NARRATOR: On this episode of Wicked Tuna...
TYLER: We're on!
NARRATOR: As the season hits the halfway point...
MATT: Something's wrong, Brad.
JOE: We're running out of line!
NARRATOR: Some teams will pull together...
DAVE: We are a well-oiled machine.
MATT: This is the one we need.
(laughter)
NARRATOR: While others...
PAUL: Look at me. Look at me.
Why don't you understand?
RICK: I'm going to the...
PAUL: Touch to the starboard!
NARRATOR: ...will fall apart.
TYLER: I've caught 10 times as many tunas
as you've ever caught in your life.
TJ: He's crazy.
DUFFY: You're (bleep) full of (bleep).
NARRATOR: This...
TYLER: Then fine, I got to get another guy to reel 'em in.
PAUL: Help me help you.
NARRATOR: ...is Wicked Tuna.
PAUL: I need you to help me help you.
NARRATOR: At the halfway point of the season,
it's a tight race between the top four boats,
Fishing Vessel Tuna Dot Com, Hot Tuna,
Fish Hawk, and Pinwheel.
Meanwhile, Wicked Pissah and Hard Merchandise
lag far behind the pack in earnings.
(bird squawks)
SANDRO: Come on, Grandpa, move a little faster.
You gotta keep up.
DAVE: Listen, I can't wait till you little bastards
get to my age and you're in a wheelchair
and I'm still running.
SANDRO: You're not gonna be able to run
because your diaper's gonna be full of poop.
(laughter)
DAVE: Alright, keep it up.
GEORDIE: How many miles are you gonna wheelchair a week?
SANDRO: Yeah.
DAVE: Keep it up.
Crew chemistry on a boat is super important,
especially at this point in the game.
Halfway through the season, fatigue could start to set in,
stress could set in, especially if you're not catching.
When you guys are my age, I want to see what you look like.
SANDRO: I guess if you're alive then.
DAVE: Oh, man, that was bad.
Bad.
On our boat, the beauty of it all is,
myself and my crew, we seldom have arguments, you know.
We work well together, we're always on the same page,
and there's definitely something to be said for that.
That is part of the reason we are where we are
most of the time, on top.
If God says you could have one wish,
I'm gonna come back and haunt you guys.
SANDRO: You're gonna come back as a herring.
I'm gonna use you for bait to catch another tuna.
(laughter)
TJ: Buffalo hardboiled egg.
Someone has to have one.
Try it.
JARRETT: What the (bleep)? Why you putting it on me?
(laughter)
TJ: Someone has to try one.
(gags, coughs)
JARRETT: Ah, no, there's no way I'm gonna try that.
TJ: Let me see.
JARRETT: Dude, no.
TJ: Right now we're in second place.
We're having fun, we're enjoying each other's company,
we're a family on board.
You know, Michael's my brother,
and Jarrett's pretty much like my brother.
JARRETT: Damn, I'm not eating that.
TJ: Alright, I'll try it.
JARRETT: I feel like some boats out there
aren't really as lucky as we are to have the crew that we have
and be able to go out there and have fun
and still make a paycheck.
They smell pretty good, actually.
(laughter)
Being a captain of a boat,
you, you need to know how to treat your crew properly.
If I set the tone in the wrong manner...
They're not bad.
(laughs)
It's gonna be miserable.
I'm not gonna want to be on board.
They're not gonna want to be on board.
It's like vinegary buffalo sauce.
JARRETT: Well, have at it. You got a couple more left.
TJ: I'm a firm believer in
'Good vibes on board turns to good results on deck.'
Oh, you'd like it.
PRODUCER: I'd like it? TJ: Yeah.
TJ: Tastes like an Oompa Loompa took a (bleep).
(Jarrett gags)
(laughter)
(beeping)
DAVE: Wow.
SANDRO: Wow, look at that. He's going way up there.
We're marking.
DAVE: Oh.
Come on, let's get a fish here, guys.
SANDRO: Oh, we're ready for it, Cap.
(beeping)
TJ: There's a mark, Bubby.
DAVE: There's two.
TJ: Marking already.
DAVE: Nice fish right there.
MIKE: It's coming up to your thing a little.
(beeping)
SANDRO: Yeah, marking right there.
Oh, he's all over them. He's all over one of these.
MIKE: Oh, that's a big mark, too.
JARRETT: Let's go. Let's do it. DAVE: Oh, yeah.
MIKE: Ooh.
(reel unspooling)
SANDRO: Is that him right there? DAVE: Oh, yeah.
DAVE: He's on the, he's on the bow rod, too.
He's got it. He's got it. He's got it.
GEORDIE: We're on!
DAVE: We're on! We're on! We're on! We're on!
GEORDIE: We're on!
SANDRO: Watch the lines. Watch the lines!
GEORDIE: Tell me what you need.
SANDRO: Get off the anchor.
DAVE: Alright, let it go.
GEORDIE: He's off.
DAVE: We're on!
Huh, isn't that cool?
Up on the bow rod.
Love the bow rod bites.
Those guys are back there doing their thing, clearing the rods,
and we'll stay up here for a little bit
and then we'll go in the back.
MIKE: Coming through again, same thing off the bottom.
(reel ticking)
Come on, big boy, let's go!
(reel unspooling)
(dog barking)
We're on! We're on!
Move! Reel, reel, reel!
TJ: What's it doing, Mike?
MIKE: Smoking me, man.
Finally got him on.
See how it goes, we're down to the Dacron right now.
Fish took a screaming run outside.
TJ: Throw it.
JARRETT: Alright, we're off!
MIKE: You're off.
TJ: Got him on, baby, finally got him on.
