Successful quest for monster speckled trout!
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- It's not winter, but still, water temperatures were down when Marsh Man Masson set out to find fish in the South Louisiana marsh. Every other condition screamed for throwing topwater plugs, so that's what Marsh Man did, and he was rewarded.
It was a great start to what turned out to be an epic day!
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good job on letting the beautiful trout go. all the monster trout I have ever landed have been using top water lures
Great video as usual. I really liked that you spent a few minutes talking about your lure selection.
Great video and VERY nice trout. That's the size of the biggest trout I've personally caught, but the funny thing is, TRUE STORY....it was just one of those magical nights where my then brother-in-law and myself each limited out, ( this was back around 1986 or 87, so I can't recall if the limit was 6 fish or 9 fish each ) and every trout was between 3 and 5 lbs. Talk about a handsome stringer of fish. We had been fishing the inlet side of Sebastion Inlet late that afternoon, and nothing in particular was running, except birds picking off our live shrimp more than usual. The day was so bad, we decided to hit the bait shop & buy some more hand picked large live shrimp & try night fishing there, because the birds would be gone. We decided to stay fishing on the rocks just before the jetty structure begins. It was the one of the coldest nights of an unusually harsh winter for east/central Florida. For well over an hour in complete darkness, we hadn't got a bite from anything. Frustrated, my brother in law tied on a standard original Mirro-Lure & proceeded to catch a 4 lb trout on the 1st or 2nd cast. We told each other: "They have FINALLY arrived" and I was soaking that big live shrimp in total confidence now. But nothing bit. Darryl started catching nice trout of at least 3 lbs and had caught 3 to that point. We both thought that was odd, so I quickly tied on an identical Mirro-Lure on a separate rod. BAM.......right away, began catching large trout on about every 3rd cast, just like Darryl. Yet NOTHING would touch those large live shrimp still soaking on different rods. Weird I tell ya. Within 15 minutes or so, we both limited out, and not a single trout weighed less than 3 lbs, and nearly half of them were between 4 and 5 lbs!!! We kept fishing just for fun, catch & release, and continued to catch these whopper trout 1 right after the other, in hopes of a huge gator trout. This would continue for close to an hour, and we had the entire jetty to ourselves. But then Darryl slipped on the wet rocks while landing a fish and fell in that freezing cold water. His lips turned blue immediately and we had to leave to get him into some warm, dry clothes. We stopped at the bait shop that was still open, and everyone there flipped out at such an awesome stringer of BIG trout. The owner took our picture with the fish, and said we would DEFINITELY be the feature picture & story in Sunday's fishing report in the Florida Today Newspaper. But we got bumped due to someone catching a single 10 lb gator trout. But everyone agreed that OUR story was the more interesting, because NO ONE had predicted there would be such a nice trout run containing LARGE fish on that cold night. The very next winter when a major cold front had just pushed the temps way down, Darryl showed up at my door as a surprise, to go try the same thing at the same place. But I had other obligations & couldn't go. He shows up at my door the following morning right at sunrise, with a huge 9 lb 14 oz trout. But he said it was one of the very few trout that he caught all night. So we really did experience a magical night the year before. ( But of course a near 10 lb gator trout is nothing to scoff at, lol. ) Back around that time, I personally witnessed a huge trout in the holding tank at the bait shop, still perfectly healthy, that weighed just shy of 14 lbs. Folks, if you've never seen a spotted sea trout OVER 12 lbs alive in a tank.........it is a sight to behold. I can't recall it's exact measurement, but I know it had to be around 39" OR LONGER!!! And I was looking right down on it in a shallow holding tank, only inches from my eyes. ( This fish was soon released. ) NO WONDER they call the truly big ones: "Gator Trout"...........they are awesome to see. And VERY rare these days.
Top five MMM video I think. A little bit of everything and it was all good. I’ve been trying to mimic your jigging style and it’s really paying off. Slammed the trout last Friday doing my best marsh man impression. I feel like the tips I’ve picked up watching your videos have really accelerated my learning curve.
Really glad to hear that! Give me some details on the Friday trip. I don't care about location, just technique and results.
I spent Friday fishing the Grand Bay reserve with the Two Hooks kayak fishing team. These guys are outstanding anglers, and our plan was to find some really big speckled trout. I Started out throwing my favorite new soft plastic. It’s a minnow imitation by Unfair Lures called the smack Shad. The first spot was all redfish. Several rats with one nice 22” slot. We made a move to deeper water and Immediately started finding 13 to 17 inch trout. We caught loads of fish there, but made another move to try and find the really big girls. I found a fat 21 inch trout after wading through more small fish but couldn’t find the target four plus pounder. One of the Two Hooks guys hooked a true giant on a Paul Brown Fat Boy. Got her right to the net and broke off. Estimate was 25-27 inches, 5-6 pounds. Overall an awesome trip with some great guys.
