(ratchet spinning)
- I was just putting out
a bluefish and I'm on.
I'm getting spooled.
All right, here we go,
settle down, settle down.
Unbelievable.
This giant tuney took the bluefish
right out of my hand.
I was setting it out.
Unbelievable.
Un fricking believable.
All right, this is gotta be interesting.
My buddy Jay and Todd,
they gotta come over, they
gotta try and help me.
So, I pretty much just got a
not good spool here.
Unbelievable.
(engine roaring)
Holy mackerel.
Oh!
I cannot believe it.
I've been fishing for three minutes.
(engine roaring)
(ratchet spinning)
I cannot believe that.
I was putting the bluefish out
and he just took it right out of my hand.
Oh, unbelievable.
I don't have much line, look at that.
I'm down into the braid.
Oh my god.
Ooh!
Three minutes into my
gian tuna fishing season.
Oh!
Unbelievable.
(engine roaring)
Oh shit.
All right, still got 'em.
(ratchet spinning)
(engine roaring)
I'm just trying to keep that tight and
well, just try to keep it tight
without getting spooled.
Uh oh.
(ratchet spinning)
(engine roaring)
I think I still got 'em.
(ratchet spinning)
(groans)
(ratchet spinning)
(coughs)
Just trying to gain back some line now.
Settle down a little bit after that
initial run.
Everything I could to not get spooled or
get snapped off.
(ratchet spinning)
(groans)
Oh my god, my arm.
(heavy breathing)
Hope he's still on there.
(heavy breathing)
(ratchet spinning)
Aw, come on, please be here.
Please still on.
Oh, he's still there, good.
Still there.
Oh jeez.
(ratchet spinning)
Here we go again.
(ratchet spinning)
Finally got the other balloon in.
Get all that line out of the water.
There we go.
(coughs)
(coughs)
Got my buddies, Jay
Misol and Todd Barnowski
coming over to hopefully help me.
(ratchet spinning)
(engine roaring)
(ratchet spinning)
Stay with me, buddy.
Might be here a while hopefully.
Hopefully we're here a long time.
This is a really big fish.
I'm using a circle hook so hopefully
he's hooked right in the corner.
Here we go, got my buddies
Jay and Todd coming.
- [Todd] Real quick?
- Two minutes!
(chuckles)
(faintly speaking)
(ratchet spinning)
You hopping on, Todd?
- [Todd] Yeah.
- All right.
- [Todd] If you want.
- I definitely could use somebody.
Tin, it's been chaos over here.
- [Todd] Good line.
What do you got down here?
- Uh, that might just be leftover,
leftover leader from the other one.
(coughs)
Don't worry about that,
just don't get it in your engine.
I was putting the bluefish out
and I felt a little nibble.
(chuckles)
- All right, good.
- All right, thanks Jay.
Welcome aboard, Todd.
- [Jay] Lock out my hull on great drive
- Yeah (chuckles).
- [Jay] Good luck, guys, go get it.
(faintly speaking)
- I'll probably put you on the reel, Todd.
- [Todd] Okay.
(coughs)
- We'll just keep this baby tight.
My god, I almost got
spooled off the initial run.
Well, maybe not almost, but it sure seemed
like I was about to get spooled.
- 80?
- Yeah, 80.
- Is the harp ready?
- I gotta get the harpoon ready.
- That's how many rigged?
- Nope, well, no, it is rigged.
I, actually, it is rigged.
Yeah, we just gotta put
the dart on the harpoon.
We'll be good.
It's cooperating at the moment.
- But did you cut the line?
- I cut it and then I pulled it in, yeah.
(ratchet spinning)
- You want to put the dart in here?
- Uh, not yet, not yet.
I wanna, we'll keep,
yeah, it's all rigged up.
We just gotta put the,
the dart on the end of it.
If you wanna grab it, it's right here.
- Yep, where's the dart?
- It's already connected to it.
Just lift it up.
And we can put that on the
starboard side of the boat
just to kinda get it out of the way.
