Hurricane on the Horizon: Survival in the Bayou | Swamp People
It’s day one of gator season, but swampers fear the season may be over before it even begins. Hurricane Ida, a massive cat 4 storm, is raging in the Gulf and headed straight for the swamp. This could be the end of our season. We might not have alligator season. This could be it. With landfall predicted in the next 48 hours, hunters scramble to make the most of the good weather before all hail breaks loose.
You don’t know what mother nature is going to throw at you. So, in my mind, when I come out the gate, I’m coming out with everything I got. Predicted to be more powerful than Katrina, Hurricane Ida is packing winds of over 140 mph, the stakes couldn’t be higher. But it’ll take more than that to scare off the king of the swamp.
I’m hoping we can fill up our boats, catch at least a 30, 30 to 40 alligator. Catch as many alligators as we can from day one. Bew we the gun’s loaded. You ready? Old man we I love her on the boat. She’s very good. Last year was her first year hunting with me and she learned a lot. I think she’s going to do even better this year. Now she knows what to expect.
You know, we get along good in the boat. We joke around, but we get our work done. You know, we fill up the boat with alligators and that’s all that matters. What we got? Yeah, we’ve got one, buddy. Bring them up. Oh, he’s holding on. Bring him up. Bring him up. Bring him up. Hold him. Hold him. I need some slack.
Show him. Who’s the ball? Good alligator. Good alligator. Bring him up. Bring him up. Bring him up. Where’s your baby? Here’s your big. Don’t let him go. Wh@tever you do, bring him up. Ready? Ready. Too fast. Good sh0t, dude. I’m talking about good sh0t. Oh, look at the bubbles. What do you mean good sh0t? You expected anything else but a good sh0t? Sometimes. Sometimes.
Hey, you expected anything but a good sh0t. This 11t monster is a great way for Troy and Pickle to start their season. But with less than 48 hours before Hurricane Ida makes landfall, the hunters know there’s a lot more work ahead. Ready? On three. One, two, three. Oh, yeah. Good job, Peeweee.
One, two, three. You know, with this storm coming, you know, you don’t know what’s going to happen. You got to come out the gate strong. All right, we got him tagged and banged. Okay. You ready, Pe? Ready, T. We got plenty, plenty to do. We got to hustle, Pee-Wee. We got to hustle. Let’s get it.
We filling up the boat quick. There’s a major hurricane brewing and the p they’re showing is going on. It’s coming right over here. So, in my mind, when I come out the gate, I’m coming out with everything I got. See something pee? I see the line running back. Too big. Nice one. Yeah. Right there. Right there. Right there.
It’s a group. It’s a group. It’s a good one. It’s a big one. It’s a big hit. Go on the line. Shoot him. Shoot. What? Who said you couldn’t shoot alligator? You. Every damn day. Okay, grab your leg. Go ahead. One, two, three. This 11footer adds to an already impressive pile of gators. We coming out the gate strong this morning and we catching every line almost got an alligator.
But now we got more than just alligators to worry about because you don’t know what mother nature is going to throw at you. We got a hurricane coming. So I need to catch alligators on these lines today. Oh Pia, I see one. Oh, look right there. GOT ONE. OH, WE GOT a tree shaker, baby. The gun’s loaded. Yeah. Oh, yeah. A pump. A pump. A pump.
Bring them up. Bring them up. Don’t move the ball, Pee-Wee. Don’t move the ball. Watch him, Peewee. Watch him. Oh, it’s a big Bring him up. Bring him up. Hey, he’s going to pop it. Woo! Oh, dude. Bring him up. Bring him up. Right there. Right there. Shoot him. Hey, good job. Yeah, baby girl. One, two, three.
Oh, man. With this storm they got coming, we could be done for the whole year. You know, it’s very hard to stay focused on hunting alligators when you got a major storm starting to pick up and the clouds are rolling in. We starting to get some rainbands coming in. So, we can tell the storm’s getting closer and closer.
This is the calm before the storm. It’s fixing to get ugly. Even though we try to f1ght mother nature, you can’t, dude. Can’t f1ght it. This lake is going to have waves that high by the sheep and they already starting to pick up. It’s a scary thing being out here on the water knowing they got something like that coming.
We don’t have a lot of lines left. Thank God. But I’m worried about the rod in cuz I feel that wind still picking up. That’s why we got to hustle and get the hell out of here. You know, it’s very hard to stay focused on hunting alligators when you got a major storm coming straight for you.
