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00:01This week on the Fish Guys.
00:04Busting right here next to the boat.
00:05Right under the birds.
00:06It's a bad day to be a pilchard out here.
00:08Fish on, Earl!
00:09What a boy.
00:10Fish on, Earl!
00:13Yeah, it's going to be a good day.
00:14You on, Earl?
00:15I just saw a big bust behind the boat.
00:16Earl, look!
00:17They're coming out the water, Earl!
00:18Come on!
00:20Oh, look right here.
00:21Right here, right here.
00:22Right here, right here.
00:23Sharring right to us.
00:24There he is, there he is.
00:25Fish on!
00:25Let's go.
00:27That is a beautiful fish, man.
00:28What a fish.
00:45Right here, right here, right here.
00:46Off the bow, off the bow.
00:47Oh, fish on.
00:49Oh, Chris is on.
00:50Imagine that.
00:50Let's go.
00:51Double up.
00:52Double up.
00:53Oh, look at him.
00:53Look, look, look, look.
00:54That's him.
00:54Oh, he's eating right now.
00:55Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!
00:57I love it where the plan comes together.
01:02Like everywhere else in the country, the Florida Keys aren't always sunshine and calm waters.
01:08This tropical paradise gets its fair share of rough weather, but the Contender 26 Bay is
01:16built for the challenge.
01:18Shallow draft where it matters, like fishing the backcountry and catching bait, yet seaworthy
01:25enough to venture outside the reef, even in sporty conditions.
01:29So with the lingering effects of overnight storms, the guys head offshore from Big Pine Key with
01:36high hopes for the day.
01:38It's going to get super nice today.
01:39So the weather's going to change as the day goes, but we've got a little bit of cloud
01:42cover.
01:43We're going to try and catch a blackfin tuna here.
01:45It's been some nicer tunas over top of the wreck.
01:46We're going to chum a bunch of pilchards, put hooks in a couple.
01:49We're actually marking them a little bit here already in our first drift.
01:52So put those out there, see if we can catch them.
01:55My buddy Joe Malazzo has been texting me all morning.
01:57Okay.
01:57He's going to be ready about lunchtime.
01:59I was thinking maybe we could slide back in, grab him, and maybe chase some sailfish this
02:03afternoon.
02:04I'm game for that.
02:05That sounds like a good plan to me.
02:06We're going to catch the tunas first.
02:08It's good because I'm feeling athletic today, Earl.
02:10You look athletic.
02:11Feeling athletic.
02:12Let's do this, baby.
02:13Yeah.
02:14On three.
02:14One, two, team.
02:16Team.
02:19Hey, guys.
02:20Good luck.
02:21Pow pow.
02:23Do you want some of these?
02:24I bet you do.
02:25Go ahead, man.
02:26Go ahead.
02:29Just go ahead and grab one, dude.
02:31Just go ahead and grab one.
02:33Blocked them.
02:35You want this big sandy?
02:36Do they like sandy keys or does it matter?
02:38I'm not sure.
02:39I prefer razors just for the durability factor.
02:43The razors, you'd say, would be more athletic?
02:45I think the razors are typically a little more hardy compared to the sandy keys, but sandy
02:50keys got a lot of scales and they're more apt to swim down.
02:53It's almost like their own little built-in chum box, huh?
02:56Chum bag.
02:57Yeah.
02:57As soon as those things hit the water, they got scales.
02:58You know, you can see them all over.
03:00Anytime you catch them, they're all over the boat.
03:02He's not overly, like, calm right now, my Pilcher.
03:05You know?
03:05He's got a little pep in his step.
03:07Yeah.
03:07I mean, you just let him go in the Thunderdome.
03:09You know what I mean?
03:10Yeah.
03:10I think he'd probably prefer that little spa that he was in in the back of the old contender
03:15bay boat.
03:15He's not too happy out there in the wild, wild west.
03:18He's on quite a journey today.
03:21Dodging pelicans and then we got him in the net.
03:23He's out here in the great blue.
03:25Oh, it just busted under the birds.
03:27They're blowing up our freebies here.
03:29We like that.
03:29Oh, big time, huh?
03:30Yeah, that's the one we want there.
03:31More freebies?
03:32More freebies?
03:33Yeah.
03:34More freebies ain't gonna hurt.
03:36That's not gonna be a yellowtail.
03:38You see the tuna's jumping now.
