[thunder] As a fierce storm
assaults the bayou...
You're in a metal boat.
Do not get struck by lightning.
Swampers face the squall head on.
Extreme heat or extreme rain.
There's no in-between.
While some take shelter...
Sticking up out there like an antenna.
I'll be lucky if I survive this storm.
-Gimme a shot. -...others go to war
with Mother Nature...
Man, shoot him! [rifle clicks]
You've got to be kidding me.
...to win the battle for swamp dominance.
Watch yourself now, boy. Might need you up here with me.
He's trying to get in the boat.
Whoa!
Crap!
[growling]
♪♪
[thunder]
Ooh, I can feel that cold weather, boy.
Gonna be a wet one.
As the hunters gear up to face the elements...
Gotta do what we gotta do, man.
-Yeah. -Rain or sleet or snow.
The Edgars lead the swampers,
with Bruce, Leron, and Porkchop clinging to second,
while the rest of the pack
battles in a three-way tie for third.
[thunder]
On Grand Lake...
This weather's pretty bad today.
Veteran swamper Daniel Edgar and his grandson Dorien
start the day in first place.
But with 50 lines to run and a bad storm coming,
staying on top of the rankings
will take everything they've got.
Right before bad weather
is when these animals are feeding,
so the goal is to get out there right before the rain,
catch these big alligators.
But today it's gonna be a challenge to get out there,
catch these alligators,
and get back before this storm gets too bad.
Line's down over here, pa.
Let's hope there's something on there.
See what it look like, pa.
He's all wrapped up.
Bring him to me, pa.
-Bring him to me. -Boy, he's heavy.
-Oh, there he goes. -Whoo!
Gimme a shot.
-Oh! -Oh! [thud]
Bring him back over here.
Hold him, pa.
Get him a little closer to me.
Take him!
[gunshot]
That's an 11-footer, I think.
-I believe you're right. -Take him all day long.
Tell me when you're ready.
One, two, go.
[grunting]
We got him, son.
This 11-foot goliath
is what Daniel and Dorien need to cling to first place,
but they'll need to pick up the pace
to stay ahead of the storm.
You look up at the weather
and then remember what you still have to do,
so there's a lot riding on
if you can hurry up, get all of this done.
First line, good alligator.
That's the kind of day we're looking for, pa.
Absolutely.
Good start, good start.
[thunder]
In Violet,
with the approaching storm,
Ashley and Anna have decided to maximize fishing time
by staying close to home.
Ooh. That was a big old strike.
But Ashley has no doubt
the storm will catch up with them eventually.
We gotta get in here and get out today.
It's on the way.
There's so many things that I'm concerned about being a captain.
You know, you're in charge
of keeping anybody on your boat safe,
and there's a lot of things to be worried about here.
So I'm super nervous, but all we can do
is fill as many tags as we can before the storm.
That cane's moving.
All right, I'm gonna cut it off right there.
You still see it?
Yeah, it's right here.
Feel anything?
He's coming up. Aah!
-Get the gun, get the gun. -I got it.
Oh, my God, hold him, Anna!
-Golly! -Look at the size of this gator!
Trying to get a shot on him. He ain't giving me a shot.
Hold on to him.
I don't want him to pop this line.
-He's fighting me hard, Ash. -Hold him.
You gotta shoot him.
Oh!
Whoo!
Come on, get me a shot.
Get a shot on him?
I'm trying. He won't give me a shot.
Come on, man.
[gunshot]
-Oh, my God. -Good.
-Let's go. -Whoo!
That's a good gator.
-Night-night! -Sleep tight!
Catching this 11-foot monster on their first line
will certainly help their average.
Let's roll him in.
But with the storm approaching,
the window to run lines is quickly closing.
Watch your face. Whew!
Whew!
We only have a certain amount of time to run these lines.
You know, we wanna get our average up,
but I wanna be able to make it home, too.
In Bayou Dupont,
swamp legend Bruce Mitchell
has a simple strategy to avoid the coming rainstorm.
Look like we gonna get some bad weather out here,
so fixing to get on down the road.
I think I got a plan here.
We got a lot, a lot of land here
that hasn't been fished in years.
We know the weather's coming.
I'm just gonna have to go to a different part of the swamp.
I mean, I'm just guessing.
I'm hoping this works,
and hopefully I don't get wet.