When I was throwing the smack Shad, I was using my best Marshman technique. Really trying to stay in contact with the Lure throughout the entire rise and fall of the bait. It worked great! I converted so many more hits than I have in the past using my sloppy old technique. Can’t thank you enough!
Those are some really great fish, especially from a kayak, @@bpvittor
My personal best trout is 22.5. I’ve caught several that size, but can’t break into the mid 20’s. I’m learning though! This is my second year back on the water. I hooked a true giant on Dauphin Island this summer on a magneto matrix Shad, but she did the most violent jumping head shake I’ve ever seen and spit it back in my face. Thanks for the reply’s Todd!
There he is. !!! All we true bass fishing dude's say this !!!
Ty for the info you share with us I became a better speckle trout fishermen God bless
Great catches lucky you, good eating.... butter,salt, garlic, wrapped in foil...yum
Great video as always. Action like that never gets old
Glad you finally switched to the Shimano Curado!
Good videos! Keep them coming, they are keeping me going til I'm able to hunt/fish in January, ha
Another great video, my biggest trout this year is only 19".
I like your videos. Easy to follow and informative. Thank you
Keep up the good work there. Always enjoy you catching fish there.👍
Great trout Todd, even better release!!👍
Another great video, probably my favorite you’ve done. Keep em coming M3!
Always look forward to the videos and learning a bit more. Thanks man and keep up the good work !!!
Great video!! Have fun in Florida. Had the chance to participate in the Florida bull red run in 2016. Great fun. Social fishing, you get to meet you fellow fisherman during lulls.
Clark King
I'm here now. Unfortunately, the trip was canceled due to high winds. Oh well, still a great place to visit.
What's amazing is the lack of boats about on the Saturday after Thanksgiving--as for keeping the bass, I think the marsh bass are
maybe the best frying fish out there
I passed PLENTY boats while I was running. Gotta agree with you about the bass.
Awesome video Todd!!! That was a fine trout!
Great trip, going Wednesday morning, just back from 3 days on the deer lease ready for some trout.
Good luck!
Always enjoy your videos and your insight. Thank you
Thanks for watching
I'm a new subscriber ,and I love Louisiana fishing, can't get there enough,you are in paradise my friend, great day on the bayou.🎣🎣👍👍👍
Welcome to the channel. Where are you from?
I am from Kentucky, but, retired now in Raleigh North Carolina , and I have been to Venice LA a few times with my son. Love Louisiana
Good info
You had me in the moment with you... that was unbelievable dude
That was very relaxing.. love your videos dude!!...you speak our southern language and we get it man !!!!
I'll be glad when you or Chas comes to mobile alabama. And find our gator trout ain't seen none yet
The fishing's tough over there?
@@MarshManMasson
I know.
Great video!
Great video
Great video Mr. Masson!
Great video. Love those specks. We were getting monsters every time out on Pine Island Sound before the red tide wiped them out. I have had to shift my focus further south to the 10k islands.
The fishing still good in that area?
@@MarshManMasson Ten Thousand Islands has been very good, no red tide south of Naples yet. Where are you headed for your Florida trip?
Pensacola. I'm here now, but the trip was canceled due to high winds, @@jakewkayakfishing8457
That was a huge fish!
Great first catch!!
Biggin'. What a Trout? Nice Vid as Always...Tight Lines
Dude!!! You killed it!
Beautiful trout...awesome release.
I'm not opposed to people keeping the fish they catch. Believe me,I love eating fresh fish. But I've never understood the desire to keep a big fish. If you're going to mount it, great! Keep it, but if it's not quite big enough to mount, why keep it? A filleted pogie would taste better.
@@MarshManMasson you got that right. don't live near the salt anymore, but my absolute favorite fishing was targeting big trout on top water. Got an 8 lber. In baffin bay years ago. Let her go. Take care. Nice vid
Todd,im sure you have some but i keep a pair of clear safety glasses for the early boat ride because of the bugs/gnats some mornings.Great video once again ,keep them coming!!
I have some on board that I use for bass tournaments. I was foolish not to wear them that morning. Simply slipped my mind.
I like the yellow ones. I buy the 3M ones from WalMart for $5-$6. They work great in lowlight conditions.
Ha, I started to recognize the “latter” area you fished. Have done well in that area on reds.
It will probably be a while until I fish it again. Too much other marsh to explore!
Love your videos. Do you change you your treble hooks when you buy new top water lure? If so what brand do you prefer?
I'm not a fan of the stock hooks on the She Dogs. I had changed these to VMCs, and that's probably the reason I landed this fish.