DAVE: Geordie, we need you on the wheel.
Got to move the rod.
SANDRO: Alright, let's go.
Come on.
DAVE: You ready? SANDRO: Yeah.
DAVE: Woo!
We're gonna walk it to the back.
I'll run around back.
SANDRO: I actually got it better if I just hold it like this now.
DAVE: Okay, alright. Ready?
We're going right there.
Don't worry, I got you, buddy.
SANDRO: Okay.
DAVE: Every guy on the boat knows the job
and how and when to execute it.
And that's why we're so good at it.
There we go. Nicely done.
SANDRO: Woo!
DAVE: We are a well-oiled machine.
SANDRO: Woo!
GEORDIE: Nice work, gents.
TJ: You got him, Jarrett.
JARRETT: Holy (bleep).
TJ: Sorry, bro, he's going right under this guy's boat.
MIKE: That's a morning coffee.
JARRETT: What? That freaking cold water in your face?
(laughter)
TJ: Jarrett doesn't need coffee this morning,
he just got a nice blast
of North Atlantic freezing-cold seawater.
JARRETT: Looks like a good-sized fish.
MIKE: He's going down.
TJ: Wild fish. Wild, wild fish.
All over the surface, shaking his head.
I'm just happy we got the bite, baby.
The reel is turning and we can't slow him down.
You alright?
TJ: What?
JARRETT: I have to go to the bathroom real quick.
TJ: Nice and easy, Bubby.
I have seen this before
where a guy has to leave the reel in the middle of a fight
to go, you know, drop a deuce.
He's in the lavatory.
You never know when you're gonna have
an adrenaline bluefin poo-poo explosion.
But Mike and I got this.
Hey, you got to have a crew that has your back
when the crap hits the fan.
You never know when you gotta go.
(laughter)
DAVE: Good job, Sanchi, you got this.
There you go. Nice.
Wow.
He's pissed.
GEORDIE: This fish is a (bleep).
DAVE: We can do it.
SANDRO: There, yeah, I can see color, right here.
DAVE: Nice work keeping the heat on him, Sandro. Woo.
JARRETT: Taking a couple really good runs.
TJ: What is this thing doing?
MIKE: I see color. TJ: There he is!
GEORDIE: Want to roll back?
DAVE: No, no, good angle, good angle.
JARRETT: Right! Right! Right!
SANDRO: Turn. Can you turn?
TJ: Hang on, brother.
SANDRO: Hit a black back, right there.
Tough fish.
TJ: Got him, woo!
SANDRO: Got him in the bloodline.
DAVE: Geordie, come right. MIKE: Tough fish, man.
DAVE: Come right. Come in between Sandro and I.
TJ: Come on, grab the tail rope.
DAVE: Good job, Geordie. You got it?
MIKE: Alright, game over. TJ: Yeah, baby!
GEORDIE: That's a jumbo. DAVE: Woo! Woo!
DAVE: Teamwork makes the dream work.
GEORDIE: Wrapped that one up. DAVE: Just like that.
ALL: Bam. Bam. Bam. Bam.
GEORDIE: Woo!
(laughing)
DAVE: Good job, gentlemen. Yes!
MIKE: Good job. TJ: Good job, woo!
MIKE: Good job, Jerry.
TJ: I couldn't catch fish on the Hot Tuna without a strong crew.
Good job. Yeah!
Oh, thank you, tuna gods.
DAVE: Now that's how we do it on the Dot Com.
DAVE: Say when. GEORDIE: Go ahead.
DAVE: We're calm, we're cool,
and we have a fun time fishing together.
Big tail.
GEORDIE: Really nice.
SANDRO: And the moment of truth.
GEORDIE: 94 inches. SANDRO: Wow.
DAVE: Winner, winner, right here.
Good job, gentlemen, as always.
SANDRO: No better feeling in the world.
MIKE: Here he comes.
TJ: The energy is certainly high right now aboard the Hot Tuna.
We're in a good mood.
MIKE: Oh, we'll take him.
JARRETT: Oh, there we go.
TJ: When everything's going good on the boat
and everyone's in a good mood,
the rod certainly tends to bend a lot more.
JARRETT: That's a nice one.
TJ: We have a chance to be the top-earning boat this season,
and we're having fun doing it.
MIKE: 85 inches.
JARRETT: 85, baby. We'll take him.
TJ: I love my guys.
Yeah, just loading a fish.
Woo, it's like a 450 dress.
PAUL: No way.
DAVE: Good going.
We just had one, like, 20 minutes ago.
Very nice job.
(bleep)
PAUL: Of course you're gonna hook up.
When you haven't caught fish in a couple weeks,
it's hard, it makes it not fun anymore.
So we're snuggling up next to the Hot Tuna and the Dot Com
because that's right where the action is,
and I'm hoping today will bring success.
Okay, Rick, go tie that anchor up.
It's gonna go around the cleat and into the chock.
RICK: Okay.
PAUL: You know what I mean?
When I'm out on the boat...
No. No, no, no.
I need things, you have to have things in line.
RICK: You don't want it around that?
PAUL: No, take it off. RICK: Alright.
PAUL: You got it backwards. How could you do that?
RICK: You said around.
PAUL: Come on! Come on!
Oh, my God.
I don't believe you can't do that.
I don't get it. You have a knot.
RICK: You said around the cleat and through the chock!
PAUL: You have such a knot problem.
I don't know what it is.
RICK: I had it around the cleat and through the chock.
PAUL: You had it backwards. RICK: Alright.
PAUL: It goes through the chock, around the cleat and back to me.
RICK: Alright. Okay.
PAUL: How could you not get that?
RICK: You said around the cleat, through the chock.
