What's going on? How's it going, man?
Do you mind if I cast out on this side?
So I’ve grown up in New York City.
Recently, I’ve heard that one can actually live a life of fishing here.
There are fish.
Apparently, they're edible.
So today, I’m going to go see what the internet has to offer
when it comes to places to fish around New York.
[One Star Reviews]
[Find Fishing]
Ohhh, Captain Dave.
We’re going to look at the reviews.
“False advertising. On the boat they say they’re going for porgies
but on the pier, they’re yelling, ‘all night bass fishing.’”
“The boat is absolutely filthy, even for a fishing boat.”
“No running water to wash your hands.
The bathroom doors don’t lock.”
“Two helpers spent ten minutes cutting the shark up
(cut the fins off while it was still alive.)
Then they played around with the parts
before throwing it back to sea.”
So... pretty **** up.
Fish have feelings, too.
I think so. Do they?
Alright, so we just showed up to the boat.
That's Captain Dave over there.
One of our guys was trying to put a microphone on him earlier,
but he won’t even put it on it all until he gets paid.
I mean, I can’t blame him.
Like... I don’t know.
I shouldn't have put this microphone on before getting paid.
-Ready to come aboard now? -Oh, yes. Thank you.
Right on. How’s it going?
Hey, Captain Dave.
Guys, the longer we stay here, I don't care.
I’m just going to wait a minute because...
Get out your lines and pay up.
I’m not here to argue with you.
A lot of discussion of money.
It seems like he does a lot for a captain.
He’s typing in credit card numbers right now.
Eventually going to drive this thing.
It seems like he takes, you know, no bull****.
Alright?
We’ve got to get this microphone on you.
All you got to do is go right up the T-shirt, right from the bottom.
Ready?
Thank you.
Pardon my reach.
Alright.
Alright, Dave. So you going to give me the tour?
-Give you the tour? -Yeah.
Yeah. What do you want? What do you want to know?
-Tell me a little about the boat. -Oh, the boat.
That’s Willie the junkie.
Woah, alright.
Now look at where we are, ready for departure.
-This is it? -This is it.
-Can you take this out of there? -You don’t want to leave it on?
-I’m not going. -You’re not coming?
-I’m not coming. -Wait...
-so you hang out on land? -Yes.
Oh, sorry. I was confused.
But you're the owner.
-I’m the owner, yes. -Alright. Got it.
Well, I guess this is it. This is really it.
This is it!
Alright, Dave. Well, it was nice meeting you.
Alright.
Sorry, that was a little confusing.
Alright. Do you know who our captain is?
For the first time in
the owner left before I could evaluate the business.
So I was going to have to make sure to catch up with Captain Dave
when we got back to land.
But without the captain aboard, who was in charge?
-So do you work for the boat or what? -Yeah.
Right on. What’s your name?
-Daniel. -Daniel. I’m Taji.
-My hand’s a little wet. -Ah, that’s cool.
-So you work for Dave? -Yeah.
How old are you?
-Fourteen. -Fourteen?
-Yeah. -No way.
Yeah, I love it out here.
I love to listen to all my customers
and hear their stories and where they’re from.
And it’s really heart-warming.
You’re very passionate for what you do.
Yeah. Every day I wake up and I say to myself,
“Today’s going to be a new story.”
And yeah...
And what about this other captain? Because I noticed
-Dave isn’t even on the ship today. -Oh, Andrew.
-Is that Andrew up there? -Yeah.
I finally had a name.
All there was left to do
was confront Captain Andrew about the negative reviews.
Hey, Andrew, how’s it going?
I got a guy up here talking to me.
I’ll get back with you, Mike, alright?
I was just wondering if we could chat with you for a second?
No, no.
I don’t like to do that stuff.
Alright.
So I decided to give up on the reviews for now
and just try to catch a fish.
What’s going on? How’s it going, man?
I went to one of the ship regulars for words of wisdom.
Do you have any advice for me to catch a fish?
You have to be here.
You have to feel it.
You have to wait...
You have to wait.
What's the trick to it?
-It’s not just... -There’s no trick to it?
I mean, there is a trick...
You have to...
know how to catch fluke.
Yeah.
So I just take one?
Both eyes.
Through the eye?
Here goes nothing.
There you go!
Alright, kid.
Really?
You got one?
I got nothing.
Things weren't going too well for me.