- Could you just, put up your arms.
- There we go.
(ratchet spinning)
I'm okay.
I'm gonna put you on the rod
in a moment here, though.
(ratchet spinning)
- It's good, there.
- Ready?
- Yep.
- Here you go.
- Weight to it.
- [Ryan] Yeah.
All right, he went on a quite
the drag blistering run.
Yeah.
Just let him go, let him go.
He's already done that a few times.
- Is flip eight on?
Recording?
- [Ryan] Yeah, yep.
Keep doing what you're doing.
All right, that's perfect right there.
If he wants to run, just let him go.
Don't touch that line.
I'll stay here 'till the
sun sets if we have to.
Let him go, yeah.
(ratchet spinning)
(laughs)
That's the real deal!
(laughs)
- You got a pot up there?
- [Ryan] Oh, crap, yeah.
We gotta watch out for those lobster pots.
- We took them those same ones, last week.
(faintly speaking)
Doesn't matter.
(ratchet spinning)
- [Ryan] It is heavy weave.
It's all right, it'll fall off.
Not much we can do about it at the moment.
More concerned about the lobster pots.
(ratchet spinning)
- We going that way anyways.
We'll walk 'em around it.
(ratchet spinning)
Whew!
Do we want her?
(laughs)
- [Ryan] Yeah.
(ratchet spinning)
- You want to switch out for a minute?
- [Ryan] One moment.
I just want to, okay.
You want to switch, yep.
Yeah!
I wish it would fall off, but, whatever.
(coughs)
Did you put the dart on that harpoon?
- [Todd] Yeah.
- Okay.
- [Todd] The wheel's pretty
important in this boat.
- [Ryan] Yeah, it definitely is.
Look at that, he's right there.
- [Todd] Whoa!
- [Ryan] Oh, ho, ho.
Look at that fish!
- [Todd] Wow, beautiful.
- [Ryan] It's exactly what
the other one did last year.
- [Todd] The tail wrap?
- [Ryan] I kinda hope he
does get tail wrapped.
The other one came in nice and easy
when he got tail wrapped.
Look at that fish.
I'd like to harpoon him, like
over to the left a little bit.
That way the line is away from me.
I don't wanna throw a harpoon to the bow
and have that line coming across.
Yep, piece of cake, right?
Simple.
Simple stuff.
- [Todd] Do you have a
knife anywhere real quick
(faintly speaking)
- [Ryan] In the,
see where my orange life jacket is?
- [Todd] No.
- [Ryan] Behind, right under your butt.
- [Todd] Oh, yes.
- [Ryan] It's under that
compartment in that fish cooler,
there's a, there's two knives.
He is right here.
- [Todd] We'll concentrate on--
- [Ryan] He might be tail wrapped.
- [Todd] It is.
One is, whew!
- [Ryan] Oh boy.
Oh, stay with me, baby, stay with me.
Just keep doing what you're doing.
He's heading towards the bow again.
We're right at the leader.
- [Todd] It's that fish.
- [Ryan] Yes, it is.
- [Todd] Is his tail wrapped?
- [Ryan] I thought that
he might be tail wrapped.
Maybe not, not anymore.
He definitely kicked the line right then.
Fish.
All right, good, good.
- [Todd] You got color.
- [Ryan] On the leader.
Come on, buddy.
Give up.
Wow.
That's a really big tuna.
Yep, I probably will.
- [Todd] At the last,
once you get the dart,
I can like--
- [Ryan] Here he comes.
Look at that.
(chuckles)
Get just a little bit closer.
He's pretty toast at the moment.
- [Todd] Do you want me to just do it, or?
- [Ryan] This is good,
just a little closer.
- [Todd] Okay, I just swing it.
- All right, swing it, swing it hard.
Good, good, good.
See his mouth just,
(faintly speaking)
like gape, looking at us.
Yeah, he's gotta come back up.
I mean, he is, he's beat, he's pooped.
- [Todd] Is there a cleat up here?
(laughs)
Got it!
