NARRATOR: It's been a season of back-breaking waves.
ZACK SHACKLETON: Hold on to your hat!
BOBBY EARL: Literally, it's smoke on the water.
BRANDAN BRICKHOUSE: Hey, hey, hey, hey!
CLIFF SPENCER: Give it gas, give it gas!
NARRATOR: Where captains have fought to stay safe...
BRENDAN: Whoo!
NARRATOR: ...in the brutal Outer Banks conditions.
ADAM PRICE: Go, go, go, go!
Big boy!
JIMMIE HORNING: Here we go!
NARRATOR: But on the final day of fishing...
JIMMIE: Holy...
JIMMIE: Whoo!
NARRATOR: ...the Outer Banks...
fights back.
NICK GOWITZKA: Hang on! Ugh!
BOBBY EARL: The bar looks a little gnarly, man.
Makes me all ugh!
NICK: Hell yeah!
The last fish, the last day of the season, come on.
ELLIS: Oh!
NARRATOR: With the small quota tapped out...
- BOBBY: Having the time of my life. - Yeah!
JIMMIE : We got to have our fish back by 11:30.
NARRATOR: ...the captains have less than 24 hours
to claim blue gold.
JIMMIE: Get that thing up here.
NICK: I got one more trick up my sleeve.
JIMMIE: Did he just come off? (GROANS)
GREG MAYER: It's a really tight race.
Stick his ass!
Hit him! Hit him!
- BRITTON SHACKELFORD: What a battle. - CATLIN PEELE: He's gone.
NARRATOR: The crown is on the line.
NICK: What time is it?
NARRATOR: Will the battle to win...
- (LINE SNAPS) - (NICK SCREAMS)
NARRATOR: ...become a struggle to survive?
(BOBBY GROANS)
Go, Bobby!
Go, Bobby, go!
NARRATOR: On Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks.
CATLIN: If it wasn't the last day, we would not be going fishing.
NARRATOR: On the final day of the season,
Hog Wild holds a narrow lead
above Reel E' Bugging and Doghouse.
With less than six grand between first and last place,
the competition is tougher than ever.
- CATLIN: That's a bad sign right there. - LEWIS "BO" DAVENPORT: What?
CATLIN: We're leaving and Buggins isn't.
(BO LAUGHS)
We went across the bar, Nick.
You mind if I buzz by you?
NICK OVER RADIO: Go ahead because you're faster,
but I'm gonna shove her up there about 16 knots.
BRITTON: We have less than 24 hours to catch our last fish of the season,
and I wanna be the first ones out there today.
So, fitting we end the season
with some of the roughest weather we've seen in years.
You know, if it's rough weather, it's gonna be a rough bar,
but we have no other choice right now.
CATLIN: If it wasn't the last day,
we would not be going fishing.
I'm a little bit nervous.
- BO: Oh! Looks kind of big to me. - BRITTON: Yeah.
It's a huge gamble. But I've never won it.
It would mean a lot to me if we can win this competition.
Hang on.
Whoo!
We're in third place, but there's only $1,000
that separates first and third,
so it kind of ratchets up the heat
on making sure that you catch a fish.
Nick, you got to be careful.
I mean careful-careful.
NICK: He made it. We time it right, we'll make it.
I think we're better off to go right there.
CLIFF: Looks like it, but I don't know about the water.
- Look for the holes. - NICK: All right, let's do it.
It's now or never. One more fish.
And that's a big shock to us
because normally we get 48 hours' notice of a closure.
And you get two days.
Now we have one shot to go catch a fish
and get it to the buyer before 11:30 tonight.
After that, they're not gonna buy your fish.
Hang on, boys.
GREG: It's wonderful.
I wouldn't have it any other way.
The last day of the season, we get the worst bar
we've had to deal with all year.
We couldn't just wait for the weather to be pretty.
JASON "DIRTY" FUTCH: Whoa!
Shut it down right here when the weather sucks.
The whole fleet's nervous right now.
None of us expected we only had 24 hours
to make our last paycheck.
But we can't cross the bar in the dark,
so that's cutting our fishing day even shorter.
That seven hours lost can make all the difference in the world.
That's our window to get out of here,
so we're gonna...
we're gonna give it a whirl.
There's a couple big ones stacking up that could get you,
like that one...
and that one.
NICK: Hang on.
CLIFF: Ugh. Damn.
- Turn to the right. - NICK: Hold on.
Let me keep her down here, there ain't nothing down here right now.
Hang on!
This is just open sea right here, boys.
We are across.
We hit it just right.
And this one.
This is not good. This one will not be good.
(WAVE CRASHES)
(SPLASHING)
Everything held together.
That's the worst shot I've ever taken on the bar.
We made it, but... ugh.
Don't want to do that again.
Got the T-shirt.
Not good. Ugh.
Makes me all ugh.
CLIFF: Nick hit the bar just right,
and we're pretty fortunate.
I hope the rest of our day is like this
because we had a little bit of bad luck in the beginning
and we came back,
I'm really proud of
what we've accomplished and done this season.
From getting down, to coming back.
Anyway, this is it.
Last day, so we're gonna give her what we got.
Hopefully, things will line up in our favor.
BRANDAN: Oh, man.
CLIFF: It's getting rougher.
BOBBY: The bar looks a little gnarly, man.
Wow, look at the Coast Guard.
This place is possessed.
I'm up to six knots. I'm just waiting on you, pal.
ADAM: I gotcha.
Yeah, let me get up to you a little bit.
BOBBY: Even when the competition is this tight,
we still wanna help each other out.
ADAM: With the bar being so rough right now,
we're gonna follow Bobby Buggins out
and let him break the seas down for us.
BOBBY OVER RADIO: All right, Adam. Let's go do this.
- All right. - BOBBY: He's gonna follow me out.
We've done this before.
Gotta stay tight, it's a little dicey.
This is gonna be nautical. It's gonna get nautical, boys.
I just wanna make sure we don't lose Adam.
ADAM: Hell yeah, I'm just nervous.
It doesn't take much in that situation
for things to go really south.
But this is our last shot at a paycheck
to take home to our families.
This ain't smart.
A couple of big boys past the white water, just stay tight.
Hold on, boys.
- How's he doing? - Great.
Nail it. Go!
Holy (BLEEP)!
You got to go, Bobby.
ERIC PRICE: Go, Bobby!
(BOBBY GRUNTS)
Go, Bobby! ADAM: Go, Bobby!
Go, Bobby, go!
ADAM OVER RADIO: Go, Bobby, go!
DREW COOPER: Go, go. He wants you to go.
ERIC: Oh (BLEEP).
Wow!
Whoo!
That was a (BLEEP) cluster (BLEEP)!
Dude, that was cool.
The hard part's over, man. Let's go have fun one more time.
BRITTON: All right.
CATLIN: Are we here?
BO: I guess we're here.
CATLIN: Okay.
BO: Hey, Catlin, good luck.
CATLIN: Good luck, dude. Go get 'em.
BO: Let's get a bite.
BRITTON: The Point's a very popular place to fish,
it's a bait magnet.
You got the bait, you got the fish.
Today, we're the first boat out. It feels awesome.
We have a very small window today to make it happen.
This is gonna be one of the biggest seas
that we have fished in this year.
It's... I don't know what size they are,
but it looks like mountains.
BRITTON: Standing up, Frenzy boat?
(GREG CHUCKLES) Yeah, I've been working my way up here.
I got news for you.
I don't really wanna be fighting a fish in this kind of sea.
BRITTON OVER RADIO: No, believe you me,
I've been thinking about that the whole way.
Yeah. Last day, it doesn't matter.
Where's Jimmie? I'm surprised Jimmie's not out here yet.
GREG: I don't know. I never heard anything from him.
JIMMIE: I can't believe they're all gone.
We don't have much time. We got to get to the bar, quick.
And in a hurry.
ELLIS: Put her on top. We're ready.
JIMMIE: Our weather here in the Outer Banks
has been particularly bad this year.
But in the end, every one of these fish we catch
is another paycheck for us.
So it might be rough out there, but we have to go.
TREY: All right.
JIMMIE: With where we're at on the leaderboard right now,
we cannot afford to miss any time we could be out there fishing.
You know, growing up here in the Outer Banks,
I was kind of born into this industry
with my dad being the captain of the Hog Wild
before I was born.
So it would mean a lot to me and my dad
to win this competition in my first year.
But first, we just have to make it across the bar.
Adam said 10-footers every now and then.
We'll make it, Jimmie.
JIMMIE: Let's go catch a bluefin.
