As the season's final stretch begins,
hunters step up the pace...
-Oh, my god! -That's our big one for the day.
One family competes for bragging rights...
[gunshot]
I know I got him beat on the first one.
Shoot him! [gunshot]
new inventions may not work...
Man! This hook is too heavy.
And some are forced to deal with line invaders.
What?
Oh, you got a garfish on it, dude!
We using this joker for bait.
Whoo-hoo!
Oh, che, che, che, che!
Oh, my god!
♪ when I was just a little boy ♪
- ♪ ♪ ♪
daylight breaks across the bayou
as gator season nears completion.
In pointe à la hache,
three generations of edgars prepare to launch.
Joey has an idea to spur 'em on
and have some fun, too,
an old-school competition
like they had when they were kids.
Nephew, when we were small with your daddy, me and pa,
it was the first, the biggest, and the most.
Okay.
Dad has been playing this game with us since we were little.
Whoever caught the first alligator,
they win that category.
Whoever caught the most alligators
win the second category.
And, of course, whoever catches the biggest alligator,
that's the one that we all wanna win.
I don't care what kind of tournament or event there is,
the biggest always wins.
In any family, competition is always a healthy thing.
It pushes your children or your grandchildren to compete
and the reward of winning.
Let's see who's gonna win this.
We're fixing to put it on y'all, nephew.
What you say now?
We're fixing to put it on y'all.
Okay, 'cause we gonna come with our share, you know.
-[laughs] -we gonna have some bulls.
I baited up with some rotten stuff.
I know one thing.
Our bait is ripe enough.
It really that.
[all laugh]
y'all ready? Alligator season is almost over.
We still have tags to fill.
-Oh, yeah. -Yeah, we're ready.
We'll see y'all a little later. Y'all be careful.
-Yes, sir. -Y'all, too. Good luck, dad.
All right.
What makes them a tough team to beat
is that daddy's got the know-how and the airboat
and he's got a strong young deckhand on the boat with him
that's willing to work.
And that makes daddy very, very dangerous.
He's gonna be competitive and hard to beat.
That's a tough team to beat,
but I got a good feeling about today, bubba.
Feeling positive, joey and zak head to their first line,
and it seems lady luck is smiling on them already.
Gol. We just left the dock
and we got an alligator on this line.
We hurry up and get him killed and this gonna be the first.
Look at those bubbles.
Let's see what we're working with here, joe.
What it feels like?
Fighting the mud, man.
-A little tight? -Oh, yeah.
Oh, that's a good one.
Whoa.
Whoa! These alligators here are strong.
-Yeah, I know. Come on, come on. -Whoa!
Don't let him pull you out the boat!
Whoa, he's pulling the boat. Hold on!
-Oh, he's death rolling. -Come on, come on, come on.
Death roll. Aah!
-Watch out for his tail. -I gotcha.
Give me a shot.
-Whoa, whoa! -Watch out, watch out,
watch out! He's trying to go under.
Hit, hit, hit, hit!
Nice.
-Catch that leg? -Mm-hmm.
All right.
Roll it.
All right, now we got it.
Come on. Come on in here, buddy.
Yup.
Here we go.
-Whoa! [laughs] -whoa!
He tried to throw me out of the boat.
Whoa.
-Good job, pop. -Boom.
We left for about five minutes.
We'll give them an extra minute here.
-We'll give them-- -six minutes?
Yeah, 7:30.
The run that dad has, he told me at the ramp
he has to run 20 minutes
before he gets to his first line.
My first line, I only had to run five minutes,
so I got the first one.
I know I got him beat on the first one.
First one's in the boat.
Now we gotta work on the biggest and the most.
29 miles to the north, just outside violet,
ronnie adams and ashley "dead eye" jones
are hunting one of their favorite honey holes,
but they find themselves struggling to catch anything.
Oh, there's another line, che.
Looks like it might be up, though.
Shoot. I don't like it. I don't like it.
We're getting close to winter here.
I mean, there's no bull [bleep] around.
We gotta get it done, baby.
They don't like that chicken for some reason.
We back home running lines,
and the chicken's just not paying off.
