NARRATOR: For the past six years...
DAVE: We are unstoppable.
Wham! Yeah, baby! Got one! Yeah.
That's what it's all about right there.
NARRATOR: No one has hauled in more Bluefin than Dave Carraro.
-Dot Com on fire!
NARRATOR: But now...
-Oh, this is so painful!
NARRATOR: While the defending champion struggles...
BRAD: He's got to be going out of his mind, that guy.
NARRATOR: The fleet...
-We're on! Double! Double! Double!
NARRATOR: Will seize every opportunity...
JOE: All right. It's right there on the surface!
MARCIANO: Yup. Yup. That's him out there.
NARRATOR: To stretch their lead.
-I can't believe what happened just now.
SANDRO: What the hell.
NARRATOR: This...
MARCIANO: Reel, reel, reel!
TYLER: This is what we live for.
PAUL: Big wave.
NARRATOR: Is Wicked Tuna.
PAUL: Yeah!
NARRATOR: At the beginning of week two of fishing,
Hot Tuna are off to their best start ever.
Meanwhile, Gloucester's longtime top producer, Fishing Vessel-Tuna.Com,
and family operation Hard Merchandise have yet to land their first fish.
TJ: This place is alive.
JARRETT: Oh, I know, man.
TJ: Big herring.
All the signs you wanna see of Bluefin being present.
Yesterday, we landed two beautiful Bluefins.
We got 'em baby. We got 'em! Pa-pow!
And became the number one boat in the fleet.
Good job, buddy.
So we've come straight back out to the same hotspot because we know
the tuna are here.
But of course, we're not alone.
And you got Hard Merch down the edge, you got Paul right there on
the Wicked Pissah.
The Fish Hawk is on our starboard side.
And after he swore he would never come up here, lo and behold,
Dot Com is anchored up right next to us.
I definitely find it pretty funny that Dave, Dot Com,
is playing follow-the-leader and has wound up here.
He did swear and he was like, "I'm not going up there.
I'm not going up there.
I'm gonna stay right here.
Catch my fish in shore; I'm not going out there.
I'm staying right here."
Dave is used to being in the lead.
So when things aren't going according to his plan, that's when the twitching starts.
-I don't understand why it's taking so long.
Come on, something freaking happen here.
SANDRO: Hope we get a shot.
That's all.
-TJ? You there, TJ?
DAVE (over radio): Winky?
TJ: I'm gonna (bleep) with him all day today, this guy.
DAVE: So TJ got off to a hot start and stumbled upon some fish.
Am I panicking? No.
"I'm not going up there. I'm not going up there.
I'm not gonna do it. I'm not going up there."
DAVE: You get any big herring? Or were they mostly small?
TJ (over radio): We got a few big ones.
ANGELICA: "Oh, we've got the biggest herring."
They're comparing herring sizes.
They're like, "My herring is bigger than yours".
Pretty funny.
MARCIANO: My daughter is all impressed with you guys comparing your,
um, herring sizes.
Dave's so desperate to be number one at something, now he's bragging about
his bait size.
We haven't caught a fish either, but you don't see me signing up
to join that circus.
Come on, guys, let's try and put one on the boat.
PAUL: We like whales.
We got whales. Whoo-hoo! Big whales.
RICK: Another one.
-Oh, yeah. There will be tuna sooner or later.
Oh, yeah they're coming now.
-We're in the money.
-Whoo!
Nobody's here because they enjoy fishing around other boats.
We're all at this spot for one reason and one reason only.
TJ: Come on, baby, come on, baby.
-The fish are here and we want a shot at these fish before they disappear.
Whoo!
-Come on, boys. Come on.
(clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-Reel, reel, reel.
Let's get him onboard.
-Hey, Paul just hooked up over there.
SANDRO: Yeah. I watched him do it.
-Torture.
-He's taking a run, Paul.
Coming at us.
-We're currently third place in the fleet.
The Wicked Pissah is usually not known to get off to a hot start at the
beginning of the season.
I think we can change all that if we can hold on to this fish.
Keep him tight, Ricky, all right?
-Okay. -Hold on, big wave. Yeah.
DAVE: We need a fish and I didn't wanna come all the way up here for nothing.
Hey, guys, let's go on the other side of Paul, reel him up.
-All right.
-Everything's over there and nothing's on the west side here.
So, we're gonna make a little move.
What have we got to lose?
TJ: That's not cool.
I know Dave's anxious to catch up.
But it's bad business to anchor next to a guy when he's in the middle of doing battle.
