Would like to take the time to thank my sponsors and their superior products that help make TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS such a success. Among them include: ST CROIX and their excellent rods, SEAGUAR and their world-class fluorocarbon leader material, GAMAKATSU and their incredible line of fish catching hooks, SPRO and their line of excellent swivels and other gear, YO-ZURI and their line of monofilament line and lures, as well as AVERY and their innovative pop up blinds. These companies have been a part of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS since its conception, and continue to be the products used on a day in day out basis aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Of the thousands upon thousands fish caught and picture aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, well, all of these products played a part in our fish catching success. Many thanks to these fine companies!  Let the adventures continue!

THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010 looks like a good day to hunt divers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oops…Thursday just got booked, but the rest of the week is open.

TAKE NOTE: Mississippi’s duck season closes next Sunday on January 31, 2010, so be sure to book that last minute duck hunt if you haven’t done so this season. The prices for the rest of the season have been reduced from $450 down to $350, and that’s makes it easier on your wallet.

CHARTER FISHING PRICES: Now that duck season is coming to a close it will be back to fishing “full speed ahead” (although I never really slowed down), and really excited about the 2010 – 2011 fishing season aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. As usual, pricing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS remains the same, and quite reasonable at that. A half-a-day (5-hour) trip goes for $350, and an all-day (8-hour trip) goes for $450. Best of all, these prices can be divided up among 4 anglers making it quite affordable. Ice, bait, tackle, MS fishing license, fuel, and fish cleaning is all included in the price.

ABOVE: Another big TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS catch made on January 18, 2010. Numerous fish were released, but the take home catch included 6 big sheepshead, as well as 20 black drum. All fish were caught on light spinning tackle spooled with 10-pound-test Yo-Zuri Hybrid. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Now back to Capt. Brodie’s duck hunting and fishing reports…

This was another fun hunt with great clients. Both Keith Goodfellow and Brehm T. Bell had a ball gunning for the tough divers on a wind swept Mississippi Sound. Redheads and bluebills kept them busy for most of the morning, and witnessed some really beautiful sights as ducks would come hovering over the decoys.

ABOVE: While hunting with Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, Dr. Keith Goodfellow and Attorney at Law Brehm T. Bell enjoyed a morning of diving duck hunting on a wind swept Mississippi Sound. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Oh, they missed on a couple of opportunities, but shooting from an awkward position and into a stiff cross wind made the gunning quite challenging, but that’s what makes it so much fun.

By the way, Keith fished Florida pompano with me this summer and did very well, and is still raving about how good the pompano taste. We all shared hunting and fishing memories during the course of the hunt, and had a lot of laughs in the process.

ABOVE: On a TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS guided diving duck hunt, Dr. Keith Goodfellow, Attorney at Law Brehm T. Bell, and assistant guide Eddie Jones awaits incoming  diving ducks on a very windy Mississppi Sound. Notice how the stiff southeast winds have pushed the water up into the blind.  Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: Attorney Brehm T. Bell and Dr. Keith Goodfellow pose with redheads and bluebills shot while hunting with Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Bottom line, could not have hunted with a better group of gentlemen, and hope to guide them on more duck hunting and fishing adventures sometime down the road. Remember, Mississippi’s duck season will close soon on January 31, 2010, so be sure to book that late season duck hunt aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS soon. TIME IS RUNNING OUT…LET’S HUNT!

Regards and many thanks to all,

Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS

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PLEASE KEEP STEVE IN YOUR PRAYERS!!!

A few days ago Capt. Steve West of the charter boat Mr. Champ had a severe stroke in northern Mississippi while deer hunting. Although Steve is still in bad shape the doctors have a good outlook on his recovery. Steve is one of the finest captains and all around good men I know, so please pray for Steve to have a fast and complete recovery. The quality and reputation of our business is built around men like Steve.

LIGHT TACKLE CHARTER FISHING PRICES: Half-a-day (5-hours) trips aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS go for $350, and all-day trips go for $450. Ice, bait, tackle, fuel, MS fishing license, as well as fish cleaning is all included in the price. Better yet, 4 anglers can divide up that price making it extremely affordable to spend a day fishing in south Mississippi with Capt. Brodie. Last season was a record setting one for TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, and clients are already booking trips for 2010. So don’t wait, if you’re planning a visit to south Mississippi this year be sure to book your trip now before your days available to fish are booked up. Fishing and hunting these waters practically every day since the age of 5, Capt. Robert L. Brodie has nearly 50-years of experience on these waters, as well as nearly an eighty-percent comeback clientele.

