Gulf Coast Crabs: “The Deadliest Catch” in Little Lagoon

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How do you catch Gulf Coast Crabs? It’s really pretty easy if you have the right equipment and the right place. 1) We’ve used a crab trap, made out of wire, and also a crab net, made with a metal circle and a rope net around it. You can get these from bait stores, some [...]

Little Lagoon, Alabama

Little Lagoon, Alabama is a body of saltwater located right behind the beach road parallel to the Gulf Shores beach and the Gulf of Mexico. It’s 10 miles long and 1/2 mile wide. The lagoon is perfect for all types of water sports, such as fishing, swimming, jet-skiing, canoeing, sailing on a boat or catamaran, [...]

New Gulf State Pier is Popular Gulf Shores Fishing Spot

Experience some of the best pier fishing at the New Gulf State Pier, quite possibly the most popular Gulf Shores Fishing spot! Fish such as flounder, white sea trout, spanish mackerel, black drum, cobia and even shark are being caught here, and some of them are really whoppers! The pier is the longest on the [...]

The One That Didn’t Get Away

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“Can you catch fish in the Lagoon?” is what people ask when they inquire about my Gulf Shores vacation rental house, “Forever Yours.” I  always tell them, truthfully, that we have caught redfish,  flounder, trout, crabs, and mullet, some of which were a nice size. BUT NOW, I can tell them about Richard  “Rock”  O’Neill [...]