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Aussie Lobster Men - Season 5 - Episode 05
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00:01Previously...
00:01Yay!
00:04Look at where she's at!
00:05That's a happy llama if I've ever seen a happy llama.
00:08The winter lobster hunting season is underway.
00:12160 on the knocker, 320 for the day.
00:17Risking it all, in pursuit of the world's most prized seafood delicacy,
00:22is a fleet of young gunned lobstermen.
00:25Take a few more of them, Johnny.
00:26And a canny old sea dog, an Aussie lobster legend.
00:31Dead, baby!
00:33That's what we're talking about.
00:35Hello, ladies!
00:41Take it, it's too long.
00:56I feel like my eyes are just hanging out my head right now.
01:01Didn't get to bed till probably after 10 o'clock last night.
01:05The south-east coast of Tasmania.
01:07And Miles and Dehi Timmy are fighting off exhaustion.
01:11Timmy showing signs of physical fatigue.
01:14And a dismal dawn catch rate is not helping team morale.
01:19Yeah, not real fast this morning.
01:22Bit shitty.
01:24It's been taking us a bit longer.
01:26Because obviously we've only got one guy.
01:29Had half an hour of sleep and we got 3.30.
01:32It's not long enough though, is it?
01:35But yeah, Tim, you see he hasn't complained once.
01:40He's been putting in 110%.
01:42Ah, what a f***ing joke!
01:45It's a huge job to do this by yourself.
01:47There's been a lot of sorting and a lot of fish to go through in the pot.
01:51I bet he's wishing he had someone else giving him a hand, though,
01:54because they're big days.
01:55F***ing all just under.
01:58Wish about two crores would be finishing so much f***ing earlier.
02:05Did anything out of it?
02:08Nah.
02:09It's a disappointing morning for Team Pyrrha.
02:12But Miles still leads the tally board with 686 lobsters.
02:18The Chieftain holds second place on 682.
02:22The Bolt contender has 647 lobsters in the tank.
02:27And the Baran is in fourth place on 365.
02:33Get him untied and all that sort of stuff, please, honey.
02:36As to the prices, lobsters over a kilo are currently selling for between $65 and $85 a kilo.
02:45Lobsters under a kilo are selling for $55 to $60 a kilo.
02:50Hello, boys.
02:54This morning on Aussie Lobster, man, the boys are exhausted.
02:58The crew of the Baran is hunting lobsters inshore along the southwest coast of Tasmania.
03:05If working next to jagged shards of razor-sharp quartzite wasn't stressful enough...
03:10You have to be on the ball with this next one, please, Johnny.
03:13Yeah, mate.
03:14Jack's made a big, risky call.
03:16If his next shot's a fizzer, he's shifting locations.
03:20And that will cost him money.
03:23Ah, a bit anxious.
03:26A lot hanging on this one, whether we stay, whether we go.
03:29Could go either way, there's more to really.
03:33Stuck between a rock and a hard place at the moment.
03:35I don't want to leave fish to find fish, but the fish down here have just been so touch-and
03:39-go.
03:39We might have to take that risk.
03:41We've started off a little bit slow.
03:44First three pots, we've got one fish.
03:47So if we can't get 100 fish for this shot, we're going to make a move north, I reckon.
03:51Okay, little heads out. Come on.
03:54So where I'd go if I took off, yeah, that's probably going to be another $300 of fuel just to
03:59get there.
04:00And then we'd lose a day shot too, so...
04:02There they be.
04:03We could put 5, 6, 7, 10 grams worth of fish on this boat real fast, you know, if we
04:08have a good one.
04:09Got him, Johnny?
04:12Johnny's only you, so he's still learning, but he's picking up a lot of little things, you know.
04:17I don't mind taking some that's never done it before, like Johnny had never done it before,
04:20but, yeah, you get to training the way that you like.
04:24It's his third or fourth trip that he's ever done, so, you know, with the wheel out to the back
04:28of the boat,
04:29I can keep an eye on everything that Johnny's doing, so...
04:31Yeah, we can't afford to have any f*** ups.
04:34Oh, there's one good one in there. One, Kaz.
04:37Not a good start. A stage like this would definitely f*** up, I think.
04:48Crap board shark, all due.
04:515.30am for friars. And Bryce's night shot pots have hit shallow bottom. And that's bad news for everyone.
05:00The deckies all get a cut of the gross profit. And this morning's gross profit is wobbly at best.
05:08A lot of sharks coming up this morning. Not enough lobs.
05:12What's that you got there, mate?
05:13Four draft board sharks.
05:14Can we recall that? Shark orgy.
05:18This morning's not looking very good. It's, uh, the opposite of yesterday morning. The swirl's still up. I've gone in
05:24too shallow. I reckon it's my mistake.
05:27I think Bryce is about upset. It's always been lobs. We don't like a sad Bryce.
05:33Sad Bryce is sad. We want a happy Bryce.
05:36Wahey!
05:38He's our big lobbies!
05:41What's Bryce complaining about? We're getting big juicy red lobsters. Not as many as yesterday, but we're still getting big
05:47juicy red lobsters. Like, I probably don't even have to measure him, but I will anyway.
05:52Like, yeah, he's size. And look. Look at this.