We’re catching good, but the wind’s starting to pick up. The clouds are starting to come in, and they’re talking that this could be another Katrina. This thing is huge. It’s a big, big storm, and it’s getting close. What we got, jump? Oh, I think we got a good one here. It’s a nice one. Oh, I don’t know. It’s so dark.
Bring him up, baby. Oh, he’s under the boat. Bring him up, Peewee. Bring him up. Watch. Don’t let him bite. Bring him up. Bring him up. Bring him up. Watch. Let him pull you in. No. No. You going to pull me? Bring him up. Bring him up. Good job. You ready? Ready. One, two. One, two, three.
What? With this 10-ft beast, Troy and Pickle add to a growing pile of giant alligators. Unfortunately, Hurricane Ida seems to be building up even faster. The rainbands are starting to come in and the last couple that hit us will get really bad. So, we can tell the storm’s getting closer and closer.
It could jog a little bit right before it gets to you one way or the other. That could either save you or destr0y you. You at Mother Nature’s mercy right now. So, we’re riding out another hurricane together, huh? Another hurricane. It’s time to get out of here. Wheeling from the damage of Hurricane Ida, Ronnie and Ashley are way behind on filling their tags.
I’m blessed this year with 200 tags, but man, I I’ve been throwing a lot of obstacles and you know, I’m trying to do as best as I can to catch up, but it’s hard. It’s really hard. Mr. Troy and them’s on their way. They should be here any minute. So I reached out to a good friend of mine, Mr. Troy Landry. I gave a phone call to Mr.
Troy and told him I’m behind schedule right now for us filling tags. I asked him could he give me a hand. He didn’t even hesitate. He said, “I’ll be there. Tell me a day.” What y’all say? My baby chicken. I’m glad y’all made it down in this neck of the woods. Hey, thank you for coming.
You know, we always try to help other people when they need help and and there’s been a few times where we needed help where other people’s come and helped us. Well, Ron and Ashley’s closer to the coast than we are and they got hammered and we didn’t have that much damage over here. We were very lucky. So, we actually caught up on our tasks now.
So, I feel in my heart we should go over there and help them for a couple of days. And that’s a good way to live your life. you know, you help your neighbors or help other people when you can. So, what we got here, Mr. Troy and Jacob, is um we all This is all your properties. All my properties. That’s the main thing.
All this I literally put out 150 lines into one area, but got them spread out over about a 7 8 mile span. And we’re going to break it into three sections. Everybody I have between 50 and 60 lines to run. I told Mr. Troy and Jacob, I need all the help I can because I’m so behind on my tags. Go with your life.
Okay, man. That looks simple enough. That’s it. All right. Sounds good to me. Yep. Give me your hand, guys, real quick. Lord, please look over everybody today. A little safe day. Teamwork makes the dream work, my baby. Amen. Amen. All right, let’s get it done. All right, Peewee, let’s go through all this.
We got bait, we got the gun, we got bullets, we got the treble hook. We’re good. With no time to spare, Ronnie guides Troy and Pickle to their first set of lines. That’s the first line right there. Right there. That’s where y’all start. Then goes in there and makes a big horseshoe. That little by right there. Yes, sir.
And they kind of spread out catacorned. All right, buddy. Good luck. You’re good. You got bullied. Yes, sir. Thank you. Good luck, guys. All right. Thank y’all again. All right. All right, y’all. We I’m color blind, so you’re going to have to help me look. All right. First line’s right here on the left. All right.
Still hanging, huh? Yeah. Still hanging. Cool. Look at that weather over there. Storm after storm after storm. We can’t catch a break this year. You know, uh we’re in South Louisiana, right along the Gulf, and the weather can change in 30 minutes. It can go from a beautiful sunny day to 20, 30 minutes later have a thunderstorm build up right over you.
We starting to get bad weather here where we at. All right, boy. Tell me what to do. I don’t know yet. Hold on. Might have to take my P. Oh, look over there. We got jump. Yeah. Oh, we got one. We got one. Oh, a nice alligator. Oh, we do. We got one. But Oh, we got to find the line. I don’t want to get too close and cut it with my propeller.
Yeah, I can’t find nothing. I’m going through the hook right here. Well, that’s one way to do it. You got it. Feel like a good one. There’s that parachute rope. Yeah. You got it. I got it. Don’t let it go while you LET IT GO. I HAD TO. NO, you didn’t have to. Yes, I did. Do not let that line go again.