Bruce has set lines
far to the south of the other hunters,
gambling it'll keep him out of the storm's path.
The line is down.
What we got here?
Unh!
Whoa. Oh, I'm liking this.
Whoa! Golly!
Oh, yeah.
Golly!
Come on, buddy, I got something for you.
That'll cross his eyes, won't it?
Whoo!
That's a good nine-footer there.
This nine-footer adds to the average
that has kept Bruce, Leron, and Porkchop
near the top of the rankings.
Get on over here, boy.
Me and Porkchop and Leron's working together.
I wanna get at least a nine foot, maybe 10-foot average.
That would be great to have.
Mother Nature's gonna do what she wants,
but I know we're gonna have the best average
of all these gators hopefully,
and hopefully the next year we'll be fishing them 350 tags.
Nothing bad to start with, that's for sure.
Meanwhile in Violet Marsh,
Ronnie Adams and his deckhand Timmy Aucoin
are already off to a good start.
But with the storm on the horizon,
they're racing the rains before the gators go into hiding.
Ooh, Lord, before that storm coming,
-you could feel the heat, huh? -Mm-hmm.
That rain coming.
Yeah, buddy.
It's coming. Oh, look at that crap.
Right now it's calm,
but we got this storm bearing down on us,
and I wanna get in and out as quick as possible.
T, T, T, T, look at that, bro.
Whoo, Lord, that's gonna be something good there, T.
I don't know what he's gonna be, but he might be a big one.
-Got it? -Yeah.
Oh, yeah, he's got a little something on him.
Oh, yeah, huh, dude?
Get that gun.
-Yo! -Jeez, Timmy.
Aw, T, that's a monster, boy!
All day long, there's a dynamite alligator!
Whoo! Uh-oh!
Whoo! We got a giant, baby.
Golly!
Come on, T, drop the hammer on him.
[gunshot]
Whoo! That a boy.
Let's get him and go. We got bad weather coming.
With another 10-footer,
Ronnie and Timmy may be able to pull their team
up to the top of the rankings.
One, two, three!
But with the storm fast approaching,
running their remaining lines will be a challenge.
We got a big 10-footer on there,
and right now I feel like it's paying off.
But I don't know how long this front's gonna stay around for,
and once them cold fronts start coming through,
you're never gonna catch gators.
So we gonna run the lines.
If they got anything on them, good.
We gonna get it done.
-We're about to get hammered. -Yeah.
And it's gonna be here in a couple hours, if not sooner.
Over in Bayou Cache...
[thunder]
Leron Jones and Anthony "Porkchop" Williams
are expecting to be hit by the storm at any moment.
But with 350 tags on the line,
there are no days off.
But the job's gotta get done, Porkchop.
-Yeah, you right about that. -Any means necessary, man.
If you're gonna win these 350 tags,
it's gonna require a never-give-up attitude,
where you just never quit.
You know, a lot of things work out
when you just keep pushing.
When that lighting strike.
Porkchop, I don't think you're Benjamin Franklin, buddy.
Whoa!
Be careful now, Porkchop.
Don't fall your ass in that water, buddy.
Whoo!
Good God Almighty!
He damn near ready to get shot, man.
He ready.
[gunshot]
Now you got him.
Give me that yellow thing, buddy.
All right, partner, yeah.
This 10-foot beast is a good catch,
but the hunters don't have a moment to spare
as the storm approaches.
That's what I'm saying. We gotta bust our ass, Porkchop.
This Louisiana weather is unpredictable.
It can go left on you real fast.
Back in Bayou Dupont,
hunting alone in unfamiliar territory,
Bruce has escaped the storm so far,
and he's confident
he can survive anything that comes his way.
You better be prepared out here.
I carry my rifle. Got a backup pistol.
Got an extra pistol in my pocket.
My grandpa taught me this a long time ago.
Keep a hammer in the boat.
"A hammer don't misfire," he said. [chuckles]
So he always got a hammer. It never misfired.
That's why I always got a hammer in my boat.
My grandpa taught me that a long time ago.
That...and a pot.
Back in the day, you break down,
wasn't nobody coming to look for,
so you better have a way to start a fire and a pot,
because you can always kill something to eat out here,
a fish or a nutria, something.
I'm telling you one thing for sure.
Bruce likes to eat. I'm gonna eat.
And I'm not-- I've never been hungry,
like people been starving and stuff.
Never. Never.