JARRETT: Monkey see, monkey do.
BRAD: Do you know how devastated Dot Com is right now? Dude.
BRAD: I can't even imagine.
Dave is freaking. He's geeking.
He wants to catch a fish but he can't.
No one on the face of the earth is more worried about other people
catching fish than Dot Com.
MATT: Oh, man.
-He's got to be going out of his mind, that guy.
PAUL: Unbelievable. I got Dave plowing on me.
-And a fish to fight. -He's desperate is what it is.
Stay with him, Rick, reel that baby in!
JOE: Wow, Dave's anchoring right on Paul.
MARCIANO: Nobody said it was gonna be fair.
DAVE: I know we just moved 200 yards but that could be the difference.
Look at, look at this.
Look at the slicks right here, one, two, and three.
-Fish. -There's fish right here.
(beeping)
This is good.
So there's definitely a feed going right now, so I can't get these lines
out quick enough.
Wow.
-Get ready, Joe, there's one underneath us.
See kids, you don't have to run around the ocean to get fish under your boat.
That's right where our baits are too.
-Perfect. -So right in the zone.
We may get a chance to redeem ourselves.
SANDRO: Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come!
JOE: We're on! We're on!
-What? -We're on! -Okay.
DAVE: Come on.
RICK: Damn. The line went slack!
PAUL: Oh, did we lose him?
-Stay on him! Stay on him.
-He's gonna zip right back, you watch.
ANGELICA: I definitely feel like I have to prove my own.
Being on the reel is one of the most stressful experiences of my life.
But I definitely know I can do it.
-Shut up.
-We're getting trimmed. -Man, Paul's got one on.
Merch is catching a fish and Tuna.Com is not fighting one.
-Zero.
-It's not our turn.
-Clearly.
MARCIANO: It is a little rough out today.
You know what we're worried about is, you know,
the boat coming off a wave too hard and
ripping the hook right out of the fish.
Get angry!
-I am angry!
-You got to get mean!
(growls).
-Hopefully our luck will hold out.
There you go. Keep it coming. Keep it coming.
-All right. He's right there on the surface!
-Yup. Yup, that's him out there. -Aah. -Joe's starting to get tired.
I'm tired.
Hopefully this fish is more tired than us.
-Ready for a little break, Joe?
MARCIANO: Us and the Tuna.Com are the only boats that haven't put a
fish on board yet.
I'm hoping we can turn that around right now.
We might get a shot at him, guys.
-All right. I'm getting ready.
(line snaps)
-Ugh. We lost it.
I'm the kids' father. I'm their dad.
And as captain, everybody's depending on me for a paycheck.
Keep trying. That's all we can do.
I'm trying not to show it for their sake but I am a little bit worried that
we haven't made a paycheck yet this season.
-Hey, Papa. -Yeah?
-Never give up. Never surrender.
PAUL: You got color yet?
-Yeah, I got color.
-Oh, yeah you do. He's a nice one there, Rick.
Reel him up to me.
Ooh, got him. Gaff. Gaff.
That's it, yeah. That's it. Game over.
It feels so good pulling in our second fish of the season this early.
82 inches.
That's the best part.
-I'm sorry, Dave. You want ours?
-He can't have him.
-Oh, this is so painful. We got to get in the game.
TYLER: We got out here, got away from the fleet, able to hide out.
People can't find us.
Squid 14.
-All right.
-We're heading to a sunken shipwreck.
DUFFY: All right. Hell, yeah.
TYLER: Shipwrecks are artificial reefs known to attract baitfish and big predators
looking for food.
So we're hoping that there's some hungry tuna out here.
I want to be the number one boat this year and to do that,
I know I've got to think outside of the box.
DUFFY: Nobody around. No one knows where we are.
TYLER: Dot Com doesn't know about these spots.
TJ doesn't know about these spots.
So we got this place all to ourselves.
It's gonna give me a good advantage over the rest of the fleet.
(beeping)
Nice mark.
-All righty.
-Beautiful mark and a big pile of herring.
Okay. Let's get fishing.
Hopefully we can get another bite here.
(beeping)
-Come on.
(beeping)
Oh, dude, there's two.
(clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-We're on! -Yeah, baby! -Whoo.
-Whoo. There's another one down there.
Oh (bleep) we're on!
Double, double, double.
Yeah, baby!
All right, T, I got to bring this guy back.
-We've got to try and keep our fishing lines separate.
Harpoon. Move the harpoon.
So our two fish don't cross.
DUFFY: Got you, got you, got you.
Nice work, T.
