The Biloxi Lugger

The Biloxi Lugger Story<br/><br/>Tied up just outside the restaurant of the same name, you will see The Bayou Belle. The Bayou Belle is a fine example of a Biloxi Lugger, a style of shrimp boat originally designed and built by Jacky Jack Covacevich. In the early 1900s, the Croatian immigrant constructed a vessel specially to fish the shallows in Biloxi Bay. It was the first to use a gasoline powered engine to pull nets. <br/><br/>Fishermen like Captain Allen, loved the boat. He passed his love o