Did you see the size of this thing? No, I didn’t see the sh0t. It don’t matter with the sh0t. Bring it up. We’re going to shoot it. Got him. Come on. We almost chew. Don’t let him go out of my face. Not yet. Chew. It’s a big one. It’s a big one. First one of the day. Yes, indeed. Catching this 11footer is a good start, but mother nature may have other plans.
That’s a big one, huh? This alligator is a nice get it, but we’re trying to work as fast as we can cuz the wind, you can see the wind starting to pick up and the clouds are rolling in. We’re starting to get some rain bands coming in. is getting closer to us now because you can see the weather’s deteriorating very fast.
Everything looks the same out here, but as far as your eyes can see the same, nothing different. No, I don’t see no poles. I don’t see no flags. I don’t see nothing. Peewee and I struggling to find Ronnie’s lounge cuz all he got is a pole. He don’t barely have any ribbons on him and we not used to running his line.
So, I don’t know where to look for his lounge even. Look, I got a line right there. We found one. See the next one? We found one right there. Right there. Right there. He going to get de@d. From what I learned so far, these alligators go straight to the grass. Dude, this these alligators out here got bite. Bring them up. Bring them up. Pee-wee.
Woo! It’s too big. It’s too big. Come again. Woo. Good job. It’s a good one. It’s a good one. Oh, you a hell of a sh0t. What? You saw that with my eyes closed. This filled tag will be a boost to Ronnie and Ashley. But the rain is coming in fast. Look at the weather, dude.
Look at the weather. Where you going? I’mma move around right here and run more down. I’ll be honest with you. Ain’t no alligator worth it. I don’t like the light. Not one bit. But it’s too far to go back. We in the middle of a bad storm now. Turned in lightning. No trees around. Peewee scared the de@d. My boat is aluminum.
She thinks it’s a lightning rod in the middle of the marsh. And it might be. I don’t know. And the last thing I want to do is get Peeweee hurt in my boat. But at the end of the day, we’re here to help run a field tags. Wh@tever we catch, we catch. Oh, here it is. You get it way over here. Oh, it’s a big one, man.
Look like a big one. Oh, it’s a big one. It’s a big one. I knew it. I told you that. SHOOT HIM. WOO! HE’S GOING TO SINK the boat. Put another one in. Put another shoot him. Woo! It’s a baby. It’s a big Okay, get your thing. Oh. Uh-uh. Dude, you think we can handle him? Troy and Pickle managed to fill another tag, but the storm is picking up.
Okay, you all right? Yeah. You okay? Chicken bucket saved me. Lightning was hitting all around us and it’s scary. You got a big aluminum pole 20 ft long. You stick it in the air and that’s if that’s not a lightning rod. So, we’re trying to hurry up, pick up these lines and get off the water.
Ah, boots are filled with rain and I’m up to my knees. I’m disappointed. Want me to bring you in? You call it. I’m not going in and coming back. If I go in, I’m staying in. We in the middle of a bad thunderstorm with a lot of lightning and heavy rain. And it was already We was having trouble this morning before this thunderstorm looking for some of his lines. Now I can’t see my hand in front.
My face is raining so hard. Oh, LOOK. RIGHT RIGHT THERE. You see it? I can’t see you. Okay. Well, just go right go straight. Straight. Oh, the chicken’s still up on that one. The bait still hanging with nothing left on the lines. Troy and Pickle make a hasty retreat. You ready? Absolutely. Let’s get the hell out of here.
Peewee and I, we going to hold tail. We finished running the lounge. We going in getting out of this weather before, you know, she’s going to have anxiety and have nightmares about this. The things I do for my budd1es. Holy smoke. A mother freight. As the sun rises over Pierre Park. Bonjour. Bonjour. Good morning.
King of the swamp Troy Landry gathers his crew armed with a plan to keep them ahead of a potentially catastrophic hurricane season. Y’all ready? We’re ready. We better be. As y’all can see, we got a lot of new faces this year. We made a lot of changes. The problem is they’re predicting a terrible hurricane season.
Very bad storm they’re predicting for this year. Meteorologists are predicting a severe hurricane season for Louisiana, both in the frequency and intensity of storms. The forecast is driven by warmer Gulf waters and unusual winds, allowing storms to grow stronger and last longer. Louisiana residents have been advised to prepare for the worst.
