OT: Fishing Ms Gulf Coast

[TNT.sixpack]

I want to take my 2 boys fishing somewhere around Bay St. Louis next week. I've never fished that area - I've always been to Cocodrie or Delacroix but since the wife wants to shop while we fish and I've got free rooms at the Casino, I'm going to try to go somewhere out of the Bay St. Louisa area. Suggestions on a guide service? Don't care necessarily what we catch - spec, reds, or just whatever is biting.....

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Call Shore Thing Charters with Sonny Schlinder. Best on the coast. If you got any other questions PM me.

 

[FreeDawg]

What Ruckus said

 

[TNT.sixpack]

Call Shore Thing Charters with Sonny Schlinder. Best on the coast. If you got any other questions PM me.

Hmmmm. My youngest son (21 yrs old) fished with him 2 years ago (3 people on that boat) and no one caught a single fish. I know it happens and it's fishing, but i'll have a hard time getting him back on that boat.

 

[TNT.sixpack]

but I don't think he fished with Schindler. Maybe i'll try to line that up.

 

[FreeDawg]

Out of BSL your main outfit is Shore Thing. They fish the Biloxi Marsh via BSL. You also have Fisherman Guide Service and Pogey’s out of PC that fish the same area. All are well respected on the West side. Shore Thing is the biggest outfit on the coast which has benefits as they can work together. Whoever you fish with, make sure it’s a LA marsh trip weather permitting. Fishing out there destroys BSL usually.

 

[Cow College]

Yeah it’s not hard to get to Louisiana waters from there. Get out to flatboat and go for specs with the 200 other boats out there

 

[vandaldawg]

Yeah it’s not hard to get to Louisiana waters from there. Get out to flatboat and go for specs with the 200 other boats out there

what cow college said. The lousiana marshes are ridiculous for specs and bull reds. Fabulous redfish fishing.I actually wasn't sure how they made out after Katrina.If Chandeleur is still there, and I'm not sure it is, you hit Chandeleur and head southwest. Best fishing I've ever experienced in my life. Big boats with mounted skiffs stay out there all weekend fishing all day and cooking steaks and drinking all night. It's a riot.

 

[stateu1]

Shore Thing with Alex McIngvale but good luck. They are probably booked. We booked for early June 5 months ago.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Chandeleur is still there and just as good as ever. Gator trout heaven.

 

[LandsurveyorDawg]

Be warned. New Orleans had to open the Bonnet Carrie Spillway this spring. This sends overflow water from the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain. This water is muddy as hell and flows all the way down through the Biloxi Marsh. It has the fishing screwed up bad in the area. I would head down to Delacroix if you want to catch any fish.

 

[FreeDawg]

While this is true, it doesn’t effect MS fisherman fishing the BM like it does guys out of Hopedale/Shell Beach. MS guys typically fish from 3 mile cut and East. Last weekend the water was dirty from
Lake Borne to 3 mile cut. Everything east of that was fine all the way down to the Chandy sound. The last time they opened the BC it was great for East Biloxi Marsh guys because it pushed trout our way. I found multiple non typical areas (like Bayou Creque) that held trout the entire summer. Now if you’re a guy that fishes the Biloxi Marsh via the rigolets and typically enters via La Loutre, Bayou Biloxi, La Fee, etc... you’re not going to find many trout with the dirty water but you can go inside and find clean water and reds on the interior. The guides out of BSL are on the water everyday so they’ll know what to do. Delacroix has been good lately but the trout are on their way out of there and it’s fueled by rivers so a little rain can freshen and muddy it up quickly. Long story short, the Bonne Carre isn’t a death sentence it just moves stuff around a little.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

Be warned. New Orleans had to open the Bonnet Carrie Spillway this spring. This sends overflow water from the Mississippi River into Lake Pontchartrain. This water is muddy as hell and flows all the way down through the Biloxi Marsh. It has the fishing screwed up bad in the area. I would head down to Delacroix if you want to catch any fish.

While this was an issue 1-2 months ago, it’s not anymore. The fishing is fine from the LA marsh to Biloxi. This is a quick trip at shell beach last weekend all on artificial
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[Uncle Ruckus]

and depending on how much i get done tomorrow morning, i should have an update for the bay st louis and pass christian fishing north of 90.

 

[FreeDawg]

Sheepies on artificial.... now that’s impressive

 

[johnson86-1]

Hmmmm. My youngest son (21 yrs old) fished with him 2 years ago (3 people on that boat) and no one caught a single fish. I know it happens and it's fishing, but i'll have a hard time getting him back on that boat.

Fishing out of BSL is not like Venice or Grand Isle or even Delacroix. It's good fishing provided you can get out to the marsh, but it's not so good that shutouts don't happen.

 

[Uncle Ruckus]

under a cork so it may not count

 

[MarkDallas]

+1 for Shore Thing. I know a couple of the captains and they are super guys.

 

[FreeDawg]

It absolutely counts