05:56He's about a kilo and a half. 1.5 kilo, probably. That's three.
06:01That's good. You can't be sad when you've got fish that size on your boat. But they're a bit slower
06:05than yesterday, and I think that's why Bryce is sad. Bryce wants to get better every day, but that's okay.
06:11Bryce doesn't know it yet, but he leads Squizzy by 35 lobsters. Bryce has been chasing the old dog for
06:18years, without success.
06:21We've got 15 pots on. We've got a full bin of crows. That's good. But Bryce...
06:27Bryce! Bryce! A little sad sack. Because we don't have as many as we did yesterday morning.
06:32And then Bryce's mind, Bryce's probably thinking, oh, Squizzy's got 150 on already.
06:36Oh, Squizzy's got bloody 400 off 15 pots. That's what he's going through his head. But I'll tell you right
06:43now, Bryce. I'll tell you right now.
06:46He doesn't. Measure the fish down after this one.
06:49You need to stop being a sad sack?
06:51It kind of puts a downer on a day, doesn't it? It does.
06:53How do you get a happy price?
06:55Well, we need like 100 lobs.
07:02Come on, Rhino!
07:05The rocky shallows of Pedra Branca are perilous. Squizzy's having second thoughts about staying here.
07:12When I set these pots last night, I was chasing big reds. The prices up on the bigger fish.
07:18And I thought, these fish have not gone all year. And I had a gut feeling they're going to be
07:26alright.
07:29Oh, f***.
07:31Well, they're not. They are blanking and it ain't going to improve.
07:39I just got my front teeth kicked in.
07:43Too shallow. Don't shoot under 24. Fabbin's squeezy.
07:47What happens when you go for a few redder ones?
07:52Blank pots and hungry octopus.
07:55It's a double dose of Pedra Branca pain for the crew of the bold contender.
08:00F***ing one. What? F***ing two.
08:02Three pots in a row of octopus.
08:06Come on. Give us a chance.
08:09Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:11Oh, look at that. Something different.
08:14Lobsters.
08:19The lobsters are there. The bottom's full of them.
08:22Just need more of them, bro. I need more of them.
08:24They're standing in the holes and they're saying, we're not moving.
08:31F***.
08:32Yeah, that was my bad.
08:33I put the anchor thing on in terms of the f***ing.
08:38Problem is, because the days are dragging out, you've got to make mistakes.
08:41What's f***ing shit? You can't get your f***ing fingers in them.
08:45Ah, f*** me.
08:47Nowhere to grab the f***ing things.
08:49Yeah, it looks like a beautiful morning out there today, but I'll tell you what, it's just...
08:54Tim's getting really frustrated.
08:56There's so much tension on the boat.
09:02Ah!
09:03Every f***ing shot.
09:06He's losing his temper, you know.
09:09He's starting to realise that, you know, it's all getting a little bit too much.
09:15And I think he's basically a breaking boy.
09:18F***ing ten miles away.
09:22We're going to have to make some changes here.
09:29Ah, f***ing flight the f*** every time.
09:34Miles and Timmy's relationship is at breaking point.
09:37Timmy's exhausted.
09:39And Miles' patience for silly mistakes is wearing thin.
09:45Ah, f*** me!
09:48Are you not going to let the boys tied on?
09:50I've still got to move everything, man.
09:53I don't really like people, so...
09:56It's not working with just Tim.
09:59If we carry on the way we're going, me and Tim are just going to have a huge argument.
10:03And, you know, it's just all going to turn to shit, basically.
10:07Ah, f*** me.
10:09It shouldn't be taking you 20 hours to get for a hundred pounds.
10:12Ah!
10:13Many lobster boats are run with single-decky crews.
10:17Johnny handles the Buran on his own.
10:19And he has less experience than Timmy.
10:21But the Buran's deck is tiny.
10:25The Pira's is huge.
10:27And that lengthens every move Timmy makes.
10:30Then there's the rats.
10:32Undersized lobsters.
10:33Sometimes up to 20 for just two keepers.
10:37It's a disaster combination.
10:39Miles is not happy.
10:41I've just got to make a decision which best suits my business right now.
10:44And that's just the way it is.
10:46Ah, f*** me.
10:48All the f***s that ain't got f***ing hard on this line.
10:51F*** me.
10:53I'll give you a hand to move these poles.
10:55Working solo as a deckhand definitely pays more.
10:58And Timmy has six kids to feed.
11:00Which is why he asked Miles to run solo in the first place.
11:04I was just f***ing struggling to keep up.
11:06No, we're alright, mate. We're getting through it.
11:08But Miles has a mountain of debt to repay.
11:11He needs to keep his diesel burn low and deliver a minimum of two shots a day.
11:17He needs a deckie with energy.
11:19I think we'd definitely never get a second deckhand.
11:23I've got someone in mind who I might ask and see if they're available.
11:28Hello, hello.
11:29Hi, mate. What's happening?
11:31No, hello, mate. What do I feel?
11:33Oh, not much. It's that fishing at the moment.
11:36Yeah, nice, nice.
11:36Yeah, would you be keen on coming to do a trip?
11:40Yeah, I'd be keen to do a trip, yeah.
11:42That would be awesome.
