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Big or small, white shrimp are huge in importance to Louisiana’s anglers
The importance of white shrimp to Louisiana’s anglers can’t be measured by inches. They are small in stature, but huge in importance.[…]
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Bull reds are fun? Who woulda thunk it
On a recent trip, Capt. Shane York and Todd Masson made the journey to the edge of Barataria Bay for bull reds.[…]
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Our fishing would not be great without the Mississippi’s highs and lows
In the short term, a high Mississippi River causes a period of pain, but we don’t get to the great days of a low river fishing without it.[…]
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When fishing is dead, head toward the ultralight
Marsh Man Masson had a recent revelation regarding the use of an ultralight rod with super light line to catch fish in the marsh.[…]
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Finding and exploring new waters
Todd Masson likes to study maps for a day or two before a trip, put together a loose plan and execute it in marsh that he’s never fished.[…]
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Has fishing turned into essentially playing a video game?
With the technological advancement of forward-facing sonar, anglers don’t have to cast and hope for bites to prove their hypotheses correct.[…]
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Dock shots should go the way of MySpace
There’s one habit that Marsh Man Masson would like to see go away forever: Posting pictures on social media of tables loaded with dead fish.[…]
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Redfish blues
Todd Masson says he hasn’t see a decline in a fishery population like he’s witnessing with Louisiana redfish right now.[…]
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Taking a fish-eye view of some of the top shrimpin’ bait options
Autumn is the time of year to take advantage of the shrimp run and get your favorite artificial shrimp bait out for speckled trout.[…]
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The legendary Chandeleur Islands
Todd Masson, Capt. Justin Bowles and television show host Kevin Ford made a trip to the Chandeleur Islands to fish for speckled trout.[…]
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Locate the fish, but always listen to your inner “lure junkie”
Figuring out the right bait may not be as important as finding fish, but it’s certainly not an insignificant portion of the equation.[…]
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For specks, there’s one main menu item in April
April trout aren’t typically the biggest of the year, but they’re ravenous for brown shrimp and a blast to catch.[…]
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Last week of Daylight Savings Time is No. 1 trout week
Nov. 1-6 is a great week to fish because it typically has delightful weather and fall speckled trout fishing is so easy.[…]
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October is prime time to “cork” a trout
A soft-plastic shrimp fished under a cork is the best thing you can offer a speckled trout on the Gulf Coast in October.[…]
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Speckled trout are here, there and everywhere
Don’t go looking for September speckled trout schools; scattered fish are going to be your primary targets.[…]
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Hard-plastics make June an epic month for speckled trout
Hard-plastics tend to deliver bigger speckled trout than soft-plastics on average, and that’s particularly true during June.[…]