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SPORTS & OUTDOORS keeping anglers occupied
KYLE JOHNSON with a sizable Fall speckled trout.
Fall/Winter means easier shing
story and photos by
Kyle Johnson
t’s finally here! The days are or chicken on a chain colors. For the getting shorter, and the nights deep holes, a jig head anywhere from are getting cooler. It was a one-fourth to three-eighth-ounce windy, wet and hot summer, weight should get the job done.
but that’s all behind us now. It Having a high quality, sensitive rod
is getting into my favorite and is key for fishing this time of year. easiest time of year to fish. No more You will want to work that soft bait as
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long boat rides or rough seas for me. It’s time to catch fish the easy way with short boat rides, so it might be time to think twice about winterizing that boat of yours.
Fall fishing is about as relaxed as
it gets when it comes to chasing speckled trout here in South Mississippi. Most local anglers catch their biggest trout during the Fall/ Winter when there is still plenty of action to keep any angler occupied.
When the water temperatures start to drop, trout move into the bayous and become an easy target for almost any angler. One thing trout like to
do is stack up in deep holes in the bayous and rivers. You can’t go wrong throwing a soft plastic on a jig head such as Egret Baits Wedgetail Mullet in salt/pepper, cajun pepper,
slow as you can. Sometimes the trout will hit it so soft you can hardly feel it. My go-to rod for jig fishing is a six- foot-six-inch medium action Temple Fork Outfitters Professional Series rod. It’s an extremely well made
rod at an affordable price. They can be purchased at local shops such as Gorenflo’s Tackle in Biloxi and Brush Island Outfitters in Pass Christian.
If you are looking for even more effortless fishing, don’t forget about redfish, black drum, and sheepshead. All these fish can easily be had by fishing any bridge or structure with live or dead shrimp on the bottom. They don’t call sheepshead “bay snapper” for nothing; they taste
great! Keep that boat running strong through the winter and keep catching.