Wicked Tuna

WELCOME TO NEW ENGLAND.

OH, THIS IS GONNA BE BAD.

ON THIS EPISODE OF WICKED TUNA.

WE'RE ABOUT TO GET ABSOLUTELY PUMMELED.

WHOA!

WITH ONLY THREE WEEKS LEFT TO FISH.

CLOCK'S TICKING, DUFFY,

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE BITES WE'RE GONNA GET THIS SEASON.

WHOA, WE'RE ON, WE'RE ON!

WHEN MOTHER NATURE LASHES OUT.

WE'RE JUST AS WET AS THIS FISH IS RIGHT NOW.

CAN'T EVEN FISH IN THIS.

JUST SOLID WHITE WATER.

WHO WILL TAKE THE BIGGEST RISK?

OH, NO!

I DON'T MIND BEING OUT IN THE RAIN RIGHT NOW.

COMING AT US.

CRAZY.

AND WHO WILL REAP?

NICK "DUFFY" FUDGE: COMING AROUND.

THE BIGGEST REWARD?

WE GOT A DOUBLE, DOUBLE, DOUBLE!

ALL HANDS ON DECK!

YOU THINK IT COULD RAIN ANY HARDER?

THIS IS.

OH, HERE WE GO.

WICKED TUNA.

AT THE START OF WEEK TEN OF FISHING,

WITH THE CLOCK RUNNING OUT ON TUNA SEASON,

IT'S CRUNCH TIME FOR THE

HOT TUNA, WICKED PISSAH, FISH HAWK, AND ESPECIALLY

THE TROUBLED HARD MERCHANDISE WHO HAVE

NOT CAUGHT A FISH IN A MONTH.

NOW FOR THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE

FORECAST FOR EASTERN MASSACHUSETTS ISSUED

21 AM.

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS

CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS WINDS IN

EXCESS OF FIFTY KNOTS.

NOW FOR THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST...

NICK "DUFFY" FUDGE: PRETTY SNOTTY OUT THERE.

SURE AIN'T STOPPING US.

7:21 AM, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED.

IT'S BLOWING 40 OR 50 RIGHT NOW AND

DOT COM'S RIGHT OVER THERE, SO WE'RE GOING HEAD TO HEAD.

WE BOTH WANT IT BAD.

WE'RE ONLY FOUR GRAND BEHIND THAT GUY RIGHT NOW,

SO ONE GOOD FISH COULD PUT US OVER THE TOP.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM FOR BOATERS AT SEA...

THIS IS GONNA BE A NIGHTMARE HERE

IN A LITTLE BIT.

THIS IS THE WEATHER THAT SEPARATES THE MEN

FROM THE BOYS.

MY FAMILY'S BEEN OUT HERE BLUEFIN TUNA FISHING

FOR THREE GENERATIONS.

IF YOU THINK MY FATHER AND MY GRANDFATHER BITCHED ABOUT

A LITTLE RAIN, YOU GOT ANOTHER THING COMING.

WE GOT TWO LINES OUT RIGHT NOW,

I'M HOPING FOR THAT MORNING BITE.

WE'RE NOT HAVING THE SEASON OF OUR LIVES RIGHT

NOW AND WINTER IS COMING.

WE NEED TO CAPITALIZE ON THE BITE RIGHT NOW SO WE CAN EARN

SOME MONEY AND PUT FOOD ON THE TABLE.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

WE'RE ON, HERE WE GO, BROTHER, FISH ON!

KEEP AN EYE ON IT, DON'T LET IT GET LOOSE.

DO YOU WANNA TAKE YOUR SWEATER OFF?

YEAH, I DO.

GO, HERE YOU GO.

RICK'S DOING A GOOD JOB RIGHT NOW.

IT'S NOT EASY HUH, RICK?

NO.

YOU GOT HIM ALL CONFUSED, RICK.

YOU DID REALLY GOOD.

GO AHEAD, BUDDY, YOU GOT HIM.

YOU'RE IN A PINWHEEL.

I DON'T HAVE TO MOVE NOW.

NOW, THERE YOU GO, THERE YOU GO, HE'S COMING, BUDDY,

HE'S COMING, YOU GOT THIS.

HEY, NICE JOB, HE'S RIGHT THERE.

HE'S ONLY 60 FEET AWAY.

THERE YOU GO, HE'S GONNA BREAK.

YOU'RE GONNA GET HIM.

KEEP HIM COMING, TIGHT, TIGHT.

NICE JOB, BRING HIM RIGHT OUT.

BRING HIM RIGHT OUT.

SEE HOW HE'S COMING?

GOT HIM!

YOU'RE DOING PHENOMENAL, BUDDY.

OH, I GOT HIM, PULL, GOOD JOB.

YOU SMOKED HIM AT THE END.

THANKS, PAUL.

I THINK YOU GOT IT LICKED.

THAT RIGHT THERE IS HOW IT'S DONE.

I'M TEMPTED TO TAKE THIS FISH RIGHT IN TO THE BUYER.

BUT WE NEED A COUPLE MORE SO WE'RE GONNA STICK IT OUT,

RIDE THE STORM OUT AND SEE WHAT ELSE WE CAN CATCH.

94, BABY.

WOW.

BEAUTIFUL FISH.

UNREAL, UNBELIEVABLE.

YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE A ROUGH COUPLE DAYS

WHEN THE COAST GUARD'S HANGING AROUND.

LET'S GET THIS ON THE BOAT.

THIS THING'S HEAVY.

