What do you do when you get a 4:30am call that your boat is underwater, the night before a tournament? This week the crew of The Captain's Report is talking sunk boats, near-sunk boats, and the moments that made grown captains genuinely question if they were about to swim for it. 🌊

We're talking a tournament boat that sank overnight at the dock over a manufacturing defect nobody caught, an offshore rescue where nobody could find the right one of seven batteries to save a sinking 42 Freeman, a bait run gone wrong that filled a 26 Pathfinder waist-deep in the middle of an inlet, a livewell drain disaster that nearly swamped a brand-new charter captain's boat, and the time an owner told his captain to "pull the plug" on a boat full of water and it actually worked.

Real captains. Nothing scripted. Every story is 100% true.

🎬 WHAT'S IN THIS EPISODE

Caleb's near-swamping trying to run Carolina Beach Inlet in a borrowed boat

Kyle's offshore rescue — a sinking 42 Freeman and a "which one?" battery mystery

Jimmy's birthday story: the tournament boat that sank overnight at the dock

The fallout — missing a trip with sword-fishing legend Bouncer Smith

Jimmy's second story: a bait run that nearly swamped a 26 Pathfinder in the breakers

Dustin's rookie-year livewell drain close call

Jason's "Still Chilling" surf story and the infamous "pull the plug" order

Jimmy's third story: nose-diving through the windshield at the Mayhem tournament in Key West

⏱ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 – Cold open: "The boat is under the water"

0:10 – Meet the crew

1:06 – Topic intro: sunken boat stories

1:28 – Caleb's Carolina Beach Inlet near-swamping

3:58 – Kyle's offshore rescue & battery mystery

7:29 – Jimmy's boat #1: sunk at the dock, missed trip with Bouncer Smith

12:15 – Jimmy's boat #2: bait run swamps the Pathfinder

16:10 – Dustin's livewell drain close call

18:08 – Jason's "Still Chilling" surf story & "pull the plug"

22:39 – Jimmy's boat #3: nose dive at the Mayhem tournament

25:50 – Wrap-up & outro

📍 CAPTAINS ON THE BUS THIS EPISODE

Capt. Jason Burton — FishZilla, Murrells Inlet Fishing Charters

Capt. Jimmy — On The Fly, Carolina Hook and Fly Guide Service

Capt Dustin — Outlaw. Outlaw Fishing Charters

Capt. Caleb — Carolina Hook & Fly, Carolina Hook and Fly Guide Service

Capt. Kyle — Reef Kleenerz Fishing Charters

Capt. Joe — Fish Finder III, Fish Finder Fishing Charters (producer)

Capt. Robert — Fish Finder I, Fish Finder Fishing Charters (host)

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The Captain's Report is a weekly show where charter fishing captains from Murrells Inlet and Myrtle Beach, SC share unfiltered stories from the water, wild fishing tales, charter chaos, tournament talk, and everything that happens between trips. Real captains. Nothing scripted.