Features
Solve summer’s speckled trout riddles
Look for contrast when targeting Biloxi Marsh speckled trout during the hot months. They’re usually near a change: current, bottom, color, depth. […]
Year: 2018
Bass Fishing
Classic baits for Mississippi’s state-lake bass
Opportunities abound in the Magnolia State for busting bass. Mississippi is full of time-proven lakes of the highest rank. Whether it’s lily pads in a cove, stands of cypress trees, flooded, dying timber, deep creek channels, grass beds, submerged trees or fields of stumps — we have it all.
Features
Fishing, family style
Doreen Conner sat in the shade of a big pine, about 30 feet from the bank of Simpson Legion Lake, with her two sons, ages 7 and 9, sitting on overturned 5-gallon buckets, fishing poles in hand. […]
Crappie/Bream
Power up for deep slabs
It’s true that subtle, patient presentations can prove very valuable to fishermen. We’re often told that “Slow-and-steady wins the race.” […]
Deer Hunting
June CWD update: No new cases confirmed
The monthly chronic wasting disease (CWD) updates from the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks are beginning to sound like a broken record. […]
Featured
State’s red snapper program certified
Federal fisheries management officials recently certified the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ red snapper reporting program, and the positive reviews didn’t stop there. […]
Snapper
Catching red snapper using artificial jigs or squid
A video from a fishing trip out of Port Mansfield, Tex., showing you how to catch red snapper on artificial jigs and using squid on octopus circle hooks. […]
Columns
Former guide displays big-time cooking skills
Mary Poe’s crab cakes have almost no filler to hide the taste of the crab meat and Fish Aladdin is an elegant dish suitable for any occasion. […]
Bass Fishing
Ride ‘em, cowboy
Before Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits’ Cowboy soft plastic creature bait was unveiled at the 2018 Bassmaster Classic in South Carolina, a few bass anglers were fortunate to have Ron Colby’s latest creation. […]
Field Notes
7 tips for more casting distance
Here are a couple easy steps to improve an inshore fisherman’s casting distance and ultimately put more fish in the boat. […]
Field Notes
Simple hack for cutting braided fishing line
The unique qualities of braided line make it a great “tool in the toolbox” for catching speckled trout and redfish. […]
Columns
Prepare yourself and be cautious
We find ourselves in the “in-between season.” Here in the Deep South, it is not only the season of insects, heat and humidity, snakes and poison ivy, but it is also the season of summer food plots, bush-hogging of fields and roads and weed spraying. […]