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GOT YOU. GOT YOU.
HEY, HOBIE, YOU SEE THIS ANCHOVY?
YEAH.
THIS ANCHOVY IS GUARANTEED
TO CATCH THE BIGGEST FISH OF THE BAY.
GO!
-I DON'T THINK IT WAS THE RIGHT ONE ANYWAYS.
I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.
DAD, DAD, I CAUGHT ONE.
-OKAY, HANG ON. HANG ON.
DON'T HORSE HIM. GIVE HIM SOME LINE.
EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME.
EXCUSE ME, GOING THROUGH, COMING THROUGH.
EXCUSE ME, COMING THROUGH.
THERE YOU GO.
DOING GOOD.
WHAT KIND YOU THINK IT IS?
I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE HALIBUT.
OKAY.
PULL UP. REEL DOWN, REEL DOWN.
OKAY.
PULL UP. REEL DOWN, REEL DOWN.
WHOA. HANG ON, PARTNER. KEEP THE PRESSURE ON.
YOU GOT YOURSELF A SHARK.
-I DON'T THINK I CAN HOLD IT MUCH LONGER.
WELL, HANG ON, PULL UP, REEL DOWN, PULL UP.
OKAY, NOW, REEL DOWN.
HOLD UP. YOU GOT TO REEL DOWN.
COME ON, HANG ON. IT'S COMING.
OH.
I'M SORRY, PAL.
NOBODY ON THIS BOAT COULD'VE BROUGHT THAT MONSTER IN.
-ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT DO WE GOT ON THIS?
FIVE BUCKS.
-NICE SNEEZE. COME ON, 20.
-ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT. 20 BUCKS.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
YES!
HUH, OKAY? THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
-OH, BOY, THAT'S A WHAT, TEN-POINTER THERE.
BELIEVE YOU MIGHT HAVE DONE IT.
I BELIEVE I HAVE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY? WE MAKE A DOUBLE OR NOTHING.
-NO, YOU GOT IT MY FRIEND. YOU GOT IT.
DOUBLE OR NOTHING.
KNOCK YOURSELF OUT.
INDEED.
SO WHAT DO YOU SAY IF I TOLD YOU
WE CAN MAKE 25 GRAND IN ONE WEEKEND'S WORK?
AGAINST HOW MANY YEARS IN JAIL?
I'M SERIOUS, MAN.
ALL WE GOT TO DO IS CATCH THE BIGGEST FISH.
ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, THE BIGGEST SHARK.
I HATE SHARKS.
-COME ON, MAN, THIS IS EASY MONEY.
EASY.
WHAT MAKES YOU THINK WE CAN WIN THIS THING?
-NAVY TAUGHT US ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT SHARKS.
WHERE THEY HANG OUT, WHAT THEY LIKE TO EAT, WHAT ATTRACTS THEM.
25 GRAND, HUH?
EVERY PENNY SPLIT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.
YOU IN?
YEAH. YEAH, I'M IN.
ALL RIGHT.
I KNEW YOU'D SEE IT MY WAY.
NOT BAD.
HERE.
-SO THEN EDDIE TELLS ME HE'S GOING TO BE IN THE SHARK DERBY
FOR THE NEXT THREE DAYS, WHICH, OF COURSE,
MEANS THAT WE CAN'T GO SHOPPING FOR NEW CLOTHES
FOR GARY AND DEDE'S WEDDING.
MEN.
I KNOW.
WHAT MAKES THEM THINK
THAT THEY CAN WEAR JEANS TO ABSOLUTELY EVERY OCCASION?
WHAT KIND OF A GUY ENTERS A SHARK DERBY ANYWAY?
LOOK, I DON'T LIKE THE DERBY EITHER,
BUT THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH FISHING,
ESPECIALLY LIKE FISHING.
YOU FISH?
-YEAH. STARTED WHEN I WAS FIFTEEN.
MATTAWAMKEAG LAKE, MAINE.
REALLY?
YEAH.
ALL WEEK-LONG I'D TAKE MY LITTLE ROWBOAT OUT THERE,
A FISHING POLE, BUCKET OF WORMS, AND A BIG BOOK.
HOW MANY DID YOU CATCH?
NOTHING AT FIRST.