They’re warning us ahead of time. They got storms brewing up all around us. We could be out of power for two or three weeks. That mean we can’t hunt for two or three weeks. We can’t ice them down. We can’t cool them down. Could have a massive fish k1ll. When they’re predicting a bad hurricane season like this year, you better pay attention.
You better think ahead and do what you got to do to prepare. Normally, when we come out the gate, we’re a little bit sluggish. This year, we have to come out the gate very strong from the beginning. We need to try to catch at least 20 today. At least 20 alligators. At least. You know, this first day, I’m warning them, don’t go play around.
Don’t come home if you don’t have 20 alligators. Any questions? Let’s roll. Yes, sir. Let’s get it. Let’s get it. Come on. Let’s roll. Over in Grand Lake, Troy and his deck can pick a week begin alligator season in the rain and under pressure to fill the ambitious quota the king of the swamp set for his team. Come on people, we got to hush.
How many you think we’re going to get today in this weather? On a good day running, you’re going to catch 40. You know, I’m pushing Jacob. I’m pushing down to not come home unless they got 20 alligates. But I got to practice what I preach. I’m really worried that it’s going to be a struggle.
We have to be clicking. We got to be working together, working faster than ever, and knock it out before the weather gets really bad. It’s just a matter of time. Maybe we set the quota a little high. You know, we got to walk the line we drew on the concrete. No, we’ll see what we get. You see anything? Straight down.
Right underneath the clothes pin. We’re in the right place. Don’t come. It’s going tight to the left. We got one. Uh, yeah. Oh. Oh. It’s a big one. It’s a big one. Oh yeah. Bring them up. We don’t move the boat. Watch it. Shoot him. Bring him up. Woohoo.
Good job. We good. Sad weather ain’t going to stop us. Oh, nope. Right. These hunters are off to a good start, but Troy knows that each of his boats has to pull their weight for this season to be a success. These storms can cause so many problems. There’s been times in the past where we had storms and wildlife and fisheries closed the gator season.
They closed it down early. And I think by putting a quot from day one, it’s going to be a big help for us. Looks limp. We slacked up all of a sudden, huh? Yeah. We was on a roll at the beginning and now all of a sudden we’re not doing crap. We hoping to catch 20 weeds before that bad weather really sets in, but might be too late for that.
Mr. Troy, he doesn’t like losing any kind of competition or any kind of quota, especially something that he set. So, if we don’t meet this 20 alligator quota, I’m in for it. Nobody else is going to get to hear what I got to hear, you know. She jump. Yeah. Straight down right in front of It looks like it’s going to the bank.
It’s de@d, huh? No, it’s a good one. He’s all tangled up, though. Give me your king knife. Oh god. Bring him up here. Bring him up. It’s a big one. Oh. Bring them up. Here we bring them up. Woo! Good job. Good job. One, two, three.
One more. We and I have to hustle. We have to work a little faster and a little harder than normal, but it just going very, very slow. Look at that weather. Oh, that’s nasty. Tornado weather. Woo! What a glorious day. And with the rain pouring down, Troy is not stopping. I don’t know why I thought we pulled here.
It’s wrapped up. You see anything? Where the hell is it? I can’t see nothing. Everything is so dark and nasty looking, dreary. I don’t really don’t know where he’s at. You don’t feel nothing? No. Okay. I’m going to pull you over there. He’s way out here. Oh, it’s a big one. It’s a big one.
Oh, that didn’t bring him up here. Bring him up. Oh, watch him. Watch him. hurry. He’s coming. He’s coming. He’s coming. Got him. Oh, we almost lost that thing, huh? Let me pick him up. You hold a gun for me. Look at that weather moving in. We got to hurry. Okay, whenever you read it. One, two, three.
Little girl. We got to get alligators in this boat. And it better be 20, no less, because we set the quota. So, I’ll be damned if we come in with any less than that. One more. All we needed one more. All we need is one more. We’re a little worried. And we got one more left. So hopefully this state line pays off.
We got some action to be with. Didn’t the branch move? Didn’t the tree shake? I go out there and get him, boys. He ain’t GOING TO GET HIMSELF. Oh yeah. Tree pop. Dog’s coming. It looks like it’s going to the bank. I don’t she not watch it. Watch it be watch. Watch it. This the biggest one of the year right here.
WOOHOO! BRING it up. Hurry up. That’s a big alligator. I tell you what, we could hold him right there. We can hurry up and put the winch on. That sounds like a plan. Look at the size of that thing. I didn’t think we was going to catch our 20 for a while, but luckily the last half of our line did really good.
