♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ You run these back roads all of your life ♪
♪ All the pain through the struggle and the strife ♪
♪ Now there's just one thing you got left to do ♪
♪ Light a match, let it burn, and break on through ♪
♪ Oh, oh, oh ♪
♪ Like a wild horse running out of control ♪
♪ Like a loaded pistol, like a raging storm ♪
♪ You got thunder in your veins ♪
♪ You won't stop till your dying day ♪
♪ Comes your way ♪
[gunshot]
[Narrator] In Franklin, Louisiana...
-Good morning, Tootie. -Good morning, Pa.
-You ready, papa? -Yeah, I'm ready.
[Narrator] It's barely past sunrise
at St. Mary's Seafood,
and with the end of gator season fast approaching,
family patriarch Daniel Edgar
is issuing a challenge to his teams
to keep them on track to tag out.
Well, guys, today,
we need to have a minimum of about 15.
Daniel came with his serious face this morning
to Joey, Kallie and I, and he has a quota.
We have to catch 30 alligators,
15 gators on their boat, and 15 gators on ours.
It's not gonna be easy.
[Daniel] Everything just flooded.
We have to adjust to that.
But to fill the amount of tags that we have,
we need 15 alligators.
Twenty, 25 would be better,
but if we can stay 15 and above,
we can pull this off.
Okay, Pa.
[Narrator] Fifteen gators is a tall order,
especially with the unusually high water level,
but not everyone is concerned.
Pa, just 15? That's it?
-[laughs] -Oh, you got that, Tootie?
Yeah, Pa. Definitely.
-I love you, papa. -Love you, too.
Kallie, she's excited.
She's determined
that we're gonna kill more than 15.
I'm just worried about Kallie putting bad juju on us
and talking too much.
Okay, guys. Tootie, y'all be careful.
Get you a big one, Tootie.
I will, pa.
[Joey] We always do.
[Narrator] Out on Belle River,
Leron Jones and Anthony "Porkchop" Williams
are filling tags at a steady clip this season,
but their average size is still too small...
and they're hoping the high water
will bring out the bigger beasts.
[Leron] Oh, yeah.
[Leron] Oh, yeah, man.
How that sound?
Sounds good to me, cuz.
[Leron] Broke the damn branch and everything.
There's gotta be something right there.
Boy, look...
[Porkchop] Cuz...
You know, normally something like this happen,
that's a-- that's a big-ass gator, cousin.
What you call him, cuz?
Boy, look like some Freddy Krueger kind of stuff.
Man, cuz, Freddy Kreuger, huh?
So I guess we can name this Elm Canal then, cuz.
Instead of Elm Street.
The way it look.
You know, the hook bent the way it was,
and that big old piece of branch that that gator broke off,
you could catch a killer whale on that hook.
That gator wasn't no chump.
He had to be something real big and real strong.
Give me some. I like that, yeah.
[Narrator] Over on Duck Lake...
[Joey] Let's roll, Tootie. Let's lean on these things.
[Narrator] With the clock ticking,
Joey Edgar and his daughter Kallie
are in a race to fill tags
and live up to Daniel's expectations.
[Joey] This morning at St. Mary,
Dad puts down one of his quota deals on us.
He wants to get some tags filled,
and he's trying to push on Kallie and I
to get a bunch of gators.
But we had a lot of flash flooding,
and typically with a little bit more water,
the alligators are spread out and they're harder to find.
-Tootie. -Yeah.
Our goal for today is 15.
-All right. -And this boat ain't
going back to the dock
-until we got 15. -Okay.
If we don't get them all on the line,
rod and reel's on my side, we got the big hook.
-We gotta make it happen. -Okay.
[Kallie] My dad's always gonna listen to his dad.
He's always gonna do what my PawPaw says.
I mean, that's his elder.
He's gonna respect his dad no matter what,
and what PawPaw's asking, he's gonna do.
Keep your rifle ready and keep your eyes open.
I will.
[Joey] Okay, Tootie, look right here.
Let Daddy see.
Get your rifle.
