Louisiana Sportsman

Marsh Man Masson vid: Just give the redfish what they want

June 11, 2018 Todd Masson

The redfish action across Louisiana’s marsh is so good right now, Capt. Charlie Thomason and I thought we’d be cute.[…]

4 Horsemen Tackle’s Popping Cork

June 11, 2018 Patrick Bonin

A new cork is popping up with South Louisiana’s inshore anglers, and it’s getting a reputation for both durability and a sound that seems to be a hit with speckled trout and redfish.[…]

Spoon-fed reds

June 10, 2018 Catch Cormier

At the recent “Fly Fishin’ For the Mission” tournament held out of Pointe-aux-Chenes, my teammate Kevin “Doc” Andry and I started the day hoping to repeat as overall champions. […]

Marsh Man Masson vid: Underfished marsh crawling with redfish

May 31, 2018 Todd Masson

I would rather catch speckled trout than eat a steak, fly in a helicopter or kiss my grandbaby, but this time of year, the specks move far out into the big water, where it can sometimes take live bait and other voodoo to catch them.[…]

Abundant grass perfect for sight-fishing reds

May 24, 2018 Joel Masson

Capt. Ty Hibbs is a sight-fishing fanatic. He takes clients every week to the fish-filled backwaters of the South Louisiana marsh, and not only has great success, but has a ball watching redfish engulf lures.[…]

More popping cork pointers

May 15, 2018 David A. Brown

A good topwater bite can offer an entertaining display of ferocity, but at some point the fish shy away from this game. Maybe it’s the intensifying sunlight/heat, fishing pressure or a combination of such factors; but whatever the case, Capt. Ross Montet knows that the fish haven’t necessarily stopped feeding. In his view, you simply need to descend into the water column — and popping corks offer the perfect transitional tool.[…]

A redfish tournament is a game of fractions of an inch. A "perfect pincher" slid over a redfish tail can make the difference in ensuring a big red doesn't break the slot.

Play the ‘slots’ during redfish tournament

May 15, 2018 John Manion

For the uninitiated, redfish tournaments might seem the same as any other rodeo, where the heaviest fish wins. The difference is the introduction of the slot-sized fish; meaning only a certain length fish will do.[…]

A tournament fish finally makes the livewell. A freshly landed redfish appreciates some oxygen after the fight of its life; but a dead red will keep an angler off the leaderboard.

Livewell tips

May 15, 2018 John Manion

Weight deductions of half, to as much as a full pound, are assessed if tournament anglers bring in a dead fish. But it’s a delicate process to keep redfish alive in 90-plus degree temperatures in the blistering heat of Louisiana summers.[…]

Three men cited for allegedly possessing 35 redfish

May 8, 2018 From News Reports

Agents with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries cited three men in Jefferson Parish on May 6 for allegedly possessing 35 redfish, according to a news release.[…]

Marsh Man Masson vid: Targeting rod-shattering redfish from a tower

May 6, 2018 Todd Masson

Two decades ago, Jason Baker of Poplarville, Miss., contracted the virus that’s inflicted so many South Louisiana anglers. These otherwise normal fishermen abandon all sense of decorum and fishing tradition to climb towering platforms and scan shallow flats through polarized sunglasses, searching for line-stripping redfish.[…]