We got in some little tight areas where the wind wasn’t as bad. And line after line, we started catching alligators. So, we can go home tonight. We got out 20. It’s a good uh end of a storm day, huh? Oh, yeah. P. This is what we needed. A morale booster, baby girl. As day two of gator season breaks, clear skies present the teams with an opportunity to make bold moves before the weather turns to storms once again.
King of the swamp Troy Landry and his longtime hunting partner pick a wheat are using this chance to hunt in an area that most hunters don’t think will pay off. It’s a gamble, but Troy is betting that his hunch will fill the boat with gators. All right, where you taking me this morning? This is all the big sugar cane plantation and they pump the water out the field after it rains.
And uh you know from the highway in the front to the back back here is a 18 ft drop in elevation. So to keep the cane fields in the back from flooding they got a levy around the back and it a pump. A lot of times when people are working with heavy equipment the noise the vibration gets them big males excited.
The alligators come to the pumps. So, you know, with the prediction of the bad storms they’re giving for this year and we got so much going on. We’re trying to rush and fill all our tags. Maybe in the sugar mill area, it’s going to pay off it. We need all the extra help we can get more than ever. We’re in the back of the sugar mill.
Mhm. There’s thousands of acres of sugar cane in here. Okay. I saw that on the way in. Yeah. And about 20 something years ago, my dad wanted to make a crawfish pond back here cuz we was big into the crawfish business. So he came and he bought 1,400 acres of land back here from the sugar mill.
And then once we bought it, we had to figure out how to cross this canal. My dad had problems with alligators and big alligators. He drove some pylons from the bank and then he went to Shreport, Louisiana and bought a train car. We welded it to the pylons where it drove and we made us a bridge.
Cinjun ingenuity, but it been serving the purpose for 25 years. And every once in a while, uh, there’s big alligators that come up. You saw the pump we passed by. I think he hears that pump, the vibration of the pump. Yeah. Alligators vibrate when they mate and they’re looking for a mate and all that. And they vibrate.
The water could be coming from a mile or two away from here. They got a big them big males got a big territory. Okay, sounds like a good idea. You ready? Oh, yeah. We got to go out there and get him and go get himself. Come on. Let’s go see if we can figure this out. In order to access the shallow waters near the cane fields, Troy will use his new smaller and more maneuverable gator tail boat.
You like your new boat? This is the four-wheel drive of boats. You can go anywhere. It’s light. I couldn’t have got my big boat back here. No. What we got, Chief? We got something on there. Look. Look. Pull him. Pull him tight. What we got? What we got? Bring them up. Bring him up. Oh yeah.
Don’t move the ball. You going to shoot him or you ain’t got invitation. Bring them up. Bring them up. Bring them up. They gone. They gone. Good job. Good job, B. Good job. Good job. Way to chew them. Yep. Yep. That would have hurt. Come on. Hold on. This 7footer isn’t the giant Troy was hoping to find, but it’s a sign there are gators here.
I think it’s going to be a good day. We got a lot of tags we need to fill. When you start in a new place, first you got to catch the little ones and get the little ones out the way so we can start catching big alligators. We’re going to keep pushing forward and see if we get them out of here. Keep your eyes open.
Peewee and I, we got to hunt a little harder than I normally would hunt back here. We got to set a little more line than we normally would set because with the hurricane season they’re predicting. I don’t want to spend a week back here. I want to come in for one day and get out. Tight one. Tight one. Straight that way.
You see it? Oh yeah. Look like a crime scene here. Oh yeah, we got something. What we got? Oh yeah, we got a good one. Heavy. Oh yeah, he’s heavy. Heavy. Oh my god. Oh lord. GO. YOU MISSED. YOU MISSED. HURRY. BRING HIM UP. SHOOT HIM AGAIN. Don’t let him get away. You all right? Oh no. Oh no.
Bring him up. Bring him up. LORD OF MERCY. GOOD JOB. Good job. Good job, Peeweee. Good job. Don’t you love it when a plan comes together? Huh? Oh, look at the teeth on that thing. Guess it went. Okay. One, two, three. Ready? One, two, three. Three. Oh, we’re going to roll it.
We’re going to roll it. He’s too big to drag. Let’s roll it. Oh, that’s a big alligator. This 9footer is a step in the right direction, but Troy wonders how many more they can get. We need to step up to the plate and fish it harder than we’ve been fishing it. Most of the time we hunt these drainage canals.