-[Joey] Oh! -[Kallie] Give me a shot!
[gunshot]
[Kallie] That's a good alligator.
Real good alligator.
[Joey] Grab that front leg.
All right, grab this front leg.
-All right. - [Narrator] A nine-footer
on the first line has Kallie feeling confident...
All right, grab that back leg.
But her more experienced father knows there's
still a lot of work to be done.
That's how you do it, daddy.
That's how you do it. Good alligator.
[Kallie] I say we get more than 15.
[Joey] She said, "Daddy, we gonna get more than 15."
And I tell her, I said that's bad juju to talk like that.
Just keep your head down and keep grinding,
keep your fingers crossed and hopefully we'll get our 15.
[Kallie] I say we did pretty good so far.
[Narrator] On the west side of Lake Verret,
sharpshooter Chase Landry has secured three tags
for a small piece of property that most swampers
only get to dream of hunting.
[Chase] So this morning, first thing,
we're coming over here to what we call T-Buddy's canal.
It's all private land back there,
so they got a gate across it, so it stays quiet.
Not just anybody can go back there.
You gotta get a key.
The property owner gave me the key to the gate,
and he said there ain't but one key,
so make sure I don't lose it.
But that tells me that nobody else has been back there.
[Narrator] In the state of Louisiana,
navigable waters generally allow public access.
However, canals built on private property
are considered restricted,
allowing landowners to control entry.
With a limited number of tags
for such a prime hunting ground,
Chase hopes to keep his average size
at nine-and-a-half feet or better.
[Chase] Look, you can see three of them right here.
Four of them swimming out from the banks.
See 'em right there.
Oh, look on the left side, oh.
All right, fire in the hole.
[gunshot]
Got him.
That's a beaut.
Yeah, baby!
[laughs]
[Narrator] Filling the first of his three tags
with a ten-footer has Chase well on his way
to achieving his goal,
and doing so just moments after arriving
proves how special a place T-Buddy's canal really is.
[Chase] Oh, yeah, baby.
From one end of the canal to the other,
it's just nothing but alligators swimming around you.
You see, like, a dozen or more heads
swimming at the same time.
Probably got a grin from ear to ear.
Excitement is an understatement.
We just come through T-Buddy's gate
and already got one in the boat.
That's what I'm talking about. One shot, one kill.
[Narrator] Across the swamp,
with gator season in the home stretch,
Jacob Landry and his deckhand Little Willie
need some extra help to fill tags,
so they're using the opportunity
to train up two up-and-coming hunters:
Jacob's sons Ridge and Moose.
[Jacob] Let's go through everything you got.
You need chicken. You need hooks.
You need clothespins in case your clothespin breaks.
[Jacob] You got a knife?
-Two of them. -[Jacob] Okay.
All right, Ridge is gonna be driving,
Moose, you gotta handle the chicken.
I gotta mess with that stuff?
[Jacob] Hey, you're the front of the boat.
I done did it, your brother done did it,
and now it's your turn.
Usually the boys fish with us on the weekends
and help us out, but this year they were both adamant
about having their own boat on the water.
They didn't want to have their, you know,
their dad or their grandpa telling them what to do.
So I think it's the time
to let them go out on their own.
You know, Ridge is 14, and Moose is ten.
They at that age where we just gotta let them learn.
Got tags, bullets, clothespins, hooks, chicken?
All right, Willie, you good?
[Willie] Let's get it.
[Jacob] You know, I'm really confident
that the boys are gonna be safe in the boat.
Obviously I'm gonna keep them close by
for the first few lines to make sure they doing
what they supposed to do.
But I really feel like they're gonna be safe
and come home safe.
This is where the lines start.
I'mma go run one or two with y'all,
just to make sure y'all know what's what,
and then I'm gonna jump back in with Mr. Willie after.
All right, I'm not--
just pretend like I'm not even here.
Y'all come do y'all thing.
Moose, man your battle station.
[Ridge] That's the first line right there?
Yeah, right there where that pole's at.
Pull that string in the boat, Moose,
so it don't get tangled on anything.
