And they call this work!

Man, I love the route I'm running at work! We load in Houston, TX and push our barges up to Decatur, AL, then hit Wilson, Wheeler, Pickwick, and Kentucky Lakes before cruising the Ohio and MS rivers back to New Orleans, fishing the whole way round. Started out catching speckled trout in TX, Redfish in LA around Calcasieu lock, big cats in the river around New Orleans, Spanish mackerel in the MS sounds, then up the Tenn-Tom, and crappie/bream/bass (even a few smallmouth) the rest of the way. What a way to make a buck! http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2017...d7f113d587.jpgAttachment 255777Attachment 255781Attachment 255782Attachment 255783


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tuff aint it !!!

I agree, tuff. You are traveling some of my favorite places to visit. Enjoy!!!


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That sounds like a rough life! LOL

Sounds like something I'd like to do, one time.

That one trout is a real sow. I'd like to get into a bunch of them again. Great pictures.

Must be tuff!!

Wow. What a way to make a living. I have plenty of time to fish after work, but you get to fish at work. You got me beat!


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Tuff job but somebody gotta do it! You lucky dog. :Rofl



















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Awesome. Tough life for sure but somebody gotta do it right!

My kinda work right there!! Nice job, as in both employment AND fishing. [emoji4]

A true gift for sure. Say your prayers.

I have a couple of friends that have done barge work, they would come home with a pocket full of money and spend it all on women and whiskey and by the time the money ran out it was time to get back on the boat. Fun times for someone in their 20's.

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I have a couple of friends that have done barge work, they would come home with a pocket full of money and spend it all on women and whiskey and by the time the money ran out it was time to get back on the boat. Fun times for someone in their 20's.

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Hahaha, I have known a couple of deckhands that do that every hitch. Routinely blow through $4000 in two weeks and are embarrassed to come back to the boat if they are not broke. Funny thing is the have nothing to show for it when it's gone. Ran into a couple of guys before who ride over and spend most of the year or more on the boats. Something about Mr. Lawman was snooping around and alibi's and whatnot..... I didn't ask more.

Luckily most guys are pretty level headed. Oh and that trout was a personal best for me.


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