-We've got two shots at a paycheck.
But if we make one misstep here, we could be kissing both of these fish goodbye.
Okay, he's in there, buddy.
All right, get yours to go the other corner.
-Yup.
-I'm gonna puke.
Double on, baby. This is what we live for.
-Hey, hey. Give me a hand. Give me a hand.
-I'm coming.
-Oh, oh, the other one.
Oh. Okay. Whoo! I got light drag.
-Give me a glove, please.
-I got you. Here, Ty. Here.
(line snap)
Oh.
-Dammit. -Ugh. -Missed him.
Missed him on the trap.
Nothing you can do, pulled a hook.
At least we got the other one still on the line.
-Double hookup.
Just reset, things were going good, but you know, it's fishing.
Focus. I'm worried about this one now.
TYLER: Really difficult situation here.
We don't wanna lose them both.
It's, oh, losing a double, man.
-Ty, watch, we're gonna get another one again.
What the, whoa!
TYLER: Duffy, hang on to the rod!
DUFFY: Oh, my God!
TYLER: We hooked a nice double and we ended up pulling the hook on one.
But at least we got the other one still on the line.
-Focus. I'm worried about this one now.
-Really difficult situation here.
We don't wanna lose them both.
-What the, oh, whoa! -Duffy, hang on to the rod! -Yo, give me a hand.
Holy (bleep). Whoa!
-Is he still on? -Still on, baby. -How'd that happen?
-I went to get the rubber band off, the (bleep), those stoppers are strong.
-This is very scary.
It's a very erratic fish.
Duffy just had the rod come out of the rod holder.
-Yeah, I know.
-Yeah, I thought you were gonna lose the rod.
-Holy (bleep), dude.
-Very erratic.
I'm worried about these things right here.
After losing a double, I'm like heartbroken but I'm glad we still got this one on.
Just would be so much happier if there was a tail rope around it.
It's all about tail ropes this year.
-Hell yeah.
-Let me tell you something, I've got 25 tail ropes.
Let's use 'em all.
-Come on, come on, T.
-I think they're getting pretty close.
-Maybe they're like 60 or 70.
-Oh, it's a beautiful pinwheel. -Oh, yeah.
-Beautiful. Swing him right out.
-Yeah, brother. -Beautiful.
Wait, easy on the swivel.
-I know, I know, I'm gonna swing him and I'm gonna load.
-Swing him right off the back.
-One more, T, drill him, brother.
-Gaff. Ugh. Oh.
-Get him. Get his tail!
-Oh, my God. -I got it. All right.
-We got him, bro. -Got this one, man. -And we can untie him.
Oh, yeah. Whoo-hoo!
-Oh, man.
If we get back on the anchor now, we'd possibly catch another one.
This is gonna send shock and awe to rest of the fleet.
Heat-seeking missiles.
That's what we are, baby.
Good job, bud.
I'm so pumped to have our second fish of the season on board.
Whoo!
-Hell, yeah. -Yeah, buddy! Whoo!
Let's get a measurement on this one.
79 inches, bro.
-All right, we'll take it.
-Whoo!
Another good one, man, there's a lot of fish around here.
-Hell yeah.
-Carving out our own spot away from the fleet is paying off.
I got to post this one.
TJ: Tyler's caught up to us.
Oh, God. He just caught his second fish of the season.
DAVE: Damn, Tyler's catching 'em. (bleep).
Tyler's caught his second fish of the season and we haven't even landed our first.
Not a good start.
-Stone cold fact is that he's whooping our ass.
-Yeah right. Yup.
That's a tough pill to swallow, but...
-That's like swallowing like a horse tranquilizer.
MARCIANO: We don't know where Tyler is but we know he's catching fish.
Kid's been on fire from the start.
As usual, that kid's a go-getter.
You know he kind of reminds me of me when I was younger.
Believe it or not, I had hair down to my shoulders and I wore a baseball cap,
except the brim was curled and my jeans were pulled up all the way.
I'm happy the kid's caught his second fish.
Now I'm just hoping we can catch our first.
We're just gonna try and stay positive.
One good week can put us in the game.
PAUL: Payday, baby!
The tuna buyer's looking for color, fat content, and the oil and shape.
Our fish today weighed in at 240 pounds dressed.
So if it gets to 18 bucks a pound like our last fish did, we'd be in really good shape.
What do you think for a price for this one?
-Tail color's good.
Nice band of skin fat working its way into the majors.
$22 a pound.
-Oh, dude, that's awesome.
-Payday, brother.