(MONITOR BEEPING)
BRITTON: We got marking something here, guys.
BO: I don't want to deal with a mean one.
CATLIN: No.
(REEL CLICKING)
- What was that? - (REEL UNSPOOLING)
- Oh, they're biting. - BO: There he is.
CATLIN: Double-header.
Double-header. Fish on. Fish on.
We got a double-header on, Cap. This one came off, Bo.
BO: Did it? Good.
CATLIN: We're just tight on one, Cap.
- Get on that one. - BRITTON: That's all right.
One less fish to worry about.
We got two bites.
BRITTON OVER RADIO: One pulled off.
GREG: Shack hooked a double, and one burned the other one off.
- BILLON HOLLINGSWORTH: Oh, no. - GREG: He's still holding one.
BRITTON OVER RADIO: We haven't been here 20 minutes,
and we already have a fish on.
CLIFF: Damn! We ain't that far from him.
BRITTON OVER RADIO: First one out.
First one to hook up.
JIMMIE: Oh, that sucks.
On a normal day, I wouldn't be leaving the dock right now,
I would never do it, but we're in a spot.
The Doghouse got a fish on.
If he catches a fish and we don't, it's over for us.
This is the most stress I've ever had.
But all I know is we got a really nice boat,
and we can get there quick.
We've got to go. I'm about to cross the bar.
This is gonna be a hellacious crossing.
It's a good thing we have a fast boat.
We just got to time this just right.
Which is kind of a tense situation.
Holy (BLEEP). Look at that one out there.
The Coast Guard's out here watching,
making sure everybody makes it across it all right.
When we see our opportunity, I'm just gonna have to go
and not even think about it, so here we go.
Here we go.
ELLIS: Way to go, Jimmie.
JIMMIE: Oh (BLEEP)! Whoo!
- Wow. - TREY: High five, guys.
Made it alive. (BLEEP)
- We're alive, and we made it across. - ELLIS: Way to go, Jimmie.
I saw it. I said time to go.
ELLIS: I thought they said the bar was bad.
All right, all right, all right.
BRITTON: All right, man. You guys got this.
CATLIN: Hop in, Bo.
Heard you.
BRITTON: The last day, boys.
BO: Got to make it count.
BRITTON: I pray it counts. Yes, sir.
Coming up on the surface now.
CATLIN: Coming at the boat.
- Let me hop in. - BO: Yeah.
Everything's just right right now.
- BRITTON: You got both those darts ready? - CATLIN: Yes, sir.
BRITTON: I'm ready to go home.
CATLIN: She's still fighting.
BO: Come on, baby. Be sweet to us.
BRITTON: Sheesh.
DREW: Bait's in the water, Bobby.
BOBBY: We're fishing.
BRIAN: Game on.
BOBBY: We are fishing.
So we made it here. A little further north of The Point.
Doghouse has a fish on, so hopefully, we're next.
Heads up, Jimmie boy!
Hey, is he paying attention?
DREW: I don't know.
BOBBY: Come on, Hot Dog.
Hey, get a little closer.
(DREW LAUGHING)
BOBBY: Hey, should I just get on the radio and go, "We're tight,"
and just see if Jimmie stops?
- Should we do it? - BRIAN: Yeah. Why not?
BOBBY: I think we should (BLEEP) with him, man.
- (BLEEPING) - Whoa. Hello.
Marking him at 100.
- BRIAN: There it is. - BOBBY: Wolf pack!
BRIAN: Tight!
Real bite?
DREW: Yeah, real bite.
Two on! Two on!
Doubled up!
Doubled up, Bobby!
BOBBY: Doubled up. 803-683.
Tight right!
GREG: Bobby Bedbug's tight.
NICK: Ugh, come on, tuna.
We need a bite, man.
JIMMIE: God, no.
Bobby's got a pair on.
This is not what I wanted.
BOBBY: We're on! Aah!
We're doubled up! Last day. Doubled up.
Last day
Bobby put us on the meat.
We've been fishing 15 minutes, and we got a double.
We need one of these boys.
BOBBY: Yeah, it's gonna be hard to tell which one.
And they both smoked it, dude.
BRIAN: Is that Jimmie Bieber?
Oh, look who's coming back. Jimmie Bieber's coming back.
DREW: It's a Bieber comeback.
BRIAN: He's coming this way.
(IN SING-SONG VOICE) Come back to me, Jimmie B
Hey, Jimmie. Hey, listen, I got the two on.
They're stretched, so I'm gonna keep bumping forward.
Keep them both tight.
Just I don't know how close you wanna come to the bow.
Just be aware of that.
JIMMIE: No way will it be a problem.
BOBBY OVER RADIO: Didn't think so.
I let him know. Listen, I'm gonna keep bumping forward,
and I'm not looking out the window.
So if you're there, you're there.
If I hit you, I hit you.
(DREW LAUGHS)
JIMMIE: Come on, two-fin ballooners.
Couple boats hooked up.
Bobby Buggins is right next to us fighting a double-header,
and the Doghouse is just north of us fighting a fish also.
You know,
we're here, so we're gonna hang around Bobby
and the Doghouse, see if we can get a bite.
We've just got to finish strong if we're gonna win this thing.
Any second now, we're gonna get a bite.
Jimmie, please.
Come on, baby.
Any second now.
ELLIS: Classic tuna weather we got here.
JIMMIE: You know, my crew's been working good.
Everybody's been working together.
We've had some pretty days the last couple of weeks, so...
And the morale's been a lot higher than earlier in the season.
Earlier in the year, everybody's just down and out,
no bites, it was rough,
so with the beginning being slow
and being at the bottom of the pack and having to fight so hard
to get to where we are now, it's been tough
but it's worked out for us, you know.
We've had a good season.
We've made a lot more money this year than...
(ALL SHOUTING)
- (REEL UNSPOOLING) - JIMMIE: Taking drag?
Taking drag. Taking drag.
Got him on.
JIMMIE OVER RADIO: Um, 98-695.
(GROANS)
BRITTON: Daggone.
BO: I know.
BRITTON: Now we got to get this fish.
The competition is too close.
BRIAN: Who's that, Jimmie B?
- BOBBY: Yeah. - DREW: He get hooked up?
Yeah. Of course, he did.
You're welcome!
JOHN-MICHAEL DICKINSON: Is that little Jimmie?
Yeah, everybody's got 'em.
We left, like, two hours before him!
Three hours before him!
GREG: Kidding me.
Right where I set out.
He had a bite right where I set out.
Fished right through there.
JIMMIE: I'm tight, baby!
TREY: We need to get this guy bad.
JIMMIE: All righty, boys. Let's make this one count, boys.
JIMMIE: Come on, baby! Be the last one.
JIMMIE: I'm tight, baby!
TREY: We need to get this guy, bad.
JIMMIE: All righty, boys. Let's make this one count, boys.
Come on, baby! Be the last one.
- ELLIS: Crank, Trey. Crank, crank, crank! - JIMMIE: Did he just come off?
He come off, didn't he?
Dammit!
ELLIS: Damn, that would have been nice.
Dammit, we hooked a fish, and he came off.
That's not what we needed right now.
(GROANS)
That's painful.
Painful. This is not the day to be losing fish.
And he come off.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Come off. (LAUGHS)
ERIC: Where's everybody at?
Gotcha.
BOBBY: I think little Jimmie broke his fish off, by the way.
DREW: We got one for him. (LAUGHS)
JIMMIE: (BLEEP) dude!
I thought that was us. What a bummer. We had him on.
(GRUNTS)
(BLEEP)
ELLIS: That was the one, Jimmie.
I hope that we can get another bite.
We know the fish are around, and the competition is tight.
Bobby Buggins is fighting a double-header fish right now.
He's won this before.
He's definitely the one we needed to look out for from the beginning.
You know, the Doghouse, Britton, he's got a fish on.
We just pulled a fish off.
He's never won this, but he's...
he's going as hard as he can this year.
And we've just been fighting against each other
for a while now, you know, just fishing, fishing, fishing.
We've been neck and neck, and we can fight it out until the end.
It's gonna be close no matter what way it happens, you know.
So if we do get a fish, it's gonna be neck and neck
for who actually takes the title for this thing.
We're in a good place right now.
We just need one more. One more big one.
Just coming down to the wire. We're gonna see how this goes down.
Hoping for the best here.
CATLIN: Definitely not ready. It occasionally keeps freaking out.
BRITTON: Bud, you get her on the deck,
Jimmie's gonna be the first loser.
- BO: Lots of head shaking? - CATLIN: Yeah.
Are you getting a little bit of line,
or is she taking what you're giving?
