Thread: 1940 Rodeo
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05-16-2013, 10:59 PM #1Senior Member
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1940 Rodeo
My great uncle, Gus Gauthier, and his brother Peewee ran 3 or 4 charter boats out of Cameron, LA from the 30's, to early 60's. My brother sent me this pic.
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05-16-2013, 11:10 PM #2We are there! Let's go fishing!!
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Those are NOT ladyfish(RETIRED) mostly.
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Was hoping you'd tell me what they are. Tarpon?
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Obviously catch and release wasn't much in vogue back in those days.
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Looks like tarpon to me . Ive seen some old dauphin island pictures similar . I think back in the 50's tarpon was the money fish ,where kings are today in most fishing rodeo's.
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05-17-2013, 08:46 AM #6Senior Member
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What did they do with them? Fertilize the garden?
Carl
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Disclaimer: This post and/or report is not a substantiation of or reflection on the true accuracy of the present stock assessment methods. It is only an anecdotal report on or comment concerning local observations. Your results may vary.
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Thinking about it, I wonder if that's not the total haul for the whole rodeo and each participant took their turn getting their picture taken. Hard to imagine 2 guys catching that many tarpon in one or two days. But could be - definitely more fish back in the day than now.
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