MATT: One of these rods is gonna go off, right here.
MIKE: We're on!
NARRATOR: On this episode of Wicked Tuna...
TYLER: We got one on, baby!
NARRATOR: With only three weeks left to fish...
SANDRO: Every one counts now.
NARRATOR: As the pack...
RICK: We're on!
TJ: Down and tight, baby!
NARRATOR: Grapples for glory...
DUFFY: T, double!
DAVE: Woo.
NARRATOR: One boat...
JOE: We're on, we're on, we're on, we're on!
NARRATOR: Struggles to save their season.
MARCIANO: Our batting average sucks.
BRAD: Poor Merch.
NARRATOR: This...
SANDRO: Wow!
NARRATOR: Is Wicked Tuna.
JOE: Everyone at home needs to be praying for us because we need a lot
of luck to go our way.
NARRATOR: With only three weeks until the season closes, the young duo on Pinwheel have
a lead of less than seven grand over friend Fish Hawk and longtime rival
Fishing Vessel Tuna.Com.
While meanwhile Wicked Pissah and Hard Merchandise lag behind in the earnings.
TYLER: Right now we're gonna keep the pedal to the metal, keep on grinding,
try and extend our lead over the rest of the fleet.
When you're the top producer, that's all you can do, just keep running away with it.
I was the top boat in the fleet five seasons ago.
But I've been chasing that title ever since and we came so close last year,
we finished less than 20 bucks behind Dot Com.
After so many seasons of being so close to getting the victory,
we are determined to come out on top this season.
I got to set the bar and I got to keep the bar and that means
I got to keep raising the bar.
Every single day we got to add to our total.
Meat on deck.
It's all about getting meat on deck.
-Woo!
Bills seem to be, keep coming and we just got to keep making money.
MATT: Looks like two balls, right?
BRAD: Yeah, put the, put the one on the other side of 'em, make it like a Christmas tree.
Maybe it'll attract a tuna.
That might hold the boat up if we sink, we'll be all standing on that
little piece of aluminum right there.
We'd still be in the lead if The Pinwheel didn't catch three fish last week and knock
us right out of the top spot.
There you go, look at that.
But we're still breathing down right down Tyler's neck.
With only three weeks left, I feel confident that we can catch up and beat him.
We just got to keep doing what we've been doing, catching fish.
MATT: Looks very fishy back there.
Birds, slicks.
-Yes! -Yes! We're gonna go off, here.
-So what?
DAVE: That's a good joke, Sandro.
It's been a long season, we had one of the slowest starts ever and we haven't been in
the lead for weeks and last week we didn't catch anything.
We're behind Pinwheel and Fish Hawk, which is not a good place to be at
this point in the season.
So we've got to turn it around.
-That's it.
For sale sign, half price.
-Maybe I'll go to truck driving school.
-Not yet. We're not done yet.
We'll make one of those epic comebacks of all time.
Just like George Clooney said, right?
-Always find the fish.
MATT: Holy (bleep).
Hundred feet of bait, right here.
Look at this, a whole screen full of bait.
It looks like some tuna on the outside of it, bro.
BRAD: Good, maybe it'll come in.
TYLER: Tuna! Tuna! Tuna!
Just marked a couple nice fish there, you know it's a good sign of encouragement.
SANDRO: There he is.
MATT: This is like the fishiest I've seen yet.
TYLER: We are definitely marking them.
There's fish here.
-Come on, eat, eat!
-I told you we'd start marking fish.
-Hey, Dave?
-Huh?
-I don't want you to have a massive coronary or anything.
-We're on, we're on, we're on!
-But, we're on!
-I told you we'd start marking fish!
All right, woo, we got a bite.
Woo-hoo, we got him!
Oh, wait, not yet!
-Jeez.
TYLER: Come on, baby, come on!
(beeping)
(clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
We're on!
-We're on?
-Aah, woo, got 'em on again!
-We're on, baby, we're on!
Oh, double, T. T, double!
I got to come, you got to help me switch.
-We got a double.
I got heat on mine.
Yes!
Just did a bait check, doubled right up.
-Duffy, if we bring in both these fish, no one can touch us.
We're gonna stay at the top in the earnings.
-Yeah, it's a double, baby, that's why we do this.
DAVE: Wow, that happened fast.
Here we go.
-All right, Sandro, I'm out. -All right.
And now we're getting soaked.
Now it starts to rain.
-Let me get my jacket.
This is the one that could put us back on top, boys!
We got a bite!
Woo!
-Got to catch him first. -Let's try to catch him now.
Got to make this one count.
DUFFY: Shock and awe!
We are rocking and rolling on The Pinwheel that's for sure.