I been hungry a few times,
but I never been like people starving and this and that
'cause I'm gonna find something to eat.
People don't know, but this grass right here,
you pull the roots up on it,
you could chew on that and eat that.
And something out here is better than nothing.
I've ate nutria a couple times,
broke down and ate and shot a nutria,
and ate a nutria, you know.
Build a fire and cook it, but, hey, I didn't go hungry.
Did not go hungry.
All right, I'm gonna catch some more gators.
Whew.
Back in Violet...
There are monsters in here, I know it.
Ashley and Anna are off to a hot start
on their first day back in the marsh.
But with the nasty storm moving in
and 30 more lines to run,
time is not on their side.
Looking dark. It's looking real dark.
It's like raining all around us.
We better hurry up, get these lines run.
You can't stop Mother Nature.
What she's bringing, she's bringing regardless,
and all we can do is hope to fill as many tags as we can
before she brings this storm.
You have to keep pushing forward and give it all you got.
I don't see any chicken hanging.
That's a good sign.
I don't see the line.
Okay, he's probably got it all tangled up,
but that's okay.
-Oh! -Oh, no.
Ash, it's a land gator.
No!
Get the gun, Ash. Get the gun.
I'm gonna get the gun, but we need to figure out
how to get him close over here to get a shot.
-Where's he at? -He's up there.
[growls] Okay.
What's the plan?
If you can get him pulled up over here,
I'll put a bullet in him.
Oh, yeah, he is ready for a fight.
You hear me? Look at him.
Backing up.
Whoa!
Come on, gator.
You see him burying his feet down in there like that?
He's just sitting in that mud.
He's like, I ain't coming nowhere.
He's trying to stand his ground.
Man, he ain't coming.
-Ready? -Yup.
Can you get a shot on him?
Just a little bit closer.
-You better shoot that thing. -I will.
You got a shot on him, Ashley? Take it, shoot it!
[gunshot]
Oh, my God, look at him shakin'.
Locked up. Good job.
-Great shot. One shot. -Perfect.
-Night-night! -Sleep tight!
One shot always, man. Deadeye Jones for real.
Okay, now we're gonna have to lift him up over these canes.
-Oh, yeah, he's done. -All right.
-Ready?
One, two, three.
At just under eight feet,
this gator has Ashley second-guessing
her decision to hunt the marsh today.
I want our average to stay up, but at the same time
there's a nasty, nasty storm headed our way,
and I tend to think about all the things that can go wrong.
Coming out here is a lot of work,
and I'm hoping that the risk is worth the reward,
but we don't know yet.
You know, 7-9 don't really bring it down too bad.
But enough to hurt your feelings
if you do it too many times, you know.
All right, I'm listening loud and clear.
-Click-click! -Click-click.
All right. Let's cover him up.
Ready for the next fight.
Over on Grand Lake... [thunder]
the storm is coming in hard,
but Daniel and Dorien aren't leaving
until they get the job done.
See if we can get these lines run
and get outta here.
This weather's looking kinda heavy.
This lake might get real bad.
[thunder]
This is tough.
Fishing in this weather is really, really tough.
This storm's just beating down on us,
and we can't waste any time.
I think he's on there.
It's better not to be there.
It's better to get your lines run
and try to get out of there.
All right, pa, let's get this thing in the boat
before the weather gets too bad.
He's a hand-burner.
That's a 10-footer.
That's what we looking for.
-Whoa, watch him. -He's beating you up.
Whoa, he almost knocked the gun out of my hand.
I'm telling you, gimme a shot on this thing.
-Gimme a shot. -Take care of him, big guy.
-Gimme a shot. -Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
He's death rolling.
-Okay, hold on. -I need you to be quick.
-Gimme a shot. -Take care of him, big guy.
I don't want him to get away.
Whatever we do, let's do it quick.
Burn that rascal.
[gunshot]
Good job.
That'll work, huh?
We're getting some nice alligators, pa.
One, two.
Aah! He's a 10-footer.
Nice, nice, nice.
We're doing pretty good, pa.
Yeah, we're loaded.
Right now the boat's loaded with big alligators.
Luck's been on our side.
Okay, next line.
Back outside Violet...
Dude, if we can beat this rain, it'll be a miracle.
Oh, I know.
Ronnie and Timmy race to finish running their lines
with an ugly storm bearing down on them.
Look like we gonna get stormed on.
Shoot.
