The Pascagoula, MS marine forecast covers live wind speed and gusts, tide predictions, wave conditions, and major and minor solunar feeding times, updated continuously from NOAA and Open-Meteo. The strongest fishing windows usually line up with the moving tide and the solunar periods shown below — check current conditions before you head out.
By Steve Wilson, lifelong angler & founder of My Marine Forecast
Last updated: Sep 15, 2026, 8:00 AM
Winds 1–10 mph from the E gusting to 12 mph. Air temperatures 74–90°F. The strongest fishing windows line up with the moving water around each tide change, roughly an hour on either side.
Today's Tides · Station 8742232
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Wind
1–10 mph E
Gusts
12 mph
Air Temp
74–90°F
Tides from NOAA Station 8742232 · wind & temperature from Open-Meteo. Open the live forecast for hourly charts and the 7-day outlook.
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Tide data sourced from NOAA Station 8742232
Pascagoula is at the eastern end of the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and the Pascagoula River system creates a productive and underutilized fishery. The river mouth, Graveline Bay, and the surrounding marsh hold redfish, flounder, and speckled trout in solid numbers. The Alabama border is close, and the species list and tidal patterns are similar to what you'd find around Orange Beach.
The Pascagoula River mouth produces excellent Fall flounder fishing. Flounder stack in the cuts on the falling tide, and live mud minnows on a Carolina rig dragged through the channel is the proven method. Redfish school in Graveline Bay throughout Fall. Spring speckled trout fishing on the shallow grass flats is consistent and lightly pressured.
The nearshore reefs east of Pascagoula produce snapper and grouper, and the area sees considerably less pressure than the waters off Destin or Orange Beach. Horn Island is a long run but the wade fishing for redfish on the ocean side is worth making.
Tidal influence here comes from both the east and the west, creating a somewhat irregular tidal pattern. The live tide chart above gives NOAA predictions for the nearest station — get familiar with how your specific spot behaves on different tidal stages.
Spring: Trout slide out of the river system onto the Sound's reefs and grass as April warms, feeding on the first big shrimp crops. Redfish work the marsh edges of the Pascagoula delta, sheepshead finish spawning on nearshore structure, and early tripletail appear on the tide lines by May.
Summer: The surf at Horn and Petit Bois islands holds speckled trout at daybreak, and the runouts produce reds and ladyfish all day. Tripletail float under crab trap buoys across the Sound, tarpon pass offshore of the islands in July, and white trout swarm the channel edges at night.
Fall: Bull redfish gang up off the river mouth and around Round Island in October, with birds marking the schools. Flounder move down the river and through the Sound toward the Gulf, and speckled trout feed heavily around bayou mouths and reefs ahead of the first serious cold fronts.
Winter: The Pascagoula River is the story in winter, with speckled trout stacking in its deep bends and holes, a pattern local anglers rely on every January. Redfish school in the marsh ponds and drains of the delta, and sheepshead gather on channel structure and nearshore reefs.
The Pascagoula River, the largest unimpeded river system in the lower 48, spreads into a marsh delta full of redfish drains and winter trout holes. Round Island sits a few miles off the beach and concentrates bull reds and trout in fall. Farther out, Horn Island and Petit Bois Island of Gulf Islands National Seashore offer barrier island surf fishing for trout, reds and pompano. Point aux Chenes Bay east of town adds shallow grass and marsh shoreline, and the open Mississippi Sound ties it all together.