-Got 'em on right here.
Got a nice a double, these are big, big fish!
-I got him up too on my, oh!
-We lost it!
Let me see. Stop.
Oh, yeah with that much line out.
-With that much line out.
(bleep)!
Let's focus on the one.
-Yup.
-Try and get a bunch of line back then I'll rig up a harpoon.
-Yeah man, we're just gonna keep firing, dude.
We're heat-seeking, we're on the meat, it's tough fishing, but that's what fishing is,
it's tough then it gets better.
DAVE: Crank, Sandro, we need this one!
We're happy to have a bent rod, right now.
Let's do this, come on.
Stay in there, baby.
-Reverse.
-Nice job, Geordie.
There we go. That's it, Sandro.
-Coming up quick here, Dave. -More left. Easy, easy, easy, easy, easy!
-(bleep) it came around quick there.
-That pissed him off.
-That fish was all over the place.
-Yeah, it was. -How you feeling? -Nervous.
We need this one!
-Yeah, super nervous.
Stay focused, oh, we'll get him.
Should see color here soon.
-Got 'em on!
-We got one on, baby!
Woo, big one.
We're definitely still in the shock and awe phase.
-We need this one.
Stay ahead of everybody, keep the pressure on them, that's key.
That's half the battle.
Yo, T, T, come around.
That hurt him a little bit.
-Dude, we got the fish about 60 feet from the boat, he's right out there on top,
we're just trying to get up on him.
-Oh, I see him, dude, he's right there.
Straight off the end of my line maybe 25 feet dude.
He's right up top.
Whoa, did you see him jump?
Oh, tail!
(line snap)
Oh, we lost him.
He's right on the (bleep) surface.
-How? -Headshakes. -(bleep)!
-We just lost a double.
Chafed him.
-Dammit!
-Nothing you can do.
-He changed directions a lot,
that line was going like this, like this, like this.
-I know, that's what I was saying. I know.
-Pop!
We just lost two fish. I'm pissed.
It sucks, but there's nothing you can do.
-Looks like spaghetti, dude.
Sucks.
That's just heartbreaking.
DAVE: Come on, Sandro!
SANDRO: Keep going, man, neutral. Reverse.
-Color. -Swivel, right. -Yeah, swivel, neutral.
-Watch out, watch out, watch out, get out of the way, Geordie!
-Take a shot! -Hit him!
-New gaff. -There we go, wrap him up.
-Come right to Sandro.
-Nice.
-Nice work, guys. -Cinch it up, buddy. -There's one.
-Yeah!
-Yeah, got him, thank God!
-Man, we needed that guy.
That's for sure.
We needed that one, for morale most importantly.
-I feel better now.
-Yeah.
-Right, good job, guys.
(grunting).
It's like getting the weight off your shoulders when you get another fish on deck.
This is the shot in the arm that you wait for when you're in a dry spell.
81.
-81. -81, baby!
Hey, what did we do with the For-Sale sign?
We gonna put it up now, or?
-No, keep it still there for now.
-Keep it there.
-Don't let it go. Don't lose it though.
-We still need a couple more fish.
-Let's go get another one.
MARCIANO: Make a right (bleep) move.
Start bringing that other one in, I'll get this one.
ANGELICA: The mood on the boat couldn't be worse.
To say it's been a slow day is an understatement.
There's not really been much happening, not even with bait,
especially not with tuna.
It's been a really hard season for us.
Meanwhile, the rest of the fleet, they're catching
$10,000 fish or bringing in three fish at a time.
We haven't really seen much, we definitely haven't caught much, so it kind of sucks.
And last week when we finally hook up after weeks of not catching.
-Fish (bleep) sawed off a $1,000 anchor.
(bleep), (bleep), (bleep)!
-My dad hit rock bottom.
-Wow, wow, (bleep)!
-It does suck, especially since we're so far behind.
(bleep)!
-What are we doing to that big guy?
JOE: He'll come up kill something.
-It's already dead, good job.
-Kill him again and pretend he's a tuna.
Ugh! Well, so now we wait.
See what happens.
PAUL: Yeah, woo, we're going down deep, boys.
We're going down!
We're going down, we're gonna go get 'em!
We're gonna go get 'em way down!
Just when you think it's a Blue Dog, it's a Bluefin.
Woo, I've been fishing for 40 years, it's in my blood.
Since I've been captaining my own boat, I've never ended a season as the top earner,
but I've come close.
Two years ago, I lost the top spot to Dot Com for less than 200 bucks.
I know what I'm doing, but I don't think the fleet takes me seriously.
TJ: Paul is a whole 'nother level of crazy.
He's telling that rowboat fishing story again.
"And he put me rowboat and said, you go, Paul."
