Help Really ole man looking

[tonyjohn]

I live in Little rock , Locomotive engineer , 37 yrs and have been coming to La to fish since the 80's. Ive fished Vinece , Grand isle and now Delicroix. Im not by any means rich, have always hired guides. Well , im ready to retire and move that way. I/we like the party type , beer drinking and cooking type folks . Venice is great , prolly my fav. but grand isle is a close 2nd. that said im looking for a small place to try and fit in . one bad problem, I love crappie and bass fishin too .............also like timber and trees . neither of the ones I mentioned.(vinece or g.i. have that) anybody here recommend somewhere more easterly ? slidell to bilouxi that we could find folks with our same mindset ? just a good middle aged (ok old) bunch of folks that just want to party , fish and enjoy our last days doing what we love ? sometime fresh water but never from the salt ? im buying (thanks 401k) a 22-24 foot bay boat somewhere we can fish both ? maybe a fishing community ? Hell I may spend more on the boat than the house? .im 56 and shes 52 but ready to make the move. not looking to 'crash' anyones party , any help or ideas would be great ...........thanks for reading .....TJ