2013 - Page 52 of 62 - Mississippi Sportsman

Mississippi State University engineering student Zach Carroll, who lives in Ocean Springs, slow-trolls coastal waters and catches some great winter speckled trout.

Tips for slow-trolling for lunker speckled trout

February 26, 2013 Sam Davis

Trolling, trolling, trolling on the river. It’s a little known non-fact that Ike and Tina met when their lines got crossed while trolling for speckled trout in Parker’s Creek off the Tchoutacabouffa River.

Trolling for trout is a deadly technique practiced by many anglers on the coast. Anglers troll soft plastics, live shrimp, and various types of hard baits. Ocean Spring’s Zach, a Mississippi State engineering student, is one of the aficionados of this tactic. […]

Cliff Pace of Petal, Miss., took home the 2013 Bassmaster Classic title this past weekend from Grand Lake in Oklahoma.

Give the guy a break

February 26, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Winning the Bassmaster Classic and the $500,000 prize plus any future riches that come with it may forever change Cliff Pace’s life. […]

Coastal islands are great springtime fishing targets — if the weather allows

February 25, 2013 Sam Davis

Do changing weather patterns, rain resulting in muddy rivers and bays, and wild swings in salinity have you singing the blues? Capt. Ronnie Daniels of Fisher-Man Guide Services has the cure. […]

Steve Grace stuck a hook in this 12-pound bass while fishing in Neshoba County on Feb. 15.

Private Neshoba County lake gives up 12-pounder

February 25, 2013 Michael O. Giles

Steve Grace launched his bass boat on Lake Neshoba just before noon on Feb. 15, one of the few we’ve had with sunshine this year. Grace and partner Jeff Collum had a little time off from work and decided to try the bass on a beautiful February day.

“We pulled up on a flat right off of a main point and tried to locate some bass,” Grace said. “We knew it was early and they wouldn’t be pulled up tight to the point yet, but we figured we might catch some near there, since there was deep water right off the flat.” […]

The Diamondback DB9 is a fun little gun to shoot, and is small enough to easily conceal.

Repeating Derringer…

February 25, 2013 Gordon Hutchinson

My favorite daughter walked in the door one evening, after a shift of five nights straight as an RN in her hometown emergency room. […]

Cliff Pace earned the 2013 Bassmaster Classic title today, even though he could only boat four keepers.

Pace takes 2013 Bassmaster Classic title

February 25, 2013 Special report from www.Bassmaster.com

Petal’s Cliff Pace could only put four keeper bass in the boat during the final day of the 2013 Bassmaster Classic, but that proved to be enough to lift him to the championship title.

The three-day total of 54 pounds, 12 ounces earned him the trophy and a $500,000 paycheck. […]

Petal's Cliff Pace has a 6-pound lead in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic after two days of fishing.

Pace claims lead of 2013 Bassmater Classic after second day

February 24, 2013 Special report from www.Bassmaster.com

Bassmaster Elite Series pro Cliff Pace of Petal remained consistent today and moved to the front of the pack in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic being held on Grand Lake in Oklahoma.

Pace shook off competition from New Jersey pro and 2009 Bassmaster Classic winner Michael Iaconelli, but Iaconelli remains in third going into the final day of the championship. […]

Bassmaster Elite Series pro Cliff Pace of Petal shares the first-day lead of the 2103 Bassmaster Classic.

Pace is 2013 Bassmaster Classic co-leader after first day of fishing

February 23, 2013 Special report from www.Bassmaster.com

Cliff Pace of Petal and 2003 Bassmaster Classic champ Michael Iaconelli of Pittsgrove, N.J., tied for the first-day lead at the 2013 edition of the world championship of bass fishing on Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees.

They both brought 21 pounds, 8 ounces to the scales at Tulsa’s BOK Center on Friday, the first of three days of competition for the $500,000 top prize of the 2013 Bassmaster Classic presented by Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tulsa […]

‘You gotta go to know’ attitude provides speckled trout-fishing opportunities on coast

February 22, 2013 Sam Davis

Fishing in February can be hit or miss with the rain, wind and ever-changing temperatures, making for some restless days stuck at home. But have you ever heard of the old adage, “You gotta go to know?”

Patrick Martino, Biloxi angler and owner of PMM Professional Land Surveyors, lives by that tenet, as a recent trip to Back Bay Biloxi illustrated. […]

A Lucky Craft Pro Pointer 100 suspending jerk bait is popular in winter, but is also an excellent prespawn bass-fishing lure.

Be a jerk: Don’t give up on the stick baits

February 22, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

You know that jerk bait you’ve been throwing to entice lethargic bass to bite in cold water? Yeah, that one, the lure you’ve been casting along dams and other rock banks with sharp drop-offs, then working ever-so-slowly back.

Don’t be so quick to put them away. […]

For every turkey-hunting success by hunters like Port Gibson's Cliff Covington, there are hundreds of stories about gobblers just too tough to kill.

Toughest gobbler: I have a nomination

February 22, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Every turkey hunter has run into a tough gobbler. […]

Despite crazy and constantly changing conditions, fishermen like Bobby Cleveland have caught bass this week shallow on crankbaits when the weather allowed access to water.

Fishing reports, like weather, lack consistency

February 21, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Fishing reports throughout Mississippi have been about as consistent as the weather, and the only predictable thing about the conditions is that they are constantly changing. […]