Wicked Tuna

SO FAR THIS SEASON,

I'VE CAUGHT THE BIGGEST FISH WITH HIGHER PAYCHECKS

THAN EVERYONE ELSE IN THE FLEET.

WHOO.

ON THIS EPISODE OF WICKED TUNA.

WHOO!

WE'RE ON, WE'RE ON, WE'RE ON.

HOLY CRAP!

NICK "DUFFY" FUDGE: WHOO!

THE KID IS BACK WITH A VENGEANCE.

WHOO, YEAH!

BUT REIGNING CHAMPION,

DOT COM IS NOT GOING DOWN...

WE'RE ON.

WITHOUT A FIGHT.

DOT COM ON FIRE.

AND IN THEIR WAKE...

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CHAT.

OTHER BOATS STRUGGLE.

DOESN'T LOOK GOOD, DAVE.

GAME OVER FOR US.

TO KEEP THEIR SEASONS AFLOAT.

WE'RE NOT CATCHING FISH BECAUSE

OF YOUR CIGARETTES.

COME ON, ONE MORE BITE.

WHILE CHASING...

GOT HER, BABY!

OH.

THAT'S WHAT WE WERE WAITING FOR.

GOOD SHOT, BABY.

YEAH, BABY!

WICKED TUNA.

AT THE START OF WEEK SEVEN OF FISHING,

THE YOUNG DUO ON PINWHEEL HAS REGAINED THE LEAD OVER

LAST SEASON'S CHAMPION, FISHING VESSEL TUNA DOT COM.

MEANWHILE, THE REST OF THE FLEET TRAIL FAR BEHIND.

RICK SHOULD BE HERE ANY MINUTE.

WE'RE GONNA GO GET NUMBER FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, AND EIGHT.

LAST WEEK WAS A TOUGH ONE.

MANY LASHINGS FROM THE CAPTAIN.

THE PAST FEW WEEKS FISHING WITH PAUL HAS BEEN

VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME.

PULL, PULL THE TAIL!

I AM!

I CAN DO THIS IN A HALF A SECOND.

I KNOW, PAULY, I COULDN'T GET THE BAND OFF.

WATCH, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU.

GAFF!

QUICKLY, GIVE IT TO ME.

I'M TRYING MY BEST HERE.

TAIL ROPE, OH, RICK,

I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A IN MY WHOLE LIFE.

BEFORE I GO ON ONE MORE TRIP,

PAUL AND I ARE GONNA HAVE A HEART-TO-HEART.

WE GOT A NICE DAY TODAY, RICK.

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CHAT.

WHAT'S UP, BUD?

I JUST THINK WE NEED TO GET ON,

GET ON THE SAME PAGE.

LISTEN, CAP, I'M WORKING MAY TAIL OFF.

I'M DOING THE BEST I CAN.

EVERY TIME I DO SOMETHING IT SEEMS LIKE

IT'S JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH.

I'M READY TO WALK AWAY FROM THIS BOAT RIGHT NOW.

LOOK, I KNOW I'M HARD.

BUT I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH.

IT'S NOT PERSONAL WHY I AM THE WAY I AM.

I KNOW SOMETIMES I'M A LITTLE CRITICAL BUT, I JUST, I MEAN,

I CARE ABOUT IT.

IT WEARS ON ME THOUGH, THAT'S ALL.

OH, YEAH, I CAN IMAGINE.

IF I'M GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL THIS YEAR

I CAN'T DO IT BY MYSELF.

I NEED RICK TO STICK AROUND.

I CANNOT FIND ANOTHER GUY THIS LATE IN THE SEASON.

I CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

OKAY.

YOU'RE THE REASON WHY WE'RE CATCHING FISH, RICK.

I CAN'T DO IT ALONE AND IF ANY GUY SAYS THEY CAN CATCH

THEM BY THEMSELVES, THEY'RE OUT OF THEIR MINDS.

PAUL, I JUST NEED TO KNOW IT'S

GONNA GET BETTER.

I PROMISE YOU IT'S GONNA

GET BETTER AND BETTER.

ALL RIGHT, WELL,

LET'S JUST SEE HOW THIS TRIP GOES.

LET'S DO IT.

LET'S GO CATCH SOME TUNA.

I WANT TO BELIEVE PAUL WHEN HE SAYS

THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE AND THINGS ARE GONNA GET BETTER.

BUT IF PAUL DOESN'T CHANGE, I'M OUT OF HERE.

I DEFINITELY DON'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE.

I PROMISE THINGS WILL GET BETTER.

WE'RE AT A SPOT WE CALL "TWO SLOBS."

THERE'S WHALES HERE, MACKEREL.

SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

BOOM, LOOK AT THAT.

THERE'S THREE OF THEM.

WHALES FEEDING ON BAIT.

THERE'S LIFE HERE ANYWAY.

LAST WEEK...

NICK "DUFFY" FUDGE: YEAH, BABY.

YEAH, BABY.

