Theres so much freshwater on our coast right now I'm guessing you'd have to go to round island to even find brackish water. All the gages in the bays and the mouth of the pascagoula are tanked on 0ppt salinity. Some fish will still stick out the freshwater, but in my experience they're few and far between.

A few trout started to show up at Ship Island recently... Not many but decent size. I don't know why they wouldn't be at Round as well

SJ, spotted seatrout can tolerate an extremely wide range of salinities from 0 to over 50ppt, there is no leathal minimum whatsoever. a trout can survive in completlety fresh water, however most tend to move and they prefer saltier water.

Just a thought on salinity following big rains: pretty sure those readings are taken from surface water. A layer of saltier water will remain in deeper holes and channels since it is heavier than fresh water. It clearly slows the bite, but not convinced that the fish are flushed out of the marshes and river. Once the water passes, they seem to show back up way too quick for the flushing theory to add up. No expert.. just an observation from over the years.

Yes it does and i agree depending on time of year. I agree in Nov-Dec&Jan under normal winter conditions they will get in the deep holes on bottom where higher salinity water will lay when a lot of fresh water comes down the rivers. But I also think the trout at least in our area have been transitioning some back out of the 2 rivers and bayous towards the bay now for about a month. That is why I used the terminology of flushing them out since I believe they were headed that way some anyways and the glut of fresh water coming down the rivers have expedited that.

SJ- didn't intend to make that sound as if I was disputing your observations. I should have prefaced my comment with "in the Pascagoula River area". Each area/watershed is different. Your point makes good sense. Since all I fish is the 'goula area and points south, pretty much all my observations/comments, for whatever they're worth, are framed up that way.

jap- follow-up report. Tried around the causeway yesterday morning. Nothing. No bait in sight and not a bite. Couple small ones in the inner harbor. Think we're still a few weeks away.