Wicked Tuna

On this episode of Wicked Tuna...

We're on, we're on, we're on!

Watch his anchor.

Get a gaff, get a gaff!

For one crew...

I can't be working for free.

Tensions reach a boiling point...

Asked you one simple thing

and you flip the out.

Hold on, boss.

While on other boats...

We got our nephew on board this trip.

What!?

It's happy families.

Food fight.

There we go.

And two rival harpooners...

Who's better than me?

Go take care of your own business.

...face off.

I hope you have a stroke tomorrow.

In one of the most regulated fisheries

in the world...

Blue pill!

These fisherman fight to earn a living...

Man down! Hit him, hit him!

Color, color, color!

Catching...

Pa-pow. Woo!

Watch out, watch out, watch out!

Forward, forward, forward!

Wicked Tuna.

At the start of week four,

of last season's champion, Hard Merchandise.

Meanwhile Hot Tuna and Wicked Pissah trail the fleet.

Yeah?

Trust me.

We've caught three fish so far this season,

and we still haven't seen a paycheck from Paul.

He's got money in the bank, so his family's fine.

But Brad and I have families to feed, too.

In order to support my five-year-old daughter Scarlet

I need to be consistently catching fish

and bringing home a paycheck.

I'll get around to paying them,

but if we don't catch fish, we don't get paid.

That's why we grind and grind.

I haven't had the time to sit down and write checks.

I'm fishing for my family

to try to keep a roof over their heads.

A good captain not only has to put us on the meat,

but he's got to pay us in a timely manner.

A responsible leader finds a balance.

If he doesn't do that, crew's gonna leave.

Hey, we're marking on here.

Here we go, here we go, tuna right.

Here we go.

Fish on.

Here we go.

Yeah, baby.

We will take you.

Taking it to the house.

Tuna on, right there, baby.

Good bite, good bite.

Alright.

Move that rod over one space, Lance.

Ah!

Gone?

It's off.

What happened?

It just came off, I don't know.

Pull the hook.

Son of a bitch.

That is terrible.

You finally get a bite, then you lose him.

You get a pit in your stomach and you just feel sad.

You're always gonna pull a hook,

always, always, always, always, always, always.

I hate that, that is the worst. Beautiful tuna. Ah.

Yep.

I can't be working for free. I need money.

Who's better than me?

I'm the captain of the harpoon boat Lily.

Most people call me Captain Hollywood

'cause I'm such a star.

Anyone can reel a tuna fish up.

Not everybody can harpoon a tuna.

Unlike the rod-and-reel boats,

we're warriors, not lazy thumb-suckers.

We go out and hunt down the tuna.

They're out jumping over there, jumping now.

Marky flies overhead, spots the fish,

and directs Jimmy to drive towards them.

I take my place on the pulpit,

I have to choose the perfect moment

to throw the harpoon to hit the tuna.

My goal this season is to catch a lot of bluefin tuna,

make a lot of money and annihilate the Kristiana.

Team Kristiana is here to kick Hollywood's ass.

He's one cocky guy.

Everybody's tired of hearing Hollywood trash talk

and brag about himself.

My job is to put the boat on the fish.

Gibbs is a great harpooner.

His eyes are like an eagle.

Come on, where is he?

This year we have brought on a new crewmember,

Joel Finley, he'll jump right on

and do whatever I need him to do.

That fish over here? How far you looking?

I've been in the fishery for 30 years,

and I'm here on the Kristiana

to help the Gregs shut Hollywood up.

Let's pound 'em!

Hey, look at this!

Coming up on the Kristiana.

Look at Marky coming in!

He's coming down, he's gonna buzz us.

Here comes Mark coming in low.

Yeah, there you go.

He's trying to get under our skin.

Here he comes, he's coming right on us.

Apparently Greg can't function

without his little blue pills,

so this season I'm calling him Captain Blue Pill.

There's Hollywood over there.

He is coming right up on us.

Yeah.

Apparently he's not shy.

Hi, Blue Pill!

Tell your pilot to stay off the roof.

He wasn't on your roof.

He's coming to say hello, he loves you.

Go home.

Go take care of your own business.

Those guys on the Kristiana

think they're competition, but they're not.

They're not even in our league.

I'll see you later!

Feel that hot air?

Big talker, that guy.

We need to put Lily in its place.

Catch some today.

We're going to run circles

around those guys this year.

Whoa.

Hey.

Dan the man. What's happening?

Ready to go fishing.

You ready, Danny, you ready to roll?

Yeah.

You look excited. Yeah.

We've got two really nice fish so far this season,

we're definitely trailing some of the other guys

in the earning department.

We definitely need to shake things up a little bit,

and we could certainly use a little bit of luck,

so I'm bringing my nephew Daniel on board this trip.

You think we're going to catch one?

Yeah. Yeah?

Yeah, man.

Alright, we need that positive motivation.

Daniel's eight years old and he absolutely loves fishing.

We've waited quite a few years for him to get to this age

before we brought him offshore on one of these tuna trips.

I'm really excited to go tuna fishing,

because this would be my first one to catch ever,

and I hope it's a thousand-pounder,

and I hope it's gonna be really fun.

You ready to roll or what? Yeah.

This is Danny's first bluefin trip on board.

It's very exciting to me,

I mean, for us to be able to catch a fish with him

would be probably one of the best things

I've done in my life, besides catching with my boys, you know.

What you guys talk about on the way up?

How we're gonna catch a big tuna.

Really? Yeah.

Poppy fart at all in the truck?

No. No?

We're here, let's go fishing. I'm ready.

Alright, let's go.

Go ahead, Danny, go start the motor, bud.

Who's better than me?

Like I say, surely isn't Captain Blue.

I don't know, I want to get into him now, I can't wait here.

Killing me.

This is our first day out on the water.

Unlike the rod and reel guys,

we can't fish every day because of the weather conditions.

And the harpoon season is a limited season.

As the water temperature gets warmer,

the fish start diving deep for the rod-and-reel guys to catch.

I got 'em over here, come, come right a touch.

Once I see the tuna,

I guide Jimmy to sneak up to them from behind.

So they don't know they're being chased.

We don't want them to dive or scatter.

Pick up the power a little bit, that's it,

you got to pick up the speed, you're going downwind here.