PRICING: Light tackle bay, Mississippi Sound, and barrier island fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS is quite affordable. For example, a half-a-day (5-hours) is merely $350, and an all-day (8-hour) trip goes for $450. Ice, bait, tackle, rods & reels, fuel, Mississippi fishing license, fish cleaning and packaging, and a big dose of southern hospitality is included in the price.

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TACKLE USED TODAY ABOARD TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS

Shimano Spinning Reels

St. Croix Spinning Rods

Seaguar Fluorocarbon 30-Pound-Test Leader Material

SPRO 3-Way Swivels

Power Pro Braided Line (A top shot of Power Pro to prevent cut offs around heavy structure)

Yo-Zuri Hybrid 10 & 12-Pound-Test Mono Line

Gamakatsu Octopus & Nautilus Circle Hooks (1/0 & 2/0)

Bait: Live Menhaden & Dead Shrimp

ABOVE: At the D’Iberville Marina, David Bartholdi from Texas was a one man wrecking crew on the fish population in the Back Bay of Biloxi today while fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. You name it…he caught it including a non stop bite of black drum from puppy drum to 40 pound monsters, gorgeous redfish, a flounder, and a mess of fine white trout. What a morning with a light northwest wind, clean water, and fish biting like crazy. Unlike the last couple of trips where we had to really work to catch fish, today it was game on everywhere we wet a line. By the time the morning bite was over David’s arms ached, and he literally filled the big ice chest to the point of not fitting in another fish. Heck, we released plenty of fish and left them biting like mad. No, this wasn’t a morning of fishing, but was definitely a morning of hard-core fish catching fun. Caught all of these fish just 5-minutes from the D’Iberville Marina in the fish keeping zone. Want to try your luck at some of this fish catching action? Well, simply call Capt. Robert L. Brodie at (228) 697-7707 or shoot him an e-mail at email hidden; JavaScript is required. 

ABOVE: Hailing from the Lone Star State, David Bartholdi caught his 3-fish limit of these gorgeous slot redfish while fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, and lost a couple of monsters too.  Although we’re limited to the Back Bay of Biloxi for keeping fish, going back to many of my old childhood haunts has been delivering plenty of rod bending action. Today David had an epic morning of bottom fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERs, and left the fish biting out of control. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: Didn’t have to release this hefty black drum, but he was just a bit to big for the dinner table, and besides, the ice chest was full of puppy drum, white trout, flounder, and redfish. Today the wind, tide, and moon was in our favor, and David wore himself out catching hard fighting fish one after another. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: David Bartholdi from Hemphill, Texas poses with some of the fish he caught while fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS in the Back Bay of Biloxi. Today, not including plenty of catch and released fish, David’s take home catch included 33 black drum, a nice flounder, 25 or so white trout, and his 3-fish limit of gorgeous redfish. A number of big black drum and redfish was lost on this outing, but that all part of the light tackle challenge. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: Black drum are excellent eating and simply a blast to catch on light tackle. Like their red-hued cousins the redfish, these fish are a sucker for a dead shrimp fished on the bottom, and they range in size from small “puppy” drum to specimens well over 60-pounds. Today David experience an epic morning of bottom fishing in the Back Bay of Biloxi aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS catching 25 or so white trout, a nice flounder, and 40 or more black drum of which 33 were introduced to the ice chest. Lost a number of huge fish to underwater structure too. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: David Bartholdi had the time of his life catching this fine mess of fish in the Back Bay of Biloxi while fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. On this trip released numerous fish and left the fish biting. Bottom line, and epic morning of bottom fishing in the confines and protected waters of the bay. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

PRICING: Half-a-day (5-hours) light tackle fishing trips aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS are merely $350, and all-day (8-hours) trips go for $450. Ice, bait, tackle, rods & reels, fuel, Mississippi fishing license, fish cleaning & packaging, as well as a big dose of southern hospitality is all part of the package deal.

Best of all, those prices can be split amongst 4 anglers making fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS extremely affordable for a group of four. To book your fishing trip aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS call Capt. Robert L. Brodie at (228) 697-7707 or shoot him an e-mail at email hidden; JavaScript is required.

Capt. Brodie has been fishing and hunting these waters for over 50-years, an accomplished award-winning outdoor writer/photographer, and also conducts diving duck hunts on the Mississippi Sound.

Duck hunts generally start the day after Thanksgiving Day, and go for $450. Capt. Brodie and an assistant guide will assist you on these big water hunts. Main diving duck species taken are redheads, greater and lesser scaups a.k.a. “bluebills”, buffleheads, as well as an occasional canvasback.

Remember, “At TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS  It’s About The Bite & The Flight”.

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Today I had Jim Swittenburg from Georgia back aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, and for the first time he had his son Johnny aboard. With Jim it’s generally catch and release, and today it would be mandatory since we were fishing in the no take zone. Our quest was to catch a few fish that would provide a good pull, and the redfish and black drum delivered the bite. Caught and released plenty of small reds, as well as a couple of nice slot fish, but Johnny caught a monster red that provided great excitement on this outing.