-Thanks. -Nice, guys. -That's great!
No better way to start off the season right there.
Back to work.
We're gonna go another one.
DAVE: Are we ever gonna get a bite?
SANDRO: At this rate, no.
-Hey, let's try a hat change for superstition.
Just try a different hat.
I like being on top.
I like being in first place.
But right now we got a big fat zero next to our name.
And that doesn't sit well with me at all.
-Here we go.
-Sandro hat on.
I'm gonna try it.
See if this works.
I'm not normally a superstitious guy but we've got to change something
if we want to start catching up to boats like the Hot Tuna.
This might be the difference between getting a bite and not.
-Oh, terrible.
-I'll try anything right now.
TJ: Dot Com's got to be losing it over there.
So bring that one in.
We'll just put one stick out and two liveys.
Right now we're leading the fleet and we're in a great position to
keep on catching fish.
Today's the day, baby.
Today's the day.
♪ ♪
What was that?
-What? -Was that a tuna? -What?
-What was that? -What? -Something just jumped.
I think that was a tuna.
What was that?
It ate this bait.
We're on! We're on. Yeah!
-Pull up on the anchor. -Whoa, what is going on? -Keep going left.
-Stick bait, baby.
-We almost took it off. Holy (bleep)!
DAVE: No way.
-I'm taking the hat off now. The hat's not working.
I can't believe what happened to TJ just now.
SANDRO: That's crazy.
TJ: Dave's definitely hating this.
Oh, I hope we get this one in front of Dave, man.
Oh, please.
Got 'em on, baby. Got 'em on. Stick bait, baby.
Reel is turning and we can't slow him down.
But Jarrett's trying his hardest.
Watch this one.
We're getting wet, taking waves over the back, but what's the most important is
we got a bent pole right now so, see what we can do with it.
We started this week at the top of the fleet but with both Pinwheel and Wicked Pissah
catching their second fish, our lead hangs on the end of this line.
Looks like he's going away from the anchor, right?
He thinks he's going down on now.
When they're out on the surface, it's never a good thing, man.
I want him to settle in and try and get him in a pattern.
-Could be a huge payday right here.
-Just got to get him to surrender to the flow.
Keep cranking, Jarrett.
Crank him up.
-I'm working on it, TJ.
Deep color.
Get the harpoon he's close.
I'm getting ready.
I can't see him.
Come around me, he's right there!
Come on, TJ, we've got to get this one.
-Keep it tight, Jarrett. -There's your target. Hit him!
-Throw the dart. Throw the dart.
JARRETT: Don't lose him.
TJ: He's doing a clockwise circle but like away from us.
We know in order to stay ahead, we've got to land this fish.
JARRETT: Deep color. Get the harpoon, he's close.
I can't see him.
Come around me, he's right there!
Come on, TJ, we've got to get this one.
-Keep it tight, Jarrett.
-There's your target. Hit him!
-Throw the dart. Throw the dart.
-Don't lose him. -Drilled him! -Nice shot!
-Get a gaff. I got him.
-Get a tail rope.
-Take your time. -Ow. -It's all right. It's okay.
All right, game over. -Whoo! Nice work, boys.
-Good job, TJ. Game over. -Thank you, tuna gods.
Whoo. Good job, baby.
All right, let's load this one up.
GEORDIE: TJ got the elusive herring slurper.
DAVE: I can't watch anymore.
-Yeah, I know it.
-Look at the shape of this fish.
-Whoo!
Landing a tuna is always exciting.
But, pulling one on board right in front of the defending champ?
I'm not gonna lie, it's pretty satisfying.
-87. -87. Yeah, baby. Whoo!
-It's really gonna send a message to the fleet that the Hot Tuna means
business this year.
Whoo! Great job, buddy.
Yeah, baby. Pa-pow! Whoo!
MARCIANO: Get ready for the green lantern fishing.
Now, Gel.
-Yes?
-Get that green lantern out.
I'm gonna hook this up to the batteries.
-Okay.
-Let me know when it comes on.
The green lantern is a light we put under the boat to attract bait.
It's not very bright so it's hard for me to see.
Okay. You ready?
-I'm ready. Oh, (bleep).
MARCIANO: Is it on?
I can't see it.
Even though we're not catching fish, laughing,
having fun is crucial to keeping morale up.
Theres nothing better than a green-horn and a green light.
PAUL: It's very quiet on the Dot Com.
Nobody's talking over there.
It's very quiet.
RICK: I know. What's that all about?
-I've never seen Dave go this long without catching his first fish.
