Bass Fishing
Best frog-fishing equipment for bass
Josh Cameron prefers a 7-foot rod and 60- to 80-pound braided line to pull big fish from thick grass. […]
Year: 2013
Inshore Fishing
Keys to anchoring
It might sound strange, but proper anchoring is a key ingredient of wade fishing. After all, there is no worse feeling than returning to where the boat was anchored only to find it adrift and out of reach. […]
Sidebars
Best speckled trout fishing gear for Ship Island
Preparation is part of any fishing trip. It is even more important when wade fishing because an angler has to carry everything needed with him once leaving the boat. Bush’s attention to detail when preparing for a wading trip is a big part of his success. […]
Bass Fishing
How would you fish this lake?
So, you roll up to a lake for the first time. What then? How do you survey a new prospect to even begin to know where the bass fishing might be productive? […]
Bass Fishing
Big bass potential at Lake Okhissa
Lake Okhissa near Bude is my pick for catching bass during May. Okhissa is a relatively new 1,000-acre lake that’s producing big bass in May, since the bass are coming off the spawn and are feeding heavily and aggressively. […]
Featured
Pickwick peaks in May
Pickwick Lake is not just for smallmouth anymore.
The huge fishing hole, which flows through the northeast corner of Mississippi as well as Alabama and Tennessee, is producing some of the best largemouth bass action in the country. […]
Fishing
Mississippi’s May coastal fishing
As the weather heats up, so does the fishing on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. The cobia are running, the jack crevalle and sharks are coming in, speckled trout, redfish and flounder are becoming aggressive, and tripletails will start showing up. […]
Bass Fishing
Florida researchers announce new black bass species
Florida biologists this week announced they have confirmed a new species of black bass, one that so closely resembles a cousin that it was nearly impossible to identify before DNA testing emerged. […]
Featured
2013-14 hunting seasons set by Commission
Mississippi hunters will have to wait a few days longer this fall to chase deer with guns, thanks to a quirk in the calendar that pushes the statutory opening as far back as it can go — Nov. 23. […]
Deer Hunting
Warm-season food plots
Deer camps argue every year about the relative merits of planting springtime, warm-season wildlife food plots. I can argue either side of the coin, but the final decision ought to be based on the current status of residing deer and expense considerations. […]
Bass Fishing
Ponds pleased, disappointed with No. 3 finish
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. […]
As Big As they Grow
May shouldn’t be dismissed
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? […]