Normally, it’s nothing but little gators. It’s very rare to catch alligator this big back here. What we got, B? Uh. Oh, look at that, dude. He snapped that branch. What? The branches broke. Look at this. He broke the branch. Look at the size of that. Look, Peewee. Hold on one. He’s pulling already. Watch it. He broke the branch.
So, be careful. Don’t let him pull. Don’t let go. Wh@tever you do. Oh, Lord. That makes me Don’t let go. Might be too back here. Watch him. Watch him. No, you come on. Don’t move the boat. Big out of here. HOLD ON A SHOT HERE. Watch him. Don’t let it go. Give it TO ME. HURRY. COME on you.
Oh, that thing is strong. That’s a big young alligator. Bring him up here. We bring him up. Yeah. Don’t let it pull out your hand. He broke the brain. Oh, I know. It’s just me and him right now. All right, you. I’m going to give you one more try. Shoot. Shoot. We got more more big gears back here than I thought.
Let me grab him. All right. Yeah, man. He’s heavy, huh? God. On three. Ready? One, two, three. Oh, dude. That’s a big alligator. Catching this huge gator is further proof that Troy’s gamble to hunt the Sugar Mill Canal is paying off. A couple of lines down, we caught a big alligator.
Now we just caught another one even bigger. We’re catching really good. Better than I expected and a better size gator than I expected to catch. This place is infested with big alligator. This is outrageous. having seven or eight big mature alligators in a little 5m stretch. These are all man-made drainage ditches that so many gators for wh@tever reason moved in.
They’re hungry. I think that’s why they’re so aggressive. The big males don’t want the other males in his area for the food. What we got? I don’t know. It looks messy. Look like we got a crime chain. Oh yeah. Look like we got a message. What we got? Huh? Oh, there he is. Bring him up. He burning me.
Bring him up. Oh, they comfy with you. Watch him. Miss. Bring him up a bit. Bring them up. Come on. Take them. Take them. Shoot the thing. Good job. Good job. One, two, three. Good job. There you go. Catching this massive 11footer is exactly what Troy was hoping for in the sugarce field and fills yet another tag for Troy and Pickles season.
I’m glad we came. We filled up the board and did bigger than I expected. So, it was a win-win for everybody. The sugar mill going to be happy. Be happy. Wasn’t a waste of time. Oh, no. Job well done. Right before this hurricane season, we got a bunch of big alligators out. All right, Pete. Let’s go ice them down.
The tropical storm continues to intensify in the Gulf with weather center forecast predicting landfall in 48 hours as a category 2 hurricane with wind speeds in excess of 100 mph. We’ll keep you up to date as we know more. In southern Louisiana, with Hurricane Francine set to make landfall in 48 hours, King of the Swamp Troy Landry is still holding over 750 of his 900 tags.
Troy knows the hurricane could shut him down for days or even weeks, so he’s in full sprint before the storm. To fill their boat, Troy is taking his deck pickle to a hot spot at one of the state’s most popular parks. Big portion point here we come. I love this place. It’s beautiful. Me too. I love it.
The only thing I regret I think we waited too long. I think I waited too long to come back. They’ve been complaining for about a year now that there’s too many giant alligators in the park. The park stretches over 6,000 acres in the AAFA alive basin. Throughout the 18th century, the French, the Spanish, and the local Chidim matcha Indians vied for control of the area and its rich plant and animal life.
My friends that work at the park reached out to us and they having problems with big alligators that are very aggressive and we a few days ahead of a big storm moving in and right in front of a big storm alligators bite. They bite hard. You know, I think this is the perfect opportunity to feel tag. As the hurricane approaches, a rapid drop in barometric pressure acts as a signal to alligators to go on a feeding frenzy before their food sources go into hiding.
Hello, madame. Hello. We finally made it. Nice to meet you, man. I am here. Hopefully, we can come over here and help you all with the alligator problem. I heard they having trouble. We got a bunch. Y’all got some big ones or what? Some big ones. Too big. Yes. Too big.
By the front cabins and by the back cabins. Got some big ones. And in the morning, I don’t know how big that one is, but they got one that makes a lot of noise right there. He growls. Oh, yeah. You know what he’s doing, huh? Yeah. What about the people that come visit the park? They scared of them or they always asking about the gator, especially if they have like little kids or animals. They worry.
