Mississippi Gulf Coast Fishing Report

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <IMG SRC="1b6b3eb0.jpg" border=0 width="179" height="235" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div>      <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#3300FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:don@thegulfmagazine.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:don@thegulfmagazine.com"><U><U>email us a fishing report</U></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div>            <A HREF="http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=29.267232865200878&lon=-88.1982421875&site=lix&smap=1&marine=0&unit=0&lg=en" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php"><U><U>marine forecast</U></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.joincca.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.joincca.org/"><U><U><IMG SRC="139b44c0.jpg" border=0 width="180" height="76" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Gulf Fishing Magazine</B></FONT>     |     <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Gulf Fishing Magazine"><U>home</U></A></div> <div>                                                   </div> <div> Mississippi Gulf Coast Fishing Report</div> <div> last update 2/23</div> <bR> <div> In South Mississippi</div> <div> Cold fronts are changing weather conditions daily. </div> <div> The fish pods are scattered and are either on the flats or on the edge of drop offs and holes as the water temps </div> <div> are cold. The last few weeks have been cool so, the mornings when the tide is high, just before dark </div> <div>  is when to get them biting.  </div> <bR> <div> The bays are dirty with the rain keeping water murky. </div> <bR> <div> The main focus for nearshore anglers continues to be speckled trout, white trout, redfish and flounder. </div> <bR> <div> <U>Inshore</U></div> <div> While day time temps are in the mid and high 50's redfish,flounder and trout fishing have been good.</div> <div> The fish have moved into the river mouths, bays and in the gulleys next to the bars in the Sound.</div> <div> Early morning when the tide is moving and mid day when the air temp warms is the time to gett'em. </div> <div> Although some parts of the river systems are murky, fishing is good in the dead lakes.</div> <div> Near Singing River Island and up salty bayous the sheephead, bull reds, drum and flounder are biting </div> <div> mostly hard to find live bait ,cut bait and dead shrimp. </div> <div> Big numbers of white trout and flounder are being caught out on front beach and in the river. </div> <div> As water temperatures are cold jigs and lures will be productive along deep drop offs.</div> <div> Working lures slowly will usually bring bigger and more fish.</div> <div> With much of the attention focused on the bays and rivers </div> <div> Reports are that nice redfish are being caught on Horn island, Chandeleur and Isle au Pitre!</div> <bR> <div> <U>Offshore</U> </div> <div> Water temps are cool and fish have moved to structure like rocks, reefs and buoys.</div> <div> Wahoo & AJ have been caught in the east on deep water rigs.</div> <div> Tuna have been caught at the Ram Powell & Horn Mountain.</div> <div> Cobia have been caught at the Deep Water Rigs. </div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >KING have been caught at the shallow rigs aswell as the deep water rigs. </FONT>( <A HREF="id36.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="State Record King Mackerel"><U>New State Record</U></A> )</div> <div> NOAA Increases recreational <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0099FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/bulletins/pdfs/2008/FB08-040%20Reef%20Fish%20Amendment%2030A.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/bulletins/pdfs"><U><U>minimum size</U></U></A></FONT> limit for Greater Amberjack to 30" FL</div> <div> The 2010 recreational red snapper season for the federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico </div> <div>  is expected to open June 1.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="GULF OF MEXICO RED SNAPPER PETITION "><U>PLEASE SIGN RED SNAPPER PETITION</U></A></div> <div>                                                                                                     Good Luck</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>