Three hours after matching his highest finish ever in a B.A.S.S. Elite Series event on Sunday (May 5), Pete Ponds was already in his camper in Alabama at the site of this week’s tournament. […]
Can you believe it? It’s May, and, in most places in Mississippi, the crappie spawn is over. Elvis has left the building!
Or, has he? […]
Dr. Kelly Lucas has been tapped to manage research and scientific projects for the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, the agency announced today. […]
Vernon Bevill, the executive director of Mississippi’s state wildlife agency during a turbulent period from 1987-1990, died Tuesday (April 30) in an automobile accident not far from his home in Kyle, Texas. He was 69. […]
Joe Staton finds the techniques he honed while fishing around the world work just as well on Gulf Coast piers and jetties from Bay St. Louis to Biloxi. […]
A record 920 alligator hunting permits will be available in Mississippi this summer with the application process to be held in June. The Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks gave the plan its final approval recently, the agency confirmed yesterday (May 1).
SuperCast delivers a significant advancement in superlines by having the ease and handling of monofilament and the toughness of braid. With its smooth outer coating, SuperCast allows for longer distance and effortless casting without spooking nearby fish. […]
“A lot of anglers struggle here,” said Bay Springs crappie guide and local fishing guru Wayne Inman. “They expect it to fish like the other big crappie lakes in the state, and that’s just not the case here.”
What Inman means is not that Bay Springs is a poor crappie lake; in fact, exactly the opposite is true. But to successfully catch crappie in the 6,700-acre impoundment, anglers will need to understand a few dynamics about the lake.
First is that depth changes are relatively extreme from one end of the impoundment to the other. […]
Too much of a good thing! That applies to many of Mississippi’s public fishing lakes, when it comes to bass populations. […]
Ship island is a fishing hot spot that sits 12 miles south of Biloxi. If sandy beaches and speckled trout are your thing, then it is worth the ride. […]
Understanding how to leverage the annual mayfly to fill the boat with chunky bream. They work well early spring to mid-summer, especially in low water. […]
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