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Those places where the river floods timber during high-water situations are excellent places to put trot-lines.

Boundary Cats — Tips for fishing Mississippi River catfish

August 1, 2013 David Hawkins

Mighty Mississippi, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the height of thy crest, as it allows trotlines in the flooded timber. […]

SPOT Global Phone

August 1, 2013 Mississippi Sportsman

SPOT LLC recently announced the new SPOT Global Phone, a portable, easy-to-use and data-enabled satellite phone that provides crystal-clear voice quality with no noticeable delay or echo. At only 7 ounces, it has a long battery life and the data capabilities of enabling email and file transfers. […]

Clean BBQ Grill Liners are disposable aluminum grill covers made from heavy duty aluminum foil similar to the bottom of disposable roasting pans.

Clean BBQ makes public grills clean

August 1, 2013 Jerry Dilsaver

Do you like camping or picnics, but shy away from the grills in parks and campgrounds? […]

Paul Elias won the Bassmaster Classic in 1982.

Hall of Fame: Why not Elias?

July 31, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Six deserving names will be added to the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame in Jackson Friday night, two football players, a basketball star, an athletic trainer/tennis coach, a sports publicist, and a sports broadcaster who for 16 years was the face of the state’s Sports Hall of Fame. […]

Arbogast Buzz Plug

July 30, 2013 Don Shoopman

Just when you thought you might, just might have seen it all as far as artificial lures designed to fool bass, well — you know what they said about just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water. […]

Sonny Schindler of Shore Thing Charters in Bay St. Louis was recently chosen as one of the Top 50 charter captains in the country by a national saltwater magazine.

Shore Thing’s Schindler among magazine’s Top 50 captains

July 26, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Sonny Schindler has been very successful at building an inshore charter company in Bay St. Louis into one of Mississippi’s finest fishing operations, and now the captain is getting recognition outside his home state. […]

Tommy Sutton of Columbia was shocked when he caught this 6-pound speckled trout in a foot of water in a pond off of Bayou Blue a few miles south of Catfish Lake near Golden Meadow, La.

Marsh trip success despite Mother Nature’s nasty pitches

July 26, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Four guys completely out of their element, all Mississippians, chasing redfish in an area of the Louisiana marsh none had ever seen, were already behind in the count before Mother Nature got involved. […]

Turkey call designer Paul Meek always gives children hands-on instruction at the Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza.

Excitement builds with Ganza a week away

July 25, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

The excitement that comes with the annual Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza is quickly building, with the annual event at the Trade Mart in Jackson now just a week away. […]

Big Buck Contest

July 25, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

• All white-tailed deer taken legally within Mississippi during any prior hunting season are eligible to participate in the Magnolia Records Program. Only those deer taken during the 2012-2013 hunting season are eligible to participate in the Big Buck Contest. […]

Shooting skills learned on the skeet range translate to more doves when the season opens.

How to shoot well

July 25, 2013 Gordon Hutchinson

I’ve never been much of a shotgunner — mainly due to lack of practice. […]

Mark Alan Ros Jr. of Ocean Springs broke the state conventional tackle record for gray snapper with a 13-pound, 15-ounce fish caught on June 12.

Five saltwater records certified

July 22, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

June was an excellent month for fishing along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, as evidenced by five new state records certified recently by the Commission on Marine Resources. […]

NMEA 2000-based networks are mapped out by with cabled backbones with T-shaped fittings located near electronic devices.

Can we talk?

July 22, 2013 Allan Tarvid

The National Marine Electronics Association is the organization responsible for setting standards for marine electronics, including those for communication between units. The purpose for setting communication standards is to provide a common language and wiring procedure so units and sensors from all manufacturers can talk to each other. […]