Edwards is back on the water.

[MOTOR RUMBLING]

NARRATOR: A solo hunter for many years, Willie's bringing

aboard his 17-year-old son--

Hey, you coming?

LITTLE WILLIE: Yup.

NARRATOR: --Little Willie.

With prices so low that only big bull gators bring good money,

Willie knows it's simply too dangerous to hunt alone.

WILLIE EDWARDS: Ready? LITTLE WILLIE: Yup.

WILLIE EDWARDS: Let's rock and roll.

NARRATOR: At 6' 2", Little Willie towers over his Daddy,

but he's brand-new to gator hunting.

--for the Edwards family.

--and everything to make a living.

And I'm ready for it.

NARRATOR: Today's mission?

Schooling Little Willie on an Edwards family secret

technique, treble hooking.

NARRATOR: Willie's are home-made,

an Edwards family tradition.

We found out about a treble hook--

--put some serious alligators in the boat.

NARRATOR: But catching something with them takes practice.

[UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

[HOOK SPLASHING]

[UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

Uh-uh, uh-uh.

[UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

Oh.

[SPLASHING]

[UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

Uh-uh.

[SPLASHING]

[UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

[UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

[FOREBODING MUSIC]

Hold

[WILLIE GRUNTING]

[WILLIE GRUNTING, BOAT GROANING]

[UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

Aww.

Oh--

[THRASHING]

[UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

Oh!

WILLIE EDWARDS: Now, roll that heavy--

Man, he's tearing me up.

[UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

Big ol' gator, oh!

[UNDERWATER BUBBLING]

Come on, come on, come on.

[GATOR THRASHING]

[GUNSHOT]

That's a bull right there!

That's how you got him.

LITTLE WILLIE: First time of throwing

a hook like that by myself and hooking him by myself.

That's-- that's a gold.

Big ol' gator.

WILLIE EDWARDS: You got him, boy, you got him!

A big one!

LITTLE WILLIE: And I accomplished my goal today

and I feel pretty good about it.

First alligator, now.

WILLIE EDWARDS: And he's a brute.

Man, a monster!

NARRATOR: As day one comes to a close on the swamp,

at the buyer Professor Willie is handing out grades.

And after a rough start, his son's earned an A.

WILLIE EDWARDS: 11' 6".

LITTLE WILLIE: Thing was pulling like a bull.

Yes, indeed.

[RELAXED COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING]

Seem like just here a couple years ago,

he's putting diapers on.

And it's-- wouldn't change nothin' in the world for it.

Better watch, old man, I'm getting better than you.

LITTLE WILLIE: [LAUGHING]

WILLIE EDWARDS: Lot more to learn.