(thunder)
DAVE: Here we go.
NARRATOR: On this episode of Wicked Tuna...
DAVE: Red sky in the morning, sailor, take warning.
NARRATOR: When bad weather...
DAVE: We got to get out of here. Look at it.
MATT: This wind is crazy.
NARRATOR: Slams the fishing grounds...
TYLER: We got a monsoon.
NARRATOR: The fleet...
PAUL: Hold on! Hold on!
NARRATOR: Goes for broke.
DAVE: We're on, we're on!
NARRATOR: But...
PAUL: It's a very, very dangerous job.
NARRATOR: Will it come at a cost?
NARRATOR: This is Wicked Tuna.
GEORDIE: Holy (bleep). That was close.
NARRATOR: At the start of week eight of fishing,
last season's lowest producing boat,
Fish Hawk, is in the top spot for the first time ever.
But they have just a narrow lead over the young duo on Pinwheel and
longtime top earner, Dot Com.
Meanwhile, Wicked Pissah and Hard Merchandise lag behind the pack.
(radio static)
MAN (over radio): The National Weather Service in Taunton has issued a
Special Marine Warning
for coastal waters east of Ipswich Bay.
Doppler radar indicated dangerous winds in excess of 50 knots.
MARCIANO: (bleep), (bleep).
MAN (over radio): Heavy rainfall and frequent lightning.
-Terrible thunderstorms. -Really, coming our way? -Uh-hmm.
MAN (over radio): Prepare for low visibility.
BRAD: This is tuna weather in this rough (bleep).
A lot of times, you get problems in rough weather.
We got 24 hours before a big storm is gonna hit the fishing grounds.
The forecasters say it's gonna blow up to 50 knots and seas up to ten-foot.
For our tiny tuna boats, that's massive.
TJ: I didn't know it was gonna blow like that tomorrow.
I've been a fisherman my whole life and I've been stuck out in bad storms and
it's not a good thing.
I mean, you have to respect Mother Nature and you have to anticipate
and prepare for the worst.
This (bleep) sucks.
PAUL: There's just so many scary things that can happen.
A lot of people out here, like, do this on weekends and stuff and they think
it's like glorified catching a fish.
It's really not, is it?
RICK: No, it's like it.
PAUL: It's a very, very, very, very dangerous job.
I've seen what happens out here when you push your luck and it isn't pretty.
Add in wind, lightning, waves, it's a recipe for disaster.
That's why I lose my mind when if someone can get hurt I get so nervous and so scared.
MATT: Oh my Lord.
Fishing is a dangerous job even in good conditions.
You go overboard in rough weather, you could be miles away from the boat in minutes.
You're gonna drown and you're gonna die.
It's very, very dangerous.
But this is what we got, this is what we do.
We don't have much time to catch these fish so we got to make every minute count.
Batten down the hatches.
TYLER: We're fishermen.
We got to fish through it.
It's a very close race at the top of the leaderboard.
We're in second place behind the Fish Hawk, but Dot Com
is right behind us in third,
so we need to make every day count no matter what the weather's like.
We're gonna go out there, we're gonna get the job done.
DAVE: Supposed to blow, they're saying gusts up to 50 possibly 60 knots.
What a morning this is gonna be.
Pretty nasty out here.
I'm currently in third place so we need to be out.
When it's rough out, that means the tuna are gonna bite.
If it's blowing, we're going.
Hopefully we all catch fish, make some money, and everybody gets home safely.
When you got a job to do, you got to take risks.
TJ: Boy, I don't know what to do.
Anytime I make a bad decision, I put my crew's lives at risk, so ultimately,
it's coming back to me to decide.
Do we ride this out, or do we go in?
MIKE: I think we should go out, TJ.
TJ made the call last year to not go fishing during that storm because
he was being cautious.
TIM (over phone): How you gonna catch 'em at the dock?
TJ: You see this giant purple storm coming?
TIM (over phone): TJ, listen to me, if you feel it's not worth it,
then you're really not cut out to be a bluefin tuna fisherman.
-I didn't agree with that decision then and I wouldn't agree with that
decision now either.
-Oh, man.
PAUL: Look it, TJ's boat doesn't even move.
My boat is the smallest boat in the fleet, so it's really tough to battle six and
eight-foot seas, but we're in fifth place.
So we need to battle the weather as long as we can.
You guys (bleep) kidding me?
