Featured
Wheelchair-bound hunter kills gobbler
Born with spina bifida, Mark Brown has faced adversity in just about everything he has ever done, but he’s had the determination and faith to face and overcome the obstacles. […]
Year: 2016
Deer Hunting
Hernando man guilty of headlighting
A DeSoto County man has been fined more than $11,000, sentenced to four months of house arrest and will be denied hunting privileges for three years after being found guilty of illegal deer hunting. […]
Deer Hunting
TSI, anyone? Timber stand improvement helps create quality deer habitat
Given the correct forester prescription, you can have improved cover and natural forage in conjunction with higher ultimate timber yields. […]
Field Notes
How to snell a hook
A snell knot is overlook by many anglers, but it’s one of the best ways to ensure the point of a hook pulls into a fish’s mouth. […]
Featured
World Trout Championships excludes Louisiana waters west of the Mississippi River
Capt. Jared Adams has been putting the hurt on 7-, 8- and even 9-pound specks fishing Big Lake in Louisiana, and in doing so the guide recently collected more than $20,000 in cash and prizes from two Mississippi-based trout tournaments. […]
Fishing
Electric knife makes quick work of tough-skinned fish
Remember the old ’80s Ginsu knife infomercial, which depicted the Japanese kitchen blade cutting through tin cans, blazing through a box of frozen spinach and chopping a piece of wood — then cutting a piece of bread so thin “you could almost see through it?” […]
Field Notes
The best panfish rig
Andy Crawford decided one day to try a slip cork rig — and it changed his bream-fishing world. It’s easy. And it catches a ton of fish. […]
Bass Fishing
Calling Panther Lake is where you should be fishing for bass in May
Calling Panther near Crystal Springs has a great population of big bass.
And the high water in March more than likely helped the bass have a big spawn. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Capps, Coleman Minnow Rig simplified
When Ronnie Capps and Steve Coleman were winning an unprecedented seven National Championship titles, they credited their success to their self-designed slow trolling system. […]
Bass Fishing
Hoot Gibson’s frogging gear
“If I had my choice I’d use a broom handle to fish frogs with, but since I can’t I like a 7-foot 3-inch extra heavy action rod,” said Gibson. “You’ve got to set the hook and turn that fish right at the get-go. If you use a medium-heavy or limber rod you’re out of the ball game. I use my rod with a Shimano Curado with 65-pound PowerPro braid.” […]
Bass Fishing
Getting the right frog action for more bass
“We fished a two-day tournament on Guntersville (in Alabama) last year, and we led the tournament after the first day and we caught every bass on that Scum Frog,” Gibson said. “We fished a lot of vegetation, and strikes came all day long. […]
Bass Fishing
The right hook set when bass fishing with frogs
Tournament angler Tyler Temple knows plastic frogs are a big-bass bait, which he proved with this lunker he caught at Neshoba Lake. […]