03:41That's them.
03:42Let's see if we can chum them over here.
03:44Is that enough?
03:44You want more?
03:45That's probably enough for now.
03:47Some of these fish, you know, they like the sporty conditions.
03:50It'd be nice if you could go out and fish where it was glass calm every day,
03:53but...
03:55Oh, oh, oh, bite, bite, bite.
03:57Get him, Lane.
03:59Fish on, Earl!
04:00That a boy.
04:01Fish on, Earl!
04:04Yeah, it's gonna be a good day.
04:09Did you just feed him to a shark, Lane?
04:11No, I don't think.
04:12But I think I'm gonna start getting on him a little bit
04:15so that we don't have that problem.
04:17Here in the Florida Keys, we seem to have that problem.
04:19Yeah, we got plenty of sharks.
04:21It's gonna be a good one.
04:24Whatever it is.
04:26I mean, I'm not feeling violent head shakes like I would from a shark big enough to eat
04:31what I think was a decent fish.
04:33Could be what we're looking for.
04:35Well, he's coming in the right direction for this one.
04:37That's right.
04:37He's got his head turning.
04:39Moment in time, anyway.
04:41Show us your face.
04:42We want to see your face.
04:44Gotta be getting somewhat close.
04:46You know when you got color, bud.
04:48I got a knot right here, Earl.
04:50We better not stop reeling.
04:52Got any color down there?
04:54I got a little color down there.
04:55I think that's exactly what we're looking for, Lane.
04:58How pretty is that reflection, huh?
05:01A little bit of sun we got this morning.
05:03It is nice when a plant comes together, Lane.
05:06Nice job, Earl.
05:08Look at that thing, buddy.
05:10Woo!
05:11Woo!
05:12Good work, Lane.
05:14Son, that's a darn nice blackfin right there, buddy.
05:16I think that's what we came out for.
05:19And we hit a home run, my boy.
05:20Yes, sir.
05:21Just sit down if you want.
05:22Yes.
05:23And enjoy it.
05:26A little sporty out here today, but that's a beauty, Earl.
05:29That is a fine specimen.
05:33The Fish Guys is brought to you by Big Pine Key and Florida's Lower Keys.
05:39The Nature Conservancy, partnering with anglers to keep fisheries abundant for generations to come.
05:46Jefferson's Bourbon, crafted with precision and aged with innovation.
05:52Contender, legendary sport fishing boats.
05:56Power pole shallow water anchor, swift, silent, secure.
06:13Hey, we got them busing over here.
06:15Do we?
06:15Yep.
06:16Do we have a handful or no?
06:17It's not going to hurt the calls.
06:19No sense taking them home.
06:20Nope.
06:21Nope.
06:21But the day we pushed past the color change.
06:24200 feet, whole different game.
06:27Pilchards fly freebies in the way.
06:30Berkeley Lions center what they crave.
06:33Busting right here next to the boat.
06:34Right under the birds.
06:36Woo!
06:36Yeah, nice one.
06:37Jumping.
06:38Nice tuners there, boy.
06:40They're going crazy.
06:41It's a bad day to be a pilchard out here.
06:43Oh, they're blowing it up over there.
06:47That was a bus.
06:48I just got there.
06:48Look at this frickin' swirl.
06:49You on, Earl?
06:50I just saw a big bus behind the phone.
06:52Oh, they're on!
06:52They're coming out for water, Earl!
06:53Come on!
06:54They're helping the fish guys, taking that salt air.
06:57When the rod tip bends and the drag cut loose.
07:00Old tie, black friend, bringing the juice.
07:03Earl is on!
07:04Whatever it is, I ain't happy, Lane.
07:07Good night.
07:10Seems like it's going to be a minute at this rate.
07:12Get him turned around a little bit.
07:14Come on, buddy.
07:16Come to me.
07:18Come to me, tuna.
07:20Feels like there's a little weight to this one.
07:23These bigger tunas on these lighter rods are fun, man.
07:27You getting close, man?
07:29Scoping out a little bit.
07:30He's definitely getting tired.
07:31Keeps fall quiet.
07:34Stars come through.
07:37Another story written in blue.
07:42So raise a glass of Jefferson's bourbon.
07:46A sparkling juice.
07:49Cause the fish guys with GTB content are always Purdue.
07:55I got color.
07:57Got color?
07:57It's dark, Lane.
