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00:00Previously...
00:01Still alive! Let's go get some love!
00:05The winter lobster hunting season is underway.
00:08One just fell in there on the sides.
00:10Oh! Look how it takes, man!
00:14Should have jumped off when we were in Dover!
00:17Risky at all, in pursuit of the world's most prized seafood delicacy,
00:22are four hardcore Tessie lobster men.
00:25He's a ripper!
00:28Not... Oh, no!
00:30Who'll catch the most?
00:32And who'll claim the title as the king of the Southern Ocean?
00:37Yeah! Righto!
00:39That's a big fish!
00:41Hey! Got one!
00:42Well done, sir!
00:44I dropped an undersized one in the holding tank.
00:46I'm going looking till I find it.
00:48What a f***ing disaster!
01:05Where do you reckon he went and ran?
01:08I reckon he's close to this wall, right there.
01:11I reckon he didn't go far at all.
01:14Pedro Branca and Squizzy's under pressure, dealing with a nightmare catch-and-release scenario.
01:21There's bins up in the arm.
01:22Yeah, do you want to get them out just in case we're going to lead on properly?
01:26Squizzy accidentally dropped an undersized lobster into his holding tank.
01:31Sat there measuring it, went to the throwing row to the side, the horn broke and he fell in the
01:35holding tank, but it was open.
01:36If you get done with undersized fish, you're in big trouble.
01:40And you've got massive fines.
01:42Could be, if it's really bad, loss of licence.
01:44You'll never be a fisherman again.
01:46And your reputation shocked the s***.
01:48This is one of the biggest stuff-ups of my career.
01:51I need to get it fixed ASAP.
01:55The veteran skipper is looking for a needle in a haystack.
02:00His one saving grace is the lobster he's searching for as a distinguishing feature.
02:06It has just one horn.
02:08We'll be checking all these 400 lobsters until we find this one.
02:12We have to find it.
02:14There's nearly 400 crays in where it is.
02:17So I'm looking for one cray in 400.
02:21What a f***ing disaster.
02:29Yeah, baby!
02:31Yeah!
02:33Woo-hoo!
02:38Lucky had a broken horn.
02:41It's a huge relief now we found that lobster out of the tank.
02:45Yeah, there it is.
02:48I'd broken the end of the horn off.
02:50So, there was only one lobster in that tank of 400 what looked like that.
02:56Oh!
02:57He's a happy man now.
02:59F***!
03:01Troublemaker, mate.
03:02You've been naughty at school this blood.
03:05Sorry about your horn.
03:07Just shows you how easy it is to get things wrong out here.
03:135am, the Friars.
03:15And Team Chieftain is off to a rocky start.
03:18How'd you sleep?
03:19Shitty.
03:20Very shitty.
03:21Oh.
03:22Poor Grisys.
03:23Because he was thinking about Squeezy too much.
03:26Bryce is hunting for two kilo plus lobsters in shore close to the rocks.
03:32Zero.
03:32But so far, his strategy is not paying off.
03:36There's two lobsters in this pot.
03:39Two lobsters better than zero lobster.
03:41Lockie's groin injury is not helping.
03:44He can only work at half pace.
03:46Ah!
03:47Ah!
03:48Ah!
03:49You're not meant to lift.
03:50He needs to be light duties all trip.
03:53He's injured.
03:54He has to stay on light duties.
03:56He has to do less.
03:57Boss yelled at me.
03:58Yeah, fair enough.
04:00I would too.
04:01All eyes are on Jock to deliver.
04:03So you need to do it like this, Jock.
04:05Because Bryce said that you need to learn to do it properly.
04:08So you've got to throw the grapple.
04:09See?
04:10Good.
04:10And you've got to pull it in like this.
04:13One.
04:14Two.
04:15Hands underneath the rope.
04:17Yeah, okay.
04:18I'm with you.
04:19Jock's a willing student, but he's still got a lot to learn.
04:22Hey!
04:23Oh!
04:23Whoa, whoa, whoa!
04:26You've got to grapple, but you've got to...
04:27Oh, I didn't even get the bloody rope.
04:28You've got to get the rope, Jock.
04:29Jock, you've got to grapple it.
04:31The tide is strong, and the rocks are razor sharp.
04:35There's little margin for error.
04:37Jock, quick!
04:38Quick, Jock!
04:39We're going to hit the rocks.
04:40Quick!
04:43Oh, hello.
04:44Good morning, Australia.
04:45How are we today?
04:47Bright and early.
04:485.30.
04:49A little bit over halfway through the trip.
04:51The Giblin.
04:52And it's crunch time for the Buran boys.
04:55We're just picking up the 20 pots that we soaked yesterday.
05:00They've been in the water now for about 20 hours.
05:02After yesterday's dreadfully low lobster numbers,
05:05the pressure's on Jack to turn things around,
05:08and to turn a profit.
05:10He remains at the bottom of the tally board.
05:1239 yesterday morning, so we need to double that,
05:17and then a bit more.
05:18Otherwise, it's just, we're not moving forwards,
05:21we're going backwards.
05:22You've got to keep positive, you know?
05:23Even when you're having the shit days,
05:25you can't let it get to you.
05:27Woo!
05:29Johnny's in good mood.
05:30Meow!
05:31Five more hours up.
05:32He is bouncing off the walls.
05:34Yeah!
05:35He is bouncing.
05:37I wish he wasn't allergic to coffee
05:38so I could have one,
05:39but he is definitely peaking.
05:41I don't usually pay too much attention
05:43to Johnny's coffees,
05:45but I made him one today
05:46and asked him how he liked it.
