Hello everyone my name is Billy and I fish on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, bass fishing here is just a little bit challenging when you're in the tournament and your trying to catch bass you just as apt to catch a redfish speckled trout flounder so yes it is challenging here but we love it and I hope to learn a few things on this form and talk to some people who are knowledgeable about bass fishing. Thank you.

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Billy, great post. On Sunday I called my cousin in New Orleans who fishes almost every day out of Shell Beach and into the Biloxi.  We grew up together fishing the Biloxi and the Chandeleur Islands on weekends. Great memories.

 

My cousin told me that the salinity of the water in the Gulf is moving across the mouth of the river and towards the west, taking the reds, specs, and Sheepshead with it when the Corps opens the spillway. One of my cousin's friends, a guide, went from Shell Beach via Pilot Town and up the river to Point A La Hash to find some good fishing.

 

My cousin also told me that the shrimp he uses for bait is the size of your little finger and that he bought 100 live shrimp last week and only 15 were larger than his little finger.

 

He decided to go into the Biloxi two weekends ago and fish for "green trout" which he did and he said he caught close to 70 but they were all dinks, other than for a few around 2 to 3 pounds. He said that in the past he would boat 30 redfish and 60 specs but on Saturday he managed to nail only 5 reds and 10 specs with no Sheepshead or catfish in the mix.

 

He keeps a daily log of his catches and he is seeing them being reduced with the salinity being impacted when the Corps opens the spillway. 

 

Have you seen this in your area east of Pearl River towards Gulfport? Let us know.

 

In the meantime, please remember to wear your purple and gold when you go fishing and yell "Geaux Tigers" when you set the hook.

 

P.S.  My uncle had a 42-foot Chris Craft and we towed two 16-foot skiffs to troll for our bait, especially the baby croakers.  We hated it when we had to go into the Biloxi to shrimp as we would constantly get stuck by those nasty shrimp. But in hind sight, it was great being out there on the water with very few boats around.

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