I barely knew how to wipe my ass.
PAUL: But with Rick by my side, we are the ultimate team.
I'm gonna prove that I'm one of the best tuna fisherman out there and
get the respect I deserve.
I feel very good about today, you know?
With three weeks left Wicked Pissah's gonna be wicked busy catching fish.
Bam!
-Yeah.
-Nice, we got lines out though, right?
(beeping)
Oh, look at the tuna.
(bleep)!
Look at it!
-Yeah.
-Oh yeah, come on, tuna! Big mark!
(clicking)
(reel usnpooling rapidly)
-We're on!
-Nice! Go get 'em, Rick!
Keep 'em coming!
-He's a good fish.
He's fighting hard and pulling strong.
Come on, boy!
-This could be another ten grand like our last two fish!
Right when you hook up, your stomachs at the pit of your throat.
-He's a strong little sucker.
-Oh, he's not little. I'll tell you that.
-We got leader! -Right there!
We're gonna get him on this pass, ready?
-Yeah. -We're gonna get a shot here.
See him?
-Yeah, Paul, you're tangled don't throw it!
-Oh, (bleep)!
RICK: Oh my God!
PAUL: See him?
-Yeah! -Watch out.
-Paul, you're tangled don't throw it!
-Oh, ugh! (bleep). What the (bleep)?
-Oh my God!
PAUL: Ugh, got him!
You got to watch out, you got to watch out.
(bleep), it's too many people in the corner.
We could have, we could have all (bleep) went overboard.
If he takes off, dude, you're dead.
You lose your footing, you go overboard, I've seen people get killed
harpooning tuna fish.
Getting pulled over, wrapped up, you never see 'em again.
They're dead.
It's dangerous, dude.
Let me gaff.
We don't got him yet.
Get the tail wrap on him.
-Got him!
-Oh!
That was a close one, Rick.
Nice!
But he's a beauty fish.
RICK: We stuck it out and we got one.
What a great battle, that's a nice fish.
-This fish nearly took us overboard, but we got it and it could be
another 10-grand payday.
86 and a half.
-Wow, let's hope it gives us a good paycheck.
We could certainly use it.
-Yeah, oh, mark, we're marking!
There's another one!
(clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
Here we go, here we go!
-Second fish on the line.
-Woo, get on the fish.
I got to drive the boat, so...
-Yeah sir, I'll get on that.
-You get on that.
Come on, Rick, bring number two to the boat.
-This fish is running hard.
It might be a cow.
Taking a little line.
-Now that's a screamer, yeah!
-Now it's just give and take, right here.
We got to get this second fish, Paul.
-Woo, keep reeling.
What a crazy fish.
You got him coming, huh Rick?
-Yeah.
-Woo, we should be seeing him soon.
Don't give up, don't quit.
-He's right here, Paul.
-See him?
-Yeah.
-Where is he? Nice fish!
-There's your shot, Paulie!
-Ugh, loosen up, loosen up!
Get me a gaff, gaff his tail, easy.
Lift it up, tail rope.
Yeah, Ricky!
-Yeah. -Boom! Who's laughing now?
Wicked Pissah's the only boat with two fish this week.
Two, so far.
This second fish could put us in the mix for the title of the top earning
boat in the fleet.
Bam, baby!
It's all good in the hood.
And go!
He's 87 inches.
That's bigger than I thought.
-That doesn't suck at all.
-No. -No.
MARCIANO: We're just about to get our first bait of the day in the water.
If we're gonna gamble it, now's the best time.
See if we can turn this dead bait into a dead tuna.
DAVE (over radio): Hey, Dave? Come in, come in?
Yeah, what's going on over there, anything?
MARCIANO (over radio): Yeah, good morning, Dave, good morning.
DAVE (over radio): We caught one yesterday, so we're gonna stay right on this spot and
see if we can get another one on the deck.
You should definitely get over here.
MARCIANO: Yeah, we're gonna work on getting some live baits on the hooks.
Our last trip was a disaster, we had everything break, we caught a fish,
but he sawed off my $1,000 anchor, so we had to come in and get a new anchor.
DAVE: I wanted to reach out to Marciano because I know he's having a bad year,
we worked together earlier this season.
SANDRO: That's a nice one!
DAVE: And that alliance paid off for us.
I'd like to pay it forward and help Dave if I can.
I respect him and don't want to see his season end badly.
I got a couple pieces of bait if you, uh, if you need it.
We just jigged up a whole bunch.
MARCIANO: Okay, good, good. That's good to know.
Still, while we can we'll try and stay here, but if I have to,
I'm not too far from you;
I'm only, like, six miles from you.
We'll be standing by here.
