I Targeted This Fish for My Dinner! (Catch, Clean, Cook)

On inland lakes and impoundments, bass often taste like a cross between threadfin shad and dragonflies. After all, you are what you eat.
But in the marshes where I fish, bass eat crustaceans -- the same ones that we pay $6.99/pound to feast upon. That makes their flesh absolutely delicious, so when I go out with bass in the crosshairs, I always keep a few for dinner.
That was the case on my most recent trip, and when I returned home, I kept the cameras rolling to show you one of my favorite ways to cook them. Check out the video for all the details!
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[@jmitchphotography]

Looks delicious brother!! I’m gonna try it for sure!! 🎣 GOD bless!!

[@bigjspec]

Looks like Lake St Catherine area

[@jefflee6459]

I love when you post your struggles . It just makes you more believable

[@MarshManMasson]

The start of this day was a head-scratcher, that's for sure

[@jaredopen]

Hey Todd, do you use a trolling motor mounted transducer for your bow fish finder or just the transom mounted one?

[@tylerreyes5645]

Hey what pants are those that your wearing thanks keep the vids coming watch all of them while I do my cardio !

[@brisketwizard8004]

Yes!! The Chef Paul's Blackened Redfish Magic is my go to seasoning. It is great on beef steaks as well. Actually, good on anything!

[@HaVoKhobo504]

Best fishing vids on KZbin, per usual. Ready to see saca’lait !!

[@johnshuler3699]

Best glass minnow imitation I've found is the Rapala husky jerks in glass minnow pattern, number 6 and 8.

[@billyyoung1511]

That March Romance! SECRET SAUCE

[@MarshManMasson]

It really is. I won't leave the dock without it this time of year. Gnats will ruin an otherwise great day.

[@garybarrere7552]

I had similar situation with glass minnows and bass finally I use a white rapala smallest size. Tore them up!

[@Jacobtaranto]

Keep em coming! Love watching your videos from the rig. Somethings gotta hold me over till the end of my hitch!!!

[@MattHampton2211]

Where are you fishing at?

[@pault5816]

That’s also good weather for socalait fishing

[@catchyalater]

That was me on Sunday until the sun came out and that's when the bite just exploded.

[@johnfontenot7861]

Ill taste test it 🤤

[@cliffhalljr3426]

I went looking for some specs on Sunday in the Bievenue area. Found a few on jerkbaits but none of them were over 15". Went hunting for bass after that and found a pile as the temps started rising. I will have to try that recipe as those bass are the perfect fish to bring home for dinner!

[@Alzybaby]

Do you prefer to eat bass rather than trout? Or is it that bass is firmer and better to cook blackened?

[@MarshManMasson]

Bass are better blackened. Trout are better in other dishes, like trout almandine.

[@Alzybaby]

In case anyone is wondering, the reply in this thread to text for a free gift is a common KZbin scam and not associated with Marsh Man Masson.

[@tylerbeebe5999]

Are you still sticking with the 12lb leader or have you switched back to 20?

[@MarshManMasson]

I've compromised to 15lb

[@tylerbeebe5999]

@@MarshManMasson 👍 do you think the reason we have so little recaptures on tagged fish is because some do not make it due injury sticking a tag in them or inhibiting their ability to swim? I just worry sometimes that all these people are tagging fish now and do not think it is great for the fish. What do you think? I guess we really have no way to prove one way or another because some make it obviously because they get recaptured but it is such a small %.

[@MarshManMasson]

I actually think the numbers of fish that are recaptured are impressively high. When you consider the size and intricacy of the Louisiana coast, it's remarkable to me that a tagged redfish has a 6% chance of being recaptured. Survival rates for fish that receive dart tags are quite high, and even though a few may perish, the program is well worth it for the data it provides. Besides, a fish's chance of survival is much higher being tagged and released than thrown in an ice chest.

[@tylerbeebe5999]

@@MarshManMasson thanks

[@danwaller5312]

What area, in general, is you favorite for marsh bass ?

[@MarshManMasson]

Can't say I have a favorite, but fishing for them is great in Delacroix, Hopedale, Shell Beach, Venice (seasonally), Rigolets, Lafitte and Dularge.

[@danwaller5312]

Reds seem to be absent?

[@MarshManMasson]

Louisiana's redfish population is a pale shadow of what it once was. Major management reforms are overdue.

[@grantfoster9099]

most of the fish that i tag dont get reported which is sad cause i wanna know what that fish is doing 365 days a year

[@MarshManMasson]

Historically, only 3% of speckled trout and 6% of redfish are recaptured, so when we tag and release most of these fish, they're gone for good but not forgotten.