ABOVE: Johnny had quite a thrill hooking into this big bull redfish. The fish made numerous hard runs, even getting tangled in the bridge piling, but the top-shot of braided line saved the day, and the big fish was worked back out of the pilings into open water.  Would rather be lucky than good any day of the week. Bottom line, a fine redfish landed, and released to fight another day. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: A nice speckled trout…no…but a big “yellow-mouth” white trout caught while fishing for black drum. Johnny had the lucky hand today landing white trout, black drum, as well as a couple of nice redfish. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Nearly 3-feet in length, Johnny had his hands full landing this brute. The fish made tremendous fast runs, and even ran back into the pilings, but the top-shot of braided line held, and the fish was slowly worked out of the piling back into open water. After more hard runs and plenty of nervous moments the big fish was introduced to the landing net. After a few pics the bruiser was safely released to fight another day.

Jim is an accomplished angler, but Johnny was “the man” today catching the most and biggest fish. It’s always great fun when Jim steps aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, and looking forward to fishing with him and “the man” once again. Thanks guys…great fun as usual!

ABOVE: Jim added a nice flounder to our diverse catch today. Fishing in the no take zone we released redfish, black drum, and flounders. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: Johnny landed and releases a couple of these nice slot redfish while fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS in the Back Bay of Biloxi. Great fun vertical fishing for these hard fighters using live menhaden for bait. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: Fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, Johnny caught his first black drum today too, and released the scrappy bottom dweller to fight another day. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: This huge redfish was the money fish today, and Johnny had the fight of his life landing this huge spottail. The big redfish was nearly 3-feet in length, a large specimen for the Back Bay of Biloxi. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

PRICING: Half-a-day (5-hours) trips aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS are merely $350, and all-day trips (8-hours) go for $450. In this economy those are extremely reasonable prices, and ice, bait, tackle, fuel, rods & reels, Mississippi fishing licenses, fish cleaning & packaging, as well as a big dose of southern hospitality is included in the price. You simply walk on and off the boat. It’s that easy! Better yet, TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS can carry up to 4 anglers, and when you split those prices up amongst 4 anglers, well, that’s dirt cheap. Capt. Robert L. Brodie was born and raised on the shores of the Back Bay of Biloxi, has fished these waters for 50-years, and is an accomplished awarding-winning outdoor writer and photographer. By the way, TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS offers big water diving duck hunts on the Mississippi Sound, and those trips usually start the day after Thanksgiving Day. To book a trip simply call Capt. Brodie at (228) 697-7707 or shoot him an e-mail at email hidden; JavaScript is required .

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Got both of the weekend trips in despite threating weather conditions, and have to admit the bite was slow for some reason. Really thought the fish would be biting better with the storm in the Gulf of Mexico, but it just didn’t happen. Never the less, my clients caught a mess of fish and had great fun doing so. On Saturday, both Mike Selvester and Barry Baughman from Jackson, MS were laid back guys and great fun to fish with even on a slow bite. However, each of the men got to battle a hard fighting black drum, and Mike caught and released a real bruiser. Hope to get these gentlemen back again on a better day of fishing. Thanks guys it was a pleasure!

On Sunday I had a return client from Georgia, Jim Swittenburg, and he and his son Johnny fished in the rain and boxed about 20 fine white trout and ground mullet, but the stormy weather cut the trip short. With lighting all around we played it safe and got back to the dock. Tomorrow Jim and his son will be back aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, and we’ll do some catch and release for redfish and drum. Jim very seldom takes home any fish, and is perfectly happy with catch and release or donating his catch to me and my neighbors. Jim is an excellent angler, and has been on many top-notch fishing adventures aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS including the Louisiana marsh.

The Mississippi Sound is now open to catch and release, and hopefully all of our waters will be back to catch and keep real soon. The waters are clean and clear, oil free, full of baitfish, and August through October are some of the best months of the year to fish in south Mississippi. Got plenty of openings in August so book your light tackle fishing trip now aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS.

Throughout all of this oil spill mess TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS has been catching and keeping fish consistently, never went to work for BP, and has worked harder than ever to keep the age old fish catching process of the Deep South going strong. Remember…TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS strives to be polite, professional, productive, and takes pride in being one of the hardest working captains in the south. Like I’ve said through all of this mess…you have got to keep the faith!

ABOVE: Fishing with his friend Barry Baughman, Mike Selvester from Jackson, MS wanted to hook up with something big by the end of the day, and man did he ever get his wish with this big Back Bay of Biloxi black drum. Mike did a fine job on the big brute, keeping pressure on the fish, and keeping it out of the concrete pilings. The beautiful drum was safely released to fight another day. Great job Mike! Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: At the D’Iberville Marina, Barry Baughman from Jackson, MS posing with a fine black drum he caught on light tackle while fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Like his buddy Mike Sevester, Barry was hoping to hook up with a hard fighting fish, and both men got their wish on this day. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: At the D’Iberville Marina, Mike Selvester and Barry Baughman posing with 37 white trout, and a couple of black drum they caught fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Despite a slow bite on this morning adventure, both of the men fished hard, each caught a big black drum, and were an extreme pleasure to fish with. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie