在这部徒手捕鱼殊死战真人秀片中,在美國內陸，五組最頂尖的徒手捕魚團隊重回捕捉超大平頭鯰的行列。這是俄克拉荷馬徒手捕魚大賽十階段的第一週，今年的獎金更甚以往。每週頒發當週捕獲最重鯰魚獎金，兩千美元。十週之後，捕捉到整個魚季最重鯰魚的隊伍將獲得一萬美元的大獎。去年大賽的贏家，衛冕者史庫特畢芬知道他是眾人的靶心，加上今年有了新搭檔，衛冕之路多了許多變數。史庫特最大的對手是鯰魚王馬里昂金凱德，他決心搶奪今年的冠軍，誓言捕捉本季最重的鯰魚，要在第一天就讓一萬美元落袋。鯰魚老爹唐布魯爾也不顧危險，要捕捉到在俄克拉荷馬水域出沒，傳說中外號大白鯊的最大鯰魚，據說它一口可以把人頭吞沒。不斷回來挑戰的泰迪古德要擺脫「少年英雄」的稱號，贏得「大砲」的頭銜。此次比賽最大的威脅，來自新參賽者李麥法林，俄克拉荷馬境內每個捉鯰人都稱呼李為「傳奇」，這並非浪得虛名。誘人的獎金，加上眾家好手拚命一搏，勝負取決於策略、經驗跟膽量。
Series will follow five men who compete with each other in an effort to showcase the best mudcatters in Oklahoma. Deep in the heart of this historic state lives an adventurous group of people, who have chosen to hand-fish as their passion. These men have learned the ways of from their fathers and grandfathers, and who have every intention of passing the tradition down to their sons and daughters and grandchildren. The drive to be the best runs deep.
