Field Notes
Live bait life support
Live bait is considered critical for success by the anglers. Whether croakers, cocahoe minnows or mullet are used, live bait must, by definition, be kept alive to be used. […]
Year: 2017
Field Notes
More flat fish, fewer junk fish
Because of the sideways bite of a flounder, traditional jigs leave a few fish on the table. However, Betts’ Flounder Fanatic hooks are a good way to increase your catch. […]
Featured
2017 Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest hits the Dome this weekend
If you’re already itching to climb into your stand this fall, get your big buck fix this weekend and make plans now to enter your mount in the Louisiana Sportsman Big Buck Contest in New Orleans at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. […]
Field Notes
Wrangling a ray without getting stung
If you fish with live bait during the summer in Mississippi’s coastal waters, chances are you’ll eventually hook up with a stingray. […]
Deer Hunting
Helping your deer herd
I sit down to write this installment of Happy Trails after spending yesterday morning in the deer woods of southwest Mississippi, attending to tasks associated with supplemental feeder sites and salt/mineral stations. It was hot and humid and horse flies the size of nickels were buzzing around our heads, but other than that it was a fun and interesting time. […]
Featured
ATVs abound at Sportsman Show in New Orleans
If you’re in the market for an ATV to get geared up for hunting season this fall, don’t miss the Louisiana Sportsman Show this weekend in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. […]
Bass Fishing
How to properly fish a Carolina rig
The best way to fish the Carolina rig is with a slow drag that keeps the weight in constant contact with the floor of the lake. […]
Featured
Cat Island trout still spawning
Capt. Tommy Sutton was idling down a break line off the south shore of Cat Island Friday, about 8 miles across the Mississippi Sound due south of Pass Christian. […]
Featured
Fetch-n-Fish Tub featured at 2017 Louisiana Sportsman Show in New Orleans
The Fetch-n-Fish Tub, featuring former Mudcats TV announcer Jason Reynolds combining fishing seminars with dog shows, is coming to New Orleans later this week for the 2017 Louisiana Sportsman Show presented by Reed’s Metals in the Mercedes-Benz Superdome.
Featured
Catch more sheepshead with this lure from Down Under
Those crazy Australians. They talk funny and have weird names for stuff, but they are passionate about fishing. And one company from Down Under makes a lure that should appeal to many anglers, but especially sheepshead anglers.
Freshwater Fishing
Trip information
Where to go: Veteran crappie angler Les Smith has friends who have successfully used power-trolling techniques all across the country, but he knows how well it works on north Mississippi’s four U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control lakes along the state’s I-55 crappie corridor. […]
Crappie/Bream
Coleman and Capps love deep cranking
For the last 20 years, the team of Ronnie Capps and Steve Coleman has been the team to beat on national crappie tournament circuits. The duo has developed tournament crappie tactics so successful that manufacturers began creating rods, rigs, and lures just for that style of fishing. […]