I mean, one line after a line,
it's nothing but chicken, just the bait still hanging.
The gators didn't even touch it.
But, I mean, this bait's really got a good odor to it.
It's been setting for a day or two,
and the alligators ain't biting it.
And I think we got one more on this set, huh?
It's on to the right.
-Oh, is it? -Yup.
Come on, be a big boy on here.
Oh, I see the rope right there. Looks like it's limp.
Yeah, it's limp. Nothing on it, huh?
Oh, che, che, che, che!
Che, get the gun, get the gun. Get the gun!
-We got one on here, che. -Is that a--
local fishermen hang lines and hooks from floating jugs
to catch garfish.
Whoo-hoo! Oh, we got a good one, che!
Come on, che, get the shot on him.
Oh, yeah, what a good surprise.
He's getting ready to pop the line.
-Is he? -Yeah, it's frayed.
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!
[gunshot]
hold on!
Hold on. Right there. Get him, che.
[gunshot]
good job, baby!
This dude was already caught on a garfish line with the jug.
Look at the jug.
I saw that jug under the water,
but I just figured it had just sunk.
One, two, three.
Oh, that's a big one, baby.
That's a good nine-footer.
Turn him harder, turn him harder.
Oh, yeah. Yes, indeed.
He's got a jugline and our line.
I've never seen them on jugs like that.
Yeah, well, sometimes these garfishermen set these jugs out.
And this dude followed that garfish
and ate that big-ass garfish and got the hook in him.
He couldn't get off of him.
Couldn't get off him.
I mean, look at the jug.
Ugh.
See how they put styrofoam in it?
In case the cap comes out, it's always gonna float.
Unless there's a big gator pulling it to the bottom.
Right.
-I'm telling you, huh? -That's crazy.
He likes them garfish.
Yup, he likes the garfish.
This nine-footer fighter breaks the dry spell,
but ronnie's still not sure what's going on.
He was confident this area would be a slam dunk.
I guarantee you that there's alligators everywhere.
They just not biting on this chicken.
For some reason, the chicken's not on their appetite.
Click, click!
That's what I'm screaming, girly!
All right, my baby, on to the next one.
29 miles south, back in pointe à la hache,
daniel and dorien are blanketing the area with bait,
hoping to increase their odds
of catching both the biggest and most gators.
We gotta pick up the pace.
We need that 13-footer, pa.
We need the man.
Pa, what you think? We get 'em on the most today?
The most means nothin'. It's the quality you pull out.
So the first, they might get us.
But it's on, on the biggest.
In this case, the first is not that important.
The biggest is gonna be the reward.
Whoever gets the biggest alligator
is gonna be the champion.
But to catch the biggest alligator,
it's a task in itself.
I'm gonna need a lot of skill,
but I'm gonna need a little bit of luck today
to beat 'em for the biggest one.
Straight in that grass.
You got it, pa?
I got it.
Okay.
You got something, pa?
Oh, pa, you better get your gun.
This is a pretty good one.
All right, son.
Oh! Whoa! Oh!
Gotta give me a shot.
That's a good one.
Whoa!
Try to get his head this way.
Bust him, pa.
[gunshot]
I got him.
These small, medium-size alligators,
you're not gonna win a competition with that.
He ain't the biggest, but he's a tag.
Beggars can't be choosers.
Joey and zak, that's some serious competition.
Those boys, they are no slouch.
If you're gonna beat 'em,
you're gonna have to work really hard.
It's all uphill from here,
so let's go try to look for another one, pa.
107 miles northwest, in bayou sorrel,
willie edwards is anxious to get the day going,
and little willie's brought a surprise he made himself.
Got something a little new today.
What do you got there, boy?
We're gonna try out this four-prong hook.
Oh, my goodness.
We're gonna see how that works.
I mean, we got that three-prong right there.
And that's big hooks.
We just gonna try it out and see how it works.
Come out this morning,
I brought a different kind of hook and everything.
I think it'll be a good idea
and I think it's a bigger advantage.
You got four hooks instead of three,
and you're gonna for sure sink probably two hooks in him.
It looks like it's got some weight to it.