05:47Five teaspoons of coffee,
05:49two tablespoons of sugar.
05:50And then we go!
05:52We go!
05:53Blap, blap, blap.
05:54Hey, baby!
05:56That's what we want.
05:58A nice big boy.
06:01Is he a boy?
06:02Yeah.
06:03Um, just keep a good eye out today
06:05for me, or girls,
06:07because there's a couple of girls in there,
06:08if you mind it.
06:10We can't take females this time of year.
06:12Yesterday, Johnny accidentally
06:14put a female in the shot bin,
06:16in the day bin,
06:17which is a big, big no-no.
06:19The girl!
06:20Sorry, Jackie boy.
06:22You're up.
06:22So this is a female with all her row.
06:25You've got to be really gentle with them
06:26because it just comes off really easy.
06:29So, if we're not careful with them,
06:32then we don't have any crayfish for next year.
06:36Hugely important,
06:37otherwise there's no industry.
06:39No industry whatsoever.
06:42Fines for keeping female lobsters
06:44can run into the tens of thousands of dollars.
06:47They should get bigger up in here.
06:51Bigger, bigger, bigger.
06:53I like this little creek.
06:54We get some bloody stonkers out of here sometimes.
06:57F***.
07:01That's a heavy c***.
07:03Just full of shitty sharks.
07:05The draft board sharks, as they're called.
07:07I've got a dollar for every sea shark I've ever caught.
07:09I'd be stinking rich, I reckon.
07:10I know it's so f***ing heavy.
07:14Five.
07:16Six.
07:17F***.
07:19Yeah, that pot too.
07:20That's a heavy pot.
07:21And then you go and put another 20 kilos of sharks in it.
07:25Definitely, definitely up there on the limits.
07:27I'm going to give up the crane and go sharking, I reckon.
07:29It's a nice craze in there.
07:32At least four.
07:33Made it all worth it.
07:36You're supposed to have gone to the top.
07:37Can you move that pot, please?
07:39The crew of the Chieftain
07:40is etching closer and closer
07:42to the treacherous coastline.
07:45This is where you've got to pull in quick.
07:47Jock's grappling needs to be pinpoint accurate.
07:50Go, Jock.
07:51You can't f*** this one up, Jock.
07:53You actually can't.
07:54When it comes to working in shore with the fries,
07:56it's dangerous.
07:57You're in around the rocks.
07:58Can I throw it now?
07:59I don't even know.
07:59I would have thrown it, but yeah.
08:00Wait till the...
08:02Go now.
08:02Throw it over.
08:03Yep.
08:04But when you go and add another variable,
08:06such as tide,
08:07it just changes everything
08:09and makes it ten times more dangerous.
08:11That's it, Jock.
08:11No pressure.
08:12Just cliff face.
08:14Because one little stuff up,
08:15or the motor dies,
08:17we're going to drift straight into the rocks
08:18and there's nothing we can do about it.
08:20When you've got slack line on the surface
08:21and you're right against the rocks
08:22or the cliff faces,
08:23you need to be fast.
08:24You need to be quick.
08:25It does not take much for this boat
08:27to get pushed sideways by the tide.
08:29Next minute you're hitting the rocks.
08:31We're only two and a half metres away
08:32from hitting the cliff.
08:33What's this, Pop?
08:35One lobby in it for us.
08:37Shitty Pop.
08:38That was worth nearly dying for, eh?
08:40One of the hardest things about
08:41working bad weather
08:42when you're the skipper
08:43is you're in charge of everyone's life.
08:45If a wave starts breaking,
08:47they're the ones in danger straight away.
08:48They're on deck.
08:49They will be washed off.
08:50A touch of a rock the right way
08:52and it's all over.
08:53You're done.
08:53It's my job to look after those guys.
08:56Bryce's inshore strategy
08:57has had a sharp reversal of fortune.
09:00It's starting to show promise.
09:02Look at that.
09:03That's a pretty nice lobster.
09:05Let's go get the scales, eh?
09:06We got...
09:07This is our little secret spot.
09:09When the weather comes nice,
09:10this is where we get the clunkers.
09:11Ooh!
09:12He's trying to get me.
09:13Ooh!
09:13That's good.
09:14Our secret spot paid off.
09:16The Chieftain's secret spot
09:18is very special.
09:19It's our secret spot
09:20because we know when to come here.
09:22You don't just come here whenever.
09:24You've got to come here
09:24when the weather comes just right.
09:27It's just a flat area
09:29that shows no sign of life
09:30but you can fit about
09:31five or six pots on it
09:33and once you get them on there,
09:34they just come up with nice numbers of fish.
09:37I can't tell you where we are though.
09:40There's a secret.
09:42I can't tell anyone the opinion.
09:44I don't even know where we are.
09:45Exactly.
09:46I don't know what you're talking about.
09:46Exactly.
09:49At Petra Branca,
09:50the weather has taken a turn.
09:52For the worse.
09:54The swell is peaking at four metres
09:56and the wind is 30 knots.
09:58Let it sink.
10:00Yeah.
10:00Yep.
10:01Good recovery, Jesse.
10:03Today's not a very nice day to be a deckhand.
10:07It's wet, cold, miserable,
10:09big swell, plenty of wind.
10:11Last one, Jess.
10:12Yep.
10:15Out here at Pedro,
10:16there's nowhere to hide.
10:17We're in this all day.
10:19Yo, move out of the way.
10:21They don't like this sort of shit.
10:24Abalone diver.
10:26You can tell on Rhino's body language
10:28that he's struggling a little bit.
10:30She's wild, man.
10:31She's wild.
