Lived in Ocean Springs for 22 years , you'll find plenty of fishing with a kayak in the ''Sound'' = waters wrapped around the coast , plenty of wade fishing everywhere . It's the Gulf and the Gulf is called ''out front'' by the locals - just saying .
Your fishing tackle will be fine for trout redfish etc. those fish will be everywhere along the coastline and small islands - Deer Island etc. . Concentrate on water 2' - 5' deep - live shrimp - hot bite dead shrimp is fine .
You're in for a treat it's a beautiful place although it and the rest of the area was ruined by the casino industry , we use to call Ocean Springs The Best Kept Secret in this country .
Get a charter out of Biloxi no need to drive to Gulfport/Long beach unless you want to .
I can't tell you any places I think would be of interest to you because I've been gone since sept/2002 Katrina [2005] wiped out many of the old timey places like the shrimpers museum and such - but maybe it was rebuilt . Ocean Springs is 10X as nice as where I live now [leaving here ASAP] very nice people in the OS area .
The boats to Ship Island use to go morning noon and evening - was always popular with visitors .Go in the morning return noon-ish if you want or stay until evening , miss the evening boat - camping is what you'll be doing .
I was friends with some of the Skrmetta's .
https://msshipisland.com/family-history/
