[narrator] The season is off to a red-hot start...
[Dave Carraro] We can make a statement right here.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Whoo!
[narrator] And giants are everywhere.
[Marissa McLaughlin] Fat tuna!
[Lance Sistare] Big jumbo.
[narrator] In the fishiest year ever...
[Paul Hebert] Biggest fish of the season.
[Bob Cook] Bigger is always better.
[narrator] With the most bluefin in Wicked Tuna history.
[TJ Ott] Sea monster, baby.
[narrator] Captains need to go big...
-[Paul Hebert] I'm feeling this spot. -[TJ Ott] We're Maine-bound, baby.
[narrator] Or get left behind.
[Tyler McLaughlin] This is where the fish are won, or they're lost.
[Paul Hebert] Let go! Let go!
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Yeah!
[narrator] On Wicked Tuna.
[Paul Hebert] That's a sea monster!
[narrator] Pinwheel's 556-pound fish has
Captain Tyler McLaughlin on top of the fleet,
with last year's runner-up Fat Tuna
and five-time champ FV-Tuna.Com rounding
out the top 3.
Meanwhile, early-season catches from Time Flies,
Hot Tuna, and Wicked Pissah have them squarely
in the mix.
[Dave Carraro] We should have stayed right here last year.
And we would have that top boat.
Let's get an early morning bite.
[Dave Carraro] Ready?
[Sandro Maniaci] Let's get another one.
[Geordie Sousa] Who wants a mackerel?
[Dave Carraro] Last year was a difficult year on the Dot-Com.
We finished the middle of the pack and watched the Hot Tuna
walk away being the GOAT.
[Sandro Maniaci] This is the one.
[Dave Carraro] And the worst part is our performance
was self-inflicted.
If I would've stuck to what I've always done
and didn't chase the bite down to Chatham,
I'm convinced things would have looked
a whole lot different.
So this year, I'm fishing local,
because when we do things the Dot-Com way,
we are unstoppable.
[Sandro Maniaci] We're right back to where we got
our last fish.
Got to stick to the program.
Right back here. Probably fish the same baits.
It worked and then hope for that quick early bite today.
There he is, shadow. Coming out of the shadows.
[Dave Carraro] Who?
[Sandro Maniaci] Paul.
[Dave Carraro] I thought he said he was stopping up there
where he was yesterday.
[Geordie Sousa] You can't listen to what comes out of his mouth unless, yeah.
[Dave Carraro] Didn't he catch a fish yesterday two miles away?
[Paul Hebert] I'm feeling this spot right here.
Okay, I'm going tuna fishing.
[cackle]
[Dave Carraro] Payday just sandbagged us.
I don't get it. I had this whole quarter-mile.
He's way too close.
[bleep] Paul.
[barking]
Are we gonna get that fish today? Huh?
[Sandro Maniaci] There's a tuna. Hi, tuna.
[beeping]
[Geordie Sousa] Marking pretty good.
[Sandro Maniaci] That looks like the one I want to hook.
[beeping]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
-We're on. -We're on!
-This side got 'em on.
Nice early bite here. Hope we capitalize.
[Geordie Sousa] We're on!
[Geordie Sousa] Mack at 60 up high.
[Paul Hebert] Dot-Com.
[Lance Sistare] They're on.
[Paul Hebert] We need to be exactly where they are.
[Dave Carraro] Man, we can make a statement right here.
Got one boat right there.
-Ready? -Yep.
[Sandro Maniaci] That's right. 80-incher?
[Dave Carraro] I'll take an 80-incher today.
[Sandro Maniaci] I thought it was a shark at first.
[Geordie Sousa] I heard you, you were like,
we walked out back like you didn't give two [bleep].
[Sandro Maniaci] No, the rod was just bouncing along.
I was like I decided to rip it.
[Geordie Sousa] I'm gonna take two minutes and I'll jump back on.
[Dave Carraro] 60 feet. It's gonna be a quick one.
Swivel.
[Sandro Maniaci] A short?
Hey, Geordie, jump on?
[Geordie Sousa] Yep. Yep, I'm right here.
[Dave Carraro] No way he's just a short.
[Geordie Sousa] No.
It's not big, but it's not a short.
[Dave Carraro] No. Not a jumbo, but we'll take it.
Small fish like this close to home is fine.
We're not done yet though.
There he is, right here. Here he comes.
Keep doing what you're doing.
[Geordie Sousa] Fish wants to cross the stern here, Sandro.
[Dave Carraro] Just right there. Yep.
[Geordie Sousa] I got the swivels in my hand.
[Dave Carraro] Yep. Get him! Get him! Get him!
[Sandro Maniaci] Nailed it!
[Geordie Sousa] Got him.
[Dave Carraro] Yep, we got him.
[Geordie Sousa] Bigger than I thought.
-[Dave Carraro] Yeah, nice fish. -[Sandro Maniaci] Yeah, really nice fish.
[Geordie Sousa] He's, no, I think he's like an 84.
[Sandro Maniaci] Oh, yeah. Round.
And he's black back.
Check it. Well, let's go home.
-Let's go. -Whoo!
[Geordie Sousa] Dave's buying breakfast.
[Sandro Maniaci] Nice quick one today.
[Geordie Sousa] Dave's buying breakfast.
[Dave Carraro] This is a fantastic start right here.
Stick with the plan.
This is where we screwed up last year.
This is why we didn't win because we ran down to Chatham
and we took ourselves out of the game.
We should have stayed right here where we feel comfortable.
Where we know how to catch fish,
right here at home in our backyard.
Hey.
[Paul Hebert] Yes?