I hadn't gotten a single bite.
And then, to make things even worse, I noticed a situation
that reminded me of the review that had concerned me the most.
“Two helpers spent ten minutes cutting the shark up...
then played around with the parts before throwing it back to sea.”
You’ve never seen anyone kind of torture a shark, have you?
We don’t torture fish.
That’s why we like to sharpen our knives...
so that we can do it faster and get it over with.
Good job, man.
Looked pretty quick and painless.
We run a tight boat here.
A tight ship.
Isn’t that a term?
Yeah, I kind of messed it up.
No, it's all good.
Hey, Andrew, would you be down to do another quick check-in
now that we’re about halfway through the journey?
Yeah. Just just be quick about it.
For sure. Can we throw this on you for a second?
Just go right up the T-shirt.
I guess we could just leave it on top.
We'll make it this easy.
Do you know anything about any of the reviews?
People mention, “Oh, there was false advertisement.”
“There were no live eels...
it was like pulling teeth to get the mates to refill the bait containers.”
Sometimes you can’t get a particular bait.
Guys that know don't complain.
Got it. Does that happen a lot living out at sea like this?
Say that again.
I guess you don’t really deal with a lot of these problems on land.
I live on land too!
I don’t want to be here.
I think I’m going to cast out one last time.
And if I don’t catch anything,
is there ways of dealing with failure?
It’s no failure, you had a nice day on the ocean, that’s all.
You tried, and that was it.
Fishing ain’t catching, it’s fishing.
OK?
So don’t beat yourself up at the end of the day?
Don’t beat yourself up at the end of the day.
You had a nice day on the water. It was nice and calm.
It could have been a rainy, crummy day.
Perfect. Thank you.
-No problem. -Thank you so much.
Thank you, Andrew.
Cast out one final time,
and if I catch something, that’s going to be cool.
And if I don’t, it’s OK.
Oh, my God!
Holy ****! Two of them.
Holy ****!
I think Andrew is kind of starting to warm up to me a bit.
I guess all it takes is just constant annoyance.
Fishing ain’t catching, it’s fishing.
You have to feel it.
You have to wait.
It’s no failure. You had a nice day on the ocean, that’s all.
You had a nice day.
You tried... and that was it.
Fishing ain’t catching, it’s fishing.
Nice!
[Unintelligible]
I can’t hear a word he’s saying, but...
he’s awesome.
And so is fishing.
Whoa! Oh, ****! Oh, ****!
Whoa! This is a big one. I got a big one!
Pick it up! Pick it up! Pick it up!
Reel it!
It’s a monster!
No, no, no, no, not for the tail.
-Yeah, maybe we could-- -Try. Try.
-I’m scared. -Try!
Hook like this.
Alright, He's, like, 18.
Alright. Bye, buddy.
Bye!
Ah, yet another magical moment at sea.
It has been a long day, but we were finally back to shore.
And it was time for Captain Dave to face the reviews.
Thanks again for having me. This is a--
Oh, I need your credit card again.
Oh, it’s right here.
I checked out some of the reviews before coming in, and, you know,
some people were saying some negative things.
I bet you the group in the back.
Yeah, I don’t care. Pay up!
No, I mean the people on the internet.
100 dollars. Sign your name.
Do you want to maybe let these people that are leaving these reviews
just know how you feel about them, and kind of just--
Gentlemen.
Thank you so much. Thanks for chatting about all that.
Alrighty.
I was disappointed Captain Dave blew me off once again,
but I made some unbreakable bonds out at sea.
Bye, Andrew!
-Take it easy. -Thank you again.
Nice meeting you, Andrew.
I have lived a hectic life on land all of my life.
But after setting out on Captain Dave’s boat,
I’m beginning to reconsider my life on land to a life at sea.
It is very rare to be able to tie life’s pleasures in with your work.
And after having been on Dave’s boat, I was shown that one can, in fact,
successfully complete the pairing.
There’s one thing I learned from Captain Andrew
is that it’s called fishing, not catching.
The people on the boat were very kind
and very considerate of the fish they keep
and the fish they throw back.
Thank you, fishing.
[5 Stars]
Alright.
These guys got the stern for themselves.
-Alright? -They rented out the stern?
-Yes. -Alright.
They have the stern.
Enjoy the stern.
I hope the stern suits you well.
Hell, yeah.