kickin' our a*s.

Oh, no, I can do this.
I was built for this.

[josh] that's
a tough *bleep* fish.

[heavy] you think
I'm gonna die
or he's gonna die?

He's right here, soon.

[josh] we've been fightin'
this fish for two hours now,

And honestly it seems
every time we get it up close,

We start to see color,
it takes off back down.

Cap had to take over,
I had no juice
left in my tank.

My back is *bleep*

It's all hands on deck,
this is the last fish
of the day.

This may be enough
to push us over the top.

[heavy] here he comes,
here he comes,
here he comes!

-Gotta good grab.
-[josh] oh, there he is.

I've fought a lotta these
fish in my days so far,

I've never seen 'em
take this *bleep* long.

You know it's bad
when old "capitain"
gotta get on.

Watch the the line, josh.

Go over the top,
go for that head!

Right on! You got him,
you got him, you got him,
you probably got him good.

[josh] you gotta
good gaff in him.

All right, one, two, three.

Wow!

[shane] josh, nice fish!

-Over the top... Gaffin'.
-[heavy] my man!

-[josh] that was teamwork.
-[shane] good job, fellas.

[josh] wow! Look
at that beaut.

David's intel and the old
man route paid off.

That's a 130-pound monster.

-[shane] boy, these
things are big out here.
-[josh chuckling] yeah.

There's no doubt in my mind
the old man burnt all that
fuel huntin' fish out here.

Now we know at least one spot
that we can head for tuna
thanks to the old man.

That might be the fish
that saved our season,
right there.

As long as some
of those guys got somethin',
we might have enough.

[shane] those
things are fun, huh?

[casey] took out
his stomach
and bill's, like,

"put that thing on the hook.
They already know
what they're eatin'."

-[pat] hello, hello, hello!
-[casey] I put it on there.

-Mr. Pat o'brien!
-I hear you got
some fish for me.

-Yes, sir.
-Hey!

Well, this is the guy, huh?
Hey, I'm casey,
how you doin'?

-I was picturin'
some guy in a suit.
-We got shane.

The more we're in the gulf,
the more I'm sure my dad
was here and blazed a trail.

I know he must have loved it.

Man, I'm impressed
with you guys. You really
got it done for me.

Yes, sir.

This place
could be our future.

Now that I got both
my partners here, it's time
to make some real money.

-You gotta fish box
in the back of the truck?
-Yeah, yeah.

-In the back of the truck.
-If you want,
we can all help ya.

[josh] thanks, pops.

This is just the start.

[man] what's that thing
right over there?

-[shane] I don't know, man.
-[man] total new experience

[casey] he's freakin' out.
He is freakin' out.

[josh] everywhere we've been
the fish haven't been.

[man on radio] yeah,
you guys should have
come to me first.

[josh] oh,
we got somethin'
oh!

Wow!

I got good news
and I got bad news.

What's goin' on?

Don't k*ll us,
but we need a favor.