[Dave Carraro] We're going home.
[Paul Hebert] Nice.
[Paul Hebert] I'll go right over there and set in there.
[Paul Hebert] Done!
I knew he was right here where we started.
[Bob Cook] Dot-Com got that one.
He's good at that spot, so not surprised.
[Michelle Bancewicz] Looks like Dave got another one.
[Lea Pinaud] Oh, wow, he's on fire.
[Geordie Sousa] Pull this big jumbo in the boat.
Ready?
[Dave Carraro] Ready? One, two, and three.
[Geordie Sousa] Long skinny one.
[Dave Carraro] Yeah. He's long and skinny.
That's right. 86.
-86. -86, yes!
-Nice. -Good job!
[Dave Carraro] Good job. 86 inches. High five!
Good boy. No ice required, boys.
Oh yeah, let's keep it going.
[Sandro Maniaci] Yes, sir.
[TJ Ott] Right now, we're back down on Middle Bank,
which is basically the middle of Stellwagen Bank.
Yeah, we had good luck here the other day,
but there's a lot of boats here.
I think I counted 56 boats about an hour ago and
there's a lot of pressure here.
You know, it's lottery fishing.
Dot-Com got lucky and was able to get a bite this morning,
but the amount of boats here is really concerning me.
We'll see how the day goes, but I may have to seriously
consider making a move again.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] We're just starting to
see some whales.
We got bait on the screen, so hopefully, it turns on here.
[Mike Ott] Is that a mark? That's a mark, right?
[TJ Ott] I don't know. It looks like bait.
Might be like mackerel.
-Like a bait or something? -Yeah, mackerel.
I'm not sure if we're gonna stay here.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Please, Lord, make today our day.
Stretch out this rod.
Put out our third bait, live herring,
so we cover all the bases.
After catching the first big jumbo of the season
up in Maine,
we're right back up here trying to keep the momentum going.
The rest of the fleet is fishing down on Stellwagen
80 miles away.
And even though Dot-Com caught a fish this morning,
I think it's a silly place to be fishing.
Not only is the place overrun with boats,
but if anyone was paying attention to the
water like I am,
they would know that Maine is the place to be.
You know one of the reasons we're up here is the water
temperature is 6 degrees colder than it is down off Gloucester.
And I think that's a big deal.
Catching a bluefin is all about finding the bait.
And the bait likes to live in the cooler water.
Down off of Gloucester,
the water temperature is a consistent 64-65 degrees.
Whereas up off Maine,
the water temperature is consistently in the high 50s.
That means there is going to be far more bait up here,
and as a result, a higher volume of tuna.
Check inside float and then, if that's good,
then check it real slow.
If that's good, we're gonna fire that out.
[beeping]
Marked one.
These fish, the marks here look really big.
[beeping]
Nice mark, dude.
[Marissa McLaughlin] I think we're on. We're on!
[reel unspooling rapidly]
[Tyler McLaughlin] Whoo! Got 'em on!
[Marissa McLaughlin] Right out of my hand.
[Tyler McLaughlin] I love this. Woo-hoo! All right!
Come on, Merm. Get on the rod.
[Marissa McLaughlin] I'm fine. That's fine. That's fine.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Let's go, baby.
Let's get him! I want to get to the scale.
[Marissa McLaughlin] We're good!
[Tyler McLaughlin] Look at him up on top.
Look at him!
[Marissa McLaughlin] Whoa, there he is!
[Tyler McLaughlin] Look at him. Huge!
Right now, all this fish is doing is making a big circle.
All we're doing is just adjusting the boat
with the circle.
And hopefully, we can shorten the gap.
There he is right there on the top.
[Marissa McLaughlin] Oh, that's so cool.
[Tyler McLaughlin] See him out there?
Try to get this one on the boat.
That is not good.
He's going right for that lobster gear.
Lobster gears, the worst obstacle out here.
Like it's not hard enough to catch a big horsefish.
Each lobster trap has a tagline that goes from the buoy
down to the trap itself on the ocean floor.
And if the fishing line gets caught in any of them,
it's almost definitely gonna break.
[Marissa McLaughlin] All around us are lobster traps.
Coming at us!
You can see the weight.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Color! Color! Color!
[Marissa McLaughlin] There he is.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Big fish, Merm.
This is where the fish are won or they're lost,
right here at the boat.
[Marissa McLaughlin] I see the trap right there.
[Tyler McLaughlin] I see the trap.
This is not ideal.
[Marissa McLaughlin] Whoa! Did he just come off?
No, he's at the boat, Tyler.
Heavy. Oh, color. Deep color.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Good job, Merm. Good job!
[Marissa McLaughlin] Energetic fish.
Get him!
[Tyler McLaughlin] Oh. Back the drag off.
He's stuck in the rudder.
[Marissa McLaughlin] The fish or the...
[Tyler McLaughlin] The fish.
[Tyler McLaughlin] These lines are gonna break.
[Marissa McLaughlin] Oh, no!
[Tyler McLaughlin] Back the drag off.
Give me the rod. Where's the dart line?
The dart must not be in him.
[Marissa McLaughlin] No, we missed him.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Oh great, we're gonna lose this one then.
Get the other dart.
Oh no, we got him. We got the dart in him.
We got a dart in this fish.
It's not ours yet, but we got a dart in him.
[Marissa McLaughlin] He's going under the boat.
[Tyler McLaughlin] All right. Swing him out. Swing him out.
Swing him out. Crank! Crank! Crank!
-I'm cranking. -Big tuna. Big tuna.
Got him!
[Marissa McLaughlin] You got him?