DROPPED MY LINE IN THE WATER,
AND I DIDN'T GET A BITE TILL I GOT HALFWAY THROUGH THE BOOK.
BUT IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.
I GOT A BIG STRIPED BASS.
GOT IT IN AND HAD IT FOR DINNER THAT VERY NIGHT.
SOUNDS LIKE A GAS.
-YEAH, I GOT PRETTY SERIOUS ABOUT FISHING AFTER THAT.
NEVER DID FINISH A BOOK, "WUTHERING HEIGHTS."
I WONDER HOW IT ENDED.
-SO, I FIGURE, THREE DAYS' WORK, 12 GRAND.
HUH? NOT BAD.
IF YOU WIN.
YES.
WE ARE OFFICIALLY ENTERED
IN BUCKY ALLEN'S OCEAN GRILL SHARK DERBY.
ALL RIGHT.
SORRY, MITCH, I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO A THREE-WAY SPLIT THOUGH.
THAT'S OKAY.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN KILLING SHARKS
FOR BUCKY ALLEN OR HIS DAMN RESTAURANT.
YOU LIKE SHARKS?
-NO, I JUST STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING
WITH BUCKY ALLEN'S NAME ON IT.
-YOU REALLY DON'T LIKE THIS GUY, DO YOU?
-HE'S AN OPPORTUNISTIC SLEAZY SELF-PROMOTER.
-YEAH, SEND ME 2,000 OF THOSE T-SHIRTS
WITH MY LOGO ON THEM.
YEAH, RIGHT.
OH, AND A COUPLE OF HUNDRED OF THOSE, YOU KNOW,
PLASTIC LITTLE TOY SHARKS THAT I CAN JUST HAND OUT TO THE KIDS.
NO, SEND THE CHEAP ONES. I DON'T CARE IF THEY BREAK.
YEAH, OKAY.
OH, AND, SAM, IF YOU DELIVER THIS STUFF BY TONIGHT,
DINNER'S ON THE HOUSE, BRING YOUR WIFE OR YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
OKAY, TALK TO YOU LATER.
HI, GUYS.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, BUCKY?
THANKS FOR COMING BY.
-DAD SAID YOU WANTED US TO DO SOME DIVING FOR THE SHARK DERBY.
THIS ISN'T LIKE THE TIME YOU HAD US
PLANT THAT PHONY SUNKEN TREASURE, IS IT?
I WANNA TALK TO YOU.
SIT DOWN, GUYS.
NOW I WANT YOU TO TELL ME
WHY YOU THINK IT IS PEOPLE COME TO BUCKY'S OCEAN GRILL?
THE FOOD?
THE VIEW?
COME ON.
THERE'S BETTER FOOD AND A BETTER VIEW RIGHT UP THE COAST.
IT'S YOU.
THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT.
ALL MODESTY ASIDE, THE PUBLIC LOVES ME.
BUT THIS IS THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS, IT'S VERY FICKLE.
HERE TODAY, COULD BE GONE TOMORROW.
-IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN TO YOU.
BUT IT COULD.
IT COULD, AND THAT'S WHY I WANT
THIS SHARK DERBY TO BE THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST SHOW EVER.
I WANT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT FOR MONTHS.
I WANT TOURISTS COMING IN TO SEE THOSE DEAD SHARKS HUNG UP.
SO WHAT YOU WANT US TO DO?
GENTLEMEN,
I WANT YOU TO HELP ME
MAKE THIS THE BIGGEST
AND THE BEST SHARK DERBY
THIS TOWN IS EVER GONNA SEE.
SURE, JUST TELL US HOW.
"SURE, JUST TELL US HOW."
SHUT UP, CHUM.
GOOD MORNING.
-MORNING. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.
YEAH.
YOU EVER TRIED THIS STUFF?
WHAT?
IT'S BAHAMIAN LOVE LOTION?
NO.
-YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT'S IN HERE.
WHAT'S IN THERE?
IT'S GOT TROPICAL OILS,
FRUIT JUICES, AND OAT BRAN.
-THEY FINALLY CAME UP WITH A SUNBLOCK
THAT LOWERS YOUR CHOLESTEROL?
-EVERY LITTLE BIT COUNTS, I GUESS.
BESIDES IT'S THE LATEST THING.
YEAH.
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
CALL IN.
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