After viewers repeatedly asked why her dad doesn't use a fishing rod, Pea bought him his first one and challenged him to a contest: his new rod against her using the traditional Filipino hand line. Paddling a borrowed boat near San Juanico Bridge in Leyte, she teases him about family gossip and old rumors, talks about Filipino skin-whitening and beauty standards, and teaches him to cast. The rod wins easily, but she says the trip was really about father-daughter time.
Setup
- About two years ago Pea and her dad made a fishing video viewers loved, but the same comment kept coming up: why isn't your dad using a fishing rod?
- About two weeks ago she showed herself buying him his very first rod
- The challenge: dad uses the new rod, Pea uses the traditional method of a hook and line, and whoever catches more fish wins
- They're using his sister's (Pea's aunt's) boat because his own boat is under repair for water damage; it's bigger, so they launch from a different spot
Paddling out
- She finds it sunny and peaceful and says she now understands why guys love fishing: you can daydream and think
- They hit a rock ("just a little hiccup"); she spots a "pirate ship" she plans to loot
- When she asks how far they're going, her dad says he doesn't know and she should just keep paddling, which she calls the typical Filipino answer since Filipinos don't like giving specific answers
- She jokes they've been going in circles and later that they arrived "after paddling for 48 years"
- Says the paddling is good for her arms
Skin color and beauty standards
- Responds to a commenter asking whether she uses glutathione, which Filipinos are well known for using to whiten their skin
- She doesn't; she loves being tanned and only got lighter from not being outdoors much, so she's trying to get sun and embrace her natural color
- At the beach she wants to be "well done," like "hello darkness my friend"
- Her dad keeps asking why she isn't covered up and worries she'll get sunburnt; she explains Filipino parents see light skin on their daughters as the beauty standard, so he's worried she won't be pretty anymore
- She tells him she actually likes his skin color and wishes they could trade
- Later she wears a hat her mom gave her so she won't get too dark, just to make her mom happy since she'll watch the video
Teasing dad on the boat
- Near San Juanico Bridge, which is undergoing repairs, she asks about a rumor from when it was built that children's bodies were poured into the concrete; dad gives a "cop out answer," saying he doesn't know because he wasn't there but he heard the rumors
- She says that's why her parents work: her mom is "kind of a nagger" and her dad just says "whatever, dear"; they've been together about 28 years
- Asked if he's still in love with mom, he says yes, which she jokes is "because it's on camera"
- She calls herself the prankster of the family
- These trips are how she catches up on family chismis (gossip); her dad isn't a talker, though "with a little Red Horse" (beer) he might get chatty
- The route is the same one the family used for picnics when she was a kid, back when they had a bigger boat for her parents and brothers
Fishing setup
- Her dad sets up her traditional gear: fishing line with two hooks on a makeshift reel, baited with shrimp
- She says some Western women find baiting hooks yucky; she clarifies she's not generalizing since some Western women fish, but she doesn't mind because she was a tomboy as a kid
- Her first bite is a puffer fish; she says it's poisonous and, though some people eat it, she doesn't recommend it, so she releases it ("don't puff on me")
- Dad ties his hook with his favorite knot and baits it with shrimp
Teaching dad to cast
- She learned casting an open-faced reel from YouTube videos and had never done it herself before
- Her steps: unlock the bail, put one finger on the line, cast, release your finger, lock the reel, and reel back in
- Her first cast works and her second goes far: "I like this"
- Dad tries it, casts far, and reels correctly on his first go: "He is a pro"
The contest
- Dad's first catch, right away, is a big fish that fights; she identifies it as a grouper. First catch of the day goes to the fishing rod
- He lands a second one soon after; she declares she's "totally beaten"
- She keeps catching tiny fish and releasing them; jokes they may not be biting because she's noisy
- She finally gets "one for the traditional fishing method," but it's small so she lets it go "home to your mama," leaving her still at zero
- Releases another small yellow-tailed fish: "Bye, Nemo" (though she admits it's not really a Nemo fish), noting some Filipinos would eat it but it's too tiny for her
- Dad keeps catching fish ("you're on fire"); she skips showing every catch because it would get boring
- She says the trip was never about the competition but about father-daughter time together
- Dad is so busy fishing he doesn't finish his food
Heading home
- They head back because it looks like rain
- She points out dad's improvised fins made of wood and rubber, used not for swimming but to help maneuver the boat: "Dad's a genius"
- The haul is a "pretty good" one; the fish in the pink tub are dad's
- She released all of hers, but dad kept even the tiny ones; most Filipinos eat small fish anyway, and he's a grown man so she can't scold him
- Dad is happy with his new rod and says he'll use it; she's glad she listened to viewers and bought it
Teaser and outro
- Next week they'll show what they do with the fish, "but it's not what you're thinking"
- Closing skit: Pea as a pirate captain helping viewers navigate Filipino culture and dating and find their "first mate," trusting "Captain P to lead you to the booty," ending with "I've got the sunken chest to prove it"