PAUL: It's like, have you ever anchored before?
RICK: Yeah.
PAUL: Yeah, but you've been doing it,
like, every day all year.
Come here before you get killed.
RICK: Halfway through the season now,
everyone out here is stressed out and tired.
I know Paul means well, but if he would relax
and let me do what I'm supposed to do,
I just want to get the job done and be rewarded for my efforts.
PAUL: Cleat, cleat, chock, anchor ball.
Anchor ball, chock, cleat.
RICK: Right. Right. I know. I know. I know.
PAUL: Like, there's only one way it can go.
It can't go two ways, it can't go any other way.
RICK: Paul's a great fisherman,
but he needs to realize he's got a great first mate as well.
I know if we get on a roll,
he'll be feeling a lot more at ease.
PAUL: It's very easy.
RICK: Okay. Alright, alright.
PAUL: You know what I'm saying?
RICK: Yep. Gotcha.
PAUL: You know what I'm saying?
RICK: Thank you. Thank you. Yup.
(music)
TYLER: We started out the season hot,
but right now we've fallen behind in the earnings.
To make matters worse,
last week we didn't, we didn't catch (bleep).
What we do is, and I had it done, is close this.
And it can definitely, you know, make moods on the boat tense.
When it goes on its side in the cooler,
it all empties out, and then we lose it all. Remember?
DUFFY: Me and Tyler have always had our ups and downs,
but this time of the season makes it even worse.
TYLER: It will wear on you during the slow times.
When the Wheel leaves the dock,
we leave to go make money and to come back.
That's the goal.
So, it's time to make money.
(beeping)
There he is.
Marking one.
DUFFY: Oh.
(beeping)
TYLER: Marking some nice fish.
Beautiful.
DUFFY: Oh, my God!
TYLER: Come on, baby!
We're gonna go off!
We're on!
What the (bleep)? He just whacked the (bleep) out of it.
DUFFY: Did it slip or he hit it?
TYLER: He hit it.
Rod shook and everything.
Damn it.
What the (bleep)?
Duffy, check the line.
Were you rushing when you put the bait out?
Duffy sometimes rushes,
and when he puts the baits out, he puts them out too fast,
so when the fish hit, it pulled tight on the weight,
and it sawed the line off.
You got to mind those lines.
TYLER: That's a paycheck we just missed
'cause you're not doing your job.
DUFFY: Whatever.
(bleep)
That's what it is.
(bleep)
TYLER: It's a stupid mistake
and we can't afford to have that happening.
(beeping)
Still marking 'em.
And, you know, there's a fish right there
coming up and going down.
We found the meat.
(ticking)
DUFFY: Oh!
(unspooling)
Oh. We're on!
Yeah, baby!
Pinwheel, baby!
Down and tight.
TYLER: Let's not lose this one, Duffy.
DUFFY: Alright, bro, let's go to work.
TYLER: Let's not lose this one, Duffy.
DUFFY: Don't, come on, dude.
I'm trying to work with you here.
The midway point of the season is critical.
Clock's starting to tick, pressure's building.
TYLER: Don't hold him, Duff!
DUFFY: Things have been tense between me and Tyler,
but I'm hoping if we get this one,
it'll lighten the mood on the Wheel again.
(cranking)
(engine rumbling)
TYLER: Easy.
We need this one bad!
DUFFY: Alright, dude, I'm almost at swivel.
Oh, we got mono coming, brother.
Yo, get ready for this shot.
TYLER: Let him pull.
Alright, Duffy, let's get focused.
DUFFY: Swivel!
Oh, I see him.
Deep color. Deep color.
TYLER: I see him. I see him.
DUFFY: There he is, dude!
Drill him, brother.
There you go, Ty.
TYLER: Aye!
DUFFY: Give me a gaff.
TYLER: Come on! Get him, Duff.
We can't afford to lose another one here.
(groans)
DUFFY: I got you.
Oh!
That's how it's done!
TYLER: Let's get a tape on it and check it out.
74 inches.
DUFFY: Ain't the biggest fish, we'll take it.
TYLER: I wish I could celebrate right now,
but when your first mate makes mistakes
that cost you what could have been two paychecks,
it's hard to get excited about only getting one.
Damn! We should have had that double.
DUFFY: I didn't, like, it's...
TYLER: I just want you take note of that, Duff.
DUFFY: Any normal person would be happy
that we just caught a fish,
but Tyler's focusing on the negative.
But at the end of the day,
we just got to move on and try to catch more fish.
TYLER: Man!
DUFFY: Wheels don't turn when they're rusty.
(music)
TJ: Team Hot Tuna is en fuego. Pa-pow!
What's happening, Scottso?
SCOTT: What do you guys have?
TJ: We got one beauty down here.
SCOTT: Alright. Let's get him up.
TJ: Alright, buddy.
This year one of our main goals
was to just fish harder than anyone.
It's one thing that we're having a good season,
but the fact that I'm getting to have a good season
with people that I actually enjoy being around
makes it that much more enjoyable.
What are we looking at, Scottso?
SCOTT: 246 pounds dressed.
(laughing)
TJ: What the buyer is looking for is good fat, good color,
good clarity, good texture.
So far this season, all of our tuna have been good quality
and have ranged between $17 and $20 a pound,
so I'm hoping this one does even better.
MIKE: How we looking, Scotty?
TJ: What we got, bro?
SCOTT: It's kind of a red meat fish.
Not a super lot of fat in it. But there's some in there.
TJ: There's some in there for sure.
SCOTT: I can get you guys 15 bucks a pound.
TJ: Hey, man, we'll take it. MIKE: We'll take it, Scott.
JARRETT: Yeah, that's not bad. TJ: We'll take it, buddy.
