Hunting
Day 6 PlotWatcher Pro
The Day 6 PlotWatcher Pro can be used to determine the activity level, and even health, of the deer on your land. You will be able to watch deer grow, literally, before your eyes. […]
Year: 2014
Catfish
Catfish Hotspot Series: Big Muddy Monsters — Fishing locations for Missississippi River blue catfish
Bob Crosby of Madison has been fishing the Mississippi River along the outskirts of the town of Vicksburg for nearly 15 years. The success Crosby found over the years created the desire to share his knowledge and the adventure of hauling in trophy-sized blue catfish. […]
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Cover: May 2014
Looking to catch a big catfish? Learn where and how to tie into some real bruisers. […]
Fishing
Boat trailer maintenance
Boat trailers are often an overlooked piece of fishing equipment.
I heard it from my next door neighbor. All the moaning and groaning, as he was down on his hands and knees looking at a wheel on this big bass rig hauler. Apparently the wheel bearing was out, and he admitted not inspecting it the season before. […]
Bass Fishing
BAM! Post-spawn topwater fever
Pete Ponds worked the edge of an emerging grass line with a favorite popper while searching for hungry post-spawn bass. An errant cast sent the lure a few feet further into the grass than he planned, but he simply started popping the lure back to the edge of the grass.
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Crappie Commanders — Members of the Duck Commander crew learn how to troll for Grenada Lake crappie
Think the crappie season ends after the spawn? Not so, at least not on many Mississippi waters where another even more productive pattern starts — deep trolling with crankbaits on the main lake bodies.
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Cranking up panfish — How to fish for crappie and bream with crankbaits
Life is full of assumptions, but to the open-minded, opportunity springs abundant. Take, for example, crankbaits. Mention that lure category and most anglers will start telling you their tales of big bass.
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Graveline Bayou boys — Fishing tips for reds and trout
Any chance to fish with a couple of “old salts” known for catching specks, reds and flounder when nobody else can is invaluable. It is an opportunity to learn, which was exactly the plan when I met Eli Troutman and Eric Lucas at Webb’s Landing on Graveline Bayou. […]
General
Bobby C's Outdoors
Legislature’s surprising move
I finally figured out why we had such a cold, long, late winter in Mississippi, and it has absolutely nothing to do with anything meteorological or any other science. […]
Featured
DMR to hold Snapper Summit
Mississippi’s offshore sport fishermen, reeling from the announcement of an 11-day red snapper season, which could yet be shortened again, can learn more about and provide input into the federal fishery management of the Gulf of Mexico at a meeting May 6 in Biloxi. […]
Bass Fishing
Seawalls provide spring action
BAM!
There was nothing subtle in the bass’ attack on the crankbait, which had been thrown down the seawall behind houses on the subdivision lake and retrieved parallel to the bank. […]