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Season 1

  • S01E01 Gator Boys

    • September 7, 2013
    • Destination America

    Best friends Duck, Lathan, and Flip are avid gator hunters but are growing tired of traveling each weekend to their favorite place to enjoy bayou living. This year, they’re willing to do whatever it takes to buy a home if they can hunt gators right out their back door.

  • S01E02 Floating Homes

    • September 7, 2013
    • Destination America

    Bryan Fassbender and Stephanie Robichaux are self-described work-a-holics who just want to have a weekend houseboat escape on the Pearl River. They are willing to live off the grid to have the water be their back yard. For them, there’s nothing better than being able to move the house up and down The River to get a change of scenery.

  • S01E03 Cajun Fixer Uppers

    • September 14, 2013
    • Destination America

    David and Jackie love bayou life in Mississippi. With their two sons away at college, it makes sense to downsize on the water. They love to add their creative touch so they’re looking for a fixer upper with beautiful views of the wetlands that they can make their own.

  • S01E04 Catfish Kings

    • September 14, 2013
    • Destination America

    Jack “Catfish” Clampit and his daughter, Amanda, love hand-grabbing catfish, but no longer want to haul their boat to Lake D’Arbonne, in northern Louisiana. Now that Amanda is encouraging her son to follow in her father’s footsteps, it looks like noodling may become a family affair. And there’s no better way to pass on the tradition than finding the perfect fishing camp to accommodate the growing Clampit clan…and their appetite for catfish.

  • S01E05 Starter Homes

    • September 21, 2013
    • Destination America

    Josh recently graduated from Louisiana Tech university and got his first job. Since he loves fishing and duck hunting, Josh, with his best friend's help, is looking for a first starter home that offers prime property for outdoor entertainment.

  • S01E06 Boaters Beware

    • September 28, 2013
    • Destination America

    Matt and Laurie aren't your ordinary couple looking for a turnkey home. They love fixing places up. They look at three unusual homes on Louisiana oxbows. For this couple, anything goes as long as it is has room for their large number of boats.

  • S01E07 Hurricane Homes

    • October 5, 2013
    • Destination America

    Jeff and Amelia Harding cruise the Mississippi Gulf Coast in search of a new house. Amelia lost her home in Katrina, so theyre not looking for any old placetheyre scouring the coast for a house that can stand up to a hurricane.

  • S01E08 Beach vs. Bayou

    • October 12, 2013
    • Destination America

    CJ grew up on a shrimp boat in south Louisiana. Marty is from Los Angeles and spent a lot of time at the beach. They're looking for a weekend getaway on the water but can't agree whether it will be on the bayou or the beach.

  • S01E09 Airboat Action

    • October 19, 2013
    • Destination America

    They're big, loud, fast and can traverse anything. Airboats aren't just a novelty in Louisiana, they're essential—no one knows that better than the Fradella's. Join a full-throttle house-hunt, as this family searches for an airboat assessable home

  • S01E10 Bayou Millionaires

    • October 26, 2013
    • Destination America

    Larry and Amber Douglas started a business that has become a million-dollar southern operation. With their new wealth, they're looking to upgrade their lifestyle, but still want a place with a down home bayou feel.

  • S01E11 Cruisin' for a Bruisin'

    • November 2, 2013
    • Destination America

    Jill and Marvin look for the perfect floating home on Belle River that will get them back to their bayou roots.

  • S01E12 Cajun Bahamas

    • November 2, 2013
    • Destination America

    Mike and Kim are looking for a home away from home, a Cajun camp where they can throw down and have a good ol' time. And the best places you can only get to by boat. Join these two as they cross lakes and rivers to find a perfect bayou

  • S01E13 Bayou Baby

    • November 9, 2013
    • Destination America

    Chris and Jessica are going back to their roots and looking for a bayou home near Houma, Louisiana. But with a rambunctious baby, finding the perfect waterfront home can be a challenge.

  • S01E14 Gumbo Shacks

    • November 9, 2013
    • Destination America

    Chef Brent and his father Danny are looking for a camp where they can catch speckled trout, one of South Louisiana's delicacies, right in their backyard. They want a place where the fish can go from bayou to frying pan in no time flat.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Gator Country

    • January 27, 2014
    • Destination America

    T-Mike and Cayla want a new bayou home with enough room for their 300 pound pet pig. But a pig paradise could be a tall order in Bayou Country, which is teeming with deadly fire ants and ravenous alligators.

