Inshore Fishing
May is the right time
One of the greatest adventures on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is a Chandeleur Island trip, spending two nights out on a boat and fishing. […]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
Tower of Power
The prominent V wake was unmistakable, even from my camera boat positioned 50 feet from the anglers working a grass line. […]
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MDMR awards Excellence in Marine Sciences Awards to area students
Five students received Excellence in Marine Sciences Awards during the Region VI Science and Engineering Fair held Wednesday (Feb. 29) at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced.
The MDMR-sponsored award was established to encourage local students to develop research projects involving Mississippi’s coastal resources. […]
Inshore Fishing
March Madness
“If you have young folks, old folks or a bunch of buddies who want to go fishing and have their strings stretched, their rods bent and their muscles crying for relief, come fish with us at Bay St. Louis Bridge on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in March,” says Capt. Kyle Jarreau of Shore Thing Fishing Charters. […]
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Striper Bounceback?
In the early 1940s, the Gulf of Mexico held a large population of saltwater striped bass. Like the salmon out west, these stripers remained out in the Gulf until they were mature and then moved inland to fresh water to spawn. After spawning, they returned to the Gulf. The baby stripers born in fresh water also swam back to the Gulf of Mexico. […]
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Tower of Power
The prominent V wake was unmistakable, even from my camera boat positioned 50 feet from the anglers working a grass line. […]
Inshore Fishing
High hopes up high
Now, despite the vision advantage, even tower fishing can see its valleys of boredom. Maybe it’s a hot summer day when the fish are holding in deeper, cooler water or hiding under rafts of matted vegetation in the marsh. […]
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Saltwater flyfishing workshop offered
A free saltwater flyfishing workshop is scheduled for Saturday (Feb. 11) at the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today. […]
Inshore Fishing
X-2 Deep-Diving Crankbait
Designed to help you catch more bass, ABT Lure Company’s “Next Generation” X-2 lure also significantly reduces resistance upon retrieve, eliminating the normal fatigue associated with fishing a deep-diver for a long period of time. […]
Inshore Fishing
MirrOlure Lil John
Available in fourteen popular color patterns, the MirrOlure Lil John Twitchbait is the latest addition to MirrOlure’s popular soft plastic product line. Its special tube shaped body allows for great action and unmatched casting distance. […]
Inshore Fishing
The secrets of Cat Island
Cat Island, only 7 miles from Long Beach Harbor, may have the best and most-dependable fishing year-round off the Mississippi Coast. One of the advantages that anglers have who go to Cat Island to fish during January is that they always can find protected waters there with speckled trout and redfish. […]
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Pass Christian artificial fishing reef completed
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has completed the so-called Pass Christian Key, an artificial reef built from material from the old Bay St. Louis Washington Street Pier, the agency reported today (Dec. 21).
The “key” is located just more than a half mile south of the beach and a mile east of the Pass Christian Harbor, the MDMR said. […]