It looks like it'll help.
That's a little too heavy, but we'll try it, though.
How you tell? You ain't even held it.
I see it. See how big the shaft is?
That's way too heavy.
It's gonna get hung up more than anything.
We'll try it, though.
Kind of figured a little more hooks on it,
it might work a little better.
Anything to catch better.
For him to bring that hook to the landing and everything
and wanting to try something different,
that shows he's wanting to progress
and wanting to show effort to it.
But when you've been alligator hunting so long
and been building hooks and stuff
and doing this stuff for years,
I mean, you know right off the bat when you look at it.
He made the shaft way too big,
too much lead in it, and it's way too heavy.
And we're gonna try it, though.
We're gonna see how it goes.
Get this morning started.
Get back there where them big, big ones at
and where they got plenty to play with.
He wants to stick to his three-prong hook
'cause it's been working out for years.
I mean, that's all they been using and everything.
But I'm anxious to use my hook I made and everything
and see if it works.
Hurry up, hurry up, come on!
Oh, hurry up. Throw it out there.
Man, [bleep].
In bayou sorrel,
little willie is trying to snag a giant
with his brand-new four-prong treble hook.
Man, [bleep].
This hook is too heavy.
Gotta hurry. Gotta pick up the pace.
We running out of time.
Hurry up, come on.
Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa! That's a big one.
Watch it, watch it. Don't get too close, boy.
Come on, get him up here.
Get him by the leg.
You gotta come over his chest.
This 11-foot monster is a great catch,
but willie isn't saying I told you so,
not just yet.
I knew that four-prong wasn't gonna work.
It's way too heavy.
I'm a little disappointed.
I mean, I was counting on myself and everything.
I was trying to prove to my dad
I had what it takes to build a hook,
and I failed at it.
But you never give up. You keep on trying.
Make a little adjustment on the four-prong and everything.
And imma show him what that four-prong will do.
-On to the next one. -On to the next one, son.
Supposed to catch 'em all like that this morning
with that hook back there.
95 miles east,
ronnie and ashley continue
running their chicken-baited lines.
But with only two gators in the boat,
ronnie's not sure why the gators aren't biting.
Yup, bait hanging.
Shoot.
The alligators are not biting.
I don't know, it's just got me thrown for a loop right now.
I got something that's obviously got my attention right now,
and I gotta figure it out.
As they reach their next line,
ronnie's relieved to see that they may have a gator.
Think this line might be down, che, huh?
Oh-ho-ho-ho, yeah, baby.
Come on. Be a big motherhumper on here.
See it?
Nope, not yet.
Oh, there it is. It's way out.
Please tell me you feel something on there heavy.
-Well... -Ooh, I see--
oh, you got a garfish on it, dude!
What?
Garfish jumped out the water and grabbed this line.
This line was about two foot out the water.
I can't believe this dude done did that.
It's an alligator, but it's an alligator gar.
Oh, my god. Now what're we gonna do?
Man, the dude jumped out the water.
-Remember the jugline? -Yeah.
This is what they catch on them juglines.
-And we caught the alligator. -Yeah.
We got a garfish on an alligator line now.
We using this joker for bait!
Armed with new knowledge,
ronnie and ashley rebait lines with garfish.
There we go, baby.
Each line is a surprise.
Oh, I got slime all on my hands, che.
The alligators, that's all they wanna eat is the garfish,
so we gotta change strategies right now,
and I'm going to garfish.
You gotta adjust and adapt and overcome,
and that's what we gonna do.
You almost got a bunch of garfish.
I'm telling you, you can use it for bait.
Hey, if these alligators are eating garfish,
by gosh, imma give them garfish.
That's perfect, baby!
Even though you've used chicken all your life,
sometimes these gators won't bite
and you gotta pay attention
and find out what he's eating on.
What he's eating in that area,
that's what you're gonna use for the bait.
Yeah, give it to me, che.
I might have to help hold it
because I don't know if you're gonna be able to.
I got it. No, I got it.
Ooh, look at that, che, huh?
Boy, that's some good bait, too, there, papa, huh?
We gonna keep our fingers crossed and see what happens.