PINWHEEL CAUGHT THE BIGGEST FISH OF THE SEASON.

NICK "DUFFY" FUDGE: 93.

WOW, WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR A

DRESS WEIGHT, BUD?

663.

THAT FISH DID KNOCK US OUT AT THE TOP SPOT.

TYLER'S THE TOP-EARNING BLUEFIN BOAT IN THE FLEET.

RIGHT NOW, MYSELF AND MY CREW, THAT'S NOT SITTING VERY WELL.

A LOT OF LIFE HERE, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

YEAH.

GOOD TO SEE.

WOW, THIS PLACE IS LIT UP RIGHT HERE.

LOOK, THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

IT HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS FOR A GOOD DAY.

LOOKS LIKE A MILLION TUNAS HERE.

HUMPBACKS.

LOOK AT THIS.

MY BOAT, WE DON'T JUST CATCH FISH BECAUSE WE'RE GOOD

AT FISHING, WE CATCH FISH BECAUSE WE DESIGNED BASICALLY

THE ENTIRE BOAT TO BE A FISHING MACHINE.

GOD, THAT LOOKS LIKE A PACK THERE.

THAT'S A PACK THERE.

WE'RE ON, YEAH, YEAH, WE'RE ON!

WE'RE ON, WE'RE ON!

GET 'EM, GET 'EM, GET 'EM, GET 'EM.

WE'RE ON.

HEY, I LIKE THIS PLACE.

YOU GUYS READY?

.

COME ON, GUYS.

WE NEED TO LAND THIS ONE TO GET BACK IN THE LEAD.

WHOO, GOT 'EM ON!

HOOKED UP, BABY.

THAT'S A FISH.

LET HIM GO.

OH, THAT IS A MONSTER FISH RIGHT THERE.

NICK "DUFFY" FUDGE: THE MILLION-DOLLAR BOAT'S HOOKED UP.

REALLY GOT TO CATCH ANOTHER ONE.

I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE DOT COM.

ALL I CAN DO IS STAY FOCUSED ON CATCHING BLUEFIN BECAUSE

THAT'S WHEN I FISH MY BEST.

THERE'S FISH AROUND AND WE JUST GOT TO KEEP ON FISHING.

GO TEAM!

GO TEAM, WHOO, HOOKED UP!

WHOO, YOU GOT LUCKY THERE, MAN!

OH, DID WE EVER GET LUCKY THERE!

I'D RATHER BE LUCKY THAN GOOD

ANY DAY OF THE WEEK.

DEFINITELY A BIG FISH TOO.

HE'S ALL WRAPPED UP.

YEAH, LOOKS LIKE HE'S TAIL-WRAPPED.

I DON'T WANNA AGGRAVATE HIM.

HAVING A FISH TAIL-WRAPPED IS NERVE-WRACKING.

THE LINE IS ALL WRAPPED UP AROUND ITS TAIL AND ON THE

LINE ITSELF AND THE LONGER YOU HAVE HIM ON,

THE MORE WEAR AND TEAR IN THAT LINE AND THIS FISH COULD

BE LOST AT ANY MOMENT.

KEEP HIM TAMED.

KEEP HIM TAMED.

I CAN FEEL IT RUBBING ON EVERYTHING.

YOU FEEL IT RUBBING?

ON HIS TAIL?

HE.

I DON'T LIKE THAT.

IT'S ALL RIGHT, IT IS WHAT IT IS.

HURRY, LET'S GET HIM IN QUICK,

THAT LINE'S GONNA GIVE.

BRING THAT SUCKER UP BACK, GEORDIE,

SANDRO STICK HIM RIGHT IN THE ASS.

COME ON, REEL, REEL, REEL.

SWIVEL.

THAT'S IT, GEORDIE.

DON'T AGGRAVATE HIM, NICE JOB.

YEAH, HERE HE COMES BACKWARDS.

YUP, HERE HE COMES, COLOR.

OH, YEAH, YEAH.

STEADY AS HE COMES, GEORDIE.

BRING HIM RIGHT TO SANDRO.

SWING HIM, SWING HIM, SWING HIM!

SO I CAN GET HIM.

YOU GOT TO LIFT, YUP.

WE GOT ONE!

YEAH.

OH, YEAH!

WHAT A GIFT FROM GOD THAT WAS.

THANK YOU, GOD, FOR THAT ONE, WOW.

THEY'RE WALKING THE FISH RIGHT BY OUR

ANCHOR RIGHT NOW.

NICK "DUFFY" FUDGE: OH, THAT'S VERY NICE OF THEM.

DOT COM'S GOT A STATE-OF-THE-ART BOAT

WITH ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES.

HE'S GOT NO EXCUSES TO NOT CATCH FISH.

BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER GUYS OUT THERE THAT YOU KNOW

HAVE OLDER BOATS AND OLDER TECHNOLOGIES AND

THEY JUST GOT TO MAKE IT WORK.

OH, MY GOD.

LOOKS LIKE CAPTAIN HOOK IN THE BLACK BOAT,