-Geordie hasn't said a peep.
-Those guys are so used to being at the front of the pack,
they're just shell-shocked right now.
Man, nothing, nobody even talks anymore.
BRAD: It's got to be a rough road over there.
They're not catching fish this year.
MATT: Oh, my God.
I can't believe what the attitude is like over there.
BRAD: Last couple years they had a magic wand.
But the magic wand isn't working so well this year.
JARRETT: Third fish of the season, whoo!
SCOTT: 335 pounds dressed.
-Perfect size, baby.
We're the only boat in the fleet to have caught three keeper tuna
so far this season.
But Pinwheel and Wicked Pissah both landed their second fish.
So, we need a good price per pound here to extend our lead.
That one's loaded with fat, Scottso.
-Yeah, it's a good fish. -Yeah, it's another beauty.
-So what are you thinking, man?
-The way it's looking.
No burn, and the core too is good.
I can get you guys 20 bucks a pound.
-Nice, baby. -That one paid off. -Awesome job, awesome.
We're gonna head back out, Scotty, man we got to get right back out there, bro.
-All right. Sounds good. Hope to see you soon.
-See you bud, thanks.
Pinwheel's gonna be working around the clock to try to catch up to us.
We got to grind harder than them this season.
Pa-pow!
TYLER: Still no boats here.
So, we still have this place all to ourselves.
DUFFY: Yeah!
Let's get 'em again.
-I had, I had a plan.
Yeah, I mean I used to fish here all the time back in the day.
While the rest of the fleet's jockeying for fish in one area, we're off on our own.
This is the backside another seven miles.
People don't wanna go this far.
So far this spot above an old shipwreck has been pretty good to us.
-We landed one yesterday and we're hoping for another shot today.
(beeping)
Wow, marked a nice one.
Keep letting your balloon out.
DUFFY: Yup.
-These fish is looking for some food.
So we're gonna try and present them some food.
See if we can get 'em.
(clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-Oh, we're on. We got 'em on.
Down and tight!
-Woo!
-Down and dirty, baby, down and dirty.
-We got one down.
We're fighting the second.
This is the kind of trip you hope for.
-It's awesome.
You dream about fishing like this.
-Oh, of course he's gonna go down.
-Big boy. -Big boy. -He's messing with us.
Up high down low.
-Hey, let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go. Let it go.
Very erratic. Very erratic.
-This fish is going a little ballistic right now.
-He's very erratic, he could pull the hook at any time and I don't like it.
We lost a wild one here yesterday.
-Wait!
-So, we got to maintain pressure on this fish.
Crank. Crank. Crank.
And work him up without losing him.
-Oh, the bird almost hit the line.
Oh.
-This is what we need.
We got to put a dart in this fish.
-This fish is a little erratic but we'll break him.
-Turn up the heat on him, Duff.
-Let's go get him, buddy.
He's coming around. He's coming around.
There he is. There he is, T. There he is, bro.
Don't fall. Hit him, hit him, hit him.
Nice shot, brother. Woo!
-Tail gaff. Yeah, baby!
Bam. Bam. Bam. Thank you, ma'am!
-All right. -He's a butterball. Woo!
-Yeah, that's a nice, that's the nicest one yet.
-Way to start out the season, Duff, dude.
-Oh, yeah, man. Oh.
-We're pulling our second fish of the trip; third fish of the season on board,
we're feeling awesome.
Welcome aboard.
Whoo! Bam! 84 bro.
Oh, this is so beautiful.
We're so blessed today.
So blessed for good fishing.
Not another boat around for miles.
Let's get back on the anchor and get another one.
Dude, seriously.
TJ: Oh, great.
-What's going on? -Tyler's caught back up to us.
Oh, (bleep), (bleep), (bleep).
-We're three fish behind now.
Tyler's got his third fish and we have nothing.
Wow, this is bad.
MATT: Tyler's on fire, man.
BRAD: That's all right. We'll get one here.
I'm gonna check some of these lines.
After being in the back of the pack last year.
I think the other guys, they're not worried about us.
They think "Oh, yeah those guys are still gonna be stuck in a rut."
Reel that in. Some slack.
But anybody who is underestimating us is making a big mistake.
(beeping)
-Oh, my Lord.
Look, right off the bottom.
Coming right out of that bait.
-Maybe they'll come eat one of these.
-Oh, right there.
Mid water. Oh yeah. Come on.
-Come on. Come on, eat it, come on.
MATT: Come on fish.
Come through and chew, baby.
-Watch them rods.
One of them is gonna go off.
