Resurection Row

[Choupiquer]

"so let's slip inside the mermaid's mind
until chance rewind's trance induced time
I could catch more at a circus laundremat
or bobbers here its desolation row"

Its something taken out of context that was written at a different time, at a different place, and by a different color. It had a special meaning to me when The Storm transformed my favorite meditation sanctuary into Desolation Row. What would happen now? Would it ever be the same?

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A mere 14 months before, It seemed impossible as depicted by the images above. But every sunrise gets us closer to normalcy, now I think I'll call it Resurection Row.

The floating dock in the background is the same one that was deposited on the highway by the storm. Oh, yeah, the fisher person on the boardwalk is none other than the Good Capn. Wetlander.
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Last time we fished, She got a dozen or so and I got the skunk.:angry: This time it would be different. Or not.:o

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We each caught a few more specks from the boardwalk and decided to take a ride up the bayou to a secret dead end canal. She did it to me again! Only this time with a slam.
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Check out this doormat!
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It was a great day on the water (even if I did get outfished by a Dogris;) )
Don't worry, blu, I made her quit before she caught them all. Theres still plenty left for us this weekend.:thumbs_up

[Red_Mucilin]

Now how am I getting a nap in between now and 2300 hours plus or minus.
Also getting ready for competitive icefishing events. I bring you an icerod for verticle jigging out the kayak. Nice flounder,wet fisherpersonage.

[Darth Wader]

Awesome post Choup! Beautiful pictures:thumbs_up

Red's gonna have a blast! Wish I could join you guys!:(

[Red_Mucilin]

Ok almost my final question. Pop for license on line or after we get there?
Not sure can I set a start date? oops 2 ?????/

[Osprey]

great post my friend!

I wish I was comin down to join you and Red. Oh well I'll make it happen sooner or later.

[outdoorgirl]

I don't know how I missed this post!!! Sorry ya'all!!!!
Wetlander....YOU GO GIRL!!!:bravo: MOD GIRLS are kickin ya'alls butts!!!:p
Impressive fishin for sure!!!!:thumbs_up

Choup....great post!!:thumbs_up Sometimes we don't remember as much as we should after the news media coverage stops that people are still affected! Glad to see things are starting to look up for our southern friends!!!

[Wetlander]

Thanks, ODG, how about a girlie High Five?! :55: Don't see an icon for that so this'll have to do!!

[Red_Mucilin]

This is a freaking wonderful place. I wish I was there 25 years ago though.
I'll volunteer to haul a load of MOD girls down there. Pitch a tent on the upper deck....

Need to outlaw the golf carts and jetski's real soon though....

[Red_Mucilin]

Oh yeah that lil canal is beautiful too. Back to bed.

[Wetlander]

Jet skis? Golf carts? Huh? Come on. Show us some pics of your fish!!!!!!!!

[Choupiquer]

Thanks for the kudos, guys!:thumbs_up Heres a few pics. Red's got a few more on his camera.
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Red insisted on a bucker over an ice chest. Said it'd make him feel right at home.:shade:
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We must have caught several hundred specks, but only a few reds. Food was fantastic. The only thing we were missing was Indian Sweet Potato Pie.;)

[Wetlander]

Sweet. Here's the pie.
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Where's your anchor?

[Red_Mucilin]

O hold up well sleepless for 24 hours. That right there is the only wool sweater in the greater basin I believe. I remember that as bigger though.

[Choupiquer]

Kids in the complex ride around in golf carts trying to get run over and the jet skis made a pre porpoise circle around the island for us Saturday morning.:thumbs_do

[Red_Mucilin]

Anchor schmanker. Choup said hold my beer and watch this. Or the something about hatching bugs or ... It's in the secret spot. Maybe it'll wash ashore from jetski wash.

PM me the secret pie recipe.

[T-DAWG]

:thumbs_up :thumbs_up

[Red_Mucilin]

My decoder ring gallery has some pix now. I am too beat to go thru that again here.

blu pix (http://chicagolandfishing.com/forums/album_personal.php?user_id=24)

[outdoorgirl]

Cool pix Red!!!:thumbs_up

[Wetlander]

Congrats on first red, RED!!! And my favorite pic is the classic of Choup with his big red. I still don't think it's bigger than mine above. That's it. Next time, I'm measuring!!!!!