  • S02E02 Floating Fish Camps

    • January 27, 2014
    • Destination America

    Best friends, Drew and Nikki, are hopping aboard a boat and hitting the waterways looking for the ultimate fishing camp in South Louisiana. But with floods and dangerous animals, the search can be a challenge.

  • S02E03 All Terrain Livin

    • February 3, 2014
    • Destination America

    Josh and Tiffany Chambless grew up living the bayou lifestyle and spending any spare moment exploring the swamps on their ATVs. Now, they have a one-year-old daughter, Chloe, and they’re looking for a place that’s good for the baby and for four-wheeling.

  • S02E04 Million Dollar Manor

    • February 3, 2014
    • Destination America

    Floyd and Robin Foti are living the American Dream. They started out living in a trailer, selling crawfish out of a truck. But, with hard work, the business grew to become a massive food market. Now they’re looking for a million dollar home!

  • S02E05 Huntin' for a Bargain

    • February 10, 2014
    • Destination America

    James and Jennifer and their two kids raise Catahoula Cur hunting dogs in Northeast Lousiana, and business is booming! With 35 dogs, but only a half acre of land, if they want to keep expanding, they're going to need a bigger house with plenty of space

  • S02E06 Cajun Cabins

    • February 24, 2014
    • Destination America

    Pat and Joyce want their own slice of the southern frontier. They're looking for a hunting cabin that has the wilderness he wants, but the space she desires, and each property is packed with unexpected surprises.

  • S02E07 Waterfront Getaway

    • March 9, 2014
    • Destination America

    Ross and Sarah discover a remote house on an island and a property on the mainland.

  • S02E08 Mississippi High Rise

    • March 16, 2014
    • Destination America

    For Matthew and Lindsey, summers on Mississippi’s Lake Mary is a family tradition and now they’re looking for a camp of their own. Lake Mary houses can flood, so the couple is looking for a high rise home, lifted 20 feet off the ground!

  • S02E09 Redneck Riviera

    • March 23, 2014
    • Destination America

    Spear fisherman Clay and his girlfriend Jackie are looking for their first home together around Pensacola, Florida, an area where the bayou meets the beach, known as the Redneck Riviera.

  • S02E10 Beaches, Bayous, Backwoods

    • March 23, 2014
    • Destination America

    Jamie and his fiancée Brandi are looking for a home to start their life together near the Cajun Tropics of Gulf Shores, Alabama. But there’s one problem - Jamie wants a house on the bayou, but Brandi prefers the beach. Which one will they choose?

  • S02E11 Backwoods Paradise

    • March 23, 2014
    • Destination America

    Life in the bayou is all about family and passing down traditions. Blane is looking for a place where he can spend quality time with his teenage daughter, Kendall, doing what their family does best - hunting.

  • S02E12 Mud Loving Camps

    • March 30, 2014
    • Destination America

    Trey and Jacob are two best friends who want to buy a backwoods getaway home for themselves and their families. They discover properties where the fields have been flooded to attract wild birds and a plantation overrun with raccoons!

  • S02E13 Burbs to the Bayou

    • April 6, 2014
    • Destination America

    Marty and Shelly grew up in the backwoods of the Mississippi bayou. But recently they’ve been stuck in the suburbs. So now they’re looking for a new home that will get them back into wilderness, where they can teach their children the bayou way of life.

  • S02E14 Biloxi Jackpot

    • April 13, 2014
    • Destination America

    Childhood sweethearts, Rowdy and Stevi, want to move into a starter home on the bayou. They love the excitement of nightlife and gambling so they’re looking for a house close to Biloxi’s casinos.

  • S02E15 Cajun Inventor

    • April 20, 2014
    • Destination America

    High school sweethearts Donnie and Laurie have dreamed of having a weekend fishing camp on the bayou for as long as they can remember. Now, with the success of Donnie's new invention, that dream can become a reality

  • S02E16 City Girl and Bayou Boy

    • April 27, 2014
    • Destination America

    Newly engaged couple, Barrett and Haley, are looking for their first home on the bayou, but there’s one problem: he’s from the country and she’s from the city, so they’re sure to butt heads.

  • S02E17 Water Highways

    • May 4, 2014
    • Destination America

    David and Blair love getting out on the waters of the Louisiana Bayou, so they want a weekend waterfront getaway home. But these houses come with their own hassles - like taking a boat to your car on the mainland when you need to shop for groceries.

