Now until Monday 3 amSouthern flounder
The bite peaks at 100. Water is 71°, close to the 70° southern flounder like best, and a solunar period lands on the window.
Each float is an hour. The deeper it rides, the better the bite. The strip underneath runs daylight, dusk and dark; the red rule marks the best window. Click any hour to read it.
Right now · best window
Southern flounder range 58–82°
From the north
Sunset 5:04 pm
No rain expected
NWS hourly forecast
Measured, last 3 hours
Waning crescent
Each species is scored against its own water-temperature range and tide preference, then wind, weather and warnings. The rules are Mississippi regulations for these waters.
Right in southern flounder's ideal range. Sharp 3-hour fall — fish feed hard ahead of a front. Southern flounder prefers outgoing tide. Holds 1–20 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. 12" minimum, 10/person/day.
Verified Oct 21, 2026 · Mississippi
Last checked 17 days ago. Rules may have changed.
Season here: Mar–Nov. More on southern flounder
Right in spotted seatrout's ideal range. Sharp 3-hour fall — fish feed hard ahead of a front. Light breeze — ruffles the surface so fish spook less, and casting is easy. Holds 3–15 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. 15" minimum, 15/person/day.
Verified Oct 21, 2026 · Mississippi
Last checked 17 days ago. Rules may have changed.
Season here: Mar–Nov, from this spot’s water-temperature record, 2023–2025. Likes an incoming tide. More on spotted seatrout
Right in sheepshead's ideal range. Sharp 3-hour fall — fish feed hard ahead of a front. Light breeze — ruffles the surface so fish spook less, and casting is easy. Holds 5–40 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. 14" minimum, 15/person/day.
Verified Oct 21, 2026 · Mississippi
Last checked 17 days ago. Rules may have changed.
Season here: Feb–Nov, from this spot’s water-temperature record, 2023–2025. Likes slack water. More on sheepshead
Right in black drum's ideal range. Sharp 3-hour fall — fish feed hard ahead of a front. Light breeze — ruffles the surface so fish spook less, and casting is easy. Holds 2–40 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. Mississippi: no size or bag limit on black drum.
Verified Oct 23, 2026 · Mississippi
Last checked 15 days ago. Rules may have changed.
Season here: Sep–May. Likes an incoming tide. More on black drum
Sharp 3-hour fall — fish feed hard ahead of a front. Light breeze — ruffles the surface so fish spook less, and casting is easy. Inside red drum's active range. Holds 3–20 ft down.
Open. Keep fish within the limits. 18–30" slot, 3/person/day.
Verified Oct 21, 2026 · Mississippi
Last checked 17 days ago. Rules may have changed.
Season here: Mar–Nov, from this spot’s water-temperature record, 2023–2025. Likes an incoming tide. More on red drum
Solunar tables are a popular heuristic. A peer-reviewed test found they don’t predict catch on their own, so here they only nudge the score when the tide or moon already agree. How the score works
We only show reports an agency has published, with their date. Mississippi MDWFP publishes a report for the state.
Licenses and rules: state fishery agencies · fish-consumption advisories
Sand beach on Mississippi Sound along the Highway 90 seawall, with the Gulfport harbor at its center. Speckled trout and red drum, sheepshead and black drum around the harbor and piers, and southern flounder.
Public spots within 40 miles, with the same 36 hours of floats.
Yes (anglers age 16 and older). To fish at Gulfport Beach you need the appropriate state fishing license. See the agency's current rules: the state agency website
Gulfport Beach is listed on this site for 5 commonly-targeted species: Red Drum, Spotted Seatrout, Southern Flounder, Sheepshead, and 1 more. Which species is currently in season and which is scoring highest today is shown in the per-species ranking on this page.
It depends more on the species and the day's conditions than on a fixed "best hour." Water temperature, weather, and — at tidal locations — the stage of the tide drive activity most. The per-species ranking on this page scores every target species at Gulfport Beach against today's live conditions, so the fish near the top are your best bets right now; check back as conditions change through the day.
Gulfport Beach has multiple access types — pier, shoreline, and at least one public boat ramp.
state agency regulations apply at Gulfport Beach. Size limits, creel limits, and seasonal closures are listed per species on each species page. Always confirm against the agency source linked from each regulation block — emergency closures can take effect mid-season.
Yes. Gulfport Beach sits on tidal water with a NOAA tide station nearby. Today's high/low timing is in the tide chart on this page.
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