-That's gonna go. Come on, come on.
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-We're on. We're on, Brad, we're on.
-Here we go!
-Oh. He's got it. He's got it. He's got it.
Crank it up, Geordie.
Crank it up!
-Look at him.
Look how fast that thing is running.
-I hate that.
-I hate that too.
When you first hookup that fish is so full of energy there's not much you
can do to try to stop him.
He's towing us right now.
This fish is just towing us around.
You have to let the fish run.
Definitely towing us around.
-Oh, yeah. -We are on. -Whoo, baby!
-Just like that we are... -Down and tight.
-Got 'em on finally. Got a bite.
Trying to get these rods cleared.
-First fish of the season, baby.
Crank, Sandro. We need this one.
This one will finally get us on the board.
Is he there?
Sandro, please tell me we still have him.
Keep going, Sanchi, it's got to be there.
Oh, my God. Please still be on.
DAVE: Crank, Sandro, we need this one.
This one will finally get us on the board.
Oh, my God, please still be on.
Is he there?
Sandro, tell me he's there.
Keep going, Sanchi, he's got to be there.
-Oh. He's gone.
-Pulled the hook.
Over as quick as it started, that one.
-Oh, that sucks.
-What the (bleep)?
GEORDIE: I can't believe we still haven't caught one.
MATT: Fish Hawk! Ka-kaw! Ka-kaw!
He's coming right at us.
You better start her back up, Cap.
Left, hard left, hard left.
Keep going. Go forward right.
Hard right. Hard right.
BRAD: Jesus!
MATT: Keep going.
This fish is acting like a lunatic.
-Where's he going now?
-Forward right. Hard right.
-This fish is going nuts, this fish is.
-Forward.
-He's just all over the place, 20 miles an hour.
This is sketch, sketch ball.
-Forward left. Hard left, Brad. Hard left. Hard left.
-Holy Mary Mother of God. This is crazy. This is crazy.
-We're fighting a giant Bluefin tuna, cap.
They're all gonna be a little crazy.
Deep color!
-Which way you want me to go?
-Out here, grab the harpoon I got him right here.
Wow, wait until you see this fish, Brad.
I got him up and down.
-He's a big mother.
-Coming right up to you, Brad.
Come on, let's go.
Harpoon this thing.
Got him?
-Yeah. Quick grab a gaff. -Where's that? The gaff.
-Don't slack off on the drag quick.
That's good, buddy, now help me out.
Right here.
Get the, get the, get the tail rope.
I got to get a tail rope.
-He's gonna go herky-jerky, Brad.
-I got to get the rope.
-He's gonna go herky-jerky.
It went right there.
-Hold him. Hold him.
-I got him, bro.
-Pull him up.
MATT: Woo!
Game over, baby.
All these other boats.
They're thinking we're a last place boat.
They think we're gonna be in the back of the pack this year.
Welcome aboard the Fish Hawk.
-Nice fish.
-Beautiful fish.
We keep doing well we might give the fleet a run for their money.
-I got 88 inches.
-Game over.
-What a beautiful fat fish.
-Fish Hawk road to redemption, baby.
Woo!
Thank you, Tuna Gods.
GUT: Okay, guys. Let's check this one out.
-360 on the Blue coat. -Nice.
-Ruby red beautiful clear color.
-Oh, yeah, for real this is, this is loaded.
-What do we got on this one, Gut?
-Pretty nice fish, decent fat.
I'll give you 18 bucks for this one.
-Nice.
-Nice. Thanks, Gut; we'll take that, brother. We love that.
-We're in a lot better shape than we were last year at this time.
We got to keep 'em rolling.
It's a good payday but we're gonna need more than that to catch up to
Hot Tuna and Pinwheel.
TYLER: Out here on my own little world.
Nice shipwreck catching fish.
-Actually this one's ready to go.
-Watch that thing.
-Yesterday, we landed our second fish of the trip, third of the season.
Go grab a bait, and now we're tied with the Hot Tuna in the fish count.
-Put this out.
-Oh. Yummy.
We're hoping our spot stays hot because one more fish could put us in the lead.
(beeping)
-Oh, my God. We're gonna go off. We're gonna go off.
Oh, yeah we're gonna go off.
Watch that rod.
-Come on.
-We're on. Woo! Woo!
This is when Pinwheel's having fun.
We're putting a lot of pressure on the fleet right now.
-Oh (bleep). -Fighting like a big fish. Staying up high.
A lot of head shakes.
-I'm trying to grind its teeth on the line and cut itself free.
