Wicked Tuna

For the past six years...

We are unstoppable.

Wham! Yeah, baby! Got one! Yeah.

That's what it's all about right there.

No one has hauled in more Bluefin than Dave Carraro.

Dot Com on fire!

But now...

Oh, this is so painful!

While the defending champion struggles...

He's got to be going out of his mind, that guy.

The fleet...

-We're on! Double! Double! Double!

Will seize every opportunity...

All right. It's right there on the surface!

Yup. Yup. That's him out there.

To stretch their lead.

-I can't believe what happened just now.

What the hell.

This...

Reel, reel, reel!

This is what we live for.

Big wave.

Is Wicked Tuna.

Yeah!

At the beginning of week two of fishing,

Hot Tuna are off to their best start ever.

and family operation Hard Merchandise have yet to land their first fish.

This place is alive.

Oh, I know, man.

Big herring.

All the signs you wanna see of Bluefin being present.

Yesterday, we landed two beautiful Bluefins.

We got 'em baby. We got 'em! Pa-pow!

And became the number one boat in the fleet.

Good job, buddy.

So we've come straight back out to the same hotspot because we know

the tuna are here.

But of course, we're not alone.

And you got Hard Merch down the edge, you got Paul right there on

the Wicked Pissah.

The Fish Hawk is on our starboard side.

And after he swore he would never come up here, lo and behold,

Dot Com is anchored up right next to us.

I definitely find it pretty funny that Dave, Dot Com,

is playing follow-the-leader and has wound up here.

He did swear and he was like, "I'm not going up there.

I'm not going up there.

I'm gonna stay right here.

Catch my fish in shore; I'm not going out there.

I'm staying right here."

Dave is used to being in the lead.

So when things aren't going according to his plan, that's when the twitching starts.

-I don't understand why it's taking so long.

Come on, something freaking happen here.

Hope we get a shot.

That's all.

TJ? You there, TJ?

DAVE (over radio): Winky?

I'm gonna (bleep) with him all day today, this guy.

So TJ got off to a hot start and stumbled upon some fish.

Am I panicking? No.

"I'm not going up there. I'm not going up there.

I'm not gonna do it. I'm not going up there."

You get any big herring? Or were they mostly small?

TJ (over radio): We got a few big ones.

"Oh, we've got the biggest herring."

They're comparing herring sizes.

They're like, "My herring is bigger than yours".

Pretty funny.

My daughter is all impressed with you guys comparing your,

um, herring sizes.

Dave's so desperate to be number one at something, now he's bragging about

his bait size.

We haven't caught a fish either, but you don't see me signing up

to join that circus.

Come on, guys, let's try and put one on the boat.

We like whales.

We got whales. Whoo-hoo! Big whales.

Another one.

-Oh, yeah. There will be tuna sooner or later.

Oh, yeah they're coming now.

We're in the money.

Whoo!

Nobody's here because they enjoy fishing around other boats.

We're all at this spot for one reason and one reason only.

Come on, baby, come on, baby.

-The fish are here and we want a shot at these fish before they disappear.

Whoo!

Come on, boys. Come on.

Reel, reel, reel.

Let's get him onboard.

-Hey, Paul just hooked up over there.

Yeah. I watched him do it.

Torture.

He's taking a run, Paul.

Coming at us.

-We're currently third place in the fleet.

The Wicked Pissah is usually not known to get off to a hot start at the

beginning of the season.

I think we can change all that if we can hold on to this fish.

Keep him tight, Ricky, all right?

-Okay. -Hold on, big wave. Yeah.

We need a fish and I didn't wanna come all the way up here for nothing.

Hey, guys, let's go on the other side of Paul, reel him up.

All right.

-Everything's over there and nothing's on the west side here.

So, we're gonna make a little move.

What have we got to lose?

That's not cool.

I know Dave's anxious to catch up.

But it's bad business to anchor next to a guy when he's in the middle of doing battle.

Monkey see, monkey do.

Do you know how devastated Dot Com is right now? Dude.

I can't even imagine.

Dave is freaking. He's geeking.

He wants to catch a fish but he can't.

No one on the face of the earth is more worried about other people

catching fish than Dot Com.

Oh, man.

-He's got to be going out of his mind, that guy.

Unbelievable. I got Dave plowing on me.

-And a fish to fight. -He's desperate is what it is.

Stay with him, Rick, reel that baby in!

Wow, Dave's anchoring right on Paul.

Nobody said it was gonna be fair.

I know we just moved 200 yards but that could be the difference.

Look at, look at this.

Look at the slicks right here, one, two, and three.

-Fish. -There's fish right here.

This is good.

So there's definitely a feed going right now, so I can't get these lines

out quick enough.

Wow.

-Get ready, Joe, there's one underneath us.

See kids, you don't have to run around the ocean to get fish under your boat.

That's right where our baits are too.

-Perfect. -So right in the zone.

We may get a chance to redeem ourselves.

Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come!

We're on! We're on!

-What? -We're on! -Okay.

Come on.

Damn. The line went slack!

Oh, did we lose him?

Stay on him! Stay on him.

-He's gonna zip right back, you watch.

I definitely feel like I have to prove my own.

Being on the reel is one of the most stressful experiences of my life.

But I definitely know I can do it.

Shut up.

-We're getting trimmed. -Man, Paul's got one on.

Zero.

It's not our turn.

Clearly.

It is a little rough out today.

You know what we're worried about is, you know,

the boat coming off a wave too hard and

ripping the hook right out of the fish.

Get angry!

I am angry!

You got to get mean!

.

-Hopefully our luck will hold out.

There you go. Keep it coming. Keep it coming.

-All right. He's right there on the surface!

-Yup. Yup, that's him out there. -Aah. -Joe's starting to get tired.

I'm tired.

Hopefully this fish is more tired than us.

-Ready for a little break, Joe?

fish on board yet.

I'm hoping we can turn that around right now.

We might get a shot at him, guys.

-All right. I'm getting ready.

Ugh. We lost it.

I'm the kids' father. I'm their dad.

And as captain, everybody's depending on me for a paycheck.

Keep trying. That's all we can do.

I'm trying not to show it for their sake but I am a little bit worried that

we haven't made a paycheck yet this season.

-Hey, Papa. -Yeah?

-Never give up. Never surrender.

You got color yet?

Yeah, I got color.

-Oh, yeah you do. He's a nice one there, Rick.

Reel him up to me.

Ooh, got him. Gaff. Gaff.

That's it, yeah. That's it. Game over.

It feels so good pulling in our second fish of the season this early.

82 inches.

That's the best part.

-I'm sorry, Dave. You want ours?

He can't have him.

-Oh, this is so painful. We got to get in the game.

We got out here, got away from the fleet, able to hide out.

People can't find us.

Squid 14.

All right.

-We're heading to a sunken shipwreck.

All right. Hell, yeah.

Shipwrecks are artificial reefs known to attract baitfish and big predators