Your boat is wider than mine is long.
TJ: Oh, man.
The rough weather is coming,
but right now the lead is so close that we're gonna have to
do whatever it takes to try and regain that spot.
We're only $6,000 away.
That's one bend of the rod, some meat on deck, and next thing you know
we're back in the top spot.
I'm not gonna let a storm slow us down.
All right, we're staying out.
Let's do this.
-It's great to see TJ not backing down from this storm.
We need to stay focused and keep fishing.
TJ: This kind of sucks.
MARCIANO: It's not too rough now, but we do got a big low pressure coming and
a lot of times though, that can trigger good fishing.
If there's any fish here, they should be biting.
Even though the fishing could be good, you got to be on your game because
if you mess around, you could die.
It's not easy.
Nobody said it was gonna be easy.
TYLER: We can't waste time. Put out the rods.
-Huh? -Put out the rods. -Yup.
-The skies are blue for now, but we got a big storm that's gonna hit the tuna grounds
tomorrow afternoon and it will affect fishing for about two days,
so we need to catch something quick.
Big mark.
(beeping)
PAUL: We're marking. We're marking.
He's right at 120. A couple fish swimming around.
They came right up to 50 feet looking at the weights.
I didn't catch anything last week so we need to put some meat on the deck,
but every minute that goes by means bigger waves and more trouble.
Sometimes you'll mark 200 or 300 fish in a day and not get a bite and
then at times you'll mark one and get a bite.
DUFFY: We had a mark down deep at 25.
It sounds like this storm could be a beast,
so we need to catch something right away so we can get off the water.
(beeping)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
Oh, yeah, we're on, whoo.
-Whoo, baby, whoo. Not a cloud in sight.
-Whoo. -Whoo, got one on here.
-Whoo, how do you like me now, boys?
-I need to get my other lines in.
It's a really big fish,
he's out on top, he's screaming, taking a lot of line.
This is what you do it for.
RICK: The weather's gonna turn for the worst in a couple hours and we're
just trying to get a bite.
We're just waiting our turn.
We're hoping to have one come by and bite our hook.
(beeping)
(clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
PAUL: We're on, here we go, yeah!
-Not yet, not yet.
-We're in the anchor, so I got to go around the anchor, I think.
Loosen up on the drag a little.
The last thing I need right now is to lose the fish in that anchor line.
He's going for the anchor line!
Look out.
-Easy.
-Backing down on this one, trying to close the gap.
-Yeah, baby!
-There's a lot of lobster traps around here and we don't wanna get caught
in one of them.
We wanna stay as close to the fish as possible.
Don't stay up on top of him.
He can get himself wrapped in one of these pots and it's game over.
We want game over on the back of the boat, not game over broken line.
-Lift the rod up out of the rod holder.
Unclip it, un...
-I am.
-All right, I got it out. Now you're free.
We are so lucky, dude.
-Very good. -Little bastard.
Get in my anchor, will ya?
-Then he went screaming into the anchor line, Paul pulled his magic,
and now we're fighting a good fish.
-Reel, reel, reel.
Watch out!
You okay, Ricky?
-Yeah, I'm, I am soaked. -You're an animal.
The fish is out there, Ricky's battling there with him.
I'm running around like a crazy man, trying to get everything clear,
anchor lines.
-Big fish.
-Just got to get out of this little bit of an obstacle here.
We got this lobster gear right here, really worried about it,
don't wanna lose the fish in the lobster gear,
it's gonna back right by it.
That's how close our fish was?
-Yeah, they got Rasta gear though, dude.
Check it out!
-That is Rasta gear. -Whoo. -You're our lucky buoy.
-Right by the Rasta gear! -Look at that Rasta gear! -Hey! How we doing?
-Dude, we got this Rasta gear.
Thank God it had good vibes,
it didn't cut us off, our fish swam right by it.
Thank God. Peace.
-Hold on. Hold on. Big waves! Hold on, easy does it.
This is what we were worried about.
We got one on the line and I can barely keep the boat under control.
Trying to keep it into him.
He's going down!
-Deep color. -There he is, dude, 100 yards.
Yeah baby, whoo, this is awesome.
(line snaps)
-Ugh, come on, ugh. -Chafed him.
T, can you get me some leaders?
-Yup. -I'll start rigging right now.
-I'm always mad when we lose fish, but it's part of the job.