That's scary, man.
-Crazy. Switching directions.
Tire him out.
-He's wild, man. He's wild.
-It's coming up.
Color. Deep color.
Swivel.
-Oh, here we go.
Stick him!
Nice dart shot, buddy.
-Yeah, baby! -All right. -Woo!
Yes! Beautiful! Nice! Three fish in one trip.
This underwater shipwreck paid off big.
We're so proud to be the first boat to catch four fish this season.
I hope it's enough to earn us the lead.
-This is a beautiful fish. Thank God.
ANGELICA: Wow, sounds like Pinwheel's got their fourth of the season.
MARCIANO: And we haven't even got our first.
Yeah, look, we're behind the other guys, there's no doubt about that.
Going out.
You know, sometimes in this racket, things go real easy and they come one after
another and sometimes you got to struggle.
I'm just lulling the other boats into a false sense of security.
That's my strategy.
Dot Com hasn't caught a fish either.
-But I don't think those guys are taking it very well.
-Why the (bleep) can't we get a (bleep) fish to (bleep) bite the (bleep)!
-Unreal.
It's been almost two weeks without a fish.
Yeah, we need a bite.
-If we can put some under the boat.
We should be able to get this rod to bend.
No guarantees in tuna fishing but we're optimistic.
(beeping)
-Oh, man.
A nice fish right there. Wow.
-Yeah. -Come on.
MARCIANO: Fish on the bottom.
JOE: A fish on the bottom.
-Just marked a fish right here on the bottom.
A little mark there.
There's fish in the area and that is a good sign.
-Wow. He's still there. He's still there. He's still there.
-Yeah, come on, come on. -We're on. Here we go!
-We're on. -Not now. -Oh. Got 'em on, baby.
-That's a big boy, right there.
-Still going. Listen to that line.
(reel unspooling rapidly)
(beeping)
(clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-Well, we're hooked up. We're on. We're on.
MARCIANO: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
We're on. We're on!
All right first fish of the season, Joe.
Let's hang onto him here.
-He's coming at the boat.
-Stay on him.
Don't lose him.
Come on, now we need this fish.
Reel, reel, reel.
SANDRO: Nice fish here. Look at all the line.
Got to chase him.
Go at him if you can, we got to get line back.
DAVE: Yeah we need it real bad. Got a long way to go. Big fish right here.
Real big fish.
We're the defending champs.
So our reputation is on the line here.
-Fish got a ton of line out right now.
-We're gonna get all this line back as quick as we can.
-In for a battle here.
MARCIANO: Keep working him just pull him right up here.
We lost a fish earlier.
But, if we can land this one, the kids and I will finally get our first paycheck
of the season.
Yeah, he's making you work for it.
-We're coming up on an anchor ball here.
Keep an eye out.
-Please, please don't get in his anchor line.
Oh (bleep).
We're in your anchor!
-Wow.
-Our fish is wrapped in another boat's anchor line.
If we don't act fast this fish is a goner.
MARCIANO: Oh, God.
, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
DAVE: We're in your anchor!
We're definitely in his anchor right there.
There's his ball it's wrapped up.
-Our fish is wrapped in another boat's anchor line.
Our goal right now is to gaff the anchor ball line and untangle it without
losing this fish.
Go ahead just go nice and slow.
I'll gaff it on the other side.
Gaff the ball.
We're gonna go on top of Sandro.
GEORDIE: I'm gonna stay neutral as long as I can right now.
-Get it all out of here.
-That's what I'm doing.
-I'm gonna over and under you a couple times, Sandro.
Feel it.
I got it, Geordie.
One hand is better than two.
-Yup.
-Good job.
-Teamwork, bro.
-Do we still have him?
-He's still on.
-We got lucky there, bro.
Coming down the rail.
MARCIANO: Why doesn't he give up?
-Let's see if we can get a good look.
The kids and I can't afford to go many more days without a paycheck on this boat.
So, I'm hoping we can finally land our first fish right now.
JOE: I got color.
-There he is. -It's definitely a tuna fish. -Damn, it's a short.
He's only about 60 inches long.
-Oh, yeah.
-When we catch fish that are under 73 inches, we release them back into the ocean.
-Bye, baby.
-There he goes.
So these little guys can spawn and grow bigger to help keep the fishery sustainable.
-Now we just got to go find ourselves a big one.
-He's all over the place.
Crazy fish.
-Wow, he's (bleep) moving.
Reverse on top of him. Stop the boat.
-Just belly rolled there.
-Come back. Come back. -He's tough.