I see your spot lock makes a lot of noise and water movements like mine. I guess all you can do is stay back from area you want to fish and make longer cast?
Yeah, I screwed up on that one. I was moving with the current and decided to bomb-cast the trenasse at the last minute. I should have gone past it and eased my way back up.
Good stuff, I'm curious to try that color matrix in my local bayou here in Biloxi
If the water's pretty, the bait will perform well for you.
Bout time you catch a Texas keeper bro. I feel like my recent heckling pushed you in the right direction.
I Understand but I want a 4 lb trout so bad. Just started about a year and a half ago so just getting started. I just caught my first trout 2 weeks back. Going out this Thursday. Hoping for the best Marco Island area.
Keep plugging, and you'll get it. If you're patient, and you throw big baits, it'll definitely happen. Good luck!
Nice video keep it up!
SWEET !
Super spook jr. never lets me down
Wow man
show us how you spool your spinning reel thanks todd
I've often wondered why our marsh bass don't get that big - it certainly isn't due to a lack of food. Perhaps it's because, unlike a typical lake, they aren't at the top of the food chain; the competition with redfish, etc limits their size, and perhaps as you mentioned, their life span. I know that's the case with trout in the Smokies - the rocks are so old, all the nutrients have been leached out, so the water isn't that fertile, and there is just so many groceries to go around. The whole life span is sped up, so that a 3 year old fish is past middle age.
Bass definitely do not assume the trophic position in our marshes, and I'm sure that plays some role in their relatively diminutive size, but the bigger factor is environmental. They have an endless supply of groceries, which is why they get so fat so quickly, but when that salt water pushes in, it really clubs them in the head.
Great video...Question: Were you working your baits on the bottom? Thanks for sharing.
Awesome video, I wish you would say where you launch on your videos but I understand why you don’t.
Enjoyed this show a lot. You are something else. Just wandering that is not your Fitzgerald rod and not using braid?
I used three different rods: a light-powered Castaway Skeleton for topwater, a medium-heavy-powered Fitzgerald All-Purpose for jigging trout and a medium-heavy-powered Shimano Crucial for bass. All were loaded with braid tipped with leaders.
Awesome video Masson! You're kid shoot his own soft plastics? If I may ask...what mold is that swim bait?? Thanks and tight lines brother!
He does not make his own soft-plastics. He asked the owner of Matrix Shad to make a clear bait with blue, green and silver flecks. The owner did, and named it holy joely in his honor.
My biggest trout this year 24”
Did you weigh it?
🐸✝️
What rod is that you are using? Specs on it?
The topwater rod is a light-powered Castaway Skeleton, and the jigging rod is a medium-heavy-powered Fitzgerald All-Purpose.
@@MarshManMasson Sweet thanks!
We call them "gator trout" when they get that big !
Marsh Man Masson for some reason my phone won’t let me reply to the other string of comments that we had but the email that I received from Tag Louisiana says that the tagged redfish that I caught last Saturday was originally caught and tagged on 3/17/18 by someone named Andre Thomas and the fish was 14.5 inches when it was tagged so it grew 5 inches in 252 days.
I know Andre! He's an avid angler.
Hello sir can you tell me what's your preferred lure for trout top water.
Matrix Mullet or MirrOlure She Dog
@@MarshManMasson awesome,thank you for replying tight lines brother
@@MarshManMasson I went out on my kayak today bought the she dog lure.i was out there for about 2 hours sad to say no luck.had better luck at the jetties with dead shrimp
Are you right handed. Noticed you casting w right hand and reeling w left. Do you have video on casting techniques
Awesome video! Is the bayou out of Hopedale?
Hell of a trout! What reel are you using to catch it? Is that a bantam?
Mitch Booth that’s a Abu Garcia ALX
Mitch Booth and his other reel with the matrix shad on in is a Curado
Take me out please 👏
Nice trout weight it
I did
I got a question for you what's your topwater rod segesstions
What brand of pliers is that? They look good.
What kind of line you use for your leader?
20-pound-test fluorocarbon. My main line is 30-pound Vursa braid.
Will either specs or reds take tube stile baits?
I don't fish tubes, but speckled trout and redfish are opportunistic feeders, so I'm sure they would.
Hey Todd, I heard you use a term in your video I’ve never heard (might be cuz I live in VA)... it sounded like you said Tranas, did I spell it right?... what is it a marsh drain? And is it a French word?
New subscriber as of today, grew up in Metairie. Need to come back and fish! Do you do guide services?
Love the vids! Looking forward to the next one.
