Saltwater Flats fishing

[legends of the lower mars]

The jetties behind Beau Rivage...cast into the cuts with live shrimp and a little weight. State record speck came off the rock piles next to the Palace...pink top dog Jr at sun up. Fort Bayou(Ocean Springs)...you'll run into fresh and salt water fish back in there...they will all eat live shrimp...caught a 12# tagged striper in there one time. Have a fresh water liscense in there. Just west of the Beau you will see the remains of a pier...1 mile directly out is an oyster reef that holds fish. You can run into ALOT of them small sharks there later in the year....kids love em. Take a garden hoe and some live and dead shrimp to the Ocean Springs/Biloxi bridge. Rake the barnicles off the pilons to chum em up...HANG ON...Ive hooked run away submarines there and the railroad bridge where there is an outcropping for maintenance...dont drop an anchor or you'll lose it next to them bridges. If you can throw a small cast net for finger mullet and pogeys...you'll be in bussines. The flats in front of the VA(Gulfport) at sunup with a live shrimp under a popping cork can be good...you can wade that area as well....stay out of the Least Tern nesting areas. A Norm Bait or Top Dog Jr can be deadly over ANY of the oyster reefs...they are marked with plain white poles. I lived down there for a number of years and fished about everywhere at one time or another...Good Luck

Dang son!!! You you nailed it on the head!!!

Yea, do what "Dux Be Us" said and be ready to hang-on!!!

[legends of the lower mars]

stop by Academy in gulfport and look me up

Hey man, I thought you went over to DICK'S Sporting Goods???

[mshunter77]

stop by Academy in gulfport and look me up

Hey man, I thought you went over to DICK'S Sporting Goods???

Yeah I did but that company is a mess, so I went back to academy.

[greenhead29]

I'm fishing redfish bayou at Heron Bay but definitely will try out those other places. Thanks for all the info!

[legends of the lower mars]

stop by Academy in gulfport and look me up

Hey man, I thought you went over to DICK'S Sporting Goods???

Yeah I did but that company is a mess, so I went back to academy.

Yep... I agreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee totally!!!

[BAY KINGFISHER]

Unless its changed, you cant use a treble hook while saltwater fishing in MS unless its on an artificial bait. If anyone needs some advice on the West side of the Coast let me know.

[blgros1]

Now that Dux be Us just put you out of business, what's the next venture

The jetties behind Beau Rivage...cast into the cuts with live shrimp and a little weight. State record speck came off the rock piles next to the Palace...pink top dog Jr at sun up. Fort Bayou(Ocean Springs)...you'll run into fresh and salt water fish back in there...they will all eat live shrimp...caught a 12# tagged striper in there one time. Have a fresh water liscense in there. Just west of the Beau you will see the remains of a pier...1 mile directly out is an oyster reef that holds fish. You can run into ALOT of them small sharks there later in the year....kids love em. Take a garden hoe and some live and dead shrimp to the Ocean Springs/Biloxi bridge. Rake the barnicles off the pilons to chum em up...HANG ON...Ive hooked run away submarines there and the railroad bridge where there is an outcropping for maintenance...dont drop an anchor or you'll lose it next to them bridges. If you can throw a small cast net for finger mullet and pogeys...you'll be in bussines. The flats in front of the VA(Gulfport) at sunup with a live shrimp under a popping cork can be good...you can wade that area as well....stay out of the Least Tern nesting areas. A Norm Bait or Top Dog Jr can be deadly over ANY of the oyster reefs...they are marked with plain white poles. I lived down there for a number of years and fished about everywhere at one time or another...Good Luck

Dang son!!! You you nailed it on the head!!!

Yea, do what "Dux Be Us" said and be ready to hang-on!!!

[legends of the lower mars]

Now that Dux be Us just put you out of business, what's the next venture

The jetties behind Beau Rivage...cast into the cuts with live shrimp and a little weight. State record speck came off the rock piles next to the Palace...pink top dog Jr at sun up. Fort Bayou(Ocean Springs)...you'll run into fresh and salt water fish back in there...they will all eat live shrimp...caught a 12# tagged striper in there one time. Have a fresh water liscense in there. Just west of the Beau you will see the remains of a pier...1 mile directly out is an oyster reef that holds fish. You can run into ALOT of them small sharks there later in the year....kids love em. Take a garden hoe and some live and dead shrimp to the Ocean Springs/Biloxi bridge. Rake the barnicles off the pilons to chum em up...HANG ON...Ive hooked run away submarines there and the railroad bridge where there is an outcropping for maintenance...dont drop an anchor or you'll lose it next to them bridges. If you can throw a small cast net for finger mullet and pogeys...you'll be in bussines. The flats in front of the VA(Gulfport) at sunup with a live shrimp under a popping cork can be good...you can wade that area as well....stay out of the Least Tern nesting areas. A Norm Bait or Top Dog Jr can be deadly over ANY of the oyster reefs...they are marked with plain white poles. I lived down there for a number of years and fished about everywhere at one time or another...Good Luck

Dang son!!! You you nailed it on the head!!!

Yea, do what "Dux Be Us" said and be ready to hang-on!!!

I guess I'll take on "pimpin out some midget hoes!!!
Always a dollar to made somewhere / somehow...

