Wicked Tuna

ON THIS EPISODE OF WICKED TUNA...

WHOO, GET SOME, BABY, GET SOME!

NOTHING MORE FUN THAN FIGHTING A FISH

ON A DAY LIKE TODAY.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

THE SEASON HITS THE HALFWAY POINT...

OH, DAMN IT, BOUNCED RIGHT OFF HIM.

THAT'S A FISH, THAT'S A FISH!

GOT 'EM ON, BABY.

THERE HE IS.

AND AS THE COMPETITION HEATS UP...

THE SUN IS HOT.

YEAH, BABY.

NICK "DUFFY" FUDGE: THERE'S YOUR SHOT, NICE.

PERFECT SHOT.

WHO WILL CATCH FIRE?

WHEN YOU'RE HOT, YOU'RE HOT.

WHEN YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT.

THAT'S HOW WE DO IT BABY, PA-POW!

AND WHO IS GOING DOWN IN FLAMES?

TURN THE ROD, TURN THE ROD.

REEL, REEL, REEL, KEEP GOING.

NO, ARE YOU KIDDING ME?

I THINK WE NEED TO HAVE A CHAT.

I TOLD YOU AT THE BEGINNING THAT I'M

WICKED HARD TO WORK WITH.

BUT I CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH.

THAT'S NOT IN GOOD.

GET HIM OUT OF THE WAY.

OH, THIS IS NOT FUN.

NICK "DUFFY" FUDGE: OH, WE'RE ON, WE'RE ON.

THIS...

NICE!

IS WICKED TUNA.

AT THE START OF WEEK SIX OF FISHING,

LAST SEASON'S CHAMPION FISHING VESSEL-TUNA DOT COM

HOLDS ON TO THE TOP SPOT FOR THE SECOND WEEK RUNNING.

BUT THE YOUNG DUO ABOARD PINWHEEL ARE

WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.

MEANWHILE, LESS THAN $3,000 SEPARATE HOT TUNA,

WICKED PISSAH AND HARD MERCHANDISE.

BEAUTIFUL MORNING.

SANDRO, LET'S TRY AND GET IT DONE TODAY.

DUDE, WE GOT TO GET IT DONE TODAY.

THIS WEEK IS THE HALFWAY POINT OF THE SEASON.

AND FOR EVERYONE IN THE FLEET,

THIS COULD BE THE HARDEST TIME OF THE YEAR.

EVERYTHING TURNS INTO A GRIND.

LONG DAYS ON THE WATER,

LONG DAYS WITHOUT SEEING ANYTHING,

IT'S ALL TELLING YOU, "JUST GO BACK TO THE DOCK."

TUNA COULD BE IN A MILLION DIFFERENT PLACES THAT

WE FISH UP AND DOWN THE COAST OF MAINE,

NEW HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SOMETIMES IT IS THROWING DARTS AT THE BOARD,

"HEY, WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO."

YOU TRY ONE SPOT,

YOU PROSPECT THAT'S WHAT WE CALL IT.

IF THEY'RE, YOU DON'T SEE MUCH,

YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPOT.

THE DOT COM HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE WE'RE ON

THE WATER AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

GEORDIE, SWING THIS ROD IN.

WE'RE ON TOP OF THE FLEET.

THE PRESSURE IS ON BUT WE WOULDN'T HAVE

IT ANY OTHER WAY.

I'D LOVE TWO MORE BUT ONE MORE WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY.

I'LL BE HAPPY WITH ONE MORE.

I HOPE SO.

WE'RE OUT HERE GRINDING

AS HARD AS WE CAN,

WE'RE MARKING SOME FISH, IT'D BE AWESOME TO CATCH

A FISH THIS MORNING.

WE'RE ONLY A FEW FISH BEHIND THE SANDRO DOT COM AND,

THAT'S ALL WE NEED IS, LIKE, ONE OR TWO FISH AND

THEN WE CAN GET THE BALL GOING AGAIN.

IT'D BE NICE TO START THIS TRIP OFF WITH A FISH.

WE NEED A TAIL HANGING OFF THE BACK OF THE BOAT.

WE'RE HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON AND THE ONLY REASON WHY

WE'RE NOT IN THE LEAD IS BECAUSE DOT COM CHEATED HIS

WAY TO THE TOP SPOT.

TWO WEEKS AGO, SANDRO AND GEORDIE CAUGHT

FIVE FISH WITHOUT DAVE.

AND NOW, DAVE'S CLAIMING THEM AS HIS OWN.

IT'S PRETTY PATHETIC WHEN A GROWN MAN'S GOTTA

GO TO THAT EXTENT.

I'M A MENTOR.

MY BOAT HAS ALWAYS CAUGHT FISH AND IT WILL CONTINUE WELL

AFTER THEY LEAVE.

IN MY MIND,

WE'VE OUT-FISHED THE DOT COM SO FAR.

DUFFY AND I HAVE BEEN STAYING OUT OF THE DRAMA.

HEY, DUFF, WE'RE GONNA MOVE.

WE'RE JUST GONNA KEEP OUR HEADS DOWN AND OUTFISH

EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE FLEET, ESPECIALLY DOT COM.

NICK "DUFFY" FUDGE: TIME TO GRIND, BROTHER.

