PRICING: DIVING DUCK HUNTS: A diving duck hunt aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS goes for $450, and that includes myself and an assistant guide to make sure your hunt goes smoothly and safely.  GUIDED INSHORE FISHING TRIPS: Half-a-day (5-hour) fishing trips go for $350, and all-day (8-hours) fishing trips go for $450. Ice, bait, tackle, MS fishing license, fuel, and fish cleaning is included in the pricing. And best of all, 4 anglers can split those prices to make it extremely affordable.

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

Today I had the same crew aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS as last Friday, and the diving duck hunting was even better than Friday’s fast paced action. It seemed Leonard Vergunst, Rob Langlinais, and myself had the Mississippi Sound to ourselves, and the ducks were everywhere.

Conditions today were almost identical to last Friday’s hunt with temperatures in the 40’s, cloudy skies, a tide just starting to rise, and the wind blowing out of the northeast at 15 to 20 knots. Ideal diving duck hunting conditions!

ABOVE: 12-16-09 With our 3-man limits consisting of 5 redheads, 1 canvasback, 6 bluebills, and 6 buffleheads out of the way, well, it was time to take some photos of ducks coming into the decoys.  Like pictured above, flocks of lesser scaups a.k.a. “bluebills” swarmed the decoys all morning long. Want a piece of this action? Well, simply e-mail Capt. Brodie at email hidden; JavaScript is required or give him a call at (228) 697-7707. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: 12-16-09 While hunting with Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, Leonard Vergunst and Rob Langlinais pose with their 3-man limits consisting of 5 redheads, 1 canvasback, 6 buffleheads, and 6 bluebills. Conditions were almost identical to the hunt on Friday, however, the northeast winds blew a bit harder. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: 12-16-09 Drake bufflehead coming into the decoys. Today, buffleheads were everywhere decoying readily, and fly fast and low making challenging targets. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

The hunting was so good that we ended up with the “Grand Slam” on diving ducks today. Included in the diverse kill was 1 canvasback, 5 redheads, 6 lesser scaups a.k.a. “bluebills”, and 6 buffleheads.  We were limited out by 9:30, and the last two ducks of the hunt downed were a redhead and a canvasback. Hey, it  could not have been scripted any better.

ABOVE: 12-16-09 During the course of the hunt bluebills constantly landed in or buzzed the decoys, and along with the buffleheads kept the gunning hot while waiting on redheads and canvasbacks. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Oh but the hunt got better because Rob bagged his first banded duck, a big hen redhead. By the time we had all of our 16 ducks the sun had finally come out, but the buffleheads and bluebills were still piling into the decoys, even while we were picking them up. Just another magnificent day of duck hunting here in south Mississippi aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS.

ABOVE: 12-16-09 Bluebills and a hen canvasback (lead center bird) working the decoys on the wind swept waters of the Mississippi Sound. Note ducks sitting on water in background. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: 12-16-09 While hunting with Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, Rob Langlinais of St. Martin, MS ended the day with his first canvasback, a big hen. Dubbed “king of the divers”, a canvasback is one of the most glorified species of divers, noted for their size and table fare.  Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Above: 12-16-09 Leonard Vergunst of Ocean Springs, MS poses with a drake redhead, one of the 5 redheads bagged on this hunt aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS. Here in south Mississippi, redheads are the most sought after diving ducks for trophy and the dinner table.  Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

ABOVE: 12-16-09 Leonard Vergunst of Ocean Springs, MS and Rob Langlinais of St. Martin, MS pose with a grand slam of diving ducks including canvasback, redheads, buffleheads, and bluebills. Limited out by 9:30, and left them piling into the decoys. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS

ABOVE: 12-16-09 A hen bufflehead decoys beautifully on a windy day on the Mississippi Sound. Buffleheads are fast and low flying birds, and make for excellent gunning on the big waters of the Mississippi Sound. Photo by Capt. Robert L. Brodie

Managed to get some neat pictures today too, hope you enjoy them, and may inspire you to book a diving duck hunting trip aboard TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS, and create some diving duck hunting memories of your own. Remember, you have till the end of January to book a trip, but as you can see the birds are down in good numbers right now.

Regards and many thanks to all,

Capt. Robert L. Brodie of TEAM BRODIE CHARTERS