As Harpoon Season hits its mid-summer peak.
Yeah. Beautiful morning.
Good day to fish.
An abundance of bait fish.
in Cape Cod Bay.
Smells like fish right here.
Triggers feeding frenzies
for schools of bluefin tuna.
You've got to be up plowing somewhere.
And as they grow in size and fat content,
That was a [bleep]...
Each catch can command a higher price.
We're going to refrigerate this baby,
But with the remaining bluefin quota fast depleting...
We're really getting into desperate times here.
. ..captains strike alliances to give themselves
an edge against the competition.
Let's beat Tyler.
I mean, Tyler and Dylan, they don't have a chance.
Tyler and Dylan They can work on their own.
But you and me, I'd like to work together
- with you, man, so. - Absolutely.
I want to get to the bank out here.
I'll let you know if I see anything.
Nothing really great right now.
All right, standing by on this one.
But even the best laid plans...
There's Tyler.
Go away.
guy for real?
...can turn into chaos.
What the-- Oh, come on!
Thomas, get me a rig! Let's go.
When harpoon boats hit open water.
We're going to lose this fish.
Go that way! That way!
It's cut in half. Someone ran it over.
Come on!
Optimistic.
I'm feeling great today.
We're on top ahead of Joe on the Redrum
And that directly translates to making the most money,
which is the ultimate goal in this business.
All right, good.
Let's go fishing.
Beautiful morning.
Good day to fish,
I'm going up early, Sean.
All right, find the big one.
With the advantage of spotter planes.
Veteran captain Tyler Macallister on the Cynthia C2.
An archrival Joe Deon on the Redrum
are neck in neck for the lead.
With six bluefins each.
While Captain Dylan on the Pine Box
significantly trails the fleet.
Captain Niko's oversized catches on the Ezyduzit,
keep him in contention for overall dollars.
Raising the question of what the second generation
harpooner could accomplish
with the help of a spotter plane.
Hey, Joe, you down here?
Hey, what's up, brother?
Hey, what's going on, man?
Hey, man.
Oh, you know, it's um...
It's been tough to be honest, man. You know?
- Yeah. - We've kind of been struggling, so
You know, I came down here with my tail
between my legs a little bit.
And you know, as fishing we've got a lot of pride,
but I'm hoping that you know, if we can work together a little bit
and share some information,
I'd really appreciate it.
Yeah. No, I want to-- I mean, if you want to work with me,
I'd love it. Absolutely, man.
We can probably just pick a channel
and you know, I can start in the bay and you start up here,
- and we can kind of just communicate. - Yeah.
- You know. - Any-- And we got Marky, too helping out.
So he's-- he's definitely a good,
- set of eyes in the sky. - Yeah, I mean--
You know how it is, man.
A plane just changes the game.
- Yeah, so - Yeah, totally
The theme for this year for me is what would Billy do?
Uh, we always used to work with a lot of guys.
You know, I decided to kind of bite the bullet
and come up here and ask Joe for help.
And form a little alliance.
He's a great fisherman.
And without a plane,
we just need a way to cover more ground
than what we can see from the tower.
Ninety percent of this is just getting
- in the right area, you know. - Yeah.
If we could just get, you know, close
- then it's a-- it's huge advantage, so. - Yeah. Vice versa.
Let's get it done. Let's beat Tyler.
I mean, Tyler and Dylan, they don't have a chance.
Well, Tyler and Dylan, they can work on their own.
But you and me, I'd-- I'd like to work together with you, man.
Yes, absolutely.
Niko just came down here to talk to me.
I'm really excited that he wants to work with us.
We can both communicate, but be in a different area.
Not be next to each other.
- All right, Brother. - Let's get it done.
I'll let you get back to what you were doing.
But I'll see you out there.
Absolutely. Thank you.
Forty miles northeast
on the season's lowest producing boat,
the Pine Box.
Wow. Is that nice now?
How come nobody fishes out here?