CATLIN: She took back some, but I just got it all back.
Definitely being a classic bluefin.
Starting to maneuver around,
dart back and forth, shake its head.
Yeah, it's just a mean old bluefin just like all the rest.
This one means the most because this could possibly be
the last one until next year.
Starting to really put up a fight here.
We're winning the battle at the moment,
but that could change any second literally.
Shaking its head right now.
This is where you win or lose the fight right now.
BOBBY: We are doubled up.
He's big, dude.
Wow. Wow.
Full drag, dude.
BOBBY: Yep.
- DREW: Wow. - Well, I guess I know
which one we got to concentrate on.
Whoo! Yeah.
BOBBY: Brian, we got to move that one.
If it's up here, we can keep them away from each other.
BRIAN: I'm gonna hand this up to you, Bobby.
Yeah, I think it's a good idea.
- BRIAN: I got it. - BOBBY: I got it.
Put it over there.
Put it right here.
Let's go in that corner.
I got the boat.
Put the heat to him, Drew.
Sweet. We just got him up and out of the way.
BOBBY: Whoa, bad idea.
DREW: How am I over that line?
All right, hold on.
Here, Brian, ready?
BRIAN: Here, here, I'll go down there.
BOBBY: I'm going downstairs.
- BRIAN: See, that was a bad... - BOBBY: I got to go over the camera, Drew!
That was a bad idea.
- You got it? - BRIAN: Yeah. Yup, yup.
DREW: All right, Brian.
Bobby, forward. Forward left.
- BRIAN: Go forward, Bobby. - DREW: Hard!
Real good, Bobby. That's beautiful.
Wow, that was cool as (BLEEP)
BRIAN: No, it wasn't.
DREW: No, it wasn't.
Oh, brother, this is so much fun.
- BRIAN: Yeah. - I'm having the time of my life.
DREW: It really is.
JIMMIE: This is (BLEEP) awful.
GREG: Come on, old blue!
- DIRTY: Come on! - GREG: Raise 'em from the deep.
JIMMIE OVER RADIO: Frenzy?
You're tight?
No, I'm not.
- Where are you? - I'm southeast of you.
I'll be 92 and 73.
Okay. I wish they'd hurry up.
GREG OVER RADIO: Relax, we'll all get 'em.
JIMMIE: Well, there we have it.
Huh, did mark a few fish here.
BILLON: We're good.
Rocket said the damn bar is still big.
BILLON: Yeah.
GREG: There's no way they're gonna get out of the inlet.
The Rasta Rocket and Hog Wild has got youth on their side.
They're young, they got a lot of energy.
BILLON: Oh, boy.
GREG: But experience will always outfish youth.
BILLON: Oh, come on.
(REEL UNSPOOLING)
There he is. There he is.
Got 'em on.
GREG: I knew it was just a matter of time.
We got one on.
CLIFF: (BLEEP)
JIMMIE: Please, please, dear sweet baby infant Jesus.
Let us get another bite.
DIRTY: Finally got us a bite.
A little behind schedule.
Rock and roll.
No telling how big the fish is yet.
I think he's big enough to put in this boat.
GREG: If he's bigger than Bobby's, we'll be done in 20 minutes.
DIRTY: The words out of my mouth.
GREG: You might get the swivel here shortly.
He's acting like he's coming right up.
BRITTON: Lord, let us get this fish.
CATLIN: I don't know how long I've been fighting this fish,
but it's been a long time.
Seems like days.
It's a mean one.
We'll be lucky to get it,
we've been fighting him for so long.
I saw some shine down there.
BRITTON: Yeah, I see her.
Bo, if you get the opportunity to throw that thing,
throw that thing like you mean it!
DREW: Yeah, you get him, let's finish it.
- BRIAN: Want me to get him? - DREW: Yeah.
BOBBY: Drew, you just crushed that.
DREW: I sure did.
I'm telling you, you got to switch that rod.
It's got to be done.
I'll get the other one out of the way,
you two move that rod.
- Deal? - DREW: Yup.
BOBBY: All right, hold on, I'm coming.
I can do this one by myself. Watch out. Out of my way.
BRIAN: All right, you ready, Drew?
- I'm gonna back him off a little bit. - DREW: Yup.
Oh (BLEEP)!
(BLEEP)
All right.
DREW: Thank you, Bobby.
BOBBY: (BLEEP) you. All y'all's.
BILLON: I'm ready to seal our deal.
- GREG: I am, too. - BILLON: Is what it is.
GREG: If he would just come up here and show himself
and you can stick him, we would be fine. BILLON: Yeah.
DIRTY: Swivel's in the water.
BILLON: Here we go. Here we go.
CATLIN: Swivel's on the reel for now.
BRITTON: Come on, put out. Get that thing up here.
CATLIN: I've been powering it for hours, Captain.
(SIGHS)
BRIAN: Last fish of the season right here, boys.
Swivel's on the reel.
BOBBY: Stick him, Drew, you can reach him.
BRIAN: Hold on.
BOBBY: Hit him! Hit him!
BILLON: Very round.
GREG: Take your time. Patient.
BRITTON: Throw the dart!
Hit her somewhere in the tail, didn't it?
- CATLIN: Looks like it. - BRITTON: This is not good.
Get her up here and hit her with another dart.
GREG: Coming to you, Billon.
Stick him!
DIRTY: Perfect.
BOBBY: Hit him! Hit him! Right now.
- BRIAN: Come on. You hit him? - DREW: Yeah.
BRITTON: Getting close.
Just try to get it in the gill.
- CATLIN: Forward, forward, forward! - BO: Forward! Forward!
CATLIN: Forward!
BRITTON: Still on? Still there?
BRITTON: Hit her somewhere in the tail, didn't it?
CATLIN: Looks like it.
BRITTON: This is not good.
Get her up here and hit her with another dart.
Getting close. Just try to get it in the gill.
- CATLIN: Forward, forward, forward! - BO: Forward! Forward!
CATLIN: Forward!
BRITTON: Still on? Still there?
CATLIN: Okay.
BO: I pulled on him pretty good.
It felt in there tight.
CATLIN: Let's go ahead and get the ball out.
BRITTON: What a battle.
CATLIN: Sea monster there, Bo.
BRITTON: Try to get a swim hook in her.
- Got it? - BO: Yeah.
CATLIN: Last fish of the season, Cap.
GREG: Take our time.
Coming to you, Billon.
Stick him!
- DIRTY: Perfect. - GREG: Pull, pull, pull, Dirty.
- Pull, Billon. - BILLON: I'm pulling.
GREG: Okay, I got him.
I got him with a gaff. DIRTY: All right.
There you go. Tail rope, to his left.
BILLON: My left. My left.
- Got her. - GREG: Whoo!
(GREG LAUGHS)
End of the season, boys.
BILLON: Group hug.
Good job. That was a good job.
DIRTY: Who knows, we might not have caught all the fish this season,
but we caught some good fish.
GREG: All right, that's it.
Complete game over.
Reckon he got him?
- JIMMIE: Greg? - GREG: Yeah.
JIMMIE: Frenzy.
CLIFF: Frenzy's got one on the tail rope going home,
so does Shack.
BRANDAN: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
CLIFF: Dammit.
NICK: Just ain't our turn. Bottom line.
BRITTON: Pretty work, Frenzy boat. Swimming?
GREG OVER RADIO: I don't think we need to swim him.
He got a gill shot.
How about you? You making progress?
BRITTON: We're swimming to the west.
She fought like a gladiator.
God bless her heart.
ELLIS: Shack got his, too?
- JIMMIE: Yeah. - TREY: Oh, boy.
JIMMIE: We're just waiting on Reel E' Bugging.
TREY: Oh, boy.
BOBBY: Hit him! Hit him!
Right now.
- BRIAN: You hit him? - DREW: Yeah.
BRIAN: Beautiful, Drew. You got him now, right?
- BOBBY: I'm coming down. - DREW: I mean, he's in.
BOBBY: I'm coming around the backside.
- BOBBY: You all right? - DREW: Yeah.
BRIAN: The gaff's broken.
Here, you want me to get the tail rope?
BOBBY: Yeah, I can hold them both. I got 'em, bro.
BRIAN: You're about to break that one, too.
BOBBY: Thanks, bro.
BRIAN: Here, hold this part.
BOBBY: I'll hold him up. Drew, just watch that...
BRIAN: Hold on. I got it. I didn't get it.
BOBBY: Oh, boy.
BRIAN: All right, he's ours.
BOBBY: Dude, I can't get the gaff...
