Wicked Tuna

On this episode of Wicked Tuna.

Reel, reel, reel! Woo!

We're on! That's him, that's him!

A deckhand's free ride comes to an end.

Get your game on. Don't argue with me.

While one captain fights.

Brad, you get that?

Hold on, I'm going to move the boat.

To keep his crew.

We don't need any more .

We're just here to fish.

And a long-running feud.

Come on, tough guy!

No one likes you, bro!

Leaves one captain in hot water.

I hope he goes down.

In one of the most regulated fisheries in the world

There he is! Coming at the boat!

Come, baby! Come on!!

These fishermen fight to earn a living.

Watch the other rod!

Catching.

Watch the harpoon, Dave!

It's a tuna! Whoa!

Wicked Tuna.

At the start of week 7,

Fishing Vessel Tuna Dot Com leads the fleet.

But last season's champion, Hard Merchandise

and family operation, Hot Tuna, are not far behind.

Another day in paradise.

All right. What do you want for breakfast?

Three rods stretching!

I'm back on the Pinwheel after a trip to the hospital.

My doctor gave me a look-over, said I'll be good to fish,

and I'm feeling good and ready to catch some giants again.

We're marking.

It's week seven and the Pinwheel only has four fish.

But now I have both Drake and Travis on the back deck.

The rest of the fleet better stand back,

because the Pinwheel's at full strength,

and we're coming for the top spot.

Come on! Eat that bait!

Marking 'em big time!

We're on.

Got him on, dude.

We got to make this count, bro.

Come on, now.

Woo!

Got him on first thing in the morning.

He's got some weight. He's bigger than we think.

No doubt about it.

Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh!

Hey!

Those are big, violent headshakes he's doing.

Big, violent headshakes.

He's definitely feeling like he could be a 400-pounder right now

He's 80-incher, bro!

Pull him in. Come on.

Coming up.

He's coming up.

We need this tuna!

It is, in fact, a tuna.

Really want to catch this one.

Oh! We lost him!

!

Pulled the hook.

Dammit.

We didn't put enough glue on that one.

It sucks, what are you going to do?

It absolutely sucks.

That's why you're out here, working for it,

and you pull a hook.

Right at the boat, too.

Had him circling. Perfect color, for like 5 minutes. Ugh!

It's definitely a kick in the nuts.

We really could use that fish.

This isn't how I wanted to start out the first trip

with a full crew.

I just hope that it's not a sign of things to come.

Why do I even wake up in the morning?

Hey, are you on there, Dave?

I hear you loud and clear now, TJ.

Oh!

Have you marked one?

No.

It's so annoying to listen to TJ and Dot Com talking.

You'll get one at dark, you'll get one in the morning.

You'll be coming back out here next week.

I'm never going again.

This is my last trip, ever.

You're so full of crap.

I mean it this time.

I'm sketching up the 'for sale' sign right now on my iPhone.

I got an app for that.

That's the funniest thing I've ever heard you say.

God, .

I've known TJ since I was 18 years old.

TJ to work with Dot Com and share information that Dot Com

doesn't know about when,

you know maybe you could work with me a little bit?

What did Sandro have to say about this?

Sandro just offered me a thousand dollars

to take him home.

It makes me sick and it really shows me that

TJ's working with my biggest enemy on the water.

That almost makes TJ my second biggest.

Dave dot-douche.

I'm not 20 years old anymore, man. It's hard.

I mean, a lot of people come and go in this business.

It's not made for everybody, but it's a tough job.

People think it's just about coming out and catching fish.

It's not that.

You got to get along.

You got to deal with each other's living habits,

you know what I mean?

Three weeks ago, things made a turn for the worse

with Brad, and Lance, and me.

I'm asking you one simple thing

and you flip the out.

And them guys quit.

Where are you?

I fished solo for a week with no luck.

Think I just lost him. !

And last week, I had to borrow Geordie off the Dot Com,

so I could get some fish on my boat.

Yeah! We got him!

It's been rough but things are gonna turn.

I got my crew back.

How you feel being back, Lance?

Still a little skeptical, you know.

It's not a one-guy team.

Brady doesn't win the football games by himself.

He needs a receiver, and he needs a blocker.

You have to have good guys.

You got to have your team.

We don't need any more .

We're just here to fish, you know?

Just want to catch fish, dude.

That's it, without the .

I still need to provide for my family.

So it's my job to suck it up, and get back on this boat,

and try to put some fish on the deck.

So glad the guys are back.

I know I got a reputation of not being able to keep a crew

for the whole season, but I'm going to fix that.

It'd really help out if we get a fish today.

Eh, that'll calm some nerves.

This is Paul's final chance to show me he can successfully

captain this boat.

If we fail this trip out, I'm done for good with Paul.

I really hope it works out this time.

Yeah, me too, man.

Feel like you got one more lucky fish left in you?

Yeah, hopefully I can squeeze one more.

Last trip out, Jay and I failed to catch any fish.

But this week, we got Joe back, so we're feeling really good.

And if we catch fish with Joe today,

this time we're just gonna chain him to the boat

so he can't be taking any more days off.

Since he was in pull-ups,

Joe has always been my good luck charm.

So I'm glad he's back this week.

There he is, at 12:00

It's great that my dad thinks

that I'm a good luck charm, and all. But,

without everyone, we wouldn't be putting fish onboard.

We're on, we're on, we're on.

We're on. There's a fish! There you go!

It looks like it might be! Reel, reel, reel!

We on there?

Yeah.

What does it feel like, Joe?

I don't know.

Here, here get him.

I think it's a fish.

We're not really sure how big it is.

Dave. Huh?

Hey I think we're gonna need a bigger boat.

That's a screamer!

Here comes a lightning storm, too.

You don't have to worry, guys.

Lightning is only dangerous if you're on a boat.

Lightning going on over there.

See that?

It's going into darkness.

Got a little chop on the seas.

We're gonna need luck on our side to land this one.

Lady luck.

Good work, boys. Keep it up, and we're gonna get him.

You're doing great back there.

The real challenge to fishing at night is a loss of visibility.

You can't see stuff coming at you from out of the darkness.

Watch this!

Here he comes! Whoa!

Big wave, big wave!

The seas are angry.

We just got to get him to the boat,

and get him close enough to stick a dart in him.

Oh! Rinse?

Charged the boat again.