FISHING PRICES ABOARD TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS…********5-hour half-a-day trips $350…8-hour all-day trips $450.******* 

Before you get into this latest fishing report, a very good one I am glad to say, here are the dates for Mississippi’s upcoming 2009-2010 waterfowl season.

November 27 – 29, December 4 – 6, and December 9 to January 31

 The daily duck limit is 6, including no more than 4 mallards (no more than 2 hens), 3 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 2 scaups a.k.a. “bluebills”, 1 canvasback, 1 mottled duck, 1 black duck, and 1 pintail.

 The merganser daily bag limit is 5, including 2 hooded mergansers. Coots have a 15-bird daily bag limit.

The late Canada goose and brant season is set for November 23-January 31, with daily limits of 3 and 2 birds respectively. Also, the youth waterfowl weekend is set for February 6-7.

By the way, for any takers out there, I am going to guide the youth hunt for any one interested in treating their kids to a diving duck hunt on the Mississippi Sound.

Now that the dates are in, well, be sure to book you diving duck hunt now aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS!

All-day hunts for 1 to 2 hunters go for $450. For further information call Capt. Robert L. Brodie at (228) 697-7707.

Now back to the fishing report….

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Above: At the D’Iberville Marina, John Noel and Jimmy Childres of Jackson, MS pose with 20 gorgeous and tasty Florida pompano they caught while fishing Mississippi’s barrier islands aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Above: Now that’s what I like to see, TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS fish cleaning table stacked up with delicious fish, especially the highly prized Florida pompano. These fish were caught by John Noel and Jimmy Childres of Jackson, MS. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Above: One never knows what they might run into while fishing the barrier islands aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, a prime example this 35-pound jack crevalle caught on light spinning tackle by John Noel of Jackson, MS. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Above: John Noel and Jimmy Childres of Jackson, MS caught these 20 big Florida pompano while fishing Mississippi’s barrier islands aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Ladyfish, sharks, and bluefish all added to the day’s light tackle fishing action. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

On this trip we started out on one of the white trout reefs and easily put 25 in the box, it could have been another fish on ever cast outing, but John had bigger and better fish on his mind.

Thus, it was a run out to the barrier islands, and there the Florida pompano were rounded up. Hey, we fished long and hard this day, but the guys efforts paid off with 20 big, beautiful, and delicious Florida pompano.

One of the biggest fish actually free-jumped into John’s lap and then into the boat, another of John’s fish hit him in the chest, and another hooked fish went airborne landing in the net in my hands.

Have to admit these fish were jumping like crazy, and even the ladyfish and bluefish seemed to be leaping more than usual. Well, the daily Florida pompano record for this year aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS is now 20, easily surpassing the mark of 12 caught back in June.

Above: While fishing Ship Island for Florida pompano, John Noel Of Jackson, MS landed and released a fine 35-pound jack crevalle. Here, John  is well into the 30 minute battle. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

If you’ve never experienced pompano fishing, well, you are missing out on a fun experience, and here aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS fishing for these delicious exotics is a speciality. It’s not always a numbers game, and it generally takes a lot of patience, but high-leaping ladyfish and bluefish take up the slack between pompano catching.

By the way, big jack crevalles were patrolling the shallow flats too, and John caught and released a prime specimen, a 35-pound brute on light spinning gear. If you think bull reds fight, well, hook into one of these big jacks for an unforgettable light tackle experience. After about a 35-minute battle with this fish, well, they were sure an encounter with one was enough for the day.

What can I say, I’ve got plenty of openings, and just waiting for you guys and gals to step aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, and make fishing catching memories of your own. Remember, we have great year-round fishing, but September and October are two top-notch months to be fishing in south Mississippi.

Above: John Noel’s big jack finally defeated! Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

By the way, this has been a banner year for TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, and would like to thank everyone for their business, as well as wonderful times spent fishing together so far this season.

By any stretch of the imagine don’t think the best fishing has come and gone, for late summer, fall, and winter provide excellent light tackle opportunities too.  Also, I have some night fishing options available, so ask me about fishing after sundown as well.

Regards and many thanks to all,

Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS

Cell (228) 697-7707 Primary Number

Home (228) 392-7660 Recorder

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Just a friendly reminder that I’ll be doing diving duck hunts on the Mississippi Sound starting around Thanksgiving Day. These are all-day 2 man hunts for $450.

Although a puddle duck may be taken on occasion, the primary focus will be on trophy redheads, buffleheads, greater scaups, lesser scaups, and an occasional scoter. Mergansers are in the area too.

Hunts may be conducted out of the marsh, in a 19-foot G3 Jonboat rigged with an Avery Pop Up Blind, or one man trips out of a Ron Bankes layout boat. You’ll be hunting over 100 decoys rigged on long lines, and I always have an assistant guide along to make the work go smoothly.

We can even set up a morning hunt, and fish in the afternoon  for big sheepshead, black drum, and various other inshore species. Looks like the duck numbers are up again, or holding steady.

For further information on these big-water hunts please call me at (228) 697-7707, and check out all of my pictures on flickr.com. Once on the flickr site type in teambrodiecharters in the search box to find all of my duck hunting pictures. Take your time to browse through all of my hunting and fishing pics stored there.

REMEMBER…AT TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS IT’S ABOUT THE BITE & THE FLIGHT!

Thanks, and good fishing and hunting to all,

Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS

* Folks fall is in the air, and it’s simply beautiful down here in south Mississippi.

* Now is an excellent time to book a light tackle fishing charter aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. 

* And best of all it’s affordable! A half-a-day 5-hour trip goes for $350, and an all-day 8-hour trip goes for $450.

* Ice, bait, tackle, fuel, fish cleaning/packaging, and MS fishing license is all included.  You simply walk on and off the boat, and it doesn’t get any better than that.

* A lot of fishing fun at a great price, and best of all that price can be divided up among 1 to 4 anglers.

* If that heat has been getting you down all summer, well now is a great time to get out on the fish filled waters of south Mississippi.

* Plus, TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS also conducts professionally guided diving duck hunts on the big waters of the Mississippi Sound. These all-day hunts go for $450. Two hunters can split that price. The duck hunting charters generally start around Thanksgiving Day.

AT TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS IT’S ABOUT THE “BITE” AND THE “FLIGHT”! 

Ryan Picard is extremely proud of his big black drum in the 20-pound-class caught while fishing aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. On a small Shimano spinning reel spooled with 10-pound-test Yo-Zuri Hybrid, and mounted on a 7-foot St. Croix “Triumph” rod, Ryan had about a 15 minute battle with the big bottom dweller. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Ryan Picard’s big black drum took up most of the live well, a big fish that will be kept alive in tanks at Pond Pros, LLC in Liberty, MS for future study. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

On this outing I was hired to collect croakers and plenty of them. Well, it was off to the oyster reefs where they are concentrated. Once there the croaker catching came easy, and good numbers of white trout were taking the small pieces of cut bait too. If we would have concentrated on them it would have been a very good bite on the trout.

To add to the fish collecting, Ryan hooked into a big fish, and about 10 minutes or so later, a fine black drum in the 20-pound-class was captured. It was Ryan’s biggest fish caught to date, and by the smile on his face he was extremely proud. This was an inshore reef in Biloxi Bay, but did make a run out into the Mississippi Sound , and there found some of the clearest water of the year.

However, the bite was off. Clear water, slick as glass, schools of bait fish all around, and no bites! Go figure! Yet we did witness a massive school of jack crevalles wreaking havoc on a school of menhaden. It was an impressive sight, but we decided to pull the baits away from them so we could get back to the reef fishing.