DREW: Yeah. I got the gaff tied, dude.
- BOBBY: It is? - DREW: Yeah, we'll deal with it later.
BOBBY: All right, you're gonna walk him around that pole.
DREW: I got it.
- BOBBY: I'm gonna bump it in gear. - DREW: Yup.
- BOBBY: Get the other one in. - DREW: Yup.
BOBBY: Big fish, boys.
Yeah! All right!
All the way up and turn the knob, man.
Let's just bring him in and get our hook back.
BRIAN: We got him under control.
Oh! He's gone.
BOBBY: It's all right. It is what it is. We got one.
It worked out the way it was supposed to.
- That's a wrap. - DREW: Thanks, Bobby.
BOBBY: That's a wrap. You're welcome, gentlemen.
BILLON: Welcome aboard.
GREG: Nice fish. It's another fat one.
DIRTY: What we got here?
- Is that where you're at? - GREG: Yeah.
DIRTY: 95 and a half.
GREG: Whoo! Whoo!
- Yeah, man. - DIRTY: 95, good way to end it.
BILLON: That's a good way to end it.
- DIRTY: Appreciate it, boys. - GREG: You know what?
We're heading to the barn. The fat lady is singing.
BRITTON: Ready. One, two, three.
CATLIN: Let's see how big she is.
109 inches.
BO: Oh, yeah. Yes, sir.
- 109! - CATLIN: Good job.
And fat. That's the best one this year.
BRITTON: That is the biggest one this year.
Good job, Bo.
- Good job, guys. - BRITTON: You're heroes, buddy.
CATLIN: Biggest fish of the season.
No better way to end it.
BRITTON: No better way.
BOBBY: Hey, gentlemen,
- let's pull him in. - BRIAN AND DREW: All right.
DREW: There you go.
Sweet, brother. Sweet.
- (GRUNTING) - Damn, he's fat.
He's got more hardware in him than an ACE.
- BOBBY: Yeah. - (DREW LAUGHING)
DREW: Let's measure him.
BOBBY: 96.
DREW: 96, nice.
BOBBY: On the number, beautiful.
That's a wrap, and that's the way to end it, man.
DREW: He's FLM, Bobby.
- Fat like me. - (ALL LAUGH)
- BOBBY: Fat like me. - DREW: Fat like me, buddy.
BRIAN: Let's get some of this stuff out of him.
DENNIS GORE: Last day of the season. I didn't think it would ever come.
Would have been nice to get at least another day, but...
GREG: Let's see how this one ends up.
We need to end up on a high note.
DENNIS: All right, well, let's check it out.
GREG: This is one of the tightest races we've ever had.
There's only several thousand dollars
separating first place from last place.
It's really gonna come down to everyone's final fish.
I wish we had this one at the beginning. How big is it?
DENNIS: 477 pounds dressed.
- GREG: Oh, my God. - BILLON: Whoo!
- Beautiful plug. - Let's see what he looks like.
It's anyone's game,
so we wanna see a high-fat content
and a perfect color in the tail cut and core sample.
That'll get us what we need to pull ahead of everyone.
And if all goes well, we'll win this thing.
Well, you guys harvested a nice fish
for your last fish of the season.
The fish is a little hot because you jetted in here so quick,
but I do see some fat starting to fan through these majors.
Tail color's not perfect, but the core color's more important.
Let's see what the core looks like.
- Oh, look at that. - GREG: Plenty good. Greasy.
That's a really nice core.
How are we gonna do with this last one here?
Gonna finish up the season on a good note.
I'm gonna pay you $13.
GREG: Yes!
That's good. I'll tell you what, man. Happy to have it.
I think that's a wrap.
- Oh, yeah, that's a wrap. - Awesome.
All right, Dennis. Thank you. I appreciate it.
See you in 2022.
I'm sure you will.
Let's hope it's enough.
We're right there in the running.
BILLON: Time will tell.
NARRATOR: Fishin' Frenzy's catch puts them in position
for a fifth win.
But with two fish coming in
and the majority of the fleet still at sea,
the day is far from over.
ERIC: Last day.
Nerves is shot.
ADAM: One last paycheck for the season.
Fishing in the meat socket.
I feel real good about this spot.
ADAM: Today's the last day.
We just wanna finish out the season
a little bit stronger than we already are.
There's a lot of boats getting bites.
Doghouse got a fish.
Bobby's got a fish. Greg's got him.
We took a big risk crossing that bar.
Tearing something up and/or getting hurt.
As the slowest boat in the fleet,
we got the disadvantage right now.
We have two hours to hook up
if we want any shot of making it back on time.
We're just gonna wait
till we can punch our ticket west.
Made it out here, now we need to capitalize on the fish.
ADAM: Yes, sir.
(BIRDS SQUAWKING)
ADAM: Hey, look at them birds up there.
A what?
ADAM: Look at the birds working in that slick underneath them.
ERIC: Need to go check it out.
ADAM: I will.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Oh, yeah. Big slick.
The birds are working.
(REEL UNSPOOLING)
There he is! There he is!
ERIC: Hell yeah!
We got a screamer!
All righty.
The Outlaw is tight.
Outlaw is tight.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Bam-bam! He is smoking it, son.
Whoo! Damn, he is pissed.
ADAM: You got to go!
JOHN-MICHAEL: This is the one right here, boys.
ERIC: It's gonna put us ahead, let's go.
JOHN-MICHAEL: All right, go, go, go!
Man, he smoked it, son.
Stay tight, baby. Last fish, last day of the season. Come on.
Last day. Last fish. We just got to keep him on.
ERIC: Line going out!
- ADAM: That's a big fish. - ERIC: LGO.
Fish goes wherever he wants to go. That's a big fish.
ERIC: Well, we had a lot of line back.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Got to love it. At least it feels good today. Another one.
There it is.
Yeah. Yeah. Whoo!
- ERIC: Here, John, crank him in. - JOHN-MICHAEL: All right.
ERIC: Turn the handle.
Last one of the season right here, fellas.
11:30 tonight, done.
This is it right here for the Offshore Outlaw.
ADAM: I hope so.
I hope this is the one.
ERIC: We really, really need this fish, as slow as we are.
This is gonna be fish number 11 for us right here
that's on the end of that rod.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Deep color! Swivel!
Making a pinwheel.
ERIC: He's coming up. You got to get on it.
Pull him here, John. Pull him up.
ADAM: Come on, crank him up here.
- ERIC: He ain't coming. - ADAM: Take the shot!
- JOHN-MICHAEL: Want me to? - ADAM: Yes!
JOHN-MICHAEL: All right. I don't want you to throw it.
You should have got him right there.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Yeah. Let me throw it.
Black back.
- ERIC: Crank, John. - JOHN-MICHAEL: I am, man.
Look, I got my arm pulling on it.
If we don't pull it in, I can't help it.
What do you want me to do?
I'm looking at the rod straight.
Yeah. I'm pushing on the rod. You ain't.
ADAM: You should have took that shot, dude.
JOHN-MICHAEL: If it ain't going in, I can't help it.
- ADAM: He's right there. - Watch the rod. Keep it straight.
JOHN-MICHAEL: I am watching the rod, son.
You wanna come fight it, come fight it.
ERIC: You got to keep it bent.
Yours does the same thing, too, Eric.
I just don't call you out every time you do it.
ERIC: Yeah, yeah.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Swivel!
ADAM: Now! You should have got him right there.
Right here!
Oh, God, he's coming. Get him.
Get him, get him, get him, get him, get him!
JOHN-MICHAEL: (BLEEP)
He's gonna hit the boat. The (BLEEP) boat.
- ADAM: He's gone. Stick him! - ERIC: Stick him!
ADAM: Stick him with something! I don't care!
Now! Stick his ass.
- ERIC: There you go. - JOHN-MICHAEL: Tail gaff.
- Whoo! - ERIC: Nice!
ADAM: Yes!
JOHN-MICHAEL: All right.
ADAM: Last one of the season, fellas.
Whoo!
- Let me know when you're ready. - JOHN-MICHAEL: All right.
Yeah, put it forward.
ERIC: Hush. Hush.
All right, we got ours on the rope, too.
ZACK OVER RADIO: Save some fish for us, guys.
(ADAM WHISTLES) Is that the Rasta Rocket?
JOHN-MICHAEL: And there's the Rasta.
- ERIC: Tough, son. - ADAM: They are.
DANIEL: Well, we made it out here.
Yeah, we was able to sneak out
just by the hair of our teeth.
We wasn't even gonna come out here
for a little bit of time that we're gonna have fishing.
We got to take every bit that we can get.