11:47I think this is it, Loggie.
11:49Four, three, four, ten, eight, fifteen.
11:53That's alright. That's all.
11:54That's all? Yeah.
11:56That's all there is.
11:57What a difference a few hours at sea can make.
12:00The Chieftain's inshore night shot came good in the end,
12:04and Bryce has pulled some big lobsters.
12:07I wouldn't say I'm, as Loggie says, grumpy or anything.
12:10It's just a bit disheartening after yesterday's efforts.
12:13You know, when blanks start coming up,
12:15you've got to focus on every pot.
12:17You want to see what it was on.
12:19You want to see, you know, why.
12:21Then when you've got someone in the ear going,
12:24you're just like, shut up. I'm focusing here.
12:26We've got a hundred. That's good.
12:28Happy days.
12:30It's just a new amount of effort.
12:31Trying to make sure you get everything perfect,
12:33and then you get a hundred.
12:35I'm happy. I'm happy.
12:37Bryce probably won't be, but that's alright. We're happy.
12:39The market always wants the reds.
12:41It always wants the bigger fish.
12:42That's what I was trying to target.
12:46We'll just focus on the day shot now.
12:47I think, hopefully, we're the first ones out here,
12:49and we can hit the same strip that I was happy with you,
12:52yesterday.
12:54Bryce got a hundred, Johnny,
12:56so pressure's on for these ones.
12:58How many, Johnny?
12:59Three, cuz.
13:02Still getting three or four a pot.
13:05But in saying that, there's been quite a few
13:08that have had bugger all in them.
13:14We're borderline.
13:15Two pots off halfway.
13:17Got 47 so far.
13:19Couple of good pots.
13:20Couple of pretty average pots.
13:21See how the other half goes.
13:22See whether we die.
13:23See whether we go.
13:25Jack has set a target for his next shot of 100 lobsters.
13:29Fail, and they'll need to relocate to a new spot.
13:33I'm feeling that we're gonna move spots today.
13:36I'm feeling Jackie boy's gonna say,
13:38****, we're going up further up the west coast further.
13:42We've got bills to pay.
13:43We've got families to feed.
13:45And there's my father as well, you know.
13:47First pot from the second half, Johnny.
13:49What's gonna happen?
13:50Got a lot weighing on it.
13:52The old man bought this boat in 2011.
13:54And that's when I jumped on deck with him.
13:56He's 66 now, so I'm sort of starting to take over a lot of things that he does.
14:00So my old man actually owns the boat that I drive.
14:03And he's a typical old fellow, you know.
14:05He's got expectations of what he wants me to catch every shot.
14:08So we really need to put some fish on this boat.
14:11That looks a bit more promising, Johnny.
14:13One.
14:16The next few pots will decide if Jack stays or goes.
14:22Come on, you ****, where are ya?
14:23This is **** crazy going to sleep.
14:28Nah, we pulled about 20 through here.
14:30And we've, I think, made another 10 feet.
14:33Four of them come out of one pot.
14:35I was really hoping for a bit more this morning.
14:37To have a let down.
14:39**** it, Johnny.
14:40I think I'm gonna make the call, buddy.
14:42I think that's a wise idea, bruv.
14:44I think we might **** off and try and find a **** greener pastures.
14:47Yep. Go up a bit further.
14:49Yeah.
14:50I think we'll disappear.
14:51I concur.
14:53Day five at sea.
14:54And the fleet seems to be suffering from a case of the mid-season blues.
14:59Squizzy's Pedra Branka plan has backfired.
15:02Jack's inshore strategy has drawn a blank.
15:05And Miles has a looming workplace safety issue.
15:09Is it finally Bryce's time to shine?
15:17F*** these pots.
15:19Miles might have a solution to his decky fatigue problem.
15:23He's found a second deckhand, Cody, who's ready to join the Pira.
15:27But to make that happen, Miles has to head back to port.
15:32It's too much, really, any single deckhand.
15:34We're gonna have to get Cody to come save the day for us.
15:38But first, he has to break the news to Timmy.
15:42How about that?
15:43F***ing awful.
15:44Tim just struggles to get along with other people, basically.
15:48F*** out!
15:49I don't think Tim's gonna like the news.
15:52So I'm gonna try and do it in a way that he's not gonna feel too let down by the
15:56situation.
15:57Oh, shit.
15:59Look, we'll just see how it goes.
16:02Look, I was thinking about chucking a few fish off.
16:04Yeah.
16:05What do you reckon if we get Cody to come jump on with us?
16:08Up we go.
16:12I've already sort of spoken to Cody.
16:13Have ya? Yeah.
16:14We've got another six days to go.
16:16Yeah, I'm right.
16:19Yeah, I'll tell you, it's a bloody hard job, this job.
16:22But it would only be for this tree.
16:23Yeah, right, yeah.
16:24But, you know, you've got to think about catching crayfish.
16:27You know, you've got to think about selling your fish.
16:29And then you've also got to be a bloody, you know, a psychiatrist at times, too.
16:34I'm an easy man.
16:35Don't think I'm gonna be pissed off if you do it or anything.
16:38I'm hurting a bit, so...
16:39Yeah, yeah.
16:40Oh, I just want to run that past you, but...
