Bass Fishing
Consistent Columbus
If bass fishing is your business, or just a pastime, Columbus Lake is a definite destination for you. […]
Month: July 2012
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Cover: July 2012 – Hunting
Small-racked bucks could set back your management program. […]
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Cover: July 2012
Biloxi’s Back Bay is a fishing paradise. Small-racked bucks could set back your management program. […]
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Crappie Hotspots Series – Sardis Lake
Modern technology has certainly paved the way for turning a large number of fishermen into “catchermen.” Still there are days when it seems there’s not a fish to be found. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie Club update
The Magnolia Crappie Club closed out our 2011-12 season with the State Championship tournament at Eagle/Chotard lakes in late June. […]
Freshwater Fishing
On the right track
Starting back in 2008, a cooperative study between the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the University of Mississippi was begun to target and study the seasonal movements of crappie in the local reservoirs. […]
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Dominance dilemma
In today’s age of whitetail management the understanding and practice of mandatory antler restrictions is under way. This approach primarily allows yearling bucks protection so the animals can reach whitetail maturity with sizeable racks, as well as sound age structures and buck-to-doe ratios.
Hunters afield are also starting to pass on legally harvestable bucks — giving these deer the opportunity to reach full antler growth. […]
Bass Fishing
Odom on docks
Mississippi State Fishing Team member Taylor Odom has been battle-tested through a rigorous tournament series while competing against some of the top collegiate anglers from around the Southeast, and has learned a thing or two in the process. […]
Bass Fishing
Giles shakes it up on the ledges
Justin Giles and his fishing partners were really working hard to find the bass and draw a strike during a hot summer trip last year. With temperatures in the 90s and the sun high in the sky, the bass were seemingly nowhere to be found. […]
Bass Fishing
Shaking things up
Charles Ellis fished his way around a riprap point while making pinpoint casts with a 4×4 Shaky Head rig and finesse worm. Ellis worked the lure methodically yet deliberately until he suddenly dropped the rod tip and whipped the rod back and drove the steel hook home.
A lunker bass exploded through the water, shattering the smooth near-mirror finish of the surface. The lunker pushed the scales near 6 pounds, and was typical of the bass Ellis expects to catch on the Shaky head. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Fishing-friendly city
Columbus Lake is near the historic City of Columbus. The Convention and Visitors Bureau promotes fishing and eco-tourism, and has invested greatly in tournament fishing. […]