NARRATOR: On this episode...
RICK: We're on!
NARRATOR: ...of Wicked Tuna...
MIKE: Oh, my God. They're everywhere.
PAUL: Reel that baby in.
NARRATOR: There's only one week left of fishing.
MATT: The end of the season,
you got to get as many fish as you can.
PAUL: The pressure's enormous.
NARRATOR: And as the battle rages...
JOE: There he is!
MATT: Oh, look at that headshake.
NARRATOR: For final paychecks...
PAUL: Oh, we're on!
RICK: What the hell? Alright.
NARRATOR: And the top spot...
MATT: We might finish number one, for sure.
NARRATOR: The fleet's two top earners...
DUFFY: Another blowout for the Pinwheel! Here we go!
NARRATOR: Might be knocked out of the race...
DAVE: I feel horrible. I'm shaking.
NARRATOR: ...for good.
TJ: Dot Com's in the hospital.
PAUL: It's still spreading. He is in huge trouble.
TJ: Well, that stuff can kill you.
NARRATOR: This...
SAVANNAH: Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. No, no, no!
DUFFY: Stop!
TYLER: Oh, my God!
SAVANNAH: Oh, my God!
NARRATOR: ...is Wicked Tuna.
MATT: Most number one thing I care about is surviving.
NARRATOR: With only seven days until the season closes,
the fleet's longtime top producer,
Fishing Vessel Tuna Dot Com,
has a narrow lead over rival Pinwheel
and last year's lowest earner, Fish Hawk.
Meanwhile, Wicked Pissah, Hot Tuna, and Hard Merchandise
have serious ground to make up
if they're gonna catch the top three boats.
(music)
MARCIANO: It's anybody's game at this point.
We just need a last good week.
There's only one week till bluefin season closes.
Once it ends, so does our chances of making money.
So we got to make it happen this trip.
JOE: Something's starting to form.
Could be herring.
MARCIANO: Okay.
JOE: Yeah, definite herring, 100%.
That's a really great sign.
Millions of herring just swimming around us,
just waiting to be eaten for bluefin.
MARCIANO: Wow, look at them on this side, Gel.
Millions of them, Gel!
ANGELICA: Oh, my God. There are so many!
This is so cool!
JOE: The bait's literally jumping in the boat.
We got them so thick over here.
It's a great sign for some more bluefin to come through.
MIKE: Now, look, they're smashing all over the surface.
JARRETT: Yeah. That's all herring.
MIKE: Oh, my God. They're everywhere.
TJ: Only the big ones, Bubby.
We're coming down to the end of the season.
The pressure's on to catch as many tuna as we can,
as fast as we can.
MIKE: This is epic.
PAUL: Bubby!
MIKE: Oh, boy. Pissah's here, too.
PAUL: It's a big body of fish moved in.
Big, big body.
And the bluefin love herring.
So the more baitfish we can land now,
the better chance we have to land some bluefin this week.
PAUL: With only one week left,
it's a matter of grinding all week to make paychecks.
Every one of those baits is a tuna.
We are ready to finish strong.
Tomorrow it's gonna be game on.
MATT: Double-header coming up.
Tiny one and one big one.
BRAD: This is it. We're down to the final week now.
With final paychecks up for grabs,
we're all gonna be battling.
MATT: Looks like a, it's going to be fishy here today, huh?
BRAD: We got just seven days to make enough money
to provide for our families to make it through the winter.
MATT: I'm, like, all jacked up on coffee.
I'm ready to catch some fish now.
(phone ringing)
GEORDIE: Yup.
SANDRO: Hey, Geordie, where are you?
GEORDIE: Oh, man, I overslept.
I'll be there in half an hour.
DAVE: Today's the day we need to be there early, of all the days.
SANDRO: You want to wait or you want to go?
DAVE: My mate, Geordie, overslept.
He's usually always reliable.
But the timing could not be worse today,
with only one week left to fish.
I got to make the call here, and that spot is producing for us,
so if we do wait for him,
chances are somebody's gonna be there.
We might lose out on two fish.
SANDRO: Yeah.
DAVE: I say a day off isn't gonna hurt him.
SANDRO: Let's rock and roll.
DAVE: Let's do it.
ANGELICA: They just, they keep coming.
MARCIANO: Yeah, they'll be here till sunrise, too.
Only thing that'll drive them out of here is tuna.
We've caught less fish and made less money
than everyone else in the fleet.
And it's vital that we get some final paychecks
before the season closes
to help get my family through the winter.
ANGELICA: Oh, wait. They stopped.
JOE: Get ready.
(beeping)
MARCIANO: The rod should be bending any minute now.
JOE: Alright!
MARCIANO: I guarantee, we keep marking this fish,
that rod's gonna bend here.
(reel ticking)
(reel unspooling)
JOE: Yeah. We're on! We're on! We're on!
MARCIANO: How does it feel, Joe? Like a good one?
JOE: Yeah. It feels like a nice one.
ANGELICA: We really need a fish.
JOE: I know.
Coming at us.
There he is.
Come on.
Yup, got color.
MARCIANO: I see it.
