Today at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans, Louisiana, I saw some amazing things without going very far from our display tent.
Want to see them?
I saw . . .
a frog spraying water out of its mouth,
and a fish spraying water out of its mouth,
and many other frogs doing the same,
a mallard drake swimming around,
a dinosaur lurking in the trees,
and a pirate blowing a didgeridoo. A didgeri – who?
A pirate? Yes, can you guess who?
Back soon,
BW
We wound our way up a curvy bayou, looking for fishy water, and around the second curve she spotted a fishy-looking current line running from the western bank across the middle of the bayou and around the curve. We drifted in, and not long after she slung her bright yellow popping cork, it disappeared below the surface.
“F I S H O N!” Patti yelled with as much enthusiasm as a die-hard football fan screaming “TOUCHDOWN!”, and I was as happy for her as she was about reeling in that yellow-mouthed speckled trout.
We continued to pull in fish every few minutes at that spot until boat traffic scattered the fish, making them too spotty to find. Trolling on up the bayou, we cast around a few points that looked like ideal spots for trout to be hanging out waiting for bait fish. However, none of those spots were as profitable as our first stop.
Once we traveled to the end of my GPS bread crumb line and farther than I had ever explored before, we tested the waters. Nothing. We looked for cuts in the marsh, where the bait-filled water flowed into the bayou, carrying the unsuspecting bait to the bigger fish that awaited. We fished a couple of those spots without much luck.
Pronounced a-too-fay, it doesn’t really matter how you say it, just as long as you cook some and try it out! Crawfish really aren’t fish at all, as you well know, but rather they are arthropods. Yep, you read that right. From the same family as spiders and probably the reason some folks refer…
I had the privilege of participating in the Grand Isle First Annual Ladies’ Fishing Rodeo this past Friday and Saturday. The proceeds of the rodeo went to benefit American Cancer Society, and the participation was truly amazing. The weigh-in was from 3-5 PM and it took the whole two hours to weigh all the…
Thanks, everyone for playing again, and wow, you are getting smarter and smarter about these aquatics, aren’t you? Kim, Trish, and Stephanie are correct. This is just a plain, yet very beautiful “water lily”. Therefore, I will put your names in a hat and let Miah draw the winner. Stand by for the winner ….
First, the winner of the Community Coffee Canister. This goes back to the two fishing posts from last week. There were 25 comments, not counting mine. And the winner is: Random Integer Generator Here are your random numbers: 3 Timestamp: 2009-07-06 00:23:58 UTC Going back to last week’s first fishing post, the third comment is…
Tululu Shuffle . . .
I know who but I won’t give it away! I hope you had a grand time!
It was a pretty day!
Wow, love the pirate; very cool! All the critters spraying water – that’s pretty neat too. Have a great weekend BW.
Thanks, Mamabug! You have a great one, too.
I would guess one of your sons. Nice looking pirate!
Ha!!! Gosh, do I seem old enough to be his mom! That is funny! No, he’s not my son. I just met him this day. He is a reader here . . . . I should go easy on you, though! Looking back at the photo, it is very hard to tell his age. All in good fun, Cammy!!!
LOL… NO… He is MY pyrate!!!
Hello Seika, and welcome to the bayou. So glad to know you’re keeping up! Hoping to meet you this coming weekend.
Clarification — Seika is not his MOTHER, but rather is significant other!
OOPS!
Sorry about that.
Don’t worry about me, I’m old enough to be his grandmother probably. But, he does cut a dashing figure in his pirate get-up.
Me, I like the dinosaur – probably because I are one!
I am so d%^@* jealous of you getting to travel around. I have got to figure out something to free myself up for a bit from my responsibilities here at home. We’ll see – I need my trip to the bayou!
And I need you to take your trip to the bayou!!!!!
Well, shiver me timbers! Might this be the Captain Swallow which follows your blog?
Yep, that he be, Matey!!! And he is the real deal, that’s fer sure! Next weekend, if I can work it all out on this end, I hope to meet his other half, Quarter Master Seika at the NOLA Pyrate Week Parade and celebration in Pirate’s Alley!
Is that a stop I need to add to my ever growing list of places to visit when we come to see you?
Where? Pirates’ Alley? Look it up. Very historical place!
I meant the zoo. But pirates alley sounds promising too.
Oh, the zoo is great!!! Must see the white alligators!