We just got to focus on getting the hooks back in the water and catching
the next one before the storm hits.
We'll hook up again.
What are you gonna do?
DUFFY: Ugh, what a heartbreak.
-I can't see. -In the sun, that's why.
-He won't go in a short pinwheel.
He's in a big, wide circle.
-I see color. Going under the boat.
-See, I can't get over there.
(bleep), (bleep), (bleep), look out.
(line snaps)
Oh, no!
-Pulled hook.
What the (bleep)?
-Yeah. That's what happens when you do this.
-I know. -That's what happens.
(bleep) that tuna. I don't wanna die over a fish.
-Everything's becoming dangerous.
-I was getting ready to cut him off anyway.
It's only a (bleep) 80-inch (bleep) piece of (bleep).
-All right. I'm fine with that.
I just don't wanna let you down.
-No, it wasn't you. It was the way the...
the sea!
-Yeah.
-I'm not afraid to fish in bad weather, but I'm not a fool.
This boat was not built to fish in these conditions.
You can't get on him.
-No, you can't.
-When the waves are too close together, you can't get on him because
I couldn't keep backing up,
you would have been so covered in water it would have been a joke.
MATT: We wanna hear a screaming reel here.
That's a good-looking bait, boss.
That's why they keep eating.
BRAD: One of these is gonna be good.
Bad weather conditions are nothing to mess around with, but, you know,
we're trying to provide food for our families and put food on the table
and that's what we're out here doing.
MATT: This year we're really showing out what we're made of, you know.
Show everybody we ain't no joke.
We're a force to be reckoned with and we're firing on all cylinders and
that ain't slowing down any time soon.
Last year, we were at the bottom, but right now we're in first place.
So, we won't take nothing for granted.
Rain or shine, we're making every day count.
He looks pretty small right now.
When we bring that thing aboard, he's gonna look a whole lot bigger than that.
We're gonna get one, the herring's going off.
MARCIANO: Once the storm hits, we're done,
so I'm just making a Hail Mary pass to a little spot known
as Blue Hill that I've fished over the years and got some really
big fish there, right?
-Right.
-You're supposed to say, "(bleep) aye, Skipper."
-Oh, you never told me that.
(bleep) aye, Skipper. Is that better?
-With enthusiasm.
Hard Merch has been out here for seven weeks now and all we've got
to show for it is three tuna.
So, even though we got a storm coming in, we've got to fish,
we've got to try and make a living.
Come on, can't we mark one right away for a change?
There's a fish.
Marking!
Get ready, Joe, there's one underneath us.
MATT: We are marking some bait, cap.
We're gonna get one.
That herring's going off.
-Come on, fish, bite it!
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-We're on!
-We're on, reel, reel, reel, reel!
-Come on, fish.
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-Ooh, we got him. -Fish on!
-He's peeling out line right now.
-Yeah, buddy! -He's charging. He's charging. -Whoo.
JOE: I really hope we get this one on deck.
(beeping)
MARCIANO: Come on, fish, bite it!
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-We're on!
-We're on, reel, reel, reel, reel!
-Come on, fish.
(reel unspooling rapidly)
BRAD: Ooh, we got him, fish on!
-He's peeling out line now.
BRAD: Yeah, buddy!
-He's charging. He's charging, whoo.
-I really hope we get this one on deck.
-We got a big tuna on the line, whoo!
Start straightening it out, Brad.
That wind had you.
This wind is crazy!
BRAD: It's rough out today, but tomorrow the real storm's gonna hit.
It' will be virtually impossible to land a fish, so I hope we can catch
this one now to keep our lead.
Which way is he now?
-Straight back.
Ka-kaw! Ka-kaw! Ooh, he's running!
We got a screamer, baby! Woo!
BRAD: It's tough to fight in these conditions because the wind whips you around,
the waves turn your boat around real quick.
This thing, he's just running down sea.
-Wow, he's smoking the drag.
-Come on, Joe.
JOE: We really need this fish right now.
We're down on the leaderboards, everyone's catching fish.
-Feel like a tuna, Joe?
-Yeah, I think so, and he's got a little bit of weight on him.
He's going up forward.
-All right. Well, let's see if we can him up here, Joe.
Right behind you.
Ready?
-Shark. (bleep) it.
-Oh, no, it's a big blue dog. -Blue dog, Blue dog. -Oh wow, that's a huge shark.
-Stupid shark.
-That's a waste of time and a waste of money.
-Yes, I understand your point, but he's still cool.
-We've got a few more hours before the storm comes through.
So, we just need to get the hooks back in the water.
If we can get a fish, we can get in early and ride out the storm on shore.
Woo.
-He's just swimming faster than we're driving.
BRAD: Is he on top or is he down?
-I don't know where he is.
He's on top. He's going down.
There's a sunfish right here on the side of us.
I hope we don't get caught in that sunfish.
-I wanna get away from that thing.
-Forward right.
-A sunfish might seem harmless, but anything that rubs against
our line could break it.
-Line's right near that sunfish.
-It'll pop right off if it hits it.
-I don't like that feeling, go forward left, Brad.
I feel it rubbing on something, Brad.
-He's gonna pop off. -Forward left. That way!
-What a ballbuster.
Looks like he wants to pinwheel up, right?
-He's coming. -We got choppy weather.
I love it.
We'd be really fortunate to get this one.
-Here he is, Brad. Here he is right here. I got leader.
-All right. Get him up here.
You got him. You got him. Circle him in here.
Good shot. Get the tail rope. I got this.
-Whoo, Fish Hawk, baby. Worst to first.
Okay, stand back.
-That's a nice fish dude, whoo.
-Good job, Brad. Game over. -Whoo. -Thank you for playing.
Let's go get another one of these.
-This tuna gets us further ahead of the fleet before it gets
really rough tomorrow when 10-foot waves and 50 knot winds will
hit the fishing grounds.
Whoo, good job.
-Looks like a nice fish. A nice round fish.
-Let's measure this diamond. There you go, bub.
83 to the nose.
Thank you, buddy God bless you.
-Number one spot, feels great, but Dot Com will stop at nothing to get ahead.
So we need to stay focused, catch tuna and stay safe.
Tuna Dot who?
Not bad for a boat that was last place last year, huh?
-We're gonna stay out tonight and try to get another one before the storm hits.
-Woo! Fish Hawk, baby!
DAVE: The weather today is not gonna be all that nice.
That saying goes, "Red sky in morning, sailor take warning."
And that's exactly what's gonna transpire today,
so we got light winds right now, obviously it's pretty calm,
but winds are supposed to come up pretty hard this afternoon.
Yesterday, Fish Hawk got another fish.
And right now, Brad is sitting comfortable in that top spot and we are in third.
The forecast is calling for a big storm, high winds, big seas, lightning,
not a good mixture.
But we're staying out regardless until we get a fish.
So it's gonna get a little bit sloppy.
TJ: I got screaming, screaming tide, but there's nothing I can do about it.
I mean we're right back where we've been doing great, so we're just gonna give it hell.
There's a storm coming through, but we're going all out for that number one spot,
no matter what the weather is like.
This year, one of our main goals was just to shut up all the haters and
fish harder than anyone.
MIKE: It's a good feeling right now, the Hot Tuna is going for it.
In past years, TJ might have been a little cautious, but we're focused on that number
one spot right now because we've got something to prove to all these doubters.
-Maybe today's the day. I hope today's the day.
PAUL: It's very rocking and rolling today.
It's a lot, you know.
RICK: It is a lot.
-Well, I guess we'll hang here because if we move, we'd mistime 'em.
Maybe catching 'em.
I hope we get one this trip.
JOE: Feeling a little breezy out here, we're just checking our baits.
MARCIANO: Definitely getting a little sporty out here today.
By sporty, I mean it's starting to suck.
ANGELICA: I've never fished in bad weather yet and not gonna lie,
I'm a little worried.
I knew what my dad did was never easy, but seeing it firsthand on days like this,
it definitely puts a new perspective on it.
-Gel's doing good so far today.
It's definitely a challenging day.
So, if she makes it through the day,
I think she's gonna be fine for the season.
TYLER: Yeah, we got a giant lightning storm coming.
It's the first lightning storm of the season.
You know, your boat can get struck, you can blow out all your electronics.
You can blow a hole in the bottom of the boat.
We got the 40-foot white sticks that will probably get struck before anything else.
DUFFY: A little lightning, stir the fish up.
Get scared, they wanna come aboard the Pinwheel.
We treat 'em nice, we got plenty of ice, right, T?
-Nobody likes fishing in bad weather, but we haven't caught anything this trip and
Dot Com's right behind us in the earnings, so we got to stay out and catch.
