“You better know where you’re going when you comin’ through these bayous at night and you ain’t got no GPS, you will sink your boat.” Blimp says, seconds before bashing his GPS-less ship into an unseen heap of metal below in the dead of night. “If we can’t make any money this time, there may not be a next year,” Cooper explains.īut no one on the show illustrates the precarious plight of the fisherman more than Blimp, who often seems to be his own worst enemy.

But as these guys have learned the hard way of late, fortunes in the shrimping business can change overnight. If they’re lucky, and land on a spot where the shrimp are jumping into their nets, they might bring in a few thousand bucks in a single outing. To be sure, both the drama and the proverbial gold on Ragin’ Cajuns are not as impressive as that hauled up by the shrimper’s crab-seeking brethren on Deadliest Catch. On her worst days she unleashes a fury that can wipe out an entire fleet.”Īs for the action here, the show follows six captains and their crews as they head out at the start of 3-month shrimp fishing season, hunting, we are told repeatedly by our chatty narrator, for “white gold.” “Some days she smiles upon you and lines your nets with white gold. “The Louisiana Bayou is a fickle temptress,” he intones. The narrator, whose down-home tenor sounds plucked from a Dodge Durango or Longhorn Steakhouse ad, also delivers some incisive gender comparisons. “It’s just like a woman, sticking her hand out all the time. “Just put all my money into the vessel,” Cooper says of his boat, the Marla Kay. Captain Acy Cooper shows a similar ability to dish out the strained metaphors. That’s just the way it is, ah, I mean if I don’t like you, I’m a tell you I don’t like you.”īut Blimp isn’t the only shrimper on the show to offer up head-scratching lines.

“If I tell you there’s cheese on the moon, bring your crackers and milk, ‘cause I’m not gonna to lie to you. “I’m a man of my word,” Blimp spews forth during the premiere episode (mercifully, his dialog is accompanied bysubtitles to help navigate a thick Cajun accent). The Best Cyber Monday Deals on Hulu, Disney+, Peacock, HBO Max and More Streaming Services

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