[Darth Wader]

All about the size ain't it:wink:

Great pics guys:thumbs_up

[Choupiquer]

Yeah, but whose measuring. :p

[Red_Mucilin]

3.14....wait that's pi....where's that pie recipe? I be googling native american pumpkin pie now.

[Darth Wader]

When Red said he did a little catfishing down there...somehw I was thinking he meant something else..

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Sent me this one too..

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So at first I figured he just had the camera set to "movie"(as opposed to photo) on accident but then I realized...he came up with a whole new artistic way to capture the moment.:thumbs_up

To much for a photo but really not enough to call it a movie...so what do we name this new artistic expression?

Poovie? Mhoto? whatchoothink?

[Bassbuster]

Awesome fish guys, I was down there over Thanksgiving week but didn't have time to fish, I was on a cruise ship. Next time I will have to join you on some good fishing

[outdoorgirl]

Awesome fish guys, I was down there over Thanksgiving week but didn't have time to fish, I was on a cruise ship. Next time I will have to join you on some good fishing

Coulda set up a "trollin rig" for the ship!!! LOL (JK)


Darth,

I like Mhoto!!!!!! Love the cat fishin vid 2 Red!!! lol

[Wetlander]

Hey Red, is that the little camp kitty? :)

Hey Darth, I like "phoovie" - is that a choice? ;)

[Red_Mucilin]

Yep dats de cat.... Took it 2 days to let me pet it. There's a bunch of kitty there if you start cleaning trout though.

[Wetlander]

Hey, Choup, how's the boardwalk?

[Red_Mucilin]

Man if this weather stays warm I may spin down there instead of Iowa on the first weekend of Jan. Maybe HtD will be willing....

[Choupiquer]

A little warm for the board walk today. Went to Leeville instead with Choup-r and yak drifted some new oyster reefs. We ended up with 50 keepers and a wet ass.:o

[Red_Mucilin]

I want to see 25 trout on a stringer. Or the dolphin or shark lunching on them.

[Choupiquer]

How about x3. Thats Choup-minus-r on the left and LDT. We yakked these up yesterday in 3 feet of crystal clear water over an oyster reef. Less that 200 yds from La 1 just past Leeville, La. All were caught swimming a blue moon Dudley on a 1/8 oz jighead. The three or four bigger ones came on top water super spooks.

Hey Red, member those concrete pilings for the new elevated hwy?;)

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[Red_Mucilin]

I already surmised that, I may get some time back plus some time off so might be homeless on LA1 for a bit. Ever get the not so shifty Big Johnson shifty?

[Wetlander]

:16: Trading a dry butt for 25 trout ain't a bad deal!!!!!

[Choupiquer]

Big Johnson still isn't fixed.:(

[Red_Mucilin]

Dang!!! course trolling to loop ain't bad, eh? I hate this weather up here.
Any jobs at AB that pay enough to keep me in rattlebobs and dogfood???

[Wetlander]

guess I'm gonna have to go fix the Big J!!

Shoot, Red, all you need is a little lean-to and you could squat on the empty lot just past the Guide House!!! Water on 3 sides, yak at the doorstep, minnow trap in the slip, and you're good to go!

Hey, do Termite and I get a gold star for fishing in the rain today? On purpose? It's the last chance we'll have for a while, so we just had to go. Caught 5 keeper trout, but it was too wet to take photos. Ate em for supper!

[Red_Mucilin]

I'll bring the ice shanty that'll confuse the local yokales...

Get pix of that repair, not sure who but somebody would pay to see that..

[Choupiquer]

Just a blast from the past. Hey, Red, see the "Ace In The Hole" sitting on the road? It got moved up the bayou for Gustav. Thats why those gator trout were congregated there.:thumbs_up

[Red_Mucilin]

I am missing the red gnats. Won't be long now.
It is almost wet enough here to practise with the Revo Inshore and splash in yard.
2009 tour return.