TJ: Thank you, Scott. It is what it is, bro.
Well, we didn't hit the jackpot or anything,
but we did get a decent paycheck.
Hey, always a pleasure, man.
SCOTT: We'll be seeing you guys.
TJ: At the end of the day, you know, these guys,
they're my brothers, I mean,
there's no one else I'd rather do this with.
Let's try and get another one of these babies!
Pa-pow!
(music)
DAVE: Another great trip for the Dot Com.
LUKE: What's going on, guys?
DAVE: Let's go. We got one nice for ya.
We just want to get him up and get right back out.
LUKE: Yeah, let's do it.
DAVE: What do you got? What's the dress weight?
LUKE: 372 pounds.
DAVE: Let's check it out.
SANDRO: Nice.
LUKE: Yeah, it looks alright.
It's got some fat. A little a discoloration there.
DAVE: That should cut out, though.
LUKE: Core looks good.
DAVE: What do you think? What's the best you can do on this one?
LUKE: Well...
$18 a pound.
SANDRO: Nice. GEORDIE: Nice.
SANDRO: That's a good price. GEORDIE: That's enough.
DAVE: We'll take it. LUKE: Alright.
DAVE: Another great paycheck for the Dot Com.
GEORDIE: Thank you.
DAVE: This keeps us right where we're the happiest: on top.
(laughter)
DAVE: Alright, keep it up.
(bell clangs)
RICK: Ah, the boat behind us just got a bite.
PAUL: Things are not going great.
We haven't caught in more than two weeks,
and Rick's been making some rookie mistakes.
RICK: I think I see Hard Merch over there.
Straight back here.
PAUL: He's real, real wide.
RICK: You can just see it.
Uh, now the fog came right here, but that's him.
PAUL: Yeah, that's him. That is him.
You see all the flags? It looks like a sailboat.
One consolation, at least we're not the worst-producing boat.
That title belongs to the Hard Merch.
I feel the way I feel having five fish.
Poor Hard Merch has only caught three.
That has got to be tough.
MARCIANO: I am anxious to get started.
The first line in the water.
Right now, we're the lowest-earning boat
in the fleet.
So I'm kind of desperate to do anything I can
to make a little bit of money to turn this season around.
MAN: Dave, would you have a spoon?
MARCIANO: Yes, I do have spoons. Hang on.
Spoons, I do have.
This trip, my son Joe and I booked a charter.
We got a couple of guys on board
who are paying us to take them bluefin tuna fishing.
We have some cup holders kicking around.
You'll have to commandeer one.
What do you think this is, the Tuna Dot Com or something?
(laughs)
With a charter, I'm gonna get paid for this trip.
And if we get fish, that means we're gonna get paid twice.
None of you guys have caught a giant before.
MAN: Nope, I have not.
I've caught tuna before, but they're only about that long.
MARCIANO: Yeah, yeah,
but it will be your first giant bluefin.
MAN: That's right.
MARCIANO: No, thank you. Thank you very much.
(beeping)
There's a fish! Coming up!
(beeping)
Heading for that haddock!
MARCIANO: That's him right there.
He came out, see, that's all the bait on the bottom.
MAN: Right.
MARCIANO: The only drawback with the charter
is they're inexperienced fishermen.
But hopefully we'll be able to teach them
everything they need to know,
so we don't lose a bigger paycheck than the charter fee.
He's just about there!
(beeping)
MAN: We're getting ready.
MARCIANO: Any minute now this place is gonna break wide open.
MAN: We're ready. I'm ready.
MARCIANO: We're on, boys, we're on!
Reel, reel, reel, reel, reel!
Is he there?
JOE: Yeah, we're on!
Hell yeah! It's a screamer!
MARCIANO: Alright, Joe.
Reel it in.
MAN: Oh, yeah, you're good.
Okay.
MARCIANO: Alright, Joe, we're gonna spin at him.
JOE: We're running out of line!
MAN: This one, yeah?
MARCIANO: We're tight!
PAUL: Everybody's catching but us.
RICK: Yep. They're on.
PAUL: Come on, where are you guys?
Come on.
Nothing.
(sigh)
He's in a lucky spot, that's for sure.
He's in a good spot over there.
MARCIANO: This is what we came here for, guys.
Alright, guys.
JOE: Alright, ready?
So what you got to be doing is just like this.
MAN: Got it.
JOE: Ready? Alright, get on him.
MARCIANO: Just keep a steady bend in that rod.
JOE: The only time you want to really just yank, yank, yank
is when he's coming at us, but.
MARCIANO: There you go. Now you can crank.
You got it, man. Keep that rod bent.
And if you get tired, switch off.
Just communicate when you switch
so you can, you can do it without missing a beat.
There you go.
Atta boy.
There's no rush here.
This is all finesse, guys.
It's like dancing. This is our dance partner.
MAN: That's us. We are dancers.
MARCIANO: So, when he's, when he's going out away from you,
you don't want to force him.
It's kind of a catch-22.
It's great having two extra hands on board,
but they're inexperienced fishermen.
Alright, switch.
MAN: Alright, Scott.
MARCIANO: So there's a chance we could lose the catch.
JOE: Pull down and reel. Pull down.
Gain. Gain. Gain.
MARCIANO: He's in our rudders, he's going under.
JOE: Charging us! He's charging us! He's charging us!
He's going under the boat.
MARCIANO: Reel, reel, reel!
One mistake and we could lose him.
MARCIANO: Now, this is what we came here for, guys.
Alright, switch.
We've been hired by two inexperienced charter fishermen.
JOE: Pull down and reel. Pull down.
MARCIANO: These guys have never caught a bluefin before,
so I'm just praying we don't lose the catch.
