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Setbacks and hard times seem to be a way of life for fisherman trolling the Mississippi deep in the Louisiana Bayou. Struggling to stay afloat in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was taxing enough, and then the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 -- the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history -- threatened the industry once again. But you can't keep a blue-collar Bayou boy down forever, especially when his livelihood depends on a solid haul of Gulf shrimp. "Ragin' Cajuns" hops aboard the boats of six fishermen during the three-month-long white shrimp season, including "Blimp" Cheramie, a 400-pounder with an equally big and bold personality, greenhorn Trae Cooper, and Waylon Buras, the so-called "Big Dog" with the top-of-the-line boat.

2012 · 44m

EPISODE 1

White Gold

Shrimpers from the town of Venice, La. struggle to preserve their way of life in the wake of the 2010 oil spill.
EPISODE 2

Shrimping, Storming, and Stabbing

The fleet has one of the worst opening days in history; a storm threatens to end the season just as it begins.
EPISODE 3

Loyalty Versus Livelihood

One captain heads to Alabama, leaving some who are tempted to follow in his wake; Blimp is convinced his boat is cursed.
EPISODE 4

Under Pressure

Kip challenges his mentor, Pops, to a shrimping duel; Blimp takes on the life-threatening job of changing his boat's propeller under hazardous conditions.
EPISODE 5

Engine Assault and Battery Acid

A captain risks blindness when he gets battery acid in his eyes; Acy campaigns to get a celebrity chef to cook with local shrimp.
EPISODE 6

Man Overboard

One of Blimp's deckhands is lost at sea; Dardar loses power in a treacherous bayou.

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Ragin' Cajuns

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Setbacks and hard times seem to be a way of life for fisherman trolling the Mississippi deep in the Louisiana Bayou. Struggling to stay afloat in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was taxing enough, and then the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 -- the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history -- threatened the industry once again. But you can't keep a blue-collar Bayou boy down forever, especially when his livelihood depends on a solid haul of Gulf shrimp. "Ragin' Cajuns" hops aboard the boats of six fishermen during the three-month-long white shrimp season, including "Blimp" Cheramie, a 400-pounder with an equally big and bold personality, greenhorn Trae Cooper, and Waylon Buras, the so-called "Big Dog" with the top-of-the-line boat.

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