Shore Thing Fishing Report, 8/26/2026

August 26, 2026

There is no escaping the intense late-summer heat, but there are ways to work around the conditions and still put together a nice day - and a nice catch!
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- by Sonny Schindler, Shore Thing Fishing Charters

TV host Nick Honachefsky with Saltwater Underground came with VISIT MISSISSIPPI to film a show and get in on some good redfish action.

The heat has obviously been the biggest factor in all of our fishing trips. From a comfort, safety, and productivity standpoint, leaving the dock as early as you can safely navigate is your best move, until these 100-degree temperatures give us a break. At this time of the year, our best fishing is all done before 9:00 AM.
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The speckled trout bite tapered off a little bit. I’d imagine the near 90-degree water temperature had something to do with that. Most days, the best bite has been over oyster reefs in deeper water with a well moving tide. Live croakers or tight-lined swim baits, like a Matrix shad or Marker 54 shrimp, do very well. If the catfish and/or the ladyfish take over, it’s time to move. You can always come back later if you were catching trout, but once the cats and ladyfish take over, there isn’t much you can do.
 

Robert, Shawn, and Aaron came from Florida to get in on the redfish fun south of Pass Christian.

 
The white trout finally made their way closer to Bay St. Louis. Deeper holes are the best place to target them right now. Once you find a school, you can literally throw bare jig heads, and white trout will hit them. Sometimes the fun can be overwhelming, so please remember to only keep what you need and leave some for the next angler.
 

Tripletails should be here for a few more weeks. Even smaller ones, like this one caught, tagged, and released near Waveland, are still a lot of fun.

 
The redfishing remains consistent. The key factor no matter where we fish has been mullet and pogies. If you can find schools of either baitfish in shallow water or near a bank, there almost always seems to be keeper-sized redfish among the bait fish.
 

Federal charter for hire red snapper season remains open and very productive.

 
Once temperatures get uncomfortable, we take the long way back to the dock and ride around in open water looking for tripletail. You just need a little luck, time, and fuel, but they are out there. A big live shrimp near a tripletail is about as close as you will get to a guaranteed bite.
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