Two Captains, One Family
After starting the season with more tags than anyone, Troy's ahead of the game, and on pace to tag out by season's end. But as Troy's crew approaches today's hot spot, things don't look promising. The landscape has changed drastically and water lilies are now clogging the entire area. Across the bayou, Joe's hunting with his new helper, and so far, the team is working well. Timmy is a pistol marksman, and his work ethic is steadily impressing Joe. Only a few miles away, Tommy is again captaining his own boat, trying to fill Joe's tags and prove he's an elite hunter. Today Tommy is intent to get down to business. But soon, engine troubles threaten to derail the day and Tommy's tenure as captain could be in jeopardy. Deep in the swamp, Glenn and Mitchell have a little time on their hands. For these brothers, that means one thing--they're ready to hunt. They're intent to cook up their Dad's Famous Squirrel and Dumplings, so they'll need to bag a mess for their pot.
This is a great blog, really well written. Like most of the people on the show, I'm also a Cajun. I live near where it's filmed, and although I don't hunt alligators, I've done lots of other hunting and fishing in the same swamp Troy and his crew hunts. That being said, I want to point out something. You mentioned Troy and his crew in their area, then Joe and Timmy in their area, with Tommy nearby, as "Across the bayou". A bayou is a small river, basically the same thing as a creek. Troy's and Joe's areas are about 70 miles apart. The show's narrator uses the terms "the swamp" and "the bayou" as if they're the same thing, and they're not. Likewise, although the distinction is explained at some point on the show, sometimes he refers to the marsh as "the swamp" or "the bayou". It leads the viewer who's unfamiliar with the area to think the bayou, the swamp, and the marsh are all the same. A swamp is a wetland forest. Marsh is open wetland, mostly of grass or low bush, with few tall trees. Bayous are the small rivers that run through these areas, and through some of our cities as well. Our swamps are mostly inland, and the marshes are mainly coastal areas. Anyway, there's other things that are misleading, but that's for another post. Despite these flaws, I'm still a big fan of the show. Please excuse my long-winded post, I just wanted to clarify those things from a local perspective.
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