2008 - Page 9 of 14 - Mississippi Sportsman

Cover: June 2008

May 20, 2008 Mississippi Sportsman

Heading to Tom Bailey to catch bream? Be sure to take bass gear. […]

Anglers can’t be scared to get up in the trees that surround the perimeter of Lake Tom Bailey because they attract tons of bait and bass.

I recall my wife forcing me to go to a wedding that I didn’t want to attend. My position was that they were her old high-school friends, and since I didn’t really know any of them, I wasn’t going to waste my day. […]

Uncle Frank’s Log Cabin was a labor of love for Ben Rogers, who hopes that one day his grandson will be able to inherit the land that meant so much to him and his father Frank.

Mississippi Hunting Camps

April 22, 2008 Bill R. Lea

As we’ve shown in past articles through the years, Mississippi hunting camps come in all makes and models, and I have been blessed to have the privilege of visiting a wide assortment, each with its own personality and intrinsic uniqueness. […]

The recent Magnolia Crappie Club Grenada tournament was won by Monty Blount and Mike Rainer of Jackson. Their best seven weighed over 14 pounds.

As Big As They Grow

April 22, 2008 Paul Johnson

We all have our favorite pastimes and hobbies. Golf, gardening, pitching horseshoes, family picnics, hunting and fishing are all good outdoorsy things to do, don’t you think? […]

Cobia are naturally curious fish, and they will often come right up to a boat to see what is making all the commotion.

Horn of Copious Cobia

April 22, 2008 Chris Ginn

Like a giant brown bear waiting to catch leaping salmon swimming upstream, hundreds of Mississippi offshore anglers are lining up this month to take advantage of the thousands of cobia making their annual migration around the Gulf of Mexico coastline. […]

From his perch at Gorenflo’s, Danny Pitalo is able to keep his finger on the pulse of the saltwater action along the Mississippi Coast.

May kicks off saltwater action

April 22, 2008 John E. Phillips

Danny Pitalo of Biloxi, the owner of Gorenflo’s Tackle Shop and Marina Store and Point Cadet Fuel & Ice beside the Isle of Capri Resort and Casino, has his finger on the pulse of Mississippi saltwater fishing. Every day, anglers pull up to his marina to gas up and buy bait and tackle before fishing offshore and inshore. […]

Cover: May 2008

April 22, 2008 Mississippi Sportsman

It’s never easier to fill a stringer with bream thatn in May on the four lakes we spotlight in this issue. […]

A tube of crickets, a carton of mealworms, a couple corks, and a stringer full of fat bream — how could Mississippi fishing get any better than that?

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

April 22, 2008 Chris Ginn

Entire industries have been built around catering to those among us who want to experience the finer things in life. There are even television shows dedicated to the good life. Many equate fine living with five-star restaurants, aged wine and luxury cars. […]

Fantastic Float Fishing

April 22, 2008 Phillip Gentry

For Rocky Rowell, of Wiggins, a good bit of his time both back in 1974, and many times since, has been spent rolling on the black waters of southern Mississippi’s Leaf River. Rowell can still recall some memorable fishing trips when he and his high school buddies would float the Leaf, fishing and camping and listening to music of the day from groups like the Doobies and Uriah Heap. […]

Justin Giles used an Excaliber Spit’n Image to fool this shad-loving bass

The Spawn is Gone

April 22, 2008 Michael O. Giles

Ken Murphy of Meridian surveyed the waters just off a shoreline in search of any bass activity. Spotting a ripple near a half-submerged tree top, he cast his Texas-rigged, ribbon-tailed worm, and let it sink slowly into the top. A twitch of the line signaled the accomplished angler that his first strike of the day was in process.

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Peredovik sunflower takes 100 to 120 days to mature, so outdoorsmen who hope to make a hunt over the plant in September better get busy soon.

Farmer in Spring, Hunter in Fall

April 22, 2008 Cliff Covington

For many years, Mississippi sportsmen have planted winter food plots to improve the nutrition available to their deer herds and to help increase their chances of harvesting trophy bucks. […]

A closed canopy will make your woods easy to walk, but it will also limit undergrowth as well as the health and size of your herd.

Just Browsing

April 22, 2008 John J. Woods

At one time, the ever-present, landscape-engulfing kudzu plant was the bane of southern landowners public and private. The big, grape-leaved, vine-driven plant has a voracious botanical appetite for carpeting every inch of open soil in its pathway. […]

Year: 2008