In previous seasons, being in second to last place,
we wouldn't even have a shot to win.
However, it's neck and neck.
This season, our biggest fish was over 700 pounds,
and our highest price was $17 a pound.
If we can get another top dollar giant,
it's going to be game over for the other boats.
We really got to make things count today.
I don't wanna be on the bottom of the fleet.
ADAM: Whoo! Number 11, baby.
ERIC: John, let's get the tape out.
(JOHN-MICHAEL LAUGHS) 93 and a half.
- ADAM: There you go. - JOHN-MICHAEL: Whoo!
Box it up with a big red bow.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Pretty work, boys.
ADAM: End the season out right here, 2021.
- Number 11. - JOHN-MICHAEL: Boom!
Boom! Number 11, baby!
- ADAM: That's it. - ERIC: Game over.
ADAM: 2021 season is over. Yee-haw.
JIMMIE: Please let us get another bite.
TREY: Shack caught his fish.
Frenzy caught a fish.
ELLIS: Stressful, man. I wanna win.
I don't know. Right now, my head's all in a jumble.
JIMMIE: We had a bite. We had our opportunity.
It sucks knowing that we were that close to just being able to kick our feet back
and be done with our season, but cross our fingers,
you know, if we get a fish, we could win this.
I smell 'em.
JIMMIE: And if we don't, we're gonna lose it all
right here at the very end, so...
We need a fish really, really bad right now.
Right now, we've got to catch a fish.
(BIRDS SQUAWKING)
Holy porpoises. Need to fish around these guys.
Could be a good spot here.
TREY: It's beautiful.
That's the prettiest thing I've seen all day.
- JIMMIE: What? - Porpoises.
All the porpoises.
ELLIS: Please be tunas below.
Oh!
- JIMMIE: Come on, baby! - Got him on.
Got him on. Um... 801-694.
(BLEEP)
We'll get him.
The Rasta boys and us...
CLIFF: We're the last boats not to hook up so far.
We suck.
JIMMIE OVER RADIO: Hellacious mark with them porpoises.
There you go. Catch 'em up!
Little Jimmie just hooked a fish,
and you know it's gonna be tight.
Go get him, little Jimmie.
- JIMMIE: Thank you, Shack. - TREY: What'd he say?
JIMMIE: "Go get him, little Jimmie."
ELLIS: That ain't what he's thinking.
No. Is he tight, Ellis?
Yeah. Yeah, he got them.
JIMMIE: Am I good to climb off the bridge or what?
ELLIS: Yeah. Yeah.
JIMMIE: I'm just worried he keeps going slack and everything.
- ELLIS: He's taking right now. - JIMMIE: Yeah.
- Could be us here. - ELLIS: This could be.
He took a lot of string.
Just kind of nerve-wracking, here we got to get some string back.
My God, this fish is pissed.
JIMMIE: Come on.
- All right, Trey. - TREY: All right, I'm coming.
JIMMIE: Oh, please, God.
Please just say on there.
Come on. This could be the one for us.
ELLIS: Another 100 incher, Jimmie, I think we might win this thing.
- JIMMIE: Come on, baby. - ELLIS: I hope it's a good one.
I don't like this at all.
Can you feel the fish on there?
- TREY: Yeah. He's on there. - JIMMIE: Okay. Okay.
If there was ever a fish that we need, it's this one right here.
TREY: (BLEEP)
JIMMIE: We might have said we need all the rest of them,
but we need this one extra, extra bad.
Last paycheck.
We got to do everything we can to keep it tight.
Starting to feel like we're getting somewhere.
ELLIS: He's still on the surface.
TREY: Yeah.
You wanna crank on him, Jimmie?
JIMMIE: He ain't really got to feel the pressure yet, you know what I mean?
TREY: No, he ain't felt it yet.
ELLIS: He's about to.
JIMMIE: He's just kind of crazy right now, which I don't love.
ELLIS: He's kind of all over the place.
JIMMIE: He's acting like a nicer fish now.
Oh, God, that one scared me. That was completely slack.
ELLIS: God, they're weird.
He'll turn his head straight up and go completely slack.
You'll think you lost him, crank down, it comes back tight again.
It's just a very nerve-wracking situation we got going on here.
It's scary because he can shake that hook
out of his head at any minute.
ELLIS: Dude, I'm gonna have a heart attack.
Most important fish we've had on all year.
This is a lot of stress on this line.
ELLIS: This is the decider
whether we're winners or losers.
JIMMIE: Come here. Come here. Come here. Come here.
Get on that. Crank. Crank. Crank. Crank. Crank.
I didn't like it. He kind of acted like he wanted to take off underneath of me.
He's going down.
JIMMIE: He's just swimming with the waves right now.
ELLIS: Yep. He's feeling that now.
Probably gonna see him here in a second.
JIMMIE: Oh, I see him down there.
- ELLIS: You see him? - JIMMIE: Yeah, I do see him.
ELLIS: Oh, I see you, you big grease ball.
- JIMMIE: Looks like a nice one. - TREY: He definitely is a nice one.
JIMMIE: Swivel.
Two more circles, baby.
- Two more circles. - ELLIS: Big one.
JIMMIE: It is a big one.
We got to have our fish back by 11:30.
- Oh, we need this one so bad. - ELLIS: So bad.
JIMMIE: He's about to breach.
(BLEEP)!
ELLIS: You bastard.
JIMMIE: Stay on there for two more minutes.
ELLIS: God, he's a crazy-ass acting fish.
JIMMIE: Damn, that is a nice one.
Black backing right now. You got the swivel on the pole?
TREY: Yep, he's about right here.
ELLIS: Good shot, Jimmie.
JIMMIE: Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
He's all twisted up now.
The dart's tangled with the line.
You don't wanna break the main line on the fishing pole.
- Oh, boy. - ELLIS: Not good, not good.
JIMMIE: I know, I know, I know.
ELLIS: There he is.
- JIMMIE: You got the swivel on the pole? - TREY: Yep, he's about right here.
ELLIS: Good shot, Jimmie.
JIMMIE: Oh, boy. Oh, boy.
He's all twisted up now.
The dart's tangled with the line.
You don't wanna break the main line on the fishing pole.
- Oh, boy. - ELLIS: Not good, not good.
JIMMIE: I know, I know, I know.
ELLIS: You got to go over my pole.
JIMMIE: You got to be very careful here.
Hang on. Don't reel for just a second.
- Trey, get a gaff. - ELLIS: Trey, get a gaff.
JIMMIE: Back the drag off, Ellis.
Help me out, Trey.
Can you untwist it from the line?
Actually, just get a gaff. Get a gaff.
All right, get him good. Get him good.
- Get him good. - TREY: I got him.
JIMMIE: All right. Let me get his tail.
You're gonna have to get on my right side.
Got him, boys!
(ALL CHEERING AND WHOOPING)
JIMMIE: Thank the Lord. Whoo!
- That might do it for us, baby. - TREY: That may do it.
JIMMIE: Thank god, baby. Yes!
Yes. We're done. Game over.
We got him. Number 13.
Hell yeah, boys, it's a big one, too. Goddamn.
TREY: Baker's dozen, honey.
JIMMIE: Damn right.
ELLIS: Dart shot of the year, Jimmie.
TREY: God, yes!
Whoo-hoo! Yes.
That's as good a feeling as you can get right there.
JIMMIE: Oh, my God.
It's a big one.
JIMMIE OVER RADIO: God, epic battle.
CLIFF: Dammit, Nick.
- I don't like to wait. - NICK: We'll be all right, we'll get one.
It just ain't our turn.
It sucks, but it just ain't our turn.
CLIFF: Last year, same (BLEEP) we didn't catch a fish
at the end of the season last day.
(EXHALES)
I don't wanna go in two years in a row like that.
That blows.
JIMMIE OVER RADIO: Whoever's still fishing,
marking some fish in here
800 and 700.
Dammit. We're at the 670 right now.
NICK: It's gonna happen.
CLIFF: I don't know why in the hell we can't get a trolling bite.
All them boats stopped around us all damn day.
If everybody gets a bite around you,
you should probably get a bite, too.
NICK: Well, if you ain't got no faith in it,
we should put the stick out.
I don't know if that's the right move or not.
- NICK: Do it. - But I'd like to do it.
NICK: Do it, crank that (BLEEP) up. I'll go down swinging, (BLEEP).
It's very tense out here
and for everybody to be catching a fish
and to be on the radio talking about it,
it's breaking my heart.
I mean, I need to get a bite.
We haven't caught anything on the ballyhoos all day.
