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="269b4db0.jpg" border=0 width="180" height="219" 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 7 / 19 / 2011                                                                                                 <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id41.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="EDITORS NOTE"><U><I><U>Please read editors note</U></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> In South Mississippi</div> <div> HOT <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >weather is changing conditions daily. </FONT></div> <div> The fish pods are shallow and schooling. Early morning on an incoming tide and late day fish can be caught on the edge of drop offs and the flats as the water temps warms. The last couple of weeks have been hot, So in the mornings and the tide moving in.. to midday is when you'll get them biting.  </div> <bR> <div> The bays are muddy with windy conditions keeping water murky on the bank, fishing out from the bank will be more productive. </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 have warmed in the mid and low 90's redfish,flounder and trout fishing has been steady.</div> <div> The fish have moved out of the river to bays and in the gulleys next to the bars in the Sound.</div> <div> Early morning when the tide is moving and late day when the air temps are cool is the time to gett'em. </div> <div> Although some parts of the river systems are muddy, fishing is good near the mouth of dead lakes.</div> <div> Near Singing River Island and up salty bayous the sheephead, bull reds, drum and flounder are biting </div> <div> mostly live bait ,cut bait and dead shrimp. </div> <div> Numbers of speckled trout and flounder are being caught out on front beach and in the river mouth. </div> <div> As water temperatures already warming to mid 80's  jigs and lures will be productive along deep drop offs.</div> <div> Working lures across bars day break and sun down 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 and trout are being caught on Horn island, Chandeleur and Isle au Pitre!</div> <div> Spanish mackeral can be caught trolling on all the barrier islands.</div> <bR> <div> <U>Offshore</U> </div> <div> Water temps are warming and fish have moved to structure like rocks, reefs and buoys.</div> <div> AJ, Yellow & Black fin tuna have been caught on deep water rigs.</div> <div> Cobia are being caught on buoys, shrimp boats and some shallow rigs.</div> <div> King are small but thick in a 100' or better. </div> <div>  </div> <div> NOAA  takes Greater Amberjack <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" >( CLOSED !!! til August !!! )</FONT> off the tournament board. <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FF0033" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/bulletins/pdfs/2011/FB11-040%20FR%20GAJ%20season%20closure.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/bulletins/pdfs"><U><I><U>What do you think?</U></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <div> The recreational red snapper season <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FF0000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Closed</B></FONT> <B>at 12:01 a.m. July 19, 2011</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div>                                                                                                     Good Luck</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>