It’s definitely not rocket science, but throwing a cast net is a skill that confounds lots of anglers.
For Tommy Vidrine, who specializes in catching big speckled trout and needs to have pogies in his livewell this time of year, being able to catch live bait was the motivation to master the art of consistently getting his 7-foot net to spread open into a billowy 14-foot diameter circle. […]
Bass and crappie might be the most-popular game fish, at least when judged by the amount of hours and money spent by fishermen who cast and jig with the fanciest of equipment, but June can be a month when two other blue-collar species take over. […]
Is the annual crappie spawn over at your favorite fishing hole? Believe it or not, as I write this month’s column the crappie were still doing their thing at Ross Barnett. […]
Thanks to Tropical Storm Colin — and not the hordes of snapper in the Gulf — the 2016 federal red snapper season has been extended for two days. […]
Teb Jones missed out on his first Bassmaster Open victory and his second trip to the Bassmaster Classic by 1 ounce Saturday on the Arkansas River in Oklahoma. […]
Mississippi waters provide homes to some good populations of sunfish. And there is a cadre of anglers that would rather fish for — and eat — bream than any other fish on an anglers’ most-wanted list. […]
Tony French eased off the throttle of his 25-foot open-cockpit bay boat, timing it perfectly so the craft would slide smoothly and quietly to within casting distance astern of a shrimp boat. […]
You can call them crappie or the biologically incorrect white perch.
You can cross the Mississippi river into Louisiana and call them sac-a-lait. […]
After pushing their plastic boats from the tops of their vehicles and into Barnett Reservoir, Dwayne Walley and Brad Case slipped along the edges of the backwater lily pads barely, making a ripple as the day came to life around them. […]
Bream fishing carries different connotations for different people, but the desired result is almost always the same: Fighting a feisty broad-sided little fish to the boat or bank to be enjoyed as a tasty fried treat. […]
Monofilament, fluorocarbon and braided line — options are numerous, and while certain fundamentals definitely guide the decisions; there’s plenty of room for creativity and situation-specific uses. […]
This month’s full moon signals that bream will be crowded on shallow beds, just waiting for a worm or cricket to crush. […]
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