10:33But we're getting there.
10:35We'll catch a couple of lobster.
10:37He's an abalone diver.
10:38They get wet,
10:39but they only go when it's nice and calm.
10:42I was telling him I'm going on a strike
10:44because it's too rough and windy
10:45and he gets real aggro and shitty.
10:49They're going to get wet today.
10:52Today's going to be a wet day.
10:54I said, I know why he's got that wet weather gear on.
10:56He doesn't even step out of the wheelhouse.
10:58He's got the door shut, the heater blowing,
11:02drinking cups of tea.
11:04Everyone's probably laughing
11:05on wearing wet weather in the wheelhouse,
11:06but when I don't wear them,
11:08that's when something happens
11:09and I have to run out on deck in a hurry
11:11and then the wave comes and gets me dreams.
11:14You loving it?
11:16This is what dreams are made of.
11:18Just smiling.
11:20Putting his horn at us.
11:27Yeah, I like it rough and ready,
11:30but it gets thrown around like a ragdoll a little bit.
11:34The weather's got shitty,
11:35but the big dogs haven't stopped coming.
11:38That's all right, isn't it?
11:39Pedro Branca's been nicknamed the Casino in the Sea
11:43and so far, Squeezy's heavy bedding has paid off.
11:47He's had the whole area to himself
11:49and he remains at the top of the tally board,
11:52but change is on the horizon.
11:57Light! Light!
11:59Boat!
12:00Boat.
12:02We got a boat.
12:04Just spotted a light on the horizon.
12:08Our one boat party is about to get crashed.
12:14At the end of the day, I don't own the ocean.
12:16We've got to share it.
12:17I wanted this place to ourselves.
12:19Looks like we don't have it to ourselves now
12:20and I just hope it's not for us.
12:26Thirty-six.
12:27Thirty-six.
12:28Thirty-six.
12:30Thirty-six.
12:30Whey!
12:32Got big dogs in this one.
12:35Lovey!
12:36Oh, my God.
12:37He doesn't even want to come out.
12:42Right.
12:43Two kilo one.
12:44Two and a half kilo one.
12:46Very happy.
12:47The crew of the Chieftain
12:49has landed a few tractors.
12:51It's what they want
12:52because the larger-sized lobsters
12:54are currently paying the highest prices.
12:57These big lobsters we're getting,
12:58they're the money fish.
12:59Get a good dollar for them.
13:01A big red at the moment
13:02is worth about $80 a kilo
13:04where a small brindle
13:05is only worth about $55.
13:07We are gonna win.
13:08We are the winners.
13:08The craze are clapping.
13:10They're looking big.
13:12My name is Squeezy.
13:14I get a little dizzy
13:15when Bryce comes
13:16and makes me fizzy.
13:19Look at that, Locke.
13:20What?
13:20I told you we'd have
13:21a good last few pups.
13:23The lobsters may be big,
13:24but the Chieftain's catch rate
13:26is lower than Bryce wants.
13:28He's desperate to beat Squeezy
13:30and to top the tally board.
13:32Bryce wants to be crowned
13:34King of the Southern Ocean.
13:36I've got 44 off that.
13:37That's all right.
13:3744 monsters.
13:39To increase his catch rate,
13:41Bryce decides to move
13:43further offshore.
13:44We're out wide right now
13:45just shooting the gear in.
13:48The guys will need to be
13:50on a good watch out on them
13:52because they're adding
13:53an extra danger now,
13:54so weather.
13:56Come on, big wave.
13:58Every time we leave the wharf,
14:00it's a gamble,
14:00whether it's nice weather
14:01or bad weather.
14:02In this case,
14:03it's horrible weather.
14:04Never turning back to the sea.
14:08It just makes everything
14:09a little bit harder.
14:10The last thing I want
14:10is them to pick up
14:11a 40, 50 kilo pot
14:12and fall over
14:13and have it land on them.
14:14Whoa!
14:16Whoa!
14:18Come on, my boys.
14:20Come on.
14:22The Buran's night shot
14:23has been a case
14:24of hits and misses.
14:26Last one coming up,
14:27Johnny boy.
14:28All right, let's see
14:29what we get
14:31in this little magical box.
14:35Oh!
14:37I think we've had a knotty
14:38in that past
14:38with one there
14:39with a few legs missing.
14:40It's always the biggest one too.
14:42Oh, he's lost a few legs.
14:45I've lost count.
14:46I think it was three.
14:47I forgot how.
14:50Jack's break-even number
14:51to make a profit
14:52is 70 lobsters.
14:54Good size.
14:55Fail.
14:56And he'll need
14:57to shift locations
14:58again.
14:59Two-four.
15:00Two-two.
15:01Bouncing.
15:03So we've got 53
15:04from that one.
15:05Probably would've been
15:06close to 53 kilo.
15:07We had some nice fish
15:08in amongst them.
15:09We're hoping for a few
15:10better numbers up here
15:11but sort of,
15:13you get what you get.
15:14I'm not real pleased
15:15with how we're going.
15:16I thought we'd pick up
15:17a few more fish through here
15:18than what we did.
15:20Bit of a letdown really.
15:21Usually like,
15:22this is,
15:23this is my go-to,
15:24you know?
15:24Like this is where I go
15:25and I'm struggling with fish.
15:27And it always pulls me
15:28out of the shit
15:28but I think we might have
15:29to go back to where
15:30we started the trip.
15:31So I'm thinking about
15:32going back down to Port Davie.
15:33You know,
15:34four hours back to where
15:35we come from.
15:36I just don't know
15:37what to do right now.
15:38I don't know
15:40what to do.