I'm pretty stoked up about today
because, hey, we catching big gators.
I'm excited, but right now we got a storm coming up on us,
and it's coming up hard and heavy and very fast,
and we gotta pick the pace up.
We gotta run the lines
and get out of here as quick as possible.
Look at the crime scene on this one.
Oh, yeah.
T, come on, baby, find that line, baby.
We got weather on us, papa.
-You got it? -Yeah.
-On the marsh. -Oh, man. Let me see him.
Come on, my baby. Get the gun, get the gun.
Here we go, T. Here we go. The fight--whoo!
The fight is on, baby!
Oh, T!
Come on, big boy.
Hold him steady.
I'm trying, T, trying to get you a shot.
-Hold him, hold him. -Whoo, come on, legend.
Drop the hammer on him when you can.
Drop the hammer, baby!
-Golly! -Watch your feet.
[gunshot]
That a boy, legend. Good job, my baby.
-Hell, yeah. -Yeah.
Yup, let's get him in the boat and get rolling,
'cause that weather's bearing down on us.
[thunder]
I do not wanna get caught out here
in the middle of nowhere
with no trees, no nothin' in this marsh,
with thunder and lightning bolts striking all around us.
Sky's getting real dark right now.
We got to run these lines and get outta here.
I don't like that weather, Timmy.
I know. It's coming in.
It's over there by the bridge almost already.
Bridge is gonna disappear in the rain.
Damn, boy, that ain't good.
[thunder]
Back in Bayou Cache,
the rain's starting to fall on Leron and Porkchop,
but this is a small price to pay
if it gets them closer to winning the competition.
...than without.
There you go, cuz.
Something's better than nothin', Porkchop.
It sucks sometimes, but you gotta make the best of it.
It's not no job in the movie theater.
You know, this is dangerous, man.
To get these 350 tags,
I'm willing to go an extra mile.
The job gotta get done.
Watch it now. Hold up.
Slippery, cuz. Whoo!
Cuz, right there.
-He's barely hooked, too. -Yeah he's barely hooked, cuz.
Gotta get him.
Come on, right there.
Give me a shot, Porkchop.
I'll give you one, cuz. Hold on.
Got him in the top of his head!
[gunshot]
Give me some.
This seven-footer hurts their average
and threatens their standing
close to the top of the rankings,
but there's no time to dwell on it.
I tell myself keep going.
It's easy to quit on things,
but it's hard to go-- to go through with it.
In Bayou Dupont,
Bruce is hunting far south in a remote area
that may allow him to escape the storm.
But going so far out of the way comes with its own risks.
I'm way back here by myself.
There ain't nobody come and get me.
I mean, maybe next week,
but right now ain't nobody come and get you.
It'd be four days before somebody
even starts thinking about looking for you.
So you gotta kinda be careful out here, too.
But, you know, you gotta make wise decisions.
You gotta make sure when something happens,
you can follow through with it and make it out.
Oh, yeah, we got a gator on here.
Line's definitely down.
Oh, yeah.
See something moving over there.
I don't know if he's on that line here or not.
Oh, yeah, he's on there.
He's on there. He's definitely on it.
Yup, just what the doctor ordered.
Whoa!
He's trying to get in the boat.
Whoa! Whoa, crap!
[growling]
[gunshot] Whoo!
Lord have mercy.
The things that happen in the swamp.
It's crazy out here, isn't it? [chuckles]
That's the first gator I ever had to shoot
from the outside of the boat.
Now the problem is for me to get my fat butt back up in the boat.
Uh...
Despite avoiding the storm,
Bruce still ends up soaking wet.
He'll need bigger gators than this
to justify his move this far south
and maintain his team's spot
close to the top of the rankings.
Man.
I ain't never done anything like this.
I got a little wet, but I didn't get bit.
That's the main thing.
This is the first gator I ever shot
with me being out the boat and the gator being in the boat.
But, hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.
Now we need to go catch another gator.
On the other side of the marsh...
[thunder]
We're driving right into it.
The storm is getting closer,
butAshley's determined to keep going.
We've caught a few gators,
but we need bigger gators to bring up our average.
And with the storm coming,
we only have a certain amount of time to run these lines.
Ultimately we have to do whatever it takes.
I think I see the line.
-You do? -Yeah, it's straight out.
Looks like it's kinda in the grass some.
I'm gonna come up over the line. Hold on tight.
Oh, we got a gator.
-You see him? -We got a gator. I see him.
-Let me get the gun closer. -Yup.
Will he-- Can you yank on him at all?
Will he-- Is he trying--
-Whoo! -Ooh, he's hissing.
-He don't like that. -He don't like that at all.
Ooh, he's opening his mouth. He's ready to fight.
He's starting to back up. Be careful.
Man, he's digging in with them claws.
What is it with these marsh gators doing that?
-Got the gun? -All right, I got the gun.
Be careful. If he jumps at us,
-you better shoot that thing. -I will.
He don't wanna move no more.
[growling] Oh, no.
That's a tough shot, but you got it.
Got it.
Got it right there.
Take the shot. I got the line.
[gunshot] Whoo-hoo!
-Night-night! -Sleep tight!
Jeesh, he didn't wanna die.
I wouldn't either.
All right.
-Okay, ready? -Ready.
One, two, three.
At eight feet, this gator doesn't increase their average,
but it doesn't hurt it much either.
And with the storm barreling in,
Ashley understands her priorities.
You know, you're in charge
of keeping anybody on your boat safe.
And it becomes not only how many gators to catch
or how big a gator we catch,
but getting home everybody.
Filling them up.
-Click-click. -Click-click!
Ahh, feels good.
[thunder]
We better hurry up, get these lines run.
Outside Violet...
Yeah, I'm hungry.
I can definitely go for a little grub.
After rushing for hours
to run as many of their lines as they can
before getting hit by the storm,
Ronnie and Timmy take shelter and grab a quick bite.
I'm starving, T. What you got?
I got a sandwich.
Yeah, my wife made me a little breakfast sandwich.
-Oh, yeah? -Hell, yeah.
Oh, bro, ain't nothin' like
a little grub in your belly, huh?
Yeah, it makes the evening a lot better.
Absolutely.
So your little girl's coming down?
Coming to see you?
This weekend, yeah.
Then we can hang out Saturday and Sunday with us.
Then she has to go back home for school Monday.
Mm-hmm.
I sure hope Ashley and them is doing all right.
-You heard from 'em? -Mm-mm.
What about, uh, Troy? Wonder what he's catching.
I don't know, I ain't talked to him either.
I ain't talked to none of the boys.
Jacob, none of 'em.
How about Bruce? Have you heard from him? No?
-I ain't heard from Bruce. -Hmm.
I guess everybody's--
-Too busy. -Mm-hmm.
Once you start with the grinding on the alligators...
Yeah, you ain't got time for much.
By the time you finish cleaning your boat and that out,
get home, take a shower,
bro, you just wanna shut them eyes and go to sleep,
'cause the next day rolls around real quick.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, it is what it is.
Man, I tell you what, T.
I sure appreciate you coming out here and giving me a hand.
You're welcome, man. I enjoy myself.
Well, I know you got a child at home,
and you should be home with her and that,
fishing around the house.
But, man, you don't know how blessed I feel
and how privileged I feel
to have you down here with me,
and I can't thank you enough, T.
Well, you're welcome.
-Thank you, my baby. -All right.
All right, babe, let's get on outta here.
-You ready? -Yeah.
Let's finish the day out strong.
See you later, Mr. Shade Tree.
[laughs]
In Bayou Cache,
Leron and Porkchop continue battling the elements.
Right in front, see it?
-Where? -Right in front of you, man.
Porkchop, look over here to the left of you. Right there.
That branch gonna come out with the boat?
Where you at? Man!
Hey, boy.
Oh, my goodness.
Watch it, watch it, cuz.
-Hold a shot, Porkchop. -Hold up, man.
Imma get you a shot. I'm about to get you one.
There you go, cuz.
Get him. Get him right there.
Come on now.
[gunshot]
Man, man, man, man.
We still oughta be grateful we catching something.
Somebody have to stay positive, and guess what?
When we get ready to leave this water,
we gonna have a good day.
-[laughs] -Yeah, you're right.
Let's go, cuz. On to the next one.
Over in Bayou Dupont,
so far Bruce has evaded the storm
and filled up his boat with big gators
that can keep him, Leron, and Porkchop
near the top of the rankings.
But his time is running out.
Look at all them gators down there. Ooh!
Everywhere you look's got gators.
I knew I was in the right spot.
I was further back and run into a few sprinkles,
and, uh, we get in here,
just black clouds everywhere around us.
