2016 - Page 22 of 44 - Mississippi Sportsman

The Beast

July 1, 2016 Mississippi Sportsman

The Beast is one of the largest game/cargo carts in its class. Its features include a removable/extendable tongue to hook up to an ATV, 10 cargo tie down points for bungee/cargo straps, wide tires for extra flotation and sealed bearings. […]

MirrOlure C-Eyes Pro Series

July 1, 2016 Mississippi Sportsman

One of MirrOlure’s best-selling lures, the Catch 2000, is now available in the C-Eye Pro Series. These lures feature natural clear 3-D eyes, contemporary fish-catching finishes and premium black nickel hooks. […]

Arctic Ice Chillin’ Cradle

July 1, 2016 Mississippi Sportsman

The Chillin’ Cradle is the latest innovation from Arctic Ice to keep sodas, sports drinks, beer or wine chilled. It will also keep your cooler neat and organized for any outing. […]

One aspect of summer bass fishing that is attractive to Terry Bates is that he often finds a hot spot that will produce more than one quality bite.

Stratified strategy — Tips for more summer bass

July 1, 2016 Michael O. Giles

Terry Bates cast his crankbait across a submerged ledge a few feet off a sandbar and cranked it down. A Delta river bass smashed his offering, and then exploded through the water’s surface like a missile. […]

Pickwick Lake in Northeast Mississippi is a great summer getaway to find both sizes and numbers of catfish, including trophy blue cats.

Pick of the litter — Fishing guide shares secrets to Pickwick catfishing

July 1, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Catfishing in the state of Mississippi is mostly associated with the Mighty Mississippi River on the west side of the state.

Even the Tenn-Tom Waterway on the east side of the state night seem more of catfish destination than any reservoir. […]

Trash collectors – Bowfishing at night

July 1, 2016 David Hawkins

If you want to expand your fishing game, hit the water at night — but leave behind your rod and reel. Instead, take a bow. […]

Bass love to hang out in dark shadows, so make repeated casts to those areas.

Hot bass in cool shadows

July 1, 2016 John J. Woods

So, why do you think nearly everyone at the beach is sitting under a sun umbrella in July? Highway workers are wearing big brim hats with cooler wraps around their necks. Roofers, well, they are just sweating it off. […]

Michael Rhodes (left) and Taylor Robinson had a great duck season after becoming friends while Rhodes was recovering from a severe foot injury the year before.

Hunting therapy — How hunting helped an outdoorsman recover from injury

July 1, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Michael Rhodes of Ackerman became an avid outdoorsman quite naturally, growing up in Alabama the son of a man who trained and hunted mountain cur squirrel dogs and chased deer. […]

Cover: July 2016

July 1, 2016 Mississippi Sportsman

Summertime is catfish time, and there’s no better place than Pickwick. Learn everything you need to know to catch your share. […]

Terry Bates often finds fish along edges of shallow and deep water in the summer, knowing that these areas give bass access to the best dissolved oxygen levels and the coolest temperatures. Grass lines are perfect, since the vegetation can provide cover (shade) and cooler temperatures.

Bates: Fish edges for summertime bass

June 30, 2016 Michael O. Giles

Bass may always relate to cooler deeper water in the summer, but they will go shallow where the oxygen is plentiful. […]

Guide Brad Chappell (right) puts his August clients on stripers by trolling just above the thermocline near rising bottom contours and bottom structure.

Summer ideal for striper trolling

June 30, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Flat line trolling of artificial baits is a very effective, often overlooked method of striped bass fishing. It’s a great search tool on Barnett Reservoir where locating the line-sided brutes is more than half the battle. […]

Pickwick Lake in Northeast Mississippi is a great summer getaway to find blue catfish, including trophy- and eating-sized fish.

Pickwick Lake has the blues

June 28, 2016 Phillip Gentry

The Arkansas blue cat is just at home in Mississippi as it is in it’s native state, and nowhere in the Magnolia State is that more true than at Pickwick Lake. […]