Rapidly dropping water temperatures should signal our local fish to feed, feed, feed. Local anglers can't wait to take advantage of that.
- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters 
John Wood Reed from Inverness, MS, with a nice redfish and doormat Flounder from Cat Island.
Craig Cox from North Carolina with a nice sheepshead caught near Bay St. Louis.
The bulk of our efforts will be drifting oyster bottoms in two to five feet of water. When the tide moves, it should push the shrimp over the shell bottoms and send the school trout into feeding mode. Some oyster leases have gobs of fish and others none, so don’t be afraid to move around until you find the right area. A live shrimp under a Boat Monkey popping cork works very well. When you find the fish, trading the live bait rig for a shrimp imitation plastic lure should get the job done. 
Ken Kreb from Houston, TX, with a hefty speckled trout he caught near Pass Christian.
We have begun to see the redfish moving towards shallow ponds, where less water seems to make it easier for them to feed on shrimp, crabs, and minnows. Don’t rule out the nearshore reefs and bridges, which should be teeming with black drum, sheepshead, white trout, and a few speckled trout and redfish mixed in. Live or dead shrimp has been working very well for us on these structures. Flounder should be around for the next couple of weeks until water temperatures plummet and they head offshore. We have seen some rather big ones nearshore on the shorelines. 
Rusty, David, and Justin with a big black drum they tagged and released off Cat Island.
Watch your weather and tides at this time of year. A low tide and a northwest wind will drain all the water out of our area. Be sure you know what the winds and the tides are doing before you fish shallow areas. Please make sure you can get in and out safely. Enjoy this feature?
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