Big Fish Texas

Big Fish Texas

Big Fish Texas

Synopsis

Big Fish Texas follows Galveston's Guindon clan as they try to keep Katie's Seafood Market - their family business - growing and thriving at all costs. A homegrown enterprise built both on land and at sea, the challenges at Katie's appear from all sides, and this tightknit group takes on all comers. On the water, they battle against long days, longer nights, a sea full of predators, and Mother Nature's whims. At home base, they struggle to juggle surpluses, shortages, and orders while also processing a quarter of the Gulf's deep-water fish and spearheading initiatives to preserve their fishery. But no matter how busy the business keeps them, at the end of the day this is a family built on old-fashioned values, and they'd never miss an opportunity to get together for a good laugh and a home-cooked meal.

Episodes

Season 1

  • King of the Gulf

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    Buddy Guidon is a legend in the Gulf of Mexico. Through years of hard work he built up his fishing business and opened up "Katie's Seafood Market"; now he's got his whole family involved. Buddy's son Nick runs the business side of the company, and he's got an order for 15,000 lbs of fish that needs to be caught in 24 hours. With no crew available to help with the request, Buddy must go out with his brother Kenny and son Hans to do it themselves. When Hans injures his arm though, Buddy and Kenny are in a race against the clock to catch enough fish to fill the order.

  • Blackjack Is Back

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    Katie's Fish House is one of the busiest fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, and a recent quota increase has made them even busier. Nick not only has to deal with the demands of a bustling fish house, but also his overbearing father, Buddy, critiquing his every move. Things get even more heated when Buddy finds out that one of his captains brought in a batch of bad Red Snapper under Nicks watch.

  • Hit Rock Bottom

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    At Katie's Seafood Market the quota has increased and so have the problems. Nick now has to work double time to not only sell fish, but to find storage for the influx of snapper coming in. Meanwhile, Hans is out at sea fishing for grouper, but when problems arise he must decide whether to play it safe or risk it all. When Mac reveals that his car is broken down, Buddy takes it upon himself to get it repaired. Buddy has taken a back seat in the day-to-day operations at Katie's, and has left it up to his sons to keep the business a success.

  • Hurricane Buddy

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    When Katie's Seafood gets an unexpected offload of snapper, Kenny's fishing trip is sidelined. Even Nick, the fish house manager, is caught off-guard by it. Kenny learns it was all Buddy's fault, giving the boat the green light to offload and not telling anyone else. Now, the fish house is over capacity with red snapper. And Kenny and his crew can't go fishing and earn a paycheck. It's a classic case of "Hurricane Buddy" - stirring up chaos and leaving victims in its wake. But this time, Kenny's had enough.

  • The Warsaw Pact

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    Katie's Fish House is one of the busiest fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, serving some of the nations biggest seafood companies. When one of those companies, Louisiana Foods, wants to check out some fish, Buddy calls in his brother, and top snapper captain, Kenny to oblige them. Unfortunately, impressing the buyer comes at the cost of a full day for fishing, and pay, for Kenny and his crew. Not wanting to let his crewmembers down, Kenny goes out on a turn and burn, a twenty-four hour mad-dash trip to reclaim their lost pay.

  • All Fish And No Play

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    Hans is wrapping up a long grouper fishing trip when Nick calls to let him know that Katie's Seafood is facing a snapper shortfall, and he'll need to catch 5,000 lbs before he returns to dock. Unfortunately, Hans can't find a spot where the fish are biting, and when he calls his uncle Kenny for advice, they get in an argument and Kenny refuses to help him.

  • Clash of The Guindons

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    When Nick learns that he's 10,000 pounds short on a snapper order, he turns to Hans and Kenny for help. Kenny has been Katie's Seafood's go-to guy for years, but his cocky nephew Hans claims to be the best fisherman in the family.

  • Deckhand Down

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    Katie's Fish House is one of the busiest fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico, and a recent quota increase has made them even busier. Hans must take on the monumental task of bringing in a 15,000lb haul, the biggest he ever caught in his career to meet the high demands at Katies. What starts as a banner trip soon becomes deadly, as one of Hans' deckhands comes down with a deadly infection. It's up to Buddy, in a race against the clock, to sail out in the middle of a storm, and rescue the hurt sailor.