15:44There's real big cries
15:45around this.
15:46Real temperamental.
15:47Like just,
15:48just there?
15:49Yeah.
15:50Team Pira
15:50has arrived at
15:52Petra Branca.
15:54Can't see him here yet
15:55with us on.
15:57Oh,
15:58I reckon.
15:59I don't see him.
16:00I reckon he's out
16:00to the south-west.
16:03Mmm.
16:05I think I've spotted a
16:06bait on the radar.
16:08And I think it might be
16:09Mr. Squizzy Taylor.
16:11Miles has kept his
16:12decision to fish here
16:13under tight wraps.
16:15But the bigger news
16:16is that Cody and Timmy
16:17have settled their
16:18differences.
16:20This was Timmy
16:21yesterday.
16:22I'm not f***ing laughing
16:23man.
16:23I'm dropping my head.
16:24You've just pulled all
16:25them f***ing floats
16:25out of there like that.
16:28Get hit me with one
16:28of them pots
16:29and see what happens.
16:31F***ing should have
16:31jumped off the plane
16:32we was in Dover.
16:36And this is Cody and
16:38Timmy today.
16:40Miles spoke to them
16:41both and has managed
16:42to calm things down.
16:43It's back to hunting
16:45for tractors.
16:47You see that boat,
16:48Jesse?
16:49Nah.
16:50It's that way.
16:51Towards the tall rock.
16:54They're getting sneaky
16:55now.
16:55They turned the lights
16:56out.
16:57I'm changing me bet
16:58now from Bryce to Miles.
17:00And the pier has got
17:01two big masts.
17:02So I think that's who
17:03it is.
17:04There it is.
17:05Back to the right of
17:06the rock.
17:07It's Miles.
17:09Yeah, that's your
17:09Miles bit mate.
17:11Is that you to the
17:13north east of me mate?
17:16Yeah, I'm just
17:17down here at Sid
17:17Mouth Rock where
17:18it's rocked up.
17:20Yeah.
17:20My gear's around Pedro
17:22and then heading south
17:24to Flying Scud.
17:26Yeah, righto.
17:27So I'm pretty clear
17:28down here then?
17:29Yeah mate,
17:29you're all clear there.
17:30Yep, you are.
17:32No, it's too late.
17:33Any other boats about?
17:35No mate, we had it by
17:37ourselves.
17:38Yeah, you've crashed the
17:40party.
17:40Nah, it's too easy mate.
17:44Alright mate, take care.
17:45Cheers.
17:46Roger, roger.
17:47I'm happy it's Miles and
17:49not Bryce.
17:50You know, you can work
17:51around Miles.
17:52It gives you the respect
17:53and gives you plenty of
17:54room.
17:55Thanks Miles.
17:57That's how it's done.
17:58Sort of know Bryce does it
17:59a different way.
18:01It's Miles.
18:03That's okay.
18:06Rhino must like Miles.
18:08Maybe they should go out on a
18:09date.
18:09Let's concentrate on fishing
18:11because now we've got
18:12competition.
18:16The Pedro Branca swell
18:17is on the rise.
18:20Loving it?
18:21Yeah mate.
18:23It's just wet.
18:24You know, it's the middle of
18:25winter down here.
18:26It's freezing cold.
18:27Days like today, the crew
18:29earn their money.
18:33You use a heap more energy.
18:38That's a part of being a fisherman.
18:42Two to go.
18:43We're slugging away, you know,
18:46in these adverse conditions.
18:49I don't mind admitting it.
18:51This is not my cup of tea.
18:52No.
18:53Is it anyone's?
18:54No.
18:55Only dickheads like him.
18:56It's a young man's game.
18:59It is a young man's game on deck.
19:01He can sit in there and drink
19:02his warm saucer milk.
19:04Her like a kid.
19:07Look at Barry dry.
19:09Yeah, look at him.
19:11This is what happens when you do
19:13your apprenticeship.
19:14Jesse.
19:15End up where I am in there
19:17and you're nice and dry.
19:18I'm glad I'm on this side of
19:19the windows.
19:20No doubt about that.
19:22Woo!
19:22Last one.
19:24Donkeys, come on.
19:25Here it is.
19:26Here it is.
19:27Oh, look at it.
19:28Look at it.
19:29Look at it.
19:39Fishy, fishy, fishy.
19:42Squizzy's night shot is a good one,
19:44but there's a problem.
19:47We're missing a double.
19:49Uh-oh.
19:51F***, missing a double.
19:52Gotta be here.
19:53I haven't got the mark, so...
19:56I know it's in this line.
19:57So the mark hasn't got in the computer.
19:59It could be this side or that side
20:01as we go up.
20:02Keep an eye out.
20:03Yeah.
20:04Yeah.
20:05Whoever finds it, get some free beer.
20:07At the end of the day, I think I'm getting older
20:09and I'm starting to get old timers.
20:11Are you going to have a look for that other pot or not?
20:13Keep missing pots.
20:14He doesn't know where it is.
20:15That's the problem.
20:16We lost two, actually.
20:18Just jump up the bow.
20:20Yes?
20:21And I'll just cruise up slowly.
20:23Could be on both sides.
20:24I'm missing a, uh, missing a double.
20:27Two pots.
20:27I know it's, uh, in this area.
20:30I don't know where it is.
20:32Squizzy has misplaced two lobster pots.
20:35And each pot can earn thousands of dollars.
20:38It could be a very costly mistake.
20:41Oh, that's me not concentrating on my jobs.
20:45Trying to see if I can see it.
20:46Just trying to find it.
20:52We'll have a look tomorrow.