But we see gators everywhere.
I've done caught some big gators in here,
and I know they got more bigger gators.
If we can hold a nine-foot average,
I think I'll do good.
We'll come out on this.
Well, the line's down.
Whoa. What we got here?
Gotta be careful with these. They get in the boat.
Get my hook.
Ooh.
Crap! Whoa!
I thought he was gonna get in the boat.
He done come alive now.
Whoa!
Calm down, buddy.
[gunshot]
Oh! Lord have mercy.
Unh!
Come on, big boy.
I got him by myself.
[grunting]
Think I got, like, five more.
The growing pile in Bruce's boat
is testament to the veteran hunter's ability
to adapt to any situation.
Whatever comes up, you just gotta keep pushing through it
and see what's gonna happen, you know.
You gotta make changes out here.
Apparently I did right.
I moved all these lines.
Hey, I'm catching good.
I just like it when a plan comes together.
Hey, I'm for it.
Another gator, another tag.
Move on to the next one.
Back in the marsh, outside Violet...
Come on, we gonna ride this out real quick.
Ronnie and Timmy have been catching good all morning,
but the storm has finally caught up to 'em.
[thunder]
Lightning strikes tall, and I'm 6-5.
We might just take land here and hunker down, bro.
-We gonna just squat it out. -All right.
When that lightning start striking,
the worst-case scenario if it gets too bad,
we all gonna get in the marsh and squat it down.
[thunder]
I'll be lucky if I survive this storm.
When bolts of lightning are striking all around you,
it's scary.
You're sticking up out there like an antenna
'cause everything in the marsh is all level,
and you in a boat, you higher than everything else.
You like a lightning magnet.
That was bad, my baby.
After some intense lightning,
the hunters are ready to finish running their lines.
I ain't letting these lines sit all night, dude.
We got to get it run.
Oh, yeah, we have to run 'em.
-We got this one right here. -All right.
It's down. Come on, be something monstrous on here.
All this dang weather, lightning,
we need another big monster, baby.
Come on, Big Boy McCoy.
Come on, what do we got?
We got a big crime scene right there.
That's what I'm talking about. Talk dirty to me, baby.
-Oh, there he is. -I see the line back there, huh?
He's back there.
I can pull him to us. Come here, dude.
Oh, there you go.
Oh, yeah, baby, look at the size of him.
Look at the size of this big--
This is what it's all worth.
Come on, big boy.
Oh, yeah, baby, we got a good one here, baby.
Come on, big boy.
He's under the boat, boy.
Watch him, T! Oh, legend!
Ooh, listen to him.
[thud] Whoo, boy, he's chomping.
Hold him steady.
It's a good one, it's a good one.
Come on, big boy.
-That a boy! -That's it.
Let's get this thing in here.
You want the hook?
No.
One, two, three.
All right. Get him over here to the middle a little bit.
Right here'd be good.
Hell, yeah, Timmy.
Hell, yeah.
I got a load of alligators and this boat's stacked.
But I gotta keep moving, and I gotta get outta here.
All right, on to the next one.
I think we should call this gator Lightning.
Yeah, we gettin' struck by lightning.
[thunder] Golly.
[thunder]
Over on Grand Lake...
Hope we can get most of this done
before the weather gets bad.
Pa, we gonna finish early.
It's gonna be an early day. I feel it, I got it.
The Edgars are on a roll in the rain,
but the storm is getting worse by the minute.
You know, in these storms,
the greatest risk is lightning.
You're in a metal boat, in an aluminum boat.
Do not want to get struck by lightning.
It's better not to be there.
it's better to get your lines run
and try to get out of there.
Line's down, pa.
Let's see what we got.
Give me an alligator to shoot.
Whoa! Oh!
Come on, bring him to me. Give me a shot. Crowd him.
He's wrapped up. I can't do nothin' with him.
I ain't got no slack. What I'm supposed to do?
Pull! Pull, pa.
All he's doing is wrapping up.
Man, shoot him!
[click]
You've got to be kidding me.
Come on, pa!
I think it's about time to buy another gun.
Give me a shot, pa.
Be quick!
Burn that rascal.
[gunshot]
Nice one, huh, pa?
It's a good alligator, pa.
Son, hold on, I'ma comin', pa.
Just hold him right there.
-Handle him. -Let's handle it.
Another 10-footer is a big win for their average.
