Da MarshManiac got skunked and outfished by FishBoy!
Loaded the ole boat with all the usual gear and Da FishBoy, my fishing buddy of about 18 years so far for a Saturday trip down Dularge. With him in college now we haven't had many chances to make a father-and-son trip for a while so while we had the opportunity and 'envie we launched.
Tailing us was MacAttack and his lovely wife, Ms Debbie.
I was planning to make the trip to the Decade area but the
This past Saturday, I loaded the boat with the lil wifee, Miss Debi, my ten year old daughter, The Awesome Possum and big ole sack full of snacks and headed out of Isle de Jean Charles for an afternoon of fishin'.
My original plan was to head out of Jug's in Dularge but with the water so low and a late tidal switch, I decided it best to head to where we could fish bigger water.
The report from the marina was that the only specks being caught were still small....about
For the past few months, my youngest, the Possum and niece, Miss Gabi have been hankerin' to get on the Frogginaye! and scare up some fish....well, today was the day, sorta.
With the threat of afternoon storms and an early falling tide, I knew we'd need to get out as early as you can get two tweens up and at-em. The plan was good, the plan was sound.
Early in the morning, the two lil gals, Miss Debi and I launched at the famed
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ST. BERNARD, La. -- Rescue crews are combing the waters off Shell Beach for a missing 11-year-old girl after two boats collided, according to Coast Guard officials.
At 5:40 p.m., the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office contacted the Coast Guard about a missing 11-year-old girl in the water near Shell Beach just south of Chalmette,
This one was called MarshManiac vs FishBoy 2011 but it wound up being the Brokedown Challenge.
We were all set to fish two days, one in his boat, one in mine...
His choice of area to fish was the famed Tambour Marsh, mine was Dularge
Saturday we took off early, loaded with enough rods to stretch across Louisiana, more lures than we could throw and a mess of live lorge (cocahoes for out-of