JOE: Charging us! He's charging us! He's charging us!
MARCIANO: Reel, reel, reel!
One mistake and we could lose him.
JOE: Alright, let him run! Let him run! Let him run!
MARCIANO: Alright, he's out, he's swimming away from us now.
Nice work, boys.
JOE: Oh, yeah, I got color. MAN: Color, we got color.
JOE: We got color.
Hey, this is when it's gonna happen if it's gonna happen.
MARCIANO: Joe, I want you to take over.
JOE: Alright. I got the rod, guys.
MARCIANO: Let's close this deal.
He's gonna come around.
JOE: Yup, he's coming.
MARCIANO: Right up to him.
Bullseye! Got him. Gaff and a tail strap.
Nice and easy, that's all, do everything easy.
JOE: Good job, guys.
Yeah! Good job, guys! Good job.
MAN: Alright, awesome.
MARCIANO: Well done, guys.
MAN: Nice job, Dave. JOE: Yeah!
MARCIANO: Giant bluefin tuna officially off your bucket list.
MAN: This is awesome.
It was a good fight and the good guys won.
MARCIANO: Turns out, these guys, for being inexperienced
at catching giant bluefin tuna...
Okay, guys, up slowly now.
...were actually pretty good anglers overall,
and they did a great job reeling in this fish.
There we go.
The legal way to measure a tuna.
Top of the upper jaw, you get to count the curvature of its body.
89 inches.
And I'm just psyched we got at least one fish for these guys,
that's great, and I'm really happy to have a paycheck
to help turn our season around.
(insect buzzing)
MATT: I'm swatting flies.
We are getting eaten alive out here.
It's like floating on top of a jungle.
BRAD: They are bad.
It's kind of always been the doldrums,
the middle of the season.
It's like being in a jail cell together.
(buzzing)
These things can't get enough of me, Matt.
I guess I'm too delicious.
If the captain and crew don't have a good relationship,
cracks will start to show.
But Matt and I are in it to win it.
MATT: Time to gear up.
BRAD: Dot Com and Hot Tuna both caught fish.
We really need to stay on our A game
to keep up with these guys.
MATT: We need a tuna on the line.
BRAD: Come on, tuna!
(beeping)
MATT: Game on.
(beeping)
Get ready to catch some tuna.
(beeping)
(reel ticking)
(unspooling)
It's on, yeah.
BRAD: Let him go. MATT: Alright.
MATT: Woo!
We got a screamer.
Fish Hawk, baby!
On the worst to first tour.
BRAD: We want to get this one bad.
MATT: Got my son's birthday in two days.
Be nice to get this fish,
get him a little something for his birthday.
You know, I cherish those moments I have with him.
They're few and far between during tuna season.
BRAD: Just keep him nice and steady.
MATT: Yes, sir.
Doesn't feel like this rod's even in there.
Something's wrong, Brad.
The reel is loose.
The reel comes off, we're gonna lose the fish.
BRAD: Okay, we're not gonna panic; we got this.
MATT: We have to tighten it down, man.
BRAD: The reel seat loosened up from those last couple fights.
So, we're tightening it down.
MATT: Sweating yet, boss, or what?
BRAD: We got this, Matt.
MATT: I'm very confident Brad can fix it.
All we can do is just pray.
BRAD: Is that better?
MATT: Yeah, a little bit.
BRAD: It's on low speed, just keep reeling.
MATT: Fish Hawk, ca-caw!
When it comes to a man's paycheck,
it's crazy the things he will do to get it.
Fish Hawk needs this one.
I got him straight up and down here, Brad.
Deep color!
BRAD: Come on, baby. We need you.
This is the time of year
we got to get while the getting is good.
See him?
We got kids, we got families, we need fish to pay our bills.
MATT: This is a big fish here.
This is the one we need.
BRAD: We don't want to lose this fish.
MATT: One more, one more, Brad.
Nice shot. You're a beast.
Love you, man.
BRAD: Get that gaff.
MATT: Fish Hawk! Woo!
BRAD: Game over. Woo!
MATT: Woo!
We deserved that one. We worked for that one, boss.
Good job.
When me and Brad get going, we're an unstoppable team.
After another battle, we got a jumbo.
My son's gonna get a great birthday gift this year.
Woo!
That's a beautiful fish.
BRAD: Oh, God.
What a fish, dude. That's so nice.
Let's measure him up.
He's 86'ed.
We love you, buddy.
God loves you.
Thank you for your sacrifice.
Good job, Matt, good job.
(music)
RICK: Hey, you know those tortilla wraps?
PAUL: What?
RICK: We could have breakfast burritos in that.
PAUL: Okay.
RICK: We try hard around here to make everyone happy.
That's all we can do.
We're not at where we want to be right now,
it's been a little slow.
And what we need to do is stay positive.
That's the name of the game.
Yes, sir.
Man needs his food.
PAUL: Yeah, yeah.
It's been very depressing having a bad streak.
You're in a small space, you've been out for weeks.
Things get tense and then, you know,
you watch Hard Merch land a big fish right next to us.
It's tough, it's aggravating is what it is.
No salt, Rick.
RICK: No salt, buddy, I got you.
I haven't put any salt in your food yet.
(beeping)
PAUL: Nice mark, dude.
RICK: One mark, one and only.
PAUL: He looks good down there.
He's wiggling.
RICK: Nice, nice, nice.
(beeping)
(reel ticking)
Paulie, we're on!
PAUL: Nice.
Keep on him, Rick.
RICK: Coming at us.
Coming right at us.
PAUL: Yeah, he's got some strength to him.
He's a big fish, you know?