Everyone's chasing the planes and chasing
the news. You know, I guess, I don't know.
A couple of the guys are working together.
I don't really care.
I'm going to fish in a spot where I don't need to fight
over fish with other boats and planes.
We're trying new tactics today.
We're at the area that Dylan likes to go to where the fish run.
So we're out in like the deep water
on the west side of Wildcats.
And yeah.
We still gotta really thoroughly sage the boat out but,
This is a gift that Dylan received
to try to help us break the curse of the Pine Box.
You got to break out sage
and everything else to try to fix.
We haven't been catching enough tuna's at all.
It's been very frustrating.
Put it right on the bungee
on the green bungee on the right
And just leave it there.
Then I-- Then it'll just smoke.
Maybe it'll bring the fish up.
We're really getting into desperate times here.
The miracle fish is going on to the Pine Box today.
What do you think? Where are we going?
I think we got to look outside early
and keep going to the northeast.
Okay.
Today we're working for Niko.
It's always good to work with him on the boat.
I think his dad was a good fisherman.
And I think he's a good fisherman.
Hopefully, he can give us some information.
Well, we can cover more ground that way. You know?
We're in scout mode right now.
What's that, right there, Kevin.
See it?
Something floating there,
faking me out?
Dude, I think it's floating, you know.
Kind of looks like it was...
Yeah, up and down the surge.
You know.
Something dead?
- Thomas? - Yo?
Starboard side.
It's a kite.
Kite.
Let's go kite fishing.
I broke the stick.
Oh, [bleep] Thomas.
We're pirates!
We got a kite.
Must be a sign.
The sign is a good sign.
Hopefully it doesn't mean death.
Maybe it'll bring us some luck.
Hey, Niko, are you picking me up?
Yeah. Roger. Roger. Come in.
What's going on?
Where you at?
Like right now, I'm like 881 75ish.
Just going east. I want to get to the bank out here.
Roger. Roger. All right.
Standing by on this one.
Thank you.
What are you thinking?
I mean, I hate to follow the pack,
but when the pack has planes,
you know, what are you going to do?
I think an alliance with Joe is going to be very beneficial to us.
It's going to make a really big ocean,
hopefully a little bit smaller,
and we're going to have an opportunity to get in the right area,
and it doesn't really matter who gets in the area first.
You know, if I find fish, I'll call him.
And if he finds fish, he'll call me.
It just gives us a much better of an opportunity
to get on some fish and produce.
I mean, if it stays like this for, you know, half the day anyway,
We've got to punch our chance here.
It smells like fish right here.
What's that swimming ahead dead ahead?
Oh, yeah, I see it. I see it.
Basking shark.
Bigger than the boat.
He's a big monster.
I think I've got one flippin on his side. I do.
- Shiner! On our way. - Let's go!
He's swimming to the northwest look.
Taking a dump.
Bluefin tuna are aggressive ambush fears.
They need their eyes.
Sometimes they get attacked by a shark or a killer whale.
And they'll get blind in one eye.
When that happens, they take their good eye
and they look down so they'll swim on their side.
You slow me down?
Yeah, I'll tell you when.
You-- You take it.
Turn to left, He's not slowing down easy.
Come left a little bit and start slowing down.
Hold that course steady.
Steady. Well, start turning a little-- little bit.
You start edging left.
Start edging left. Come on.
Start turning left a little bit.
That's it.
Keep coming left, turn in left, turn in left.
Left, left, yes. Turn in left.
At about 4 or 5 boat length.
Twelve o'clock at two boats.
Steady like that.
Hit him.
Stop it. Neutral.
Nice job! Free bird, free bird, free bird.
And let's find another one.
I love Mark.
Oh, Marky, that was awesome.
It's like he just stayed there.
He never moved.
Got to get lucky now and again.
He was swimming on his side
because he was blind in one eye.
We call those a shiner.
We got him.
We got to keep going.
We got to get in the lead, stay in the lead.
Just get his tail, get his tail.