JOE: Ugh, he's taking line.
(reel unspooling)
ANGELICA: Come on, Joe.
You're stronger than he is.
You're smarter than he is.
You're probably older than he is.
JOE: There he is! Got color!
(reel unspooling)
He's running again.
ANGELICA: (bleep) you!
(Marciano laughs)
(Angelica laughs)
MARCIANO: So close, yet so very, very far.
Alright, we'll just keep doing what we're doing, guys.
He'll wear down.
We want this one, though. We earned this one.
ANGELICA: We're still a long ways
from actually getting that fish on this boat,
but here's hoping our luck will hold.
But honestly, (bleep) this (bleep).
This is exhausting.
It's so stressful.
With all the bad luck we've had this season,
a hook-up like this is torture.
You can't help feeling that the longer it goes on,
the more chance that something bad's gonna happen.
JOE: Got, got color! Got swivel!
(reel unspooling)
ANGELICA: Ah, (bleep) you!
What the (bleep)?
(bleep)
JOE: There he is again.
I got color!
I got the swivel!
Come on. Come on.
JOE: He's going under the boat.
MARCIANO: Back it off, back it off, back it off.
We had that fish about eight feet away,
but he was swimming at, like, five knots.
I can't throw at him like that.
I've seen guys, they make that Hail Mary throw
and then they wind up regretting it.
It gets tangled around the line,
the fish runs like he did, and it's game over.
(reel unspooling)
JOE: It's definitely the most stressful part of the fight,
when you can see him and he's not behaving properly.
MARCIANO: He's not even (bleep) tired.
MARCIANO: Jobi-Wan. (laughs)
JOE: There he is up top. Got color.
ANGELICA: I see swivel.
Come out, please.
(music)
JOE: Get him!
MARCIANO: Take it out of gear!
Well, we got two lines in the fish.
Now he's behaving properly.
Somebody needs a gaff.
JOE: Yup, yup.
MARCIANO: There you go. Okay.
JOE: Tail rope, left side. ANGELICA: Okay, okay, okay.
JOE: Good job. Good job, guys.
MARCIANO: Nice and easy, nice and easy.
Go!
JOE: Yeah!
MARCIANO: Let that be the lessons to you.
Persistence pays.
Well done, kids. Well done.
It's a great feeling catching a nice tuna in the last week.
This will go a long way
to getting my family through the winter.
That's how it's done on the Hard Merchandise,
over the rail and in the pail.
Alright, guys, let's get him down,
and we'll get a measurement on him.
JOE: Alright.
MARCIANO: What do you got? ANGELICA: 84.
JOE: Good job. Good job. MARCIANO: Alright.
JOE: Let's go get back to our ball and get another one.
MARCIANO: Yup.
(music)
TYLER: I can't believe Duffy's done this to me,
especially this week.
Duffy's not here, had to call in the all-star.
Savannah's gonna go fishing with me.
My mate, Duffy, was supposed to be here four hours ago,
so we can get out on the grounds before dawn,
but he's not shown up.
And every minute I'm on the dock, we're losing out on tuna.
We've been doing so good all year.
But for Duffy to do that,
obviously, he didn't want to go fishing today.
So my girlfriend, Savannah, has rushed to the boat
to come out and help me
in the final push before the season closes.
SAVANNAH: I have Tyler's old boots.
TYLER: From when I was, like, eight.
She got to get her own set of rain gear.
We'll get her a pair of XTRATUFs.
(laughs)
This isn't the first time Duffy's been late to the boat.
It's actually becoming a pattern.
You show up late to the boat. My whole day's (bleep).
You don't even care.
We'll go fishing without Duff.
Duff's wants to pull some sort of move here, not show up.
What are you gonna do, man?
No way! I can't believe that jerk is showing up.
What the hell are you doing here, Duffy?
You're four hours late.
TYLER: Hey, Duffy, shut the (bleep) up
and don't say another (bleep) word.
Or you will (bleep) be done.
Then (bleep) get your (bleep),
get the (bleep) off this boat, and you're done, bro.
Get the (bleep) off my boat!
Get off my boat.
SAVANNAH: No. Please stop. Just stop.
TYLER: Get it off my boat.
Hey, you missed the boat, dude. You didn't show up.
DUFFY: No, get the (bleep) out of here, dude.
TYLER: Hey, get off my boat real quick.
DUFFY: Oh, yeah, dude, you act all tough
as you (bleep) run away, you little (bleep).
Shut the (bleep) up.
DUFFY: Get me off the boat.
Call the police right now.
Another (bleep) blowout for the Pinwheel.
TYLER: How much have you been drinking this morning?
DUFFY: Here we go.
Captain Tyler loses his (bleep) again over nothing.
Perfect, dude. This is (bleep) awesome.
This is awesome, dude.
Make me get the (bleep) off of here.
Are you kidding me? Dude, just shut the (bleep) up.
Shut the (bleep) up.
SAVANNAH: Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. No, no, no!
(bleep)
TYLER: Get off the boat or I will get you off the boat.
DUFFY: You kidding me, dude?
SAVANNAH: Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay.
No, no, no, no.
