Pickwick can be broken into two segments this month. At the beginning of the month, fish the summer patterns. Toward the end of September, after a couple of cool nights, use fall fishing patterns. […]
Okatibbee Reservoir is located seven miles northwest of Meridian, encompasses 4,144 acres and is part of the Pat Harrison Waterway. […]
Usually in July, the weather’s hot and bass fishing slows down. So the very best time to fish for bass now is at night. […]
The closest town to 250-acre Turkey Fork Lake, my pick for June bassing, is Sand Hill. This lake on federal land has been rehabilitated recently, and reopened in December 2013. […]
Calling Panther near Crystal Springs is a fairly new lake that holds numbers of big bass, timber, lily pads and other structure. […]
April is a magic month, with bass readying to go on the bed, turkeys gobbling and everything in nature turning green. […]
In late winter and early spring, I believe Pickwick Lake is the best bass fishing lake in the state. In March, water levels and the amount of rain received are the keys to where you’ll find bass. […]
Bogue Homa is a relatively-shallow lake that grasses up quickly, making getting a lure through to bass difficult later in the year. But that’s not a problem this month. […]
We’re expecting some cold weather, and the bass that bite the best then are spotted bass. I don’t know why, but you often can catch bigger smallmouth, largemouth and spotted bass in January at Bay Springs, a 10-mile waterway. […]
Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River in northeast Mississippi is one of the best wintertime bass lakes in the country. You can catch a wide variety of bass there, including largemouths, smallmouths, spotted bass, striped bass and hybrid striped bass. […]
Maynor Creek Reservoir near Waynesboro isn’t a well-known lake, although it’s an old one that was known as a big-bass lake about 20 years ago. […]
Bogue Homa Lake about 5 miles outside of Laurel is a relatively shallow lake with plenty of vegetation and live cypress trees. In October, with the first cool nights, the bass in this lake become very active. […]
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