I'm gonna get set up right here, out y'all way.
Let's see what y'all got.
[Narrator] Out in Amelia...
Whoa, whoa, cowboy, where you going?
[Narrator] Jacob's boys Moose and Ridge
are trying to reel in a wild one.
You're supposed to show him who's boss.
You let go, you gotta do ten pushups.
[Moose] What?
Oh, boy, that's a good one.
[laughs]
Come on, Moose, pull him up. Get him right, Moose.
Come on, Moose, give me a shot!
Give him a shot, right there.
[gunshot]
[Moose] Finally! Let's go!
There you go. Perfect.
Here, I'll take the gun, while y'all load him up.
[Jacob] Come on, give your brother a hand.
[Narrator] This eight-footer is the perfect way
for the boys to start their day,
but they still have a lot to learn.
All right! Good job, boys.
That's what I'm talking about. All right, grab, uh...
grab one of the knives, Moose.
Cut the line out his mouth.
Remember, always cut away from your hand.
Your brother's gotta put the tag.
Man, I'm kinda liking this.
Spin it. Like that.
Now, go over the top of that.
It makes it easier to read the numbers and all. Yeah.
[Narrator] With their lesson complete,
Jacob is ready to let his boys run a few lines on their own.
[Jacob] I'mma get back in with Mr. Willie.
Y'all can run the next ones by y'all self
and just holler at me if y'all need me or need help.
You think they're ready to do it yet or what?
Ridge is.
Moose is still a little green on some things.
-[Willie laughs] -He likes it.
He's just...
he's not sure of certain things.
[Narrator] Over in Bayou Benoit...
veteran hunter Daniel Edgar
and renowned fisherman Zak Catchem
are off to a slow start.
But while Daniel is confident
they'll still exceed their quota,
his deckhand isn't so sure.
[Zak] So we're after 15 today you said, right?
[Daniel] That's the deal we made with Joey and Kallie.
Let's load the boat, Zak.
Let's see what we can do, buddy.
Catch 15? It's not a good sign
with what the lines are producing.
And I don't wanna go back to the dock
and see Joey and Kallie with 15
and have us just looking like, yeah,
we made the rule, but we couldn't fill it.
So, I know Daniel's gonna ask me
to bring out that rod and reel
to try to fill these tags.
I got a sharp hook at the end of this line.
[Daniel] Line's down right here.
[Zak] Let's see what we can pull up.
[Daniel] Please tell me that's a decent one.
Damn, dude.
[Zak hums theme from Jaws]
-Oh, my God! -Hold him, Zak!
[Zak] What the heck?
[gunshot]
Oh, my God!
You used that big old rifle?
[Daniel] When I saw the tail, I thought it was a monster.
You know how excited I get, okay?
[both laugh]
[Narrator] Daniel and Zak are lucky
to have caught this gator,
but at just six feet, it's barely worth the effort.
Half of one.
It's a half a gator, you're right, Zak.
I wish I could be a half a tag on it.
It's great to fill a tag, since we haven't been
catching anything, but a lot of pride on the line
to get some big alligators to fill our 15 quota.
[Daniel] We gotta get our size up, son.
[Zak] These lines, bro. Lines are not gonna do it.
[Daniel] Yup, yup, yup.
[Narrator] On Belle River, Leron and Porkchop
are after a monster named Freddy Krueger,
the beast who's creating a nightmare
for their hooks and lines.
[Leron] Oh, yeah.
Come on and get it!
There you go! Coming up!
He under the boat, he under the boat!
[Leron] Give me a shot, Porkchop!
[gunshot]
Whoo! Good job, cuz.
Hoo, boy.
[Narrator] This eight-footer is the team's first of the day,
but it's far from the giant they're after.
[Leron] Oh, yeah.
[Narrator] Several miles northeast
on a small piece of private property,
Chase is hunting the ultimate honey hole
and hopes to maintain
at least a nine- and-a-half-foot average.
[gunshot]
Yes.
Yeah-yeow!
Two for two.
Oh, yeah, he's-- he's waving at me.