[Tyler McLaughlin] Woo! Yeah! Yes, he's ours.
-Number 2. -Woo! Pretty work, Merm.
Pretty work.
-Woo! -Yes! And it's a fatty.
[Marissa McLaughlin] Fat tuna.
[text message alert]
[TJ Ott] This sucks.
Hey, Bubby.
We should really think about heading to Maine.
[Tyler McLaughlin] All right, let's get this freakin' thing
in the boat.
[Marissa McLaughlin] Welcome aboard. Whoa!
[Tyler McLaughlin] All right. Welcome aboard!
[Marissa McLaughlin] Woo!
[Tyler McLaughlin] Perfect fatty tuna.
All right, Merm, let's get measurement.
What do you got?
94.
[Marissa McLaughlin] He's got a big tummy.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Yes! We got another good one.
We got another good one up here in Maine.
[Marissa McLaughlin] Number 2. Beautiful fish.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Unbelievable.
The rest of the fleet is gonna start wondering
where we're fishing.
[♪ rock music plays]
[Patrick J. Mead] What's up, boys?
[Dave Carraro] 86 inches. We'll take it.
[Patrick J. Mead] Get him up. Let's check it out, Dave.
[Dave Carraro] After the season we had last year,
it's critical that we got off to a good start this year and
that's exactly what we're doing.
Now we just hope that PJ likes what he sees.
Because if this fish has good color,
a good amount of fat, and a good core,
and we can get a good price because of it,
that would really send a message to the rest of the
fleet that we're not messing around this year.
What's the dressed weight there, PJ?
[Patrick J. Mead] 217 pounds dressed, today.
[Dave Carraro] Hopefully, it continues.
Once we get going, it's hard to stop us.
[Patrick J. Mead] All right, well let's see what
we can do on this one, Dave.
-Yeah, let's take a look. -All right.
All right, boys, well, you're on a little roll here already.
[Dave Carraro] Not too shabby.
[Patrick J. Mead] No, starting to show a bit of
skin fat up under the skin here in the corners
a little bit.
You know, still a little empty up in the majors here,
but you know it's nice and very fresh fish obviously.
You guys aren't fishing far away.
Color's beautiful.
You know this one here,
we'll do $17 a pound on this one.
-Nice. Solid. -Fantastic. Fantastic.
-Thanks. -Thanks, bud.
-Have a good one. -Take it easy.
[Dave Carraro] This year we're gonna be on a warpath.
You know we want to be that top boat once again.
Not a super fat fish, but happy to have him.
[Dave Marciano] There's fish up here somewhere.
You want me to do anything from in here?
[Jason Muenzner] No!
[Joe Marciano] No, just stay positive.
[Jason Muenzner] Stay positive.
[Dave Marciano] I'm positive.
There's no doubt it's been a rough start for us on the
Hard Merchandise this season.
We are one of the few boats without a fish.
I know the boys don't love that I like to jump around a lot,
but I can't justify sitting around catching nothing while
of all these other boats are catching
big giant beautiful fish, so the search continues.
We looked at all our local spots.
We did a lot of driving.
We're just looking for answers.
I'm a little frustrated, but the boys got a great attitude.
They're just gonna keep doing their job like they always do.
We'll find fish eventually.
[Joe] We got bait. We just got to find the fish.
[Tyler McLaughlin] How about it, Joe?
How you doing?
[Joe] Not bad, Tyler. How you doing today?
-Great, man. -We're bringing the pain from
Maine this year.
None of the other boats are up there fishing, it's just us.
[Joe] Let's get this fish up here now and get a weight on it.
[Tyler McLaughlin] All right, let's get the lid off.
Let's do it.
[♪ rock music plays]
[Marissa McLaughlin] What's the dressed weight, Joe?
[Joe] 406 pounds dressed weight. Let's take a look at the cut.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Yeah, come on down.
Let's check it out on the boat.
[Joe] Wow, Ty. What a nice fish this one is.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Wow, look at this.
[Joe] I see a lot of fat.
You see it in the minors all the way to the majors.
There's a lot of nice fat and the color's light,
but you know what's really telling is gonna be this
core sample that we're gonna look at right now.
-Yeah. -[Tyler McLaughlin] Yes! Look at that.
[Joe] I like this fish, Tyler. I like this fish.
[Marissa McLaughlin] You keep saying how well you like this fish.
What do you think you can give us?
[Joe] Merm...
I'm gonna give you $23 a pound for this fish.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Bam! Woo! Yeah, Merm.
[Marissa McLaughlin] Looks like we're going back to Maine.
[Joe] Back to Maine. Go get another one of these.
[Tyler McLaughlin] Let's go, Merm, we got to get out of here.
-Thanks, Joey. -Thank you, guys.
[Tyler McLaughlin] The rest of the fleet followed each other
down to Stellwagen because they're all following
Dot-Com around.
I've always prided myself in finding my own fish and
doing my own thing.
And I'm on a run up there and I feel like
I'm unstoppable this season,
and those guys at Stellwagen,
they're gonna be trying to follow the Pinwheel.
[Marissa McLaughlin] Wow, Tyler. We are on fire.
[TJ Ott] From what I'm hearing, I think we got to head to Maine.
I mean, it could be the wrong move,
but until we lay eyes on it,
until we go up there and see for ourselves,
I'm just gonna keep second-guessing
and I'm gonna keep thinking about it.
You know, I really think we need to get up there
and see what we're dealing with.
We spent all day fishing at Stellwagen and have nothing to show for it.
Plus, Tyler has caught two huge fish in Maine.
Size is key this year,
so we need to get in on that action.