Don't jerk it.
Keep coming. Keep, don't stop! Keep him coming.
RICK: Okay.
PAUL: You got to keep him coming.
Alright, let me see.
See how I got to turn the boat to the left?
This way.
Touch it in gear, this way.
Turn the wheel then touch it in gear.
RICK: This way, right?
PAUL: This way!
RICK: Oh, you said to the left.
PAUL: Yes! RICK: That's to the right.
PAUL: Can't you see the line neutral?
You can't under--come here. Look at me. Look at me.
Doesn't matter.
The line's over there.
You want to go that way to kick the stern over there.
Thank you, God.
MARCIANO: The good thing about Paul,
I can't see him because it's foggy.
Don't worry, you'll hear him through the fog.
JOE: That's right.
(laughs)
MARCIANO: It looks like Paul on the Wicked Pissah over there,
they have a lot of infighting going on.
No matter how much is going wrong,
myself and my crew know that attitude makes a difference.
PAUL: I can't be you and me at the same time.
Why don't you understand that?
RICK: You told me to go to the left.
PAUL: Yes.
RICK: And you're telling me to drive that way,
that's the right.
PAUL: You don't get it, you don't under--
you can't look at the line?
RICK: No, I don't. I don't.
PAUL: You don't know left from right?
You don't know where to go?
If the line's over here, where do you go?
RICK: I'm not gonna argue.
If I had to describe Paul's personality in one word,
chaotic comes to mind.
This is crazy, we got a tuna peeling out line,
and all Paul wants to do is stand there and yell.
I'm ready to knock him out,
and I can drive this boat back to port.
PAUL: I want the line in the middle of the (bleep) boat!
RICK: Okay.
PAUL: Where do you go if the line's over here?
RICK: That way.
PAUL: Right. Where do you go if it's over here?
RICK: To the left. PAUL: Thank you.
RICK: Okay. Alright.
PAUL: It's just a touch.
That's all it is.
Now touch it in reverse to compensate from going forward.
Neutral.
There you go.
It's not so hard, is it? Is it?
RICK: No. PAUL: No.
PAUL: Touch to the starboard.
What, really?
Touch to the starboard!
PAUL: Touch to the starboard.
What, really?
Touch to the starboard!
RICK: Touch to the starboard.
What's touch to the, turn to the starboard?
PAUL: Touch to the starboard.
RICK: That's where the wheel is, all the way over I had it.
PAUL: Rick, you were in reverse, buddy.
Reverse, forward, reverse, forward, reverse, forward!
RICK: Okay, Paul.
I got a lunatic for a captain.
PAUL: So you cannot do the driving thing, ever.
RICK: Not, not like this I can't, no.
He makes me flustered, he gets me worked up
where I can't even (bleep) think.
PAUL: We, we had three chances to catch this fish.
We do not deserve it.
I'm just telling you right now,
we do not deserve to catch this fish.
Come on, are you kidding me?
TJ: What do you think happened over there?
Didn't sound good.
PAUL: You're in denial.
JARRETT: Oh, my God.
TJ: Poor guy.
He's (bleep) crazy.
When that kind of mood is on the boat,
the negative vibes creates friction
between you and your crewmembers.
And if you don't know how to deal with that properly,
things could go bad very quickly.
JARRETT: Rick's a great guy. He's such a nice guy, too.
TJ: I feel like Rick could take his hand
and go like this and squish Paul into the ground.
So I don't know if he wants to be yelling at him this year.
I think he should go easy on the big, gentle giant.
RICK: Let me get on the rod, Paulie, please.
PAUL: No, because you'll break him off.
I know you will.
You don't want to learn because you don't care.
RICK: I do want to learn.
PAUL: You think I'm yelling at you.
I'm (bleep) trying to teach you how to drive a boat.
RICK: I do care. Of course I care.
PAUL: I don't want you to just reel a (bleep) tuna
and pound your chest like you're (bleep) Hercules.
I need you to drive a boat, so we can catch a lot of tuna.
RICK: Okay. Alright.
PAUL: I need you to help me help you.
RICK: Okay.
PAUL: Help me help you.
RICK: Okay. I got you, Paul.
(snap)
PAUL: Oh, no!
He's gone.
RICK: You sure it's off?
PAUL: Of course I'm sure.
When the rod goes like this...
He's gone.
RICK: I know. I gotcha.
But I mean, I remember what you told me last year,
'cause we lost the fish.
PAUL: Right, but when the rod goes like this...
RICK: I got it now, Paul. Now it's two different things.
PAUL: He's gone. You know that, right?
RICK: Yes.
It's very stressful.
I'm going through hell working for a nut job,
and on top of it, we're not catching fish.
PAUL: I mean, how could you, like, not know that, like...
RICK: I know that.
PAUL: You know what I'm saying?
RICK: Yeah. We lost a fish.
PAUL: But I don't understand.
MARCIANO: I wouldn't be surprised if Paul lost that fish
just to make a point.
I bet you guys are glad you're not fishing on that boat.
(laughs)
Laughing and having a good time with our charter
definitely keeps the spirits up on the boat.
You got to stay positive or you can lose your mind.
Sooner or later, things will go your way.
Still a little time left.
You know, we could get another bite.
Then again, monkeys could fly out of my ass, too.
MAN: It's like The Wizard of Oz, and off they come.
I see.
(beeping)
MARCIANO: There's one on the screen.
MAN: They're all right there.
MARCIANO: Get ready, there's one underneath us.
(reel ticking) JOE: Alright, we're ready.
(reel unspooling)
ALL: We're on! We're on! We're on! We're on! We're on!
MARCIANO: Okay.
Yep.
JOE: That's a fish.
