2016 - Page 24 of 44 - Mississippi Sportsman

Skipping jigs

June 16, 2016 Brian Cope

If you’ve ever seen an angler that really knows how to skip a jig under a boat dock, you’ll see why they are so good at catching bass around these structures. […]

When you see the bass schooling on Bogue Homa, you need to have a rod in your hand and be ready to start chunking and winding.

Take more than one rod to Bogue Homa Lake

June 16, 2016 Paul Elias

Don’t bass fish this month with only one rod or one lure — especially if you’re fishing Bogue Homa. […]

When it’s time to change your fishing line

June 15, 2016 David A. Brown

Learn the best, most-comfortable way to strip and respool line and stick with it to make it less of a chore. […]

Bream with strawberry chutney

June 15, 2016 David Hawkins

Tired of fried bream filets and french fries with cole slaw? This Bream with strawberry chutney recipe is a healthy way of preparing fish. […]

Tourney X technology now allows bass anglers to compete in online bass fishing tournaments nearly any where or any time they choose.

Tourney X: Online tournaments made easy

June 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

It might be hard for old school bass anglers to grasp, but there’s a bass tournament going on right now, in cyberspace. Anglers don’t show up for weigh-ins, they don’t even bring fish to the ramp. […]

Most kayak anglers choose a sit-on-top model for fishing, and from there, they can select numerous configurations and accessories.

How to pick the right fishing kayak

June 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Fishing kayaks come in two flavors, sit-on-top and cockpit boats.

Very few anglers are happy fishing from a cockpit style boat. Sit-on-tops allow more freedom of movement and have scuppers to let water drain. […]

Cale Lovett of Forest started his summer vacation early with a hefty bluegill caught from the family pond. Bream are the perfect fish to introduce new anglers to the thrills of the sport.

State-record bream

June 15, 2016 David Hawkins

The MDWFP tracks state records for freshwater species, and currently lists these as the biggest for the most-popular bream species. […]

Adding pure oxygen via a small tank with a regulator and air stone can keep bait tank or livewell fish healthy, even in hot weather.

5 ways to keep bait, fish alive longer

June 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Whether the fish you’re trying to keep healthy are in the bait tank or in the livewell, there are several tricks that you can use to keep them alive — or at least tasty — during the summer, and they all boil down to one thing: oxygen levels. […]

Giving crappie a bigger range of choices in terms of jig and grub colors on double rigs can increase your catch rates.

How to double up on crappie

June 14, 2016 Dan Kibler

With the exception of largemouth bass and catfish, guide Maynard Edwards of Lexington, N.C., has given up on using just one bait or lure at a time. […]

Punching skirt keeps bulk when downsizing lure profile

June 13, 2016 Andy Crawford

If Caleb Sumrall is punching particularly thick vegetation, his preferred Missile D Bomb can begin hanging up. […]

Caleb Sumrall builds hefty stringers of bass by punching grass.

Punching practices

June 13, 2016 Andy Crawford

Submerged vegetation is to bass as politics is to lying — you won’t find one without the other. […]

This hefty 4-pounder smashed a booger green MirrOlure Catch 2000 fished dangerously close to the concrete rubble.

Katrina Reef – Out of the rubble came a reef trout love

June 13, 2016 Sam Davis

We finally had a wind-free day recently, so my wife and I decided to take a short jaunt to one of our favorite trout havens after church. […]