  • S02E18 Striking It Rich

    • May 11, 2014
    • Destination America

    Carter and his wife want a million dollar home on the waters of the Mississippi bayou.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Swamps, Moss and Fast Boats

    • April 13, 2015
    • Destination America

    Drag boat racing couple Ryan and Linda are looking for a home in the largest lake in Texas, Caddo Lake. Ryan's main focus in a home is making sure he has a place to race and store his boats, but Linda is concerned about having enough space for everyone.

  • S03E02 $100,000 Waterfront Bargains

    • April 13, 2015
    • Destination America

    Captain Henry and his wife, Danielle, are looking for a waterfront home for less than $100,000. To find a bargain on the water they will travel between two states, Louisiana and Mississippi.

  • S03E03 Bayou Ski Town

    • April 20, 2015
    • Destination America

    Woodville, Mississippi is a bayou ski town--waterskiing that is. Bayou newlyweds Dustin and Stephanie are looking find their own piece of waterfront heaven where they can run out the door, hop on their boat, and ski!

  • S03E04 Swamp and the City

    • April 20, 2015
    • Destination America

    Jazz musician, Jesse, and his Alaskan wife, Emilie, met and got married in less than 24 hours. Now, they are looking for a waterfront home in New Orleans where they can stay close to Bourbon Street and within their tight budget.

  • S03E05 Tiki Hut Millionaires

    • April 27, 2015
    • Destination America

    Tiki King, Leo, and his fiancée, Stephanie, are looking for a waterfront castle on Perdido Bay. They've worked hard to earn their fortune, and are looking along the shores of Florida and Alabama to find the million-dollar home of their dreams.

  • S03E06 Cajun Pickle King

    • May 4, 2015
    • Destination America

    In the bayou, everything is pickled--from eggs to pigs' feet. Matt's family has been pickling for more than 80 years. Business is booming so he wants the bayou home of his dreams. His wife, Brooke, is a city girl, so finding a compromise will be hard.

  • S03E07 Cajun Chic Mansions

    • May 11, 2015
    • Destination America

    Tyra loved going hunting with her husband, Kent, but hated wearing men's gear. She created her own line of clothes for women of the bayou, and business is booming. Now they're looking to own million-dollar home with the bayou right in the backyard

  • S03E08 Bayou Tropics

    • May 18, 2015
    • Destination America

    In Pensacola, Florida, life's all about being on your boat. After years of moving around with the US Air Force there's nowhere else Ron and his wife want to live. They'll see homes in different boating communities to find their piece of bayou paradise.

  • S03E09 Bourbon Street to Bayous

    • June 1, 2015
    • Destination America

    The city of New Orleans is made up of 72 different neighborhoods, each with its own distinct bayou charm. Barbeque restaurant owner Gene and his fiancée Elizabeth are looking for a Big Easy home, but deciding which area to live in is a challenge.

  • S03E10 Bayou Dock Party

    • June 8, 2015
    • Destination America

    Growing up on the bayous of Mississippi, Tommy and Mari are all about dock parties. Now they want a place of their own to hold their get togethers, one with an outdoor kitchen, since Tommy is a chef, and a huge dock, since Mari's family travel by boat.

  • S03E11 Crabman and Clan

    • June 15, 2015
    • Destination America

    Houma, Louisiana is a hot spot for crabbing. That's why commercial crabber Jordan and his wife Kayla want to move there. Currently, Jordan travels four hours to work. They're looking for a waterfront home with a convenient commute and creature comforts.

  • S03E12 Swampy Swimming Holes

    • June 22, 2015
    • Destination America

    Jeff and Gabby are looking for a house on a bayou swimming hole for them and their two kids. In Gulfport, Mississippi, that means a home on a calm bayou with little boat traffic. But these waters are also rife with bayou wildlife--including gators.

  • S03E13 Gator Islands

    • June 29, 2015
    • Destination America

    Alligator Point, Florida is so swampy and wild, it's known as the Forgotten Coast. This area feels like the bayou, which is why water taxi driver Richard and Julia want a waterfront home here. But there's a unique danger in this area--bayou bears.

  • S03E14 Floating for a Bargain

    • July 6, 2015
    • Destination America

    Mac and Kelsey are looking for a home for them and their 5-month-old daughter in tubing paradise, the Bogue Chitto River. They will search two states, Mississippi and Louisiana, for a home that will give them access to a favorite bayou activity--tubing.