Catch of the Week - Nine Foot Monster | Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks

The Hot Tuna hooks up with one serious keeper, a nine-foot butterball of fatty tuna. This catch could be the redemption they need to pull through the rest of this slow season with some dignity.
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New England’s best bluefin tuna fishermen venture south to North Carolina’s treacherous fishing grounds, the Outer Banks, where they will battle the local fleet for the ocean’s most lucrative prize. A single giant bluefin can be worth more than $20,000 but the dangerous waters, small quota and explosive rivalries make North Carolina's Outer Banks, nicknamed “The Graveyard of the Atlantic”, the most challenging place in the world to catch these elusive fish.
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Catch of the Week - Nine Foot Monster | Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks
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[@radarwill]

Can't run across the deck without pulling his pants up twice!!

[@andrewscott3184]

Yells at everyone to do something because he can't do it himself.

[@AliceMichealson]

This is such an amazing captain, he tells everyone well done and you can just see how happy and playful everyone is 😊

[@triptre3638]

Jay is the one who catches all the fish! He’s The Angler!!!!!!!

[@leicestercityfan7595]

still love this show

[@williamadams6780]

Then sold to Japan for 50,000

[@WStirlingWright]

WE, as a family, enjoy the show. If people do not like the show then why watch and criticize? Thank you Nat GEO for the Wicked Tuna shows! Would love to spend a week as an observer just for the experience.

[@Onedog7]

Because they’re miserable and what do people do when they’re miserable ? Put others down to make them feel better about themselves. They’ll learn one day

[@subfreeze9354]

RIP Tuna, that guy ate the whole tuna

[@dankata7881]

Thank goodness Capt didn't lose his trousers.. that sight would've killed everyone

[@andrewvillanueva4222]

In Japan you should dart it in the head. When you dart it in the body it ruins the meat when it gets to the Japanese tuna market. It brings down the price of the tuna. The Japanese buys also know it was a east coast fish because you dart in the body. The Japanese say they never dart their tuna. Just letting you guys know.

[@Inkog2004]

u ever try to harpoon a bluefin on the gill plates?

[@arthurgreenwood6618]

Love watching those monsters get put on the deck good job guys

[@freindlejade2179]

I love grilled jaw tuna .

[@pass179]

Awesome!! I'm happy for them!

[@suzettegilbert770]

cold head looks good

[@JIANYM36]

Meat on the deck. Have you seen the meat you carry?! LOOOOOL.

[@luisch1708]

bruh 🤣🤣

[@svenhassel7536]

It's always chaos when the fish is beside the boat

[@jonathanpeterson1984]

He was really great on “LOST”

[@NikkaPleeease]

Dude really knows how to hit the lotto!!! 🎰🎰🎰

[@Darren.G]

Easily my favorite boat in the fleet! TJ is a stand up guy, and it doesn't hurt to have a Rottie on board! Anytime I'm watching and there's barking, Lola (my rottie) starts to whining like she's conversing through the tv.

[@cornwallmansiom3831]

Didn't have the video open at the start and thought Cris Angel was tuna fishing

[@Utubegofukurself]

Almost as real as Jerry Springer

[@shoutatthesky]

If that captain fell in the water sea level rise would be a real issue.

[@cameronssurfing4899]

Lol

[@Peter-976]

Yeah, I laughed when they said "we finally got some meat on the deck". Like, as if that guy was invisible?

[@falasi587]

Ur so funny stfu no one cares

[@shoutatthesky]

@@falasi587 At least I can string together a proper sentence.

[@munk_ken]

Nah, the boat might throw everyone else overboard.

[@elieabi-lamah2209]

Great catch 😊😂

[@dotaaccount1948]

doggo trying to help :D

[@aznsolja84]

Oh my God..... 😲

[@austinherr]

Sometimes I wonder about these fish value speculators...

[@Gamer831crossfire]

That dog was better organized than the crew

[@discoandben9313]

That seemed like they’ve never fished or been on a boat before.

[@chris73brown]

Exactly. That crew and vessel is totally unorganized. Very unprofessional. Ive thought that from years ago when l first saw them. Thought they wouldve learned by now but nope

[@eddy4688]

Was thinking the same - cowboys.

[@Go-Dawgs]

TJ & Jared do great together! It's TJ's brother that Should Never Be On a Boat! He Just Makes Mess of Everything & is useless. Dad wanted him there for the TV pay and to hopefully make him learn but the ONLY THING HE DID WELL WAS COOK FOOD.

[@JubaAdhiNugroho]

Woow......congratulation....👍👍👍

[@lejace4231]

A couple years and the guy with the cap's gonna be a blob too

[@ogweasel4273]

That dude is what Charles Manson would have looked like if McDonalds was around back then!!!