No, no, no. Seriously.
DUFFY: Pfft, whatever, dude.
TYLER: I'm done with Duffy.
This is it! He's gone. He's fired.
DUFFY: This is a (bleep) joke.
TYLER: Sorry you had to see that.
We fight over the stupidest things.
And just not in a good mood.
SAVANNAH: Yeah, that was a little outrageous.
TYLER: He's got to show me a little more respect than that.
You know, like, I demand a lot out of him.
SAVANNAH: Mm-hmm.
TYLER: And, you know, we're fighting so hard
in this competition, this competition means so much,
because winning the competition means you made the most money,
and you know, I want to make the most money,
so I really want him on his game every day.
SAVANNAH: Absolutely. Yup. Yeah. It makes sense.
SAVANNAH: Let's do it. Alright.
DAVE: I don't have an ounce of energy.
(yawn)
With one week left in the season,
we're still in first place.
SANDRO: Got to finish the season strong.
DAVE: But this truly is not a good time
for Geordie not to show up.
And to make matters worse, I have fish poisoning.
I feel like I, I have a hangover, you know? Ugh.
SANDRO: Yeah.
DAVE: Fish poisoning is a bacterial infection
that started on my hand and moved up my arm.
Oh, it's, it's, it's painful.
No Geordie.
I got the fish poison.
Yeah, we could have taken the day off,
but we need to do what we need to,
and that's be out here right now.
Catching fish is tough enough,
but when you're not feeling well, it's torture.
Ugh.
(Dave groans)
I feel like I have the flu.
Ugh.
It is what it is.
TYLER: It's time to get the Pinwheel back on track.
I'm not gonna let anything stop me this week.
I'm out here fishing hard.
This is what I do for a living, I fish hard.
And one of the main reasons why
Savannah and I go together so well
is that she knows that I grind, and she's grinding hard with me.
I really want to put a fish on the boat for her and I.
But at the same time, I need to put one on for my checkbook.
That's why we got to get some meat.
Savannah isn't as experienced as Duffy, but I can count on her,
so I'm confident that losing my first mate today
is really gonna be no loss at all for the Pinwheel
in the final week of the season.
We got this, babe.
SAVANNAH: Alright. Sounds good.
PAUL: This is a big mind game, too, this fishery.
The pressure's enormous.
And Tyler, with all his issues with his mate, and Duffy,
and, oh, my God.
It's chaos.
Rick and I know better than anyone exactly what it's like
when the captain and the mate aren't gelling.
Everyone goes through it.
It's called being human.
It's how you deal with it.
But fortunately, we worked through our problems.
And since then, we've been on a tear the past few weeks.
RICK: We're doing just fine.
PAUL: I know one thing, we are having a good time.
(laughs)
And while we might be a little ways behind
the fleet's three top earners,
if Rick and I can keep up our roll,
we're definitely still in it
with a chance at taking this thing.
Ricky, we've got some good marks today.
So we know the bluefin are right here in the area.
Now, we just need to get a bite.
RICK: Let's finish strong.
(beeping)
TYLER: Nice mark right there.
(beeping)
PAUL: Oh, mark. We're marking.
Looks like a fish on the bottom.
(beeping)
RICK: Come on, boys.
(beeping)
(reel ticking)
(reel unspooling)
We're on!
PAUL: Here we go!
Ha ha!
Woo!
RICK: Where the (bleep) is he?
(reel unspooling)
TYLER: We're on! SAVANNAH: Oh, my God!
TYLER: Thank God.
SAVANNAH: Oh, my God!
TYLER: Start the boat, babe.
PAUL: I'll give her a little spin.
RICK: Straight down, Paulie.
PAUL: Yeah!
RICK: This seems a little easy as of right now,
because we got more line in,
but, I mean, he could be big right now
and just be toying with us, we don't know.
He's not giving me any line now, that's for sure.
TYLER: I got to get this line in before I jump back on the rod.
I can't do anything, I-- oh, (bleep).
Savannah, that bite might have come off.
I think it came off.
Pulled the hook.
(bleep)
RICK: 10 o'clock, brother!
PAUL: He's got a lot of vinegar in him still.
Come on, Ricky. You got this.
RICK: He's right here, Paul.
PAUL: See him? RICK: Yeah.
PAUL: Where is he?
RICK: Here's your shot, Paulie.
PAUL: Got him! RICK: Yeah!
PAUL: Loosen up on the rod.
Now you got him.
Crazy little guy.
Tail rope.
Boom!
We got him.
RICK: Yeah!
(bleep)
TYLER: With less than a week till the season closes,
this is the worst time to be losing a fish.
Especially when we're only five grand away from the lead.
(bleep)
Come on!
I'm so close to winning, it almost hurts more.
(bleep)
Come on!
PAUL: Payday, baby!
Feels great to pull our first tuna of the trip on board.
Now, we just have to get our hooks back in the water
and see if we could get another one.
76.
Wow. He's bigger than I thought.
Coming with the wrecking ball.
MARCIANO: I got high hopes of doing big money for this one.
What's going on?
LUKE: Hey, what's happening?