We've been having marks and just not getting a bite.
The last thing we want to happen
is for our season to end like it did last year.
Going into Wanchese with our heads hung low
with no tuna.
I mean, I got one more trick up my sleeve.
And that's what I know the best, is my greenstick.
We're gonna get a bite. I got a good feeling.
ELLIS: Oh.
One more. He's a big one.
JIMMIE: Damn he's a big one.
ELLIS: What a fish.
TREY: He is.
- Beautiful. - ELLIS: What a fish.
TREY: All right.
ELLIS: What a dart shot.
TREY: Beautiful.
JIMMIE: 100 and a half.
Just a little bit over 100. 100 and a half.
- TREY: All right, guys. - End it with a 100 incher.
ELLIS: Big fat one, too.
He's round for 100 inches, that's for damn sure.
ELLIS: He is.
Take as good care of him as you can.
He's a round fish,
so we're gonna need everything we can get from him.
I heard Britton saying his fish was a big fish, too.
So y'all just get some ice on him so we can get the best we can get for him.
- We're gonna need it. - ELLIS: All right.
We'll get him right.
- Okay? - Yeah.
JIMMIE: Number 13.
Good way to end the season. A really round long fish.
- (BOTH GRUNT) - There he is.
JIMMIE: Excited about that.
We just need to get a good price and put us where we wanna be
because it's gonna come down to the very bitter end,
But regardless, at the end of the day,
no matter what price we get,
nobody, nobody in this whole competition
caught more fish than we did,
so that's a really good accomplishment.
The Doghouse caught just as many,
but nobody caught more than us.
ELLIS: You did perfect.
TREY: Your dad would be proud of you.
Guys, I'm so excited.
Bottom of the ninth. Y'all delivered.
- Last day. - Sure did.
Wow, how long is she?
BRITTON: 109.
- ERIC: Wow, might be your biggest one. - We saved the biggest for last.
Biggest for the last for sure.
Let's check it out.
BRITTON: Micah's been saying she wanted a baker's dozen from me.
My slip is number 13. I was number 13 playing baseball.
13's always been my number,
and we ended up with a bang on 13 today.
Great competition, but I got it.
All right, it's the moment of truth, Eric.
MICAH DANIELS: 663 pounds.
- BRITTON: Wow. - So awesome.
- That's the way to end it. - Biggest one of the year.
Absolute monster.
Let's take it over here and check it out a little more.
- BRITTON: Absolutely. - CATLIN: Let's check it out.
All right. Clearly, it's got great color.
You see the fat and the marbling.
BRITTON: Yeah, you can see the separation...
- MICAH: Mmm-hmm. - Well, let's check the core out.
BRITTON: I wanna see it.
- ERIC: Wow, that's a nice fish. - MICAH: Cool.
It's gorgeous. Let me tell you something.
Guys, you couldn't have ended with a better fish.
It's not bad for your first season.
MICAH: I told you I needed another fish.
I said bring me number 13.
- And, guys, you did it. - ERIC: You guys delivered.
And it's over. - MICAH: Yes.
It's a primo fish.
Last fish of the season. It's a large fish.
MICAH: I wanted another fish.
I said bring me number 13.
- And, guys, you did it. - You guys delivered.
- And it's over. - MICAH: Yes.
It's a primo fish.
Last fish of the season.
It's a large fish.
It's gonna be $12 a pound.
- BO: Oh, yeah. - CATLIN: Good job, Cap.
ERIC: Well, it's been an awesome season, fellas.
I appreciate it. Thank you so much.
ERIC: It's been an awesome season. We'll be glad to see you guys next year.
- Good job, buddy. - Yeah, thank you.
Y'all officially get rest, okay?
- BO: We'll see y'all next year. - MICAH: Yeah.
BRITTON: Almost $8,000.
I think we got it.
It's just a waiting game at this point.
NARRATOR: As the day winds down,
Doghouse takes the lead with their biggest fish of the season,
jumping almost three grand ahead
at a crucial point in the competition.
CLIFF: No love for us.
No love for us.
NICK: Here on the Outer Banks, I'm known as a stick fisherman.
It's traditional North Carolina gear.
This year, the greenstick wasn't working.
It just wasn't the year for it.
And I struggled. Struggled bad.
But then again, I've been fishing the ballyhoo
since daylight,
and I haven't caught anything on them.
I'm gonna pull this greenstick for the last hour of daylight.
Hopefully, I can get a bite.
MAN OVER RADIO: A lot of marks
as I'm sitting here drifting, Cliff.
BRANDAN: Doesn't matter if we can't catch 'em.
CLIFF: Hey, Nick.
- NICK: Yo? - Hey, come here.
Now he's seeing marks drift,
and I'm seeing marks down there about 150.
NICK: 150, we'll get 'em.
Getting ready to get a bite. I know it.
We start our season that way, we're gonna end our season that way.
If I'm gonna lose, I'm gonna lose on my court.
We ain't got but about an hour before we got to stop.
NICK: Come on, baby.
(MONITOR BEEPING)
Here come some marks. Ten fathoms.
NICK: All right. Keep dragging. How, how big of a mark?
CLIFF: Looks pretty damn good really.
(BLEEP) looks real good.
75 feet, a wad of them.
A damn good wad.
NICK: (BLEEP) that was a good mark.
There he is on the stick!
Missed him! Missed him! Missed him!
- (LINE SNAPS) - There he is! Got him on!
Hydros are on.
NICK: Get that breakaway off. Grab it.
Burning us down.
God almighty, about ripped my fingertips off.
Big boy, it looked like.
- CLIFF: You see him? - NICK: Hell yeah, I saw him.
Missed one first, and one grabbed it.
I was still jigging it. Freaking.
CLIFF: Is that what popped your hand?
NICK: It got my fingers. It didn't cut me or nothing.
It just stung on my fingertips.
CLIFF: Please, we gotta catch this, boys.
NICK: Hey. Look, I need gloves. Big gloves.
CLIFF: All right. I got you.
BRANDAN: They're behind the door, I think.
CLIFF: Yup. Yup.
NICK: Well, got us a greenstick bite.
CLIFF: Hey.
There you go. Nice.
See if we can get him now. It's a long way from it.
CLIFF: Yeah. We better shake right now.
We've been all day though.
NICK: All right. Go ahead, spin around on him a little bit.
Get him right about there maybe.
There's a lot of pressure on this thing.
There's a lot of stuff that can go wrong.
You know, this thing is dangerous, too.
This is hydraulics. This ain't like a damn hand-cranked reel.
A lot of (BLEEP) can go wrong.
Get your hand caught up in it, it'll rip your fingers right off.
Anyway, we got us a chance here, boys.
If it all works out, we'll be lucky here.
Got your darts, gaffs, everything?
There's been a lot of fish on the dock today,
but we still got a chance.
BOBBY: Season's over. That's it. It's a wrap.
Pulling into Wanchese Harbor last time.
DENNIS: Well, you made it through another season, fellas.
You got a friend traveling with you.
BOBBY: Dennis, the last fish of the season,
it's a, it's a happy-sad day, you know?
- Bittersweet. - This one's important.
We need a good dollar amount on this one.
I mean, we had big engine problems.
If this is a good one, we didn't waste the whole season
and leave here losing money.
All right. Well, let's check it out.
Let's get him up there. Let's take a look.
After today's flurry of bites and looked like everyone's catching,
it is critical that we get top dollar for this fish,
that it dresses up nice and it's pretty.
I mean, if we want any chance of winning this thing,
this has to be a top dollar fish.
All right, Dennis. What's she weigh dressed?
DENNIS: 413 pounds dressed.
- Ohhh! - Yeah!
Let's go see what she looks like on the inside
and find out how much we're getting paid.
- All right. Let's go check it out. - BOBBY: Thank you, Dennis.
BRIAN: Yeah, looks nice right there.
All right, guys. Not a bad fish to close out the season.
The shape was fairly nice on your fish. I thought that I would see some more fat.
I just see a little bit here
just getting started in the minor lobes
and just little skin fat here.
Let's check out your core.
BRIAN: No yaki. No yaki.
Yeah.
DENNIS: Yeah, it's a little light, your core.
Not as sharp as some of the fish you've been landing this season.
So this is, you know, kind of an average fish.
BOBBY: Well, with that being said, let me ask you a dumb question.
What's the best price you can get for an average fish?
DENNIS: I'm gonna pay you $10.
- BOBBY: Yeah! Excellent, bro! - DREW: Yeah! All right.
Dennis, it's been a hell of season.
- I appreciate what you do, really. - DENNIS: Thank you...
