Featured
Wolf Lake closed to public boating
Add the popular fishing destination Wolf Lake, located about 10 miles north of Yazoo City, to the list of waters impacted by the floodwaters of the Mississippi River. […]
Year: 2017
Deer Hunting
McKinley new Deer Program Coordinator
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) continued to rebuild the management of its wildlife division by naming veteran deer biologist William T. McKinley as Deer Program Coordinator.
Featured
State red snapper season opens Friday
Mississippi’s recreational red snapper season opens at 12:01 a.m. on Friday in the state’s territorial waters, which earlier this month were extended permanently to nine (9) nautical miles, the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) announced on Friday.
Deer Hunting
Ground proving buck age
We began a general discussion of this topic in the recent February, 2017 installment of Happy Trails. Let’s now go a little further and expand the discussion. Ground proving bucks means harvesting bucks that you believe meet your minimum goals, collecting their lower jaw bones for “tooth replacement/wear” age estimates, then comparing the earlier “live on-the-hoof” eyeball age estimate with the jawbone indicated age for confirmation or clarification. […]
Field Notes
What’s that limit? Fish Rules app knows
Anglers who fish often enough have often memorized the creel limits and size minimums for the species they target most often. It’s tough to find an inshore angler in Mississippi who doesn’t know their state’s regulations on flounder, speckled trout, black drum and redfish. But what happens when they catch another fish they rarely see?
Featured
MDWFP bans transport of live baitfish from spillways
Beginning May 28, fishermen who net baitfish in the tailraces of Mississippi’s reservoir dams will no longer be allowed to transport their catch alive, under a new rule passed by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. […]
Crappie/Bream
To get out of a small-bream rut, go deep, go big
Ken Nutter is one of those anglers who always seems to find big bream, especially this time of year. Here are his top tips. […]
Field Notes
Tangle-free topwaters & can’t-miss inshore colors
Capt. Marty LaCoste has a simple and effective way to keep you from snagging on the hooks; a heavy monofilament leader. […]
Featured
State certifies new finetooth shark record
Over 12 pounds was added to the state record for finetooth shark this week when the state’s Commission on Marine Resources approved a fish caught last month by an angler from central Mississippi. […]
Field Notes
Guide tip: Use Super Glue to lock soft plastics to jigheads
Capt. Ross Montet uses Super Glue to lock his soft plastics to his jigheads, which extends the life of the lure and can catch you more fish. […]
Crappie/Bream
Got docks? Hit ’em if you do
Boat docks and piers are also great post-spawn locations as crappie gravitate to docks adjacent to deep water. Docks provide food, shade and security for spawn-weary fish. […]
Crappie/Bream
Troll or cast the post-spawn? Why not both?
National crappie tournament champions Ronnie Capps and Steve Coleman have earned themselves the reputation for being diehard tight-line trollers, but they describe a twist that one or both of them may use during the post-spawn to pick off male who are sticking tight to the nest during the post-spawn to guard fry. […]