16:42I only want beer, so that's alright.
16:44Yeah.
16:46That's cool.
16:48I think, in a sense, Tim's relieved, you know,
16:51because I don't think we could have sustained doing what we were doing.
16:57But, look, it's the best decision.
17:00Now the trouble is I'm gonna try and find someone to take this f***ing fish today.
17:03No.
17:10We are going so s***, he's not funny.
17:16The bold contender is floundering.
17:19What a disaster this morning is!
17:22Blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank, blank!
17:27We won't make a hundred.
17:29And you want to make a hundred a shot.
17:32I'm starting to doubt myself about coming out here.
17:35Starting to think, nearly had 300 fish for a day, and you left it, you f***ing idiot.
17:43Loser!
17:45Well, we're not going real well, but I feel like our luck's gonna change soon.
17:49So, it looks a bit dismal in there this morning.
17:52We're pulling blank after blank.
17:54I've gone way too shallow.
17:56I've gone chasing the big reds, and they're not running.
18:01Wow!
18:02It's a good thing Squizzy's got no hair,
18:04because he would have pulled all out after this shot.
18:10Catch some lobsters!
18:13Catch some lobsters, righto!
18:15Hey!
18:16Hey!
18:17We need to catch some lobsters!
18:19F*** those we do!
18:20I've come out to Pedro!
18:23You can miss them by a boat length at Pedro.
18:26And it's pot luck.
18:29This is the thing about being a fisherman.
18:31When you're catching, you're happy.
18:33When you're not catching, you're not happy.
18:36Then you start doubting yourself.
18:38Be a lobster fisherman, they said.
18:41Come chase some big fish, they said.
18:44You've just got to hang in there.
18:45You've just got to hang in there and be prepared to grind.
18:52Oh, this looks better!
18:54Rhino, what is that?
18:57Yeah, baby!
18:59Hello!
19:00The elusive lobster!
19:04Finally!
19:05Pot of red!
19:06Good!
19:09This is what makes Pedro so frustrating for me.
19:13You look at the sounder and you go,
19:15why is the other four blank and this one's got fish?
19:18That's just...
19:20an odd pot.
19:21That's how Pedro is.
19:24That's an arsehole in place.
19:30I'll get you to give me a hand.
19:31Yeah, so I'll just chuck them in there.
19:32You chuck them down the hole.
19:38They're just a good looking fish, aren't they?
19:40Especially when they're the right colour.
19:43Hopefully we get a few bigger ones in the mix like this tomorrow.
19:47Jack and Johnny count in 83 good-sized lobsters,
19:50but it's not enough to stay.
19:53They'll be hoping for a lot more when they get to their new location
19:57in an area called the Giblin.
20:02Some of the biggest players I've caught have been from the Giblin.
20:05It's a great place. I love fishing up there.
20:07If we can get some big ones over a couple of kilos,
20:09you know, we're looking at $85 a kilo.
20:12Just as they're about to bail out, Jack spots a mate.
20:16It's a good opportunity for intel.
20:20Outside, please, Johnny.
20:21There were rain inside of my father's other boats.
20:23Warren Jager, he's driving it for us now.
20:25Probably the best skipper we've had on there.
20:27I forgot.
20:29Warren Jager is almost 80 years old
20:32and still hunting lobsters.
20:35Yeah, I reckon those Jagers, you know,
20:36they could catch a crane in a bathtub.
20:38How's the catches been?
20:39I couldn't believe how poor they were.
20:42No.
20:44Flank, flank, flank, flank.
20:46One, flank, two.
20:48Just chatting to Warren, it sounds like he's been going
20:50just as average as I had.
20:51He's had some pretty bad shots too.
20:53All right.
20:56Clown, Nara.
20:56Clear, boys.
21:00Hopefully I've made the right call
21:01by steaming up to the Giblin.
21:10This morning's been a total disaster.
21:13Just set two off.
21:14Yep.
21:15The bold contender is setting its day shot.
21:19Squizzy's hoping it's better than his last night shot,
21:21which netted the crew only 86 lobsters.
21:24The night shots are going to really hurt us.
21:28We had 18 blank pots this morning out of 50.
21:32That's nearly half.
21:34We feel like a bit of a bloody idiot now.
21:37Yep.
21:40I just want to retire.
21:42Don't sit on the couch.
21:43Watch days of our lives or something like that.
21:46Sleep 18 hours a day.
21:48The way I'm going, that's going to be my retirement plan.
21:52I'm filling my age this morning.
21:54It's a young man's game.
21:55I can remember when I was 30, I was fit, cocky.
21:58You'd play cricket, you'd go play football
22:00and then still be a fisherman.
22:02But I'm a lot older now
22:04and the body's not in the best condition,
22:06carrying a bit of weight.
22:07Now when you go home, you sit on the couch,
22:09have a glass of wine, pat the dog
22:11and should probably take the dog for a walk,
22:14but can't be bothered
22:14because I'm too sore for me fishing through it.
22:18Getting old sucks.
22:21Has the veteran skipper finally met his match?
22:24Is it the time of the young guns?
22:26Or does the old sea dog
22:28still have a few tricks up his sleeve?
22:31There's one thing about being a fisherman.
