"THE MAESTRO: Allen "Chink" Sumas, Jr.

I think it's because they get sick of the big lake drama + tournament drama

not everyone enjoys tournament fishing

Whats live bait? Oh you mean that stuff they pay .25 for each. Nothing against it I just have rarely used it. As for spec masters I have only met a couple they catch big specs all the time and thats all they target but they release those huge ones. I love big specs nothing like that shake.

He claims to have caught 9 trout that weighed over 80 lbs.............in one day. :eek: First of all, I do not believe that. :shaking: I think that Terry Shaughnessy claiming to have caught over 5,000 8 lb. trout in his lifetime is more realistic. Damn shame he didn't have a camera with him the day of that slaughter 'cause his pics are of 3 lbers. He did, however, show a pic of a couple of 7's he was gettin' ready to clean. :cool: If I were to compile a list of "TroutMasters".......he would not be featured, nor, would anybody else that fished live bait exclusively and kept every fish they caught.

straight up :smokin:

Definatly would be a close race between Jeff, Will and the Stansel brothers.

There are a lot of others that are good but these guys are the elite.

Are you referring to Kevin and Phil Broussard?

If so you are sadly mistaken......that is two biggest potlicking ****s on the lake!

I understand that live bait fishing can take some mastering, but I'd say a trout MASTER is someone who can go out on any given day and find a consistent bite on artificials and if they wanted big fish they know what and where to fish and they do it.

I haven't met a master yet that i know of, and I don't think all of the "lousianasportsmen troutmasters" are masters either. They just wrote a book. I can write a book on bass fishing in numerous different conditions and techs but I am no master even though i'm usually consistent.

Most of the "troutmasters" in the GI area use live croakers or Pogies to catch their big fish (Terry St Cyr, Bootsie Toups, etc.). They usually come out on top in the big Rodeos and tournaments out of that area. Most of them fish the eastern side of the island all the way to fishing around Venice. They consistently catch big fish and they have a proven record. I consider myself a "Trout Slinger" also. I'll use whatever they are biting on.

I have been called a "Fish catchin' MoFo" by many a potlicker! Ask Eman!! You there bro???

I used to fish with a guy named Carl Miller out of Fourchon. They caller him Carl Miller "The Speck Killer." lol He only used live pogies or croakers but favored pogies. And u can say what u want about live bait but we caught Hawgs! Biggest trout I ever caught was with him. My dad and uncles won lots of rodeos with him.

that dude Sean walley is a beast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a trout jedi ....

Asterisk please.....:grinpimp:

Chink is not a troutmaster... Soaking 4inch croaker at sea brook is not a master....he just uses bigger croaker than the others...

We need to introduce you too Jeremy "W"altrip.....:grinpimp:

catching trout on croaker can be tough!

lmao, they redmasters, not troutmasters

masters don't run out of gas..... :eek:

They do when they are Master Baiters and think tht "E" stands for ENOUGH!!! :work::churn::rotfl::*****::rotfl:

I fish with Terry St Cyr a couple times a year in GI. We always use croakers and catch big fish. I consider him one of finest fisherman in the state. We will be fishing at the end of June. I'll post pics!