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Pickwick Whiskers
Eavesdrop on a dockside conversation anywhere on Lake Pickwick, and statements like “I’m on ’em,” “They’re thick,” and “Boy, you shoulda seen the one I hooked yesterday” rarely refer to catfish. […]
Year: 2007
Freshwater Fishing
Variety spices up Pickwick action
My pick this month is Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River in Northeast Mississippi. Pickwick is an unusual lake because it borders three states — Mississippi, Tennessee and Alabama. Although I’ll launch on the Mississippi side of the lake, I’ll run upriver to Alabama waters. You’ll need an Alabama fishing license as well as a Mississippi fishing license if you’re going to catch some of those big smallmouths, largemouths and stripers that will be concentrated below the dam at the headwaters of Pickwick Lake. […]
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Big Bites on the Back Bay
For Mississippi’s saltwater anglers, the month of October provides primetime angling, and that’s especially true for those who prefer protected inshore bays and rivers. […]
As Big As they Grow
This month kicks off fishing season
Hot dog! October is finally here!
I love October because it is the beginning of a new fishing season for me. Admittedly, my fishing calendar does not coincide with every one of yours — especially you deer hunters. […]
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The Mayor of Arkabutla
Some anglers consider Kent Driscoll of Cordova, Tenn., a tournament crappie fisherman who travels the nation chasing papermouths, the mayor of Arkabutla Lake. It’s less than 30 miles from his house, and if Driscoll has three hours of daylight left after work, you’ll more than likely find him fishing at Arkabutla on the Coldwater River. […]
As Big As they Grow
Crappie bites send messages to anglers
Crappie bite funny sometimes. My focus this month is the actual crappie bite itself. I want to focus on what the fish are telling us with the way they bite. Now pay attention, you may learn something. […]
Fishing
Trouble-free batteries not always best
Full-maintenance marine batteries are usually less expensive and lighter than maintenance-free models with the same amount of cranking power and reserve capacity. […]
Dove
Doves usher in autumn seasons
Outside of summer cotillions, antebellum pilgrimages and Fourth of July celebrations, there is little in the way of mass social gatherings in Mississippi until dove season rolls around about Labor Day. […]
Hunting
Right shotgun will hold child’s interest
The first wild game Brent ever took was a dove — and he killed it with a Daisy air rifle. Kell Munson and I were cleaning our limits of birds with more than an hour of daylight left. It had been a great hunt over browntop millet, and Brent, my stepson, had a lot of fun all afternoon running out to pick up my birds. […]
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Public Patronage
Mississippi may have too many public land locations for hunting white-tailed bucks. Bet you never heard that statement made before. And you’re probably thinking where in the world did this guy come up with that one? […]
Dove
The Feel of Steel
Shotgun-toting hunters will take to fields all across the Magnolia State this month. You can be one of those who returns home with a limit of doves. […]
Bass Fishing