Anyone ever fish the Bay St. Louis area?

It is definitely hit or miss, but as long as you have good water and tide movement you can definitely catch redfish and trout in the marsh. The biggest problem is when it rains alot and the jordan river is pumping dirty freshwater into the bay. I have rarely caught much on the bridges, but you can catch fish there. I focus more back by Bayou Portage and the marsh.

Look for bait and tide movement.

Yes, fish it all the time. It's dirty as hell right now, from all the rain we've had lately. In the spring, when trout are transitioning out, you can get on some great trout bites in the Bay. Fall/winter, you'll have a lot better luck running up the Jordan/Wolf and bayous from the Bay. All that marsh to the North is pretty decent redfishing. You can wear out the sheepshead and puppy drum under the car and train bridges.

Redneck, who posts here, is the mayor of BSL and fishes out of there often. He should have some good input

Down vote away but... the truth is tuff for a lot of locals who get offended when you don't praise their home town. If you are use to fishing G.I. you are gonna hate B.S.L.

I would say fishing G.I. is like white tail hunting on private land in the mid-west and fishing B.S.L. is like whitetail hunting on public land in south Miss.

Yes there are fish
Yes you can regularly catch when you learn the right conditions.
Winter fishing is best for consistency and size.

If they open the spill-way you are gonna be really screwed :(

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Down vote away but... the truth is tuff for a lot of locals who get offended when you don't praise their home town. If you are use to fishing G.I. you are gonna hate B.S.L. I would say fishing G.I. is like white tail hunting on private land in the mid-west and fishing B.S.L. is like whitetail hunting on public land in south Miss.

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nah, you're pretty accurate. I catch plenty of fish here, but trips to LA to fish is like going to Disney World compared to here.

ETA: It is an easy run to Biloxi Marsh from MS coast though.

I don’t fish anymore, but I used to heavily fish Bay St. Louis for reds. I did very well trolling the shoreline of the Bay tossing a gold spoon. Didn’t fish for trout there, just reds. When I first got my little flat boat I fished every inch of the shoreline of the Bay and narrowed it down to a few hot spots. Didn’t do well in the winter when the water was always low, but did very well the rest of the year.

My best spots were the shorelines around Little Bay, Grassy Point, and the little cove area around the mouth of Cutoff Bayou. Some of the little ditches that drain out of the marsh in Little Bay were very productive. And in years of fishing there, not once did I see another boat trolling the shorelines for reds. Before I had a boat I even caught reds off a Sea Doo fishing those shorelines with a gold spoon. My parents lived on Jourdan River, and their neighbors were always amazed when I came back with reds every trip.

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There are fish to be caught in the actual bay but it's not going to be like Grand Isle where you can frick around and catch a limit of trout in less than an hour if you get on a hot bite.

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Yes and no. You cant just cast away randomly like some places in Louisiana and fill an ice chest in an hour. But, if you know the Bay, you certainly can. I know most people will never spend enough time there to do that. There are oyster reefs and grass that you cant see or find on a map.

I fish it multiple times a week and had help learning it from my neighbor, who is retired and fishes all the time. He doesnt even keep fish any more but he catches a Louisiana limit almost every time he goes out. It is not world-class, but still a very solid estuary.

Right now trout are working their way to a full transition. You can find them at the bridges, but there is plenty of action drifting the flats near deep water.

Yes. I fished the north side of the bay not far from the plant along the point. The flounder can stack up out there. Fished a white curly tail grub like a plastic worm and caught some nice ones. You can catch decent reds out there. Would wade the beaches by Stanislas and catch some nice trout. Would also troll baits in the winter up the Jordan by the interstate bridge and catch nice trout. Also in the spring you can catch big shell crackers on beds north of the bridge. Also caught some nice bass on Texas rigs

Where to fish tomorrow?