Oh, yeah, I got him.
[laughs]
Think I might let the old winch do the work this time.
Add about three or four foot to him...
that'd be lovely.
[Narrator] Misjudging the size
of this eight- and-a-half-foot gator
means Chase will have to rely on his final catch
to bring his average back up.
Look like they come out the same litter.
I still got one tag left,
and I've seen the giant back there swimming.
I never really liked that.
I'm about to sit out here all day if I got to.
It ain't no 12-foot behemoth,
but two tags filled.
[Narrator] Across the swamp,
Jacob's testing his sons alone on their own boat.
[Jacob] Me and Mr. Willie's gonna try
to pick a spot in the shade to watch y'all.
Ready?
[Moose] As long as we're getting paid.
-Getting paid? -[laughs]
Both my boys are really into what we do.
They realize that it's a way to make a living.
They really passionate about it,
and they wanna follow in the tradition that we do.
So I'm excited.
I'm glad that they wanna do it,
and every chance I can get them out here
when they're not in school and they wanna go,
they will be out there on the boat.
[Narrator] Alligator hunting has been a staple of bayou life
since the 1800s
when they were harvested for boots, shoes,
saddles, and oil.
In some families, the art of hunting gators
has been passed down through generations
for well over a century.
[Ridge] See that line over there?
[Jacob] I don't know if they got something on that one or not.
[Moose] Dude, that's a big old one!
Just keep him up.
[Jacob] Is that a tree shaker?
[Moose] Big old tree shaker!
Oh, jeez, oh, jeez,
-oh, jeez! -Come on, pull him!
-[Moose] Pull him! -[Ridge] Oh, yeah.
Pull him! Don't let him pull you!
Fight him!
-Pull him up! -Aah!
[gunshot]
Finally!
Let's go!
[Jacob] Good. Good, good, good. Good job.
Celebration, come on.
[Narrator] The boys successfully nabbed
a seven-footer on their own.
All right, pull him up.
Aw, you got that.
What you mean, I got that? You gotta have that.
[Ridge] I don't find you doing too much.
-[Ridge] Come on, pull. -[Moose] I'm helping.
[Ridge] Pull!
Moose, why your brother's doing all the work?
[Jacob] Unwrap the line on the tree, come on.
Quit standing there watching your brother.
Well, Ridge is the captain and Moose is the deckhand,
and Moose wasn't happy about it.
But they ran their first line
and caught an alligator on their own by their self,
and it went good, but it could've been better.
They got a long way to go. [chuckles]
-But at least they trying. -[Willie] They learning.
[Narrator] Over on Duck Lake,
Joey and Kallie's lines have suddenly gone cold,
leaving them two gators shy of filling their quota
with only two lines left.
[Joey] A lot of times you get excited,
but I've seen things turn where whatever you speak,
the opposite thing'll happen.
There we go.
[Joey] Whoa, dude looks like a big one.
Watch him, Tootie, don't let him pull you off the deck!
[Kallie] I had to let go. He burned my hand.
[Joey] Yeah.
Okay, Tootie, I got it.
Let's see how big this thing is.
Don't go in the water!
[Kallie] Hold him, Daddy!
-Come on, Dad, come on! -I can't hold him!
-Whoa, hold on. -All right, Tootie,
-get him ready. -Let me get a shot!
[gunshot]
Whew! Can't play with that thing.
-[Kallie] Giant. -[Joey] Good one.
-[Joey] Good job, good job. -[Kallie] We gonna need
the table for this thing, Dad.
[Joey] We're gonna need the table for this thing.
[Narrator] Catching a colossal 11-footer is
usually reason to celebrate,
but with no lines left,
Joey and Kallie are still one gator short of their quota.
[Kallie] Nice one.
The end of the day, I mean, we have 14 alligators,
but Paw's requesting 15.
He said no crew can come back without 15.
So the pressure's on me now.
We have to try and use our skill to snipe
or get one with the rod and reel.
Something has to shake.
[Joey] Good job. Daddy's proud.
Thank you.
