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Protected: Black drum fill up dull, winter days along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast
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Coast Region
Inshore Fishing
Sheepshead ugly and, boy, what teeth …
Sheepshead got their name for a reason: their faces forevermore look like those of sheep, with teeth that can do harm to weak hooks and an ill-placed finger.
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Bridge the gap this fall for saltwater success
With a forecast of 40 degrees and a 40-percent chance of rain, I was expecting a call to cancel a planned inshore fishing trip with two captains in Bay St. Louis the day after Thanksgiving.
Inshore Fishing
Bugs! Fish aren’t the only things biting
Fishing along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast is great in October.
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Fall’s 4 saltwater fishing hotspots
Finally, anglers and the fish they pursue are getting a reprieve from the heat. Football season is in full swing, cookouts are more comfortable than they’ve been in months, and the fishing action is as good as it gets along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
Inshore Fishing
Slack tide the right tide for tripletails
Most saltwater anglers believe that moving tides — incoming or outgoing — are the best parts of the tide cycle to fish. And they believe slack tide to be the worst, either slack high or low.
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Made in the shade – Don’t throw shade on Mississippi tripletail
When most fishermen hear about saltwater sight-fishing out of Biloxi, they immediately think about spotting redfish tailing in the shallows of the marsh or pushing water against a bank.
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Speck event successful
A speckled trout tournament format, designed by fishermen for fishermen, proved successful this summer and could lead to a series of contests on the Mississippi coast in 2019.
Field Notes
Mystery baitfish revealed
We were fishing Delacroix, La., when a speckled trout coughed up this weird thing shown in the accompanying photo. Read on to learn what exactly it is — and why it’s important to you as an inshore angler.
Redfish
Biloxi Marsh: Being there is worth getting there
The weather plays a crucial role in any type of fishing, but when fishing the Biloxi Marsh, getting there can be more of an inconvenience than actually fishing.