20:53When it calms down, we'll see it better.
20:56Alright.
20:56Otherwise, I'm just going to burn fuel looking for it.
21:00Well, the lucky lass was not real lucky, I guess.
21:07Not that we're good, but just some.
21:09Some.
21:11Heaps.
21:12Heaps.
21:13We just want heaps.
21:16Jack and Johnny are desperate for some better lobster numbers.
21:20Relax, relax, relax, relax.
21:21Come on, you little grindle.
21:26And one in there for us, Johnny.
21:27One in there, cosy.
21:29Just a one?
21:30One, bruv.
21:31Start getting real paranoid, like, squeezing our f***ing crosses hitting the banana on here.
21:35Not looking real promising, Johnny.
21:38Oh, don't bullshit me.
21:39It's f***ing beautiful.
21:41I think we might rip those off and bugger off back down the track, mate.
21:44Too easy, bruv.
21:45I'm with you wherever you go.
21:47Oh, that's good.
21:48I like your positivity.
21:49Positivity, bruv.
21:51It's all smiles, man, dear.
21:53On these trips where you catch f***ing gall, if you let yourself get sad, depressed about
21:57it, you're not going to be able to concentrate.
21:59You're going to get inside your own head, so it's great having someone here that isn't getting
22:03upset and crabby about the catch rates that we're getting at the moment, too.
22:06To pull a shot like this, it costs you exactly the same to do this.
22:11To catch a thousand fish is what you could do to catch 200, so take the fuel, bait, all
22:18your other expenses into it.
22:20At the moment, it's just not paying any bills.
22:23So you need to try something different, I think.
22:25We've got 13 out of 40 pots, so just a f***ing waste of time.
22:30So we are out of here, I reckon.
22:35We're just going to go shoot these right up in behind this rock.
22:39Miles is dropping his first Pedro Branca shot.
22:44He's in his way out down there.
22:46We've got Mr Squizzle out here, so we're going to show him a bit of respect when he's in the
22:52area before us, but there's plenty of room for two boats.
22:59This is the most southern rock of Australia other than Macquarie Island.
23:02So, yeah, we're a fair way down here.
23:07There's f***ing no gaps in that one.
23:15I haven't been out this far.
23:17Yeah, head drives a bit deeper.
23:19Looking for a kilo plus, gotta be ideal out here.
23:23Definitely the place for it.
23:24If they're running, they're running.
23:26Pedro Branca is a place where fortunes can be made and lost.
23:31It's a very tricky place to fish.
23:33I certainly haven't worked it out, but you've just got to try your luck sometimes.
23:37They're just very, very temperamental, the fish out here.
23:41Like, I'll fish Pedro Branca a fair bit.
23:43Yeah, when they're on, they're on.
23:45When they're not, they're f***ing, they're not.
23:48Yeah, hopefully, hopefully, you'll find a few fish out here.
23:54Miles is hunting for monster money fish, and he reckons his favourite pot, nicknamed Dover,
24:00is his best bet.
24:02This is an old fisherman who I've borrowed this square pot off.
24:06Hold on, Nick.
24:09I'll tie that in again.
24:11So this pot, it's, yeah, it's a little bit different, but it seems to be catching really well.
24:16Me and Tim both know a guy. He's a good mate of mine.
24:18I did my skipper stick with him.
24:20His name's Ben.
24:22But we nicknamed Dover, because he's quite a sort of solid fella, so it's a pretty solid pot,
24:29so we thought we'd nicknamed Dover.
24:31I've found this special bit of bottom to shoot Dover on,
24:35because, you know, he's going to be a really good telltale whether we should stay here or not.
24:47Jack's trip to the Giblin has failed.
24:49He's heading back to Port Davie.
24:55Jack, what's happening?
24:56Oh, what's going on, buddy?
24:58Miles's risky move to Pedro Branca has also backfired.
25:02Not catching much. We're doing bloody shit outside.
25:05Yeah, no, we're, um, we're doing about the same.
25:09What about you? Are you still kicking around down the fries, mate?
25:11Oh, I've made a bit of a move.
25:14I'm at the sunken albatross.
25:16The sunken albatross.
25:19Yeah.
25:19So you're a pedra.
25:22Yeah, I am, and we're not catching much at all.
25:25F*** you.
25:27I suppose at least, whatever you are, catching figs.
25:29Yeah, we are catching a few bigger ones, which is good.
25:32I'm really scratching my head here.
25:34I don't know if I've made the right move, to be honest.
25:37Yeah, I've done that all trip, mate.
25:39Squeezy's still down that way?
25:40You've got to be yourself.
25:42Nah, Squeezy's down here.
25:44Ah.
25:45So you guys will be battling now for a bit of bottom, then?
25:47Plenty of room here for two roads, but don't tell Bryce any of this far away.
25:51Nah, nah, I won't be.
25:53I don't think Miles and Bryce are on speaking terms at the moment.
25:57I think Bryce might have been typical Bryce.
26:00A bit cheeky.
26:01Shot a bit too close, and Miles has sort of got his back up against it.
26:05I just don't want him bloody freaking hovering all over us.
26:09Nah, you don't need it.
26:11Two boats just dumpy there, three can be a pain in the arse.
26:14How are the boys getting along?
26:16Um, oh, a bit of conflict here yesterday.
26:19Things getting a bit heated, but I had to have a few words to the boys last night.
26:24We're catching f***ing cold, but the boat morale is high, so...
26:27Ah, well, that's good.
26:29Alright, mate.
26:30Alright, bud. Have a good one.
26:31You too, bud. Bye.