DUCK HUNTING PRICES REDUCED FOR JANUARY – Throughout the month of January the diving duck hunting trips aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS are being reduced from $450 to $350, thus making the hunts a bit more affordable, and making multiple two-day or more hunts a bit more affordable too. Remember, Mississippi’s duck season closes on January 31, so be sure to book your trip before the end of the month.

ABOVE: Capt. Robert L. Brodie posing with redheads, bluebills, and buffleheads bagged on the Mississippi Sound. Photo taken December 11, 2009 by Rob Langlinais

Now back to Capt. Brodie’s duck hunting and fishing reports…

Just finished up two duck hunts in a row on Saturday and Sunday. Well, the good news is that I had a couple of great clients that were a blast to hunt with, but the bad new is that the birds just didn’t want to fly very much on those two days.

ABOVE: Jay Robinson of Gainesville, Florida and a fine drake bluebill he shot while hunting on the Mississippi Sound aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

On the first hunt I had Jay Robinson and Jim Boyle from Gainesville, Florida aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS for a south Mississippi diving duck hunt, and we managed to take 6 birds on that hunt, a combination of bluebills and buffleheads. 

ABOVE: Jay Robinson, Jim Boyle a.k.a. “Indian Jim”, and Andrew “I Can’t Feel My Toes” Cain with drake redhead and buffleheads they bagged while hunting on the Mississippi Sound aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

However, Jim, a.k.a. “Indian Jim” or “King of the Divers Jim” had an opportunity for a big drake canvasback a.k.a. “King of the Divers”, but the big fast moving bird in a stiff cross wind managed to elude Jim’s pattern of number 4’s and depart unscathed. After that, well, it was a long day for Jim, and the word canvasback managed to come up in our conversations for the rest of the day, and I mean until the time we departed the launch that afternoon. 

ABOVE: Jay Robinson of Gainesville, Florida poses with a fine drake bluebill he bagged while hunting aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS on the Mississippi Sound. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

To be honest the word canvasback came up all during the day of the second hunt, and it just seemed no one was about to let Jim off the hook for missing that trophy bird. However, it gave us plenty to laugh and joke about, and added much fun to a slow hunt.

ABOVE: Jim Boyle from Gainesville, Florida poses with a gorgeous drake bufflehead he shot on the Mississippi Sound while hunting aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Although the flights were down on these hunts from the previous outings, well, we were surprised by that especially since we had cold and windy conditions to hunt in. Oh, they had ample opportunities to get two limits on the first day, but it seemed they were cold, all bundled up, shooting from an awkward position, and had a lot of trouble hitting their mark with a stiff north wind in their face.

ABOVE: Jay Robinson, Jim Boyle, and Andrew Cain from Gainesville, Florida pose with a drake redhead and buffleheads they shot on the Mississippi Sound while hunting aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Trying to put a finger on the birds lack of movement is a tough call, but we think the big bright full “blue moon” may have had the birds feeding at night, and then resting during the day.  On the second hunt it was much of the same, and Andrew Cain joined the guys. This time I decided to take them to a big open water sand bar in the Mississippi Sound, and give them a taste of gunning birds in that fashion.

Hunting out of the 19-foot G3 fitted with an Avery Pop Up Blind was our method on this outing, and early on the buffleheads moved well, and plenty of ducks were moving about way out on the horizon.  Most of these big flocks were merely getting up and flying a short distance to stretch their wings.

ABOVE: Jim Boyle and Jay Robinson from Gainesville, Florida pose with bluebills and buffleheads they shot on their first day of hunting with Capt. Brodie aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

The guys shot a number of buffleheads, and three of them were beautiful drakes. Jim is going to get a couple mounted for the wall too. Three drake redheads came flying over, and one of them was downed hard into the decoys. Ok, 12 ducks in two days isn’t a lot of birds, but the men hunted hard despite being frozen for most of the hunting duration.

