The local shrimpers in Terrebonne Parish are notorious for handling their own problems and don't like interference from the cops. However, when Sgt. Dudley "DJ" Authement gets a call about a disturbance on a shrimping vessel, he has to call in the SWAT team when he realizes the captain has taken a deckhand hostage and is trying to escape through the bayou's waterways. Also, Deputy Melissa "Catfish" Quintal tries to get to the bottom of a fight between two shrimpers, but both are tight-lipped and won't confess to the scuffle that left one of the fishermen with a nearly severed finger. And Deputy Tom Arnold investigates a disturbance in the deep woods, ultimately confronting two teenage boys who are placing bait and setting traps to bag the ultimate prize.