 Oh, damn!
NARRATOR: 30 miles north,
rain falls over Bayou Sorrel,
and Willie Edwards is
on a mission to finish
the hunt he started yesterday.
 Took the [BLEEP] whole
thing and everything.
Gah.
I've been fishing alligators
for 20 some years.
I never had one take a
hook from me like this.
It takes a big one to pull
the rope out of my hands.
NARRATOR: Today, Willie will
use a lifetime of experience
on the swamp to track
down this crafty predator.
 I know just about
this whole basin.
Just about anywhere
around here, I know it.
And it's hard getting
back in there.
You got to jump
a couple of dikes
and all that and
everything, but it pays
off once you get back there.
See right over there?
See right here?
NARRATOR: But to get to the pond
where Willie thinks his prize
is lurking, he needs to navigate
this 10 foot stretch of land.
 I think I could put some
sticks down on the ground
right there.
I think it should run
right on over in there.
NARRATOR: This veteran
swamper has got a plan.
He's going to build
a ramp and jump it.
 Whoa!
NARRATOR: With his path
now free and clear,
Willie sets out to
catch the elusive beast
that stole his hook and line.
 Frog Leg didn't pay off, so
I just went in this other hole
that I knew about and
nobody else knows about it.
And this one little
hole, it ain't very big,
but it's good enough to hold
a couple of big alligators.
And hoping it pays off.
Whoa, there he is,
the one I want.
Whoa, boy.
Whoa, boy.
We got something big.
[GRUNTS]
Hunting by yourself
is dangerous,
and once you get him
hooked right and everything
and you get him up, let him
tire out, you can handle him.
But if you don't know
what you're doing with him
in the first couple of minutes,
you've got a lot of things
can go wrong real quick.
[GUNSHOT]
Ho, ho!
[GUNSHOT]
That's what I'm talking about.
NARRATOR: It isn't the beast
Willie's been looking for,
but this 8-footer will
bring in over $200.
 It's just been
a slow day today,
but I'm pretty happy
with what we got--
pretty good size.
Big one, he ain't come up yet
or he's in the bushes somewhere.
He's hiding.
It ain't over yet
by a long shot.
[IGNITION STARTING]
That's all we can do.
I ain't giving up on it yet.
We just have to
keep riding around
and wait for him to come
out, pop his head up,
like a needle in a haystack.
Boy, boy, boy.
NARRATOR: In addition
to using his treble hook
to catch gators, Willie
has also set some lines.
 Ooh, whoo!
Oh!
That's a big one.
Whoa, boy.
Whoa, boy.
NARRATOR: Willie thinks he's
finally hooked the gator that
stole his treble book, but
the weight of the monster
is splitting his line.
 Whoa, boy.
Whoa, boy.
About time.
Oh!
[GUNSHOT]
The fun part now, loading
this big old thing.
NARRATOR: As he wrestles the
250-pounder into the boat,
Willie realizes it's not the
behemoth he's been after.
NARRATOR: But for his
last tag of the season,
Willie's glad to have caught
a gator worth over $300.
 I've been wanting to
catch this alligator so bad.
I've had my hopes up.
I mean, I was pretty sure.
I thought I was gonna catch him.
We'll take it.
That's a good one.
I didn't think he was gonna
be that big, that long.
