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Tiny Venice, Louisiana is Reeling ‘em in Again

The Los Angeles Times (reprinted in the Chicago Tribune)

June 17, 2007

Filed under: Culture

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The marina opens up into 3 million acres of wetlands, cut by a network of waterways, that protrude from the southern tip of Louisiana like a giant peacock feather. This is Venice’s backyard, and this spectacular confluence of fresh and salt water is the reason some consider the Mississippi delta the nation’s finest fishing spot.