He's a big bastard, Joe.
Good job buddy.
It feels great to get a giant on deck.
We're getting refrigerators, baby.
You're on the Redrum.
Now I've got to share the good news with Niko.
Get him on the fish.
Hey, Ezy?
I just got a jumbo at 7-20-2-0-5.
Roger that. All right.
We'll uh, we'll be right behind you.
We're headed that way.
Ninety eight inches.
Just keep on going.
Yeah.
Twenty four miles north
at Wildcat Knoll,
on the Pine Box.
We've been having a tough time with things,
and we're busting out all the stops.
Hey, I got something up here.
I got fish, I think.
You got some?
- In white water-- - Yeah, I see him.
Two of them.
Turned down towards their tails.
They're going away from you a little bit.
Looks like a pair.
Good speed, Joe.
Good. Head right at him.
Shorten the gap. You've got to head right at him.
Speed up a little bit.
Come over here.
Speed up a little bit.
Come over here.
I'll start to go on his tail.
Yeah, straight at him now,
I got him.
Take it out. Take it out.
Take it out of gear.
Reverse.
It's a swordfish.
Oh, my God, Joe.
Take it out! Take it out!
What'd you get?
A sword?
No.
Oh, my God, Dyl!
Get his tail as quick as you can.
- Get his tail. - I got his tail.
That's a rarity here.
I can't believe it, Dyl.
I can't believe it either.
Oh, my goodness!
What a big fish.
Pull up, Pull them up.
That's a rarity.
You don't see them very often.
Thank God I didn't miss him.
I guess the sage works.
The sage works.
Most people wait 40 years to see one of those
Swordfish are worth money too, they're sellable.
We're gonna bring it in.
It's uncommon to land one in Gloucester.
It's gonna be the talk of the town.
Look at that.
You know, that's a big bill, dude.
We got to get him in the door.
That's the challenging part.
Now watch your balls, guys.
All right. Ready?
Look at that.
What a beautiful animal.
- Look at that thing. - Beautiful, Dylan.
Look at that thing.
All the way to the end.
- All right. - How much you measure it?
What do you got back there, Joe?
It's all at 123-124 inches.
- Hundred and twenty four inch swordfish. - Beautiful!
That's a trophy.
There is a quota in the harpoon category for swordfish.
We are legally allowed to take two a day.
And the chance of us catching him.
What would you say, Joe?
Catch of a lifetime.
Yeah, catch of a lifetime.
Super rare, though to see one of those.
Super, super rare.
Oh, yeah!
Forty nine miles south...
on the Ezyduzit
That's probably him right there.
He's at 720 and 205.
We see it.
I'm gonna get out ahead of you.
Ten four.
- Joe, I mean, he seems like a decent dude, you know. - Mmm-hmm.
He's got two kids with that really rare type of muscular dystrophy.
- Two? - Yeah.
You know, I like Joe a lot.
Being a father myself,
I can't even imagine how difficult things are for him
and his family on a day to day basis,
And they say it can be-- it can be cured.
There's no cure right now, but they're saying it's...
You know, as with anything else,
it's just about money.
So if Joe sharing his location works out to our benefit
and we put some meat on the deck
I'd like to do something special for his foundation.
They've got to be up plowing somewhere.
Yeah, right there.
But I just saw a flash right here.
See him, Kev?
- Don't see him yet. - Right. Twelve o'clock, right.
- Now. - Okay. Yep.
Yeah, I see them.
All right.
Two fish.
Oh, yeah.
Eight or nine boats, twelve o'clock.
They're up nice right now.
There they are.
You got him?
Yeah, yeah.
Button on!
You got it. You got it.
Get him, hit him.
It's not working.
Back it down!
- Did you hit the button, Kev? - Yeah.
Something's wrong with this [bleep] button.
We're gonna have to throw the poly ball out.
When the zapper isn't working,
the fish isn't instantly killed,
so we can't bring it into the boat right away.
