Duck Hunting Biloxi Marsh tips and pointers

Winter time running out there can be very tricky when the water is blown out. You have to watch tide movement close or you will run aground easy.

I don't know what kind of engine you have, nor do I duck hunt a lot, but I fish pretty frequently in the Biloxi Marsh and I'm pretty sure that surface drives are banned so you may want to look into that.

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It seems like it's a pretty low pressure area

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False.

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I'm pretty new to duck hunting and the area in general.

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Be careful in the WMA.

If you don't know how to duck hunt, the WMA is a tough place to start. Cover is low, it's tough to hide, there are a good bit of hunters, and the tide will leave you stuck in a hurry. My best advice to you right now is to pay close attention to the tide. It's pretty negative right now and it's been falling hard and fast in the mornings. There are also a ton of hazards in the bayous of the WMA that only show themselves when the tide is negative, so be careful coming out.

3j, tulaneuva, and i hunted out of my bay boat and his small boat. We hunted when the tide was super high opening weekend. So navigating was easy but the low tides are gunna make it harder.

Like blue moons said watch for dangers during low tide. I used my map card to get to places and we scouted some before deciding to hunt. Leaving the bay boat in deeper canals is the way to go with a pirouge or small boat to enter ponds. Best way to hide is to cover in grass almost like a layout blind in the marsh. There is plenty of area to hunt..

Good luck...

Pirogue in the shallow areas is the right approach. Keep to the main canals with your outboard.

My advice is this: ride around and scout a lot. Unless you're going in in the dark, don't set up until you find a concentration of birds. If you do set up 'blind', so to speak, don't be afraid to move if you don't see birds in short order. Look for birds jumping up as you ride down the canals, or going down en masse somewhere. Then go set up where they want to be.

Also, I recommend cutting some blind material either before or after you launch to blind in with. Trying to hide with the brush in the immediate area where you want to hunt is a dicey decision as most of the marsh is just low marsh grass.

It is a huge area, make sure you have a good map and a good handle on where you are at all times because it's easy to get lost. I think a south wind for a couple days will push all the water out, way more than the tide will. Just look at the water level at the BSM to get an idea. You will never get a good handle on where all you can/can't go until you get some experience, but exercise the right amount of caution until and even after you do (keep an extra prop and water pump on board, flares in the boat, wear life jacket and killswitch, etc).

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Catch a limit of reds

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Great way to scout in Biloxi. Bring two rods, popping corks and some frozen shrimp. Hang out and fish and keep some binocs handy to glass the birds you can see. Keep moving until you find them.

So which one is it? Seems from a map like everything except a South wind would be blowing water in from some other body of water, but a South wind is blowing it out from against that big lever or whatever it is. That doesn't substitute for good old fashioned experience though...

Considering goIng next week

Do you still have my number? Text me

No cell service out there. Don't get stupid

Thanks for all the advice guys, it's greatly appreciated.

JJJ, I sent you an email.

Aim small, miss small.

Bring lots of corn or sweet potatoes.

Better have a dog