Todd Masson, Author at Louisiana Sportsman

Check out the latest Marsh Man Masson vid for a great fried speckled trout recipe.

Speckled trout CATCH-n-COOK for feast with friends

Marsh Man Masson targets speckled trout to cook for a gathering of Saints fans during their playoff march. […]

Googans abound during the hot wintertime trout bite.

Googans abound: This guy nearly ran us over!

Trout fishing can be fun, exciting and exhilerating during the wintertime bite. Unfortunately, sometimes, it can get a little dangerous, too, as this Marsh Man Masson video shows. […]

Take what the conditions give you, and potentially score on speckled trout.

Take what conditions give you – and score

Todd Masson

Take what the conditions give you and score on speckled trout, according to Marsh Man Masson. […]

Christian Orfanello and two giant sheepshead he caught on Jan. 6 in the Lakeshore Estate canals in Slidell.

Angler boats potential Top10 sheepshead

Todd Masson

Wayne Orfanello rarely keeps sheepshead, but he saved some big ones for a buddy’s grill — turns out one qualifies as a Top 10 fish for the Louisiana record books. […]

Northerner’s mind blown by South Louisiana fishing

Todd Masson

Marsh Man Masson took a northerner on a redfish trip during the holidays, and South Louisiana’s marshes didn’t let him down. […]

Marsh Man Masson video: The absolute best way to fillet speckled trout

Todd Masson

Speckled trout are Louisiana’s most popular coastal fish. They’re more plentiful in the Bayou State than anywhere else on the planet, and that means if you’re an angler down here, you probably regularly put a whole bunch on ice. And when you’ve got a box full of speckled trout to clean, you want to do it as quickly and efficiently as possible. […]

New bait irresistible to fish

Todd Masson

Watch the video to see which lure Marsh Man Masson was using on a recent trip when he crushed some speckled trout. […]

Marsh Man Masson ventured to his neighborhood swimming pool to put some twitch baits through their paces.

Pool test: Which twitch bait is best for speckled trout?

Todd Masson

Marsh Man Masson tests various speckled trout twitch baits in his neighborhood swimming pool — and the results are eye-opening. […]

Capt. Joe Ezell said Delacroix is in the midst of an awesome redfish run — market bait or chartreuse artificials are both good bait choices.

Delacroix redfish run best in many years

Todd Masson

The redfish bite is on fire right now out of Delacroix – here’s how to catch them. […]

Magic Man

Todd Masson

Capt. Lloyd Landry is apparently a master of black magic. It’s clear he spends his free time reading tarot cards, casting tea leaves and studying the works of Aleister Crowley.

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An unusually high Mississippi River out of Venice this fall has pushed redfishing further away from the dirty water — but the fish are still biting.

Is it spring? It is in Venice

Todd Masson

The high Mississippi River has pretty much decimated typical fall fishing spots out of Venice — but here’s where you need to head to still catch plenty of redfish. […]

Put a skirt on – and punch that jig

Todd Masson

Bulk up your bait for more bites Punch skirts are popular with many bass anglers because they turn normal creature baits into essentially jig presentations. Madisonville bass angler Jeff Bruhl put the technique to good […]