We caught what they love to eat and we got it on the line,
so hopefully it pays off, babe.
-It will. -Yes, indeed.
Back down south in pointe à la hache,
feeling confident they've won the first gator of the day,
joey and zak want to sweep the competition.
Daddy not playing around, zak.
We gotta win it all.
I mean, we got two nice gators.
But, clearly, I don't think they're big enough
to take big gator of the day.
Yeah, 10 feet's not doing it out here.
No, no, no. We need 11 1/2, 12 foot long.
I know I caught the first one because the run that I have
is shorter than the run that dad has.
But whoever gets the biggest one,
he doesn't hold the title of all three,
but that's the most prestigious title,
getting the big one.
Oh, oh, oh...
Oh, I think he's on there.
Whoa!
Come on.
Nice alligator, zak.
Look at the wake on that one.
Whoa. Hand burner.
Oh, yeah. Come on, come on. There you go.
That's a nice one. Oh!
Watch yourself.
Come on.
Get you a shot, buddy.
-Come on, zak! -Whoa!
In pointe à la hache,
joey and zak have an aggressive beast on the line.
Come on, zak!
Whoa!
Well, watch yourself.
Get him up, get him up.
-Aah! -There he is.
[gunshot]
good shot.
He was a monster.
He's still a monster.
There you go, big man.
Come on.
Not bad. Not bad at all.
I mean, we catching,
but I think we could do better if we were in deeper water.
Yeah.
If we're gonna win this competition against dad,
we need to move into deeper water
because big alligators live in deep water.
Dorien and daddy, they coming at us.
And my nephew, he's like my brother.
He talk a lot of [bleep].
-[laughs] -try to get in your head.
Three miles to the south,
daniel and dorien know they have to catch fast
and catch a lot.
But daniel wants to make sure his grandson understands
that there's only one competition
that really matters.
-Pa? -Yes, sir?
-Size matters. -Correct.
If it's a fish, a deer, the biggest is what matters.
Numbers are okay, but it's always the biggest that matters.
All right.
Who's got the biggest?
That's where the reward goes.
It gives you the bragging rights,
so one way or another,
my plan is to win the biggest alligator of the day.
Line's down, pa.
There's an alligator on it.
I don't know how big he is.
Wait, hold on. It might be a bull.
Give me something, pa.
Whoa!
-Come on, pa. -I'm gonna take it.
I'm gonna take it.
Come on, john wayne.
Don't let him beat you up.
Bring him back over here.
Oh, he's gonna break the string.
[gunshot]
big dead alligator.
All right, one, two, three.
Daniel knows this eight-footer
helps his numbers for the most gators,
but he's focused on winning the biggest gator,
and losing is not an option.
We're catching some alligators,
but my entire life, I've always had a problem with losing.
If you learn how to accept failure, you're gonna fail.
That's not who I am.
We are gonna have to speed up a little bit.
Man, we need some big ones.
Back up north, outside violet,
ronnie and ashley are running the lines
they rebaited with garfish,
thinking the gators in the area
are feasting on the ancient fish.
You come up with a theory in your mind,
thinking why they're not eating on the chicken.
And I come to the conclusion that it was the garfish.
Hey, if these alligators are eating garfish,
then that's what you're gonna use for the bait.
This is one of the ones with the garfish on it, che.
He liked it 'cause the line's down.
Yeah, baby. I hope it's a good one, too, babe.
Watch, that grass is beat up there.
I don't know if he's on land or whatnot.
-You got the line? -Yup.
Where's it going to?
Right up under the boat, I think.
I don't feel nothing tugging back.
Yeah, we got something on here. Get the gun, che.
-Oh, yeah. -Oh, yes indeed, baby.
Whoo-hoo, baby!
Yeah, baby.
Whoo-hoo!
Boy, I told you that garfish bait was gonna work.
Come on, che. Come on, che.
Oh, my god, he's mad.
Come on, big boy.
Oh, he's all wrapped up.
He's gonna pop the line now, che.
Hold on to him.
-Come on, big boy. -This gator's nasty.
Trying to pull the skin off my hands.