We're gonna see what happens today.
DAVE: All right. Good luck, you'll get him. Talk to you in a bit.
MIKE: He's been having a tough season.
-You ain't kidding, holy moly.
He's like a really bad season.
I don't think it gets any worse.
-No.
-Wow, I know his daughter's trying to pay off the college stuff too, man.
It ain't going too good over there.
-Definitely not.
-Poor guy.
-Dave Marciano's having a really, really hard time...
-Yeah!
-With fishing this year, we all do.
-Sure.
-He's letting it get to him and he can't.
BRAD: Two seasons in a row, Merch is sucking wind.
MATT: He won it a few years back, I thought.
I thought he was the number one boat in the fleet.
-Every dog has his day, you know that, Matt.
-Oh yeah. -Oh, man. Poor Merch.
TJ: Beautiful day in the Gulf of Maine.
Greasy, slick calm.
Today's not your average day in the Gulf of Maine, today's Jarrett's birthday,
so we've got to do something to kind of celebrate the Polish Fabio.
We're having our best season in a long time.
There have been some slow weeks, but we kept fishing and it's paid off.
JARRETT: Today's my birthday.
I love fishing on my birthday.
I like catching on my birthday even better.
-I would like to celebrate with a tuna more than anything.
There's three boats ahead of us in the earnings, but with almost three weeks left,
we've got a real shot at ending this season as the leader of the fleet.
-Hopefully a beautiful day with two fish in the hole and go home, and go to happy hour.
(beeping)
-There he is, 150 feet, watch the rods.
Come on, Jarrett, birthday tuna.
If we can get a fish on the deck today, it could really move us up the ladder and
it could give us a little extra money to buy Jarrett a really nice bottle of
shampoo for his birthday.
-Please, tuna, hook up for me.
-Come on, you dirty dog you. Come on, guys, bite.
Oh! Where'd he go?
He disappeared.
He's gone.
I thought you were gonna get a bite there, Jarrett.
-Just waiting on a birthday fish.
-He said "(bleep) you, birthday boy."
Bummer, man. Did you hear that?
(clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
We're on, let's go, wazzah!
-TJ!
-TJ, Jarrett, get on the rod, I got the anchor.
-Pa-pow!
-Feels like a good one -You got to pull forward!
-Guys were just changing the baits out.
-I like just changed that bait out, like not even five minutes.
-Not even like, not even, not even!
-Come on, baby, come to daddy!
-Down and tight, baby. Down and tight.
Oh my God, I see him, he's right there.
I see deep color.
Swivel.
-Come on, guys, we really need this one.
Can't lose him!
-Good shot!
-Gaff!
-He's right there. Right there! Oh! Tail gaff!
-Tail gaff! -Woo! -Nice job, baby!
-Nice, yeah! -Happy Birthday, Cuz! -Yeah, baby!
-Happy birthday, man! Happy birthday! Happy birthday!
-Woo, pa-pow, baby! -Birthday Bluefins, baby! -Woo!
-Two years in a row, birthday Bluefins!
-Got the good luck.
-It's always good luck.
That's the best birthday present you could ask for right there.
Hands down.
We got one hanging off the back of the boat!
Hell yes, woo!
-Let's get this fish onboard.
-87.
-87, all right.
-Good job, boys.
We all wanted a fish for Jarrett's birthday and the Tuna Gods came through.
Not only does this mean another paycheck for the Hot Tuna,
but hopefully we'll be in great shape to move up the leaderboard.
Perfect size.
-Nice work, nice work. -Nice job, Bubby. -Nice!
-Woo!
-What do you think, Ripple, huh? -That's a keeper.
-Jerry's birthday. -Happy birthday. -Thank you.
MATT: Pick a bait, any bait, come on go for that one.
Come on one of these squid are getting eaten right now.
One of these squid are going off right now.
BRAD: I wish it was flat calm, man.
Wicked Pissah caught two fish already this week and almost all the other
boats are catching too.
We've definitely dropped out of second position in the fleet at this point.
-Come on Fish Hawk, baby!
-Now there's less than three weeks left to fish.
We need to get a fish on deck to get back into the top spot.
(beeping)
Yeah, buddy. We got one coming on the screen.
-One of these rods are gonna go off, right here.
Come on.
-Come on, tuna!
(beeping)
-This is where we hook up, Brad. Let's get him!
-You got him dragging?
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-We're on, we're on!
-Woo!
MATT: Fish on! Got him on!
MATT: We're on, woo, fish on, got 'em on!
BRAD: Let him run out away to the left of our anchor.
We don't want to mess with our anchor line.
-Got him on!
We got a real one on bro, woo!
-Reel, reel!
