WizardSleeve

Fun idea. Unfortunately it’s going to be a blowout and too stormy for most boats this weekend.

quote:

---

For Nick Shirley to be able to get away with as much as he did, and for those people to be willing to talk to him publicly, means that the security there has slipped precipitously. That has to bode well for the end times there.

---

This was my impression watching the video. The fact that anyone talked to them at all while they were using phones to record says a lot. The police there, secret or not, knew what they were doing but let it happen.

quote:

---

I swear no matter who runs against Landry, that's who I'm voting for.

---

Exactly how I feel after closely watching and participating in the menhaden stuff this past year. Slimy, bought politician. Only working for his best interest, not for the people.

Hopefully these 3 bills pass the committee. Sen Hensgens from Abbeville is chairman and looks like they didnt even bring up the bill limiting catch (TAC) from Sen Fesi for debate or vote. I think that means these 3 non-controversial bills have a good shot. In the house they had no opposition from legislators or the menhaden industry themselves. Most important is the Orgeron bill removing the veil of confidentiality on harvest data. LDWF requires the captains to have a log of where they make net sets lat/long and an estimate of what they catch (lbs or millions of fish). This is incredibly important info for the public to digest. Also if the menhaden industry wants to claim they are doing no harm, they should have no problem allowing this info to be public.

If we do get to see this information, we will see the truth about localized depletion and how it occurs.

You never know how most drafted players will turn out. Always risk they wont meet expectations, even with 1st rounders (Look at Tyree Wilson at the Raiders).

Solid A draft for me. Even the late round DBs their college highlights look very good. The late round WRs are speed demons, this team got a lot faster with them and the TE. Huge upside draft IMO. Some risk, but they drafted to win, not to be average, and I like that.

It’s definitely an A. They picked great players in their respective positions, all to fill positions of need. You cant do more than that. Every draft pick is a gamble. No one knows what they will do once in the pros. I’ll point out all of the KC fans mad when they drafted Mahommes. All the Buffalo fans mad when they drafted Josh Allen. No one in NOLA knew anything about Kamara when we picked him up I think as a relatively unknown 3rd rounder. All we can expect the front office to do is to pick what appears to be strong players in positions of need and hope for the best.

quote:

---

What is AES? Ascension Episcopal?

---

Correct. In Youngsville, off Chemin Metairie.

It’s still officially in the rumor stage and not confirmed by any official source publicly yet. I’ve spoken to a a couple of credible people who lease land near Pecan Island that say they’ve been told that SpaceX is in the process of purchasing 30,000 acres near the Freshwater City locks to build a new spaceport to launch and retrieve rockets. Apparently the location is the right mix of remoteness with ability to use barges for moving the rockets plus nearby access to rocket fuel ingredients. This would explain the aerospace industry incentive bills that are in the LA legislature right now.

A LDWF employee told me that the governor visited the site the week of Easter.

Would be great for the area’s economy but obviously impact the wetlands and how they are currently used (mostly for recreational use with limited commercial seafood harvest).

Anyone else have any info about this?

The 22' buffer bill just failed 45 to 48. Our state is such a shite hole.

Over here in Acadiana we use popping corks with a jig head tipped with shrimp or just put a whole shrimp instead of the plastic. It’s easy and fun for everyone. Casting up against grass shorelines and rousseau cane. Outgoing tides we fish drains. Short leader so it isnt sitting on the bottom.

I like to cut up frozen shrimp into chunks, 3 or 4 chunks per shrimp if they are decent size. I make a small amount of shrimp last many trips. I put them in a plastic jar (peanut butter size) after they are cut up. I find fishing with only shrimp sometimes the shrimp gets taken off the hook by trash or crabs and then you will be fishing on credit. Better to have a plastic lure on the jig and tip with shrimp, that way if the shrimp disappears, you still have something they will eat in the water. I also like using gulp scented stuff as the plastic part of this equation. Stinky = redfish like it.