Nice alligator.
You starting to get a little beat up by the weather,
but you have to stay focused.
Just you can't make mistakes.
And you can't relax. You can't think that we got it.
I'm telling you, we have a boatload full of alligators.
Use some of this alligator money to buy us a gun.
[laughs]
Back in the Violet Marsh,
Ashley and Anna have one more line to run...
Come on, rain, wait on us just a minute.
But the storm has caught up with them.
God, it's close.
Oh, my God, did you see that lightning?
To do what we do is very dangerous.
We have a lot to worry about, but giving up is not an option.
Is the line up or down?
It's down.
Oh, hell, yeah.
-Get the gun, get the gun! -Hold on.
You got him? Hold on to him.
I got him, I got him.
Good grief!
Dang, watch yourself, watch yourself.
Golly!
Oh!
Watch out.
He's aggressive.
Whoo! Goodness gracious.
-Watch out, watch out! -One more time.
He ain't giving me a shot.
Whoo, he's mad.
-You got him? -Yeah.
Can you get a shot?
[exhales]
-Night-night! -Sleep tight!
Whoo!
-Great shot, Deadeye. -Thank you.
Hold on. Let's pull him out here
so we're both on this side of the cane.
-All right, you ready? -Yup.
One, two, three.
Oh!
All the way in.
This eight-footer fills a tag,
but hurts their average for the day.
[thunder]
And their challenges are far from over.
Let's get outta here.
Gotta get out of this rain.
Oh, boy.
Gotta bring these gators in.
We gotta get back. Gotta get back.
Oh, me!
Whew! I didn't want to stay out here.
You can't stop Mother Nature.
When she's coming, she's coming hard.
I didn't know if we would make it through,
but we both pushed through with everything that we had
'cause we have to do whatever we can to win those 350 tags.
We made it.
Let's go home.
Let's go.
Ugh!
[thunder]
Outside Violet...
This is absolutely horrendous, huh?
After a close call with lightning,
Ronnie and Timmy continue to dodge storms.
But nothing will stop them from running their lines.
Dude, we got another squall coming over there.
I don't mind the rain, but, uh, the lightning...
-Yeah. -That's for the birds.
I'll tell you what, that lightning was striking,
I was praying the whole entire time.
I mean, you gotta be nuts to be out in this stuff,
but, hey, it's gotta be done
'cause if not, you leave the alligators on the line,
you come back, they are dead, and we can't have that
'cause we got 350 tags on the line, my baby.
Line down, T. Line down, my baby.
Dude, we got a big boy on that bank right there.
Dude, he just went in.
Oh, yeah.
Look at him, look at his head sticking up, T.
Oh, that's a big one.
Dude, he's causing some ruckus, too, T.
Don't let him do that to you, T!
You the legend, not him!
Come here, big boy.
Golly! Get the gun, baby, get the gun!
Whoo-hoo!
That's a big one.
We got a fighter, baby.
Hold him.
Golly, that's a good one!
That line's frayed by his mouth here.
I got him for you, my baby.
Get him!
Right there.
-That a baby! -Whoo!
Whoo-hoo!
Lord, what a gator.
I can tell you what.
Perfect, my brother.
Let's get him and go. We got bad weather coming.
-All right. -One, two, three.
Oh, he's rolling this way.
One, two, three.
He's on his back. Let him roll to his stomach.
He's on his scoots.
All right, now we can get him.
This 12-foot giant
caps off a scary but successful day for the hunters,
and Ronnie credits the team's perseverance.
Oh, my gosh.
Baby!
-Yes indeed. -What a job, T.
When you hunting,
you gonna have all kinda obstacles in your way.
You may think it's gonna be a bad, bad situation
or a bad day.
But for me to be at the top of the leaderboard,
this is what I gotta do to make it happen.
You got to take the risk,
and hopefully we come out on the better end of it
at the end of the day.
Our length average today has went up.
Even though we in Violet, St. Bernard Parish,
when it comes to alligators, brother,
this is land of the giants, my baby.
[thunder]
Back in Bayou Cache,
things are looking up for Leron and Porkchop.
They're catching bigger gators in spite of the rain,
but they're looking for one more giant
to make today's drenching worth it.
Thought we wasn't gonna catch nothin'
besides the small ones, but everything
is starting to turn around now.
But for us to keep our average up
and keep competing,
we gotta catch one or two more
of these big old monsters out there.