07:59Dark like a tuna.
08:01Oh, yeah.
08:02Nice blackfin.
08:04Real nice blackfin.
08:05That was a chunky one, Lane.
08:07Woo!
08:11Take your time.
08:12I'm going to bring him back around.
08:13Just going to do a circle.
08:14Nice and easy.
08:15I'll bring him right to you.
08:15Just reach over his back.
08:18Just like that, buddy.
08:20Nice.
08:20Earl!
08:21Perfect.
08:21Earl!
08:23Always lift with your back, not your legs.
08:25Yep.
08:26Woo!
08:27Hey, hey!
08:28Let's go!
08:29Yeah!
08:29I got one, too!
08:31That's a good fish, Earl!
08:33Real nice fish.
08:34Beautiful fish, huh?
08:36This thing's dinner, Bubba.
08:37Earl, I am so excited right now about eating that thing.
08:40Oh, yeah!
08:57The Florida Keys sit alongside the only living coral reef in the continental United States,
09:03including some of the most diverse sections anywhere along its 350-mile stretch.
09:10Plant a Million Corals is dedicated to restoring reefs here in the Keys and beyond.
09:17The guys drop by their Summerland Key facility for an update from co-founder, Dede Vaughn,
09:23and a look at the growing operation behind the mission.
09:27You know, we've been so lucky to be supported by great volunteers.
09:31I know a guy who's a choop-choop, Earl bird.
09:33Choop-choop!
09:34Bird!
09:35Hey, what's up, buddy?
09:36What's up, man?
09:37Good.
09:38How you doing?
09:38How long you been here?
09:40Two or three days.
09:42Really?
09:42He's been a great help.
09:43Something like that, yeah.
09:44Gave him a siphon and a sponge, and he's just helping taking care of corals.
09:47Thanks to volunteer help and generous donations, Plant a Million Corals grew from 280 corals
09:55to more than 50,000 in just three and a half years.
09:59The nursery now holds enough corals to produce its first million, but space has become the biggest limiting factor.
10:07Our goal is to have enough space to outgrow 500,000 corals.
10:12That way we can be producing a million every year or even really every six months.
10:16And these corals are going to go back to our Florida Reef Track?
10:19Absolutely, and it's so important that we maintain a healthy reef, not just for things like biodiversity,
10:25so you can have good fishing, good diving, but it's really the only way we can live in the Florida
10:31Keys and on the coast.
10:33Without a healthy reef system, we don't have anything protecting us from hurricanes.
10:37Now, new research focuses on growing large adult corals in the nursery,
10:42where a fragment can reach full maturity in as little as 14 months compared to the 25 to 75 years
10:50it can take in the wild.
10:52It's a game-changing process that offers real hope for reefs around the world.
10:58Our goal is to outplant these larger, more mature corals because not only are they the size of corals,
11:03they look like the corals you're used to seeing, but they also now act like mature corals
11:08and will take on that next stage of development with sexual reproduction to produce more corals out there on their
11:15own.
11:15And we're going to be making half a million to a million a year right here.
11:21Exactly.
11:22It all comes down to tank space, right?
11:24Right, and funding.
11:25So if we can get the funding to build the tanks, we can have the staff, the volunteers, the interns
11:31to take care of them,
11:33and that's how we can really make this large impact.
11:35Dee Dee, thank you so much, not just for what you're doing here, for the coral, for the United States,
11:40for the world,
11:41for everything y'all are doing.
11:42This is phenomenal.
11:43You and your dad, obviously, Dr. Vaughn.
11:45Thank y'all so much.
11:46Yes.
11:47Lane, do you know how the ocean communicates with coral?
11:50No, no idea.
11:51It waves.
11:52Can he stay with you?
11:53Yeah, we've got some more poop to clean.
11:55Great.
11:55Thank you so much, Dee Dee.
11:56I appreciate it.
12:06A sporty morning offshore from Big Pine Key ends with a couple of solid blackfin tunas for the guys aboard
12:15the 26-foot Contender Bayboat.
12:17Now, with the weather finally laying down and Captain Joe Malazzo on board, they set their sights on the afternoon
12:25sailfish bite.
12:27Joe brings years of sailfish tournament experience, including plenty of time chasing sails alongside Earl and his buddy Dustin McCabe.
12:37After stocking the live well with Ballyhoo, Joe and the guys head to the edge and begin the hunt for
12:44feeding sailfish.
