Inshore Fishing Archives - Page 43 of 48

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 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. […]

While he typically targets trout just under the surface, Cuevas puts his anglers on redfish by having them fish the bottom.

Start shallow, finish deep

July 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Recreational anglers looking for the most action during July should fish south of the Highway 90 Bridge at the mouth of Back Bay first thing in the morning, according to Capt. Bryan Cuevas with Mega-Bite Fishing Charters. […]

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. […]

Help better understand migratory patterns of tripletail by participating in a Gulf Coast Research Lab tagging program.

Anglers wanted for tripletail tagging program

June 29, 2012 Chris Ginn

Tripletail are considered a coastal pelagic species, but studies suggest they don’t follow the same migratory pattern as cobia. In fact, no clear migratory trend has emerged from data collected from the Gulf Coast Research Lab’s 11-year tripletail-tagging program.

That doesn’t mean the tripletail program has been a failure, though, because what the tripletail study does not show about migration patterns leads researchers closer to discovering how these mysterious fish move about. […]

Horn Island reefs key to hot speck action.

By the Horn

June 1, 2012 John J. Woods

The rising sun peaking over the ice glass waters of the Mississippi Gulf Coast on a bluebird day is a sight to behold. For the salt angler, the shimmering ripples across the great bays forebodes great fishing. […]