MARCIANO: We got a nice one for you today.
LUKE: Yeah. Let's bring him up.
MARCIANO: It feels great to start off the last week
of the season with a nice tuna.
And having family here is the icing on the cake.
What do we got for dress weight?
LUKE: 321 dressed.
MARCIANO: Okay. We'll take it.
Now let's hope it's good quality.
With less than a week until the season closes,
we need to bank as much money as we can.
They buyer will pay more for a tuna
that has a lot of fat and a nice, red color.
So, hopefully, this scores us a big payday.
What do you think? It's good quality, right?
LUKE: I'll tell you it's a good-looking fish,
and the core is really firm.
So that's a good thing.
You got a lot of fat here on the edges.
You know, given all that, I'd say...
I can do $16 a pound.
MARCIANO: Alright. Well done. We'll take it.
JOE: Good job, Gel.
MARCIANO: Alright. You guys ready?
Let's get back in the boat and go back out.
ANGELICA: Alright.
MARCIANO: A five-grand payday is a great way to kick off
the final week of the season.
JOE: Alright.
MARCIANO: Take care, man. Thank you again.
We've got to get right back out there and land a few more.
Good job, guys.
We made some good money.
ANGELICA: Thanks, Dad.
NARRATOR: With less than a week until the season closes,
family operation Hard Merchandise
gets a much-needed paycheck.
And Wicked Pissah has a tuna on board
they have yet to weigh in.
MATT: End of the season, you got to get as many fish you can.
BRAD: Right.
MATT: Because once the whistle is blown, game over.
BRAD: So far it hasn't been the best start
to the final week of the season for us.
We haven't seen a single mark on our fish finder the whole day.
Right now, we're only narrowly behind
two boats in the earnings, Dot Com and Pinwheel.
But they haven't landed a fish either.
We have a chance to go from the lowest-earning boat last year
to the fleet's top boat this year,
if we can land one good tuna here.
Nothing could make us and our families prouder.
MATT: I'm gonna go out there, maybe watch the floaters.
That's been pretty lucky for me to watch them go right off.
(beeping)
BRAD: Yeah, we just marked one.
The bait cleared out.
There was one tuna swimming through.
(beeping)
(reel ticking)
(reel unspooling)
MATT: We're on! We're on! We're on!
Woo!
BRAD: We got them on.
MATT: Yeah. Big fish on.
BRAD: He's a good fish and we want him bad.
Every fish counts at the end of the season.
Let me see it.
MATT: Alright. Let me go find that glove real quick.
Two seconds.
Worst to first.
Only way you're gonna do that is if you catch fish.
Wow.
We're running up on this fish, and he's still running.
Woo.
Big meat, bro, big meat.
Ugh, we lost him!
BRAD: What?
MATT: Something just happened. I don't know what happened.
MATT: Woo. Big meat, bro, big meat.
Ugh, we lost him.
BRAD: What?
MATT: Something happened, bro.
BRAD: What?
MATT: Something just happened. I don't know what happened.
BRAD: I think you still got him.
MATT: I'm not sure about that.
BRAD: Is he still on there?
MATT: He's still there, Brad. Sorry.
My arm must have hit the drag, Brad.
BRAD: Yeah, don't do that again.
We're just running him down, trying to see where he is,
and then we'll fight him.
MATT: Swimming right at us.
BRAD: We're about 6,000 bucks behind Dot Com,
and we're only a grand behind Pinwheel.
MATT: A lot of weight to this fish here.
BRAD: So if we can land this fish,
things are gonna be changing on the leaderboard, big time.
MATT: This fish can bring us further up the leaderboard.
Keep that second place spot on lockdown.
The big thing is, this is gonna go a long way
in helping me survive this wintertime.
And that's the most number one thing I care about,
is surviving.
BRAD: We want this fish.
We want him bad.
There he is.
Here he comes.
There he is. Right to the surface.
Come on, buddy.
A couple more pinwheels.
MATT: Get him, Brad.
BRAD: Got him.
MATT: Watch your feet.
Here's a gaff.
BRAD: Here, give me this.
MATT: Here's your tail rope.
Tuna cowboy.
BRAD: Woo!
Game over! Fish Hawk! Woo!
MATT: Woo! Game over!
BRAD: Road to redemption.
MATT: We keep catching fish like these,
we might finish number one, for sure.
BRAD: We redeemed ourselves this season.
Every dog has its day.
With the competition coming down to the wire,
landing this fish feels great.
This beauty might just make us the boat to beat.
MATT: How much is that, Brad?
BRAD: 84 inches. Nice fish.
We're gonna go offload to Gut,
and head straight back out and try to get more.
MATT: Fish Hawk! Ca-caw!
BRAD: We're getting close to the end, Gut.
GUT: Thank God.
BRAD: It's almost over.
MATT: Worst to first, baby.
We're gonna go out and finish the job.
BRAD: What do you got on this one?
GUT: 246 dressed.
BRAD: Nice. I'm gonna come up, take a look at him.
GUT: Alright. Let's check him out.
BRAD: Right now, we're only about six grand away
from the lead.
