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Often more than one tripletail will be hanging around the same buoy, just waiting for a bait to drift by.

The blackfish are back in August

August 13, 2012 John E. Phillips

Capt. Kenny Shiyou of Shore Thing Charters, based at Bay St. Louis, Miss., said he was ready to do battle with one of his favorite quarries. […]

Cobia are prowling the coast this month, just begging to be caught.

Gulf Coast chock full of tarpon

July 16, 2012 John E. Phillips

Strictly Business Fishing Charters owner Michael Moore has a summertime motto: “If you want to go on a short trip in July, we can catch fish; and if you want to go on a long trip, we can catch fish too.” […]

Big speckled trout lurk off the Mississippi coast. It’s just a matter of knowing how to target them.

Fishing busting loose

June 29, 2012 John E. Phillips

According to Capt. Sonny Schindler of Shore Thing Charters out of Bay St. Louis, speckled trout are the big stars of the month. […]

May is the right time

May 1, 2012 John E. Phillips

One of the greatest adventures on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is a Chandeleur Island trip, spending two nights out on a boat and fishing. […]

If you’re going offshore, there’s no reason not to drag shaky baits for wahoo this April. There still are big ones to be caught.

Twice as nice

April 1, 2012 John E. Phillips

According to Capt. Lenny Maiolatesi of the Fighting Chicken, docked at Harbor Landing Marina in Ocean Springs, “April means wahoo, and we use a three-pronged attack to fish offshore then. […]

The only problem with catching redfish around the bridge is that some days there are slot reds, and other days there are nothing but big bulls.

March Madness

March 1, 2012 John E. Phillips

“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. […]

At Cat Island, you always can find protected waters to fish, no matter how hard the wind is blowing, and you almost always can find clean water to fish.

The secrets of Cat Island

January 1, 2012 John E. Phillips

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. […]

On mild winter days, the trout fishing can be really good.

A new winter tradition

December 1, 2011 John E. Phillips

During December, most of us are thinking about Santa Claus, children getting out of school and upcoming bowl games. However, on Christmas Day, when the presents are all unwrapped, and the toys are put away, these memories still aren’t nearly as long-lasting as fishing trips with mom and dad. […]

The fall run of big kings has started. The bigger fish will be caught offshore, but there are plenty of 12- to 20-pound kings with an occasional big one near the shore to be had.

Big fish bonanza in Biloxi

November 1, 2011 John E. Phillips

Capt. Bobby Williams of the charter boat Three Sons IV has fished the Biloxi area for many years. […]

Capt. Sonny Schindler loves October fishing because he can take anglers to a limit of specks and reds early.

Bumper crop; Everything’s biting this month at coast

September 27, 2011 John E. Phillips

Mississippi’s Gulf Coast had a late crop of big tripletail this year. […]

Through the fall, redfish will be among the prime targets of most Gulf Coast anglers.

Fishing, football go together like popcorn, movies

August 31, 2011 John E. Phillips

One of the most-difficult problems for fishermen in the fall is choosing between staying home and watching one of their favorite football teams or going fishing. However, Capt. Jay Trochesset has solved this problem for anglers fishing with him on the Silver Dollar III, based at Point Cadet Marina in Biloxi. […]

Mangroves are notoriously hook- and line-shy, but there are ways to get around that.

Snapper season’s not over in August

July 27, 2011 John E. Phillips

Plenty of snapper live off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. Just because red snapper season has ended doesn’t mean you can’t catch other varieties of hard-fighting, delicious snapper, including lane, vermilion and gray, as part of your aggregate of 10 reef fish. […]