We ain't stopping till we get 15.
Yeah, we need that 15th alligator before we go home.
[Narrator] In Bayou Benoit...
-[Zak] Oh! He come off? -[Daniel] Come off.
-[Daniel] He rolled! -Oh-oh-oh.
[Narrator] Daniel and Zak are trying to re-hook
an elusive beast.
He's there, he's right there.
That's him.
[Zak] Oh, my God!
Hope you're ready, pop, this is a big one!
Hold him, Zak. Hold him, Zak.
[Zak] What a throw.
[Zak] Oh, get him, get him, get him, get him!
Oh, my!
Hold on, my line's out of him!
My line's out! Are you still on him?
-Yeah, yeah! -My line just popped out!
Hold on, hold on!
-Get the gun, Zak! -I am, I am! Hold him!
I got the gun. Oh, my God!
Shoot-- shoot him, Zak!
Shoot him!
[gunshot]
[Zak] Dude, look at that son of a gun.
That's a big darn alligator.
That's a big alligator.
[both laugh]
[Narrator] The pair's extra effort paid off
with an 11-footer that keeps the day profitable,
but despite catching more than their quota,
Daniel isn't slowing down.
[Zak] Daniel's eyes are looking like
we're just starting the day, but the boat is already
filled with alligators.
I don't know how many gators
we can fill in this boat,
but I'm just hoping this airboat
makes it back to the landing and doesn't sink.
[Zak] Looks like a clown car
with how many gators are stacked underneath that deck.
[Daniel laughs]
[Narrator] Back on T-Buddy's canal,
Chase is having no issues finding gators.
But finding one big enough to raise his average size
to nine-and-a-half feet is taking longer than expected.
[Chase] The clock is ticking. I don't have too long.
We gotta do something.
You know, it's now or never, pretty much.
And there's one more gator left
that I wanna put a tag on. And he's a big'un.
Almost a dozen just what I can see without the binoculars.
What I'm thinking we'll probably do,
since we ain't gonna have no shade,
we gonna set up right here
because the next shade ain't till way over there,
and I'm afraid if I go that far,
I'm gonna have some
that's gonna wanna try and sneak out.
And good Lord willing,
we gonna punch a tag on a giant alligator.
Oh, wait, that might be him.
Oh, yeah, that's him right there.
[gunshot]
Damn it.
Come on, big boy, start popping up.
He just popped up down there on the left,
right where he was.
Fire in the hole.
[gunshot]
Yeah!
[gunshots]
Oh, yeah.
Oh, yeah,
that's what I'm talking about.
Big alligator.
[Narrator] Chase's patience paid off,
allowing him to put his final tag
on a monster ten-footer
and bringing his average size
up to his goal of nine-and-a-half feet.
[Chase] Mission accomplished, baby.
T-Buddy's canal most certainly did not disappoint.
To come in an old dead-end location like this
and see that many big alligators
swimming around together,
to call it unique is an understatement.
Job well done, I think.
Headed back to Duffy's now.
[Narrator] Across the swamp,
Jacob's sons are making strides hunting on their own,
but for their final run,
Dad's having the boys switch up their roles
to see if they can still successfully land gators.
Ridge, y'all just stay in the tree.
Don't go no further.
Y'all be careful
and call me if y'all need something. All right?
Moose?
Shoot 'em.
They brothers, they both wanna see each other fail,
but they also wanna see each other succeed.
And what they have to realize
is the boat has to work together.
If one's struggling,
the other one needs to come in and help and vice versa.
When you're doing it and you're not that experienced,
you really have to work together or it's just not gonna happen.
-Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. -Oh, God.
I see a tree shaker, bro.
Go to the front of the boat. Hurry, hurry.
-Run. Run faster. -Jeez, jeez.
-Run. Right there. -Jeez, jeez, jeez, jeez, jeez.
Uh-oh, Moose, I see some water splashing.
You got anything, Moose?
[Moose] Oh, yeah, oh, yeah!
Oh, shoot, it's a big one.
How big is a big one?
Oh, yeah, he's pretty big, Moose!