I mean I know it's dangerous, but in the meantime what are we gonna do, you know?
We're fishermen. We got to fish through it.
-Wow, that was a big charge right there, bro.
-We started this week with a very narrow lead over Pinwheel and Dot Com.
So far, we're the only one to catch this trip, but complacency is the enemy of
success, so we're sticking it out.
-That looks like a beast of a storm.
-We can't do anything about it.
We're here, this thing's coming.
DAVE: Man, it's a mess out here today.
It's blowing 35, gusts in the 40.
Seas eight to ten foot.
SANDRO: It ain't pretty, but usually when it's like this, fish bite,
so kind of have to be out here.
DAVE: In bad weather, a lot of things could go wrong; big seas, lightning,
you could blow out the windows, items can shift on the deck possibly pinning
someone or breaking a leg, breaking a rib.
Somebody can get washed overboard, that means you've got to be on
you're A-game.
-Batten down the hatches, baby.
Lightning storms are not safe.
-You can see the rain down below.
All the way, that's all rain.
-There he is. -Ugh, streaking right up, ugh.
-It's a good mark, Dave, it's streaking.
(beeping)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-We're on, we're on! -Yeah, that's him! -Sanchi!
And we got it!
-No way! -We're on, reel!
(thunder and lightning)
GEORDIE: Holy (bleep). That was close.
(beeping)
SANDRO: It ain't pretty, but usually when it's like this, fish bite,
so kind of have to be out here.
-Fish mark in different ways...
(beeping)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
We're on, we're on!
-Sanchi!
-No way!
Lightning could blowout our electronics,
start a fire, or kill one of us,
but we really need to land this fish, so hopefully we can get back on top.
-Let's just stay focused, and land this fish, and let's take cover.
-Got 'em on!
-Took it right out of my hands.
-We were putting the down rod back out, ate it right out of Dave's hands.
-I had a friend that was doing the same exact thing and unfortunately the line wrapped
his fingers when the fish hit and it cinched down on it.
-Now he's awake.
-But in the process he lost two fingers, so you got to be careful.
-The fish is just all over the place, banging his head around down there.
This one's a little crazy here.
-Reel, reel, reel, get it on board.
-Come on. We need this fish right now.
-Yeah, we do. -He's kicking your ass.
-Ugh, he's kicking my ass a little bit.
I'll say it.
-There he is!
-I got a good shot on him.
-We got him. Get a gaff.
-Watch out the deck's slippery.
The (bleep).
-I'm losing him, guys. My hands are slipping.
-The (bleep)?
-Talk about kicking my ass right?
It kicked all of our asses at the end.
-That fish was one tough bastard, now we've got to get him on quickly and take cover.
Nice little fatty. Chunky monkey.
-80 inches. -81.
Kind of harsh conditions, but we got it done.
We started third in the earnings this week, and Fish Hawk caught one yesterday,
so we're staying out to catch another one come wind, rain, or shine.
Quick, guys, get the lines out, so we can get right back inside.
We ain't done yet.
-It's getting (bleep) nasty out.
-Yeah.
-The waves are starting to build big and we can see lightning on the horizon.
We're out here now, so we got no choice but to ride it out.
I've seen better days, but I've certainly seen a whole lot worse.
We're just gonna have to deal with it.
JOE: You hanging in there?
-Oh, yeah.
-Come on, it's beautiful outside.
ANGELICA: I've never fished in bad weather, so I'm concerned.
It's hard to stay focused, and optimistic, and do your job, and do it proper when all you
wanna do is just go back inside and put on some dry socks.
It just sucks.
-I'm optimistic about this spot.
Hopefully we're gonna bump into a fish or two you know?
Because we just need one fish and that will change the day.
-Okay.
-This is Angelica's first time really seeing weather like this.
The thing I've learned over the years, there's gonna be some days like that,
but the fish are gonna be biting those days too.
So, you have to be out there.
-Bunch of time to catch some fish and time is the biggest investment we
make in this business.
-We have no chance if we're back at the dock right now, so, tuna fishing.
-Oh, boy.
BRAD: Turn all those electronics off.
-Shut everything off, Brad?
-Yeah, turn all the panels off.
-If we get hit by lightning it could shock all of our electronics to where we can't
turn them on.
And if we can't turn on our GPS, how we gonna get home?