-Let's hope the Tuna Gods are with us.
They let us land this one.
I can feel he's heavy.
He's, like, fighting like a big tuna.
-Yeah, baby.
-See what he does here when we stop.
Oh, yeah.
-We're ecstatic.
-Woo.
-Yeah!
-This ain't no short, boss, no way.
He just feels heavy.
-It's a nice fish.
-Nice fish.
We're gonna see him here, he's gonna come right up to the surface for ya.
Geez.
This is a big crazy fish, man.
We need this one.
Hey, Brad, you got to go forward, man.
That's good, Brad.
-If he goes crazy, just loosen that drag all right?
-Yeah, that's good, Brad.
I got leader.
Here he is right here, Brad.
Watch yourself, woo!
-Let him go, let him go!
-Oh, (bleep).
What, (bleep) get out of there, Brad.
He's pissed, holy (bleep).
-This is terrible.
-What?
-I got to back up. -Out of what? -That!
This fish is running into a lobster buoy.
There's metal grommets, and it can easily get caught and cut right off.
We've got to get this fish away from the buoy.
Quick, get on the other side of the boat.
Here he comes.
Come to papa.
Get the gaff.
Get that tail tope, quick.
Hurry up.
-Woo, game over. -Woo! -Game over.
-Woo! -Woo! -Thanks for playing.
-Worst to first. Fish Hawk!
-Here we go.
-Yeah!
-This fish couldn't have come at a better time.
Pinwheel and Dot Com better watch out, Fish Hawk is back, baby.
-That was suh-weet, huh?
-God bless you, buddy.
Have a good trip to tuna heaven.
You're going to heaven now with all the rest of the tuna.
Ooh, 83 inches.
-83 inches, nice we'll take it.
-83 inches. -Woo, Fish Hawk, ka-kaw!
TJ: Just getting back into beautiful Gloucester harbor.
We've been on a roll lately, fishing's been good, you know, we've been right there in the
competition, trying to get to the top of that leaderboard.
So, hopefully Scottso's got his checkbook and he's feeling generous.
-What's up, Scott? -What's up, guys? -What's shaking, Scottso?
-What do you guys have?
-We got one beauty down here, bro.
Want to get him out, get him checked out?
-Yeah, let's do it.
-If we're gonna have a chance of overtaking the fleet's top three earners and
ending the season as Gloucester's top earning Bluefin boat,
we need good money here.
What are we looking at, Scottso?
-334 pounds dressed.
-Beautiful, perfect size. -Beautiful. -Want to check him out?
-Yeah. -All right, bud.
So far this season our fish have averaged almost $19 a pound,
so I'm hoping this one's good quality too.
-It's a decent fish.
-That's a nice looking one. Huh?
-Yeah, yeah, look at that core it's glowing.
-That core is glowing. -That is a beautiful core. -Yeah, that is, it's nice.
-So, I mean what are you thinking?
What's your gut telling you?
-It's loaded with fat; you can see it everywhere in it.
$20 a pound.
-Hey now, Scottso!
Always a pleasure to see you, buddy.
-Good to see you guys.
-Scottso, we're gonna be right back out there, buddy, see you soon.
-All right, sounds good. Go get 'em!
-My number one goal the next few weeks of fishing is just to stay out there and
to stay focused and to make sure I put the
boat in the best possible position for us to catch fish.
That's how we're gonna retain our edge.
Now we're off in the Bluefin groove, baby.
Pa-pow!
The rest of the fleet better watch out.
PAUL: Payday, baby.
We got two nice ones.
-Nice, Paulie, nice.
Let's see what they look like.
-So far this week we're the only boat to land two fish.
These two are gonna go a long way to getting us closer to the prize of the
top earning boat in Gloucester.
What do you got for weight on this one, PJ?
-185 pounds, 256 pounds.
-Very nice. Let's check the meat out and get a nice price.
-Yeah.
-We're hoping for a good price today so we can keep moving up.
I heard Hot Tuna got 20 bucks a pound for the single fish they just brought in.
I'm hoping we get more for these two beauties.
How we looking on this one, PJ?
-That's a nice little fish, Paul.
-I knew it was.
-Look at the fat, all the way through the majors.
-I know, I was very shocked.
I'm psyched.
-This one here, a small fish.
$21 a pound.
-Yeah, that's beautiful. -Nice, nice, awesome. -Thanks, PJ.
-Way to go, guys.
-What do you got here, PJ?
-Nice cherry core, nice pinkish tail, buttery fat.
$22 a pound.
-That one's even better! -Yeah! -We did it!
-That's a nice fish, Paul. Way to go, man.
-That's good, I'm glad. -Rick, way to go, buddy.