So now we have to tie Poly balls
onto the rig to have the fish tow it around enough
so it tires itself out
and I can pull it in by hand.
They're still there.
They're coming up at 12:00 o'clock.
Thomas, get me a rig.
- Yep. - Get me another rig!
We got to get set up.
Still plowing. Twelve o'clock
- Thomas, get me the black tape. - Yup.
Or the white tape or any kind of electrical tape. All right?
Yup.
Hurry up and re-rig guys, we're still on them.
Come on, Thomas. Let's go.
Come on!
I've been asking the tape--
- Right here. - Fine.
- See this out to me? - Yup.
We've got a lot of organized chaos going on right now.
We're re-rigging for the second fish.
Hurry up, guys.
Yup! Go get him!
Let's go, baby.
The one on the right. Further back, Kev.
Yep.
Nice and [bleep] easy.
Easy does it.
A little to the left, Kev. Little to the left.
Button on!
It seems on.
Oh, come on!
What the
Hang on!
- He get the ball? get the ball good. - Yes, yes.
Get the ball out from underneath.
Look at this thing go.
I hate to even ask, Kev but you got that one too, right?
Oh, yeah.
We got a big problem then.
The electric harpoons not working.
So we're back in the 70s right now.
I don't know where the other ball is.
I don't see the first rig.
Joe put me in a great spot.
There's tuna everywhere.
We just hit two fish and they're both
out there somewhere on poly balls.
So now we need to go find the rigs
and get these fish in the boat.
It's not ideal.
It's right there!
Guys, there's a boat headed right for the line.
Yep. This guy's going right across.
Do you want me to try and head this boat off?
Yeah, go, go, go!
If he hits that line, we're going to lose this fish.
Go that way!
That way!
Go that way.
That way!
- All right, Kev, let's grab it. - Yeah.
All right.
- You see 'em? - It cut in half.
Someone ran it over.
That [bleep] boat ran it over.
We should find the other rig
because that's just gonna get destroyed, too.
Normally, if you harpoon a fish
and the fish takes out a rig,
you just follow the rig until the fish gets tired.
But on a day like today
where we're sticking multiple fish at a time,
it's really difficult to keep track of everything.
Where's the other rig, Kev?
I'm looking for it.
I mean, all you can really do is write down
which direction the fish is headed in.
And then it's time to go. Harpoon, more fish,
So you've got to rely on your instincts
to be able to find that fish later on.
Hang on. Hang on, Kev.
- Kev! Right there. - I got it.
I know. I've got it.
- Thomas, take that rig and get it out of there. - Yeah.
Move it up!
Because if he runs,
I don't want him to get all tangled up in that one, too.
Come on, baby.
Get a gaff, Thomas.
Yep.
Here he comes, coming up headfirst.
Here he comes.
Okay, pull him in.
Get a measurement on him.
102
Hey, Joe. We just pulled one in 102 inches.
Thanks, man.
Way to go, Niko.
Keep up the good work man.
What's up, Bubba?
What's up?
We got a decent one for you today.
See that? There was some attack or something
at some point in his life,
and then we'll show you the other eye real quick.
That's a normal tuna eye.
And then this is a blind tuna eye.
See it?
It's all crinkled. So that's why this fish
was swimming on its side
with this side down,
so we could see what was going on under it.
That's how they-- That's why they swim
on one side if they're blind.
The pilots call them shiners
because when they're swimming on their side,
this is shining up,
We really need good money for this one.
We're really neck and neck with Tyler in this thing.
I hope we can do good on this fish, Bubba.
What it comes down to is all about the quality.
Hopefully, this one's a good quality fish,
not bad at all.
- That's good. - Yeah, it's good.
Tiniest bit of fat, Joe. Not complete red meat.
Yeah.
Is that a show up?
Yeah, color's all right.
Probably go uh,
like 12 bucks a pound.
Twelve bucks isn't bad for this.
All right. Let's get the dress weight.
And we'll find out what you're getting paid.