We know Pinhead has nothing special when it comes to
tuna fishing and he keeps going back up there.
There's something to be said about that,
so we're Maine-bound, baby.
[Lance Sistare] Any marks?
[Paul Hebert] About a dozen probably in the past half hour.
Today it's foggy.
We're sitting in the area where Dot-Com was.
Dave caught one earlier.
Dot-Com's fish was only 86 inches,
that's one of the smallest fish we've seen.
It's hard to say why these fish are so big this year,
I think it's because we have an abundance of bait.
There's so much bait around here.
We're just waiting for the right one to come by.
I feel we're gonna catch one today.
The cooler waters have created a concentration
of poggies, mackerel.
There's so much bait out here.
As a result, these huge bluefin that need a lot of
food are here as well.
[Lance Sistare] There he is.
Come on. There he is. [bleep] with that poggie.
There he is. He's right on it.
[Paul Hebert] How deep? I changed everything.
[Lance Sistare] 70.
[Paul Hebert] Okay. Yeah, that's a nice size.
[beeping]
[reel clicking]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
[Lance Sistare] Here we go! We're on!
[Paul Hebert] Nice! Yeah, baby!
[Lance Sistare] Oh, man, it's a big [bleep].
[Paul Hebert] Just stay on it.
[Lance Sistare] Do you still have the rod for me?
[Paul Hebert] We got to get back on him.
[Lance Sistare] I know. I know. I know.
We got a bite, baby.
[Paul Hebert] Yup. We got a hook-up.
Real big fish.
We haven't had one like this yet.
[Lance Sistare] Ooh, it's a big fish.
[Paul Hebert] I just hate them up high like that.
[Lance Sistare] When they get up on the surface,
they get crazy.
It's just not a good place to have a tuna when
you're fighting him.
The surface is not the place to fight fish.
You want him down and you want him in a pinwheel.
And you want his mouth up.
[Paul Hebert] This guy won't stop.
There he is, he's right there.
He's right there. 30, 40 feet away.
He's just laying there.
[Lance Sistare] There he is.
[Paul Hebert] You're getting him, Lance.
[Lance Sistare] That is a monster.
Nice job, Paul.
[Paul Hebert] Gaff! Gaff! Gaff!
Let go! Let go!
You can't jam it in him. You can't just jam it in him.
You got to go easy.
That's how they flip out like that. Okay?
Got to go easy. Get this fish.
Grab the meat, not the tail.
Down by the tail.
[Lance Sistare] I don't have him.
[Paul Hebert] Let go! Let go! You put it in reverse.
Can you see that?
[Lance Sistare] No.
[Paul Hebert] Okay. Let the rod go.
Leave it alone.
[Lance Sistare] He's a strong fish, Paul.
[Paul Hebert] We got to put another dart in him.
-[Lance Sistare] Okay. -[Paul Hebert] Or we're gonna lose him.
[Lance Sistare] Am I sticking him?
[Paul Hebert] Let's just get him first.
Let's get him up here and then stick him.
[Lance Sistare] He's right there.
So I just need to know what I'm doing, Paul.
[Paul Hebert] Get the harpoon, today.
Today, over here.
Stick him!
Now can you get a gaff?
[Lance Sistare] I can. On which side of you?
[Paul Hebert] Any side you want, my friend.
You have him?
[Lance Sistare] I think so.
[Paul Hebert] You got it, Lance?
[Lance Sistare] I do! C'mon, tail rope!
Yeah, baby! I got him up to you, Paul.
Right here!
[Paul Hebert] We got him now.
[Lance Sistare] Yeah, baby! Big jumbo!
[Paul Hebert] That's a big fish. Get another tail rope.
Look at the size of him. I told you he's 110.
[Lance Sistare] That's the closest I've seen
you getting mad in a long time.
[Paul Hebert] I would never get mad again.
It's just no fish is worth you and I getting hurt over.
[Lance Sistare] I'm proud of you, man.
You really have changed.
[Bob Cook] Looks like Paul got that one.
Tail wrap on him. Nice big one hanging.
[Jack Patrican] He got him. Yup. [bleep].
[Lance laughing]
[Lance Sistare] Do you see the boat list?
[Paul Hebert] How nice is that?
[Lance Sistare] Is the tape long enough?
What do we got?
[Paul Hebert] 117.
-117! -Look at that.
[Lance Sistare] Our tape only goes to 120.
[Paul Hebert] 117.
-Man! -I told you, he's a big boy.
[Lance Sistare] That might be the biggest one, on my, for me.
117, dude, that's incredible.
[Paul Hebert] I always find the fish.
[♪ upbeat rock music]
[Patrick J. Mead] What's up, boys?
[Lance Sistare] What's happening?
[Patrick J. Mead] Big sea monster.
[Paul Hebert] Yes, it is.
[Patrick J. Mead] All right, let's bring it up, Paul.
-See what we got. -[Lance Sistare] Yeah, hoist it up.
[Paul Hebert] Yeah, let's see what we got, bud.
[Lance Sistare] Oh yeah, this is [bleep] dreams are made of right here, Jimmy.
[Paul Hebert] After watching Dot-Com catch a fish right next
to us first thing this morning.
That's a sea monster.
It was really important for us to get one
as well to keep pace,
but seeing how big this one ended up being,
here's hoping we're the ones setting the pace this season.
What do we got for a weight on this?
[Patrick J. Mead] 583 pounds.
[Paul Hebert] Biggest fish of the season so far.
We got him!
We smoked the Dot-Com.
He ain't gonna catch us now.
[Patrick J. Mead] Guys, let's go check it out and
see what we can do for you.
-Let's do it, man. -Let's do it, man.