-Catching fire like always do late in the season.
-Keep 'em coming, boys, keep 'em coming.
PAUL: Rick and I can easily make our way to the top of the fleet by the end.
Watch out everybody, Payday Baby's coming for you.
Let's go get 'em.
RICK: Payday Baby.
DAVE: It is what it is.
-Double up, we got to double up.
-We can't be on top every day.
You can say that all you want.
DAVE: I just want to catch a few fish.
We may have caught an 81 incher earlier this week, but that's definitely not enough
to get us ahead of The Pinwheel in the earnings.
There's less than three weeks left to fish and if we're going to finish this season as
Gloucester's top producing boat, we need to catch more fish this trip.
Hang in there.
We've been here before.
-Yes, we have, yes, we have.
-On the flip side, I also feel really fortunate about how our season has progressed,
especially when I think about how badly the Hard Merchandise has been doing.
-There's a nice bait fishing doubleheader.
-Yeah.
-There he is, ah, all over it.
(clicking)
He's going down!
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-We're on, we're on, we're on, we're on.
-There it goes.
-All right, woo!
DAVE (over radio): Hey, Dave?
MARCIANO: Yeah, go ahead.
DAVE (over radio): I'd get over here, we're on again.
Get over here as quick as you can.
MARCIANO (over radio): All right. All right.
DAVE (over radio): All right, I'm on the north side,
got to go, the north side.
MARCIANO (over radio): All right, thanks a lot, Dave.
Okay, the fish are biting over there, let's go.
This could finally be our chance.
ANGELICA: We got this.
we're on, we're on.
-There it goes, woo!
Marciano's on his way.
Just like that, we are on.
-Woo, we're on!
-Wow.
There he goes.
-Whoa, whoa!
-Wow, he's pissed.
Wow, he just woke up.
-Man, that's crazy.
-We need this fish to get back in the lead.
-Here take it off, I'll jump on.
-Whoa, whoa. -Wow. -That was badass.
Usually fish that act like this are pretty damn big.
-And big fish can equal big money.
Swivel.
Out of the water coming on the tip.
-Give me a shot.
Show yourself.
-Get ready, get ready!
Go forward left.
Neutral, forward straight and reverse, hard reverse, hard, hard, and neutral.
-Get ready, get ready, get ready, get ready, and start going back!
Oh, my God!
-Now coming back across, Geordie.
-He's right here, he's right here!
-This could be our shot, color.
-There we go, nice shot!
-Got him.
Gaff, come left.
All right, got him?
-Got him. -Wow. -All right, got him.
I'm wrapped, good, yep, good.
-Good?
That was an epic battle.
-Wow, I'm happy we got him.
-That's what I'm talking about.
Nice job, boys.
-That little fish just kicked your ass.
We got him, that's all that matters.
Another one for the board, because we really need this.
All right, go ahead.
Got him.
Awesome, so beautiful is what he looks like.
-Let's measure him up, bub, what do you say?
All right, you got on the nose there, 94.
-That's a nice one, bub.
-Yeah, bub.
-Oh, good, Hard Merch made it.
Fingers crossed they get a nice one just like we did.
This second fish is just confirmation that the Dot Com is gonna be on top for the
third year in a row at the end of this season.
We are on fire!
TYLER: Dammit, Duff!
Everyone's on a catching spree this week, except us.
All right, let's get fishing.
There's herring coming through like crazy.
DUFFY: A couple more baits real quick?
-What?
-Want to grab a couple more baits?
-We're gonna get plenty of bait, look at the screen.
-All right. -Look at what we got going on.
-That's fine, yeah, yeah, yeah!
-None of the other rods are ready to go?
-No, dude.
TYLER: Get the lines ready now, man!
Hurry up.
We haven't caught anything this trip and we're losing our lead.
Dot Com's like a yappy little dog nipping at our heels.
We cannot have that guy be the top dog again.
-You want to stick with those little crimps?
-Yup.
Something's got to change.
Get rid of that, new leaders.
All right, here go put this back there in that rod holder.
Got to get moving.
MATT: Fish Hawk, Ka-kaw!
BRAD: Hey, it's Heather and The Gut!
-What's going on, Brad?
-Hey, Daddy-O.
-We got one more for you.
-What do you say we get it off?
-Yeah.
-My wife, Heather's been coming to the dock for 30 years to see me offload tuna
and celebrate our good fortunes together.
I'm so proud that Matt and I have been doing so well this season,
bringing home paychecks for our families.
What do we go on this one, Gut?
-333 pounds dressed.
-Nice. -Nice. -Nice.
-We're gonna come check him out, Gut.
-All right.
-Hey.
-Hey, Gut what do you got?
