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n the Beautiful Gulf Coast
Publl»hi-'{ Bi-Monthly by Activitl*t, Inc.,
BOX 80-B WEST BEACH BLVD., B110XI, MISS. 39531 To Adv»rt!»« In Down Souths C»1I 368-4343
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Volume 25, No. 6 Noveinber-December 1975
Surf Fishing the Chandeleurs............. 3
Mississippi Power Company
50 Years ............................4-5
Tennis and Golf on the Coast —........... 7
Southeast Fisheries
Once and Now.........................8-9
Where to Go, What to See and Do
on the Beautiful Gulf Coast..........11
Day and Night Entertainment...........12-13
Port of Gulfport Adds Pineapples.........15
Mississippi Gulf Coast
Pictorial Map ....................16-17
OUR COVER: Photo by Tex Hamill Fishing with convenience and a place to sit — the east wall of the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor is one of the many favorite places to fish without a boat. There’s also a snack shop with beer and cold soft drinks for your refreshment. Here depending on your luck you may catch a variety of fish such as redfish, croaker, speckled trout, ground mullet, catfish, ribbon fish, eel or flounder. Along the Mississippi Gulf Coast there are many such places to fish — fishing piers, fishing bridges (blocked to auto traffic), lock jetties, and sea walls. Fishing on the outside of marinas is popular, but the inside is forbidden, because fishing lines and boat propellers don’t mix without trouble. Here’s to good fishing and a lot of fun.
C. C. “Tex” Hamill, Editor and Publisher Marge Hamill, Associate Editor and Business Mgr. J. G. Fersigerman, Production
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The Chandeleut Islands are so named because of their discovery on Candlemas Day (Feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary). The main island was once the location of a quarantine station, beach houses and military barracks, but’all were destroyed by the 1893 hurricane.
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By Waller Fountain • Photos by Arthur Quinn and Tex Hamill
W owhere else in the entire world is there another enchanted land to compare with the pristine beauty of the rugged Chandeleur chain of islands that buffer the fecund incubation grounds of the Chandeleur Sound and fabulous Louisiana marshes from the ravages of the Gulf of Mexico.
The Chandeleurs form an almost endless chain of sand, marsh and mangrove islands, strung out in a graceful crescent, like the gentle bend in an archer’s bow, and thread their way from north to south for thirty delightful, fish-filled miles.
Fantastic fishing adventures lie literally in every nook and cranny of these sparkling islands. They provide angling for every fisherman’s taste. Along the outer
beaches-----booming with surf - - - rippled
by surging tides------swept by capricious
winds - - - fishing is at its best!
The fish which frequent these frothy
waters run the gamut of the local seas------
and in this marvelous fish basket it is truly the survival of the fittest, or fleetest, or biggest - - - for amongst these denizens of the piscatorial world it is simply a case of little fish being eaten by the bigger fish
---right on up tnrough the food chain of
marine life.
Although boats frequently com]} the surf-side of the Chandeleurs the favorite method of angling these chameleon beaches is to wade robustly into the pounding surf and cast into the ever oncoming waves. There arc rewards awaiting beyond the wildest dreams of most fishermen - rampaging redfish, tackle-bust-
ing speckled trout, rapacious bluel maurading sharks, untamable tarpon, an<_ bulldozing jackfish.
Sharks of every size and description scavenge these beaches - - - and all nave (continued on page 18)
Surf fishing is preferred by many to fishing from a boat just offshore.
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