Western Coastal Louisiana Is Still A Pristine Wilderness

With all the bad news we are getting from southeast Louisiana, I thought it time I show that we are still in good shape on the southwest coast.




When we arrived at Hebert's Landing on the east side of Big Lake, we were under the fringe of a tropical storm, and were immediately greeted by a flock of pelicans. The outer bands circulated above us and to the south we could see large well formed cumulus clouds that looked like kernals of popcorn on the horizon, against a cerulean blue sky over the Gulf of Mexico.



Several families complete with seniors and children were also launched and boarding boats to spend a day on the water, typical of a Louisiana family experience.




As we pulled out of the landing, the storm was behind us,



and my friend and fishing buddy Ed, needed a day on the water to play with his toys, and forget about the responsibilities of the office about 80 miles away.




Blue skies and sunshine were in front of us and the kids were looking out into the vastness of the lake.




Soon they were all smiles.






I took the kids out for a day on the water in western coastal Louisiana on Big Lake.




Of all the fish in coastal Louisiana, my favorite is redfish, and it wasn't long before I had the prize of first fish caught and in the end, the biggest of the day too.



We caught about 30 pounds of finger mullets in one cast at the weir, and were off to see if anything else was hungry.



It wasn't long before we were greeted by a second flock of pelicans,



and my friend Ed, began to score a weighty gain of bragging rights for his favorite fish the saltwater speckled trout.

Before it was all over we got to swim with the porpoises, were well tanned, and experienced something we have done generation after generation; taught the kids how to fish.

In light of the BP disaster unfolding a couple hunderd miles away, we must consider that these Louisiana experiences are precious and worth preserving for future generations.



Our culture is not rooted in or dependant upon the oil industry that is presently demonstating that it only cares about profits and it's corporate image, and not the people who invented offshore oil drilling technology or the environment that, we the Cajun people have always cherished, protected, and shared from generation to generation.