NARRATOR: Over on Old River, Troy
prepares to run 100 lines alone after Pickle was called
away on a family emergency.
Now he'll test himself to see if he is still king of the swamp.
If we've got some tree shakers today,
we're going to have to use the winch
because I'm by my little self.
You know, Pee-Wee called me this morning at about 4:30.
She had a family emergency come up during the night last night.
And I got 100 lines out, and that's a lot of lines
to run even with a helper.
And then when you go by yourself,
it's that many more to run because you're a lot slower.
But on the other hand, things happen.
So if Pee-Wee got a family emergency,
I don't have no choice.
Oh Lord, the first line we got a tree-shaker.
Look, the first line.
Oh my God.
We got a tree-shaker.
Lord have mercy.
Feels like a big one.
Oh, this thing is a giant.
Wow, it's a big one.
It's a big one!
Oh yeah.
He's going to pop the line.
This thing is a giant.
[gunshot]
Whoa, we got a tree-shaker on the first line.
Look at the head on that.
Oh, that's what you call a wincher.
Pee-Wee named him the wincher.
NARRATOR: Getting this 12-foot monster in the boat
is not easy.
And with 99 more lines to run, Troy is just getting started.
100 lines was nothing when I was 25 or 30 years old.
I could run that before lunch.
But now by myself, it's going to take
me all day to run 100 lines.
All day.
We got our work cut out for us today, boy.
Cover him up because the sun's starting to get kind of hot.
I'm looking at this kind of like a challenge.
I'm going to test myself.
A man want to see what kind of shape
he's in-- a man or a woman--
come out here and alligator hunt by yourself.
Come do it by yourself for a while,
and you're going to see if you're in good shape or not,
believe me.
Line looks tight.
Time to see what we got here.
He's playing possum, for sure.
He ain't moving.
They slick, dude.
Them alligators are slick.
We might need a bigger boat.
He ain't playing possum no more.
Whoa, it's a big one!
Lord have mercy.
[muttering] What'd we get ourself into?
Whoa!
[gunshot]
Another giant alligator.
Oh my God.
We've got him now.
Oh no, he ain't rolling out the boat.
I got news for you.
NARRATOR: With a dozen gators over 9 feet already
in the boat, Troy is maintaining the high average that's kept
the Landrys atop the rankings.
But with another 75 lines still to run,
his day is not even half over.
I'm catching by myself.
I'm catching good, but I'm huffing and puffing.
Because without Pee-Wee in the front of the boat, every line
I got to walk from the back of the boat
to the front of the boat, 25 feet.
My boat's 25 foot long.
So it's going to be a slow process by myself.
Them lines got to be run every day.
I still got quite a few lines to run.
I'm hustling as fast as I can, but I'm
not moving that fast because I'm not a spring chicken no more.
Next line looks tight.
Tight, tight, tight.
Could be a tree-shaker.
Oh my God.
I don't even want to look at that thing.
It's a big one.
Oh!
The line is free.
He's about to pop the line.
[gunshot]
Five more minutes, that gator would have been off the line.
Oh yeah, we got him.
We got him.
He's stuck under the boat.
NARRATOR: With this 12-foot beast, the King of the Swamp
is living up to his name, proving sometimes experience
is more valuable than youth.
Ain't an idea if I like the winch.
I couldn't make it today without the winch.
I couldn't have made it today without it, I promise you.
By myself, I'm catching good.
I'm not breaking new records, but I'm catching, really
and truly, a few more than I was hoping to catch.
I was hoping to have a bad day today without Pee-Wee,
but I'm actually catching pretty good.
Please Lord, don't let me catch another alligator today.