Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks

Lord, we need a fish now!

On this episode of Wicked Tuna Outer Banks...

Look at, that's tuna! That's big tuna!

Get this money.

With northern boat Hot Tuna leading the pack...

Woo-hoo, there he is, bending the line!

Got 'em on in the fog, baby!

The southern fleet is feeling the pressure...

Every fish, every strike needs to count.

Don't let it go!

I don't have him!

To catch their share of the quota now.

Stick him!

We got him!

-Nice! -Going home! -Yeah!

Or risk losing out on what's left.

Not catching a fish will beat the hell out of you, man.

But when the going gets tough...

it's coming under us.

Watch the line, (bleep)!

You ain't got 'em till they're on the deck!

Not one minute before!

The tough go fishing.

Hopefully we can hold on to this (bleep).

No rest for the wicked.

This is...

Forward, Dale, forward, oh, no!

Look out, look out!

Wicked Tuna Outer Banks.

I can't take it no more, dude.

Northern boat Hot Tuna sits at the top of the pack,

followed by southern boats Little Shell and Reels of Fortune.

Meanwhile, Pinwheel barely holds their edge over former champion Fishin' Frenzy.

And southern boat Foolish Pleasures still has yet to land a single bluefin.

All right, guys, today is the day, I can feel it.

This has been without a doubt my worst season ever.

The quota's gonna disappear fast, and we have zero fish to show for it.

I don't even want to think how much we're gonna be in debt this season if we

don't catch a bluefin.

This boat needs a fish, bad.

All right, throw 'em off.

Let's get the hell outta here.

-Back out at it again this morning, try to catch a fish.

Got to change the luck on this boat somehow.

Hopefully get a bite today and catch some fish.

Get on the board and make some money.

Every single day there's being fish brought in.

Just trying to stay focused, trying to keep a good attitude.

Hopefully we can shake this bad luck.

Hopefully today's gonna be our break.

All right, okay.

Start untying these lines?

All right, yeah.

We've only caught two fish at this point, but Foolish Pleasures has yet to land

their first fish, so we're not doing too, too bad.

There's still time left to make a good dent in this season.

We're ready, Joe, let's get outta here.

Yup.

-Angelica is still off having some fun with her younger sister.

But the season's not gonna stop for us, so we've got to keep grinding.

Okay, Joe.

All right, let's go fishing.

And away we go.

See if we can get another one without your sister.

I'm really just hoping for the best here today.

So far this season's been the exact opposite of what we anticipated.

Hot Tuna's on top, Foolish Pleasures hasn't caught anything.

And more importantly, we're in fifth place behind the Pinwheel.

Wow, look at these slicks.

Yeah, they're feeding.

Smelling good.

-If we wanna move ahead, we better be here bright and early every morning.

Every day we wanna be the top boat.

There's only two ways that you can do it, catch a fish that's more valuable

than the other guy, or beat them to it.

-Starting early today and hopefully we'll get a big one.

Here they are, 15 to 20.

Fifteen fathom.

Jig that flat line.

Jig it, jig that flat line.

They might find it.

Oh, yeah, 10 to 15 now.

Come on, baby, let's get a bite.

-There he is, got, he's getting the bite right there.

-Right here, right here, got 'em on!

Yeah, baby!

All right, we got one on.

Frenzy's got this.

Come on, baby.

Here we go, here we go, watch out.

Whoa, whoa, hold on.

Is he still on?

Hang on.

What, did we break him off?

I don't know, maybe.

Very slow.

-I don't think the hook's set, Greg.

-Damn, I think we might have lost him.

Billon, grab me a bait.

-I got you, look at, oh, there he is!

There he is.

Got to come back.

On the wind up.

How about that? We're on.

Ah!

He ate it on the crank up.

Popped it out of the pin and missed it.

Cranking it up, he piled on the bait.

Got 'em on.

-That's what I'm talking about.

Feels like a good one.

Ease her up, guys.

Be careful. Watch your rod.

Watch your other rod.

We got our turn now.

See what happens.

Go to work.

Oh, I hope this one stays on.

One more for Frenzy.

Come on, baby.

You wanna trade for a sec?

-Yeah, everything's looking good right now.

-We got to make this one count.

Yeah.

Crank on that thing, Billon.

Getting tighter with him now.

Feels good.

Anything that will make our rod bend is a good feeling.

That's what I'm talking about.

Let's get this money.

We will welcome him aboard.

Color right here.

There he is, here we go, here we go.

Wait, wait, wait, wait!

Stick him!

Nice work, Jay.

-Come on, baby. Come on my right.

Good? Game over.

I think slimy high five's in order.

It's a good day.

We're gonna make it home for brunch.

-The moral of the story is, we just made some money.

It's bluefin season.

Let's pull this fish in.

Come on, big boy.

-Fish got a decent shape, let's put tape on him, Billon.

84.

We'll take it.

It's definitely keeping us one ahead of the game.

The meat is here.

That's another one for the Frenzy.

Dammit!

Greg's headed in with one.

Whatever, he got to 'em.

We're giving our best effort, there's no rhyme or reason to the bites.

Just a couple here and a couple there.

How easy it came last year, it's definitely making it now much more difficult.

Down in the Outer Banks, we've not gotten the top spot.

And that's what's driving me to win.

It's frustrating when you're catching just the same amount of fish as everyone else,

but you're just not getting the price to move yourself into the top.

You want this one close?

Yeah, you can put that rigger back out, too.

One high-quality fish can take a last place boat and move it right into first place.

There is the Foolish Pleasures, I have to stare at this boat because it is,

it's just incredibly funny.

How are you doing today, Dale?

Well, you know, I'm just over here going around Loser Mountain.

They still don't have a fish, either.

First fish of the season is always the toughest one to catch.

Let's crank this (bleep) in.

Frenzy caught one.

We got to get there.

I don't know if it's the right thing to do.

Whatever, captain.

Sounds good, though.

I'll go wherever you go.

We're just gonna make a little move.

Seems like a little bit more action just a couple miles north of us.

We ain't where everybody else is, either.

We're kind of doing our own thing this morning.

Not catching is not very much fun.

We're gonna run down here and try and get in position.

See if we can get, get something on, something tight.

We need it.

Since our second fish this season, we've been able to stay ahead of

most of the fleet.

We're in second place right now, but we lost a fish on our last trip and

now we're playing catch up.

Not to mention Frenzy caught one right out of the gate this morning and

he's nipping at our heels.

-It won't take us very long to get up there.

TJ's doing better, he's...

He's on fire, son.

-We just got to do our thing and try to stay ahead if we can.

-Yeah, I hope he has a good year.

I just, I hope it ain't as good as ours.

-We got a lot more little kids to feed than he does.

Yup, sure do.

We can't waste our time when we're trying to get ahead.