Coast Region

Featured

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. […]

Featured

CCA meeting to focus on removal of offshore rigs

June 26, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Facing the loss of what it estimates is 1,800 acres of valuable fish habitat in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coastal Conservation Association of Mississippi is focusing on opposing the government’s ordered removal of derelict oil rigs, a program known as the Idle Iron Directive.

“Saving Essential Fish Habitat ” is the subject of a CCA of Mississippi meeting scheduled Wednesday night (June 27) at 6:30 p.m. at the Hansboro Community Center at 1890 Switzer Road in Gulfport. […]

Featured

Catfish stocking scheduled for Pearl River

June 14, 2012 MDWFP news release

An estimated 14,000 pounds of blue catfish are set to be released Friday (June 15) into the Pearl River near Picayune as part of the recovery effort following a massive fish kill last year, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks announced.

More than 200,000 fish and freshwater mussels were killed after an equipment malfunction at Temple-Inland Paper Mill in Bogalusa, La., caused a spill of paper-making byproducts that depleted oxygen in the river’s water. […]

Featured

Catfish stocking scheduled for Pearl River

June 14, 2012 MDWFP news release

An estimated 14,000 pounds of blue catfish are set to be released Friday (June 15) into the Pearl River near Picayune as part of the recovery effort following a massive fish kill last year, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks announced.

More than 200,000 fish and freshwater mussels were killed after an equipment malfunction at Temple-Inland Paper Mill in Bogalusa, La., caused a spill of paper-making byproducts that depleted oxygen in the river’s water. […]

Content

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. […]

Inshore Fishing

Favorite trout line and baits

June 1, 2012 John J. Woods

Charlie Garretson said fishing around the man-made structures off Horn Island has proven the wisdom of hearty fishing line, while choosing the right bait for the job can mean the difference between going home empty handed and filling the boat. […]