Southern Way Chronicle: February 2013 With 2012 now well in the history books I would like to take a little time to reflect on the year before we get to far into 2013. Last year we ran over 45 trips to Chandeleur Islands starting in March with our last trip in October. As usual the larger trout were caught in the spring with greater numbers of trout showing up in more...

When you live in the coastal Gulf South hurricanes are just a fact of life. Hurricane Isaac brought a week of trepidation on the Mississippi and Louisiana gulf coast causing significant flooding and moderate wind damage. The Southern Way and Southern Cross rode out the storm up the Jordan River and were unscathed. Our home, Long Beach Harbor, while no where near as serious as with Katrina, still received significant more...

Welcome to the first edition of “Southern Way Charters(SWC) Chronicles”. Our summer fishing season at the “Islands” is in full swing with Captain Brian and the crew running back to back trips for most of the summer. Fishing has been fantastic with only occasional lulls in the action due to the weather.  There are many great changes in the wind at SWC with Chandeleur Island and Biloxi Marsh fishing and more...