Every angler has had a fish come off on side the boat that just kind of sits there for a couple of seconds before realizing it's free and can swim off unimpeded. Every one of these anglers has had a moment's thought about diving in, grabbing the fish and throwing it over the gunwale.



Although the situation was a little bit different, a client fishing with Capt. Austin Lacour Saturday had more than just the thought. He took action.



Lacour had intentions of putting his customers for the day on a fast speckled trout bite. The fish have been larger than usual, and they've been hanging in massive schools down by Last Island on the southern fringe of Terrebonne Parish. But on Saturday, Lacour got all the way down there to discover these May cool fronts had turned the water into a well-shaken YooHoo.



He knew instantly it wouldn't be a day for catching trout, but felt confident the redfish would cooperate. He turned his bow back toward the marsh, and found a school of reds that weren't exactly the easiest to access.



"The fish were pushed way back in shallow water in an area my boat couldn't reach," Lacour said. "One of my customers made a cast back there and hooked a fish immediately. Another made a cast, and he hooked up as well, so they all just started casting back there."



The problem was that the hotspot was separated from Lacour's boat by a marsh island, and the anglers had to pull their fish over the grass to get them to the boat.



Most came through with no problem, but one redfish got snagged in the grass, and no amount of tugging could get it free.



That's when David Stock of Thibodaux, one of Lacour's clients, jumped in to claim his fish.



Lacour hit the record button on his phone's video recorder, and captured Stock doing his Humphrey Bogart impression. The angler even mentioned the possibility of coming up covered with leeches.



Lacour assured him that wouldn't happen, and kept recording while Stock swam back to the boat and handed off his well-earned prize.



Lacour said the fish were hitting live shrimp under corks.

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Todd Masson can be reached at tmasson@nola.com or 504.232.3054.

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