[Patrick J. Mead] All right.
-Sea monster payday. -Sea monster.
You got a sea monster.
-We did. We did. -That we did.
[Paul Hebert] Well, what do you think?
Talk to me. I know it's big.
[Patrick J. Mead] Well, it's a big fish.
You guys took great care of it.
The color's beautiful.
It's got a little tiny bit of fat,
-but nice red-meat fish though. -[Paul Hebert] Yeah.
[Lance Sistare] All right, let's get down to brass tacks.
[Patrick J. Mead] It needs more fat, guys, you know?
But we can still do...
$15 a pound.
[Paul Hebert] Oh, my God! Payday, baby!
-That's awesome. Thank you! -[Lance Sistare] Thank you, PJ. Thank you.
[Patrick J. Mead] Good little payday, right?
[Paul Hebert] Yeah, it is. Thank you, PJ.
-All right, boys. -[Lance Sistare] Thanks, brother.
-Appreciate it. -See you next fishing day.
[Paul Hebert] We should fish on Dot-Com's numbers more often.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] TJ, I'm ready when you are, bud.
[TJ Ott] Right there.
We're on the bottom.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] This is the furthest north
I've ever been fishing-wise.
We're off of Maine right now.
Things weren't happening down south for us,
seemed like the water is way too hot down there.
We got to switch it up a little bit, you know.
[TJ Ott] Is that a mark? What'd you put for weight?
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] 20.
[TJ Ott] Perfect.
[beeping]
[reel clicking]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] There we go. TJ!
[TJ Ott] He's just to one side.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Not sure if it was a
shark or not, but.
[TJ Ott] There are sharks here.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] There are. Big [bleep] fish.
[Mike Ott] Yeah, he's a big boy.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Okay, guys.
He's going down now.
[TJ Ott] Can't be a shark, dude.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] No [bleep] way.
[TJ Ott] Unless it's a [bleep] giant thresher.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Whoa!
[Mike Ott] Holy [bleep] that's definitely him.
[bleep] this one's wild.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Woo! Yeah, baby!
[Mike Ott] Swivel! Swivel!
We've been on him for a while now,
-seems like a big fish. -[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Got swivel.
[Mike Ott] Taking crazy runs. Got swivel right now.
Almost to the rod tip,
so hopefully we get a dart in him soon.
[TJ Ott] Oh [bleep] me.
[bleep]!
You got to get off the anchor! Get off your anchor.
Coming up right there behind your boat.
Reel your line in, all right, bud?
Crank that line up.
[Mike Ott] You got to be kidding me.
[TJ Ott] Crank it up.
Might have to cut it. Might have to cut it.
Don't let him get under the boat, he'll break free.
[Mike Ott] Cut it!
[TJ Ott] Reel your line in, all right, bud?
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Thank you, guys!
[TJ Ott] You got a visual on this thing?
Nighttime sea monster.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Not yet.
[TJ Ott] Got him close. Just trying to walk him out of this fleet.
Jarrett's doing a great job. Just a mean, mean fish.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] I can see some color.
[TJ Ott] You see a glow?
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] That's a legit one, man.
Get a harpoon.
[Mike Ott] There he is.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Here he is. Here he is.
[TJ Ott] Got him!
Gaff!
[Mike Ott] I got the harpoon line.
[TJ Ott] Watch out, bub! Get the [bleep] out of my way.
Sorry, Jarrett. Sorry!
[bleep] I'm gonna hit him again, Bubby!
[bleep] I got [bleep]!
[Mike Ott] Don't blame me I was holding the rope.
On your left. Get a tail gaff.
[TJ Ott] Yeah, I know.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Yeah, boys!
[TJ Ott] Yeah!
[Mike Ott] Woo!
[TJ Ott] Sea monster, baby! A lot of humps and bumps.
Pa-pow!
[Marissa McLaughlin] The Hot Tuna got their fish.
[Tyler McLaughlin] What? Are you kidding me?
Dammit!
[Mike Ott] [bleep] slob, dude.
[TJ laughs]
-[Jarrett Przybyszewski] That's a slob. -[Mike Ott] Looks like a jumbo.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] That's a real one, baby.
Let's see what the real measurement is on this thing.
109!
-Woo! -Woo!
-109 inches. -That's a real one.
[TJ Ott] Good job, buddy. Good job.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Yeah! Pretty work, boys.
[TJ Ott] Maine style, baby! Hot with butter.
The pelicans are flying back to Gloucester.
Pa-pow!
[Michelle Bancewicz] TJ got a fish.
[Lea Pinaud] Oh yeah?
[Michelle Bancewicz] He was up in Maine.
He got a big fish.
[Lea Pinaud] Oh, wow. No kidding. He's never in Maine.
[Michelle Bancewicz] TJ went out to Maine,
Tyler's territory, and got a fish.
[Lea Pinaud] Uh-oh.
[Michelle Bancewicz] That's great. I love it.
[Tyler McLaughlin] TJ stole my numbers.
He ran up to Maine.
Always following me around the ocean and TJ managed to
catch a fish up at my numbers.
What are you gonna do? I'm sure TJ and the rest of the fleet think I'm going
to freak out about this, but I'm not.
TJ's a bite chaser, I find my own fish.
That's all there is to it.
I found the bite. I started the bite.
I made Maine happen. I always do.
That's what makes you an OG professional.
[♪ upbeat rock music]
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] What's up, PJ?
[Patrick J. Mead] What's happening, boys?
[TJ Ott] Well we made the run to Maine and came back
with a sea monster.
[Patrick J. Mead] Oh really? Let's check it out.
[TJ Ott] All right, brother.
We took the risk to run up to Maine today and it paid off.
I'm sure Tyler's gonna act like a little screaming
baby child that got his pacifier taken away.
That being said,
Tyler used to scrub my buckets
on the back of my boat in Maine.
I've been fishing Maine for years.
The boat has a steering wheel and a propeller,
we go where the fish are.
What do we got, PJ?
[Patrick J. Mead] 496 pounds dressed.
-Perfect. -Nice.
[TJ Ott] We'll take it, man. That's our biggest one of the season.
-[Patrick J. Mead] Big boy. -Well, let's check him out
and see what he's got, brother.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] How we looking, PJ?
[Patrick J. Mead] Pretty good, boys. Pretty good.
He's got a little bit of fat, you know, in the corners here.
[TJ Ott] Uh-hmm.
[Patrick J. Mead] It's not loaded or anything, but.
-Nice color on that one. -Yeah, beautiful color.
[TJ Ott] So what are you thinking?
[Patrick J. Mead] This one here,
I'm gonna give you guys $21 a pound.
[TJ Ott] Yeah. Good job, brother.
[Jarrett Przybyszewski] Oh, yeah! We'll take it.
-All right, PJ. -Yeah.
[TJ Ott] Thank you, we'll probably go right back up there.
PJ, thank you very much, sir.
-Thanks, Jarrett. -Thanks, brother. See ya.
[Patrick J. Mead] See you around, boys.
[TJ Ott] Let's go back to Maine, boys.
[Sandro Maniaci] The morning is very busy,
but busy in the wrong way.
Lots of boats.
A lot of pressure here today.
We're marking a few fish but it's tough to get a bite.
[Dave Carraro] I feel like if I eat something,
something with happen.
Right now there are already five boats with two bluefin.
And three of them, the Wicked Pissah, Fat Tuna,
and us are all anchored in the same area.
[Bob Cook] Well, we're sitting here at Stellwagen.
Still looks good.
Plenty of bait. Got to have patience.
I really hope we can be the first boat to three fish.
[Dave Carraro] I made this myself.
-Oh, yeah? -Secret recipe.
[Geordie Sousa] Is that what you were doing last night?
-From Grandma. -Yeah.
[beeping]
[Sandro Maniaci] There he is.
[Dave Carraro] That's a big one.
[Geordie Sousa] Sure is. Yeah. That's a that's a great big one.
[reel clicking]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
[Sandro Maniaci] No way, we're on!
[Dave Carraro] Got 'em on! Got 'em on! Big boy!
[Bob Cook] Dammit!
[reel clicking]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
[Manny Pereira] Oh, we're on! We're on! Yeah! Woo! Woo!
[Dave Carraro] Wow! 100 inches, maybe.
Wow, look at this.
Coming up on the surface, he's gonna jump.
[Sandro Maniaci] [bleep] psycho.
[Geordie Sousa] Big thing. This fish is out of his mind.
He's turned around.
He can run right back at us like 7 times.
[Sandro Maniaci] Big hook puller right here.
[Bob Cook] [bleep]. Oh.
[John Kusler] That's a big fish.
[Bob Cook] Oh, he is big.
[Manny Pereira] He's going crazy back here.
[Bob Cook] He's 110, probably plus.
[bleep] that was a big fish.
You got that harpoon in your hand, buddy?
[Manny Pereira] Yup.
-Reverse. -Yup.
[Dave Carraro] Stop! Neutral. Neutral. Neutral.
[Sandro Maniaci] Tail wrap. It's too risky.
[John Kusler] He's definitely, I can see him there. [bleep].
[Manny Pereira] He's right there, Bob.
Like straight out right there.
[Bob Cook] Yeah. I can see him. Yeah.
[Manny Pereira] I can see him swimming.
[John Kusler] He's going right here, Manny.
Way over his back.
Get over here and get a shot.
[Bob Cook] Make sure you got one.
[Manny Pereira] Oh, my [bleep] hey.
-Come on. -[bleep].
-Way over. -This [bleep] fish, dude.
[Bob Cook] What the [bleep]?
[Manny Pereira] Come on.
Oh, my God.
[John Kusler] Might want to go forward.
[Bob Cook] This fish is a wild one, man.
We've had some decent shots.
Missed a couple,
but I know Manny's gonna tag him this next time.
[tension snap]
[Manny Pereira] Come on.
You [bleep] kidding me.
[Bob Cook] That was the biggest fish I've seen in
probably about five years.
It's a freakin' heartbreaker.
Ah, [bleep].
[Sandro Maniaci] Coming up pretty quick now.
-Swivel? -Swivel's right here.
[Sandro Maniaci] There he is. I see him. There he is.
[Dave Carraro] Oh, yeah.
[Geordie Sousa] Great [bleep] big one.
Absolutely massive.
[Dave Carraro] All right. Just stay right there.
Come left, Sandro. Right here.
[Sandro Maniaci] That's a slammer, boys.
[Geordie Sousa] I think it's about 100 inches.
[Dave Carraro] I think, I think he's a lot more than 100 inches.
-Hey! -Oh, yeah.
Jumbo-potamus, man. Wow!
-[laughter] -Yes. High five.
[Geordie Sousa] Yeah. That was, that was good.
[Sandro Maniaci] That was easy.
[Dave Carraro] [bleep] s-lob.
[Bob Cook] Pretty work, David.
[Dave Carraro] Yes, sir. Thank you.
Did you, you were fighting a fish too.
Did you get him?
[Bob Cook] He was about 120 inches.
We saw him ten times and no.
[Bob Cook] Did not get him.
[Dave Carraro] Oh, that's a heartbreaker.
[Bob Cook] Well, Dotty is doing well.
[Lance Sistare] Jumbo.
-[Paul Hebert] Who got that one? -[Lance Sistare] Dave.
-All right. -Yeah!
[Dave Carraro] Oh, he's every bit of 95.
[Geordie Sousa] 110 inches.
-Wow. -Woo. That's a jumbo.
-110. -That is a jumbo.
-Feels good, huh? -Sure does.
We're off to a good start.
[Dave Carraro] Oh, I just got a text.
A couple texts.
TJ ran all the way up to Maine,
85-mile spot. Long ride.
He got, he got a,
he got a decent one there, a big one.
-Oh, yeah? -And Tyler, as of now,
still has not caught a fish up there.
Why are you smiling?
[Sandro Maniaci] You know how mad he is right now?
[laughter]
[Dave Carraro] Let's do it. This is a big fish, guys.
[Patrick J. Mead] What's up, boys?
-Nice big one for you. -110 inches.
[Patrick J. Mead] Let's check it out, Dave.
Let's do it.
[Dave Carraro] We got another big fish today.
110-incher.
Hopefully, it has everything PJ is looking for.
You know, we think that we're gonna get a decent price.
Right now, we've got three fish and we're on a roll
right now and we're hopefully gonna keep this going.
What have you got there, PJ?
[Patrick J. Mead] Nice piece today, boys.
467 dressed.
-[Dave Carraro] That's good. -[Geordie Sousa] All right, not bad.
What do you say we go take a look at it?
-Let's see what we got. -Let's see.
[Sandro Maniaci] What do we got?
[Patrick J. Mead] I mean, it's a nice color fish.
You know, it's not a high-end great fish but it's
a decent fish.
Took good care of it.
It just doesn't have a lot of fat to it, you know.
[Dave Carraro] So what are you thinking?
[Patrick J. Mead] You know, a fish like this right now,
-$16 a pound. -All right.
-I'll take that. Absolutely. -[Dave Carraro] That's good.
We got the weight. You know, we got the weight.
-[Sandro Maniaci] Yeah, for sure. -If we can keep this going,
it'll be a great season.
-Good job, guys. -All right.
-Thank you, PJ. -Yeah, boys.
[Dave Carraro] The size of the fish that we are seeing
is unbelievable.
We haven't seen anything like it this early in the season
in a very long time.
That's really exciting,
but that also means going forward,
anything less than a jumbo isn't going to cut it.
No ice required, boys.
[Dave Marciano] The only kind of luck we have here is
[bleep] luck and no luck at all.
[Jason Muenzner] Is that grill okay?
Is that gonna bother you?
[Dave Marciano] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's fine. Well, we're wrapping it up.
No, no luck for us today.
TJ got one and Dot-Com got one,
but this ain't our spot, man.
It didn't work out very good for us.
It certainly looked like it had potential,
but, boy, it was, it was tough sitting here.
[Jason Muenzner] I'm over it.
I'm over the negativity.
[Jason Muenzner] We shouldn't be leaving yet.
[John Kusler] Manny, got a rubber band?
[Manny Pereira] Yes, I do.
[John Kusler] Yeah. This is the last hoorah for us.
We got about maybe 45 minutes of good time here
to possibly get a bite.
Great opportunity.
It's just whether the tuna are gonna cooperate or not.
[Bob Cook] This has been a downright terrible day
for Fat Tuna.
Not only did I watch the biggest fish that I've seen in
five years break off at the back of the boat,
but we had to watch Dot-Com go home with a 110-inch
bluefin on top of it.
We have a little time to try to salvage something out of today.
And for the sanity of everyone on this boat,
I really hope we can pull it off.
[Manny Pereira] There's a little bit of bait coming
through right now, a few wheels around.
Hopefully, we can make something happen and get back
to the barn tonight and drop off the fish.
This guy, is that guy on over there?
[Bob Cook] You got good eyes, dude.
Oh, there's one.
[beeping]
Time to get another bite here. It's our turn.
[Manny Pereira] Here we go. Here we go. Here we go.
Here we go. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.
Come on.
[reel clicking]
[reel unspooling rapidly]
Whoa, we're on!
[Jason Muenzner] Nice. Bob just hooked a fish.
[Jason Muenzner] I can't believe we're not staying.
[Manny Pereira] Come on, go! Come on, go! Come on.
[John Kusler] I think it's a shark.
I think it's going to be in the down line.
[Manny Pereira] He's gonna go. He's gonna go! Come on!
-Looks fishy. -Come on! Come on!
[Bob Cook] Oh, yeah.
[Manny Pereira] Come on. Those are headshakes.
-Where is he, Manny? -He's over here. He's going out.
-That's a shark. -Yup.
-Is it? -Yup.
[Bob Cook] What the [bleep]?
That looked like headshakes to me.
[John Kusler] Is it a porbeagle or is it a blue dog?
[Manny Pereira] Maybe it's a great white.
[John Kusler] I don't know what kind it is.
[Manny Pereira] It's a big stupid kind.
-Did you see him? -Yeah.
[John Kusler] I didn't make out what kind he is.
But most tunas are grey.
[Bob Cook] I don't see sharks doing this behavior.
Let's just get a harpoon ready.
[John Kusler] All right. Just sharked up here.
[Bob Cook] Not convinced it's a shark.
No, we saw headshakes right at the beginning when
they do this stuff.
That stuff right there. Sharks don't do that.
[John Kusler] Threshers do.
[Bob Cook] Threshers do, though, yes.
We'll see who's right.