-Here we go. -Whoo, safe inside.
Nice, now we can sit back in the Lazyboy and enjoy the lightning storm.
-We're gonna let this storm pass over.
Go get a couple more in the morning.
-Cool.
It sucks.
I'd rather be home sitting on the couch with the fam, but this is the life I chose.
-This is how we wash down the Fish Hawk.
TYLER: Duffy, it's the perfect time to put the Pinwheel flag up.
-What box top?
-Oh yeah. Put the anchor on it.
You know when we're stuck out in the middle of the ocean when the storm's coming
there's nothing else you can do but ride it out you know just hope the rod bends.
-Oh my God!
-Got a hell of a storm rolling in right now.
Oh!
-You see that one?
-Once in a while you get a good bite right before a storm where the pressure drops.
You already feel the weather changing.
-You hear that just go louder.
You feel that? I'm going inside.
-You want to try and put another one out here shortly, or?
The first month of the season fishing we were one of the top earning boats,
but now we're in fourth place.
This season I wanna lose the reputation of being a middle of the pack boat.
One way to do that is to stay out in bad weather and catch fish.
MIKE: Come on let's hook up right now.
Past years TJ might have been a little cautious.
But we're focused on that number one spot right now.
Nothing's gonna keep us off the water this year.
-It's almost done right?
(beeping)
-It's a big mark. Jarrett, put another rod out.
-Whoo, that one was close.
(clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-We're on, we're on! -Woo-hoo.
-That's him, that's him.
Hit the anchor, Michael, that's him.
Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!
Got a bite.
Bubby, reel this in.
There's something on here too.
-We got a double on, woo!
Right now, landing both of these fish would be amazing.
That would put us right near that number one spot,
which we've been gunning for.
-TJ, mine changed directions.
He's heading towards the portside now.
-Want me to back off?
-Don't tangle these lines now. You cannot let them cross.
If they cross, they're just gonna cut each other off and you're back to the
anchor with nothing.
So it's important to position the rod safely away from each other.
-What do you wanna do, what do you wanna do?
-Michael, go over the top of Jarrett.
-Watch the lines. -Come on.
Well, actually hold on, hold on.
Let's see.
-He's pulling. He's pulling. -Back the drag off! Back the drag off!
-It's all the way off, it's almost free spool.
-Watch out! Watch out! Go over, Jarrett, go over him.
Get him over, Jarrett.
-Over? -No, wait!
o you wanna do? What do you wanna do?
TJ: Michael, go over the top of Jarrett.
-Watch the lines. -Come on.
Actually hold on, hold on. Let's see, hold on.
-He's pulling. He's pulling. -Back the drag off! Back the drag off!
-It's all the way off, it's on almost free spool.
TJ: We're hooked up on two tuna and if we manage to land them both,
it could potentially put us back in the top spot for the first time in over a month.
Michael, you're gonna have to go over him, wait.
Watch out! Watch out!
Go over, Jarrett. Go over him. You got to get over, Jarrett.
-Over? -No, we're under, TJ.
We're still under.
-No, wait.
But the fish are heading towards each other.
And if the two lines cross we risk losing one or both fish, so it's important to position
the rods as far away from each other as possible.
Don't backlash it.
-I didn't. I didn't. I stopped it. We're good. We're good.
-Yeah, baby! Hoo-ey! -Double trouble, baby.
MIKE: When you hook two fish, you got to stay on top of your game.
You have to get on top of one fish get him straight up and down if you can.
And leave the other fish.
Let him run as much as you can, but keep the line tight.
It's almost like walking a dog very far away.
-Got this fish straight up and down.
Game time, man.
-I'm gonna go over the top.
-I got deep color. There's your shot right here.
-Keep going, wind, wind, wind! -Got him, got him.
-Jarrett, gaff, get him in quick.
We don't wanna lose the other one.
Michael, get a tail gaff. Hurry up!
-Tail rope. -Get the rope, get the rope.
I got him, get the rope!
-I got it, I got it. -All right, come on, Jarrett.
-Oh, that's the only thing I can pull him here with.
-That's one, baby, that's one. Get on that rod!
-All right, take care of that one, buddy.
Nice work, Bubby.
-That's how it's done kids. -Nice work. -Good job.
-Yeah, one down.
-The wind's picking up big time.
Here it comes.
-Is it startin' to rain? -Yeah, woo!
