Wicked Tuna

As breakdowns and bad luck plague various boats in theOuter Banks’ Bluefin tunafleet, it remains to be seen if a Northern boat will rise to the top of the leaderboard for the first time.

With less than 40 percent of the Bluefin tuna quota left to catch and time running out on the Outer Banks fishing season, the northern and southern boats must scrambleto catch as many fish as possible while there’s still time.

With the quota near capacity, the captains and crews must brave treacherous conditions in North Carolina’s Outer Banks as they fight for final paychecksbefore the Bluefin tuna season’s imminent end.