The entire Biloxi Marsh is located in Louisiana, but what if you decide to launch in Mississippi? Do you have to abide by the 15-fish daily creel because you’ll cross Mississippi waters on the way in?
Nope. Louisiana regulations prevail, according to Mississippi’s fishing regulations.
“Recreational fishermen not fishing in Mississippi waters may transport and land fish that meet the minimum size and creel limits of the waters in which they were legally caught,” the regulations read.
So you can legally catch and keep the Louisiana-allowed 25-trout creel per man, as long as you only fish in Louisiana waters.
And you don’t even have to purchase a Mississippi fishing license to catch them.
“Said recreational fishermen must possess a valid saltwater sportfishing license as may be required in the waters where the fish were caught,” the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources regs stipulate.
And if you want to just hire one of the guides who fish out of the Pass Christian Small Boat Harbor, you also are good to go.
“You can keep Louisiana limits, as long as I don’t stop on the way in,” Capt. Ronnie Daniels said.
