Todd Masson, Author at Louisiana Sportsman

I couldn’t take staring at the four walls any longer, so I went fishing even though conditions were FAR from ideal. I’m so glad I did! […]

Do speckled trout meander by your bait, think about it and lazily mouth their prey, or do they shoot in like a jaguar to attack? […]

Marsh Man Masson and his son Joel hit up the Lake Pontchartrain train trestle to fish for speckled trout with with 12-pound fluoro. […]

Every spring and fall, the train trestle that crosses eastern Lake Pontchartrain produces thousands and thousands of speckled trout. […]

Madisonville angler Jeff Bruhl takes Marsh Man Masson and his son Joel on a trip to experience Venice’s fall bass run. […]

Jefferson angler Jonathan Ryan and Marsh Man Masson search for redfish on a fishing trip deep into the marshes of Plaquemines Parish. […]

To survey the wetlands for himself after Hurricane Zeta, Marsh Man Masson made a foray into the marsh to do some fishing with his son, Joel. […]

Marsh Man Masson and Joe Lavigne fish the Tangipahoa, Tickfaw and Bogue Chitto rivers for fall spotted bass. […]

Speckled trout fishing looks to be in good shape entering Louisiana’s fall season. There isn’t a better time to be a speckled trout angler. […]

This week, Marsh Man Masson went fishing with Capt. Lane Zimmer down in Lafitte and ran across some good speckled trout action. […]

Put yourself in an area to see diving birds, and you may hit pay dirt and get on a great autumn speckled trout bite. […]

Once the tide began to pull out, the marshes came alive, and Marsh Man Masson hit the trifecta, putting specks, bass and redfish in the box. […]

Capt. Dustin Bounds and Todd Masson head out to Venice as the earliest bands of Delta dumped rain on them throughout the morning. […]

October can be a tricky month for inshore speckled trout fishing. But when the migration is early, the fish are easy to find. […]

Speckled trout seek out submerged aquatic vegetation in the fall. Jeff Bruhl, Chris Macaluso and Todd Masson catch them in Lake Pontchartrain. […]

Kevin Ford and Todd Masson fished early this week and the morning started with plenty of white trout and speckled trout. […]