Inshore Fishing
October fishing at the Gulf Coast
This month fishing all along the coast really turns on as the temperatures drop. Here is a rundown of the options: […]
Coast Region
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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.
Baiting the bream hook he had affixed to a fly-line tippet, he threaded a large grasshopper onto the hook and stripped line from the reel with gentle pulls.
Two pumps, and the hopper landed 3 yards above the rapid flow. Stripping line into the canoe Harold kept slack out of the line as he could. The grasshopper entered the rapids and disappeared, the line goes taught, the rod doubled and the fight was on. […]
Freshwater Fishing
The bare necessities for float fishing the Leaf River
A kayak or canoe is just the ticket for a Leaf River float trip. Veterans of such floats have learned what they need and what to leave at home. Less and smaller are the keys to comfort and convenience.
Here are the basics: […]
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Record AJ brings satisfaction
Perhaps it is time for the fishing team, Never Satisfied, to consider a name change. […]
Alligator
Mississippi’s giant gators match adrenalin rush of ‘Griz’
A conversation over drinks aboard an 80-foot luxury fishing boat off British Columbia led to a Mississippi adventure that landed a Canadian big game hunter one of his most exciting trophies — a 12-foot alligator that weighed over 600 pounds. […]
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Biloxi man dies in coastal boating accident
A 54-year-old Biloxi man died in a boating accident in the Mississippi Sound early this morning (Sept. 16), the Sun Herald reported. […]
Inshore Fishing
Mississippi’s Gulf Coast
Red minnows will be in this month, as well as bull tarpon, redfish, cobia, king mackerel and Spanish mackerel. […]
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Thousands of dead nutria line Mississippi beaches
As silver linings go, this one stinks.Bad.Capt. Sonny Schindler has never seen anything like it, the thousands of dead nutria pushing into the west end of the Mississippi Sound after apparently being drowned by Hurricane Isaac’s storm surge. […]
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Three saltwater state-record fish certified
Three state saltwater fish records were certified by the Commission on Marine Resources during it’s meeting last week, the agency reported. […]
Inshore Fishing
The blackfish are back in August
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. […]
Inshore Fishing
Transient Treasures: Catching tripletail just a matter of keeping a sharp eye out
Tripletail have made an impression on Capt. Kenny Shiyou. […]
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Study yields ‘scary’ results on outcome of BP oil-spill dispersants
Coastal fishermen have enjoyed great fishing since the Deepwater Horizon oil disaster of 2010, but they have lived with the fear of potential long-term impacts to the ecosystem lurking in their minds.
A study released Tuesday on the Public Library of Science Web site indicates there is definite cause for future worry — but not because of the 200 million gallons of crude that spewed unabated into the Gulf of Mexico for over three months. […]