OH, BRIGHT MORNING HERE IN THE GULF OF MAINE.

GOD.

BRIGHT SUNSHINY DAY.

WHY AM I NOT GOING OFF?

OVER THE PAST FIVE WEEKS, WE'VE ONLY MANAGED TO CATCH

THREE BLUEFIN ON THE HOT TUNA AND WE'RE WAY BEHIND

DOT COM AND PINWHEEL.

HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE THERE'S

STILL ENOUGH TIME TO MAKE SOMETHING HAPPEN.

YOU JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT TODAY COULD BE THE DAY.

OH, THERE'S A FISH RIGHT THERE.

WE'RE ON, START THE MOTOR, START THE MOTOR.

MICHAEL, COME ON, LET'S GO,

GO, GO BACK ON THE ROD.

COME TO THIS ROD.

GOT 'EM ON, TOOK A BIG RUN.

NOT SURE HOW BIG HE IS BUT WE'LL FIND OUT HERE

IN A MINUTE.

GET A HARPOON READY, HE'S CLOSE.

FEEL LIKE A KEEPER?

FEELS GOOD SO FAR.

COME ON, GIRLS, INSIDE.

GET INSIDE, COME ON.

GOOD GIRLS, YEAH, GET INSIDE.

GOOD GIRLS.

I CAN SEE COLOR.

HOW'S HE LOOK?

LOOKS LEGAL TO ME.

SWING HIM OUT, SWING HIM OUT.

RIGHT THERE.

DEFINITELY LEGAL.

IT'S OVER HERE.

TAIL ROPE'S READY.

TAIL ROPE'S READY, IT'S READY.

OH, DAMMIT.

DID YOU GET HIM?

NO, BOUNCED RIGHT OFF HIM.

HE'S COMING RIGHT BACK UP.

GOT HIM.

THERE YOU GO, COMING TO MY RIGHT.

GOT HIM.

GET THE TAIL ROPE.

YEAH, BABY!

THAT'S HOW YOU WAKE UP.

BOOM.

THAT'S HOW WE DO IT BABY, PA-POW!

NICE JOB, JARRETT.

RIPPLE LET HERSELF OUT, GOOD GIRL.

OH, NUMBER FOUR, BABY.

WHOO, WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE HIM,

TAKE ONE OF THESE EVERY DAY.

79.

79, ALL RIGHT.

BAG HIM, TAG HIM, AND SELL HIM TO THE BUYER

ON THE SHORE.

YEAH, BABY.

DOGS LIKE IT.

IF THE DOGS LIKE IT, IT'S A GOOD ONE.

THANKFULLY, WE'VE GOT HIM.

I'M HOPING WE GET A HOT STREAK GOING IN THE

SECOND HALF OF OUR SEASON.

BANJEE-GA-GA!

WE GOT ONE, 79 INCHES.

HE'S DOING GOOD.

HE'S IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT OVER THERE.

I DON'T LIKE SEEING PEOPLE HOOK UP AROUND

ME AT ALL BUT I DON'T MIND IF IT'S THE HOT TUNA BECAUSE

WE'RE HOPING THE TUNA WILL FLICK THEIR TAILS ON THIS WAY,

YOU KNOW.

SEND SOME OVER THIS WAY.

OH, WE WOULD LOVE TO, BRO.

TJ JUST GOT ANOTHER ONE.

THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON HAS BEEN SLOW ON

THE FISH HAWK.

AFTER LAST YEAR FISHING WITH PAUL,

I STARTED THE SEASON WANTING TO PROVE THAT I COULD

GET IT DONE ON MY OWN BOAT.

BUT SO FAR, THAT HASN'T WORKED OUT.

WE'RE WAITING PATIENTLY FOR OUR FISH HERE BUT IT'S NOT,

IT HASN'T BEEN COMING.

WE ONLY CAUGHT TWO FISH SO FAR,

LESS THAN EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE FLEET.

BUT IN MY MIND, WE STILL HAVE HALF THE SEASON LEFT

TO TURN OUR FORTUNES AROUND.

HE'S GETTING SOME NICE CINDERELLA BITES.

HE SOUNDS VERY HAPPY OVER THERE.

SOONER OR LATER, WE'RE GONNA GET THEM.

WE'LL GET OUR FAIR SHARE OF FISH, THAT'S FOR SURE.

GOT TO STICK IT OUT HERE FOR A LITTLE WHILE NOW,

MAYBE THERE'S A COUPLE COMING AROUND.

GO!

THIS GUY HAS GOT TO GO A LOT FASTER THAN HE'S GOING.

JESUS, HURRY UP.

THIS (BLEEP) SCUMBAG.

HEY, HEY.

GO, GO!

IT'S THE MIDPOINT OF THE SEASON.

WE NEED TO GET OUT ON TO THESE FISH BUT I'M HAVING

A HARD ENOUGH TIME GETTING OUT OF THE HARBOR.

JEEZ, CALM DOWN, CAP.

THE DAY'S BARELY STARTED.

THIS GUY'S A (BLEEP).

I'VE KNOWN PAUL FOR EIGHT YEARS.

ON LAND, HE'S NICE, KIND, AND GENEROUS.