With the Gulf Coast getting cooler and “Bambi” season opening, the waterways of the Mississippi Gulf Coast will be nothing but wide open spaces. Deer season is an avid fisherman’s
best friend. Rod and reels move over to make room for rifles, shotguns and bow & arrows. So if you like to fish but don’t like fishing in
crowds November through February is your time to fish.
Near shore fisherman concentrate on trout. Trolling and chasing birds are good methods. The only complication that I have is the water temp gets too cool for live bait and unfortunately, live bait is hard to get during the colder months. Learning your lures is a must for hard core winter time fishing. Top water baits are the trick for working the birds while bouncing a good old fashion Cocahoe minnow on the bottom can produce trophy trout.
The trick to being successful is to fish a lot. The trout will move throughout the region during the winter months so fishing consistently is a must to stay on top of the bite. We have
high hopes of fishing from Deer Island to Tchoutacabouff a River. And even on occasion sneaking out to Horn Island Bayou to wade or Drift ing Cat Island grass Beds for an afternoon
for some trophy trout. If you just want to catch a lot of trout for a fish fry go hammer some white trout on the Biloxi Fishing Trip. This affordable family attraction is catching 200 fish a day on a 3 hr fishing trip.
However and wherever we may fish this winter I can promise you we will be using plastics and top water baits and targeting trophy trout. The Mississippi Gulf Coast has fishing to offer year round. Just keep this information around….We like for the Deer Hunters to stay in the woods while we box some nice trout.