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Baja St. Martin

I’m hearing that the price of crawfish to fishermen has dropped to $2.50 a pound – in some places to $2. I’m probably the last one to know this, but some crawfishermen are using corn on the cob for bait now. They say it lasts longer than meat bait and must be cheaper. Some fishermen are catching 10 sacks a trip.

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'The brave and fallen few'

When “Old Cousin Ben” Fontenot died in the St. Landry Parish community of Grand Prairie in December 1903, he was mourned as a Confederate hero who was “in that glorious band that fought on every bloody battle field” in Virginia during the Civil War.

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