2018 - Page 12 of 41 - Mississippi Sportsman

Understanding how water moves through the marsh — and the ‘traffic system’ fish use to travel — will help you locate honey holes and make you a better angler.

Understanding how water flows through the marsh

September 12, 2018 Devin Denman

It’s easy to look upon an area of marsh and only see a bunch of grass and water.

Mississippi's red snapper season will reopen Friday through Sunday this weekend.

Red snapper season opens again Friday

September 12, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s on-again and off-again recreational red snapper season will soon be open again as the quota remains unfilled after the last weather-nullified opportunity failed to produce many fish.

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Daniel Wilson, of Mobile, Alabama, shows off the 9-foot alligator he battled and eventually harvested from his Hobie PA 14 in Bayou Heron south of Pascagoula on Sept. 1.

9-foot gator landed — from a ‘yak!

September 12, 2018 Patrick Bonin

In the inshore kayak community, the Hobie Pro Angler 14 is a beast in the marsh, perfect for pursuing specks, reds, bass and more — and stable as a rock if standing up and sight-fishing is your thing.

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A secret to successfully fishing a frog over grass is to make sure the bass has the lure in its mouth before setting the hook.

Three-pronged bass approach at Lake Okhissa

September 11, 2018 Paul Elias

I’m concentrating on 1,075-acre Lake Okhissa this month, since it is home to plenty of vegetation and numbers of big bass. September often is a tricky month to fish for bass; baitfish are starting to move into shallow water — with bass following them — and the vegetation is breaking up some, which means more areas will be available to fish than in the summer. My favorite lures will be surface lures, frogs and punch baits. […]

Scouting for teal

September 10, 2018 Darren Digby

As some early migrating blue-winged teal are already arriving in the Magnolia State, hunters are gearing up to chase the feathered rockets. […]

A healthy bass population has good recruitment, but a strong spawn does not necessarily result in more catchable bass and good bass fishing.

Self-regulating bass?

September 7, 2018 Hal Schramm

Recruitment of young fish is essential to sustained fishing. Despite the amount and intensity of management directed at largemouth bass, America’s most-popular gamefish, the relationship between the abundance of adults and their offspring has not been clearly established. Pond studies from the University of Florida shed light on this critical question.

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A team of teal hunters gather for a photo after a September morning in 2017 around a shallow converted catfish farm pond.

Blue-winged teal still plentiful

September 5, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Last year, blue-winged teal showed an 18-percent increase over 2016 and were 57 percent above the long-term average. It’s that 50-year average that is indicative of the strong population.

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