The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality on July 20 reopened Mississippi’s territorial marine waters to live-bait shrimping and recreational catch-and-release hook and line fishing in areas previously closed due to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill. […]
All recreational and commercial fishing was halted in the Mississippi Sound yesterday (July 1) “in an abundance of caution” because of sightings of oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon spill, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced. […]
Waters between Martin Island and Isle Au Pitre on the northeastern tip of the Biloxi Marsh have been closed today (May 28) to all fishing after oil was confirmed in the area. […]
In June, anglers can catch the biggest trout of the year off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, according to Capt. Kyle Jarreau, who guides out of Bay St. Louis and fishes the marsh. […]
The Biloxi marshes and other inshore Louisiana waters east of the Mississippi River reopens to recreational fishing tomorrow (May 15) at sunrise. The Chandeleur and Breton sounds, however, remain closed. […]
Health hazards related to eating fish contaminated from the 5,000 barrels of oil spewing through the Gulf floor every day from the Deepwater Horizon site are likely being substantially overblown, according to a retired marine biology professor. […]
Many Mississippi Gulf Coast anglers consider a temperature gauge the best tool for catching fish during April. A temperature gauge will tell you the most-abundant and the easiest-to-catch fish on the Gulf Coast and the locations of those fish, and often identify the baits these April fish will prefer to eat. […]
Anglers can catch plenty of good-sized speckled trout, redfish and an occasional flounder on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast after the bowl games have ended. To learn where to find them and how to catch them, we talked with Capt. Kyle Jarreau of Shore Thing Charters, who guides in the Biloxi Marsh out of Bay St. Louis. […]
Although Sept. 22 is listed on the 2009 calendar as the official first day of autumn, cool weather is still a long way from making its first appearance in South Mississippi. […]
About five minutes into our run, I thanked Tommy Barrett for launching at Pass Christian rather than Gulfport. Rather than running due south to get to our destination, we were running southeast, which meant we had a front-row seat for one of the most spectacular sunrises I had ever seen. […]
Every time our live shrimp and plastic jigs hit the water, we’d feel a thump on the line, the rods would pretzel, the drags would squeal and big speckled trout would come to the boat. […]
Capt. Sonny Schindler of Bay St. Louis believes April is the best month for speckled trout and redfish in the Biloxi Marsh. […]
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