It would be great to head into the homestretch of fishing
with an edge over the fleet.
GUT: Pretty nice little fish there today.
MATT: Ooh. BRAD: Yeah.
GUT: Good fat.
BRAD: Nice. MATT: Nice.
GUT: Yeah.
BRAD: Ruby red color.
GUT: Yeah. Not a bad fish.
BRAD: We need some money for this one, man.
GUT: Decent core.
BRAD: You know it's gonna do good.
GUT: Hmm.
Give you $18 on that one.
MATT: Nice. BRAD: Now you're talking.
BRAD: Just like the old days. MATT: Thank you, Gut.
Not quite enough to put us in the lead,
but we still have six more days of fishing to go.
I'm feeling really good about our chances
at ending the season as Gloucester's top bluefin boat.
Alright, worst to first, baby.
NARRATOR: With only six days until the season closes,
a good quality tuna for Fish Hawk
pushes last season's lowest earner into second place.
Only about two grand behind the fleet's longtime top producer,
Fishing Vessel Tuna Dot Com.
DAVE: Wow, my body aches.
SANDRO: Oh, man.
DAVE: It was a really tough night.
Fever's still coming on, starting to ache more.
I truly don't know if I can take more of this.
SANDRO: Oh, man.
(beeping)
(music)
SANDRO: That sucks.
DAVE: This is probably the only time
I'm hoping the rod doesn't bend over.
I feel horrible, I'm shaking.
I got, I definitely got a fever.
We've only got six days of fishing left.
Ugh.
If I've gotten to the point where I don't want to hook up,
I think that's a good sign that I need to call it quits.
Yeah, I'm done. I feel...
I'm like lightheaded and everything.
SANDRO: Going home.
That's all she wrote for the day.
I think Dave's got to go to the doctor/hospital.
You know, fish poison is some serious stuff.
DAVE: I want to go get an IV.
We'll go, we'll go to Beverly.
My arm is huge, and I have a fever.
Alright, bye.
(text message sends)
(phone dings)
PAUL: Wow.
Hey, Ricky, I just got a text from Dave.
RICK: What's the good word?
PAUL: It's not a good word.
It's still spreading.
He is in huge trouble.
He waited too long.
RICK: You can't mess around with that stuff.
PAUL: No.
RICK: Well, I hope they can control the infection.
PAUL: If they don't, they could take his freaking arm.
He knows better.
He's way too competitive, that's the bottom line.
I feel bad for Dave.
With less than six days left before the season closes,
the last thing anybody wants to do
is to miss out on the opportunity
to land final paychecks.
RICK: Can't win on a flat tire.
PAUL: That's right.
Rick and I are lucky.
We landed a nice one yesterday,
but we want to bank some more money for our families
before fishing ends later this week.
(beeping)
Cool, drop down real quick.
(beeping)
Look at that.
That's some good markage.
(beeping)
(reel ticking)
(reel unspooling)
Oh, we're on!
RICK: What the hell? Alright.
PAUL: Rick, come here. RICK: Yup.
RICK: Watch the anchor.
PAUL: How's the fish?
Is it in the anchor or no?
RICK: I don't think it is.
Yeah, I'm good.
PAUL: Okay.
Keep on winding, buddy.
Keep him tight.
RICK: Coming at us.
PAUL: There he is. See him?
RICK: Yup. PAUL: Underwater.
RICK: Yeah.
PAUL: He's trying to shake the hook.
You see him do that?
RICK: Oh, yeah.
PAUL: He's a big one, dude.
Look at him, still paddling.
He's just playing with you.
RICK: Yeah.
PAUL: He's like, 'Oh, you thought I was tired? I'm not.'
RICK: This fish has been hooked before.
PAUL: Oh, yeah.
Fish that come at you, come up high,
they do everything but tire out.
This fish has done this before.
RICK: I got swivel out of the water.
PAUL: Okay.
Reel that baby in.
Reel him up.
He's right there, I see him.
RICK: Yeah.
PAUL: He's right there.
RICK: Nice, Paul.
PAUL: Tail rope right behind me.
Yeah, we got him!
RICK: Yeah, brother!
PAUL: We got him.
Ha ha ha!
Hell yeah, we're gonna be climbing up the leaderboard
after this trip.
The rest of this fleet better look out.
Yeah, slide him over.
We're on fire!
We might have the smallest boat in the fleet,
but we are coming for you.
87 inches. Yeah!
With our two big tuna on board,
there's not much room left on our little deck,
but we're on a hot streak and I'm staying out.
Bam, Rick!
RICK: Yeah.
PAUL: Woo, right here, brother!
Bam, (bleep).
RICK: Paulie!
PAUL: Boom!
All we got to say is boom!
RICK: Boom shakalaka. PAUL: Take that!
TYLER: Babe, we seriously need a fish.
SAVANNAH: Yeah, we do.
TYLER: No love.
Savannah and I have been out here for two days,
and the only bluefin action we've had ended up as a loss.
Meanwhile, other boats have been catching like crazy.
Fish Hawk even jumped ahead of us into second place.
With the fleet's top earner, Dot Com, headed to the dock,
I got to capitalize.