Awesome.
- Four fifty eight. - Yeah.
Four hundred fifty eight pounds.
It was a decent payday today.
Enough to get us ahead of Tyler.
You're the best.
I'm glad I got to help out Niko, though,
and put him on the fish.
Hopefully, he'll have a better day than we did.
So just under $5500
- for the Redrum got that. - Wow! That's good.
- Pretty good DAY. - That's good. We got to go.
- We got to go too. - Good drive back.
Ten miles east on the Ezyduzit
- Thomas. - Yeah.
I've got a couple of apples in the cooler,
can you just put them on a plate and then put them in the bucket?
- Yeah. - Thanks.
Joe put us on the fish.
And so far our alliance is working out great.
So this fish that we got on the boat
was the second fish we stuck
Thank you.
We can get the same kind of action we got this morning.
We'll put another couple of fish
in this boat and have a real solid day, so.
That's the plan right now,
So we're kind of biting our time.
But unfortunately, we were only able to get one
So...
Here we go.
Ten o'clock, coming right at us.
Right about maybe four boats.
- Just plowing pretty good. - Yeah.
There they are.
One o'clock. Right now.
You're good. You're good.
Hold that course.
We'll take the left one.
- Is it-- at your head right now. - I see them, I see them.
Right there.
Button on!
Get him! Hit him!
Hit him, Kev! Hit him!
Get him! Get him!
Hit him, Kev! Hit him! Hit him!
This [bleep] buttons, just
Yeah, I hit the
Thomas, get me another ball.
Hurry up, Thomas.
You've to get the ball.
Put it in, Kev. Put it in. Put it in.
Okay, baby.
All right, Thomas, get me the other rig.
Coming up, Cap
Take that over to the rig.
Yeah. That's uh...
And before going south,
- Going south. - Coming right now.
Smoke him.
Phew!
Niko Let's get another one.
I can't worry about a broken zapper right now.
Sea bass.
We're already out here , and we're in fish.
Right here, Right here.
The second slit.
- Right on the edge. - Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You're out in, Kev.
This is how they harpooned tunas back in the day,
They're going back.
Holy!
Those are slobs!
To the left, Kev.
Yep. Yep, yep, yep.
They're just zig zagging
Left, left, left, left, left, left, left.
Kev, right, right.
To the right. To the right.
Got him!
Got him again.
There he goes. Back it down.
Back it down!
That's right, baby.
Okay,
We're all out of rigs.
- Holy! - Holy
Wow.
That fish is going to take a minute
Let him take it. Let him take it.
So we're gonna find that other rig.
Should be heading south.
Yeah.
Not much time left in the day,
but we're gonna go back to the other rig now,
and just want to get these two fish in.
I don't know.
Right now we're looking for the rig
that's on our second fish of the day.
9-35 here.
We wrote down the numbers and the direction that he was headed in
when we last saw him.
But these fish are strong.
And they can change direction
and pull these poly balls for miles.
What are you thinking?
I'm just gonna cover some ground here.
He was going to the South then...
There's Tyler.
Yeah, I got ya.
Yeah. Did you see which way my rig went?
I never saw your rig.
This [bleep] guy for real.
Roger. Roger.
If I see your rig, I'll let you know.
This is a fishermen's worst nightmare.
We have one in the boat and two that we can't find.
There could easily be $8,000 on the end of that line somewhere in this ocean.
Yeah.
34 miles northwest, on the Pine Box...
I gotta pull in right here.
- Joe, I'm gonna go right in here, right? - Yeah, the front.
- Do the front, though. - We'll do the front. We're gonna do the front.
Fresh dayboat swordfish is unheard of.
No one goes out for one day swordfishing.
So it's sort of a very rare circumstance.
Cool animal. Pretty cool.
All right, let's get this party started.
Yeah. Drag him this way now.
Gonna cut the head and the tail off it and ice it up,
so it's in grade A condition.
And, uh, put it away for the night. That's the plan.
