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Tell me about life on the bayou
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:04 am
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:04 am
I just fell into a blackhole of youtube/fb videos of men that live directly over the waterways of the bayou down y'all's way... some do cooking videos, some do fishing and wildlife stuff, and conservation (like complaining about the spraying they're doing to the tree overhang). I think the bayou life has always not really appealed to me because.... honestly, the inescapable mosquito swarms that must live down there. Still, there's something to literally requiring a boat to get around, and the quietness of the area that is mystical. I need to get down and experience it first hand one day.
But tell me... dispel the wonders of it and tell me how bad it is.... or fan the flames of the magic for me. I wanna hear it all.
But tell me... dispel the wonders of it and tell me how bad it is.... or fan the flames of the magic for me. I wanna hear it all.
This post was edited on 6/24/26 at 9:09 am
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Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:15 am to m2pro
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inescapable mosquito swarms that must live down there.
They are everywhere in Louisiana... not just the Bayou...
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:19 am to m2pro
a very small number of people actually live "on the bayou" as described. what you see is people going to their camps
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:22 am to m2pro
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...honestly, the inescapable mosquito swarms that must live down there.
Have you ever been to Sicily?
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:23 am to Randall Savauge
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a very small number of people actually live "on the bayou" as described. what you see is people going to their camps
Yeah. I knew there are few that would intentionally isolate like that, and sustain. Still, there have to be some that do it.
As to the mosquitos, I mean... I live in Alabama. We have stagnant air and miserable swarms, too. I just figure it's a bit more supernatural down your way.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:36 am to m2pro
I’d rather live in the hills of bama or Mississippi than the swamps of La where I currently live but not actually on the water.
My camp in ms gives me as much seclusion as camps on the water down here.
I understand the south has mosquitos but I’m not so sure you understand the magnitude of mosquitos we have in the swamp at dusk all year round. To the point you can’t be outside they are so bad.
My camp in ms gives me as much seclusion as camps on the water down here.
I understand the south has mosquitos but I’m not so sure you understand the magnitude of mosquitos we have in the swamp at dusk all year round. To the point you can’t be outside they are so bad.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:39 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:Sicily Island?
Have you ever been to Sicily?
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:51 am to klrstix
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They are everywhere in Louisiana... not just the Bayou...
Posted on 6/24/26 at 9:58 am to WillFerrellisking
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I’d rather live in the hills of bama
100%
This is my dream. I am already starting a little hobbit hole, of sorts, in the side of a 400 foot hill. directly in the middle on the way up. we actually get 4 seasons up our way.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:05 am to Epaminondas
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Sicily Island?
Yes, Sicily is an island but is no where near Catahoula Parish.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:16 am to m2pro
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I knew there are few that would intentionally isolate like that, and sustain. Still, there have to be some that do it.
Many people once lived inside the Atchafalaya Basin, but the flooding back in 1927 chased many people out to live in Red Cross camps. Those people never went back.
There's a very good book and PBS documentary on a couple who lived in the Basin in the 1970's called "Atchafalaya Houseboat"
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Atchafalaya Houseboat: My Years in the Louisiana Swamp is a memoir by Gwen Roland about her and her partner Calvin Voisin's eight years (early 1970s) living a self-sufficient life on a homemade houseboat in the Atchafalaya River Basin swamp, detailing their off-grid existence, connection to nature, and personal growth, supported by photographs from C.C. Lockwood. The book chronicles their daily life of fishing, growing food, and trading, and explores themes of simple living, sustainability, and the unique culture of the swamp.
https://www.pbs.org/video/atchafalaya-houseboat-1ectwm/
If you want the experience, there's a place in Henderson that rents houseboats for around $150 a night.
https://www.cypresscovelanding.com/copy-of-marina
Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:27 am to Shexter
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Shexter
You're the man. Thanks. 100% will read/watch.
