Shore Thing Fishing Report, 8/14/24

August 14, 2024

There is less boat traffic now as school starts, which means less competition for the big fish just offshore, waiting for the few hardy anglers who can beat the summer heat.

​- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters

A fish wearing a party hat? You're welcome, Hancock County! Margot and Sonny Schindler with a nice “Birthday Trip” red snapper Margot caught out of Venice, LA with Paradise Outfitters Charter Service.

​The crowds have definitely thinned out with school back in session and hunting season just around the corner. I’m not saying it is a ghost town out there on the water, but there have been noticeably fewer boats. Then again, the 100-degree temperatures may have something to do with that.
 

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Grant Sterling Foster from Waveland with a big bull shark he caught south of Bayou Caddy.

 
We are still getting out as early as possible and are still catching speckled trout, but sizes have been smaller, so we are not chasing them all day. The big white trout have moved into the deeper passes, and that is a welcome treat. Some of these white trout are up to 14 and 15 inches!
 

Mr. Tom from Waveland with a big bull red he caught (and released) fishing out of Bayou Caddy.

 
The bull reds, Jack Crevalles, and sharks have taken over somewhat. Giant rafts of pogies and mullet will likely keep these big fish around. Find the bait and find the fish is really all we have been doing. We still have not seen big numbers of tripletail on the western side of the Mississippi Gulf coast, but we hear our friends to the east have had a good year on them. We still have several weeks left before temperatures drop and the tripletails head south.
 

Bryan Raymond Jr., Justin Bennett, Bryan Raymond Sr., and Griffen Smith, all from Hancock County, trailered their boat to Plauqmines Parish for a successful weekend snapper trip.

 
Federal snapper season is open until August 27 in Mississippi. If you are able to get on a charter boat with a federal reef permit, you can still fish for them out of Mississippi. Louisiana‘s snapper season is only open on the weekends, and you can only leave and return from a Louisiana port if you wish to fish in our neighboring state’s waters.
 

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