Turtle Enters the Race | Wicked Tuna

my name is Dave Marciano
and I’m the captain of the hard
merchandise my entire life I’ve been
fishing out of Gloucester Massachusetts
it’s America’s oldest seaport and for
almost 400 years fishing has been the
lifeblood of this town
are you ready for the first trip of the
season the opening day of the bluefin
tuna season is something we always look
forward to
that’s official the channel has emptied
the race everyone wants to be first to
land one of these big money fish did the
most prized fish in the world
those first fish can get as much as
$20,000 but first you gotta find him
you get tips from other fishermen from
fish buyers anywhere you can find him
this week they’ve been spotted in the
cold waters off of Maine so that’s where
we’re headed but once we’re there we
still have to lure them in we might have
them in the John