Shore Thing Fishing Report, 6/4/25

June 4, 2025

As water conditions continue to improve and baitfish spawn, fishing continues to impress. Will this be the season that fishermen talk about for years?

​- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters

Stephanie Schindler from Diamondhead with a beautiful speckled trout she caught in the Louisiana Marsh.

The winds and storms have given us a little break, for now. Since we can explore a little farther, the fishing has been fantastic. Every day the water seems cleaner with more baitfish moving in. We have been on a big tide swing and with the combination of cleaner, saltier water, more baitfish, and a big spawn, the trout fishing has been about as good as we have seen in years.
 

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To add to the good news, this great fishing is throughout the Mississippi Sound, the barrier islands, and especially the Louisiana marsh. Local bait dealers are working night and day to keep the boats supplied with shrimp, croakers, and minnows. We have done well on artificial baits when the speckled trout get into a feeding frenzy, but it is very hard to be a fresh frisky live bait this time of year.
 

Barry Dreyfus from Pass Christian with one of the season's first red snappers, caught on opening day of the Federal red snapper season.

 
Our federally permitted snapper boat began heading offshore on June 1, and they are doing well with both red snapper and a few late-season cobia, focusing on live bottoms and big live bait to specifically target larger fish.
 

Mallory Ellis from Bay St. Louis with a nice tripletail she caught in open water on her way to Ship Island.

 
I’m happy to report that we saw a few tripletail over the past few days. We did not see many in the spring, so hopefully this is a sign of things to come. The first few fish we see are usually on the smaller side, but several of these fish were over the 18-inch minimum legal length.
 

Michell Thompson from Long Beach holding a nice cobia that was caught south of the barrier islands.

 
I’m not going to lie; crowds have been very large. One thing our boats do is look for the crowds, then try to get as far away from them as possible. Very seldom will there be a good bite with dozens of boats fishing in the same area. Please be courteous to others, and especially this time of year, do not be afraid to explore. It looks like we are in for several weeks, if not months, of great fishing, so please enjoy it.
 

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