-I feel like Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump, bro.
-There's a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Come on, baby!
-A pot of blue gold baby, blue gold.
-Blue gold, there he is!
Nailed him.
-Got him, tail gaff. Tail rope, TJ.
It's on the cooler. Yeah, Jarrett.
-Yeah. -Oh, God, the Rain Gods. -Pa-pow!
-Yeah. -Double, baby! -Soaking wet!
-Whoo! -Whoo, yeah, soaking wet.
-There's no better feeling than rolling the dice.
This trip we rolled them hard.
The storm kicked our butt, but we're coming in right now with two beautiful fish.
-81. -81, baby.
-Beautiful, all right, let's see what the other one is.
Let's see what the other one is, 80.
-80.
-Good job, guys.
Let's get these babies to the buyer.
They might put us in the lead.
-I'm glad we're back to port safely now.
GUT: Hey, what's going on?
-We got a nice big one for you.
-You got one, huh? Better than nothing.
-We started this week as the fleet's top earning boat for the first time ever,
but Hot Tuna just landed two fish and they're breathing right down our necks.
-You know it looks like this one grew a little bit hanging out in the ice.
-So far this season our fish have been really good quality,
ranging from 16 to 22 bucks a pound,
so I'm hoping we continue that trend and get good money for this fish.
What do we got, Gut?
-217 dressed, Brad. -Nice. -Nice.
-The buyer's looking for some nice ruby red color, the fat, the texture of the meat to
judge what price he can give you for these fish.
-Oh, yeah. -Ooh. -Core's good, that's good.
A little light here, not a whole lot of fat.
-What can you do for us on this one, Gut?
Come on, come on, Gut.
-Let's see...
This one's like 14 bucks.
I wish I could pay you a little better, but.
-15, 15, 15?
-No, nope, 14. -They add up. Thank you, Gut.
-Yeah, all right. -Thanks, buddy, love you, man.
That's the lowest price we've got for a fish this season, but at least it's a paycheck.
In the end, we're happy to be home safe and sound.
As soon as this weather clears up we're getting right back out there.
-Oh, man!
-Glad we're not out there tonight.
It's gonna be a rough one for those guys.
PILOT (over radio): Boat in distress, right here.
I got eyes.
Six or seven in the water.
We need to recover them fast.
TYLER: Sounds like a boat might have capsized and six or seven people ended
up in the water.
Saw the Coast Guard circling around and around and around you knew something was up.
This is just a reminder that one bad wave can roll your boat and you can end up in the
water fighting for your life.
That almost happened to Hot Tuna last year.
-Hold on, hold on, oh, hold on!
Oh my God, Jarrett!
-Come inside. -Holy.
TYLER: This is a dangerous way to make a living.
DUFFY: Did everyone make it?
DAVE: I'm ready for another bite here.
The waves are forecast to get up to 10 feet which will definitely make it very
difficult to fight tuna because if we're hooked up and the boat is constantly getting
tossed around by these big waves, there's a good chance we could pull the hook or
break him off and there goes our paycheck.
-With all this bad weather, it's definitely gonna be super slippery on this deck.
If we fall over with all this heavy rain gear, we're gonna sink like a stone.
But we have to catch a fish.
Fish Hawk is in the lead and the Hot Tuna caught two,
and now we really need to get back in the lead.
(beeping)
(clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
Oh, there he is. He's got it.
He's got it, he's got it, we're on again.
-That's him. Oh yeah, there he goes.
Move that rod, got 'em on again.
-I'm watching it.
All right, this fish has got some weight to him.
About to get nasty too.
Wow, it's freaking coming down now.
Hey, Geordie, come on, on. Ready?
It's blowing every bit of 35 now.
-Oh, yeah. (bleep) Stinging.
Dude, the raindrops are hitting me right in the retinas.
DAVE: Big wave! Holy crap, hold on.
DAVE: Holy crap. Hold on!
Damn. Let's get this boot in, Geordie.
-Wow, it's nasty out here now.
Looks like you got him going counterclockwise, right?
-That's what it feels like, kind of.
-Bigger than we thought, huh? Hold on, guys. Careful the deck's slippery.
Here he comes. Come on, Geordie.
Fifty feet, that wind's just coming on.
Color!
There he is! Take the shot!
Great shot, Sandro.
I've got the tail rope.
-Nice, dude. -Man wins that time, bitch.
