On any given day, Theophile Bourgeois may be playing a gig in New Orleans with his band, drawing out a tattoo for himself or a client, or hitting the back bayous in search of redfish and speckled seatrout. He's truly a Cajun renaissance man, a way of life he learned from his father who held the same name and built up a unique fishing enterprise shuttling anglers out to the Chandeleur Islands off the coast of Louisiana with seaplanes. When his father suddenly died in an accident in 2019, Theophile's life changed course in a major way. He's managed to keep his family's business, the Cajun Vista Lodge, and its legacy alive.

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