re: What are some memories from your young vacations to Grand Isle and other Louisiana areas?

Tent camping in the state park. I remember the tent always being full of sand. The thought of it drives me crazy now but I didnt care as a kid.

My grandpa took me surf fishing and the water was up to my armpits. I destroyed my Zebco reel bc I let it get wet, even though he told me not to. I did catch a spec that day.

I remember there were only three baits we ever used; chartreuse sparkle beetle, clear sparkle beetle, white sparkle beetle. That was it. No electric lemon with a special jig head that had realistic google eyes. No Gulp or Vudu. Mostly only chartreuse sparkle beetle.

We used to gig for flounders with Coleman lanterns but I think they were letting us do it for fun. We had no chance of finding one in the surf.

One time we stumbled across some kind of dead creature that washed up on the beach. I dont know what it really was but I had it in my mind that it was some type of mermaid. Probably a big jelly fish.

I had so much fun there as a kid that I make it a point to take my daughter crabbing several times a year. She loves it there and has no desire to go to a "real beach".