Fishing Pass Christian for the Weekend

I’d run to BM, if weather permits

There's always fish to be caught around the Bay, but you'll definitely have a better shot at a good box if you run to the marsh. I don't fish BM often, so I can't help much there. It's an easy run from Pass/BSL.

The reds are thick around the bay this year. Trout were good in close for most of the year, but seems to have slowed down a bit lately.

If the weather is anything like last weekend, keep your eyes peeled. Storms were popping up all over, all weekend long.

I normally do pretty good at Taylor Reef, but yesterday was awful. Saw a couple of sheepshead right on the reef, but couldn’t pull one out. Might have been a little better if I had some live bait, but I fished artificial only.

It wasn’t just Taylor Reef that was slow. I fished a number of reefs and didn’t have much luck.

There are a couple of artificial reefs right around Bay St. Louis/Pass Christian. The coordinates are all posted online. I think it’s on DMR’s website. I think they are all on Navionics as well.

Run about 8 miles south to cat Island.

I'm not sure what kind of boat you have but the forecast is calling for southeast winds and 1-2' seas all weekend. That's not fun in a small boat even if you don't get caught in storms. Tomorrow forecast is 10-15kt winds, add a passing storm to that and you will get your arse kicked in most boats.

I haven't decided if I am going to say frick it and go to the marsh or go sit at a sandbar up river and drink beer

If you do go to the marsh make sure you mark flatboat key on your GPS if you want to keep your lower unit

If you want to fish in the bay just throw dead shrimp on the bottom at the train or car bridge, you can also fish the pilings on the southeast side or the oyster beds marked with a pole in between the bridges

Fish over oyster bottom on SE side of car bridge. At a bare minimum you will get a rod or two bent over by some massive drum. They're everywhere in there right now.

Be sure to dock at BSL for a bit and hit up TBT and others in the afternoon. You won't regret it.

Are you at the Inn by the Sea?

I stayed there a couple weeks ago and did some wade fishing over in Waveland. Caught some decent trout on a She-Dog one morning when they were hitting topwater. I got skunked the next morning, but a guy fishing live shrimp under a popping cork was steadily catching trout around an old pier.

Fished Thursday go to the Marsh. Bite is early and late