12:46So we're in the area here where there's a lot of bait, a lot of Ballyhoo, and the sails are
12:51out in deeper water.
12:52They kind of mainly stay out there.
12:54When they get hungry, they'll come in this time of year up in the shallow water where there's a ton
12:58of Ballyhoo.
12:59And as they're doing that, the Ballyhoo are going to try to get away.
13:02So when you see it happening, you're going to look and it's going to be hundreds and hundreds of Ballyhoo
13:06trying to get away from the sail at the same time,
13:09which is, you know, we call it showering because it's literally just splashing of water from a distance.
13:14Once you get up on the fish, because we run right to it as fast as we can, you want
13:18to get there before he eats one.
13:19If you get a good cast, you want to try to lead him by a couple feet and put that
13:23bait right in front of him so that's the one that he eats.
13:26I want to set my drag real light typically when we're casting at him like this.
13:30It's going to be a little lighter than I want to fight the fish.
13:32So when we hook the fish, we're going to add a little bit more drag as we feel.
13:36Okay.
13:37But when we hook them, what's going to happen with the circle hook is the circle hook is going to
13:41go all the way in the fish's stomach.
13:43We want the sailfish to swallow it completely and then it comes up and as it gets to the corner
13:47of their mouth,
13:48it's going to roll over and find home.
13:5185-90% of the time, we're going to hook them right in the side of their mouth where we
13:53want to.
13:54Okay.
13:54Which is better for the fish.
13:56Obviously, it's not stuck in its stomach, in its gills, somewhere bad.
14:00But it's better for us too.
14:01We want to pull the fish from its face.
14:03Okay.
14:03It helps us fight the fish but these fish are going to stay on the surface and we're going to
14:06more,
14:07instead of the concept of bringing the fish to the boat, we're going to bring this boat to the fish.
14:12Okay.
14:12We're going to kind of meet them in the middle really.
14:13I got you.
14:14We'll run them down.
14:14So we're going to pull them to us and we're going to go to them and that way hopefully we'll
14:18catch the sailfish faster.
14:19We're not going to exhaust the fish completely and it's better for everybody.
14:23We get him on the leader, he jumps, he's excited.
14:25When we let him go, he swims away healthy.
14:27So, that's the plan.
14:34I got a man of war on the water up here, Joe.
14:37Up there, yeah.
14:38We're going to ease up here a little bit, get closer to this warbird that's looking.
15:01Oh, look right here.
15:02Showering right to us.
15:03Right here, right here, right here.
15:04Showering right to us.
15:05Where you at?
15:06Right into the glare.
15:07Low and hard into the wind.
15:08There you go.
15:09Perfect.
15:10Oh, there they come.
15:10See them right there?
15:11Yep.
15:12Oh, sorry.
15:12No, we're good, good.
15:13I'm low.
15:14Oh.
15:15Wind it up, get ready.
15:16He's going to be right here in the middle of that.
15:18There might be two fish there.
15:19There he is.
15:20That's him.
15:20There he is.
15:21I don't know if I'm on, Earl.
15:22He won.
15:24I think I'm on.
15:25I think I'm on.
15:26Fish on.
15:28Let's go.
15:29There we go.
15:29Fish on, Earl.
15:32The Fish Guys is brought to you by Big Pine Key and Florida's Lower Keys.
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16:08Fish on.
16:10Let's go.
16:11There we go.
16:11Fish on, Earl.
16:13That a boy.
16:14Keeping one out there in case you got some buddies?
16:17Yeah.
16:18Yeah, I mean, I like to party too, Leigh.
16:21Yeah, nothing wrong with that.
16:23Hey, you know what's cooler than a sailfish on a bay boat?
16:25What's that?
16:26Two sailfish on a bay boat.
16:28I like it.
16:29I like it.
16:30I like it.
16:30It's the first one I've ever caught off a bay boat, I'll tell you that.
16:33Is it?
16:34Absolutely.
16:36Oh, here he goes.
16:37Here he goes.
16:39You don't seem really happy there, Leigh.
16:41There he is.
16:43Now he's getting excited.
16:45I can hear that real, Leigh.
16:47He's getting after it.
16:48Let me know if I'm going too fast for you.
16:51No, we're good.
16:52You're gaining pretty good?
16:53Yeah, we're good.
16:55There's the leader.
16:55I don't see another one.
