While fishing, a gator flips through Rick's nets; Shorty and Coy start a catering business.
Rick holds a competition to declare the best buffalo fisherman in the Bayou; Rick buys a pirogue boat.
Rick tries to pass bait-fish meat off as a Cajun delicacy; Shorty becomes a cheerleader.
With an early crawfish season looming, Rick needs to unload a freezer full of last year's stock before it becomes worthless. Shorty and Coy look for other ways to make money in the swamp and end up revisiting Shorty's troubled past selling scrap......
Rick and the crew grab their rifles and go hunting, but will they catch enough to fill their freezers for the upcoming year? Meanwhile, Shorty gets his driver's license back and parties in New Orleans -- returning with a permanent memento of his wild time.
Rick wants to give his aging father one last great tour of the bayou, but business keeps threatening to derail his plans. Meanwhile, Shorty and Coy discover a rare set of cooking pots that could deliver a major payday.
When Rick's crawfish supply dries up on Easter week, Rick's business, reputation and even his friendships are on the line. Meanwhile, Shorty has moved out of Coy's house, but devastating news brings them closer than ever.
Rick desperately searches for buyers for his crawfish before they die. Meanwhile, Austyn and Blake get trapped in the swamp.
Rick and the gang are looking forward to the year's biggest crawfish festival, but Phillips Seafood's main supplier threatens to spoil the party. Also, Coy's spirits are in the dumps, so Shorty gives him a "monster" of a surprise.
Rick Phillips has the gift of gab. But when he's asked to deliver a speech at the state senate, the chatty fisherman gets seriously tongue-tied. And, Shorty talks his way into a catering gig for a girls' softball team. But is he ready to step up to the plate?
A routine visit from the health inspector has Rick jumping through hoops to streamline his crawfish peeling process or face shutdown. Meanwhile, Coy enlists Shorty to go camping, but the trip is anything but peaceful.
Shorty tries to organize a fund-raiser to help Coy with his medical bills.
Rick hits pay dirt when he scores a huge order for crawfish. But heavy rains mean the crawfish -- and Rick's profits -- are dying in the swamp. Meanwhile, Coy endures the dentist chair to get new teeth. But are these new choppers more pain than gain?
With the crawfish season at a standstill, Rick and the crew hop onto another money-making scheme: frogs. Meanwhile, the dangers of living in the swamp become frighteningly clear when Jamie and Quentin go missing.
It's old school vs. new school when Clayton, Austyn and Blake go head-to-head in a high-stakes snake catching competition. Meanwhile, both Rick and Coy have a need for speed and find themselves strapped in for the ride of a lifetime.
Rick promises his friend Clyde all the helpers he needs to catch a load of grasshoppers. But when everyone refuses to spend the day on a bug hunt, Rick is left holding the bag. Meanwhile, Coy's truck bites the dust, leaving him stranded at home.
The swamp gets too close for comfort when Paul finds mauled animals right outside Phillips Seafood. Is there a dangerous predator on the loose? Meanwhile, Coy receives news about Shorty -- and it's something he's been dreading.
As Coy battles with the decision to bail Shorty out of jail, he gets the final results of the chemotherapy. Meanwhile, Chachie and his gator-hunting crew discover that their prized houseboat has gone missing. And at Rick's, Quentin and Jamie deliver more catfish than Rick's skeleton crew can handle.
Gator season has finally arrived and Rick helps Chachie Boy track a monster reptile hiding deep in the bayou, but another hunter might beat them to the punch. Meanwhile, Austyn and Blake make the hunt a family affair -- with Austyn's dad and Blake's little boy going face-to-fang with thrashing gators.
Austyn and Blake host a visiting hunter from Canada who expects them to deliver the most coveted prize -- a monster gator. Meanwhile, Rick searches for five small gators to satisfy an order for one of his best customers. And back at Phillips Seafood, Clayton's pranks have everyone looking for payback.
Gator season is in full swing, but some of Rick's hunters can't seem to catch a break. Part-timers Nikki and Noel find their bait lines sabotaged, Paul follows Cumquat on a wild-gator-chase, and a swamp injury sidelines Austyn with a trip to the emergency room.
Austyn and Blake plan a last minute double wedding, but their fiancees aren't convinced a swamp wedding is a good idea. While Rick tries to come up with the perfect wedding gift, Clayton and Joney finally go gator hunting, but the results on the end of the line don't measure up. And Shorty heads to court to face the music over his recent legal troubles.
A new crawfish season is underway, but when Rick's clients start leaving the business, it could sink his operation. And when Clayton helps Austyn and Blake build new crawfish equipment, they suspect he's up to something -- and refuse to get caught in his trap.
Rick desperately needs a driver for his new route, but keeps coming up snake-eyes. Paul's transition to a new house hits a snag, leaving his family without a place to call home. Plus, Clayton and Joney help a professional photographer get face-to-face with swamp gators.
When Patty plots a surprise gathering for Rick's 60th birthday, the party planning spins out of control. Meanwhile, Austyn and Blake are up the creek when they lose one of their buyers. Paul and Matt spar over who gets the sweet new delivery route.
Relic hunters look for a lost wedding ring whilst Paul looks for new work after his hours are reduced.
Rick hunts some Gar down for Coy. Joney teaches Felicia and Kaley how to cook Cajun style.
Rick and the gang go deep-sea fishing. Felicia and Kaley spend a day together on Blake's boat, but the motor malfunctions.
Rick designs an innovative yet pricey swamp boat. Austyn needs help pulling a cypress log from the swamp and the gang deal with a heartbreaking call from Shorty.
Rick and Patty head to New York City for their 30th anniversary. Back in Bayou Pigeon, the rest of the gang square off in the annual frog-catching competition.
Rick tries to convince locals to buy and eat gator ribs. Austyn and Blake run into boat problems while Clayton and Joney take their nephew on his first gator hunt.
Clayton tries a snag a hog to fill his empty freezer. Rick attempts to peddle high-end gator leathers. Chachie's gator crew are put to the test in his absence.
Rick finds himself in a bind and has to hire Kenny, a quirky local with almost no job qualifications. Hunter Greg and his son Doobie take his future father-in-law on an intense gator hunt.
Rick tries to start a swamp tour business, but his maiden voyage might sink the whole operation.
With Rick eyeing semi-retirement, he struggles to plot the future of his business, which could force a gut-wrenching decision.
