Shore Thing Fishing Report, 1/22/2025

January 22, 2025

We've been sidelined by weather many times, but it's not often we're sidelined by more than half a foot of snow! 

- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters

Captain Sonny Schindler with a bull red tagged and released in the Louisiana marsh before the cold front hit. Fishing with Captain Josh Ellis of Old Bay Outfitters.

I never thought I would be saying this in a fishing report for the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but the SNOW will likely keep us off the water for the next couple of days.
 

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One of the wildest forecasts you will ever see on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. No, we did not fish in this!

 
I am almost in my 48th year of living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and this is by far the most snow I have ever seen. We made it out a few days before the big cold front hit, and the fishing was still very good. The sheepshead were held up on deeper structures. We were able to find some live shrimp, and they did not last long once they got down onto the rubble.
 

Captain Josh Ellis, owner/guide for Old Bay Outfitters, with another nice redfish that was tagged and released. Fishing out of Shaggy’s Charter Docks.

 
We were also able to run over to the Louisiana marsh, and I’m happy to report we found a good number of redfish, puppy drum, and more sheepshead there. I imagine this very cold weather will send the speckled trout deep and up the rivers. If you head out, you definitely want to dress for the occasion with many layers and quality foul-weather gear.
 

Captain Sonny Schindler with a nice puppy drum caught near Waveland, MS.

 
The good thing about living on the Mississippi Gulf Coast is that if you wait a little while, the weather will change. The extended forecast has 60° weather later this week.
 
Please be safe, and we hope you enjoy the very rare snow and have fun.
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A very nice sheepshead on a cold winter day near Bay St. Louis. Duo was fishing with Captain Josh Ellis.

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