even though it was still dark outside. My son Matthew came along
since he works at Ace Hardware as
well and never passes up an opportunity to fish with Capt Bubby.
Even with 7 of us on the boat, we
had plenty of room.
Capt Bubby headed out first
to the edges of the Biloxi Marsh.
The water and the ride were as
smooth as silk, and we enjoyed a
beautiful sunrise on the way. Every
few minutes, the littlest Siebenkittel asked, “Are we there yet?” and
I had to smile inside at his eagerness to get the fishing party
started. We stopped near the
marsh grasses where Capt Bubby
instructed us to cast as near as we
could to the grass without going
in. The boys and I used fresh
shrimp under cork, while Mike and
Bubby used shrimp cocktail Matrix
Shad. In no time at all we were
pulling in trout after trout, about
12-14 inches each, and the boys
were delighted. The trout were biting both live and plastic about the
same.
As the boys fished, I listened
intently as Capt Bubby talked
about what’s to come for October
fishing. His excitement was like a
kid at Christmas. “After the first
cool front, the fish are more eager
to eat. This is when we switch to
plastics because they will pretty
much bite at anything.” Capt
Bubby says the weather signals the
fish to move in toward lower salinity waters to feed. “Look for shifting tides either rising or falling.
Fish can always be found just outside the marsh grasses with the
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