-I don't know your wife's been bribing me all night.
-We need help.
-We need help, a little love.
-We got some fat, a little bit, not loaded but it's decent.
Give you 16 bucks a pound.
-Hey, that's a good price, Gut.
-That's a good price. We'll take that.
-Hey, we'll take it. They all add up. Thanks, Gut.
-Thank you, Gut. -Way to go, Gut.
-All right. Thank you, guys have a good night.
-We've been one of the top earning boats in the fleet all season and if we can
keep up this roll, we might finish this season as Gloucester's top producer.
Nothing could be better than that.
MATT: We're right there with Tyler. We could beat him.
BRAD: Tyler can suck it!
JOE: Whales all around the boat, a lot of life here.
We're just waiting for a tuna, we just marked one.
Wow, right there, just jumped right out of the water.
MARCIANO: Dave Dot Com put us on this spot.
There's a lot of life here and that usually means tuna are hanging around.
The whales are chasing the same thing the tuna fish are.
If we're seeing whales we're in a good zone to be finding some tuna.
ANGELICA: No fish yet.
They're gonna come over because there was just three, three jumps over there.
Oh, my God!
-There he is!
-He's so small, but so large!
-He's just about the right size for eating when they're that big.
-No!
-We've been losing money for weeks.
No paycheck for me or the crew, my kids.
It's very hard to swallow.
I really hope today pays off.
Let's look at all kinds of life here, Joe.
We got the whales, we got this herring coming through steady now.
Seeing all this life I can definitely feel better about it.
-We'll get a bite today for sure.
-Between you and me, I am a little worried, I am a little nervous,
but I need to show these guys what's important is moving forward.
-Hey, Papa.
-What?
-Nothing, or?
-Oh, yeah, no, that's a fish.
He's out back by the rods a little.
There's one down there, Joe!
That's right where our baits are too. Right in the zone.
-Perfect, okay.
(beeping)
(clicking)
(reel unspooling rapidly)
-We're on, we're on, we're on, we're on!
-All right, here we go!
-Yeah, all right, he's screaming!
We're getting low.
-He's got a lot of line out.
We got to get this line back.
-We got to get this fish.
We're behind.
Everyone at home needs to be praying for us right now because we need a lot
of luck to go our way.
Hopefully this is the one we're gonna land.
-Here we go, ready?
Let's do it.
Here we go.
-We have to get this fish, that's the bottom line.
-All right, Gel, ready?
-Yep.
-All right, get on it.
-All right.
-Just wind if you can while we're chasing him.
-Let him run! Let him run!
Good job, Gel, good job.
Pull down reel, there you go!
-I think it's really important to have this sort of camaraderie that we have.
-Doing good, Gel.
-When times are tough it makes it a lot easier.
-You're doing it perfect.
-Reel, reel, reel, reel, keep reeling, keep reeling!
-I'm not nearly as nervous on the rod now because I believe in my dad,
who believes in me and I have a lot more experience than I did when
I started as a greenhorn at the beginning of the season.
-Charging the boat!
-Need help, Gel?
-Yeah.
-Keep going, keep going, keep going!
-He can do a lot faster than I can, so I'm letting him take over.
-We need some luck to go our way.
Our batting average sucks.
We really got to redeem ourselves and put this one on the boat.
-He's charging the boat!
-You got this.
-You get him, Joe?
-(bleep), Ah!
He's acting weird.
Come on, please.
MARCIANO: We just can't let him get away!
(cranking reel)
JOE: He's charging the boat!
ANGELICA: You got this!
-You get him, Joe?
-(bleep), Ah!
He's acting weird!
Come on, please.
-We just can't let him get away.
-We could lose the fish, right here.
-Stay on him!
-Coming at us.
-Come on, now, we need this fish!
Good, Joe?
-Yeah, yeah, he's still on!
-Good job.
-See how he just charged the boat like that?
-Doing the Bluefin boogey, so I was just dancing with him.
-We got him close, but not close enough.
We need to get him.
-Come on, please.
-It's crucial that we make some money this week because our ability to earn a paycheck
dries up in less than three weeks when the season is over.
This fish couldn't have come at a better time.
Now we just need to get it to the boat.
-A little bit of extra pressure, or no?
-Yep. Yep.
-Coming back.
-This one's definitely acting up.
He's not coming easy.
We'll get him, guys, we'll get him.
-We'll get him, yup.
-Well, this fish just won't circle, he keeps doing these figure eights and it's really
hard to land 'em like that.
One wrong move, he's gonna get under the boat and it's gonna be game over again.
-I got color!
-There he is.
-Oh, yeah, there he is.
-A little bit more, guys, if our luck holds.