We have to drag him out.
Watch out.
Whoo! Watch yourself now, boy.
I want you to be ready to shoot him.
I'll try to get a shot on him.
There you go, cuz.
Come on, get him.
[gunshot]
Whoo! I'ma hold the boat for ya.
Give me some.
This 10-footer will help Leron and Porkchop
stay near the top of the rankings,
even after a day that threatened to be a total wash.
We got him, boy.
Whoo! Somebody else might not took that chance,
but we took that chance and gambled
and it worked out for us.
So as long as you give it all and you try your best,
sooner or later it's gonna pay off.
That what I'm talkin' about!
Far to the south, in Bayou Dupont,
Bruce has been loading up his boat with big gators,
but with bad weather heading his way,
he wants to catch one more giant
before calling it a day.
I need a good 10, 11-footer.
I mean, I got a lot of gators today.
Got good numbers, good size.
I made some runs here and there, and, hey,
set some lines, and, hey, it paid off.
But, uh, weather changed.
I think I'm gonna go ahead finish catching these gators,
and I'm gonna get out of this territory.
Line's down.
I ain't never caught a gator with a line up.
Definitely got a gator on.
Oh, it feels good, feels good.
I knew they had gators back here.
Whoa!
Golly, teeth flying everywhere.
Boy, he's mean.
In Bayou Dupont...
Bruce fights a swamp dinosaur.
Don't jump in the boat.
[gunshot]
Got his attention. For sure.
I wonder what Leron and Porkchop's doing.
I hope they're catching something.
After a successful day,
Bruce is looking forward
to a possible jump in the rankings.
At the end of the day, I caught a lot of gators over here,
a lot of big gators.
It's really gonna up our average.
I think Leron and Porkchop's gonna like this.
In Bayou Benoit,
the rain is finally over,
and Daniel and Dorien
are sitting on a boatload of gators.
Now Daniel wants to finish the day with a bang.
I say we just keep doing what we're doing.
It's working. Stay with the program.
Absolutely.
Whenever these big ones start coming back to back,
and you're thinking, wow,
10-feet, 10-6, 10-8, or 11-footer,
looks like that we could win this thing.
You starting to feel pretty confident.
That might be a big one, pa.
He's a keeper, pa.
Whoa.
Let's make easy work of him.
Pa!
Oh, my God!
Oh, watch it. Watch it, pa.
-He's bulldogging. -He's fresh.
Just got on the line. He's fresh.
Shoot that thing.
[gunshot]
What a giant.
Well, let's get him in the boat, put him on the pile.
[laughs] I'm gonna need help.
With another 10-footer in the boat,
the hunters may have done just enough
to keep them at the top of the rankings.
10-footer all day long.
With all the challenges starting the day,
at the end of the day,
we got a boatload of big alligators.
Now, if that ain't a pile of alligators,
I don't know what is.
I'm feeling-- feeling pretty confident.
Feeling pretty good about the season.
Knock 'em in the head.
With the storm finally passed,
Ronnie and Timmy celebrate
their dangerous but successful day.
Whoo! Now we eat.
Alligator sauce piquant is my favorite thing to cook.
The one I make is the best in the world.
I mean, there's nobody can make a better sauce piquant than me.
I can't wait to dig into this, my baby.
Who taught you how to make this?
My mama.
Mmm. It's delicious.
-Just melts in your mouth. -Just melts in your mouth.
-T, I been cooking every night, -[T chuckles]
and now you throw this together?
You should've told me you know how to cook.
Yeah, but then I'd have had to cook every night.
[both laugh]
You may think it's gonna be a bad, bad situation
or a bad day, but you can never give up.
You always gotta stay in the fight and keep pushing,
and in the end of the day,
the outcome will be prosperous to your benefit.
I can promise you that much.
Thanks to their resilience in the storm,
Ronnie and Ashley hold on to third place,
while Bruce, Leron, and Porkchop
rise into a tie for first with the Edgars,
and the Landrys and Willie
fall into a two-way tie for fourth.
I love it out here. It's so peaceful.
Yeah.
I tell you, T, just listen.
What you don't hear?
Traffic and people.
-Absolutely. -People.
-Cop cars. -Yeah.
-Thank you, my brother. -All right.
God bless you, and I love you like a brother.
You're welcome.
And you can cook better than Troy Landry.
[both laugh]