They climb up on the the bank the banks and they sunbathe. Yeah. And when we have people here, they worried about they freak out. Yeah. Well, we’re going to do our best mean pee to t them out for y’all. What we plan on doing peewe and I we’re going to go set our lounge late this evening right before dark and we’re going to spend the night there.
That way will be that daylight to start running our lines and then get back on the road as soon as possible because there’s a bad bad storm headed our way. As Troy and Pickle head out to set their lines, it’s clear Lake FSY Point is teeming with gators. See alligators everywhere. Oh yeah. Look where they climbing up on the bank.
I know. Right there. We’re going to put a couple of lines close right here. right there by your head. She’s tired of that branch. I think this is where the little lady at the front office said they had a big one by the campers pocket. This is the campus, right? The little tent, right? Mhm. This got to be what she was talking about.
Mhm. I can see why the people at the park was uh complaining. A little scared, huh? Dude, this place is infested with alligator. Troy and Pickler are on a mission to load up their boat ahead of the storm, but they may be having too much success. That’s the problem in the park, P. Big alligators like that, they’re very aggressive. They’re hungry.
There’s not enough food, right? They’re hangry. Lawn after line after line, we’re catching alligator after alligator. Big, huge, massive male alligators. I couldn’t ask for any better before the storm. I know the park rangers out here want us to catch as many alligators as possible, but I don’t know if we got enough room in the boat, and we got a long ways to travel back home.
So, hopefully we can keep these alligators cool enough, make it all the way back to the cooland time to keep the meat fresh. Another one. I don’t see none of the bank. Oh, it’s a good one. It’s a good one. I’mma put you on the bank. Sneak up behind him. Don’t hit the bank. Don’t hit the bank. Don’t hit the bank. Go put one in. Hurry up.
You want me to go? No, I’m going to go. Sneak up. Sneak behind him and put a bullet and get ready to run. If he turns on you, run cuz he could turn on you. Don’t hit him. Miss him. Good job, PEE. WE good job. Didn’t I tell you to be careful? Good lord. Come straight for you. That was scary.
You all right? Oh, yeah. My heart’s good. Okay, dude. If that don’t get your bl00d pumping, nothing will. Oh, that’s a big one. P. Oh, yeah. Troy and Pickle are loading up the boat, but at a price. Where we going to put them? We doing what we came for. We catching a lot of alligators, but it’s taking forever.
We trying to rush and hustle before the storm makes landfall, but when you catching an alligator almost on every line, it takes forever. We need a bigger boat. We messed up by not coming to the park the last year or two because they run out of food. They’re more aggressive. They’re more hungry because there’s too many of them.
Come on, let’s rock. We ain’t got time to play. Hurricanes, dude. Hurricane Troy and Pickle race to finish their lines, hoping they can make the long journey back to Duffy’s before their boatload of gators spoil. Got to get it done. We trying to hustle Peewee and I because we time is very important today. The storm brewing up in the Gulf and the claim is coming straight for us.
And you know, it’s not like we 10 minutes away from Duff. We need to hurry and run our lounge and get these things back in and ice them down. They got too many back here. Most of them are giant. This was our last one. Look on the bank. Look on the bank. The gun’s loaded. Oh, I see a tail. You want to go in the bank or you want me to bring you straight? On the bank. On the bank.
Huh? own the bank. All right. Your wish is my command. Could have brought you straight to it. Cool. Watch out. You going to pop that line, please. Come on. Shoot him. You can’t shoot him from over there. Hurry. Get in the boat. Damn. I can’t see. Hurry. Shoot him. Listen to your captain right now. Oh, you missed. Shoot him again.
SHOOT HIM AGAIN. HURRY. AH, we’re going to lose that alligator. Shoot him. Oh, you happy. We ain’t going to win now. Oh, you had me nervous. We got to win this big thing. Oh, yeah. Stacking up their 22nd gator, the king of the swamp knows his mission to fill tags ahead of the hurricane is a success.
If they can make it back to Duffy safely. Lord have mercy. Way to sink the boat. That’s it. We done. We done. Peewee and I caught real good today at the park at Lake FY Point. We filled the boat up. We caught super good. build a lot of tags and we got it done before the weather gets really bad. We know the bad weather’s coming.
It’s just a matter of time. I mean, look at this polligators we took out enjoying. It’s going to help us a lot. All right, let’s roll. We did what we came to do.
