Pilot Guides Lonely Planet: New Orleans (13 of 22)

You're driving over marshes, freaking out whatever's in the marshes.
It seems like a kind of high-impact way to have a little fun.
It 's a little extreme.
It 's a little extreme, but it's different.
As the sun sets over the peaceful swamp, we got into place for a little bow fishing - a sport that combines the skills of archery and fishing, with the flood-lighting of a small football stadium.
The arrow has a line attached joined to a fishing reel on the bow.
I think this is a very messy, bloody, noisy way to kill a couple of fish.
Hey are you ready, oh it's not too heavy for you, is it? No, it's fine.
OK, great.

Oh my head is still spinning from that airboat, it was so loud.
Oh, yes, I know the airboats.
Oh, those guys are very sweet, but there's a kind of an over-the-top way to go fishing.
Well, they get a little noisy.
Sort of like using a helicopter to go bird-watching.
Definitely need some peace and quiet before I go back today.
Oh, definitely a little peace and quiet.
To New Orleans.
That's why you come to New Orleans, so you can have peace and quiet at Mardi Gras time.
Whoah, whoah..
What you do when the boat with a little wobble like that, what you do is you cross your ankles and let your knees touch the side, like you're riding in a canoe or a...