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Nature’s Gift to the Gulf Coast”
COME TO THE PASS" TO LIVE fV AND ENJOY LIFE
For further Information write to:
Pass Christian Chamber of Commerce
Pass Christian, Mississippi
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H. T. CARR AT CLERMONT HARBOR 6 Miles West of Bay St. Louis Mississippi Gulf Coast
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VISIT Jack Adam's
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Hundreds of Inter-^ esting Alligators, Snakes and Birds
•WORLD'S LARGEST SHIPPER OF LIVE ALLIGATORS Highway 90, Long Beach
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(Continued from Page 25) any rate, this is one of the earliest settled spots in the United States, and also one of the earliest resorts. Just assume there is a good reason why they do things their way. Don’t remove the hooks you find on the poles and substitute a Great Lakes perch hook. They won’t hold the big ones and the little ones have big mouths down here. When you have found the spot recommended by the guide, don’t decide that a spot just across the bayou is a better bet. You may be on a mud flat, just 5 feet from a shell reef or deep hole full of fish, and not catch a fish all day; while the knowing, listening fellow just over there is pulling them in by boatloads.
One of the best fishermen I ever knew was a Sergeant from Keesler Field who came from Arkansas. He said he learned, from his grandfather back home, to ask for a good spot, and to pull there and sit, and sometime that day the fish would feed. That fellow will never die of high blood pressure. He listened and learned, and we weren’t surprised to hear later that he had been made a Lieutenant. It figures!
If you are a deep sea fisherman, there are many charter boats in Biloxi and other towns along the coast. Most of this type fishing is done 12 miles offshore around a group of islands, where there are beautiful stretches of sand beaches and the water is a deep emerald green. (Our coastal towns are situated on the Mississippi Sound, hence the shallower water, but also hence fewer hurricanes, being protected by said islands.)
These boats are equipped with the proper tackle, so leave yours in the hotel unless the Skipper gives it the O. K. Check with him about price first, and just what he furnishes in the way of drinks and food, and here’s a TIP! Instead of ham sandwiches and hard boiled eggs, try some new dishes, if he will provide a cook. Shrimp and spaghetti, gumbo, fried filet of fish sandwiches or better still Po’ Boys. What’s that? It’s the best darn thing you ever ate when them you saw it in DOWN SOUTH. Thanks I
y>. e hard down hungry and the pocket book is lean. A loaf of French bread is cut in quarters, some of the inside removed and filled with either fried shrimp, oysters, dpvilled crab-meat, or, if you prefer, ham and such. Po’ Boys used to cost a nickel during the poor times, and are not high now, but you know the cost of good Chicago beef!
While you are eating let the Skipper give you a briefing on what HE knows. Ask him about Ship Island and its colorful history. D’Iberville used it as headquarters during his explorations of the Gulf Coast and later still it was a Federal prison. The Fort, which has been restored by the Gulfport American Legion was named Fort Massachusetts in honor of General Butler’s home state.
Tell him to show you the flowing well of fresh water, coming up from the sea, all that remains of the Isle of Capri, a resort that has disappeared under several feet of water.
Confirm the fact that Cat Island was used as a dog training center during the last declared war.
Take time off from the pursuit of mackerel, ling, trout and blue fish to go ashore, if you want to add to your collection of shells and enjoy a swim and suntan, but don’t tell me you never burn! That cool breeze will fool you, and if you stay longer than the sensible time and neglect to apply sun oil you will feel and look like a Maine lobster, and don’t say I didn’t tell you!
When you have returned from the high seas laden with fish, which the Skipper will have cleaned and which you can have stored in the local freezer plant, for safe keeping or to be prepared for shipping, and if you’re not too relaxed to move the next day, I urge you to take a trip to the Ocean Springs Inner Harbor, and swap tales with the fishermen you find there. It is a charming spot, filled with both commercial and pleasure boats. There’s always some one around to visit with you.
Ask about the retired Colonel from Pennsylvania and his artistocratic Texas wife, who have found a way of life that many of us long for. They often drop anchor here for a month
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