Perry’s favorite bait for catching sheepshead are fiddler crabs he catches in the marsh close to his house. A fiddler crab is compact, which helps prevent the bait from being nibbled off — something a sheepshead is notorious for doing. […]
The 16-foot Uncle Buck’s Crappie Pole allowed Biloxi’s Kyle Perry to drop the bait straight down into the strike zone. Perry’s bait hadn’t sunk 18 inches when the bright-yellow tip of the pole bobbed twice and then went straight down. […]
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain,” Dolly Parton once said. […]
If you’re not the do-it-yourself type and would rather buy a pre-made flounder light with all the accessories, Paddle Punks Quality Kayaking and Fishing Equipment and Accessories sells the Cadillac of flounder lights — the WooHoo! Floundering Light. […]
Stingrays are a fact of life along the coast, but with some minor precautions they can be easily avoided. Capt. Ronnie Daniels has been wading for over 25 years and has never stepped on a stingray. […]
Floundering is a fishing method that has low startup costs, with the only equipment being a gig, a light and a stringer. […]
Capt. Ronnie Daniel’s DIY flounder light is extremely easy and inexpensive to make, is lightweight and has a long battery life. […]
Trout fishermen live for the ‘thump’ felt when a nice speck hits a tight-lined jig, but there are times when the bite feels like something heavy on the end of the line. When the line gets heavy it’s time to set the hook. Sometimes though, that heavy feeling may be really heavy – like a large chunk of post-Katrina bridge rubble. […]
Summer is no time to hide inside — not when flounder are stacked in the shallows along the coast. Here’s how to take your share of these succulent fish. […]
The live shrimp flew through the air with a bright orange cork in tow. When the duo hit the water they never stopped – straight down into the stained water. […]
The maiden voyage of a boat is always a special event. The anticipation of who will catch the first fish, the biggest, or the most: how fast will it go, how shallow will it float, how well will it corner. It’s an even more special event when a dad and his two sons go out and put the smack down on speckled trout and various other inshore species. […]
Two white circles of light moved across the calm water guided by figures barely distinguishable against the dark horizon. The only sound was an occasional car driving down Beach Boulevard in Pascagoula until… a loud WOOHOO! broke the silence. […]
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