I've had too many seasons as the runner-up.
This season, I want that title.
This year has got to be Pinwheel's year.
There's only five grand between us and the top spot.
That's only one good fish.
Come on, tuna.
Major movement on the baits there.
Major movement.
SAVANNAH: Come on, tuna.
TYLER: We got to catch a fish here, come on.
(beeping)
Oh, here we go! We're marking!
(beeping)
Man, that was some good marking.
We need a bite. Come on, tuna.
(reel ticking)
(reel unspooling)
We're on! We're on! We're on!
This could be the one!
Woo! Come on!
This one feels like a jumbo!
TYLER: We're on! We're on! We're on! We're on! We're on!
Woo! Come on.
Babe, get the anchor, please.
TYLER: You know, just go up there
and unhook it off the cleat.
You know how to take it off the cleat.
SAVANNAH: Oh, nope. Nope.
TYLER: This fish could put us in the lead.
Let it go, let it go, let it go.
We need this fish.
(music)
Babe, can you please turn the handle?
TYLER: You can't just turn the handle?
You got to fight with me about it?
SAVANNAH: Wow.
TYLER: Got a nice fish on here.
He's going out into the deep just like we want.
He's a big one.
SAVANNAH: Ty, when it runs, do I let it run,
or do I keep reeling?
TYLER: Let it run as soon as the rod tip comes up,
then you just reel.
TYLER: Alright, you ready to learn this reverse stuff?
SAVANNAH: Reverse?
TYLER: Yeah. Go backwards.
SAVANNAH: I've never driven a boat like this before.
I'm used to my dad's Boston Whaler,
it's a little bit smaller than this.
TYLER: Neutral.
The weight of this fish, there's a lot of weight there.
He's been able to take a lot of line, a lot of drag.
It's definitely a big one.
With the season winding down,
this is the type of fish you want to cash in on.
You're doing great.
You're doing a good job running the boat.
Go left, out of gear.
Go to the right, get out of gear.
I see him.
Oh, he's big.
Neutral.
Oh, my God, no, left, left, left, left, left, left.
Back up, forward to the right.
He's just getting a pattern here.
Neutral.
Oh!
SAVANNAH: Uh-uh, uh-uh.
TYLER: Neutral. SAVANNAH: Neutral.
TYLER: Back up.
SAVANNAH: Ugh.
TYLER: Oh! Broke him off!
That's the lead, swimming away right there.
Something happened. Pulled the hook, I bet.
No, broke him off.
Oh, crotch broke on the swivel.
Sorry, babe.
SAVANNAH: What the hell? Why couldn't there just...
TYLER: Big fish.
(bleep)
SAVANNAH: F.
TYLER: Giant fish.
600, 700 pounds.
That sucks.
That was the lead right there,
but all we can do is get back on our anchor
and get the lines in the water.
There's less than five days till the season closes,
hopefully we get another chance at a big fish like that
before it's over.
(Savannah speaking)
JOE: So any second now, we're gonna get a bite,
or no one gets to eat.
ANGELICA: No, what happens is,
we'll be just about ready to eat,
and it'll show up, and then I'll be pissed because I'm hungry.
MARCIANO: So far, things are going well.
We landed a nice fish, got another paycheck,
and we got a nice dinner on the way.
Bacon can always help you make better decisions.
JOE: I bet TJ and Tuna Dot Com don't have a hot plate.
ANGELICA: Because they have an actual oven.
JOE: Yeah, and stove.
ANGELICA: And a stove.
But, yeah, I bet they don't have a hot plate, so.
MARCIANO: The Hard Merchandise special, eggs in a rat's nest.
That's what we have over here.
ANGELICA: We're all about fine dining.
(laughter)
JOE: Okay, guys. Dinner is served.
MARCIANO: Ah, hot.
Uh-oh.
This one's gonna be a leaker.
It could get messy.
Oh, (bleep).
Well, that was unplanned.
(laughing)
Damn it.
(laughing)
This is my only shirt.
Agh.
I was feeling pretty optimistic today,
but then I realized we were tuna fishing.
(Gel laughs)
ANGELICA: Looks like the yolk's on you.
DAVE: Ugh.
Just have no energy.
Feel like I have a flu.
SANDRO: Dave has fish poisoning.
It's a serious bacterial infection,
and Dave is getting worse this trip.
So he's going to the hospital to get checked out and treated.
But with only five days left until the season closes,
I hope this isn't the end of our season.
DAVE: I know it's late in the season.
I know we're neck and neck.
DAVE: You know, I know we're on a roll catching fish,
but I've got to get this checked out.
My doctor said I need to get there immediately.
If I get blood poisoning,
he said it's something that shouldn't be taken lightly.
So, let's just see what he says when I get out of there tonight,
I'll let you know what they say and we'll go from there.
SANDRO: Yeah, no problem. DAVE: You got the boat?
SANDRO: Yeah, I got it. DAVE: Alright.
SANDRO: The timing couldn't be worse right now,
but this isn't Dave's fault.
Hopefully, the doctors can help Dave,
and we can get back out on the water before the season closes.