Think Gator will be up for the ride???

[Dux Be Us]

Unless its changed, you cant use a treble hook while saltwater fishing in MS unless its on an artificial bait. If anyone needs some advice on the West side of the Coast let me know.

You are correct sir, and, Mr. Green Jeans will...I repeat...WILL...bust that booty

I need a little info on where, when, and the going rates for pimped out midgets...sounds kinda fun

My favorite rig...1/4 or 3/8 wieght on the end(bottom)...#2 hook with a live shrimp that has its tail pinched off and the hook run up and out the side of the pinched off tail about 6" above the weight...a second#2 hook about 6" above that with a small live pogey...deadly combo for sure, but, will snag or damage your line in the oyster reefs. You can verticly jig this combo while walking a pier and catch ANY flounder that may be in the area. Them dang pogeys are hard ta keep alive. Good areation and recycled water is the key for them dudes. Finger mullet or bull minnows are MUCH easier ta keep alive. Hit the open areas early, then head to bridges when the sun gets up good. Night fishing the piers with lights on in Back Bay can be VERY good. A Top Dog Jr. fished agressivly with brief pauses on a long cast over a reef or rock pile BEFORE and DURING sunup will get ya hooked up. You wont load the boat, but, the ones you do hook will be gooduns. When the sun gets up good, they lay off the top waters. The tide needs ta be up a bit and moving in or out for a good bite. Low or neep tides...STAY HOME

[BAY KINGFISHER]

Dux Im trying to follow your rig, are you just pinching the end of the tail off? or deheading the shrimp? Personally if I was going to fish Heron Bay, I would go ahead and buy a LA lic. too, then you can fish into the Rigolets ( higher limits for specks) and the train tressel will heat up soon with some big trout!! Before you go PM me, Ill give you a full report of the area, the fishing will be getting right soon.

[kris Schaumburg]

johnny he is saying to pinch the tail off. some people think it maes the shrimp easier to catch. Personally if I'm going to the trouble to mess with live shrimp, i am not going to kill them any faster than i have to by ripping appendages off. i think the attraction of live biat is how well they move around.

This is not a bash on your knowledge, this is a serious question. Are you sure that is where/how the state record was caught. i was pretty sure it was something and somewhere else.

to the orignal poster. That boat is only meant for sheltered waters down here, please pick your days and stay in somewhat protected areas. Fishing the bridges is a good bet. Honestly, you can have 10x the mobility and probably catch 5x the specks by wading and just using your car to hop spots quickly. You wouldnt' even need to tow the boat down.

[Dux Be Us]

Pinch just the tail off the live shrimp...insert hook point and run up through the body and out the side. Wont kill the shrimp, and, they will still make thier snapping action of swimming...leaves a scent trail...it works. The live pogey is the kicker. The state record I was refering to may be old, but, trust me...it happened...think the trout was around 10#...this was a few years ago. I lost the biggest dang trout I ever saw behind the seafood market on Ocean Springs beach with a mullet colored Top Dog Jr before sunup...thought it was a redfish till I went to lift him over the sea wall and it fell off the hook...dang near cried like a baby. Your little boat will work fine down thier Chad...ifn it aint windy. If the wind blows and ya still want to drowned some bait...go back into Fort Bayou. Medium action spinning outfit with around a 20# test will be good...some of this info took me more than 10 years to learn...take it or leave it

[BAY KINGFISHER]

Kris, I was thinking the same thing, and at 25-40cents apiece I want my shrimp a jumping!! I prefer carolina style w/ floro carbon leader or cajun thunder or popping cork floro leader with a split shot to keep shrimp down.... the water temp is getting right and the fish are starting to turn on!! I predict a 10+ pound yellow mouth being caught in da Bay/ Wave area!! Not much fishing pressure last year is going to equal fishing that is scary good!!! I think the record is about 10-7 or 10-8 caught somewhere over there a few years ago.

[Dux Be Us]

Let me get this straight...you local boys pay money for bait? 40 cents for one shrimp...better do more than jump

[legends of the lower mars]

Kris, I was thinking the same thing, and at 25-40cents apiece I want my shrimp a jumping!! I prefer carolina style w/ floro carbon leader or cajun thunder or popping cork floro leader with a split shot to keep shrimp down.... the water temp is getting right and the fish are starting to turn on!! I predict a 10+ pound yellow mouth being caught in da Bay/ Wave area!! Not much fishing pressure last year is going to equal fishing that is scary good!!! I think the record is about 10-7 or 10-8 caught somewhere over there a few years ago.

The old state record i believe was 10lbs 6oz and Mr. Francis Creel caught it back in the late 60's early 70's timeframe... The new record was caught by Erik Quave and weighed 10lbs 7.66oz. back in 2008. I also do think like you do Johnny that some really nice trout will be caught over y'alls way this spring! No pressure for a whole season equals <<<Gator Trout Baby>>>!!!!! I'll be over that way quite a bit this spring...

Let me get this straight...you local boys pay money for bait? 40 cents for one shrimp...better do more than jump

Heck no I ain't paying for bait skrimps no more! Just got my 16 ft Georgia Balloon trawl in today!!!