Alligator
Expect more gator records quickly
Mississippi’s much-anticipated public water and private water seasons open on Friday, and if the past is any indication, records will begin falling immediately. […]
Year: 2016
Featured
2nd amendment tax breaks this week
With a lot better timing this year, Mississippi will hold its third Second Amendment Tax-Free Holiday this weekend (Aug. 26-28), a week ahead of the opening of dove season. […]
Columns
Have your sights set on a buck before the season even starts
If your goal is to bag a trophy buck, you will first need to know if a worthy buck is actually using your property. […]
Crappie/Bream
Find the thermocline for more crappie
You can catch crappie throughout the summer, if you know the depth in the water column where the temperature is most comfortable. […]
Field Notes
3 tips to mop up on mangroves
Every summer when July and August roll around, Tommy Vidrine heads offshore in pursuit of mangrove snapper. […]
Bass Fishing
Get up extra early to beat the heat
Former Bassmaster Classic champion Davy Hite has a few ideas on how to beat the heat for summer bass — and most of them begin after dark. […]
Featured
Tighter speck limits ‘coming’
Mississippi is headed for a reduction in its speckled trout limits, and changes in both the daily creel and the allowable length on the popular game fish could soon be enacted. […]
Featured
The best tide indicator
When Matrix Shad soft-plastic lure creator Chas Champagne heads out in pursuit of speckled trout, he often relies on a tried-and-true, real-time indicator of tidal movement near his favorite fishing locations. […]
Featured
Hunters catch rattler taking rabbit out of season
The penalty is death for taking rabbits out of hunting season, at least it was for one shoulder-less hunter caught in the act in late July during a deer camp workday in Jefferson County. […]
Featured
Giant rodeo sharks now state records
As expected, two giant sharks caught by an Alabama angler during the Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo in July were certified as new state records Tuesday by the Commission on Marine Resources. […]
Bass Fishing
Don’t wash your fishing spot
Ken Sherman always points his boat into the current, moving forward slow and easy to ensure he doesn’t prop-wash where he’s fishing. […]
Featured
Duck numbers slightly down
Despite a 21 percent loss of nesting wetland habitat in the breeding grounds, the breeding duck population estimate of 48.4 million ducks remains well above the long-term average. […]