16:56There is the leader.
16:58Once we get that leader into the rod tip, it's considered a catch.
17:01Because these are catch and release fish.
17:03Boom, so there's our catch.
17:04Caught fish.
17:05And then I'll baby him here on the leader.
17:07Probably a little easier working out of a bay boat, huh?
17:10A little more room, closer to the fish.
17:11I feel very close to the fish.
17:13Yeah?
17:13Is that a little unnerving?
17:14No.
17:15No, I love these critters.
17:17These are my friends, Leigh.
17:19That is a beautiful fish, man.
17:21What a fish.
17:22That's not a small sailfish, Leigh.
17:24No, I was about to say.
17:26Just kind of put his face in the water here.
17:28Let him breathe.
17:29He's definitely active.
17:30Reviving him.
17:30The peck fins look good, right?
17:32That's always a good sign.
17:32Yeah, he's got color.
17:33He's nibbling on my finger here.
17:34He's ready whenever we are.
17:38Anything you want to say to him, Leigh?
17:39Thank you, sir.
17:41All right.
17:43Just like that.
17:44There he goes.
17:45Whoo!
17:46Whoo!
17:47Let's go!
17:47Come on!
17:48Nice job, buddy.
17:49Nice job, man.
17:50Nice job, buddy.
17:50Nice job, man.
17:51Nice job, man.
17:51Nice job, man.
17:52Nice job, man.
17:53One of those wet handshakes.
17:54Put me on it, brother.
17:56You did it.
17:56Put me on it.
17:57Perfect, man.
17:58We're one for one, and that's almost 100%.
18:00Hey, y'all need a tournament guy?
18:01You just call me.
18:02You just call me.
18:03Yeah.
18:03I'll make it happen.
18:04For sure.
18:05Yeah, you just let me know.
18:06I'm there.
18:09A great day fishing ends in the kitchen, and that's where professional chef Kat Pfeiffer
18:16joins the guys to share some of her favorite seafood creations.
18:21Today's recipe is an irresistible spicy tuna sushi roll.
18:25Have you ever made sushi before, Earl?
18:28Not successfully.
18:30It's one of those things, like, you gotta be a professional to get into this the first
18:34time, right?
18:34It's an art for sure, and we're gonna help you make it today perfectly.
18:38Okay.
18:39Well, what I'm gonna do is grab a nori roll, and while I'm doing that, a sheet of nori,
18:43you're gonna take the tuna and dump it into here, and then mix our scallion and our sesame
18:48and our soy sauce.
18:50So you're calling that nori?
18:51That's a seaweed?
18:52Seaweed wrapper.
18:53Seaweed wrapper.
18:54And it's super important to get your hands wet for this, so then that way the sticky
18:59rice doesn't stick to you whenever you start smashing it all down.
19:04Let's start putting your filling in.
19:07So we have a little avocado, you have cucumber, your tuna and green onion mixture there.
19:13We have some sesame seeds.
19:15We're spicing it up right now with the wasabi and then the sriracha mayo.
19:19So you're gonna take it, and you're gonna, with your fingers, start to fold it over on
19:24here.
19:25Like that?
19:26Keep going, keep going, keep going, and...
19:28Pinch?
19:28And pinch back.
19:29There you go.
19:31And then you wanna put a little glue, which is our water there.
19:34And then you're gonna just gently roll it over.
19:36Finish it off.
19:37Uh-huh.
19:38There we go.
19:38Oh, and we're falling out the sides.
19:40Yeah, I'm a little, uh...
19:42Falling out the sides.
19:42We might have over-stuffed it just a little bit, but the middle's still gonna be beautiful.
19:47I feel really good about this, Kat.
19:49I do, too.
19:49I really do.
19:50Oh, yeah.
19:51Cheers.
19:52Cheers.
19:56Tastes like a restaurant.
19:58That's better than a restaurant, Earl.
20:00Kat.
20:01I love it.
20:02Absolutely love it.
20:02I've never done this at home before.
20:04Really?
20:04You guys did great, and that wasabi inside there is awesome.
20:07Lots of flavors.
20:09Everything from the tuna to the sauce, the sesame seeds.
20:13Just kind of bring it home.
20:14Excellent.
20:15And if you guys wanna check out the full recipe, or get the contact details for Chef
20:19Kat and Kat Scratch Kitchen, go to the website, thefishguystv.com.
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