[Moose] It's a tree shaker!
[Ridge] Yup, he's that big.
[laughing]
[Moose] Whoa!
[Ridge] Shoot...
-Fight him, Ridge! -I am!
[Moose] Aah!
[Narrator] Deep in the swamp...
It's a tree shaker!
Ridge and Moose are without Dad on the boat,
and they've got a beast on the line.
Oh, my God, yup, he's that big.
-Fight him, Ridge! -I am!
Aah!
[Ridge] If you get a shot, you better shoot!
All right, you ready, Moose?
Gonna see if I can bring him up slow for you to shoot.
I've been ready. I'm liking this.
Give me a shot!
[gunshot]
Whoo!
[Moose] Oh, that's a big one.
Oh. All right, Moose.
I don't know how we're gonna do this.
One, two, three.
[Moose] Jeez.
Pull.
Oh! Yeah. Whew!
[Narrator] This nine-footer took
nearly everything the boys had,
but it leaves no doubt the next generation of Landrys
is up to the challenge.
Dig it, boys.
Good, good, good. Good job.
[Jacob] You know, with the boys helping us today,
we were able to cover a lot more area
than what we usually do by having two boats.
And I could see where this is gonna be
a big benefit in the future for us.
Overall, they done a pretty good job.
I was pretty impressed.
Everything's tagged good, ready to go?
[Ridge] Everything's ready.
[Jacob] All right, well, y'all follow me.
Let's get back to the ramp.
Good job.
[Narrator] A few miles away on Duck Lake...
it's nearing sunset,
but Joey and Kallie are still one short of their quota.
We ain't got 15.
We got 14, and we ran all the lines.
-It's not looking good. -I'm telling you,
we ain't going in until we get that alligator.
If that alligator comes up, I'm gonna get him.
I'm gonna get you that 15th alligator.
[Joey] We got 14 alligators killed,
and, you know, I told her, I said we need 15 alligators
to go back and make your grandpa proud.
And she said, "I'mma get this alligator killed.
Let's find one and catch him with the treble hook."
Tootie, this is the spot where we usually see bubbles.
-Just keep your eyes open. -All right.
Oh, look, he's right there. Look, he's right there!
You throw it, Tootie.
He just sunk right here,
he just sunk right here. Hold on.
[Kallie] Right here?
[Joey] Try that.
[Kallie] Want me to try it?
[Joey] He's right on top of the boat.
Hold on, Tootie! Hold on, Tootie!
Hold him, Tootie!
Hold him, Tootie.
Daddy got it. Get your rifle.
-[Kallie] Big one? -[Joey] I don't know.
-[Kallie] Oh, my gosh. -[Joey] Good job.
Is he big?
-Man, we gotta kill this thing. -I know.
Give me a shot, Daddy!
Daddy, don't-- don't let go of the rope!
Watch yourself...shoot, Tootie.
[gunshot]
-Good job! -That's a giant.
[Narrator] With this 11-foot behemoth,
Kallie has made good on her pledge
to get 15 gators for the father-daughter team,
but for Joey, it means more than just filling a quota.
[Joey] What a monster.
I'm telling you, I love this kid.
This is only our second year in the boat,
and I'm proud of Kallie as an alligator hunter.
It's easy with her.
[Kallie] I can't wait to go show Paw and Zak.
We did good. I wonder what they did.
-Yeah. -We gonna find out.
[Narrator] Back on Belle River,
Leron and Porkchop are hoping
to finally track down Freddy before the day is done.
That old Freddy back here somewhere, cuz.
Freddy got me and Leron sweating out here, man.
We working extra hard trying to catch him.
We gonna get him. He's slick, though.
He ain't got big for nothing.
What, cuz--
Whoa!
You sure you got him, cuz?
[both] Whoa!
[Narrator] Back on Belle River...
Man, get a shot!
Leron and Porkchop may have Freddy in their grasp.
[Leron] Whoo! Be careful!
Crazy, boy.
Biting the boat, cousin!
Look, he's still biting it!
