June 2015 - Page 2 of 6 - Mississippi Sportsman

Brad Taylor knows finding bream beds can be the key to catching numbers of huge panfish.

How to mop up on bedding bream

June 21, 2015 Terry Madewell

Spawning bluegills and shellcrackers take over the shallows as summer approaches. Here’s how to catch a mess of them on fishing beds. […]

Bream fishing can be a lot of fun, as well as very productive — if you know the right approach.

Top 8 tips for more bream

June 20, 2015 Jerald Horst

Veteran angler Freddie McMullen has learned how to up his odds of success. Here are his tips to fill that cooler with slab-sized sunfish. […]

Topwater bites are exhilarating, but it can be frustrating if you continue to miss fish.

The best thing you can do when fishing topwaters

June 19, 2015 Patrick Bonin

Nothing is more exhilarating than catching speckled trout on topwater lures — and nothing is more maddening than repeatedly missing fish that are constantly blowing up on your bait. […]

Our tackle takes a beating when battling hard-fighting reds, so what’s the best rods and reels to use?

Saltwater guides’ top equipment

June 18, 2015 Andy Crawford

When I began bass fishing back in the early ’90s, I made myself a pretty simple promise: I would NOT spend a lot of money on my rods and reels. […]

Denson masters bass in the heat

June 18, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Shannon Denson of Fannin loves fishing in the heat. He gives his top tips for how to catch summer bass at Ross Barnett Reservoir. […]

Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes are one of the dangers outdoorsmen face during warm weather.

Legless reptiles

June 18, 2015 Bill Garbo

The absolute best safety measure against snakes is to wear a really good set of snake boots or chaps when you are out in the woods. […]

Automatic inflatable PFDs are awesome, but it’s important to ensure the mechanisms are in working order.

I remember well the first time I got my hands on an inflatable, suspender-type personal flotation device. It was back in 1999, when the B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Nationals were held on the Red River. […]

Runner-up Nicky Savoie of Lockport, La., presents the Yellowfin Redfish Elite Series Mississippi Open championship trophy to winner Lance Reynolds (left) of Cut Off, La.

Reynolds wins Elite redfish event

June 17, 2015 Ralph Dunne

As if overcoming a field full of pro redfish anglers wasn’t enough, Lance Reynolds also beat back Mother Nature to win the Yellowfin Elite Redfish Series’ Mississippi Major last weekend in Gulfport. […]

Guide to handling big bass

June 16, 2015 Patrick Bonin

Proper handling techniques will definitely increase the chances of long-term survival for your trophy bass. […]

Wesley Rushing took this bass from a shallow stand of up-and-coming lily pads.

Rigging and fishing a Speed worm

June 15, 2015 David Hawkins

A rig that Aliceville Lake fishermen love for fishing shallow vegetation is known locally as “the Speed worm.”

In this application, a Speed worm is any ribbed worm in the 4- to 6-inch range with a curly or flat tail. […]

Tip: Make a child’s fishing trip about him or her

June 15, 2015 Phillip Gentry

Popular Mississippi/Alabama guide Brad Whitehead provides great tips on why you should take a kid fishing, but also puts things in perspective, courtesy of his young son Nathan, on how to teach a new angler and have him coming back for more. […]

Maintaining the proper pH balance, and adding lime when needed, will keep food plots lush and green in all seasons.

Test soil to see if lime is necessary

June 15, 2015 John J. Woods

Without soil testing wildlife food plots and applying lime to balance the acidity as necessary, then it is simply a waste of time planting anything as too many hunters and game managers have learned the hard way. […]

Month: June 2015