TROY LANDRY: I really enjoy being with old-timers.

NARRATOR: King of the swamp Troy Landry

has invited his old buddy Mr. Sterling

out for a day of gator hunting.

Let's go buddy.

Come on.

--at over 80 years old, he's still one of the top fisherman

in the area.

No, this is good.

I don't need it.

Been knowing him all my life and, I'm happy to know him.

I love the man.

Woo.

He's forgotten more than I know about hunting and fishing.

NARRATOR: Today, Troy hopes to learn

a new technique to help him with a common swamp problem--

bait bandits.

--in them swamps is looking for something to eat.

Raccoons, possums, chicken hawks, hoot owls.

And I want to learn how to float that bait and fish like that.

MR. STERLING: All you gotta do is just run it through, OK?

TROY: Uh-huh.

MR. STERLING: I showed Troy how to float your bait.

I've been having great success with it for all these years.

TROY LANDRY: All right.

Yeah.

I'mma let you do that.

I'm just showing you.

That's good. Excellent.

TROY LANDRY: Good good?

I'm gonna tie this line here where my Troy

might catch a gator here.

NARRATOR: With the bait tied to the float in the water,

Mr. Sterling anchors the line to a tree.

All right, buddy.

TROY LANDRY: I just love hanging around with Mr. Sterling.

It's not the gators we catch.

I enjoy hunting gators with him.

But when he's in the boat with me or we're

together somewhere--

But he's funny.

I just enjoy being around him.

NARRATOR: With the bait set, the master and the student

double back to see if they already

have a beast on the line.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

MR. STERLING: Ooh!

[SNARL]

TROY LANDRY: Woo!

[GUNSHOT]

Yeah.

Yeah.

--has been around for so long, I think he learned how to adapt.