- [Ryan] Got it!
(chuckles)
Wow!
(water splashing)
- [Ryan] That's a nice shirt.
- You like it.
(chuckles)
It's my lucky shirt.
Lucky day.
(water splashing)
(engine roaring)
- So, after many, many
miles of towing this fish,
we're finally arriving
at Barnstable Harbor.
Fortunately, it was very, very calm,
coming across Cape Cod Bay.
This probably wouldn't be
possible if it was windy.
It's a 20 plus mile tow home.
But, we're here, so we're gonna meet
Chubby Fish in a moment and hopefully,
off of this tuna and be on our way.
- [Bystander] Two and a half,
two and a half hours?
- What a nice view--
- [Todd] More like three.
- [Ryan] Three, yeah, three hours, yeah.
Yep, three hour fight.
(crowd chattering)
Two minutes, maybe?
Yeah, two minutes.
Oh, hey Lindsey, what's going on?
- How are you?
- [Ryan] I'm good, how are you?
Hi Pete!
- Ryan, how you doing?
Congratulations.
- [Ryan] Oh, thank you, thank you.
Don't thank me, thank the fish.
It's crazy.
(engine whining)
Beautiful fish, man.
Crazy.
Sure is.
- 648, is that what it says?
- [Ryan] 548, 548.
- [Bystander] Come on!
- [Ryan] I'll take that.
556.
(engine whining)
- Don't stand under that.
- [Ryan] Nah.
(chuckles)
Definitely don't want stand under that.
(engine whining)
- [Bystander] Had a good
one, don't worry chow!
- [Bystander] You want a hand?
- [Bystander] Here Pete, can you move?
- [Bystander] Sorry, Pete.
- [Pete] Yep, go, go ahead ma'am.
Stay to the right.
- Oh, am I in the way, okay.
(camera beeping)
(camera shutters clicking)
- [Pete] Do you want a hand?
(camera beeping)
(camera shutters clicking)
- Thanks, that was a great
photo opp right there.
(laughs)
- [Bystander] On the
bank or right in the bay.
- [Bystander] The bay!
- [Bystander] Bay!
- [Bystander] Guys wanna come--
- [Bystander] Look at that.
(crowd chattering)
(engine whining)
(crowd chattering)
(engine whining)
- [Bystander] Just missed it, I'm sorry.
(crowd chattering)
- [Bystander] Bitten him
pretty good off Newberg.
- [Bystander] Do you wanna touch it?
- [Bystander] Yeah, I will.
- [Bystander] All muscle.
- [Linda] Yesterday we had five men.
- [Bystander] (chuckles)
What do you think?
- [Linda] Today is second day to last day.
- [Bystander] Cool, huh?
- [Linda] One just landed
before five o'clock.
- Oh, wow.
- Everybody else was pissed.
And actually, I think
I texted you and said,
I was texting somebody else,
one of the boats that was out there,
they landed one yesterday and he's like,
- [Bystander] Oh my goodness,
how much do you weigh?
- [Linda] And then, so I think
when I was texting you
I was thinking I was texting him, so.
- [Bystander] All right.
- [Linda] All one, one of the things.
- Oh, the future (laughs).
All right, ready you guys?
Here, I'm gonna.
- [Camerawoman] Get her,
get her to pat it again.
That was a good shot.
- What.
- [Camerawoman] Have her
touch the fish again.
- Him.
- [Camerawoman] Her.
- Her?
- [Camerawoman] Or, anyone.
- You wanna touch the fish?
Before, you wanna say goodbye to it?
Johnny, wanna say bye to it?
Wanna say bye?
Say bye bye!
Bye fish!
Bye!
All right, ready?
Goodness, how heavy.
All right, Alissa, I'm gonna
transfer John first, okay?
- [Bystander] We don't fall in the--
don't fall in the--
(gasps) who caught that?
- [Bystander] Oh my lord!
Wait, where did you catch it?
- [Bystander] Check
that out along the way.
- [Bystander] Where did you guys catch it?
