Me and my 3 fellow Hobie Pro Angler fishing pals fished this tournament this past weekend. The tournament started at midnight Friday night and weigh-ins ended at 7pm on Saturday. This created a dilemma. Do you start fishing at midnight or do you get some sleep and wake up early and hit the water? Looking at the wind forecasts, the winds were going pick up later that day. So we decided to push out at midnight. This was my first night fish kayak outing and the excitement was on. I got my light together, strapped on my life jacket and rigged my lines with dark lures. We launched off the beach in Ocean Springs and fished the piers for abut 3 hours. I hooked a mullet on a catch 2000 lure and that was the only thing caught at night. We pushed in, loaded the kayaks back on the trailer and went to get some sleep. Loading the kayaks would be a sport it itself I would soon realize.We got to sleep around 4am and woke up around 7am to get back to fishing in daylight. We launched at a new boat launch in Biloxi. The launch is next to a hotel that Hurricane Katrina blew away and is still an eyesore on the beautiful Biloxi coast. Deer Island was the barrier island that we fished. We also fished the bottom oyster reefs between the shore and island. The wind steadily picked up while we were out gusting to around 20 mph. We didn't have much luck here either.One guy caught a stingray. One caught a stingray, sheepshead and a keeper trout. We all caught some small trout that were not in the slot. We then picked up and headed to a more marshy bay in Ocean Springs. We fished some cuts in the marsh. One friend caught 7 little rat reds. I caught a Black drum. One caught a small flounder. All and all we caught some fish. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to build a stringer for the tournament. But definitely a blast. Fishing in the sandy waters of the Mississippi coast is definitely different the the marshy swamp lands of Louisiana. The weather really played a factor. The wind towards the end was sustained at 25mph. In Louisiana, we can duck behind some cane or trees to get out of the wind. These Mississippi waters did not afford us that luxury. Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Fished the 1ST ANNUAL REDTROUT TOURNAMENT IN BILOXI
Me and my 3 fellow Hobie Pro Angler fishing pals fished this tournament this past weekend. The tournament started at midnight Friday night and weigh-ins ended at 7pm on Saturday. This created a dilemma. Do you start fishing at midnight or do you get some sleep and wake up early and hit the water? Looking at the wind forecasts, the winds were going pick up later that day. So we decided to push out at midnight. This was my first night fish kayak outing and the excitement was on. I got my light together, strapped on my life jacket and rigged my lines with dark lures. We launched off the beach in Ocean Springs and fished the piers for abut 3 hours. I hooked a mullet on a catch 2000 lure and that was the only thing caught at night. We pushed in, loaded the kayaks back on the trailer and went to get some sleep. Loading the kayaks would be a sport it itself I would soon realize.We got to sleep around 4am and woke up around 7am to get back to fishing in daylight. We launched at a new boat launch in Biloxi. The launch is next to a hotel that Hurricane Katrina blew away and is still an eyesore on the beautiful Biloxi coast. Deer Island was the barrier island that we fished. We also fished the bottom oyster reefs between the shore and island. The wind steadily picked up while we were out gusting to around 20 mph. We didn't have much luck here either.One guy caught a stingray. One caught a stingray, sheepshead and a keeper trout. We all caught some small trout that were not in the slot. We then picked up and headed to a more marshy bay in Ocean Springs. We fished some cuts in the marsh. One friend caught 7 little rat reds. I caught a Black drum. One caught a small flounder. All and all we caught some fish. Nothing to write home about. Nothing to build a stringer for the tournament. But definitely a blast. Fishing in the sandy waters of the Mississippi coast is definitely different the the marshy swamp lands of Louisiana. The weather really played a factor. The wind towards the end was sustained at 25mph. In Louisiana, we can duck behind some cane or trees to get out of the wind. These Mississippi waters did not afford us that luxury. 
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