We got to get him.
-Rolling this (bleep) right now.
-He's a hook puller.
Please stay in.
-Rolled there or something.
-I don't like all this rolling he's doing but we have no choice.
We got to play his game.
-Reverse.
I got him in a pinwheel now.
-Yeah. Yeah. Clockwise. Yep. Yep.
-We might get a wild shot here.
Swivel coming up.
Swivel. Keep coming. Neutral.
Try to reverse. There he is. Bring him right you.
-Come left, Sanchi.
-Push that dart in.
-The dart's not in. Get that gaff in the head.
-Got him?
-Yup. Come left, Geordie. Come right, come right.
-Woohoo! Yeah, got it done.
-That's what I'm talking about.
-Nice job, guys. -Very nice. -Thank God we got this one.
Woohoo. Finally. What the hell?
-At least we don't have to go home like dorks.
-Here we go.
That's a beauty right there.
-Nice. -He's round. Wow. -That's a nice shape.
-Nice little fish.
GEORDIE: That's a nice start to the season.
DAVE: Time to give the fleet a wakeup call.
-Perfect. -We got one. 96 inches.
-Real good, yeah, whoo!
TJ: Holy (bleep).
Good going, Twitchy.
RICK: Did he get his?
-Yeah, he said 96.
-I know. -Why'd you say that?
You know you just lied, like?
-Why not? I should've told them 106.
Oh, well.
Finally got our first fish of the season.
TYLER: Pinwheel, baby!
We started out this week behind three other boats in the earnings and all three of
them earned good paychecks again this week.
What's up, Gut?
GUT: Hey, what's going on?
-I got three beauties for you.
Hopefully these tuna can help us get one step close to our goal of being Gloucester's top
producing Bluefin boat this season.
What are we looking at, brother?
-280 dressed. 208 dressed. We got 350 here.
-Beautiful. We're coming on up. Wow, look at that thing.
Woo!
What's this gonna do, Gut?
What do you think about it?
-Pretty good fish.
You know you got good fat.
Core looks good.
I'll give you $15.
-Awesome, thank you, Gut.
I appreciate it.
Let's check the second one out.
-Let's see.
Decent fat.
I guess the color's a little bit light.
-What can you get me?
-Gonna be 14 on that one.
-All right I'll take that. Thank you very much.
-All right. You did all right you got three fish.
But, this one here.
This is a beauty.
-Really? -It's a real nice fish. -I like that one.
That one's gorgeous.
-That's a nice, nice fish. Look at the oil. Look at the oil on this fish.
-That is loaded. -That is loaded, boy.
-What do you think? What can you do for me on this one?
-That's, core looks good.
Good fat.
That'll ring the bell at $25 a pound.
-Bingo! -Bingo! -Let's go!
-Yeah. -Woo, thank you, Gut. Appreciate it.
-There you go. Yeah. -Nearly 16 grand for one trip.
Good luck catching up to that, Dot Com.
DUFFY: Hell yeah.
TYLER: Whoo!
DAVE: Let's get this baby weighed.
-Scotty.
SCOTT: What's going on? What do you guys have?
-We got one nice one for you.
It feels great finally bringing our first fish back to dock.
But, unfortunately we're way behind.
-All right, captain hook what do you got?
-330 pounds.
-All right.
-So we need a big paycheck here to try and catch up.
What's happening?
-This is a good fish right here.
Got a good shape on him.
You know, decent size, it's got a little bit of fat in there.
-All right.
With all that said what do you think?
-Well the way everything's going with this...
17 bucks a pound.
-Nice! -That's awesome. That's awesome.
-Sweet paycheck. -You guys are on fire. -I don't know about that.
-That's one fish down on our way back up to the top.
Dot Com is on the board.
-Let's go and get our number one spot back, guys.
NARRATOR: At the end of week two of fishing, Pinwheel's triple catch pushes the young
duo into the lead.
But good quality fish for Hot Tuna, Fish Hawk, and Wicked Pissah,
keep them close behind.
Meanwhile, Dot Com's long overdue first bluefin means family operation
Hard Merchandise is the only boat yet to make a paycheck.
MARCIANO: Another little one.
-Don't call him little. He's beautiful.
-He's puny. He's a runt. No matter what happens. We're gonna have fun.
That's how we roll on this boat.
But of course, the goal is we got to make some money.
We all need that.
If these kids can't make a paycheck and pay their rent, they're liable to move back
home and we don't do the boomerang thing at household Hard Merchandise.
ANGELICA: Yeah, I'm not moving back home.
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