Buying the Bayou - Episode Guide

Duck, Lathan, and Flip are three best friends and gator hunters who want to find a home with gators in the backyard.

Bryan and Stephanie are self described work-a-holics who just want to have a weekend houseboat escape on the beautiful Pearl River. But there are a lot of surprises in store for them when you choose the river as your backyard!

David and Jackie love bayou life in Mississippi. With their children out of the house, they are looking to downsize and find a new home on the water, something they can add personal touches to - a true Cajun fixer upper.

Catfish Jack and his daughter, Amanda, love hand-grabbing catfish. Tired of hauling his boat to Lake D'Arbonne, he and Amanda are searching for a home that will accommodate their family and become a convenient catfish camp.

Josh has graduated from college, got his first job, now he's looking for his first home. He's an avid duck hunter and fisherman and hopes to find a house where he can do just that. He's bringing his life-long best friend, Hanna, for guidance.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Want to explore the bayous with all the comforts of home from your living room? Get a houseboat! Join Jill and Marvin as they comb Belle River for the perfect floating home, something that'll get them back in the swamps and back to their bayou roots.

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 party house.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

Ross and Sarah want a bayou home where they can walk out their front door and onto their fishing boat. They discover that a house on an island can make getting there tough and see a property on the mainland that wasn't built for normal-sized homeowners.

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!

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.

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?

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Carter and his wife Colleen have made millions from the bayou oil industry, so now they want a million dollar home on the waters of the Mississippi bayou.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.