JESS: Let me see your arm.
I told you, you should not have gone out today.
DAVE: It's bad.
Alright, let's go.
Oh, it hurts.
It wasn't this bad, now it's bad.
JESS: Yeah, it's terrible.
(phone dings)
(ding)
TJ: Whoa, Dot Com's in the hospital.
MIKE: For what?
TJ: He's got an infection in his arm.
MIKE: Really?
TJ: It's fish poisoning like I had that year.
That's terrible. That stuff can kill you.
JARRETT: Actually, that's some serious stuff.
TJ: Dot Com has been the fleet's top earner
more seasons than I can remember.
He started this week out with a huge lead,
and I would have put money
that he was gonna win this thing again.
So the news is a game-changer for everyone in the fleet.
Alright, get some bleach
and bleach everything in the cockpit now,
because I'm afraid I'm gonna get fish poisoning.
MARCIANO: You've got cuts, nicks, and bruises all over you
from being on the boat, right?
ANGELICA: Yeah.
MARCIANO: Because we're working with dead fish and chum,
it can get dirty, it can get infected easily.
When those really bad infections happen,
they're known as fish poisoning.
TYLER: You always want to think Dot Com's such a smart guy,
and to let an injury happen like that, that's not good.
PAUL: Wow, he can't fish, and he was doing real good.
He was coming back.
RICK: Yeah, he was on a tear.
PAUL: He was on a tear.
I feel really bad for Dave.
But this is a game-changer.
There's only five days left, and now it's anybody's game.
And it ain't over yet!
BRAD: What's that? Is that tuna right there?
What is this?
MATT: That's tuna right there.
Look at that big, dark spot, look.
BRAD: Yeah.
MATT: Look at this big whole dark spot.
BRAD: They're like pushing through right there.
MATT: Yeah, right there. Right in our floater.
BRAD: There's only about five days left,
and we're only two grand behind
the fleet's leader, Tuna Dot Com.
With him in the hospital, if we can land a fish,
we're almost guaranteed to take the lead.
Nothing would make us and our families prouder,
finishing this season as the fleet's top earner.
But at this point in the season,
you never know when your last hook-up could be.
MATT: Big school of 'em right here.
Tuna coming right at us.
Big pile.
BRAD: That's them, dude.
Look at that, look at that, they're going that way.
(beeping)
MATT: I think I'm marking the down rod.
(beeping)
(reel ticking)
(reel unspooling)
We're on! We're on! We're on!
Woo!
Fish Hawk, baby! Woo!
Fish on! Fish on!
Fish Hawk. Let's go get 'em, boys.
BRAD: This is the lead right here, Matt.
We need this one.
Can't afford to lose this.
MATT: Yeah, we're going worst to first this year, baby.
Right when everybody thinks we're not a threat,
we're the boat in the back of the competition.
Boom! We come out of nowhere.
A lot of slack in the line. Slow down!
You have to turn left, Brad.
We just ran up on him, we had so much line out.
We just gained a lot of line back.
Feels good to be tight a little bit.
We don't want to count our chickens yet.
Oh, look at that head shake.
That's a dump right there, that's a good fish, you know.
He's going for a run.
Peace, bro.
All my hard work, going right back into the ocean.
BRAD: Racing all over the top.
Running around, running for the rudder, running for the prop.
We need this fish bad.
MATT: Forward left.
BRAD: We got to redeem ourselves.
We need redemption.
MATT: We got to make the most of this tuna season,
catch as many fish as possible.
So, we need to make some money, man.
I got some people back home really depending on me.
He's acting crazy, this fish.
He knows what he's doing.
I take a foot, he takes a foot.
(bleep) up twisted little game
we got going on here with this tuna fish.
Right, Brad!
Alright, stop!
Little game of tug-of-war.
Beast versus beast.
BRAD: We got over the top of him too quick.
Dangerous, and you can't even see him
when he goes racing by 20 miles an hour.
MATT: Go forward.
I got him right here, Brad.
He's swimming with us.
BRAD: Trying to rub off on the boat.
MATT: Leader on the reel!
BRAD: And that was a long leader.
MATT: Keep going, Brad.
It's going under the boat.
I'm gonna hit him.
MATT: Go forward.
I got him right here, Brad.
He's swimming with us.
BRAD: Trying to rub off on the boat.
MATT: Leader on the reel!
BRAD: And that was a long leader.
MATT: Keep going, Brad, keep going.
It's going under the boat.
I'm gonna hit him.
Here, get some, come on. Let's go, Brad.
I got him right here, Brad. Come get him.
BRAD: We're only about two grand away from the lead.
We got to land this fish.
Here, keep him coming, keep him coming.
Keep him coming. Keep him coming.
MATT: Bringing him right to you.
Good shot.
Hold on, Brad.
BRAD: Here, keep him coming, keep him coming.
MATT: Yeah.
Game over.
Love it.
Nice. Good job, Brad.
He was a fighter, too, huh?
Woo!
BRAD: Holy moly. That was a mean one.
MATT: He was a mean one, Mr. Grinch.
BRAD: He was trying to rub off.
