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Oh, we made it down to Chatham. Oh, I hope we get a bite. Staying positive. You see, the whales, the tuna are generally with them. We started to hear them. We set up, basically down sea of them. Tons of bait here that they're feeding on. Hopefully, the tuna come through this. Just deployed our first two baits. We'll see what happens.

We won this thing last year by coming down to Chatham all the time, but also by working with the hot tuna. So we're going to continue with that as long as possible.

Did you find the whales, Bob? Yeah, we know they're upwind of us. We can hear them. Okay. We're right close to Bobby's. Just right up the line a little bit from us here. Chris crying like a baby here. I can't get them walk or a bite. And me and Bob Cook on the fat tuna. Stay in contact on the radio. More efficient Chatham.

Anyone that's willing to steam down here and put in the time and the effort deserves to be given the right information. I thought we'd be headed home by now. Of course, we all did. I heard a rumor that the hard merchant fishing at Chatham, which to me is odd. You know, he's the one who's been hating on Chatham. He says he's going to stay local in Gloucester. I think it might be BS, but it's too early in the season to stress about the other boats.

Usually, when we're cooking, we hook up. So hopefully, it brings us a little luck here. I’d love to bend the rod and get in early enough so we can get back out here tomorrow and do it again. Ah, there he is. We got a bouncer. Hopefully, we get a nice one. I haven’t heard the whales here for a little bit now. They definitely moved on. Can we smell them?

Oh, we just got bit. We’re on! We're on. 150 seems real. Seems real. Bob's got them on. How deep? 150. That's got to be right in front of his face. Whoo, we're on. Good one, good one. And this is why we come down here. Get it, buddy. You know, they can say what they want. Let us burn the fuel we want. But this is where the fish at.

Whoa. What is that? You got it? Yeah. Thanks, buddy. Yeah. You know, full bellies always keeps the crew happy. So when you're in a good mood, you usually hook fish. There he is. Got him on, baby! Whoo! Saw the rod bouncing around tight, you know, fingers crossed. It turns into a tuna. It's hoping it's not a shark. Be honest.

Well, it’s swimming up awful fast. I feel like it might be a tuna personally. Only because a shark, I feel it would come up a lot faster by now. Oh, see? That's them, right? Just took some line right off the reel that time. You never know. Definitely a tuna. I'm not sold this is a fish. Fingers crossed. We can land this thing and head for the barn.

Ready, Johnny? Yeah. Straight in like a tuna. Every single time I moved it up a bit. Hope it's the right one. We'll see how it goes here. Come on, go! Go! Come on. Let's go, boys. Here come some weights.

Oh, my God. What the hell is that about? I can see the glow. Yeah, it’s a shark. He gone just came off. Oh, well, that was a little bit disappointing, huh? Get back to the drift and hopefully hook back up. Let's get him. Let’s get him. Let's get him, buddy. We are on fuego right now. Let's go.

Want me to go? Go to port, go to port. Forward, forward. Oh, there he is. No, no, hold on. Tie breaks. Come up right here. Nail him!