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Katrina; "yep, the storm, it hasn't kelp us down folk's,
we're better than ever, building new stuff, such as
a "NEW RV PARK", NOW YOU CAN RENT RV
PARKING SPACE'S, MOTEL UNITS, NIGHTLY, WEEKLY, AND
MONTHLY, BOTH IN THE MOTEL AND IN THE RV PARK.
"CLICK-HERE", or on
the labeled aerial photograph below to see a larger
"labeled view", of the way things look now, lots of
"new", and better changes.
 There's a "NEW OPEN AIR PAVILION", with
picnic tables, a live bait shop, and Ricky didn't
stop there either, he's built another three bedroom,
two bath unit on the bay side. "See the aerial
to the left for a look at the "RV Parking Spaces and the
new site layout", as you can see, on the
weekend
this aerial was taken, there was not a spot
left to park anything at all, so call early
for an RV parking spot, we had many disappointed
customer's last year, because we had to turn so many
on them away, Ricky hates that, but there was just
no more room. The aerial was shot before the
"NEW PAVILION" and the "NEW", three bedroom unit was
built, so we've labeled where things are.
"Click Here for
the before and after Katrina Storm story"
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Katrina
being over and all, Ricky turned the space where
building's were destroyed by Katrina into RV Parking
Spaces, quite a novel idea down you think? Now he's
serving the public with a greater expansion of
services and there's a a lot of people having a ball
with an RV Park that has showers, a Laundromat,
lighted fishing pier, tackle shop, live bait, and
other amenities at a reasonable price. Now you can
come down, park your RV, stay a night, a week or
weeks, or as many months as you want to stay.
"Call (985)787-3532 for RV reservations and
price's". "Click Here" for Room Rates
on the motel rooms. |
 "RIG
HOPPING WITH DANNY". |
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the picture below for a larger view
of Danny
fighting this fish. |
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Danny reached into the
live well, grabbed a squirming live mullet
about 8 inches long, ran a 5/0 hook through
his eyeballs, dropped him over the side of
the boat and I watched the 8 ounce sinker of
his triple wire rig drag the bait through
the clear water until it was out of sight. I
thought to myself, I need to get fishing. I
reached into the live well, grabbed another
live mullet, ran my hook through his
eyeballs, and just as I was putting the bait
overboard I heard Danny grunt. I turned to
see his rod bent double in a strained curve,
then his reel drag began screaming as
whatever he had hooked headed south and was
putting the pressure on. I grabbed up my
camera to get some pictures of Danny
fighting this fish, hoping for a big old Red
Snapper, Grouper or Cobia, "Called Lemon
Fish locally".
"Click-here" for the rest of the story.
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"Where
My Camera" |
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halfway photographer that I am I
sallied forth one evening with
camera in hand to visit with the
customers at the motel and RV
park. What I found was that the
motel and RV customers alike
enjoyed each others company. I
spent several hours taking
picture of customers cooking,
showing off their fish, and in
general having a great time.
"Click Here" for the Gallery
of pictures that I took that
day. |
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"TURNED-ON
TROUT AT GRAND ISLE"
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 MY,
OH, MY; are the Speckled Trout
out and about at Grand Isle. If
you've never been to Grand Isle
when the Speckled Trout are
really turned-on then you've
missed out on some of the finest
trout fishing in the world.
Check-out this string of
Speckled Trout with some Redfish
thrown in, caught in June 2005. Holding this sting of
fish from left to right is
Danny, his friend Author and last but
not least Ricky Bourg himself.
These guys just never fail to
amaze me, at the super strings
of trout they catch. These are
what I call "Rock Pile Trout",
yep, they were caught around the
rock pile's found in the passes
and they also surround the
island in broken piles.
I was looking
back through the picture
archives taken at Grand Isle
from past years and also this
year, "2007", and I can't find a
bad trout year, every year at
this time, March, 2005. the
Speckled Trout really get
turned-on, the string of trout
above was caught June, 2005, and
the trout will still be around
until late fall. and I'll tell you
something else," THE HUGE
BULL REDFISH" just never
leave anymore.
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read more. |
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Ricky being the observant gentleman that he is, noticed that folks have a lot of fishy smelling clothes after a few days in Grand Isle. He has provided a Coin Operated Laundromat for the visitors use. Now for a few quarters you can wash up everything before you go home.
Women find this especially useful
when they have kids along.