MARCIANO: Alright, get these guys on the rod.
JOE: Alright, hey, hey, you got gloves on?
MARCIANO: Yup.
JOE: Someone's got gloves. I'll get you guys better gloves.
Alright, we're on a fish right now, do what you guys do.
A little chaotic in here this morning,
but we're hooked up, we're tight,
and we're a long way from landing this one,
but hopefully we get him.
MARCIANO: Alright, get ready to reel at him.
MAN: Got him. Got him.
MARCIANO: Reel! Reel! Reel! Reel!
Yah mule, reel!
Keep reeling while you switch.
Nice switch! Nice switch!
JOE: Yep. Nice switch.
MARCIANO: Hope you got your fingers crossed.
Your arms crossed, your testicles crossed,
anything else you got crossed.
The bluefin boogie.
That's why we call it that.
You're missing it.
Twerk it, twerk it, twerk it.
MAN: There you go. That's right.
MARCIANO: Reel, reel, reel, reel, reel.
Fast as you can, faster.
There's deep color.
JOE: We got color.
MARCIANO: Joe, get ready to bump it in reverse.
Yeah, this is crucial.
Keep him close, don't lose him.
Just keep going, keep going.
Got him!
Alright, back off on the drag a little bit, guys.
Nicely done, Bill, nicely done.
Mission accomplished.
We got him.
PAUL: Another one, huh?
They caught up to us now.
(sigh)
It is hard to lose a fish.
It's even harder watching Merch pull in a second fish
while our fish hole is empty.
MARCIANO: Well done, guys. We did it.
Number two, man, number two, well done.
MAN: That's two. MARCIANO: We did it, we got 'em.
JOE: Good job, guys.
MARCIANO: Great job on the rod. You did good.
Great job on the rod, Bill.
We're living a dream right now.
We put two fish in the boat.
That gives us five fish for the season.
Over the rail and in the pail.
84.
A little smaller than yesterday's fish,
our first fish, but we'll take him.
I may have to keep you guys' number on speed dial.
(laughter)
(music)
BRAD: It takes two to land blue.
MATT: We make a great team, Cap.
GUT: Hey, what's going on, Brad?
MATT: What's up, G-man?
BRAD: We got a nice big one for you.
GUT: Alright.
BRAD: When you're catching fish together as a team,
it just keeps getting better every fish you catch.
What do we got?
GUT: 293 pounds.
BRAD: Whoa, that's a beauty there.
MATT: Oh, yeah.
GUT: That is a nice, nice fish.
BRAD: Woo-hoo!
Come on.
GUT: Nice core, that thing's loaded.
MATT: Gut was like, 'Oh, my God, it's a beautiful fish.'
And Gut don't like any fish.
GUT: Fat in the majors, minors.
MATT: That's unbelievable.
GUT: Good, good fish.
MATT: Our best fish this year was $22 a pound.
Hopefully this fish will do something like that
so we can keep pace.
GUT: That is a nice fish here.
BRAD: Yeah. MATT: It's unbelievable.
BRAD: Come on, Gut.
GUT: Hmm.
Yeah, that fish here, $25 a pound.
MATT: Nice.
BRAD: That makes this one one of the highest quality fish caught
so far this season.
GUT: Okay, yeah.
BRAD: Things could not be better on team Fish Hawk.
GUT: Yeah, get some more of them, will ya?
MATT: 25 bucks a pound for a fish don't happen too often.
BRAD: You can buy your son a good birthday gift
thanks to this fish.
MATT: Happy birthday, Sam.
TYLER: The fleet's top three earning captains
have already gotten great paychecks this week.
Oh, man, it's a bummer.
But those guys are lucky; they got mates they can rely on.
Don't (bleep) step on it like that, (bleep).
DUFFY: I'm pushing it down, dude.
What are you talking about?
TYLER: Dude.
DUFFY: Halfway through the season,
you're exhausted, you're irritable.
DUFFY: It's enough to drive most people crazy.
TYLER: Dude.
(bleep), go sit in the corner for a little bit.
Like, sit out of there.
DUFFY: Dude, you're being ridiculous, dude.
TYLER: Dude, I don't need you to talk to me right now; I'm good.
We end up start butting heads
and fighting a lot more than we should.
And you know what? You're gonna get burnt out,
it happens, even I get burnt out.
(beeping)
TYLER: Dang, look at those beautiful marks.
(beeping)
(reel ticking)
We're on! We're on!
DUFFY: Got a hook-up here.
Big fish, big run.
TYLER: Let him go! Let him go!
Let him swim around and get tired.
DUFFY: Big run.
He's a half mile away right now.
We're at the secret spot.
Nobody's around and the fog just...
Yeah, baby!
(snap)
Oh!
TYLER: Pulled the hook?
DUFFY: It was full of tension and then nothing, so.
(bleep)
TYLER: You weren't holding it? DUFFY: Huh?
TYLER: You didn't, like, hold it and then it crotch broke?
DUFFY: No, I didn't (bleep) hold him out on the high water
right off the first run.
TYLER: I don't know.
DUFFY: Yeah, (bleep) shut up.
TYLER: He's been holding a lot, so, and he doesn't pay attention
and he could hold when the fish goes to go and break something.
That's why I'm all over him about it.
DUFFY: Crotch break!
TYLER: You held it!
It was fighting just fine at that pressure.
DUFFY: Dude, I did not (bleep) hold it.
That's (bleep).
TYLER: You're pretty, you seem pretty upset about it.
DUFFY: 'Cause you're (bleep) full of (bleep).
TYLER: I've caught ten times as many tunas
as you've ever caught in your life!
DUFFY: Crotch break!
TYLER: You held it!