- [Todd] Stellwagen Bank.
- [Bystander] Out by Provincetown.
- [Bystander] Oh, way the heck out there.
- [Bystander] Oh my god, look at that--
- [Bystander] Cuts out a few,
but another woman, too, is also
very much excited to 10%.
- [Bystander] Oh my god!
Oh my god.
- [Bystander] You know
how much that weighs?
- [Bystander] 565?
- [Ryan] 558.
- [Bystander] 558.
- 792.
(laughs)
- [Ryan] Thousand.
- [Bystander] By the time
I get home, it'll be--
- [Bystander] Nice color, good fat.
- Got some fat in it.
- [Lyne] Ryan?
- [Ryan] Right here, yeah.
- [Lyne] So, oh, are you
using the filet knife?
So what's you're plan?
Like, you've gotta go
back to Sandwich, right?
- [Ryan] Yep, yep.
Are you looking for the same thing here?
- You want the color consistent here.
This is, goes into the blood line.
- [Ryan] Okay.
- But, you wanna just make sure,
if it's like chunky,
that means it's burnt.
- [Ryan] Okay.
- So the more smoother it is--
- [Ryan] The better?
- Then the better.
- Okay.
- Like, in the middle here.
- Would you say that's smooth, or--
- Well, it's in the middle.
Let's see, you gotta go like this
and it's coming apart in many pieces.
- [Lyne] Jay
(muffled speaking)
But, it is still warm,
so I'm probably gonna want
to stick it in the tank
and cool down, 'cause that's sometimes--
- Does the trick.
- Always improves it a little bit.
You know, so.
You're probably in the middle.
- Okay.
Should I take the tail right here, or?
- Yeah, that's fine.
- [Lyne] So middle, meaning pretty good?
- Yeah, I would say pretty good.
- [Lyne] Did you get that--
- Pretty good, just the cut.
(boxes rumbling)
- [Linda] Oh jeez, oops.
- She did.
- [Lyne] Oh good.
Well, that would be interesting to like,
watch the video.
All right, Ryan, we're gonna go.
- All right, sounds good, drive safe!
- [Lyne] Sarah, we're ready
if you wanna head out.
All right, yeah, I'll
have some food and stuff.
- [Ryan] Okay.
- [Lyne] All right?
Well I won't see you tomorrow.
- [Bystander] Be careful getting that--
- [Lyne] Good job, Todd.
So now, we're.
- [Bystander] He's looking for
Todd.
- [Lyne] Todd, which boat
are you gonna go on now?
Oh my god.
- [Bystander] Depends on
what the percentage cut is.
- And you want to
(laughs)
stab it in the middle.
- [Lyne] Well, I told Ryan, I was like,
throw him a couple Bud Lights.
(laughs)
Just kidding!
(laughs)
Just kidding.
Okay, bye guys!
- [Bystander] See ya.
- [Lyne] Todd, are you parked at--
- Feel like a nice comeback.
It's coming.
- [Lyne] All right,
I'll see you guys later.
Bye Ryan!
- [Ryan] All right, see ya Lyne!
- [Bystander] Aye, still carnage.
- [Child] Why are they cutting it?
- [Lyne] That's his trophy.
- [Ryan] All right, great.
- [Bystander] Don't back up, Linda.
- Well, that was close.
- [Bystander] He'll be your last backup.
(groans)
Jesus.
- Wouldn't be the last--
- [Child] Why does he--
- [Ryan] All right, we're gotta go home.
- All right.
- Miss Lorette is the fishing
machine, always out of--
- Nice job.
- [Ryan] See ya.
- Bye everyone.
- [Bystander] I'll see
you at the base on Friday
give me more instruction.
(engine roaring)
- Is that everything?
- Well, we did it Todd.
- We did.
Epic day.
- Yep.
- Story to tell forever.
- Linda from Chubby Fish now has it.
Hopefully it'll go to Japan.
Cape Cod fishing, it's ridiculous.
Have a good night.
