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Saltwater guides catch a break with excellent summer fishing
According to Capt. Matt Tusa of Shore Thing Charters in Bay St. Louis, saltwater fishing bounces back along the Mississippi coast this summer. […]
Coast Region
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Bay St. Louis specks hard to beat in summer
Speckled trout are ravenous this month off Bay St. Louis, and you can tag-team them all day with topwaters and soft-plastic swimbaits. […]
Inshore Fishing
Fishing the correct side of a marsh drain
In this Sportsman TV video, Capt. Charlie Thomason breaks down casting placement for fishing marsh drains and how to locate the best spot for staging fish. […]
Inshore Fishing
Fishing a falling tide marsh drain
On this segment of Sportsman TV, Capt. Charlie Thomason will show how he targets inshore species by fishing a falling tide at the mouth of a marsh drain. […]
Fishing
Coastal fish populations didn’t crash after the Deepwater Horizon spill – why not?
Ten years later, researchers have found that the Deepwater Horizon oil spill did not appear to cause significant oiling injury to coastal fish populations. […]
Fishing
Bonnet Carré Spillway projects to open as soon as this week
While nothing is yet official, the Bonnet Carré Spillway projects to be opened for the third time in two years, perhaps by the end of this week. […]
Newsletters
April is peak trout month around Cat Island
Big, prespawn speckled trout are a common target around Mississippi’s Cat Island throughout April. And the prespawn trout there in April are big. […]
Field Notes
Top 6 surf-fishing tactics
There’s more to catching trout in the surf than showing up and walking into the water. Here are some tips from Sammy Romano, who has perfected the tactics. […]
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Mississippi red snapper season opens May 22
Mississippi’s 2020 red snapper season will open at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, May 22, for recreational and state-permitted for-hire vessels. […]
Features
Targeting speckled trout on neap tides
Many speckled trout anglers avoid fishing on days with neap tides. They’re missing out, according to one Pass Christian guide. […]
Newsletters
Trout in transition months
Capt. Charlie Thomason has spent many years following speckled trout through this transitional period in the fall and he has some key concepts. […]
Inshore Fishing
Cooler weather, hotter marsh fishing action
Mississippi’s coastal fishermen, plagued all summer by fresh-water related problems beyond their control, have been eyeing the arrival of October fishing. […]