Oh, my god!
Outside violet,
ronnie and ashley are battling a monster
on the rebaited garfish line.
He's trying to pull the skin off my hands.
Oh, my god! Oh, my god!
Boy, them jaws are snapping, baby.
-Watch him. I got two lines. -I see.
Come on, che, he's gonna snap the line.
-Here we go. -Right there, get him.
Come here, big boy.
All right, che-che.
Look, let's scoot him down. Scoot to you a little bit?
Yeah. A little bit more, my baby.
Ready? One, two, three.
There we go. Oh, look at the size of him, huh?
Oh, yeah.
One, two, three. There we go.
Come on, big boy.
He didn't like that a bit.
No, because he wasn't biting on the chicken.
And look, I can't wait to run the rest of these garfish lines.
It's a good sign.
Oh, yeah, baby. I can't wait.
First line that's baited with garfish
and lo and behold, I mean, it's a monster.
And, gosh, it paid off. I'm so stoked.
I mean, I'm happy we catching gators.
But I'm really happy because I figured out
what they were eating in this area.
That gar bait paid off, huh?
Yeah, that was definitely worth it.
I'm telling you.
Back in pointe à la hache,
joey and zak are heading to meet up with daniel and dorien
to assess the competition halfway through their day.
Oh, my god, nephew, what y'all got?
-We got a few. -You're doing good, huh?
We got a few good ones.
Damn, y'all got a couple of good ones, huh?
Yeah, tough competition.
Man, that's some nice gators.
We got our work cut out for us.
Looks like you got a boatload already,
but we got one pretty quick.
But we got some work to do, I see.
Let me see what y'all got under that tarp, uncle joe.
-That's it. -What you got in that boat?
Oh, okay. You got a couple good ones there.
We got the day started off.
-And it's early. -Y'all a little heavy.
No. [laughs]
no, nephew, we're not heavy.
-Not yet. -Not yet.
The day's not over. We going hunting.
Yeah, we're still looking for that big one.
-It's early, it's early. -Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
We just come check on y'all.
-Y'all better work hard. -Oh, yeah.
There's some big ones in here.
-Go up that canal. -Yeah. There's a lot.
Wiggle up that area.
-We'll see y'all later on. -Yeah.
Good luck, gentlemen.
-Yes, sir. -You, too, guys.
Joey and zak know they have to work even harder and faster
if they hope to beat daniel and dorien.
Got some work to do, pop, huh?
Big time.
Meanwhile, in bayou sorrel,
little willie wants another chance with his new creation,
the four-prong treble hook.
The four-prong hook,
you got more hooks trying to hook him and everything.
I think it'll work, but it's just a bad little start.
You ain't gonna catch nothin' like that with that.
He's still got a lot to learn.
And you can tell kids something
and that goes through one ear and out the other.
But until they find out on their own,
that's how you be a good alligator hunter.
You learn from your mistakes
and you listen to elders that done done it before,
way longer than you ever have.
Got a bull right there in the middle right there,
swimming across.
Come on, hurry up, get your hook.
As little willie prepares for battle,
he grabs his father's old faithful
three-prong treble hook instead.
Way off of him. Way over here.
I know.
Got him!
Oh! Gol!
Whoa, whoa, whoa!
-Come on, get him up. -Oh!
Watch it, watch it. Don't get too close, boy.
[gunshot]
another eight-footer is good for the edwards' total,
but willie wants to know which hook his son used.
Why you didn't use that hook you brought?
I wanted to make sure I caught him.
That other hook is just-- we gotta fix it.
Soon as I knew that four-prong hook
wasn't gonna work and everything,
I hung it up and pulled the three-prong back out.
It does work a lot more than that four-prong.
That three-prong, you can throw it overboard
and nine times out of 10 you've got him
if you set the hook right.
107 miles away,
daniel and dorien have a boat full of gators,
but are still searching for a real big one.
To catch the biggest alligator, it's never gonna be easy.
So you have the challenge, and then what comes with that
is the glory of having the biggest one of the day.
Tie the front of our boat to the tree.
Yup.
Get up here, john wick.
We're gonna have to be careful, papa.