26:35I got the first spot. First pot.
26:38In six spots. Then in...
26:41And down.
26:41And down.
26:42Six games, and I'll tell you.
26:44Miles is in third spot on the lobster tally board.
26:47He's hoping his pepper-branker gamble will pay off.
26:50Not a good sign.
26:53His favourite pot-dover is a dud.
26:58I don't know I f***ed it, but...
27:02David didn't do that well.
27:05Bloody, I think you gotta call one or two.
27:07So that's not a good sign at all.
27:10At this point, we better hope for 120 in one pot.
27:15We might have the 10 covered.
27:21That's a good sign.
27:25Oh, these f***ing pots. There's nothing really that exciting is going on.
27:34I want some nice pots now. This is bullshit.
27:38Fishing is just like a mental rollercoaster.
27:41You know, like, sometimes you're really happy.
27:44I mean, you know, you've got an adrenaline boost.
27:46You're catching lots of fish, and everything's going well, and you're making good money.
27:50And other times, you know, you're not catching anything.
27:54It can be very unforgiving, you know, this job.
27:57You sacrifice a lot.
27:59Being crayfish, sacrificing, you know, your relationships.
28:03You know, seeing your friends, your social life.
28:05It's hard.
28:06Like, you know, like, I've got a dog.
28:07I've never seen my dog.
28:09It's a bloody hard job at times.
28:11Sure.
28:11Nice.
28:13That's a nice one.
28:16A bit better, that one.
28:19Huge.
28:20You don't even need to measure.
28:23Huge again.
28:24Yeah, these are big reds, these ones.
28:27You don't catch no less fish.
28:29Well, you're just not catching enough.
28:31There's not enough fish here.
28:33Oh, what do we do?
28:35What do we do?
28:36What do we do?
28:36What do we do?
28:37What do we do?
28:39It's been a disaster of a day for Miles, and it might be about to get a whole lot worse.
28:47Oh, Bryce is trying to give me a call.
28:51I wonder what Bryce wants.
28:52If you get a third bite out of Petra Branca, then things can get a little bit heated.
28:58Especially the way Bryce's ethics are with fishing.
29:01I mean, he would just be a total pain in the ass if he comes out of here.
29:04Obviously, he's worried about where I am.
29:07So, all Bryce seems to do is worry about Bryce.
29:11And, you know, I'm worrying about what I'm doing.
29:13So, I guess Miles isn't answering at the moment.
29:16He's too busy catching more lobsters than me, I reckon.
29:18I'm not picking up.
29:26Hey, Bryce.
29:27Hey, Squiz.
29:28This is the welfare check service.
29:30How are you going?
29:31Hey, alright.
29:32Where are you?
29:33Still in the same spot?
29:34Same spot.
29:34They haven't moved.
29:35Yeah.
29:37Miles is not around me.
29:38So, have you got a twin-mask big green boat down there?
29:41Uh, yes.
29:42Ah, he did take off this morning.
29:44I thought it was actually you.
29:46Nah, I don't follow you around.
29:48What are you on about?
29:50You know, Rick?
29:51So, what are you getting 300 a shot?
29:53Oh, no.
29:53I'll tell you what I've got out of this one pot.
29:55Rocky's going to yell it out.
29:56No bullshit.
29:56No bullshit.
29:57He's got to tell me.
29:58What'd you get out of that one?
29:59Thirteen, mate.
30:00Thirteen.
30:01Oh, well, good on you, mate.
30:03Good on you.
30:04Dodge Dodge.
30:05When are you going in and unload?
30:06Oh, I was thinking Monday.
30:09Yeah.
30:10Yeah.
30:10He must be full then.
30:12Yeah.
30:12What about you?
30:14Ah, I was going to stick it out as long as I could.
30:16All right, then.
30:17We'll, um, talk to you, uh, very soon.
30:21Roger.
30:22See ya.
30:22Be safe.
30:23You too, mate.
30:24Bye.
30:25He said he's going in.
30:27His dad, uh, reckons the price might drop.
30:30Which, yeah.
30:31Good business, mate.
30:33But we'll just, uh, we'll just see.
30:35We've got to stick her out as long as we can.
30:37Yeah, I'm a little bit worried that Bryce is going in a day before us.
30:41You know, if Bryce has got two ton on, it could send the price south.
30:44He's, um, as miserable as I get, by the sounds of that.
30:50Miles is down where he is.
30:51And we are where Miles was.
30:53And now we're the only ones here.
30:54Everyone's left us.
30:56So, sometimes you just stick it out and make a pay.
30:59If that doesn't work, then I'm going to Pedra.
31:04Yeah, Miles is at Pedra.
31:06Yeah, I thought he'd be.
31:09Bryce now has the Friars to himself.
31:12That opens up the east side of the Friars.
31:14I can now go out there and do as I please.
31:16You know, I've got ten plus square mile of fishing ground all to myself.
31:20The fact that Squizzy's trying to find information from me
31:23tells me that not everything's doing very well at Pedra.
31:26And he might be thinking about coming back.
31:28I won't be going to Pedra.
31:29There's no point.
31:30For now, I'm happy with our numbers.
31:32I'm happy with everything that's happening here.
31:34If we can get over 200 lobsters today, hopefully around the 250 mark,
31:37that's about $10,000 worth of lobster.
31:40Hold it.
31:42Let us take.
31:43Got him.
31:45Fucking got him tangled.
31:46Oh yeah, yeah.
31:47She's coming.
31:47She's coming.
31:48She's fatiguing.
31:49She's fatiguing.
31:51How many lobsters are in that bin, Doc?
31:5211.
