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...cabin of the shrimp boat, bound for the Gulf of Mexico, are these: one Sunbeam Master Chef charcoal grill, three spatulas hanging from eye hooks, a slicker, half a dozen greasy life jackets, a pan full of plastic dishes, a box of Zatarain's crab boil (since 1889), a bottle of Hunt's All Natural barbecue sauce, a bottle of Seven Seas Viva Italian dressing, a bottle of Formula 409 all-purpose cleaner, a can of Bush's Best whole-kernel golden corn, a can of Shurfine early harvest sweet peas, a can of La Choy meatless chow mein...
...dangerous. You've got somebody 1 ft. away, and you go down, you take three boats on the rocks with you probably." Racca said that it "isn't the Cameron shrimpers against the lake shrimpers. It's people against people. They're all scared they'll let one shrimp...
Through the summer the Louisiana law forbids shrimping in "inside" waters. This is to protect the breeding grounds in the marshes and lakes, to assure there will be something to harvest each year when open season comes round. The shrimpers in these parts run out into the gulf at night, turn their bows inshore just at the designated line that divides "outside" and "inside" water, drop their nets and wait for the outgoing tide to bring the shrimp into their pockets. Here the line is just outside the entrance to the Calcasieu Ship Channel. It is called...
...hours to make new ones. I lost five prime nights during a full moon," he says. It is dark now, the water as black as used motor oil, and the lights on the rocking boats describe a skyline suffering slippage. No one is taking in much shrimp this night, least of all Eddie, whose nets snare more flounder and speckled trout than anything...