22:34All of the fishermen want to know
22:36what you're catching.
22:38Maybe it's time to do an old rope-a-dope.
22:41Tell them we're killing the pig.
22:44And they all come down here.
22:47And we'll grab all our pots and go back up there.
22:51That's a low act though.
22:54And it worked.
22:56And it bloody worked.
23:00Misdirection.
23:01It's exactly what Miles did to Bryce 72 hours ago.
23:05And it worked.
23:08It's all good, just relax.
23:10Timmy's coming to terms with Miles' decision
23:12to head into port and pick up a second deckie.
23:18Meanwhile, Miles is on to his next conundrum.
23:21Yes!
23:23Don't know what's going to happen here with this crow price.
23:25Yeah, the price of lobsters changes all the time.
23:28It's like any industry.
23:30There's supply and demand.
23:31So I just got a text come through from a fish buyer
23:34that offered me 55,
23:35which is about $5 less than I was expecting.
23:40It could go a little lower than 55 days.
23:42I suppose so.
23:42That price could easily drop down to $45 a kilo
23:44within a matter of days.
23:46If that price does drop $10 a kilo,
23:49we stand to lose about $7,000.
23:52Yes, not sure what to do, to be honest.
24:03What's going on, mate?
24:05What are you up to?
24:07I was just pumping down the tank.
24:09Oh, yeah, ****, you must be whacking them, man.
24:12No, you know us, we're not whacking them.
24:15Ten!
24:17Ten?
24:18Yeah.
24:19Mate, you've got to be all excited now.
24:22No, we're not getting big numbers,
24:23but enough to keep us happy.
24:25Oh, yeah.
24:27I know you squeeze you well enough.
24:29You can't believe a word the guy says, like, honestly.
24:32No one else out there, or...?
24:34Nah.
24:35At the end of the day, Miles doesn't pay my bills.
24:39Do you know if anyone else has been out there?
24:42Um...
24:42No, I don't think so.
24:45He's staying there, isn't he?
24:47So, he must be doing all right, mate.
24:49All right, then, mate.
24:49All right.
24:50Roger, catch up.
24:52See ya, take care.
24:54Well, he did a good job of downplaying that a bit, didn't he?
24:58Oh, there's definitely some life power there.
24:59Yeah.
25:00If I can't catch a lobster, I might as well go catch a fisherman.
25:03Never a dull moment.
25:05There is never a dull moment when you're fishing.
25:11I'm trying to f***ing think.
25:14So much has changed today.
25:16Crave for us.
25:17Gonna go pick up another crew.
25:19Miles has a decision to make.
25:22Unload at $55 a kilo,
25:25or keep his catch on board and steam on,
25:29hoping the price will rise.
25:31I suppose we'd better just fry the fish off here.
25:33It's probably the safer option,
25:34at least you're getting that money.
25:36If Miles cashes in at $55,
25:39he stands to earn north of $35,000,
25:44and he'll be well ahead of the rest of the fleet
25:46in terms of making bank.
25:48So, full steam ahead to Dover.
25:50But his sell-now strategy is not without its risks.
25:54So, that's eight hours of travelling there and back,
25:57you know, another four hours to unload and pick up Cody.
26:00We're sort of looking at about a 12-hour turnaround here, really,
26:03which is a bit of a shame to miss out on that fishing time,
26:06but, you know, look,
26:08I think we're making the right decision here.
26:09We're gonna miss out on a shot doing this,
26:11which really pisses me off.
26:14Anyway, f*** it.
26:16We're only missing one shot out of the whole lot, you know?
26:18We'll get the gear done quicker.
26:20Yeah.
26:20I'm a bit sore.
26:21Cody owes me a 10-pack, so if he doesn't bring it,
26:23you haven't seen me crabby yet.
26:25Yeah.
26:27Missing a shot will definitely compromise
26:30Miles' command over the rest of the fleet.
26:33147.
26:35So, yeah, that's pretty good.
26:37The Pira has 833 lobsters in the tank.
26:41Bryce is in second place with 782.
26:45The bold contender is on 733.
26:49And the Buran remains in fourth place on 448 lobsters.
26:55Oh, we've got Bryce.
26:58Hopefully they don't start frowning anything at us.
27:01Bryce has pissed me off a bit this trip,
27:04but, look, I'm not gonna hold a grudge against him.
27:07We'll go over and sail low.
27:09We're gonna be prepared for something, Tim.
27:13Better give me the eggs, then.
27:17Miles has just rocked up out of nowhere, so...
27:20I don't know what he's up to.
27:21It's a bit odd.
27:23How you going?
27:24I won't come too close with bloody...
27:26You might hit me with your mask, mate.
27:29Well, yeah, we're just going in.
27:31We're gonna just get rid of our fish.
27:32Might as well, you know.
27:33Yeah, okay, no worries.
27:35If the price drops, I know you've unloaded a shit ton.
27:40It's probably got Bryce worried that I'm going in and unloading.
27:43I'm sure he'll be overthinking the whole situation,
27:46but I don't really care, like...
27:48He's unloading, which I find odd.
27:51I'm wondering whether something's happening in the market
27:53that's not good, so...
