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Cover: May 2013
Chunky Bay Springs crappie are waiting, while waters around Ship Island are filling with big speckled trout. […]
Inshore Fishing
Inshore Fishing
The Matrix Shad
There are sound reasons behind the growing success of one of the hottest soft plastics for saltwater and, even, freshwater fish from Biloxi, Miss., to Houma and beyond in the Sportsman’s Paradise. […]
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Big-fish bite on along Gulf coast’s front beach
In the spring, according to Kyle Perry of Biloxi, the trout move from the bays and bayous to the front beach. And that means it’s easy to put some fish on the table — even for those anglers who are boat poor. […]
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Non-stop island action
It looked like a Foot Locker employee convention swimming around the reef near Ship Island as Capt. Travis Paige of Goin’ Coastal Charters quietly trolled up to the structure. […]
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Pending state-record speckled trout landed
David Floyd of Pascagoula is no stranger to catching big fish or holding state records. Floyd is the current record holder for permit in Mississippi, caught a 98-pound cobia last spring and has caught three speckled trout over 7 pounds in the last two years — two of those being 8-pounders. […]
Inshore Fishing
Mississippi’s mystery cobia
Cobia move from South Florida into Mississippi in late March and early April. After spawning off the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, they return to south Florida in the fall — or do they? […]
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Wind warriors
“Water, water, everywhere, and all the boards did shrink; water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” […]
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Stay mobile to catch limits of speckled trout
March madness means something completely different for a speckled trout fisherman. Watching river flood-stage levels steadily climb and salinity levels drop will drive a fisherman mad. […]
Inshore Fishing
March’s offshore and inshore fishing
As the weather warms up on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, fishing starts to heat up, too. […]
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One kayaker found dead, search for second paddler under way
The body of a 57-year-old Biloxi kayaker was found near the Biloxi east channel early this morning, and the search is on for a second paddler, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources reported.
The body of Kenneth Rainer was discovered at 12:13 a.m., the MDMR said. […]
Inshore Fishing
Bass Kandi’s Coastal Crippler
Mike “Redbone” Holland of Ragley, who owns Bass Kandi Baits — a Southwest Louisiana artificial lure manufacturing company specializings in soft plastics — and his 11-year-old son Payton were deer hunting the week before Christmas near Kerrville, Texas. […]
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Tips for slow-trolling for lunker speckled trout
Trolling, trolling, trolling on the river. It’s a little known non-fact that Ike and Tina met when their lines got crossed while trolling for speckled trout in Parker’s Creek off the Tchoutacabouffa River.
Trolling for trout is a deadly technique practiced by many anglers on the coast. Anglers troll soft plastics, live shrimp, and various types of hard baits. Ocean Spring’s Zach, a Mississippi State engineering student, is one of the aficionados of this tactic. […]