Seasons & episodes

No matter how old you get, adult life is just like high school. Take a trip through eight seasons of Tuna High, yearbook style, to find the scholars, the wild ones, the popular kids, the pranksters and the ones you simply cannot forget and how they got there.

Money goes out in the form of fuel, repairs, bait, wages, taxes and permits amongst other things, but the only way to put money back in the bank is to be out on the water fishing (and catching) Blue Fin Tuna.

Over the last seven seasons we have seen the Gloucester captains catch a lot of big fish. In this episode, we look back at Wicked Tuna's finest catches, from daytime winners to season records.

Luck is one of those things that everybody wants, some achieve and some feel that sometimes there just isn't any. Finding bluefin tuna is not without some luck, even for the hard-working fishermen of Gloucester. We look back at the best twenty moments from eight seasons where luck may or may not have played a part.

"Wild and crazy" Captain Paul Hebert relives his most memorable moments.

The numbers game, it's everywhere, and no more so than in tuna fishing. A look back at the high and lows of all the numbers for the past eight seasons.

Dave Marciano has been on the show right from the beginning. He has been through it all. He has had all the answers, some not always right, some not always what others want to hear, and some he would rather forget.

The Captains look back on some of their favourite and some not so favourite moments from past episodes and dish out the inside scoop on what really went down.

Some of the tasks on a tuna boat are difficult enough at the best of times, but when frustrations start to be taken out on captains and crew alike, fireworks are bound to be the result.

Dave Carraro, one of the most successful Captains in the Tuna fleet, answers questions from fans about the series in his signature Dave Carraro style.

The Captains are surprised by some of the best unseen footage of problems, issues and dramas that occurred on the boats and some of the answers to the most asked question: "How did that happen?!?"

In all the seasons of Wicked Tuna, there were many 'First Times' and the Captains and crews review some of the most epic efforts.

In his inimitable, unashamed, unabashed, non-conformist and yes, unapologetic style, Tyler looks back over the seasons and answers fans questions.

From the beginning to the present, the crews look back at how they started, how (or if) they have progressed, and how they've changed, if at all, over the years. Or are they still as constant as the sunrise?

Meet the fleet, as peak season begins and the adrenaline rush of “monstah” hunting hits Gloucester. We enter mid-season, but this is when the money is made and tempers run hot. Each captain loads his boat with three thousand dollars worth of fuel, bait, and ice, and heads off for open water where the blue gold is waiting. But it doesn’t take long for things to sour when there’s cash on the line.

After going bust on his last trip, Marciano of Hard Merchandise wrestles with the trials of being an absentee father when he comes home empty-handed. Though they'd prefer a paycheck to a three-thousand-dollar loss, his family misses him and shows their love and support while his mind remains on chasing tuna. The next day, he repays their devotion when he comes home with a $10,000 fish.

Tuna.com continues its winning streak, catching two fish in one day while the rest of the fleet struggles to even find a spot to fish in between the flocks of “googans”—the weekend recreational boaters who seem to make every bite go wrong. Desperate for a catch, Bill of Bounty Hunter starts doing some sleuthing, trying to crack Dave’s code in search of the secret that will bring him the fish—and the money.

Meet Kevin and the Christina, a boat that gets its own real life fish story when it snags an eleven-hundred-pound “monstah” right out of the gate. The story of Kevin’s catch, by far the biggest of the season, is the talk of the town and no one takes it harder than Dave on Tuna.com. Dave puts his boat on overdrive to catch up, while Marciano is forced to sit on the sidelines with a charter tour so he can pay off debts.

After watching the Christina catch the biggest tuna of the season, the uber-competitive Captain Dave of the Tuna.com is obsessed with beating the record, and catching a fish bigger than 1,075 lbs!

An intense storm slams into the shores of Massachusetts, and meteorologists are calling for winds up to 20 to 30 knots and 4- to 6-foot-high waves. Most wouldn’t dream of steaming out into conditions like these, but a few are brave enough to dare risk their lives — the fishermen of Gloucester.

A mixture of bad luck and mutiny brews in this tumultuous episode of Wicked Tuna. Tensions erupt on New England’s top tuna boat, Tuna.Com, when Captain Dave and Paul get into a heated confrontation that causes Paul to quit!

With just two weeks left until the end of tuna fishing season, Bounty Hunter gains a new deckhand. Paul, formerly of Tuna.com, joins the crew, and Captain Bill hopes he will help turn the boat's luck around. But tensions flare when Paul tries to teach a few things to First Mate Scott leaving questions about whether the new arrangement will work. On the Hard Merchandise, First Mate Jay struggles to prove to his uncle and Captain that he's worth keeping on next season.

A hard season with little money to show has taken its toll on the crew of the Odysea, leading Captain Ralph to lash out at his first mate Pirate. The more Ralph yells, the more Pirate tunes him out, leading to more mistakes from Pirate.

As the final week of tuna fishing begins, the Hard Merchandise, the Bounty Hunter, the Tuna.Com and the Odysea steam out together, each captain vowing to catch the biggest tuna before the season ends.