MATT: It's unbelievable.
BRAD: With all his might on that freaking prop,
that was unbelievable.
MATT: Oh, what a relief.
That was scary. Woo.
Good job, pal.
BRAD: That was scary.
MATT: Game over. Fish Hawk!
He's a beautiful fish.
BRAD: Come on down.
Pulling this tuna on board feels amazing.
This could be the one that puts us in the lead.
It's an unbelievable feeling to think that we could go
from last season's lowest-earning boat
to this season's top producer.
MATT: That's a beauty.
I appreciate your sacrifice.
BRAD: He was a scrapper.
MATT: That was like nine rounds with Mike Tyson right there.
Let's measure him up, Cap.
BRAD: He is an 80-inch.
We love you, buddy.
Let's get this baby to the buyer.
PAUL: We made it! (laughs)
I'm just pumped that our work is paying off.
And these two fish will get us closer to the leaders.
PJ: What's up there, Paulie?
PAUL: Big bucks. You know the deal.
PJ: Nice.
PAUL: We started this week almost 20 grand behind
the fleet's top-earning boat.
But if we could get good prices for these,
then we could close the gap.
What is it, PJ?
PJ: 252 pounds, 257 pounds.
PAUL: Very nice.
So far this season,
we've averaged about $19 a pound for our fish.
So, I'm hoping that these fish are in that ballpark, too.
Yeah, baby.
PJ: That's the pink we're looking for.
PAUL: I told you.
PJ: Nice band of skin fat working its way into the majors.
Nice fish.
PAUL: We need a price for this one.
PJ: This one here will get you 20 bucks a pound.
PAUL: We'll take it.
RICK: Oh, yeah. We'll definitely take it.
PAUL: That's nice. That's nice. PJ: Yeah.
PJ: Let's check this one out.
Yeah. Right. Good color, nice quality meat.
This one here.
PAUL: What do you say?
PJ: $22 a pound.
PAUL: Yes! RICK: Nice, nice!
PAUL: That is beautiful. RICK: Nice.
PJ: Nice little package there.
PAUL: Finally making a paycheck, Rick.
PJ: Yeah, man, keep 'em coming.
RICK: Thanks, man. PAUL: Thank you, man.
PAUL: Ten grand. Payday, baby.
And with ten grand separating us from the top spot,
that's only one good fish.
PAUL: With four more days to fish, this could be our season.
Let's go get another one, Rick.
Woo!
RICK: Let's do it.
BRAD: Hey, Gut man.
GUT: Hey, what's going on?
BRAD: Got another one for you, Gut.
GUT: Nice. You guys are on a roll.
BRAD: Right now, we're only about two grand away
from being the fleet's top-earning boat.
It would be great to head into the final push of the season
with an edge over the fleet.
But it all hangs on how much we get for this fish.
MATT: The only way we're gonna be able
to get in that first spot is with some good prices, Gut.
So it's all on you now, pal.
GUT: Oh, no.
(laughter)
204.
BRAD: Alright, Gut.
We're gonna come up and take a look, buddy.
MATT: That's a nice one.
GUT: Eh, it's not too bad. A little dark.
Core looks good.
BRAD: This is for the lead, Gut.
GUT: It's not a bad fish.
MATT: We're in a battle right now.
We need every dollar we can get.
GUT: Hmm.
Alright, I'll give you $16 on this one.
MATT: Nice. We'll take it. BRAD: Nice. Alright, woo!
MATT: Thanks, Gut. GUT: Alright.
BRAD: I'm so happy right now I could cry.
MATT: We're gonna go get you a couple more of these.
BRAD: We're on our way back out.
GUT: Okay. BRAD: Thank you.
BRAD: And with Dot Com off the water with medical issues,
we're feeling really good about our chances
of staying in the lead.
MATT: We're gonna get 'em, Brad.
NARRATOR: With only four days left until the season closes,
Wicked Pissah's payday of almost 11 grand
edges them closer to the fleet's three top earners.
And Fish Hawk's tuna pushes them ahead
of last season's champion, Fishing Vessel Tuna Dot Com,
which is currently grounded
after Captain Dave Carraro went to the hospital.
TYLER: We're not far behind Fish Hawk and Dot Com
in the earnings.
Hopefully, we can catch a few good fish in the next four days
and finish out on top.
It's been a tough week so far.
We've dropped to third place in the earnings.
But there's still four days of fishing until the season closes.
So right now, I'm just gonna focus on cleaning up the boat,
and hopefully we'll get a fish soon.
(crash)
(bleep) Oh, my God! Ah!
SAVANNAH: Oh, my God.
TYLER: I need to stop the bleeding.
TYLER: Agh!
I was just opening the door to the boat,
and I took the tip of my finger off.
That door cut my finger right off.
That metal handle.
My finger was wrapped around it.
I just finished soaping everything up,
it must have been so lubricated it slid.
Steaming in, we got nine miles to go here,
my finger's completely off.
I feel dizzy.
PRODUCER: Alright, I need you to stay with us.
Stay awake, bro, okay?
Keep talking to me, Ty.
Try to stay awake, bro, okay?