-He's right here.
-All right, this is crucial now, guys.
All right, Joe, switch with me, switch with me.
Go, go, go. Get the gaff.
That's in. Get your tail strap ready, Gel!
-I got it.
-Down by the tail, attaboy!
There you go, Gel with your tail strap.
Attagirl.
Attagirl, you got him.
Cleat it off.
All right, guys.
-Yeah.
-Well done we got him.
Broke the ice.
Well done, good job, guys.
Great job.
All right, Gel, start coming up.
For my kids' sake, we got to make a good showing this year.
-One, two, three.
-Three.
-Not only for financial reasons.
Yup, I need money and my crew needs money, to show them that no matter
how bad things get,
if you keep plugging, it'll all come out well in the end.
-What's that say, Gel? I can't read it.
-84. -84, nice, nice one. -Oh, yeah.
-Yeah.
-Over the rail and in the pail.
DAVE: What's up, Dixon, we got two nice one's for you.
Clock's ticking.
-Let's do it.
DAVE: These two fish may put us back in the lead.
They're not monsters, but the quality hopefully is there.
What do you got?
-298 pounds, 282 pounds.
-Wow!
SANDRO: Oh, baby that's nice for that fish.
-All right, let's check 'em out. We're coming up.
-All right.
DAVE: So far this season our fish have averaged about $16 a pound.
If we can get something comparable, we'll easily push Pinwheel out of the lead.
-I'll start with this one.
-That's nice.
-That's got a lot of fat in it.
Real fatty, real oily, nice and round.
-What do you think on that one?
-I'm thinking $20 a pound.
-Yeah, not bad.
-Nice good score, thank you.
-That's good, let's keep it going.
What do you think on the second one?
-Still very nice.
Just a little less fat.
The core isn't as translucent on this one.
-What do you think on this one?
-$18 a pound.
-Nice. -Nice, another big score.
-Thank you very, very much, that's a payday right there, guys.
-Thanks, bud. -Absolutely.
-Eleven grand for two fish, Fishing Vessel Tuna.Com is back.
We need to do this for just two more weeks and we'll finish another season as
Gloucester's top earning Bluefin boat once again.
Another payday for the Dot Com.
Hopefully Hard Merch gets a good payday too.
MARCIANO: Scottso, what's going on?
-Hey, what's up, Dave?
-We got one fish. I hope you're gonna like it.
-All right, let's see what we got.
-Let's do it.
I'm just so relieved that we landed a good-sized fish this week.
And me the kids and I, are gonna take home a paycheck.
And we couldn't have done it without the help of Dave on the Dot Com
putting us on his hotspot.
What do you got, Scotty?
-381 pounds dressed.
-We'll take it.
-All right, let's get up there guys and see how it looks on the inside.
-I'm feeling good about this one.
-We only got one, but I thought it was a pretty decent fish.
-Yeah, I can see the fat in it.
-Yeah. -Oh, yeah.
-All around good shape on it too.
-Good, yup, nice clear core.
-This fish right here...
I'll do $22 a pound.
-Nice! -Nice, awesome. -Good, well done, great.
-That's a big score. We might actually get paid.
You hear that?
-Don't hold your breath, Joe don't hold your breath.
-Oh, I can't wait.
-More than eight grand, now that's a payday.
Now we just got to keep this going for the final two weeks of the season and
put some money in the bank.
Don't count us out yet, guys.
It ain't over till the fat lady sings.
NARRATOR: With only two weeks until the season closes,
two good quality fish for Fishing Vessel Tuna.Com,
give last year's top producer a four-grand lead over
the young duo on Pinwheel.
While Fish Hawk remains in hot pursuit.
And paydays for Hot Tuna, Wicked Pissah and Hard Merchandise
keep them in the game.
-The season is almost over.
And with the final paychecks up for grabs, we're all gonna be battling
till the bitter end.
-Let's bring this one home!
Pinwheel and Fish Hawk better make way because the Black Boat is
taking over once again.
BRAD: We started this season looking for redemption for The Fish Hawk.
I would like nothing more than to end this season on top.
MATT: Worst to first, baby!
PAUL: We're still in fifth place, we just need to push harder.
We need to come with a wrecking ball!
MARCIANO: Dave and the Dot Com has been able to turn his season around and
I'm hoping we're gonna be able to do the same.
We're marking!
TJ: Tomorrow's a new day, where we've got a fighting chance to regain that top spot
and finish this season on a high note.
Get the gaff!
TYLER: The Pinwheel's not settling for second place!
We're taking the top spot.
Reel, reel, reel!
-We're coming for ya! -We want to be that top boat. -This season is almost over.
-Come on, now! We need this fish!
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