Cuz, he's breaking the pole, cuz.
-Yeah, I see that, cuz. -He's breaking the pole!
Whoa!
Look at that pole! He's biting the pole!
He's biting the pole, cuz!
Watch out, cuz, he's trying to bite that!
[Leron] Whoa!
[both] Whoa!
That is Freddy, bro.
Give me a shot, Porkchop!
I'm trying to get you one, cuz!
[gunshot]
Give me some, baby.
All right, cousin.
We gotta... take each side.
Take each side.
Hold on... hold on.
All right, son, let me help.
Watch the leg, watch the leg, watch the leg.
[Narrator] With this giant 11-footer in the boat,
Leron and Porkchop will have sweet dreams
knowing Freddy Krueger is no longer on the loose.
Yeah.
I looked at him, I saw
where he bent the hook at.
He left a little thing right on the side of his mouth.
That's there's Freddy. We got you, buddy.
He ain't gonna bend no more hooks
or break no more branches with our line on it.
Got that damn Freddy, boy.
Put him to sleep there, cuz.
[Leron] Rock a bye, baby.
[Narrator] Back at St. Mary's Seafood,
Daniel is waiting to see if his son and granddaughter
filled the quota he demanded this morning.
[Daniel chuckles]
-Mm-hmm. -Let's see what they got, Zak.
As the patriarch, as the head of the family,
they all know how much I love them.
But I'm gonna push on you, trust me,
because I don't tolerate laziness.
Hey, Tootie.
[Kallie] We got ours.
-You got yours. -Yeah, Pa.
-You got your quota today. -Look at the big one.
That's a big one, son. Come on.
-They got a bunch of big ones. -Y'all did awesome.
Every single one of these gators
looks bigger than eight and a half.
That's 12 right there.
[Kallie] Yeah. You gave us a challenge,
we accepted it, and we exceeded it.
[Zak] Well, let me tell you what happened with us.
We hit 15 alligators,
he said 16 is gonna be our one.
-We can start over. -We got 19.
This man did not wanna get up off the water.
[Joey] Oh, I know that.
All right, let's get these things on ice, Pa.
[Daniel] Yup, yup, yup.
[Narrator] Meeting their quotas puts the family ahead
for the first point in this season,
but Daniel is thinking more long term.
[Daniel] I am exceptionally proud of Kallie
because the passion she has, for not just hunting,
but it's a family business,
so she can carry that into making money,
growing St. Mary's Seafood,
and the tradition going forward.
I love you, papa.
-I love you, too. -Congratulations.
[Daniel] Y'all did a good job.
[Narrator] As the day comes to a close,
Jacob takes his boys for a well-deserved treat
after all their hard work.
Hey, Miss Monica, how we doing today?
-Good and y'all? -Good.
Them boys are hungry.
They had a long day on the water.
-[Monica] Oh, Lord. -Y'all want bubblegum?
-Yeah. -Bubblegum will work.
-Bubblegum will work? -Yes, ma'am.
Three of them will be fine.
They did really good in the boat,
and I figured there's no better way
to end a long, hard, hot day
than coming to the snowball stand,
give them a couple snowballs on the water,
just kind of reflect on the day.
What was your favorite part of being by y'all selves?
Driving the boat, making him do most of the work.
[Jacob laughs] And yours, Moose?
Everything the most.
[Jacob] Well, that's good.
I'm proud of y'all. Y'all did good
by y'all selves for the first time.
Y'all still got a little bit to learn,
but...
I'm steadily learning, too, and I'm 41.
So... y'all doing good for y'all age.
[Narrator] With Ridge and Moose getting dialed into
the Landry family tradition,
the future looks bright for the swamp way of life.
We're very fortunate as a family.
We work together all our lives,
and we've always brought up our kids
to do what we do, and luckily both of my boys
are enjoying doing what I was brought up doing.
And it's a proud moment to see the boys
go out on their own and fish in the boat by themselves.
All right, madam, thank you very much, appreciate you.
-Y'all have a good afternoon. -You, too. Thank you.
Come on, boys.