Okay.
- 211. - 211?
211 with the straps.
We pulled out all the stops today to get a fish.
Uh, I never thought I'd sage my boat
in a million years, but it worked, so,
now we're gonna buy sage by the pound.
Down.
We're gonna put it on ice.
And tomorrow it's gonna get picked up
and distributed to a bunch of the local restaurants. It's already pre-sold.
Captain Marden's is gonna buy the fish for $10 a pound.
At 211 lb, that's a little over 2,100 bucks.
Not a bad day.
- Ready? - Yep.
Oh, boy.
We're gonna find these things.
What the [bleep]?
Once the sun goes down and you can't visually find these rigs,
we have no choice but to call it a day and head in with what we have.
Feel like I'm gonna throw up.
Is that it?
I see an orange to the left.
That's it. That's the first one.
- Thomas, get the deck ready! - Yep.
Here it comes.
Get a gaff of him.
- I got him. - Okay.
- You got him by the tail? - I [bleep] got him by the tail.
Okay.
All right. We got a tail rope on him.
Okay.
- The door open, Cap? - Yep.
- Pull him! - Let's go.
Come on, you [bleep].
Watch out, Cap.
Okay, he's in. He's in. Close the door.
- 105 on the nose. - Nice.
All right, maybe we'll get [bleep] lucky
and run across that other rig on the way in.
If [bleep]...
If everything's on our [bleep] side.
May the [bleep] force be with us.
It was a... a bad day. It was a real bad day.
Today just went downhill.
So we'll grab fuel and I think we'll meet tomorrow morning at 06:30
- and get up half an hour earlier. - Go. Go.
- I think that's Nick's fish. - What's the hell?
- Right there. That's him? - That's Nick's fish. It's still towing.
Right there?
Yes, sir, Captain!
- We got him. - All right. Good eyes, Cap.
What do you say, Nick? You're picking me up?
Yeah, I got you.
I got your rig. You see me over here?
I'll give you my numbers. Go ahead. Give me the numbers.
Nine, six, six, oh, two, seven.
I owe you a steak and a beer, Tyler. Thank you very much.
Guys, Tyler's got the rig. Whoo!
I wonder if he owes us half that fish.
Or three quarters of it.
Do you want to put a high flyer on it?
Yeah, let's... let's throw that high flyer on it.
Okay. Hopefully, uh, Ezyduzit can find this.
All my harpoons are the same on my boat.
I have a template that I kept since I was in my teens
and used that to create every one of the harpoons I've ever made.
These darts, they are cast in bronze.
They are designed after the old Buck Algonquin dart,
which was one of the first swordfish darts used back in the '50s and the '40s.
Um, it's a great dart. Holds really well, and it just slides on the end.
It's just over three-eighths inch, so it'll come right off.
- So it's off his port side? - Yeah.
- Going northwest? - Going northwest, yeah.
I'm out of here, Nick.
Roger that. Thank you, Tyler.
Oh, they put a high flyer too.
Regardless of Tyler and I feel about each other on land,
there's a certain code of ethics between fishermen on the sea,
and it doesn't surprise me at all that Tyler helped us out
and called us when he found our rig.
Because we'd do the same thing for him.
Talk to me, Thomas. Which way is the line going?
But at the end of the day, I still want to beat him.
There he is. Get a gaff.
Gaff his tail. Get his tail out. Okay!
- Get the rope. Get the rope. - Get a tail rope,
- Thomas. - Yeah, I got it right here.
Tie him off, Thomas.
- Okay. - All right.
And that's how you fight three giant bluefin by hand, in one day.
That's a sea monster.
Third fish.
- Grab the light. Give me the light. - Yep, yep.
Kev, 110-inch fish.
Welcome aboard, baby.
We [bleep] did it, boys.
What's up, fellas?
Just go right there, Kev. That'll be good.
This is a high stakes game, and today we were able to cash in
and, you know, we're way ahead of where we were now.
