Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 42 of 47

June 4, 2026

Focus on 5- to 6-foot water to find some great trout fishing this month.

Mississippi’s Gulf Coast

September 10, 2012 John E. Phillips

Red minnows will be in this month, as well as bull tarpon, redfish, cobia, king mackerel and Spanish mackerel. […]

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. […]

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

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

August 8, 2012 Chris Ginn

Tripletail have made an impression on Capt. Kenny Shiyou. […]

Mark Suber of Seastriker/Star Rods shows the difference in the grips and butt sections of the two lines of Star Seagis Series Rods. The current split grip model is on the top and has a longer butt section, while the new cork grip is on the bottom and has a butt that is 2 inches shorter. All other components remain the same lightweight, high quality pieces.

Star introduces Seagis rods, then updates and introduces newest models

August 6, 2012 Jerry Dilsaver

Star Rods introduced the Seagis Series of inshore fishing rods earlier this year. Seagis Series rods come with a split-cork grip and all the best hardware. They have Fuji SK2 split reel seats and Fuji K-Series Tangle Free Guides with Alconite rings – all the lightest and newest stuff. […]

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

August 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

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. […]

Tripletail must be at least 18 inches long to be kept, so fish like this are perfect to tag as part of the Gulf Coast Research Lab’s effort to better understand migratory patterns.

Anglers wanted for tripletail tagging program

August 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Tripletail are considered a coastal pelagic species, but studies suggest they don’t follow the same migratory pattern as cobia. […]

Never pass up a set of double buoys: For some reason, they seem to hold tripletail more readily than singles.

Tripletail tips and tricks

August 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Tripletail are more of a “luck” fish, but Capt. Kenny Shiyou has learned a few tricks of the trade that he believes puts him on more fish. […]

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources' Artificial Reef Bureau has extended Katrina Key westward to provide more fishing habitat.

Katrina Key fishing reef extended

July 25, 2012 From News Reports

Katrina Key, a fishing reef created after Hurricane Katrina, has been extended by several hundred yards by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ Artificial Reef Bureau. […]

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.” […]

This photo genuinely shows a monstrous speckled trout, but it's not a state-record fish as Internet reports have suggested. Instead it was one of the brood fish from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Lab.

‘Record’ trout no record at all

July 13, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Internet reports of a new Mississippi record speckled trout weighing 13.9 pounds are untrue, biologists said, shooting down stories that include a photograph of a monster fish. […]

Fish like this heavy red invade Back Bay in droves because of the smorgasbord of food that it offers.

Back it up

July 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decided to open the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Louisiana last year, Capt. Bryan Cuevas with Mega-Bite Fishing Charters out of Biloxi saw an interesting phenomenon take place.

As fresh water from the Mississippi River pushed farther and farther to the east out Lake Pontchartrain, through the Rigolets and eventually into the Mississippi Sound, Cuevas saw the size of his speckled trout increase. […]

Black drum fishing heats up right along with the weather and they readily attack cracked crab fished near pilings and bridge structures.

July prime time for big black drum

July 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

If there’s one kind of fishing that stands out in Capt. Bryan Cuevas’ mind this time of year it’s targeting big black drum on the bottom and around pilings. […]