'You don’t have to be crazy to be involved in the [Alabama Deep Sea Fishing] rodeo, though they say it helps,' writes LawrenceSpecker. Sharks, a Shipp and Cousin Eddie: What we saw at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo:
You expect to see some things, at the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo, and the 90th edition didn’t disappoint as it came to a close on Sunday.
On Sunday, the area was staffed by some unusually young volunteer scientists. 10-year-old Khloe Weber showed off a dinner plate-sized octopus, encouraging other kids to touch it and to let her drape one of its arms over their hand. As Stephen Laurendine, aka "Cousin Eddie," looks on, one of the fish brought by the Lady Ann is weighed on the closing day of the 90th Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo.And yes, the hat was hot, confirmed Stephen Laurendine, the man embodying the icon. “The same team on Lady Ann has been riding together for 10 years, probably the first year one of the guys said I looked like Cousin Eddie. I really didn’t know who Cousin Eddie was, but it turned out I kind of looked like him.
At 5 p.m., a ceremonial cannon blast signified the end of competition. The weigh station would keep hopping for another hour or more, as workers processed a backlog of entries from boats that had arrived before the gun. You don’t have to be crazy to be involved in the rodeo, though they say it helps. Shortly after the cannon blast, Rodeo President Kevin Marks received the traditional show of appreciation from his fellow Mobile Jaycees: They threw him off the dock.
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