ABOVE: Redheads, especially big drakes are the premier ducks on the Mississippi Sound. Redheads are a big heavy-body bird, and excellent on the dinner table.  Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Had my good friend Eddie Jones along assisting me, and if you know Eddie, well, he has enough wild and crazy stories to keep one from being bored on the slowest of hunting days. Heck, we all traded plenty of hunting experiences, and had plenty of laughs to get us through the slow hunts. Bottom line, we still managed to shoot a few ducks, enjoy the many sights the marsh has to offer, and made new friends in the process.

ABOVE: Buffleheads commonly referred to as “sea doves” or “butter balls” provide excellent diving duck gunning. Speedy, small in size, and flying low on the water these wee ducks provide challenging gunning. Drakes like this one Jim Boyle is holding are gorgeous birds, and are often pursued for trophy birds. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

By the way, Jay is a captain in the military, will be heading back to Afghanistan for two more years, and will be out of duck hunting for quite some time. Looking forward to taking him again in two years from now, and hopefully it will be one of those “bang em up” hunts. Jay keep yourself safe over there returning safely to pursue the wily ducks once again. We’ll keep you in our thoughts and prayers.

Jay, Jim, and Andrew it was a pleasure and loads of fun to hunt with you gentlemen, and hopefully you Florida boys have thawed out by now. And Jim, like I mentioned to you, that Florida pompano fishing that I specialize in at Mississippi’s barrier islands is a lot of fun if you opt to come back down this summer.

Looks like there is some record cold weather on the way, and hopefully it will deliver loads of ducks by next week.

Until the next hunting or fishing adventure aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, keep it safe out there, and enjoy the many bounties south Mississippi has to offer.

Regards and many thanks to all,

Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS 

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Below: A couple pictures of the latest fishing charters aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS.

At TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS…”It’s about the bite and the flight!”

Click on any pictures on this site, and they will take you to flickr.com where Capt. Brodie has over 1,500 of his fishing and duck hunting photos. Enjoy!

Now back to Capt. Brodie’s latest fishing and duck hunting reports…

Well, our fourth hunt of the season was a bit slower than the rest, but we still shot some nice birds, and still had the opportunity to limit out. My guests on this hunt were Leonard Vergunst of Ocean Springs, MS and Stephen Ladner of Gulfport, MS.

Today’s hunt would be entirely different than the first 3, weather wise that is. Instead in hunting in northerly winds low-water conditions, on this hunt it was southeast winds 10 to 15 knots, cloudy conditions on and off, and plenty of water up in the marsh.

ABOVE: 12-23-09 Leonard Vergunst of Ocean Springs, MS and Stephen Ladner of Gulfport, MS enjoyed a fine morning of diving duck hunting with Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Redheads, bluebills, and buffleheads made up their bag of birds.  Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Remember, Mississippi’s duck season closes on January 31, 2010, so be sure to book your guided duck hunt soon. To book a duck hunting or fishing trip aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS contact Capt. Robert L. Brodie at (228) 697-7707 or by e-mail at email hidden; JavaScript is required.

ABOVE: 12-23-09 Stephen Ladner of Gulfport, MS poses with two gorgeous drake redheads that he bagged while hunting with Capt. Robert L. Brodie aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Birds weren’t on the move quite as much, and we had other hunters in the area near by. However, we took advantage of most of the gunning opportunities, and ended up with a nice bag of birds. The birds that did come in decoyed beautifully, and the two drake redheads were the last two birds taken out of a flock flying away at about 40 yards. Beautiful shots!

Above: 12-23-09 Gorgeous drake redheads are the prized duck on the Mississippi Sound, and Stephen Ladner of Gulfport, MS shot his first while hunting with Capt. Robert L. Brodie aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Just another wonderful morning to be hunting on the Mississippi Sound with great company. And that my friends is what it’s all about! Got some really nasty weather moving in, and that should bring down another batch of birds.

I’ve got a number of fishing and duck hunting trips booked right after Christmas, and eager to get back after the redfish, specks, and black drum. These are comeback clients, as well as a couple on newcomers. On my last couple of guided trips it was excellent big redfish and black drum fishing, and hope to get back after the hard pulling gamesters.

By the way, it’s all of you wonderful and loyal clients that make TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS such a success, I humbly thank each and every one of you for your time spent fishing and/or hunting with me here in south Mississippi, and looking forward to many more outdoor adventures with all of you for many more years to come.

Remember, I am a full-time year-round guide, ready to go whenever you get the chance to get away. Just give me a call, and away we go!

Until next report have a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and profitable Happy New Year.

Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS

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