I think it's tuna. I think it's a tuna.
John says thresher.
We're gonna bet the boat.
Come on, look at that headshake.
-What is this? -I can't see it.
-Shark. -That's a big thresher.
-That is a tuna. -It's a tuna.
[Manny Pereira] That is a tuna. That is a tuna. Woo!
[reel unspooling rapidly]
[Bob Cook] Tuney, Manny. Tuney.
[John Kusler] I'm so confused.
[Bob Cook] We got eyes on it. It's definitely a tuna.
[Manny Pereira] All right. He's coming in at us this way.
[Bob Cook] Here in like one foot a shot.
Want a bump?
-[Manny Pereira] Yup. -[John Kusler] Yeah.
Throw the harpoon, Manny.
[Bob Cook] Good job, Manny.
I don't know how well, but you hit him.
[Manny Pereira] I hit him. I hit him.
[Bob Cook] That did. That hit him good.
-Oh, that hit him so good. -It refracted right into him.
[Manny Pereira] Where is it?
-It's not in him. -What?
-[John Kusler] Gonna have to keep-- -Where is it?
-Keep bumping. -Where is it? I can't.
Guys, come on.
[Bob Cook] What do you mean, guys?
What the, I can't even see it.
Well, there we go.
-It's coming up right up here. -Manny, you got to stay right here.
[John Kusler] Manny, come over here and drill it.
Yup.
You got to be kidding me.
[John Kusler] Where's the other harpoon?
[Manny Pereira] Hit him. Hit him.
[Bob Cook] Got him. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!
-I'm sorry. -[bleep]
-Dude, I am so sorry. -All right.
Out of the way. Out of the way.
Tail rope! Tail rope!
-It's right here. -You see it, John?
Nice job, buddy. All right.
Could we like celebrate now because we got a [bleep] fish?
[Bob laughs]
Whatever, buddy. Whatever, we got it.
[Manny Pereira] Oh, [bleep]. I know we got him.
-We got him. -We got him.
[bleep]. We got him.
[John Kusler] Tensions were too high.
[Manny Pereira] That was [bleep] ridiculous.
Are you [bleep] kidding me?
[Jack Patrican] Nice shot. See how he walks back all slow?
Dude, he just smoked that thing.
[Bob Cook] Hey, Michelle,
[Bob Cook] That one was far-floater Mack.
[Michelle Bancewicz] Congrats. That's awesome.
[Dave Marciano] It looks like Bob got another one.
He hooked one just as we were leaving.
Nothing for us.
No such luck for us.
[♪ rock music plays]
-Ready? -Yup.
[John Kusler] One, two, three.
Let's get a measurement on this thing.
[Manny Pereira] Oh, let's do it.
-90 inches. -Yeah! All right.
That works. That works.
[Manny Pereira] Awesome, buddy. Awesome.
[Bob Cook] It's a good-looking thresher, John.
It really is.
[♪ rock music plays]
What's up, buddy?
[Patrick J. Mead] What's going on, Bob?
-Three. -Nice.
-We got a 90-inch today. -Nice. That's a good size.
Let's check it out and see what we got.
[Bob Cook] I don't know that I've ever been more conflicted
coming in to offload a fish.
On one hand, I'm always happy to have one,
but it's very hard to shake the feeling that we blew
a huge opportunity.
Hopefully, we can get a real big price on this fish
to make up for the fact that it's at least 20 inches shorter
than the one we lost.
All right, PJ.
What do we got for a weight on this guy?
[Patrick J. Mead] Nice little piece, Bob.
255 pounds dressed.
-All right. -Heck, yeah.
[John Kusler] All right. It's better than nothing, right?
[Bob Cook] We'll take that. We'll take that.
Well, let's check it out and see what we can do for you.
-Let's check it out, buddy. -Awesome.
[John Kusler] All right.
[Bob Cook] So, what are you seeing, PJ,
in this tail cut?
[Patrick J. Mead] Well, I really like the core the best.
It's like a really firm core.
Cherry red.
It's translucent.
It's coloring up right in front of my eyes.
The fish is not extremely fat,
but it's got some skin fat here underneath the skin.
You know, a little empty in the majors still,
but it's a small enough fish.
-They've been moving well, yep. -[Bob Cook] Good, good. That's great.
[Manny Pereira] All right, PJ.
All that said, what can you do for us on that fish?
[Patrick J. Mead] This one here,
I'm gonna get you guys
$21 a pound.
-Yeah. -All right. We'll take that.
-Thank you, sir. -Heck, yeah.
-Yeah. -We'll take that one.
-Thanks, buddy. -Thanks, Bob.
See you guys tomorrow, hopefully.
Take care.
[Bob Cook] All right, take care.
$21 a pound for our third fish of the season is a
great price and it makes the loss from
earlier hurt a little bit less,
but I'd be lying if I said I wasn't still upset about it.
Right now, we're a little bit behind Dot-Com
because he has bigger fish than us.
So we have to go out there and concentrate
on getting bigger fish.
On top of that,
we cannot make the mistakes we made today.
Dot-Com is on a warpath to take the top spot this season.
And if we are going to prevent him from doing that,
we are going to have to be almost perfect from here on out.
Bigger is always better.
[Manny Pereira] Yeah, buddy.
[narrator] Pinwheel's second main jumbo keeps the
brother and sister duo at the top of the pack.
As Dot-Com's two-fish haul moves them into second place.
Catches from Wicked Pissah, Fat Tuna,
and Hot Tuna keep their momentum strong,
while No Limits and Hard Merchandise remain in
search of their first fish of the season.
Captioned by Cotter Media Group.