Westwego Shrimp Lot

And while turkey is the main star on many tables in some south Louisiana homes, seafood is still supreme. Chris Welty is live at the West Wigo Shrimp Lot where people are trying to put a little Louisiana flavor to their Thanksgiving. Yeah, a lot of people trying to stock up on shrimp, crabs and oysters. The lot has been busy all day and for many families this is a yearly tradition. Scoop, weigh, bag and repeat. Vendors at the West Wigo Shrimp Lot feel the holiday rush as customers wheel ice chests to load up on fresh seafood for Thanksgiving. It's just a good variety, a good mix of people and all these people work really hard and it's good for them. David Dufren says his family still cooks turkey and other traditional Thanksgiving dishes, but seafood is a staple. Seafood is a big thing in our family so we try and do seafood for any holiday when we bring a good family gathering together. Sherri Monteforte bought several pounds of fresh shrimp for her dish. I always do the shrimp and melaton casserole, but that was commercial fishermen and During the holidays the lot becomes so busy police direct traffic to keep things moving. It's been crazy the last three days people are walking way down the highway. Jerry Lomba owns Jerry Seafood. She believes shoppers return year after year because of the quality and price of the vendor'seafood. Big shrimp are starting to play out so were lucky to get these. We're selling crabs, shrimp, oysters, big load on oysters without a fresh crab meat. A lot of people are looking for crab meat hunting it down. Kim Palmisano owns Captain Jonathan's. She says shoppers If one stall on have it they can walk to another and a lot of people become regulars. Shoppers also search for the perfect blend of Cajun to add to their Thanksgiving meals. At Market Wego they're smoking more than 1000 pounds of undue sausage this week. A lot of people are coming in for our cornbread crawfish dressing. We make that all here in house. We have stuffed chickens with it as well. We do undue sausage chicken sausage. We do crawfish green onion sausage on our smoker outside. And the market will remain open until about 5 o'clock unless crowds remain thick. They might stay open a bit longer but Reporting live in West Wego, Chris Walty Fox 8 Local First.