Transient Treasures: Catching tripletail just a matter of keeping a sharp eye out

Capt. Kenny Shiyou says he’s hit as many as 200 buoys before finding a line that held three or four tripletail.

Head south this month to sightfish for tripletail right off the Mississippi coast.

Tripletail have made an impression on Capt. Kenny Shiyou.

“I tell everybody: ‘If I was a wealthy man, that’s all I would fish,’” Shiyou swore.

And a fellow would have to be rolling in it to be able to afford enough gas to run crab buoys out in the Mississippi Sound all day long.

You see, tripletail can be ubiquitous and evanescent at the same time.

On one hand, they can be found just about anywhere off the coast of Mississippi. On the other, they can be here today and gone tomorrow.Click here to read more on Transient Treasures: Catching tripletail just a matter of keeping a sharp eye out

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