Might be a big bull.
Let's see what you have, pa.
Line's tight.
Got a lot of gumbo on it.
Come on in slow.
Let's just see what we got, pa.
Oh-ho! Oh!
Look at the size of that thing!
-He's a giant. -Oh, my goodness!
-Hold him. -Whoa!
In pointe à la hache,
daniel and dorien battle a giant killer.
Hold him, pa.
Whoa!
-Oh! -Whoa!
I'm not gonna play with him if he's hooked in the mouth.
I don't want him to break the rope.
Shoot him!
Gimme a--gimme a shot.
[gunshot]
one, and then you're gonna, two...
-Go. -More.
-All right, push his head down. -One more, one more.
-That's a good one, pa. -Over there.
That one there might give uncle joe a run for his money.
Oh, you wanna go that way?
Got to.
That's a big alligator.
Already happy with the number of gators they've caught,
this beast gives the team a shot
at winning the biggest gator of the day.
We're thinking there is no way they're gonna top this.
We're feeling pretty good about ourselves right now.
We're starting to stick our chests out a little.
I think you're starting to put a little pressure
on your uncle joe right now.
Back in bayou sorrel,
after little willie's failed experiment
making a four-prong treble hook,
willie's hoping his son
will take it as a learning experience.
The four-prong hook,
you got more hooks trying to hook him and everything,
but it's just too much heavy.
You have to melt all that back down and everything
and get you a smaller shaft on it,
and put less lead in it and make it a little lighter.
I learned how to make treble hooks from my dad,
and he taught me.
The first time he taught me, I never forgot it.
And we make treble hooks like no other people make 'em.
I mean, we do our own little special way.
And willie, he got a little bit to learn on the treble hook.
Right out there, right out there, right out there.
Throw it, throw it.
-Oh! -Hold it.
Get him, get him, get him!
I'm letting down.
Come up with him, come up with him.
[gunshot]
here, grab the gun.
-It buried that hook. -Did it.
That sucker's shooting some blood, huh?
Talking about.
After catching this final eight-footer
with the edwards' traditional treble hook,
willie's confident that with a little time,
his son will master the family tradition.
He's paying attention to what I tell him and everything,
and he's learning from his mistakes and everything,
and I'm proud of him.
He's putting his head in the game and he wants to do it.
Got a few.
I think imma keep working on it and everything.
And if you wanna be successful, you gotta put your mind to it.
You gotta--you gotta listen to the feedback and everything.
See what he can teach me and see what I can learn.
104 miles southeast,
joey and zak have moved into the deeper waters
of pointe à la hache,
hoping to capture a massive goliath
that will win them the biggest gator of the day.
Oh, my god.
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
The deep water holds 'em, man.
That deep water-- that deep...
-You gotta set where it's deep. -Yeah.
I needed to move to deeper water to keep up with dad.
Dad started in deep water right off the beginning,
and big alligators like deep water.
Big alligators live in deep water.
Look at that.
Look at the line. There's the line right there.
It's deep right here.
What you got, bubba?
-Feels big. -Ooh.
It's frayed up a little bit. You see this?
I know.
-Whoa! -Aah!
Look at the head on that dude!
Oh, my god!
That's our big one for the day.
Oh, yeah.
I don't know if the line will hold him.
He's gonna pop the line!
-No, no, no, no, no! -Ooh!
In pointe à la hache,
joey and zak are in a knockdown, drag-out brawl
with the biggest gator of the day.
No, no, no, no, no!
Ooh!
Hold on, take it, take it.
Oh, my god.
Watch it, zak. Don't get your feet in it.
We almost lost it.
That's a big boy right there.
Oh, my god.
Oh, we just don't wanna lose him.
-He's a giant. -Uh-huh.
Head's coming up.
Smile for me, big boy.
[gunshot]
that is the winner of the day.
That's a alligator right here, fellas.
Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
Come on, come on, come on, come on,
come on, come on.
-Oh! -Oh, no!
Oh! Aah!
I got him, I got him.
-You got it? -Yeah, yeah. Come on.
Right here.
Let's just try to get his head over.