-Nice work, bud. -Wow. Dot Com on fire.
And this is the weather that separates the men from the boys and
the average crew from the excellent crew.
That's Dot Com style right there, 94.
-Nice.
-Here's the deal, no more fishing.
-Yeah, we're out of here. -Just, we got out of here.
Look at it, I'm gonna pop off.
-Crazy tuna fishermen.
JOE: Definitely sucky weather.
Nothing's easy out here right now.
MARCIANO: The only weather that matters is whether you need a fish or not,
plain and simple.
We've been battling the elements for days and we haven't caught anything and
we're all exhausted.
What a terrible week it's been.
-Oh, (bleep). -What, what?
(vomiting)
Angelica has been a real trooper dealing with her first big weather fishing event.
-Did she get sick? -Yeah, she just did.
I think we all need a hot shower and a home cooked meal,
so it's about time to call it quits.
Well, that's enough.
Getting pretty nasty out here.
I think we're gonna throw in the sponge for the day.
Let this weather go by and we'll see what happens tomorrow.
That's a wrap.
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TJ: Oh man, what a wild week.
-Scottso. What's up, buddy?
-What's up, buddy? -What's going on, guys? -What's up, gentlemen?
-What's up, big Tim? -How'd you guys make out? -Got a double hook up.
-Nice.
-Want to get him out, get him up there? All right. -All right, let's do it.
TJ: This year one of our main goals was to shut up all the haters and fish
harder than anyone.
So coming in with two nice fish after battling the elements all week,
there's no better feeling.
What do we got, Scottso?
-We got 243 pounds, 264 pounds.
-Perfect, baby. Perfect. Looking good, right.
-Yeah, they look very good.
-Yeah, I mean you can see the fat in the minors too.
-Yup.
-You know, no burn on these cores either.
Just good thing.
-No, they're beautiful. That's a nice one. Nice color.
-So what are we looking at here, Scottso?
-With this fish right here...
$19 a pound.
-Whoa, Scottso. Sweet. -Nice, Scottso.
-Yeah, with the second one.
-That one's loaded with fat, Scottso.
-Nice fish.
-I mean, this is good fish right here.
Great core on it. You can see a glow.
-Yeah.
-So what are you thinking, man?
-This fish will get you guys $20 a pound.
-Whoa! -Scotty likey. -Scottso!
Almost 10 grand, yeah we'll take it.
I just hope it's enough to keep us ahead of Dot Com.
Hot Tuna is en fuego.
Pa-pow!
DAVE: Time to take back our lead, boys.
What's up, Scott.
-What's up, Dave? -Two more for you, buddy. -Let's check him out.
DAVE: It was a tough week of fishing and only two boats managed to catch two fish in
tough conditions and that was us and the Hot Tuna.
Hopefully these two beauties get us ahead of everyone in the fleet.
What do you got? What's the weight, Scott?
-325 pounds dressed. 218 pounds dressed.
-Nice. -Still fish.
-Come on up let's check 'em out.
-We're gonna need a good price if we're gonna get back in the lead.
What do you think, man?
-Well, I mean it's not really the fattiest fish.
But it doesn't have any burn.
-What are you thinking? -Bottom line, $16 a pound.
-Thank you, Scott. That's awesome. We like that.
Well let's check out the other one.
-It's good color. -That's all right. -Yeah.
-That's really not that bad. -That's nice.
-You know, there's no burn in it so.
-There's a little bit of fat in it.
-Yeah, you can see a little bit in there.
-What are you thinking there?
-$18 a pound. -All right. -All right, score.
-Thanks, buddy. -Thanks, Scott. -Appreciate it. Thanks.
-Thanks.
Nine grand in one trip.
Hopefully that's enough to get us back in the lead.
That's why you never back down from a storm.
NARRATOR: At the end of week eight of fishing,
double catches for Fishing Vessel Tuna Dot Com and
Hot Tuna make them the fleet's two top earners.
But a payday for Fish Hawk keeps them close behind.
TYLER: We got a monsoon.
This is a storm coming through right now.
You know, Duffy's loves it he's gonna take advantage of it.
-Oh, my God. This is awesome.
I got Duffy out there getting himself clean.
He was starting to get stinky.
Yeah, Duff.
-What's this, a little weather?
-Just a little weather, nothing crazy.
-That was too close. I'll put my rubber boots on now.
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