OVER THE PAST NINE WEEKS,

WE'VE ONLY GOTTEN THREE FISH.

AND LAST WEEK, THE SEASON WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE WHEN THE

COAST GUARD SENT US BACK TO SHORE EARLY.

BY LAW, YOU CAN'T BE OUT HERE FISHING WITH AN

OUT-OF-DATE LIFE RAFT, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO

HEAD BACK TO PORT.

YEAH, YEAH.

I ENDED UP HAVING TO BORROW MONEY TO FIX THE RAFT.

DON'T JUST DROP IT.

IT COST ME A THOUSAND BUCKS TO GET THAT REPACKED.

WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME BIG STORMS COMING IN THAT ARE

GONNA AFFECT FISHING FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS.

BUT WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO?

SIT AT THE DOCK AND WAIT IT OUT?

WE'RE BEHIND, WE'RE IN DEBT, WE NEED TO MAKE MONEY RIGHT NOW.

FINALLY, WE GOT THAT RAFT.

THIS IS THE TIME THAT THE FISH ARE REALLY BITING.

IF THEY GO NUTS, WE CAN'T AFFORD TO MISS OUT ON IT.

CAREFUL WITH THAT.

WE'RE JUST GONNA GO SLOW, JOE.

YEAH.

THE SEASON'S COMING TO A CLOSE.

WE'RE REALLY DESPERATE RIGHT NOW.

WE GOT TO RIDE OUT THE STORM AND FISH THROUGH IT.

ALL RIGHT, GUYS, LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.

JAY, MAKE SURE THE LIFE VEST AND FLARES ARE WITHIN EASY REACH.

WE JUST GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND GIVE IT HELL,

YOU KNOW, I'M STOKED.

THE GUYS ARE STOKED, THE DOGS ARE STOKED, WE'RE ALL STOKED.

JUST HEADING OUT OF THE HARBOR RIGHT NOW,

JUST LOADING UP ALL THE GROCERIES,

GOT THE FRIDGE STOCKED, GOT THE FREEZER STOCKED,

BOTH COOLERS ARE JAM PACKED.

WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF THIS TRIP.

WE'RE PLANNING ON STAYING OUT THERE FOR A BIT AND HOPEFULLY

CAPITALIZE ON A COUPLE OF FISH,

COME HOME WITH A FULL HULL.

OH, BABA, BABA.

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES, DUDE.

WHY?

THERE'S SOME FREAKY

ABOUT TO HIT, BRO.

YEAH, WE GOT SOME KIND OF NASTY FRONT COMING AND IT'S

SUPPOSED TO BLOW 20.

I DON'T EVEN SEE NOTHING ON THE RADAR.

OVER THERE, DUDE.

OH, YOU'RE ALREADY ON YOUR WAY OUT?

WE'RE GOING AROUND THE JETTY RIGHT NOW.

OH, GOD!

IT COULD GET UGLY REAL FAST.

I'VE BEEN THROUGH BAD WEATHER BEFORE,

WE'RE GONNA STAY OUT HERE NO MATTER WHAT.

WE NEED THE MONEY TOO BAD.

LET ME LOOK AT THE RADAR, I'LL CALL YOU BACK.

OH, WOW, LOOK AT THAT.

IS THAT COMING TO US?

USUALLY, IT'S JUST

RED AND YELLOW DUDE.

THAT'S LIKE, IT'S PURPLE.

YEAH, YOU CHECK YOUR RADAR PERIODICALLY,

BUT I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE RADAR.

NORMALLY, I WOULD LOOK AT THE RADAR BEFORE I HEAD OUT.

THIS IS DEFINITELY MORE THAN A LITTLE RAINSTORM MAN.

THIS IS LIKE, THIS IS PRETTY GNARLY,

TORNADO WARNINGS AND HAIL WARNINGS AND,

THAT'S US AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S PUSHING RIGHT DOWN ON US,

SO LIGHTNING AND FIBERGLASS AND METAL, NO BUENO.

WE'RE JUST GONNA GO BACK TO THE DOCK AND WAIT A COUPLE OF

HOURS AND THEN LET IT KIND OF RIDE.

THERE'S PLENTY OF GUYS BEFORE ME THAT WERE MUCH BETTER

CAPTAINS THAN I AM THAT GOT CAUGHT IN STORMS THAT WEREN'T

EVEN THAT BAD AND LOST THEIR LIVES.

SO, IF I SEE A STORM LIKE THIS APPROACHING,

I THINK THE SAFEST THING TO DO IS TO PUT MY BOAT OUT OF

HARM'S WAY AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S SAFE.

I THINK WE SHOULD STICK IT OUT.

MIKE, IF YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, JUST SAY IT.

I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS ONE BIT.

TJ'S HAPPY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK,

BUT WE GOT BILLS TO PAY.

AND THIS CLOSE TO THE END OF THE SEASON,

WE NEED TO FISH HARD AND FINISH STRONG.

AS CAPTAIN, THIS IS MY DECISION AND

THAT'S THE END OF IT.

DAMMIT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE'S A STORM THAT'S COMING.

THIS NEEDS TO STOP.

THIS BOAT BEING TIED TO THE DOCK ISN'T

GONNA DO US ANY GOOD.

WE NEED TO BE OUT THERE, WE NEED TO BE FISHING.

THIS SUCKS.

YOU'RE MAKING A BAD CALL, TJ.

YOU CAN'T WIN IF YOU DON'T PLAY.

WE GOT THE STORM OF THE CENTURY