Let me grab a front leg.
Ready? One, two.
-You got him. -Yeah, boy.
You got him. You got him, pa.
Roll him. Let's roll him.
-Right here. -Let's roll him.
-He don't wanna act right? -We got him, we got him.
-He don't wanna act right? -He's in, he's in.
We gonna roll him.
Dude, that's a dinosaur.
Listen to this drum.
[thump] what?
My nephew was talking that ya-ya.
He better come. They better be coming.
He's a really big alligator.
I'm hoping that he's gonna be the biggest alligator today,
but dealing with dad and dorien, I'm not quite sure.
They got some tricks up their sleeves,
and I know they catching.
Our early morning set that we run early,
we catch eights and nines.
But the last stuff that we set is in deep water,
and it just produced big alligators.
26 miles away,
after a slow start, ronnie and ashley
are running their final garfish-baited line.
Is that down?
Yeah.
Oh, I see the gator right there.
One of them garfish lines.
-Garfish bait, che-che. -Man, that's really working.
That's working good.
He's trying to go hide in the grass, che-che.
Let me see what this dude looks like, che-che.
Talk to me.
Whew.
You better get the gun, girl. This is a hammer, girl.
I got it.
Oh, che, make sure it's loaded, 'cause this is a big boy.
He's 10-foot.
-Oh, my god, ronnie. -Watch him, che.
Hold on.
I don't know how good he's hooked, che.
Whoa!
Uh-oh, uh-oh!
Come on, big boy!
Motherhumper pulling me in the water!
Oh, he's wrapping up again.
Soon as you get a shot, you better pop him.
He's gonna snap the line.
I got a foot left.
-What a gator, huh? -Yes!
Good job, baby!
-Whoo! -Whew!
That's a good one there, papa.
Yes, indeed.
-You know what, a? -Want me to hold it like that?
Yes, you can pull that, and I'm gonna l grab his leg.
Okay. You ready? One, two, three.
There we go, my baby.
There we go. One more. One more time, all right?
Oh, yeah.
This 11-foot, 500-pound monster has the team riding high
as they tag their final gator of the day.
This was better than I thought it was going to.
I knew you said
they were just eating gar around here, but, man.
I told you that garfish bait's gonna work.
We heading in. I feel so freaking good right now.
I can't believe
that we conquered and overcame the problem,
and we heading to the house with a boatload of gators.
Back on land, the edgar clan has regrouped.
Now the time has come to determine a winner
in the family's three-prong bet.
Okay, nephew, what y'all got?
-[laughs] loaded. -I don't see nothing big.
They there. They on the bottom.
I don't see a very big pile in there.
I got a longer boat than you.
No, but before we go too far,
what time did y'all kill the first one?
We left the ramp at 7:30.
In five minutes, I was to my first line and he was done.
Y'all got us beat. Y'all got us beat.
The first. You're good with that, nephew?
Yeah. Don't let the top fool you.
Well, how many you got?
-We got too many to count. -Too many to count.
It look like you got at least 20.
We don't have 20.
I feel confident we got you on the most.
All right, what's your biggest?
My biggest is pretty--
-hey, hey. -Come on.
Let me see what you're feeding now.
-Come on. -Look right here.
I got an 11.
Look at that. How about that for the biggest?
But, no, I give y'all credit.
That's bigger than what we got.
You wanna measure it? Just look at this.
-Y'all good with that? -I'm good.
I can look at the head.
That's a gorilla. [all laugh]
I feel really good about getting the biggest.
I got the title for today, you know.
I'm patting myself on the back. Good job.
Oh, yeah, y'all got a bull. He's bigger than ours.
Got a lot of iguanas.
[all laugh]
I feel like I'm back in florida,
iguanas crawling all over your boat.
This competition has pushed both of the teams
to get a lot of alligators.
We've had a good day,
and, you know, it's all in friendship
and love and competition.
It's healthy.
I've never seen, you know, four people moving like us.
-Yes, that's right, zak. -That's right.
Yeah, as a friend coming into the family, you know,
you can really see it.
We're glad to have you, buddy.
Glad, and lucky, to have you. [laughs]