Every town needs a mayor, and Rick Phillips is the closest thing Bayou Pigeon is gonna get. Rick grew up in Baton Rouge, La., but the allure of the Atchafalaya Basin and a simple Cajun life beckoned, and he settled in Bayou Pigeon permanently. Rick... Read More »
You could say that fisherman Clayton Daley has the bayou in his blood. He works the swamp any way he can to make a living. When he isn't earning a paycheck as Rick's jack-of-all-trades at Phillips Seafood, he's dropping lines and nets in the lakes... Read More »
Some people might find it impossible to be married to a hardcore Cajun man like Clayton, but then they've never met a woman like Joney Daley. By day, she works at the Plaquemine city credit union 30 miles away. But at night, there's nothing she... Read More »
Brian Gomez may be short in stature, but this boy's big on personality. When he was born in Baton Rouge, doctors gave him a 1 in 10 chance to live. He beat the odds on that birthday, and he's been doing so ever since. He doesn't live in Bayou... Read More »
There's Mutt and Jeff. Abbott and Costello. And then there's Shorty and his dad, Coy Gomez. This mismatched duo live a couple of miles down the road from Bayou Pigeon. But being fishermen who live off the swamp, much of their time is spent at Rick's... Read More »
He may be younger than many of the hard-core fisherman in Bayou Pigeon, but 35-year-old Quentin Morales is still a master of his trade. His specialty? Trapping catfish -- a high-value seafood that provides a nice lifestyle for Quentin and his wife... Read More »
Quentin's wife Jamie was born and raised in the big city -- well, at least the closest one -- Morgan City, La., population 12,404. She was always a tomboy, but the closest she got to fishing was dropping a line in the city river. But since marrying... Read More »