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re: Swimming in a Bayou. Yes or no?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:55 am to _Hurricane_
Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:55 am to _Hurricane_
grew up swimming, hydro sliding, and jet skiing in the bayou. why not?
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Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:57 am to WaydownSouth
quote:Why did you stop after they made it safer?
Used to have a rope swing hanging in my cousins backyard in Pierre Part that would land us in a bayou.
Water was gross, but it was fun. Stopped doing it after they shot a 10 foot gator
Posted on 1/8/20 at 8:59 am to donRANDOMnumbers
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grew up swimming, hydro sliding, and jet skiing in the bayou. why not?
was skiing in some bayou west of Lafayette one day, long time ago, hell it might have been the intercoastal, and a tug pushing a couple of barges comes by, opposite direction, had signs all over it saying "Benzine! Cancer Hazard" all over it, we used to see dead cows floating, gators, snakes, cars, just about everything, good times
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:09 am to _Hurricane_
Spent my entire childhood and teen years swimming in bayous, neighborhood swimming pool was the sewage ditch after a good rain, you’d put a board on the edge of the ditch and come running from the street, jump on it, and see how far you could skim down the ditch. Mid 40s me swims in swimming pools and that’s it, I don’t even go in the water at the beach unless it’s to get rid of the last 3 beers I just drank
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:13 am to Sun God
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Have an uncle that said he would swim across false river with his clothes in a milk jug to keep them dry. Put em on when he crossed and go to work.
The only part of this story that isn't believable is that he fit his clothes into a milk jug.
I swam in some bayous when I was a kid and didn't give a shite. As an adult, I can't see any reason why I would need to purposely swim in a Bayou
This post was edited on 1/8/20 at 9:14 am
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:35 am to Ed Osteen
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I swam in some bayous when I was a kid and didn't give a shite. As an adult, I can't see any reason why I would need to purposely swim in a Bayou
ditto...
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:37 am to _Hurricane_
Yes, and water skiing in the bayou. I'm not talking some snake infested small bayou, but talking a more rapid water moving, some gator around, type bayou, lol!
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:43 am to Ed Osteen
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The only part of this story that isn't believable is that he fit his clothes into a milk jug.
Depending on how long ago his uncle did this, milk jugs were not always stored on 1 gallon plastic containers.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:48 am to _Hurricane_
When I was growing up, we used to go "down the bayou" to my grandma's all the time and swim in the bayou. We'd see snakes an alligators and shite, we didn't care.. If we were having fun it didn't matter... One of my cousins stepped on and got stung by a catfish 3 times in one day. He didn't want to go tell his momma because he thought she would make him get out the bayou.
I can swim, but not a long distance.. But there were times.. During the winter when the other kids would pull sticks, the two with the shortest and to swim to the other side of the bayou. They would be so cold, that they would look for someone to bring them back instead of swimming back to the other side. Now the water in that bayou is more stagnant so I doubt it would be a good idea to get in it today on a regular basis..
I can swim, but not a long distance.. But there were times.. During the winter when the other kids would pull sticks, the two with the shortest and to swim to the other side of the bayou. They would be so cold, that they would look for someone to bring them back instead of swimming back to the other side. Now the water in that bayou is more stagnant so I doubt it would be a good idea to get in it today on a regular basis..
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:50 am to OweO
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When I was growing up, we used to go "down the bayou" to my grandma's
Where was this?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:50 am to Sun God
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Depends on the bayou
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:51 am to Korkstand
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We used to swim in the bayou when I was a kid in the 80s. I wouldn't want my boys swimming in there today.
I remember as a kid, I was swimming in the bayou and it suddenly hit me "what about the snakes?!" My uncle told me don't worry about the snakes, the gators scare them away. And I was fine with that.
We were probably in the same bayou...
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:52 am to _Hurricane_
Might swim but NEVER skinny dip.
Pulled up a stringer of catfish one night that one of these bad boys had gotten ahold of.
I won't be dangling any meat in front of one.
Pulled up a stringer of catfish one night that one of these bad boys had gotten ahold of.
I won't be dangling any meat in front of one.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:55 am to jmon
I lived in lakes and bayous my entire life. But when my kids swim where I cant see the bottom I am an absolute nervous wreck.
I can't shake it.
I can't shake it.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 9:55 am to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:01 am to OweO
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We were probably in the same bayou...
I wanna know what Bayou you are referring to as DTB?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:02 am to tigerfoot
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I lived in lakes and bayous my entire life
that you Creature from the Black Lagoon?
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:04 am to OweO
Grew up swimming in Bayou Corne. Now I am not even swimming in the petri dish of a public swimming pool much less a bayou.
This was me and all of my cousins. The amount if injuries we "walked off" to not tell our parents is legendary.
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One of my cousins stepped on and got stung by a catfish 3 times in one day. He didn't want to go tell his momma because he thought she would make him get out the bayou.
This was me and all of my cousins. The amount if injuries we "walked off" to not tell our parents is legendary.
Posted on 1/8/20 at 10:06 am to _Hurricane_
Just stay out of Bayou St.John and you will be OK.
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