We'll see you next year, obviously.
You did a nice job on your fish this year.
- Thank you very much. - DREW: Thank you, Dennis.
BOBBY: Everyone had double-digit fish.
I mean, I don't think that's ever happened.
I mean, it was... it was epic.
We'll just have to wait till the end of the day
to see who takes this thing.
Little Shell and Rasta Rocket have not caught so far today.
I would not wanna still have to be out there.
CLIFF: We're getting down to the nitty-gritty.
All right. Here comes another drop.
BRANDAN: I'm ready. I'm ready.
NICK: Easy. Easy, Cliff. He's doing some freaky (BLEEP).
He's back there far enough.
All right, we're gonna have a big tangle here.
BRANDAN: He's on that one.
- NICK: Stop, no, he's not. - BRANDAN: No, he's not? Yeah. Yeah.
NICK: Stop, stop the Bandit reel real quick. Just slow it down.
CLIFF: Brandan, come hold this Bandit. I gotta put it in gear.
BRANDAN: All right. I got you. I got you.
CLIFF: You want some scissors?
NICK: Yeah. Scissors.
- CLIFF: Here. - NICK: Cut that squid right here.
Cut it.
Let him, let him go down again.
That's typical for a greenstick to get a little bit of a tangle.
He pulled it down, you know, there's a lot of hooks on there.
Take your time, Cliff.
We're getting along, we'll just take our time here.
CLIFF: All right. Here comes the drop.
NICK: He's gonna be on this one, Brandan.
BRANDAN: All right. I'm ready.
NICK: Real easy, Cliff. Real easy.
Slow down.
CLIFF: Come on. Put it in gear.
NICK: All right. Go ahead a little bit. Go ahead. Go ahead.
Keep going ahead.
Here he is, Brandan. Nail him!
Get your tail gaff.
CLIFF: Talk to me.
NICK: Stop the boat. I got him. Stop the boat.
Tail rope!
Right side of Brandan! Tail rope!
Right side of Brandan! Ah!
Here! Right side.
- CLIFF: He's got a tail on this big. - NICK: We ain't got it yet now!
Let's get it on him!
(BRANDAN SCREAMS)
NICK: Right side of Brandan! Tail rope!
Ah!
Here! Right side.
We have him. Let's get it on him.
(BRANDAN SCREAMS)
NICK: Hit right in the face.
CLIFF: Let's get it on him.
NICK: Pull it tight, pull it tight, pull it tight.
- Get it on the cleat. Get it on the cleat. - BRANDAN: I'ma stay on.
The cleat! The cleat! The cleat! (GROANING)
NICK: Right in the face.
CLIFF: All right. He's ours, boys.
NICK: Whoo-hoo! Yeah!
Big fish.
Hit me right in the face with his tail. Lost my hat.
Whoo!
NICK OVER RADIO: Okay, boys. Swimming west.
Got like 4-59.
DANIEL: Nick got him one.
ZACK: Where'd he say he was at?
DANIEL: I think he said 4-59.
Let's ride.
Nick just caught up the road from us about eight miles...
so we're gonna move up there to him.
ZACK: To know that we've pushed it as hard as we have
and to come out here this last day with it being so rough,
it's just heartbreaking that we don't have a fish right now.
We've pushed and we've pushed, and we deserve one.
SHANE: How far?
- DANIEL: Huh? - SHANE: How far?
Three miles.
ZACK: It was just down to two,
and now Little Shell put a rope on his fish.
He gave us the number, so we're gonna haul butt over there
and give it one more chance.
If we don't get a fish in the boat within the next three hours,
then the season's over for us.
DANIEL: Rub Minnie on the reels?
- (GRUNTING) - (OVERLAPPING CHATTER)
BRANDAN: (BLEEP)
CLIFF: All right, hold it. Let me get it.
Damn, son. (GRUNTING)
NICK: Good god, look at them sickles.
CLIFF: He is a monster. (GRUNTING)
NICK: Soon as we get to the deck, tie that (BLEEP) off.
CLIFF: All right. Watch yourself now.
One, two, three.
Hold on. Don't get, don't get in it.
- NICK: Let him go. Let him go. - (ROPE SNAPS)
- NICK: Holy (BLEEP) - BRANDAN: Holy (BLEEP), boys.
NICK: It's all right. It's all right. Get the tape measure.
CLIFF: What is he, boys?
NICK: 109!
CLIFF: Yeah!
109 inches.
We can't sit here and mess with him too much. We gotta go.
CLIFF: All right. Let's go.
BRANDAN: Biggest one of the season, baby, huh?
ADAM: Got one.
SCOTT "SCOTSO" D'AMICO: Guys, we've come to an end.
Hey, we see this fish laying in the deck of this boat,
and we're here and we're all safe.
It was worth it.
You guys were able to steal one more fish.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Last day of the season.
I said, "We got to try to get one, one more paycheck."
All righty, guys. What do you think? You wanna take a look at this fish?
One last time, Scotty.
One last time. Let's take a look at it.
ADAM: You know, we went into this season,
we wanted to catch at least ten fish.
That would put us financially where we needed to be.
- SCOTT: It's a nice one. - JOHN-MICHAEL: Yeah.
SCOTT: Really good shape on this.
ADAM: So today we caught number 11.
Extremely excited about that.
What have we got, Scott?
SCOTT: You guys are looking at 316 pounds dressed.
- I like it. - SCOTT: That's a nice fish right there.
Yeah. I'm interested in that cut.
Yeah. Wait till you guys check this out.
- You guys. - ERIC: Oh, yeah.
SCOTT: It's a really nice fish.
Funny how it's the end of the season and you come across diamonds like this.
This isn't your average red meat fish here.
This thing is loaded.
I'll tell you what I'm excited to see,
the rest of it.
SCOTT: All right. Let's see what we got.
- Boom. - There you go.
- That's what I'm talking about. - JOHN-MICHAEL: Whoa. Told you.
SCOTT: You can't ask for anything better than that.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Look at that. It's glowing, son.
ADAM: That is pretty.
ERIC: Yeah. Look at that.
At the end of the day,
what are we gonna get for this fish?
Well, guys, bottom line...
you guys are looking at 15 bucks a pound.
- Yeah! - There you go.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Whoo! $4,500 on the last day!
Going out with a bang.
- That's right. - ADAM: Hell yeah.
You guys, it's been a great year.
- ADAM: Yeah, man. - Appreciate it.
- SCOTT: Thank you for everything. - All the help,
the fuel, the ice, man, appreciate it, man.
- SCOTT: No problem, man. - ADAM: We'll do it again next year.
Until next year.
All right, you guys, see you later.
ADAM: I feel like we did a great job.
Finished the season up strong. We are where we want to be.
JOHN-MICHAEL: Way to go, fellas. We got him.
We're just getting used to the grind.
(CHUCKLES)
ZACK: All right. Last chance for the Rasta.
Want me to put the bait in the water...
start pulling it out past swivel?
DANIEL: Yeah, yeah, that's cool.
We try to put ourselves in the prime position
to get a bite here before sunset,
but we're the last boat standing right now.
We was about four miles up just a second ago.
Up towards The Point,
and Nick called out he just caught a fish on the 450.
He said he was marking a lot of fish
and it looked promising.
That we needed to get here.
So we got our fingers crossed
that we can get one in the next couple hours.
We got the fastest boat in the fleet, so this ain't over yet.
SHANE: Blue rubber band or what?
I thought you were waiting for something.
We're on!
- DANIEL: Huh? - SHANE: We're on!
ZACK: What you need?
Come on, baby.
Please.
Please, stay on.
He's hooked down, maybe?
- DANIEL: Maybe. - ZACK: Maybe.
- DANIEL: We hope. - SHANE: All right.
Let me prepare myself.
DANIEL: Oh, maybe he's settled in.
ZACK: Fingers crossed it stays on.
DANIEL: Getting it right now.
ZACK: This could be big for us.
We just want to get this one.
What you need, Daniel?
DANIEL: Move it to the bow just in case.
SHANE: Oh, he went to the bow with it.
ZACK: He said he was moving it to the bow just in case.
Might be in for a battle here, boys.
You good?
DANIEL: Maybe push that spotlight down a little.
SHANE: Gonna try to clear up some room behind you.
ZACK: You getting anything?
DANIEL: I'm gaining a little.
- Swivel. - ZACK: Huh?
- DANIEL: Swivel. - SHANE: Swivel?
Can't see (BLEEP).
SHANE: Is he big enough?
ZACK: You getting anything?
DANIEL: I'm gaining a little.
