2012 - Page 29 of 56 - Mississippi Sportsman

Surprising crappie slabs are being caught on Calling Panther Lake, and using patterns developed to beat the heat on Barnett Reservoir works on the lake near Crystal Springs.

Putting Rez patterns to work on Calling Panther crappie

July 3, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Despite the torrid temperatures delivered by a rare June heat wave, fishermen were quick to hit the water last week after having to deal with the nearly week-long and statewide frustration of winds and pressure changes related to tropical storm Debby that slowly churned in the Gulf of Mexico.

The arrival of the heat told me it was time to fish for crappie, and to see if all the talk about a blossoming crappie population at Calling Panther Lake near Crystal Spring were true.

Huh, crappie in 100-degree heat? On unknown waters? […]

Once the sun is up, Vicksburg angler Tony Johnson will start pitching the piers and the trees for Eagle Lake bass.

Bass hiding under piers at Eagle Lake

July 3, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Verifying reports of good bass fishing at Eagle Lake didn’t take long on a very warm, clear and windless summer morning.

First cast, first fish. […]

The earlier a bluegill spawns the better the chances of survival for the resulting fingerlings.

Bluegill Spawning

July 2, 2012 Hal Schramm

Bream, sunfish, bluegill — call them what you will. There are many species of sunfish, and bream include different sunfish among different anglers. This is about bluegill. […]

Cranking on Ross Barnett this summer will yield stripers, crappie, catfish and the occasional largemouth bass.

The Rez cranking out crappie

July 2, 2012 Paul Johnson

Summer crappie fishing can be challenging. It’s hot, the bugs are out, the fish seem content not biting your best lure, there are lots of “weekender” boaters and jet skis everywhere, and did I mention it’s hot? On the other hand, smart crappie fishermen use what summer gives us to our advantage. […]

It took Zachary Young a little bit of investigation and a good bit of technology, but he found a Ross Barnett summer fishery that paid off big.

Born To Run

July 2, 2012 Phillip Gentry

The secret to catching fish, any fish, is to be where they want to be. […]

Jonathon VanDam, four-time Bassmaster Classic winner Kevin FanDam, won the Lake Michigan Elite Series stop July 1.

A new VanDam wins Elite Series event on Lake Michigan

July 2, 2012 Special report from www.Bassmaster.com

Fans of professional bass fishing are used to hearing “VanDam” at the top of Bassmaster Elite Series results, so the winner of this weekend’s stop at Lake Michigan probably wasn’t a big surprise at a casual glance.

Until the first name sank in. Nope, it wasn’t Kevin VanDam; instead, KVD’s nephew Jonathon made his mark yesterday (July 1) by winning the second-to-last regular-season Elite Series stop of 2012 with a four-day total of 79 pounds, 2 ounces. […]