It's good to pay some bills and put some money in our pocket.
Fish number two, 102-incher.
We're definitely hoping for high quality and a lot of money on these three fish
because I'd love to donate a portion to Joe's charity.
Fish number three. 105 inches.
You got it.
All right, let's, uh, let's get the first one going.
What we got, brother?
Actually, pretty good fish.
You can see fat coming through.
- Nice color, too. - Nice fat in the majors coming through?
Yeah, coming through nice.
Little skin fat.
Yeah, so you can actually feel some oil in there, too.
This one I could do, probably... Let me check it out.
Do 17 bucks a pound for this one.
I'll take it for that one. Absolutely.
- All right, perfect. - Sounds good.
- Let's, uh, let's get it dressed and weighed. - Roger, roger.
What we got for a dressed weight, Bubba?
- 433 pounds. - 433... and that's the little one.
All right. I look forward to seeing the next couple.
This is our big boy. 110-incher . He looks thick, too.
Let's check out the quality.
Not as much fat as the first one, but...
No, not really any fat in this one.
Decent color on it for sure.
Uh, but with there being no fat, we'll give you eight bucks for this.
- Eight dollars a pound. - Eight bucks a pound?
- Yeah. - Hey, we'll take it. Add it to the till.
- What do we got, Bubba? - 528 pounds on this one.
528 dressed weight.
- That's a big fish. - Yeah.
- All right. You want to, uh, get that last one up? - Yeah.
Punched him from behind. Never a good thing but,
this is what we needed to put us right back in contention here.
I mean, big fish.
Hopefully, we're gonna get right back out there tomorrow and keep this trend going.
Talk to me, Bubba. Talk to me.
Yeah, you got a good amount of fat coming through.
Very nice color on it.
It's got that nice watermelon color. That's what you want to see.
- Look at that. - Yeah, it's a beautiful fish.
- I can give you 20 bucks a pound for this. - Twenty bucks? All right.
- No problem. - That's what we needed to hear.
- 502 pounds dressed. - 502.
That is 10,000 and a $40 tip.
- I appreciate that. - All right, man.
That's the biggest payday anyone's gotten this season.
We just shook it up, baby. Ezyduzit's headed for the top.
Final numbers here.
Between the three fish, we had $21,625, guys.
All right. Great. Great.
I'm really grateful to be working with Joe.
I mean, we did exactly what we were supposed to.
He put us in the area with some fish,
and it all worked out for both of us.
I'm really looking forward to surprising him with a big check.
- All right. - Hell, yeah.
Ezyduzit's back in the game.
We were very grateful to have the opportunity to work with you
- and to forge an alliance and a friendship. - Yeah.
And I hope that that, you know, continues throughout the years.
You know, one of the real reasons that I'm here,
- is because I wanted to give this to you. - Aw, man.
And, um, what you're doing genuinely inspires me and touches my heart
and if there's anything that we can do to help, you know...
- be more than happy to do it. - Well, you're... you're doing more than a lot of people,
and I really appreciate everything.
Um, you don't have to do any of this. You bought me dinner.
The check towards the foundation, that every dollar counts.
- We're gonna change the world. It starts right here. - Yeah.
- Absolutely. - Friendships, and... and...
- Really, really appreciate it. - Absolutely, man.
It feels great that Niko gave us a check for the foundation.
That means a lot to me and my family.
And it shows what type of guy Niko is.
This is exactly what we love about the fish community.
Everyone works together, and when someone's down,
everyone bands together and helps each other out.
But next year...
- ...I'm coming for you. - All right, well...
- Well... well... As long as we beat Tyler. - Absolutely.
- All right. Ready to go? - Yeah.
All right. Let's get out of here.
After working together,
Captain Joe of the Redrum and Captain Niko of the Ezyduzit
move ahead of Captain Tyler on the Cynthia C2 with seven fish each.
And despite catching a prized swordfish,
the Pine Box's Captain Dylan doesn't add to his bluefin total.