Writing this monthly column serves as a fishing calendar for me, and because my monthly entry in this magazine must be turned in a full month before the issue date, it serves to cause me to look ahead, to get ready for what’s coming. That is, as I write this June column, which will deal with summer patterns and techniques, I’m actually still trying to figure out this April’s crappie spawn on Barnett Reservoir. […]
In June, anglers can catch the biggest trout of the year off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, according to Capt. Kyle Jarreau, who guides out of Bay St. Louis and fishes the marsh. […]
Those guys jetting across our big-water lakes and reservoirs in their rocket-powered shiny bass boats have nothing on those bass anglers who fish small ponds. […]
Crappie fishing is as good as it gets in Mississippi’s lakes and reservoirs. […]
Once the green-up begins in the spring and early summer months, both bucks and does seek out flowering plants known as forbs. […]
Catfish jugging used to be a common sport around big and small lakes and farm ponds, but folks seem to have gotten away from it as a popular catfishing tactic. Well, that is except for a few folks like John Mark Cockrell of Brandon who has just recently rediscovered not only the fun of running jugs for catfish but also the productivity of the angling strategy. […]
“Alligator on!” Perry Stribling yelled. Three of us were just upriver observing from another boat, and we made our way closer at this announcement. […]
Terry Bates eased up off the throttle and his boat glided to a stop near a grain elevator and ditch. He quickly began casting for bass. […]
The new 50 quart YETI Tundra from YETI Coolers has a deeper, cube-shaped design which takes up less valuable deck space and makes for an ideal casting platform, seat and food and drink cooler. […]
It no longer comes as a surprise to crappie anglers in Mississippi that many who chase this popular game fish around the calendar have a third alternative when it comes to choices of bait. […]
Few can argue that there is a fish more enjoyable to fish for and catch than the catfish. Nearly every farm pond has an ample supply, and just about any type gear and bait combo is sure to land one of these tasty critters. […]
With increasingly larger stretches of federal water in the Gulf of Mexico being closed off to fishing as the Deepwater Horizon continues to hemorrhage oil, Florida, Mississippi and Alabama are still sending a message to the rest of the country: “We’re still here and open for business.” […]
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