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Posted on 6/24/26 at 10:50 am to m2pro
I live on the water near Bayou Sauvage/Chef Pass. There are no-see-ums everyday around dawn and dusk for a couple hours. There are deer-flies if you go near any tree. Jogging in the neighborhood at dawn or dusk is rough. When I first moved out there I fished 3-4 times a week and loved it. Now I just take an occasional paddle to catch a bass for dinner or head out with a neighbor to drink a beer and catch a redfish or three.
With working on the road, maintaining my timberland/deer camp, and having grands in other towns, I don't fish that often anymore. Great neighbors ends up being the best part of living on the water.
With working on the road, maintaining my timberland/deer camp, and having grands in other towns, I don't fish that often anymore. Great neighbors ends up being the best part of living on the water.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 11:34 am to dat yat
brother had a place on Ft McComb on the water. He passed in 2020. hated to sell it...
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:01 pm to m2pro
I was raised on Bayou des Glaises in Bordelonville, LA in the late 70's and early 80's. Grew up frogging, running trot lines, catching alligators (legally ;). Didn't wear shoes till around 13 years old. All the black people still lived in a small community separate from the white population. No being racist. That's just how it was. Great place to grow up. Still is. I'm within 5 mins of numerous bayous and swamp. Mosquito's are horrible at times hot and humid. I think it's the freest a person can be in the middle of the swamp/bayou. Except for the west out on the plains of course or the mountains.
I love being from a French heritage and being a coonass! We are few. Very few. You have hicks, rednecks and country folk from all over the world. But only one small place on the globe has coonasses.
I love being from a French heritage and being a coonass! We are few. Very few. You have hicks, rednecks and country folk from all over the world. But only one small place on the globe has coonasses.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 12:25 pm to m2pro
I live part time on a main brackish water bayou below Houma, La. The other time is spent in the rolling hills of SW MS. My bayou home is very comfortable and with a nice dock, boathouse with screened kitchen and hang out area, tv, etc that I built in 2023. The mosquitos are no big deal if you know their tendencies, which is they come out at dusk when there isn’t much wind. If it’s windy, no mosquitos. Gnats can be a problem in the late winter, early spring and sometimes late fall if there isn’t any wind, but they’re easy to deal with when fishing etc. using vanilla or one of the mostly organic sprays.
Screen porches are the ticket, use what they call no-seeum screen. Last week my wife and I caught a mess of speckled trout on Thursday, and Friday went and caught about 5-6 meals of shrimp with cast net, and meanwhile we’re catching a mess of crabs off the dock in traps with the speck heads.
From November to March, with high pressure sodium lights, we catch specks and reds off dock at night. Much of that is deer season in MS, so I usually let the weather decide where I will be. South wind and incoming tide, I’m on bayou, otherwise in MS hunting.
The bayou is cool as shite; like anything else you just need to know how to work it.
Screen porches are the ticket, use what they call no-seeum screen. Last week my wife and I caught a mess of speckled trout on Thursday, and Friday went and caught about 5-6 meals of shrimp with cast net, and meanwhile we’re catching a mess of crabs off the dock in traps with the speck heads.
From November to March, with high pressure sodium lights, we catch specks and reds off dock at night. Much of that is deer season in MS, so I usually let the weather decide where I will be. South wind and incoming tide, I’m on bayou, otherwise in MS hunting.
The bayou is cool as shite; like anything else you just need to know how to work it.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 1:25 pm to Shexter
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There's a very good book and PBS documentary on a couple who lived in the Basin in the 1970's called "Atchafalaya Houseboat"
Beat me to it....
That is a great account of Gwen Rowland's experiences living with Calvin on their houseboat and the friends they made while doing so.
It didn't hurt that she was a good looking woman in her youth who aged nicely when that video was made and her recalling that lifestyle.
Posted on 6/24/26 at 3:47 pm to klrstix
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inescapable mosquito swarms that must live down there.
They are everywhere in Louisiana... not just the Bayou...
And to me, the worst are the "No See Ums". They are so small you can hardly see them but bite like hell, can make their way down to a scalp even if sporting a head full of hair and itch like crazy from the bites.
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