- Swivel. - ZACK: Huh?
DANIEL: Swivel.
SHANE: Can't see (BLEEP).
SHANE: Is he big enough?
DANIEL: Duh-duh-duh shark.
ZACK: Shark?
DANIEL: Oh, yeah.
SHANE: Imagine that.
Here, hold her.
ZACK: Dang.
DANIEL: Thought it was right.
Ugh!
ZACK: On the last day of the season,
the last thing I want to do is to go home empty-handed.
(SIGHS)
Well, damn. There is that.
ZACK: However, we've had a successful season this year,
and we got our heads held up high on how it's turned out.
I think it's time to call it, boys.
The season's over for us.
SHANE: There's that. There's that.
DANIEL: Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don't.
Guys.
Right down to the wire again, Scotty.
It's gotta be what, 110 inches?
Yeah, he's 109.
- Okay. - You wanna take a look at him?
SCOTT: Let's do it.
JIMMIE: Last one of the year, number 13.
DENNIS: Whoa. You got a stud on there.
If there's ever one we needed to count,
it's this one right here, but he's a little bit skinnier
than I thought he was when we pulled him in the boat.
Let's check it out.
NICK: What's the dress weight, Scotty?
SCOTT: You guys have 637 pounds dressed.
All right. Yeah.
What do we got for weight?
584 pounds dressed, Jimmie.
- 500-pounder. - We got the weight, Jimmie.
- We got the weight. - Whew.
It's all up to you now.
Well, let's see how it grades out, fellas.
There is a lot of fat in this.
Nice. I love to hear that.
SCOTT: This color is gorgeous.
- Very nice. - NICK: All good things, Scotty.
SCOTT: It's loaded with fat.
Well, it's our only greenstick fish of the year.
Well, that's what I'm worried about.
As long as it's not burnt, you guys will do well on this.
I think we'll be okay.
Let's see what you guys did with this core.
- NICK: Beautiful. - SCOTT: Nothing to worry about there.
NICK: No. It looks great.
Well, you guys are lucky you made the deadline.
- Yeah. - 'Cause this one's worth it.
Great color,
and this fish really is loaded with fat.
All right. Well, what's our take-home?
Bottom line, guys...
15 bucks a pound.
All right!
NICK: Yeah, guys.
- Good job. - CLIFF: Way to end the season.
Scotty, it's been a good season, man.
Thank you very much. I appreciate it.
NICK: Sorry to see it end, but I don't think I've ever seen
a tuna season so close.
I didn't quite win, but it's the biggest fish of the season for us.
Great way to end.
- Thank you, very much, man. - You guys did great.
- Awesome. Well done. - See you next year.
BRANDAN: Good doing business with you.
ELLIS: All comes down to the price here.
All right.
When I made the first tail cut on your fish tonight,
I thought I saw some white cloud in there,
which would have been a big problem.
But I made a recut, and it's clean.
There's, like, thick, thick gobs of fat here in the major lobes.
And it's nice, really greasy oily meat.
And the tail color is good.
So I think if the core color is good on this fish,
you guys are in good shape.
Okay. Whew, we need this one, bad.
DENNIS: And that is just beautiful.
- ELLIS: Perfect. Perfect. - DENNIS: Just beautiful.
JIMMIE: You're getting me excited. Don't let me down.
What are we thinking for a price?
- $13 a pound. - All right, boys!
ck yeah!
- Thank you, Dennis. - ELLIS: Thank you, Dennis.
Congratulations, guys.
You did a great job this year.
- Thank you very much. - JIMMIE: We'll see you.
ELLIS: Thank you so much. Appreciate you.
JIMMIE: Won't get to see you until next year.
NARRATOR: After a back and forth battle,
Little Shell's jumbo lands them
ahead of Nick's old boss on the Fishin' Frenzy.
And a triumphant win for Hog Wild
earns the youngest crew in the fleet their first title,
proving the Southern fishery is full of guts
and grit, no matter the age or experience.
Thanks for being here for all of it. We did it.
You're my hero. All you guys are.
JIMMIE: Oh. Oh, we did it.
Yes, you did.
- And I'm right proud of you. - Thank you.
I'll just be peacocking. Like I always do.
JIMMIE: I know you will.
Caught a lot of fish.
- I know. Thirteen. - Especially in the end.
Five over five hundred.
Glad we got you for statistics.
- TREY: He tracks every single thing. - JIMMIE: Yeah.
Oh, that's good stuff.
Oh, boy.
Let's get this boat cleaned up and go home.
ELLIS: Yeah.
BRITTON: Guys, it's hard to believe it's over.
The closest season ever.
CATLIN: I was anxious at the very beginning,
never fishing with you before.
It really couldn't have worked out any better.
Y'all coalesced as good as two people I've ever seen.
I'm very proud of y'all.
CATLIN: I've never worked with a team that worked together as well as we did.
BRITTON: Yeah.
NICK: Well, that's it. No more fishing.
Give us a little bit more time, I feel like...
we could have passed everybody and won this thing,
but anytime you beat the four-time champion,
Frenzy, you're catching fish.
GREG: I wish we had a few more days to fish.
BILLON: It's always bittersweet.
Let's get everything wrapped up. I got checks for you guys.
Cool.
GREG: I still can't believe little Jimmie got us.
BILLON: Anybody can get lucky once.
BRIAN: You know, we wanted to finish on top,
we didn't finish on top.
Listen, had we not had mechanical issues,
there's no way we don't at least come in
near the top or probably the top.
- I believe that. - BRIAN: 100%
BOBBY: You gotta be proud.
JOHN-MICHAEL: That'd be a wrap for 2021.
At the end of the day, I feel real good about the season.
I'm happy, everybody worked hard.
A record year, if you ask me.
ADAM: You know, it's time to go home and get some R&R.
ZACK: Yeah. I think we need to be proud of ourselves.
SHANE: Oh, yeah. Another season.
To another safe, successful season.
ZACK: Yeah, man. Hopefully, we're gonna get back here next year
and do the same thing.
DANIEL: Lord willing and the creek don't rise.
- JIMMIE: We came out on top. - ELLIS: We did.
Here we are, first place.
You don't have to be old to catch tunas.
- (LAUGHS) I guess not. - That's very true.
I mean, they didn't think about us.
I mean, like, "Hog Wild, ugh." Here we are, first place.
Where they at? Last. (BLEEP)
(LAUGHS)
ELLIS: Everybody did good.
It was close. It was good fishing.
TREY: It was good fishing.
NARRATOR: And now a sneak peek of Season 11
of Wicked Tuna.
DAVE MARCIANO: We gotta make up for that lost season.
NARRATOR: The oldest seaport in America...
TJ OTT: Things are coming back, so we gotta go make money.
NARRATOR: ...is back...
DAVE CARRARO: This is what we love to do.
NARRATOR: ...with a vengeance.
MAN: Oh. Oh, be careful. Careful.
JASON MUENZNER: Whoo! Got a screamer.
TJ: Got 'em on, baby!
Finally got a tuna on, Dougie.
MANNY PEREIRA: Fat Tuna's on the meat.
SPURGE KRASOWSKI: Here he is.
DAVE: Here we go. Here we go.
Let's get him. Let's go, baby.
Backing down Bandit.
TJ: Oh.
Watch out. Big wave.
Wow.
- DENNIS GORE: $17. - TYLER: Yes!
- SCOTT "SCOTSO" D'AMICO: 19 bucks. - MARCIANO: Boom.
- PJ OTT: $22 a pound. - (GASPS)
- NARRATOR: Prices are on the rise... - Yeah.
MAN: Choo-choo.
We're just getting started.
NARRATOR: And so is the competition.
MARCIANO: 111 inches.
MARISSA MCLAUGHLIN: We're in it to win it.
- PAUL: Boom! - Let's go!
- MANNY: Who's on top of the board? - Yeah!
TYLER: I've been fishing all (BLEEP) night!
JACK: Yes!
NARRATOR: It's full steam ahead for Gloucester's finest...
(TYLER SCREAMS)
- Don't mess with us. - Oh. I gotta go in.
NARRATOR: ...and a gamble for blue gold...
DOUG HITTINGER: You disrespect me, I disrespect you.
NARRATOR: ...that could push one captain over the edge.
TYLER: Start packing your (BLEEP).
I'll drop you off in (BLEEP) Portland, Marissa.
NARRATOR: Get ready to hit the water...
JARRETT PRZYBYSZEWSKI: TJ!
NARRATOR: ...on the all-new season...
of Wicked Tuna.
TYLER: We can live our lives again, make some money catching tunas.