27:55Now, if he unloads a lot, a lot more than I think he has,
27:58then the processors are gonna realise that,
28:01hey, these guys are catching a fair few fish,
28:03and I reckon the price will follow suit, the price will drop,
28:06and now the fish on my boat are devalued.
28:08I just don't like the added stress of,
28:11you know what price you could get,
28:12what the fish are worth on your boat,
28:15and if you lose money,
28:19there's nothing you never had to start with,
28:21but mentally you did.
28:32Steaming off.
28:34We're gonna go for a little journey.
28:36Jack and Johnny are heading to the Giblin,
28:39a remote area halfway between Hobart and Strawn.
28:43It's a long way away from anything.
28:46The only way to get to the Giblin is by boat.
28:48It's a really beautiful place, you know.
28:50It's so much greenery around.
28:52It's one of my favourite places to fish on the west coast.
28:55Ah, yeah, so we've made it up to the Giblin.
28:57I love it here, it is.
28:58Good fishing, big fish, day fish at coast.
29:01Like, everything about this area is good.
29:05Jack needs the Giblin to pay big time,
29:08because it owes him big time.
29:10Just to get here, he's had to give up a full day shot.
29:14So it's a risk at the end of the day.
29:16Missing a shot could be a thousand bucks worth of fish,
29:19it could be five grand worth of fish.
29:20Righto, Johnny.
29:23We're invested now, we're here.
29:25We need to get some big fish.
29:27We need plenty of them to get our numbers back up
29:29to where we want to be at.
29:34Hopefully we can hit the nail on the head.
29:36Righto, Johnny.
29:40Ah, Johnny, pull that in, mate.
29:41Pull it in, pull it in, pull it in.
29:48Get the grapple ready.
29:51What's happened?
29:52Johnny's made a costly error.
29:54He's just dropped a pot with no floats.
29:57Didn't see this one.
29:59Johnny has to put the boys on the right rope.
30:01And that's how easy it is,
30:02just to lose one straight out of the side.
30:08Get anything?
30:09He got two.
30:10Oh, we got two!
30:12Yep.
30:13We only got 100 this morning.
30:14The target for today's day shot is going to be 160.
30:17Finishing the day for 260,
30:19that's still a good day.
30:20Where the f*** is it?
30:21Locky should be watching where the floats are.
30:23We're having really strong tides.
30:25It's legit completely down.
30:26When the tide's doing this,
30:27I need you to be looking.
30:29Yeah, okay.
30:29We asked me how many floats we got,
30:30so I was trying to figure it out.
30:31Yeah, but you can talk and look elsewhere.
30:33Go the other side.
30:33I'm looking here.
30:34Oh, what have I f***ing?
30:37On the skipper.
30:39Listen to me.
30:39You're the deckhand.
30:40Go to the back.
30:42Oh, f***.
30:43Yes, man.
30:44You need to learn to just do as you're told.
30:46F***ing do as you're told.
30:47What do you mean?
30:48I'm f***ing doing my job.
30:49I'm looking for it.
30:51Locky struggles to differentiate between friendship, work,
30:55and back to friendship.
30:57F***ing do as I'm told, mate.
30:58F***ing me dead.
30:59I can do it in a second.
31:01It's just there.
31:02The moment I finish having a go at him,
31:03I'm back to friendship.
31:05Shot, mate!
31:06You can blame me for f***ing everything.
31:08No, I need it.
31:09I'm doing it for something.
31:10I'm doing it for something.
31:11You know, I'm more than happy for him to
31:13yap, yap, yap in the corner.
31:15F***ing one, f***ing two pots, three pots in.
31:17You've already f***ing pissed me off.
31:19What do you do as you're f***ing told, mate?
31:20It's not complicated.
31:22Do as you're told.
31:24What do you do as you're told, mate?
31:26Do as you're told.
31:27Why can't you listen?
31:28Why do you have to argue about everything?
31:29Oh, f*** off.
31:30Because now you're making more of a scene,
31:31so I'm happy to go with it.
31:32Yeah, whatever.
31:33F***.
31:33Talk to me normally.
31:35I don't have to bend down and go,
31:37please and thank you, Lachie, every single time.
31:39He's like a brother to me some days,
31:41but either way, your brothers still annoy you.
31:46Oh, come on, fishies.
31:48Please, please, please.
31:50The bold contender is about to pull their first set of day pods.
31:55Every time we're going to Pedro of late, it's failed for us badly.
31:59Come on, lobster gods.
32:02Be nice.
32:03And hoodie.
32:04We want lobster.
32:04We want lobster.
32:06This shot is decision time.
32:08If it's s***, we go.
32:10No.
32:10It's that simple.
32:12I'm nervous as hell.
32:14Come on, baby.
32:18Oh!
32:19Oh, yeah, baby.
32:20Oh, yeah, baby.
32:22We've got some doggies in there.
32:24Hey.
32:25Oh.
32:27Yeah.
32:29Yeah.
32:30Now this makes us happy.
32:35Two kilos right there.
32:37That's a big fish.
32:40The price is up.
32:41Yeah.
32:42On the fish over a kilo.
32:43And that's why we're here.
32:45F*** the hell.
32:46It's a dollar today, man.
32:47F*** that.
32:48It's like three, four over a kilo.
32:53There's nothing better feeling than right now.
32:56Nice.
32:57This is what it's all about.
32:59Big dogs.
33:02Great numbers.
33:0330.
33:05Lucky 30.
33:06This is why I love being a fisherman.
33:09Yeah, baby.
33:12Oh, f*** no.
33:15Occy.
33:16F*** the hell.
33:18Some good craze in there, too.
33:20That's four pots.
33:22Four pots with an occy.
33:23There's nothing worse than seeing a pot torn up by an octopus.
33:27Now I'm starting to get a bit annoyed with these bloody things.
33:30But when you get four pots, when you haven't even pulled ten, there's just dead crows everywhere.
33:36Yeah, these octopus aren't doing us any favours, that's for sure.
33:39If they were herding crows in the pots, I'd be happy.
33:41But when there was two out of this pot that were dead dead, he's probably been injected with something.
33:47He's very, very slow.
33:48Octopus are venomous.
33:50They inject toxins from their saliva glands to neutralise prey and defend against enemies.
33:56Oh.
33:59That's been pulled, hasn't it?
34:01Yeah, he's so weak as.
34:03And any big lobsters, they will defend all the little ones.
34:07So then the big ones are always the first to go.
34:09All legs have been knocked off.
34:11Tail's been pulled out.
34:12Yeah, just dead prey.
34:14Hard enough to catch them.
34:15You don't want to be throwing them back because of an octopus damaging them.
34:19160's not out of reach.
34:21However, every octopus, it's making it harder.
34:26Ah, it's f***ed up.
34:28Haven't put the end on the pole.
34:30The Boran is in trouble.
34:32Johnny has attached a buoy to the wrong piece of rope.
34:36And that might cost Jack a pot.
34:39Hopefully we can turn around, grapple the rope if it's still floating,
34:42and get it back without losing it.
34:45Why don't I do throw the pot without the buoys?
34:46Yeah. F*** this must have been sitting in the basket.
34:49OK.
34:50And I'll put on the other one.
34:52Yeah.
34:53If we lose that pot, it could be $3,000 worth of fish that it's not catching.
34:56We're already struggling.
34:57We don't want to make it harder for ourselves.
35:01There it is.
35:05Thank Christ we've managed to find the rope.
35:07Pull it in.
35:09I'm sure Johnny's happy that we found it,
35:10because he was probably going to get growled at.
35:13Just trail this next one out for me.
35:15Yep.
35:16If I did that working for my father, he would have ripped my absolute head off.
35:19I'm a bit more patient, but I can still get crabby.
35:23Oh, good.
35:23Didn't lose the pot.
35:24Didn't lose anything.
35:26I'm a bit stressed out at the moment,
35:28financially-wise, fish-wise.
35:30Had a wedding come up at pay-for.
35:32Just sort of a million things going around in my head,
35:33and I don't know if I've made the right call yet.
35:38That's another one.
35:40So far this shot, we've got four octopus in four different pots.
35:44Five sides return.
35:45Our target's 160.
35:47It's just getting harder and harder.
35:49At sea, the metaphoric tide can turn at any minute.
35:54Eight.
35:54This pot might have it.
35:57Yeah, that looks f***ing good.
35:59That looks real good.
36:01This is looking real nice.
36:04There's some nice-sized crows in here.
36:06Eight out of that.
36:08Jesus Christ.
36:09That's having a crack.
36:10This at least looks like a tenner.
36:12Got a ten out of this pot.
36:14Out of that pot.
36:15Got an eight.
36:15This shot started off with some pretty shitty pots,
36:18but we got on the certain piece of bottom I was looking for,
36:21and bang, bang, bang, bang, you know, ten-eight, ten-eight.
36:23So if we can maintain these numbers,
36:26you know, 160's pretty reachable, I think.
36:28And what'd you get, John?
36:29What'd I get?
36:30A bloody good time.
36:32Put a smile on that dial.
36:35It's crazy how much his mood is depicted
36:37by how many lobs they were catching.
36:39Being good pots can change the whole day.
36:42He's not right, Lamy.
36:47It's always good, you know, just going late for your fish.
36:50You don't know what the price is going to do.
36:52If you just drop at any moment,
36:53you're going to lose a lot of money.
36:55Miles is happy with his gamble, for now.
36:58He's lost a day shot against Bryce and Squizzy,
37:01but he'll be cashed up, and Timmy seems happy too.
37:05That's where the beer is,
37:09knowing that we pick up Cody
37:10and it's going to make it a lot easier on him.
37:13Cody is a young guy.
37:14He's done three trips for me before.
37:16The reason I didn't have him on the boat,
37:17he sort of wasn't getting along with Tim that well.
37:20He's saving the day for us, Cody.
37:21I've literally given him no notice at all.
37:24Yeah.
37:24He's an absolute champion.
37:26There he is. How you going, mate?
37:27One of the biggest problems you have in lobster fishing
37:29is crew management.
37:31Are you out there with me, bro?
37:32My business has got to operate,
37:34try and get back on track,
37:35and Tim's just going to have to get over it.
37:42As soon as you finish that plot, start fish downing, please.
37:45The first half of the Chieftain's day shot is top quartile.