[@Shepherd.1147]

Oh my God that´s so true.

[@robertschneider8912]

Have another beer "Weas", McDonalds has been around since the 1950,s.

[@youdeserveit8575]

Just one fish?? LOL

[@Etherglide]

Plenty of ballast on board.

[@JohnDoe-tc5my]

That other boat was the canyon runner out of nj!

[@bokeflo]

600 lb fish, that's one crazy big fish!!

[@jackfanning7952]

40 years ago, that would have been a small tuna. I wonder why they shrunk?

[@raunaqlal]

Didnt know hagrid went fishing.

[@spanishjo4282]

You guys should used electric reel

[@BadBoy-so2pq]

The buyer laugh more happier than those fishermen

[@davidharris8797]

Big fish

[@jakeyv420]

Weighers be like..."One quarter per pound" like gamestop lol

[@PapaBrizzy]

The McDonald's goods are giving him plenty of food

[@SamiKrasniqi]

In Japan they call this Carolina Tuna because it's stabbed on the body during capture , it lowers the value .

[@treyivey5431]

Your right

[@metalrott324]

The most expensive Tuna comes from our Coasts and are caught by Rod and Reel... no definitely not by these guys tho.

[@quorumlab]

Zion Curaçao yeah they had to ikejime That tuna... 15 a pound is a ripoff

[@Monicafebriantini]

it sad when they sell such high prize with damaged part--

[@atlanticocean640]

A good tuna fisherman never harpoons it in the silver spot. Best meat. Not all tuna are junk. Fall tuna in Gulf of Maine that are well fattened up for migration can compete with the best product around the world. As high as 75,000 a fisherman got for one and many other over 20,000

[@charlesluttrell3367]

Go hot tuna

[@028TuvaluanHero]

Is that the guy from Lost? Lol

[@georgekoszta2999]

Big money

[@umpokitomaurice6780]

I'm dreaming on a day will come when a giant fish catch you guys with a giant fish hook. Assassins!!!

[@newworldent.5950]

15$ a pound? That's it, I'm becoming a fishermen.

[@bricemacaluso8361]

down here in the south, crawfish are where the money is at. definitely along some coastal areas too

[@newworldent.5950]

I live in TN lol

[@brendan697]

Never gaff a tuna in the body of the fish.

[@chevy59tom]

This is on my bucket list. I have a friend who caught a 1,000 pounder last year..... $15,000

[@Outdoorsactivities]

Bring me fishing

[@demxxxxx]

maybe they caught the Captains brother!, lol's!

[@ogweasel4273]

Darrell May lol

[@843Landbased]

Wish

[@reonsc8351]

i wonder if theres a new technology in mono line which i didnt know..the color changing mono line.

[@markguyver1211]

It cycles through different colors on a designated yardage scale. So if the transition from clear to green to gold to red to purple is listed at 500 yards, you can gauge how much line the fish has taken on a long run.

[@alalducente]

you dont freaking poke the fish.

[@Don4ramuk]

should they aim for the head and not the body. prime meat there

[@angelikaseville8163]

Right. I saw a Japanese documentary here on KZbin about tuna. The guy said foreigners do this a lot, and they export it to Japan but with damages on the body due to hooking, so it wouldn't sell that well because Japanese have high standards.

[@theaussiebaron]

One billion calories in search of fish - nice one.

[@scottsavage6047]

Does ANYONE know who makes the "Hard Merch"'s Green Tuna Reels?

[@atlanticocean640]

Scott Savage from what I hear buy the reel then look up reel colors to do it

[@bionicgeff]

These guys REALLY need to find a way to sell direct to Japan

[@TodayIFoundSomethingShiney]

Would be rejected - They damaged the meat in the body

[@kiuk_kiks]

It’s for American consumption.

[@khmerhandicapfishing237]

i like fishing but no chance to fishing tuna because in my country don't have Tuna.

[@ThePh4ntomHammer]

Which episodes was this

[@pheejl7534]

How come it’s only $9k?... I keep reading other stories where a fish like that would net something crazy like $500K+.

[@malcolmfrench1188]

Yellow fin not $$$$$ blue fin

[@evan7945]

No living wild life in the water mean no more humans on this planet

[@peterj6802]

humans would die either before or at the same time as the oceans wildlife is exhausted, not after.

[@ericlogos1116]

they could get $18/lb for Tj. lotta oily fat.

[@rayovac1352]

Omg stop lmao

[@nolaanderson8770]

They once took a core sample of TJ but only found mayonnaise

[@dustedstar5158]

I reckon he has lost weight .. must be the hot girlfriend

[@patrickgarvey146]

@@nolaanderson8770 Gravy

[@harryhaller627]

That's a lot of sandwiches.

[@davidjohnson3103]

Luckily, they were able to keep TJ from eating this fish before they had a chance to weigh it in.

[@Jo-do1uh]

David Johnson lmao

[@born4win30]

Unlucky Tuna.. How's trap 😊😊🤨🤨

[@jasonjinx]

$9300 bucks?

[@kenowens9021]

Back in the early 1980s, some of us went on 28 foot boats and went for giant tuna using robes with baited hooks. I think the largest fish that was caught was about 900 pounds. I watched this show and seems nothing is caught more than 500. Are the real giant tuna gone?

[@edwardleon5897]

Papow!!!

[@mygoodnessxxx]

Can you buy the heads? They seem to throw them away and I have some good ideas for them

[@samkom33]

Good question. when i grew up in the 1960s, say cod heads - red fish heads - and my personal favorite salted GREENLAND HALIBUT heads was-is my favorite food! it used to be food that poor people ate, becouse they couldnt afford the rest of the fish. but nowadays its realy hard to get hold of say fish heads if you dont know a fisherman, becouse most fishbuyers-factory ships just throw anything they dont use in to the fishmeal grinder.

[@emmanuelskillings3748]

That's my bait...

[@MorganBrown]

Meat on the deck? Truth

[@stevehardwick1578]

I'm guessing mommy bought the boat.

[@davids11131113]

Those guys are slim.

[@sandracurrier472]

I miss this show! anyone know when season starts for 2018?

[@mikeyoungblood1706]

LOOK at the melon on that Mook !!!!!!!

[@kokisekeroski419]

Борбата е тешка ама мора да се победи!

[@pr4183]

The big guy with beard medium to long hair with no cap could probs eat that whole tuna

[@spencerblackwell4374]

P R its funny have you have to describe which big guy you were talking about

[@nolaanderson8770]

TJ - salads! TJ - situps! Jesus dude

[@robertschneider8912]

TJ gastric bypass!

[@pelupelu2a661]

Tuna Fakin' Been Wave's Heat

[@raulramirez4413]

Rule #1 don’t celebrate till fish is in boat/out of water

[@pipine667]

Big mocker rasta

[@paulhill7818]

Homeboy is the same Size..😮

[@FistyCarrera]

remember when nat geo was good?

[@brownsbacker2712]

There’s was steady a ton of meat on the deck

[@ham4fun]

ive always wondered when the fish are weighed why do they cut the head n tail off? might be a dumb question.

[@FloridafishingwithRick]

They're weighing only what they get paid for.

[@madmax115541]

How come everytime a fish is brought into the boat i have yet to see the fish move at all on the boat???

[@austinnufer5968]

madmax115541 electric harpoon

[@lieutenantgraysquirrel2602]

They let it hang in the water. It bleeds to death there. They just edit that part out.

[@scrappyclappedoutfoxbody4174]

They cut and bleed them. Never bring a 500-1000lb fish alive into the boat...

[@bigbadbruins1]

Should of been $20 a LB

[@jamesmcallister5494]

He,s a big boy guys,give a little break here,,we all would like to be there,

[@topdawg6850]

The tuna is already divided by 2 consodering TJ was there

[@garrywhite13371337]

Dude they get $9,000.00 or more for that one fish😦 im in the wrong business lol hey do y'all need another hand out there?

[@paulmurray8734]

Gaffing them in the belly is an absolute No-No been fishing tuna since 69 if you want good money you don't got them there that's the best part of the meat

[@mikeadams3743]

2 different colored line??

[@elsoldaditodelpomo3662]

If that captain fell in the water any shark would think of he is a killer whale and leave inmediately

[@martinneps9387]

If you were just getting into giant tuna fishing what kind of boat would you purchase I do not want a flybridge And I do not want a centre console I want something like your boat but what kind would you buy please comment back Thank you so very much for this video at all dividual that I do of use on TV I love the show Thank you again

[@jakeschwartz5926]

I would want a sportfish

[@kennethken8974]

Surprisingly the boat still floats with him as captain.

[@buckbuck9225]

The fish is a slob?

[@bugabooblend3499]

Thats no tuna its a medium size shark

So what’s that 10g ?

[@therevenant320]

Lose some weight you’ll catch more fishes 😆😆😆

[@stevec898]

Looks like two of the people on board were bigger than the damm fich ???? nice fish though 👍

[@martinneps9387]

And I do not want a centre console I want a cabin That is my main thing

[@daleboxsell2805]

What is chumlee doing there.