A Miner Setback

A late spring is trouble for men who make their living on America’s rivers.

Kip and Ward wrestle a giant snapping turtle, and Ricky tracks feral hogs.

Ricky loses a vital piece of equipment, and Kip gets stuck in the delta.

PJ and Doug are surrounded by grizzlies, and Kip's airboat breaks down.

PJ hunts for moose, and Ricky tries to float a tractor across the river.

In South Carolina, Ricky and Chris are after a feral hog that has left a trail of destruction behind it. In Alaska, PJ races against the approaching winter to make a final salmon catch. And Kip and Big Ward must hunt for swamp alligators on foot.

Eel season is off to a lousy start due to cold weather, but tensions heat up between fishermen as they compete in close quarters for the scarce but pricey catch. With slow cash flow, the men are nervous about making ends meet for their families.

The spring eel season has arrived, but coastal Maine is still plagued by winter weather. The fishermen face challenges as frigid waters fill their familiar fishing holes, but the Maineiacs cash in to take an early lead.

The rivalry between fishermen intensifies as Grinder Lester resorts to voodoo to curse the Eelinators and help his team haul in nearly $16,000. The Maineiacs get Lee obsessed with video blogging. Rumors of robberies lead the fishermen to pack heat.

Foul weather is no friend to fishermen as a cold snap hits coastal Maine. The Grinders try to copy the Eelinators' special nets that catch eels in deep water, but struggle with their knockoff. The Maineiacs convince Lee he has an eel disease.

Halfway through the fishing season, the Eelinators go on the hunt for eels far from home and hit the jackpot. Stubborn Lester uses a didgeridoo to summon elvers into the Grinders’ river. The Maineiacs get distracted by Lee’s new pet baby squirrel.

Rumors of huge hauls lure the teams to Bangor, where they battle for turf on a big river packed with fishermen. The Grinders and Maineiacs split on strategy and come up short, while the Eelinators score big, with Dana hauling $20,000 in one night.

Beaten down by Bangor and back on home turf, the teams contend with the highest tide of spring, and scramble to catch with time running out. The Grinders reunite with the Royal River and rival Dana, while the Maineiacs chase eels off the beaten path.

As the clock ticks down on eel season, the Maineiacs make risky choices while the Eelinators find new ways to bring in money, and the Grinders put CJ thru a final test. Only time will tell which team can call themselves the elver champions.

Wildlife conservationist John 'Griff' Griffith heads to Animal Tracks animal sanctuary. Griff's tasks for the day are to bathe a pair of monkeys, lift the spirits of a kookaburra, and give a manicure to porcupines.

Wild activist John 'Griff' Griffith heads out to WildCare. First it's meal prep for a hungry squirrel and gull before their triumphant return to the wild. Then they tend to a sick opossum that ingested rat poison.