Inshore Fishing
Destination Cat Island
Cat Island of Long Beach and southeast of Bay St. Louis is a top fishing destination in the Gulf region. […]
Coast Region
Inshore Fishing
It’s all about the tides
When it comes to saltwater fishing along the Mississippi Gulf, everything is controlled by the changing tides. Fishing charter guides and experienced saltwater anglers know how to deal with the impact of the rising and falling tides with its resultant impact on the fishing. […]
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Playing Hard to Get — Head to Old River WMA for great deer hunting
Inaccessible river bottomland attracts more deer than it does deer hunters. […]
Deer Hunting
Know the hunting regs for Old River WMA
One of the responsibilities of hunting public lands is becoming familiar with all the rules and regulations that come with these wildlife management areas. Unless you want to lose future hunting privileges at Old River WMA, it’s important to know some of the most basic regulations. […]
Deer Hunting
Ground hunting for deer works in thick river bottomland
While hunting from the ground might sound like a good way to spot more deer during the early part of the hunting season when green vegetation still hangs from understory plants, that doesn’t necessarily mean hunters should hunt out of ground blinds. […]
Deer Hunting
Post-Katrina logging a boon for Old River WMA deer and hunters
Although Old River WMA in Mississippi and Bogue Chitto NWR in Louisiana share a border with the same river, managers of these public lands took drastically different routes after Hurricane Katrina blasted Southeast Louisiana and Mississippi in 2005. […]
Deer Hunting
Playing Hard to Get — Head to Old River WMA for great deer hunting
Inaccessible river bottomland attracts more deer than it does deer hunters. […]
Featured Story
Graveline Bayou filled with trout as weather cools
The hot, windy summer has finally given way to much cooler fall temperatures. This is a favorite time of year for most Gulf Coast anglers because these cooler temperatures bring the larger trout to the inside bays and bayous, making limits of keeper trout much easier to catch.
One of the most-productive areas this time of year is Graveline Bayou, which is nestled between Ocean Springs and Gautier (pronounced Go Chay by the locals). […]
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Recreational gag grouper season closure announced
Recreational fishing for gag grouper in territorial waters will end Saturday (Nov. 3) at 12:01 a.m., the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today (Nov. 1). […]
Featured Story
Coast on fire, but still waiting on flounders to show up
Anchored adjacent to a towering bridge piling, Paul Thomas had his hands full for a few hours on Saturday (Oct. 21). There were three rod holders on the back corner of his 22-foot boat, and only Thomas and his young son Ronnie were aboard. […]
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Boater rescued after vessel collides with Bay St. Louis Bridge
A 21-foot boat struck the Bay St. Louis Bridge on Friday (Oct. 19), and the sole person aboard the vessel was airlifted to a New Orleans hospital, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources reported.
The MDMR received the call about the collision at 2:08 p.m. on Friday. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Turn over a new Leaf: Float down this river to catch bass, catfish and bream
The Leaf River narrows so the water flows over just one end of a log jam and into a pool of deeper water. The flow is wide enough for a canoe to pass without problem, and Harold Turner guides the canoe to the shallow side of the bend where it rests in the eddy current below the log jam […]