Bass Fishing
Three steps to monster bass
This month, I’ll be catching monster spotted bass, largemouths and smallmouths. I’ll be catching all these bass in the same places, at the same time, using the same tactics and lures. […]
Year: 2011
Columns
Essential ecosystems
If you think about ecological services, you quickly come to the conclusion of how vital they are, not only to anglers, but to all people whether they venture onto the water or not. […]
General
First pings, now chirps?
Keeping up with developments in sonar, radar and GPS over the last few decades hasn’t been easy, and the evolution of marine electronics seems to be speeding up. […]
As Big As they Grow
Slabs head shallow for fall
The fall fishing season is officially here. This is my favorite time of the year to crappie fish, and I continue to discover that I don’t know it all when it comes to figuring out crappie’s fall patterns. It seems to me that they change from year to year and from lake to lake. […]
Hunting
Precision scope mounting
With rifle season just around the corner, the calls and inquiries start each year about the proper way to mount a scope on a hunting rifle. The operative term here is proper. If you buy a new rifle with a scope and allow the store “gunsmith” to mount the scope, it had better be somebody you really trust. This is even more important if they also perform a bore sighting for the new scope on the rifle. […]
Inshore Fishing
Big fish bonanza in Biloxi
Capt. Bobby Williams of the charter boat Three Sons IV has fished the Biloxi area for many years. […]
Deer Hunting
Voting begins in Big Buck, Trail Cam contests
Voting has begun in the Nikon Big Buck and Trail Cam contests in which MississippiSportsman.com users name the monthly winners. […]
Content
Cover: November 2011
Madison County hunter Swayze Bozeman has taken some ridiculously big bucks in his young hunting career. […]
General
The much maligned “9”
It happened again at an afternoon barbecue a few months ago. A new acquaintance commented he was looking at buying a new pistol. […]
Content
The Old Traditional Deer Rub
The rut is close. By procreative instinct, a mature hefty 8-pointer traverses the land. Ascending a bluff ridge, the persistent male steadily climbs the steep vegetative terrain with ease. […]
Hunting
ProStaff 7 Binoculars
Nikon’s popular ATB binocular series adds the ProStaff 7 to its lineup. The 8×42 and 10×42 models feature fully multicoated, bright, high-resolution optics that are built into an ultra-rugged, waterproof and fogproof body. […]
New Products
Hot Wings Decoy Tree
Great Day’s Hot Wings Decoy Tree positions five spinning wing decoys into a group that gives the appearance of multiple ducks landing. […]