31:53Pops are coming on nicely.
31:55They are.
31:56116 off half the gear is bloody good.
31:59I mean...
32:00That's good.
32:00Could be in for a 200 shot, maybe.
32:04The first half of the shot has delivered.
32:07Bryce needs to keep it up.
32:08If he's any chance of ousting Squizzy from the top spot on the tally board.
32:14Uh-oh.
32:15Squizzy curse.
32:16Nah.
32:17The squi...
32:17Squizard.
32:19The Squizard's back at us.
32:21Squizzy's putting his hood and shit on us.
32:23Come on, Squizard.
32:24Why are you doing that to us, Squizzy?
32:28In that pot.
32:29It's slowed right down.
32:31It might not hit our 200.
32:33It's always hard if you've...
32:34If you've had a really good first half in any kind of fishing,
32:38if you start off really well and it slows down,
32:41it makes you feel a bit disheartened.
32:43But, you know, it's just you want to finish on a high,
32:45but it doesn't always happen.
32:47There's nothing worse than the last half of the gear slowing right down.
32:51You go from a really big high,
32:53and then you just go straight down on that roller coaster.
32:55Time to go.
32:57Might be dark by the time we get them up,
32:58but it'll be alright.
33:00See if we can bring it home with the last few pots, Joggy.
33:03Let's do it!
33:05But the drop in numbers isn't the only pain Team Chieftain is feeling.
33:10Lockie's testicle is playing up again.
33:13You alright, Lockster?
33:15What are you doing, mate?
33:16Alright, you're busy.
33:17I'll do one pot.
33:18Are you being naughty?
33:20Oh, Lockster.
33:22You've got a sore nut tonight.
33:24I'm not going to massage you better.
33:26We've told him this entire trip,
33:28please don't lift pots.
33:29Please don't do all the heavy lifting.
33:31It's not for you.
33:32That's why Jock is here.
33:33Don't hurt your nut.
33:34Ow!
33:35He insists to do heavy lifting,
33:37but he just shouldn't be,
33:38because if he gets fully injured,
33:40if he has to spend two days in bed,
33:42that's two days of pay he doesn't get.
33:45Miles is betting on Petra Branka,
33:48but so far there's no grand jackpot.
33:52We ended up with 75,
33:53so a little bit disappointing to be honest.
33:5675 is just not cutting at all.
33:58You know, we left 130 to 150 shot at the fryers.
34:03We've got to try and find something better than that.
34:05We've got another spot I want to go have a look at,
34:07and that's about an hour and a half steam.
34:08I think they're probably equally as big fish as what Petra Branka is.
34:13This new location, it's really going to pay off,
34:16because if it doesn't pay off,
34:18we're going to fall behind really, really quickly.
34:21Old Diver over here is pretty hungry,
34:23so we're going to go feed him a few more fish, I think.
34:25No, we better put him on a diesel.
34:34The bold contender is battling rough weather,
34:37and now there's an added challenge.
34:39A power tide has taken hold of Squizzy's pots.
34:46Sink them way too far.
34:51Go now!
34:52Come on!
35:01Good work, mate.
35:03Hey, that's you !
35:06So we're in 120 metres.
35:08I reckon the tide's just coming around.
35:10It's going really hard and it's taking our gear down.
35:14The surface is here and the boys are underneath the surface.
35:19Dead in the water, mate.
35:21This is a shocking place here, man.
35:24Tide.
35:26Tide waits for no man and you can't beat it.
35:28That simple.
35:30There's your pot on the bottom.
35:32The rope's going up to the surface.
35:34There's your floats.
35:35The tide's going that direction.
35:38Once the tide runs really hard, which it is now,
35:41pulls on that rope and that float will go all the way down.
35:51I'll give it to you, Jesse.
35:53Very well done.
35:59Come on.
36:01Where the f*** are they?
36:03Normally this weather fires up the lobsters.
36:05Not the case today.
36:06The tide's probably just running way too hard.
36:11Lost another one, have we?
36:13Yeah.
36:14I hate the f***ing tide.
36:17Oh, shit.
36:19So we've got 11 pots here.
36:20We've pulled two.
36:21We've gone past seven.
36:22That's what happens when you come out in the big boy country.
36:26Sometimes old big boy country slaps the old big boy in the face.
36:29Out here, it's big boy country and Pedro is kicking our ass at the moment.
36:34Squizzy's top spot on the tally board is under threat.
36:37It ain't going to be our best day if you can't pull pots.
36:41It's going to be a long night if you keep missing.
36:50Go, go, go.
36:52Get it?
36:53Pull, pull, pull.
36:54Lockie's injury means Jock has to do all of the heavy lifting.
36:59Go, Jocky.
37:01But that's not Team Chieftain's only problem.
37:05I think there's meant to be one right here, Jocky.
37:08Go on up there, Bryce.
37:10How far?
37:11100 metres.
37:13The fish are slowing down.
37:14The full moon's out.
37:16The tide's getting stronger.
37:17It's just causing us havoc.
37:19Go, Dad.
37:20The floats are getting dragged underwater.
37:21It's getting harder and harder for me to see.
37:23You know, if I don't see them, then I'm only going to run them over.
37:26So it's just something you've got to be really careful with.
37:28If there's anywhere sort of in front of a stock,
37:31you'll know when you see it.
37:32Oh, you're going to count.
37:33The hive is running real hard, stuck in the float, Thunder.
37:37You only see him for a split second.
37:39So if you pay your eye off it, go on again.
37:42Second half's not looking real good.
37:44It all just died off.
37:45Come on, Jock. Don't get pulled in.
37:47On to go.
