Featured
MDMR names new chief scientific officer
Dr. Kelly Lucas has been tapped to manage research and scientific projects for the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, the agency announced today. […]
Year: 2013
Events & Announcements
Former head of Mississippi wildlife agency Bevill dies
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. […]
Inshore Fishing
Pier fishing primer
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. […]
Alligator
Gator application process June 3-17
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).
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Lost in Transition — Best tactics to catch Bay Springs crappie
“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. […]
Bass Fishing
Too much of a good thing — State lakes need your help in thinning out overpopulated bass
Too much of a good thing! That applies to many of Mississippi’s public fishing lakes, when it comes to bass populations. […]
Bass Fishing
Killer Kermit — How to fish frogs for big bass bites
Josh Cameron pulled up near a shallow grass bed on Pickwick Lake and promptly sailed a frog across the matted grass, and worked it toward the boat. […]
Crappie/Bream
Hammer the hatch – Mayflies key to catching summer bream
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. […]
Features
Shipwrecked – Keys to speckled trout fishing at Ship Island
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. […]
Bass Fishing
Postage stamp bass — Tips for catching bass on small lakes
The buzz bait sailed through the air like a butterfly. It plopped right down next to a half-submerged, half-rotted log.
And the water erupted like a volcano.
I was trying to get my camera up as Don jerked on his rod to seal the deal. He landed another bass, and I was still way behind on the count.
That hidden lake in Holmes County was off the beaten track on private land we leased to deer hunt. We discovered the isolated Big Black River oxbow lake by mistake. All total it was no bigger than a football field, but it held some decent bass. […]
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Cover: May 2013 – Freshwater
Chunky Bay Springs crappie are waiting, while waters around Ship Island are filling with big speckled trout. […]
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Cover: May 2013
Chunky Bay Springs crappie are waiting, while waters around Ship Island are filling with big speckled trout. […]