Ps- biggest VA slob trout 24” on Bass Assassin Chicken on a chain color 1/4oz gig head tickling the bottom. She was so fat she literally looked like a football! 🎣 🏈 haha
Yep, you got it right. Trenasse is the colloquialism for a marsh drain. It's a Cajun French word. I grew up in Metairie as well!
If you do not want to kill a big trout don't keep it out of the water as long as you did
Guess which one you are: thehayride.com/2019/10/masson-the-7-worst-people-youll-meet-on-every-fishing-forum/
Marsh Man Masson seen you tag several fish in your videos and was wondering if the tags that you use are Tag Louisiana tags?
Yes, but it seems the program may be falling apart. I haven't gotten recapture reports on a few of the fish that the website shows have been recaptured.
I had a tagged Red that I caught in the Spring of this year (2018) and called the phone number on it endless times with absolutely no answer. It was a red colored plastic and I measured, videoed and subsequently released the fish. I was excited initially (my 1st fish with a tag) and then disappointed that I couldn't get through.
I LOVE the idea of tracking fish for many reasons (especially for the welfare and conservation of the fishes) but was saddened by the unanswered call (I tried again the next day).
If I ever catch another tagged fish, I will definitely attempt to report again. Next time, I hope the call picks up!
I frankly, was hoping it was the STAR fish! 🤩😉😎
Marsh Man Masson ok I was just wondering because I caught one Saturday in a cut off of the ICW by Lake Catherine with a yellow tag and I called the number on the tag but I also didn’t get anyone on the line so I went on the website and entered all the info. The tag was number LV355075 and it was in a 19.5 inch redfish.
Let me know if you hear anything from them, @@kaceeandrus8281
If it's a red tag, it WAS a STAR fish. If you caught it in the spring, however, it wasn't eligible for any prizes. The STAR runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day, so it was probably a fish from the previous STAR that had remained free. Hopefully you'll be as lucky this summer, @@farmslug
Can anyone tell me why these were named speckled trout, when they are not in the trout or salmon family?
They're spotted sea trout. Speckled trout is a colloquialism. The scientific name is Cynoscion nebulosus.
@@MarshManMasson whatever, that still don't explain why some dumbass named them a trout. They aren't in the trout family.
Wtf is a colloquialism?
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Should be ready now
Killer!!!! looking now .
Great video dude 👍👍👍👍 good luck in Florida
Thanks! Be on the lookout for that video next week. @@richerdhurts7690
Prettier than your second grade girlfriend😂 Gr8 tag Masson👍
Oh, man, she was pretty...
why dont u keep big trout like that first one just a question
There's just no point, in my view. They're not big enough to mount, and they taste terrible. I'd rather let it go and grow in hopes that someone can catch it when it IS big enough to mount.
Gotta be careful not to get a hook in the hand too.
Definitely, but a hand will heal. Sometimes, an eye won't.
For the love of GOD put the damn fish back in the water!!!!!
SOrry dude but way too slow in getting that fish back in the water! Catch and release, please be faster! thanks...
thehayride.com/2019/10/masson-the-7-worst-people-youll-meet-on-every-fishing-forum/
I'm really curious why people down south think that's ok to grab a fish by the gills when releasing a fish.. Enjoy your videos man, but that is not good fishing etiquette. Tight lines
do you and your son make baits for matrix
No, Joel asked the owner of the company, Chas Champagne, to make a clear bait with blue, green and silver flecks. Chas did, and named it Holy Joely in Joel's honor. Joel doesn't get any kickbacks or residuals from sales of the bait.
I had NO idea that bait had to do with Joel! Now I get it! I am so happy to hear that. What a wonderful proudful Dad you must be! Not just because of the named dedication of the lure, but because it works here in South Louisiana SOOOO well!
I absolutely love that lure and it has caught me more fish than ANY I have ever tried. Honestly, I had given up on artificial because I just didn't get results.
I have caught all variety of fish on it and I now have a strong confidence in the results that it provides. I like my Shrimp Creole in slightly hazier water, but there is nothing like the satisfaction of the Holey Joely in clean water.
I was thrilled to hear about this idea and partnership. I'm glad your son and Mr. Champagne came up with such an effective lure. Go ahead on, y'all! 🎣
@@MarshManMasson good job thanks I fish in the camron and hackberry area and big lake just ordered that fitzgerald rod can)t wait
I let the big females over 20" go myself . Nice going and submit it to Releaseover20.com
wtf is a speckled trout! thoght I knew all trout species
It's technically not a trout species, even though that's what everyone along the Gulf and Atlantic coasts calls them. The scientific term for the fish is Cynoscion nebulosus. It's definitely not the world's most-powerful fish, but there's something about them that makes them irresistible.
ok looks kinda like trout bass hybrid but not saying it is
Great video !