37:49I think it's between 80 and 100.
37:51I reckon it's 110.
37:54110? What was your guess?
37:56What's yours?
37:56I'd like 120.
37:57120?
37:58You were 90.
37:59That was 106.
38:00106?
38:01Yep.
38:02Our target's 160.
38:03We only got 100 this morning,
38:04so if we can end up finishing the day for 260,
38:07that's still a good day, but I don't know.
38:09Are you at least confident that we're going to hit the target?
38:11No, because the next lot's on a different bottom.
38:1454 lobsters is all they'll need from the second half of the shot
38:17to hit the magic 160 figure.
38:22Lockie wants to spice things up a bit.
38:24If we get the target, you have to scowl that.
38:26We'll all work there.
38:27Give it a couple.
38:28The juice.
38:28You have to scowl the pickle juice.
38:30Yeah.
38:30Oh, I'll do it.
38:31You'll do it?
38:32I'll do it.
38:32If we hit the target?
38:33Yeah, 160.
38:34Alright, cool.
38:36160 and he'll drink the juice.
38:43One and a half to two.
38:44Two plus.
38:45Oh, yeah.
38:47Come on, doggies.
38:48If it weighs, it pays.
38:51Squizzy's decision to stick and stay at Pedro Branca
38:54is working out after all.
38:56His numbers are lifting.
38:58Come on, Rhino.
38:59Oh!
39:01Hello!
39:02We're in, baby.
39:04We're in!
39:04Let's go.
39:11Thank you the money.
39:14Pretty f***ing good, mate.
39:15That's what we want.
39:17I'm taking a photo of that.
39:19That's not going up on social media.
39:21If Bryce and Miles saw this photo,
39:23they'll be down here in five minutes.
39:25We've got a pot of gold.
39:27Pot of gold.
39:28Finally.
39:29Have I made a mistake?
39:31Calling Miles.
39:32I don't want to share these fish.
39:34At the end of the day, I want this area to myself
39:36and I hope it stays like that.
39:3911 fish in that, I reckon they would have went 15, 16 kilos.
39:43So that's what we want. Yeah, baby!
39:47At the current market price,
39:49that pot of 11 big dogs could be worth at least $1,300.
39:55Mikey and Jock said if we could eat 160,
39:57I'd have to drink pickled juice.
39:59So the pickled juice we have on the boat is pickled octopus.
40:01It's been sitting out all day in the sun.
40:03I don't want it. I'm not losing this bit either.
40:06I'd probably end up crying, I think.
40:08We need, like, 10 good pots.
40:10Well, we only need 54 crows for the 160.
40:14I reckon we'll do it.
40:15A few good pots. That's all you need. A few good pots.
40:18This pot's been a slow pot.
40:21Lots of girls, lots of small men.
40:24We touch and go.
40:26All right, we've got 10 pots left.
40:29Yeah, I need about 30 more crows to hit the target, roughly.
40:32It's not over till the last pot's pool.
40:35That's it.
40:39The Pira is unloading its 833 lobsters at Dover.
40:44Cody, deckie number two, is already getting on with it.
40:48It's going to be a fast turnaround.
40:52Cash in and motor straight back out.
40:56My gut feeling is price's going to drop,
40:58but I'm getting a few different answers from a few different processes
41:02and there's a bit of instability in the market,
41:04especially with the smaller fish.
41:08And if you're the first boat to unload,
41:09you're generally going to get the highest price.
41:13Just don't go showing Bryce was with you that, which I should do.
41:16We didn't break any records, but, you know, it's money in the bank
41:19and at least we've secured that price, 55 bucks a kilo.
41:23Thanks, man.
41:23See you later, mate.
41:27Looking forward to the next part of the trip, for sure.
41:35That was a zero.
41:36Oh, well.
41:4330!
41:459!
41:46Didn't quite hit the target.
41:48Oh, no, well.
41:49Team Chieftain landed 145 lobsters for their last shot.
41:54Bryce avoids the pickle juice,
41:56but more importantly,
41:57the shot has catapulted Bryce to the top of the tally board.
42:01I wonder if we beat Squizzy for the day shot.
42:03He just doesn't know it yet.
42:08Yeah, baby.
42:09That's what we're after.
42:12Yep.
42:14Oh, here he is, the captain.
42:17150.
42:18Woo-hoo!
42:19Payday, baby.
42:20Well done, boys.
42:21I'm happy for the crew.
42:23Well done.
42:24These are a nice fish, weren't they?
42:26They were a good fish.
42:29The fleet is all done for the day.
42:31The final numbers are in.
42:34Chieftain has aced it with 927 lobsters.
42:39It's the first time in two seasons
42:41that Bryce has been at the top of the tally board.
42:45The bold contender is in second place on 883 lobsters.
42:50The Pira cashed in their 833 lobsters.
42:55And the Buran is on 448, hoping for better days ahead.
43:03Yeah, look, we cashed in.
43:05We cashed in on what we had.
43:06But, I mean, we've just missed out on 12 hours of fishing.
43:10Mum, this is a big up fight.
43:15And it's great as well, it's too far.
43:21Nobody's a gamble, and, um,
43:24my heart's gonna pile up for us.
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