37:52We're not getting a single fish, so...
37:54Again, things just change overnight.
37:56Nothing we can do about it.
37:58Three, four, four, six, three, eight.
38:02Hey!
38:03Hold up.
38:04We still need two, actually.
38:06I'll count to 49.
38:07We're two, 44, 46, 48, 49.
38:10We still need two, actually.
38:12That just shattered your hopes and dreams, didn't it?
38:15Every pot we don't get back, that's just money we miss out on.
38:18That's lobsters we don't get for the day shot and the next night shot.
38:21Bryce has a choice to make.
38:24Search for the lost pots and forfeit the night shot or leave the pots wherever they are until
38:29the morning and drop new pots before the 10pm curfew kicks in.
38:35Don't worry, Jock.
38:36All good, Jocky.
38:37The industry's under a curfew, so we have a certain time limit.
38:40The gear has to be put in by, just like we have a curfew on how long the pots can
38:44stay
38:45in the water.
38:46We're getting really close to this curfew, and the last thing we want is to run out
38:50of time and not be able to shoot any gear in.
38:53Ready?
38:54Tired?
38:55Yep.
38:58It's a race against time, and the weather is being a pain in my arse.
39:01Go, go, go, go.
39:02Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, quick, go.
39:03Bryce has less than one hour before the 10pm curfew comes into effect.
39:08Just with the weather and whatnot, it sort of slowed us down a bit, and we're losing daylight
39:13at the end of the day there, and we couldn't find the last two, so we'll have to try and
39:17find them tomorrow.
39:18Are you happy, Bryce?
39:19It's our biggest day shot and our shittest at the same time, because we caught the day shot
39:23off of half the gear.
39:24Are you happy?
39:25No.
39:27Bryce, you got nothing out of the last half, so it was a big letdown, really.
39:32It was just unfortunate.
39:33You can have all the skill in the world.
39:35We're the best fishermen on the planet, but it all comes down to just a bit of luck, really.
39:42Yep.
39:44The Buran boys are also fishing right down to the wire.
39:48Yep.
39:48They've got 30 minutes to drop 20 pots before the 10 o'clock curfew kicks in.
39:54Yeah, mate.
39:58Yeah, mate.
40:01And now we're on a race to get them in before we're not allowed to.
40:05Problem is, another boat has dropped their pots where Jack wanted to shoot.
40:11He's running out of time to find new ground.
40:14If I have to steam around for the next half an hour trying to find where he doesn't have
40:18pots, you know, I could get stuck.
40:20We have to have our gear in the water by 10 p.m. It's the law. This time of year,
40:25we can't
40:25ship between 10 and 5.
40:27Jacky boy will find somewhere, fingers crossed, nice and close so we can get them all off.
40:31Otherwise, we just have to pull the pin by 10.
40:33I'll get around this next corner and run into another boat's load of gear. We sort of could
40:38be in for a bit of trouble.
40:40There's another f***ing boy in front of us.
40:43There's a rope coming this way, bruv.
40:46This is getting me on the joke.
40:47Can you see any more up in front of us?
40:50Oh, there is.
40:50Yeah.
40:51All around that island there is.
40:52Ah, f*** him.
40:54It's our turn to cause a bit of controversy.
40:58Don't do that.
41:00I f***ing hate it when someone shoots too close to me, so I will not do it to someone else.
41:05Some people in this industry respect me and I think I've earned that respect by being courteous.
41:10I'm not going to go and do it to someone else.
41:12F***.
41:12Hello.
41:13Looks pretty clear.
41:15Yeah.
41:19Right.
41:21Yeah.
41:26There's more boys around here too.
41:27Are they ours?
41:29Yeah, they're ours.
41:30Those ones are all right.
41:31Right, Johnny.
41:34Ah, yeah, last spot.
41:35We have nine minutes left to go.
41:38Right, Johnny.
41:40We've managed to get the last of the gear in.
41:42We had nine minutes left, so...
41:459.51 with all the pots off the deck, so that's a win in my books.
41:50Yeah, it just seems to be one thing after another this trip.
41:52Um, you know, if we're not on the fish, we're running into gear.
41:56So we just need something to come our way.
41:58We're not really moving forward very fast at the moment.
42:01We need to step it up a little bit.
42:04It's ten.
42:05I don't know what I'm f***ing with.
42:07We're missing ten pots.
42:09If they had average three kilos each for lobsters in them,
42:13that's $2,500 down.
42:14Yep.
42:17Anyone who thinks this job is easy, come fishing with me.
42:22We end up with 109.
42:23That's 243 for the day.
42:26But will it be enough for Squizzy to remain on the top of the leaderboard?
42:31The Buran boys are still down on their luck.
42:35They're in fourth place with a total of 575.
42:40Miles' Petra Gamble keeps him in third place with 1,312.
42:49Young Gun Bryce remains a fierce competitor with 1,366 lobsters.
42:56And despite a loss of ten pots,
43:00old dog Squizzy cements his legend status at the top of the leaderboard
43:05with a total of 1,396.
43:10Done well today, mate.
43:11On the grapple in the tide.
43:14Marvellous.
43:15I thought the lobsters would have kicked on a little bit today with the rough weather.
43:19They didn't.
43:21And we lost ten pots in the tide.
43:23If we don't get the ten pots back, ASAP.
43:25It's going to cost us thousands very quickly.
43:28And then our two-ton target's out the window.
43:31That ain't going to happen.
43:32I thought the lobsters would have had a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a
43:51little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a
43:51little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a
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43:51little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a
43:51little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a
43:52little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a
43:52little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a little bit of a
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