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Hite earns seventh Bassmaster win during Pickwick Lake Elite Series event
A seventh Bassmaster trophy brought out the emotion in South Carolina pro Davy Hite this weekend during the Elite Series stop at Pickwick Lake. […]
Year: 2011
Bass Fishing
Frierson wins March edition of online Big Bass Contest
MS-Sportsman user Eli Frierson won the March installment of the Big Bass Contest with a photo of him holding a Pearl River monster he estimated would weigh more than 10 pounds. […]
Featured
One killed, six injured in Hancock County boating accident
A young boy died and six others suffered minor injuries after the boats in which they were riding collided head-on in Rotten Bayou near the Jourdan River, according to news reports. The accident occurred north of Interstate 10 in Hancock County, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources reported. […]
Bass Fishing
Voting begins in March edition of Big Bass Contest
MS-Sportsman.com users can help choose the March winner of the Big Bass Contest by voting from the three photos chosen from among the entries in the monthly contest. This month’s entries include some huge fish caught around the state. […]
Featured Story
Turkey trifecta provides family memories
Nowhere else across this country do wild turkeys receive more hunting pressure than right here in Mississippi. This intense hunting pressure results in our Magnolia State longbeards being a little bit wiser, a little bit spookier and a whole lot harder to kill than gobblers in any other state. […]
Crappie/Bream
Building better crappie fisheries, part II
Is there a crappie angler out there who doesn’t want to catch a lot of large crappie? […]
Bass Fishing
You can’t beat Bay Springs in April for bass
I’m going to Bay Springs this month to fish for big spotted bass, but I won’t be disappointed if I catch some large smallmouths and largemouths. […]
Fishing
Just how stupid are we?
The button under the plastic safety cover on the front of your VHF radio can help save your life, or it can do nothing at all — it’s up to you. […]
Turkey Hunting
Fine tune calls for gobbling peak
When gobbling action peaks, hunters have to be ready to step up to the plate with a big bat. So when are the predicted or statistically registered peak gobbling weeks during the statewide season? Then what do you do when you know gobblers are doing their parts? […]
Offshore Fishing
Bumper year offshore begins now
Saltwater fishermen can look for a bumper crop of offshore fish this year. With the BP oil spill last year and fishing shut-down all along the Upper Gulf Coast, the offshore fish had the least amount of fishing pressure they’ve had in many years. This year, outdoorsmen should see bumper crops of all offshore fish.
Field Notes
Jump Start
In the same vein as wondering why somebody would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, I asked John Harrison why anybody would want to jump out of a perfectly good boat. […]
As Big As they Grow
Change up your tactics for spring crappie
Sometimes it seems impossible to report on crappie fishing here in Mississippi under the column heading of “As Big As They Grow.” I will admit it. For over a month now (at the time of this writing), crappie fishing in Mississippi has been kind of an “on again, off again” proposition. […]