Originally Posted by DigitalDan
Not heard that moniker, always thought Coonasses were a class of their own. French Creole descent mostly...good folks that talk funny. They gots a way about 'em I couldn't impersonate if my life depended on it. laugh...


I played football with a Coonass in high school. Half the time we couldn't understand what he was sayin'. While growing up my dad took us to the Toledo Bend Reservoir and we fished for a week and ran a trot line all week as well. We were closer to Louisiana stores than Texas stores, so if we needed some gear, or especially tobacco products (Louisiana didn't tax tobacco products nearly as much as Texas did) we'd cross the reservoir on go get what we needed and/or wanted in Louisiana. Those were some Coonasses too. Very friendly folks; never said a cross word to us. My dad and uncle would shoot the chit with 'em for a little bit, sometimes finding the location of a "honey hole" for bass or crappie. Those were some good times.