It was fighting just fine at that pressure.
DUFFY: Dude, I did not (bleep) hold it.
That's (bleep).
TYLER: You're pretty, you seem pretty upset about it.
DUFFY: 'Cause you're (bleep) full of (bleep).
TYLER: Bro, I've (bleep) caught (bleep) ten times as many tunas
(bleep) caught in your life!
DUFFY: I didn't hold the fish!
TYLER: You've never caught any until you fished...
DUFFY: Dude, he just dumped it (bleep) at the end.
He dumped it so hard.
I definitely don't want to hear this,
not from him, not right now.
There goes my paycheck and his paycheck.
I didn't (bleep) hold the fish, dude.
TYLER: I'm just telling, you're not pulling anymore.
DUFFY: Dude, you're (bleep).
TYLER: Fine, I got to get another guy to reel 'em in.
I got to get another guy to reel 'em in, then.
I've been yelling, I told you all day, stop holding 'em.
You do that thing where you hold them and then you let them go.
DUFFY: All day?
What the (bleep) are you talking about?
The crimp slipped.
TYLER: No.
DUFFY: There's a hole right through it.
TYLER: You're (bleep) not holding it anymore.
DUFFY: Dude, you weren't even watching what was going on!
It's so annoying to get blamed for something
that's not your fault.
TYLER: You were holding him. DUFFY: No!
TYLER: You (bleep) popped it. DUFFY: Dude.
TYLER: Hey, guess what, I'm the boss.
Ha ha!
DUFFY: So you get to make (bleep) up as usual?
I get very tired of the bickering and the negativity.
It really takes its toll on me.
Oh, God!
I have other friends that I could go fish with
and have fun with.
Man, the fish we caught earlier better bring a huge paycheck.
MARCIANO: This trip couldn't have gone any better.
What's going on, Scotty?
SCOTT: Hey, what's up, Dave? What do you guys have tonight?
MARCIANO: We got a couple for you.
SCOTT: Alright, let's check 'em out.
MARCIANO: The first two months of the season
were really tough for us,
but this week, with the help of our hired charter,
we caught two tuna.
That means two paychecks that the boat desperately needed.
What do you got, Scotty?
SCOTT: 306 pounds dressed.
368 pounds dressed.
MARCIANO: Alright, let's go up and see what they're worth.
SCOTT: Pretty fatty fish here.
You could see all the fat in the minors.
MARCIANO: Yup, yup.
SCOTT: You know, a little bit in the majors.
Good core.
So, with this fish right here,
all around, this fish will get you guys...
$19 a pound.
JOE: Very awesome. Good job. MARCIANO: Well done. Boom.
(laughs)
SCOTT: And we got fish two right here.
MARCIANO: Alright.
SCOTT: Loaded with fat. Good core on him.
MARCIANO: Good things come in small packages, right?
SCOTT: This will get you guys $21 a pound.
MARCIANO: Nice. JOE: Awesome! Good job.
MARCIANO: Alright. Well done, Joe, well done. Alright.
We made 13 grand on these two fish.
After the challenges we've had so far this season,
we couldn't ask for better than that.
And I'm not giving up yet,
there's plenty of time left to turn this game around.
(laughs)
(music)
DUFFY: It's been the absolute trip from hell.
Tyler's a pain in my neck, blaming me for everything.
The only bright thing to come out of this is the paycheck,
my cut of the fish.
TYLER: What's going on, Gut?
GUT: Hey, Tyler, what do you got today?
TYLER: We only caught one for you.
I can barely look at Duffy right now.
Other mates are firing on all cylinders,
and Duffy's dropping the ball.
DUFFY: I think the name of the game is complaining today.
TYLER: This season, our fish have averaged
at least $16 a pound.
I'm hoping for at least that to help make up for the fish
that Duffy made us lose.
What's the weight, Gut?
GUT: 175.
DUFFY: Oh!
TYLER: This is a (bleep) joke.
GUT: Well, what do you want me to do?
DUFFY: It ain't your fault, Gut.
TYLER: Hope you got some good news for me.
GUT: This fish here doesn't have a whole lot of fat
in this one, Tyler.
It's the kind of red I don't like, it's got rainbow in it.
GUT: Looks kind of cloudy.
TYLER: Can we at least make a check out of it?
GUT: Yeah. You're not gonna get a big one on this one.
I don't know what to tell you, oh, boy.
Hmm.
Thing's only gonna do like $8 a pound.
TYLER: Ugh.
Alright, we'll take it, brother.
GUT: I wish I could, I wish I could pay you more,
but that's it.
DUFFY: $8 a pound, really?
That's the worst price given to anybody so far this season.
Might as well not even have went out in the first place.
Like today was just a waste of a (bleep) day, dude.
This is a joke.
NARRATOR: At the end of week nine of fishing,
the fleet's three strongest teams,
Dot Com, Hot Tuna, and Fish Hawk,
continue their success,
and Fish Hawk's top quality tuna
pushes them into second place.
Meanwhile, Hard Merchandise's double catch
knocks the troubled Wicked Pissah into last place.
PAUL: Well, Rick, thanks to your terrible driving
now we're officially the lowest-earning boat.
RICK: Paul blames me for everything,
even when it's his fault.
PAUL: Some herring down there.
Rick?
RICK: Okay, buddy.
Yeah, it's just negative the whole time.
PAUL: Some herring down there.
RICK: I said I heard you.
Fixing the lines.
Get more manic (bleep) there, George, for the cameras?
Un-(bleep)-believable.
Like, it's like that every time.
Do I really want to be here?
Do I need to put up with this crap?
(bleep) unreal.
I'm not sure how much more of this I can take.
God help me.