bluemoons

wall mounted fan suggestions

Posted by bluemoons on 7/24/24 at 10:17 am

I'm covering my back patio next to our pool. I've decided to mount two wall-mounted fans up on the ceiling over the bar area, as opposed to a ceiling fan. They don't look quite as nice but I feel like they work better. Do any of y'all have any outdoor wall-mounted fans that you'd recommend? I'm look...

re: Flying with fly rod / gear?

Posted by bluemoons on 7/17/24 at 9:50 am

[quote]Thank you sir. So it sounds like the flies themselves are not an issue being in a checked bag?[/quote] Yeah, no problem there. I just carry some on in the event my bags get lost so I can still fish. With some of the islands we fish, if the main carrier loses your bag, you won't see it for ...

re: Flying with fly rod / gear?

Posted by bluemoons on 7/16/24 at 3:37 pm

I've traveled out of the country to fly fish probably 18-20 times in the last 12 years. I always carry the bulk of my fishing gear on in a travel rod case (Fishpond and Simms both make one). That case includes fly reels, rods, a small fly box with enough flies to get me by if they lose my checked ba...

re: Is bowfishing hurting Louisiana’s redfish population? A salty debate endures.

Posted by bluemoons on 7/11/24 at 8:57 am

[quote]How is cutting a trail in the mud messing up the marsh?[/quote] I missed this and it was already kind of addressed, but tidal flow. There are cuts into Stump Lagoon that started as 2' wide ditches years ago that are now wide enough for two boats to pass each other. Every major tidal event ...

re: Is bowfishing hurting Louisiana’s redfish population? A salty debate endures.

Posted by bluemoons on 7/11/24 at 8:56 am

[quote] Because unless you fix the one, none of the others ultimately matter.[/quote] Man, you're certainly entitled to your opinion, but this makes absolutely zero sense. The problem is habitat degradation and marsh destruction. We should be concerned about all causes that contribute to habitat...

re: Is bowfishing hurting Louisiana’s redfish population? A salty debate endures.

Posted by bluemoons on 7/10/24 at 9:55 pm

[quote]I just think worrying about bowfishing tearing up the marsh is a fools errand when there is a much bigger issue. Like exponentially bigger issue. [/quote] Why should we not worry about all issues that cause harm to the marsh?...

re: Is bowfishing hurting Louisiana’s redfish population? A salty debate endures.

Posted by bluemoons on 7/10/24 at 4:41 pm

[quote]I guess my point is this: it doesn’t matter. If you don’t knock the levees down, it simply will not matter. There is nothing we will do remotely significant enough to matter.[/quote] This type of mentality is why Louisiana is so arse backwards in so many ways. ...

re: Is bowfishing hurting Louisiana’s redfish population? A salty debate endures.

Posted by bluemoons on 7/10/24 at 4:40 pm

[quote]And I think it’s because those that are making the argument don’t understand/have never been bowfishing.[/quote] You mention that you don't understand that marsh damage argument, but don't really provide a reason why the argument is incorrect other than to assume (incorrectly) that people ...

re: Is bowfishing hurting Louisiana’s redfish population? A salty debate endures.

Posted by bluemoons on 7/10/24 at 9:57 am

[quote]But, I cannot for the life of me think that airboats/surface drive flat boats bowfishing are doing any significant damage to the marsh in comparison to what is happening because we built levees. [/quote] This is whataboutism and totally irrelevant to the conversation at hand. It's the same...

re: Is bowfishing hurting Louisiana’s redfish population? A salty debate endures.

Posted by bluemoons on 7/10/24 at 9:54 am

The majority of bowfishermen fish with surface drives and many of those are running twins/triples. They drive repeated circles around shallow ponds, use the surface drives to make trenasses out of ditches to and from ponds, and destroy subaquatic vegetation. This significantly increases erosion and ...

re: Is bowfishing hurting Louisiana’s redfish population? A salty debate endures.

Posted by bluemoons on 7/10/24 at 9:28 am

[quote]Sure, Bowfishing hurts the redfish population, but not as much as rod and reel fishing does.[/quote] It’s not so much about hurting the redfish population as it is about destroying the marsh. The argument that bowfishing doesn’t hurt the redfish population as much as pogie boats is a total...

re: Best Hose and Reel

Posted by bluemoons on 6/28/24 at 9:00 pm

I have 3 Eley hose reels and 4 of their hoses. I use hoses a lot and I justified buying them when we built our house. I’ve also had Flexzilla hoses in the past. I liked them a lot and as an earlier poster mentioned, the swivel connections are nice. The plastic broke on one of mine though. I also had...

re: T-Rey's Boudin in Mandeville

Posted by bluemoons on 6/27/24 at 1:45 pm

[quote]Looks like it’s in with Bateau’s Seafood. Cracklings are to die for. Didn’t know it was a separate biz.[/quote] If that's the case it's probably good. Bateau's is legit. ...

Food and Drink

re: Retriever only a pass away from Master title

Posted by bluemoons on 6/26/24 at 3:53 pm

[quote]90% of hunters will never get to see a dog the level of a MH[/quote] Agreed, but I'd even take it a step further. Most dogs at the Seasoned/SH level will outclass the vast majority of hunting retrievers. That being said, the best dog is the dog that hunts the most. I'm a firm believer ...

re: Retriever only a pass away from Master title

Posted by bluemoons on 6/26/24 at 3:44 pm

[quote]So with all that said when I take my dogs hunting they typically do stuff that most self trained dogs can't do because they have had the benefit of working their asses off daily on varying lands and situations[/quote] Meh, you're making a lot of assumptions here. I think you may just be re...

re: Soft Start Pack for AC units

Posted by bluemoons on 6/25/24 at 2:55 pm

I have single stage units and they're located on my master wing side of my house (didn't have another option). They've reduced the startup noise such that the units can't be heard at all from inside the house unless you're in the master bathroom leaning against the window that's right above them. ...

re: What happened to lawyer suing NFL over Saints No Call to Rams ? Wanted Goodell on Trial

Posted by bluemoons on 6/20/24 at 9:05 am

[quote]Tony LeMon?[/quote] He took it all the way to the Supreme Court and lost. He had no chance from the beginning. ...

Saints Talk

re: How Do I make This Edge Look Better

Posted by bluemoons on 6/20/24 at 8:38 am

If it were me, I'd call the tile guy (or another) and get them to come pop those corner tiles off and replace them with mitered/45 degree cut tiles. That would look better than anything else you could do and is what should've been done originally. Looks significantly better than Schluter trim. L...

re: 2024 Spring Garden Thread

Posted by bluemoons on 6/19/24 at 9:41 am

They’re my favorite pepper. I grow 2-3 plants every year. They respond really well to topping when they’re seedlings. I’ve never tasted a pepper that was as sweet as Jimmy Nardellos are. ...