2017 - Page 28 of 42 - Mississippi Sportsman

A portable power dolly can park your boat or camping trailer in spots where there is no room to maneuver a tow vehicle without waiting for your neighbor to move his car or waiting for the absent owners of boats and vehicles blocking you in at a campground.

Personal trailer parking

April 24, 2017 Allan Tarvid

Folks who think the average boater is great at backing a trailer need only spend 30 minutes observing a busy boat ramp to learn the truth. […]

Crappie expert’s jig-making tips

April 20, 2017 Jerald Horst

Crappie killer Murphy Royer makes his own jigs from scratch. […]

This big gator was an unwelcome visitor at a golf course home in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. last week.

Alligator bulls way through screen door, relaxes on 2nd-story porch

April 20, 2017 Brian Cope

It’s one thing to run across an alligator while you’re in the wild, but when one of these creatures shows up on your front porch, that’s just unacceptable. But that’s what happened to a Mt. Pleasant, S.C. family last week when a 10-foot gator crashed its way onto the second-story porch of their home, which is located on a golf course next to the Wando River. […]

Randall Tharp has already been introduced to Barnett Reservoir bass, having won an Bassmaster Central Open there in 2013. He is excited to be returning to the lake next week for the Bassmaster Elite Series event April 27-30.

Bassmaster Elite pros catching Barnett at its best

April 20, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

When 110 of the top bass anglers in the world hit the 33,000-acre Barnett Reservoir April 27-30 for the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite Series event in Ridgeland, they’ll be catching the 52-year-old lake in near peak condition. […]

Writer Bobby Cleveland shows the kind of fishing action that made Trace Lake at Trace State Park near Pontotoc one of the top angling destinations in Mississippi with this stringer of huge redear bream. Due to a failing dam, the lake is being drained for repair.

One of Mississippi’s top lakes to be drained

April 20, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Old Natchez Trace Lake — a.k.a. Trace Lake — at Trace State Park near Pontotoc will soon be drained and closed to the public during its renovation, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. […]

Best bets to clean rod grips

April 19, 2017 Dan Kibler

Filthy grips, darkened by dirt and by the oils from our fingers and palms, are a different animal. Here’s how to keep your rods clean. […]

Load up a bed with lures and get bit

April 18, 2017 Brian Cope

Presenting multiple lures into a single bed can increase a fisherman’s chances of making a bass bite this month. […]

An older buck is seen here scent-checking an active communal scrape.

Once again, we’re No. 1

April 18, 2017 Bill Garbo

A year ago in the March, 2016 installment of Happy Trails I announced that the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) reported in their annual Whitetail Report that Mississippi had been deemed No. 1 in the entire country for mature buck harvest. I mean really, in the world of whitetail deer hunting, being No. 1 overall in such a category is a big, big deal. […]