In response to the March 13 announcement by fisheries management agencies from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, the Recreational Fishing Alliance has issued a press release praising the five state effort: March 17, 2015 – The five states bordering the Gulf of Mexico-Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas-have pulled together in an effort to […]
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In a move long-awaited by the recreational fishing and boating community, the directors of the state fish and wildlife agencies from Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas announced an agreement for state-based management of Gulf of Mexico red snapper, which in recent years has experienced increasing privatization of this public resource and decreasing recreational fishing […]
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The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will open a recreational red snapper season in state waters every weekend in October and the first weekend in November, Executive Director Jamie Miller said Friday. “After careful review and consideration of the available data from the federal and state red snapper seasons, we have determined a fall season will […]
Mississippi’s state Commission on Marine Resources certified three recreational conventional tackle records during its August 19, 2014 meeting. Thor Goodfellow of Gulfport established a state record for a cownose ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) with a 28-pound, 9-ounce fish on July 5, 2014. Riley Saucier of Pascagoula broke the state record for a gulf kingfish (Menticirrhus littoralis) […]
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Brandon Bosarge of Pascagoula, Mississippi, brought the third largest cobia ever taken in Mississippi to the scales of the Gulf Coast Cobia Classic–a month-long cobia tournament run out of Pascagoula. The fish, which Bosarge caught in Louisiana waters but weighed in in Mississippi, is the first 100-pound plus cobia weighted in Mississippi in 18 years. […]
The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources will begin a voluntary red snapper reporting program for recreational fishermen on June 1. This program will allow agency officials to better track how many red snapper are being harvested and landed in Mississippi. The program received unanimous approval by the Commission on Marine Resources at its meeting on […]
Congratulations to Team Ocean Isle Fishing Center members Brant and Barrett McMullen, Rube McMullen, Amy McMullen, Caroline McMullen, Brayden McMullen, and Stephanie McMullen for their first-place finish in the 2013 Southern Kingfish Association Nationals in Biloxi, Mississippi. Team OIFC registered one fish of 56.28 pounds and one of 48.82 pounds for a winning total of 105.10 pounds. […]
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Tropical Storm Andrea delayed the start of the 2013 Mississippi Gulf Coast Billfish Classic and the lingering effects of the tournament made fishing tough. But, 52 boats still managed to participate in the tournament despite less-than-optimal conditions. Corbin Bass of Port Mansfield, Texas claimed the top prize with a 439 pound blue marlin. Bass was […]
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Late this afternoon, the National Hurricane Center in Miami announced that the first named storm of the 2013 Atlantic hurricane season has formed in the Gulf of Mexico. As of 6 p.m. ET, Tropical Storm Andrea had winds of 40 mph and was moving to the north at 3 mph. The center of the storm […]