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July 22, 2026

Smith & Wesson Lubricant & Protectant is designed to protect steel even in heavy salt environments. A bit pricey, a little goes a long way, and is an excellent choice.

Rusty gun syndrome

February 1, 2012 Gordon Hutchinson

We were swapping out units: I was getting a newer take-home unit from one of the other guys. He was getting another unit assigned to him by the chief in our small-town police department. […]

The author and his tournament partner, Tommy Moss of Brandon, fished Eagle on Jan. 5, and caught several really good fish jigging the piers. Their best seven weighed just over 13 pounds. Fishing 4 feet deep under piers with wooden supports seemed to be the key.

Delta dominance

February 1, 2012 Paul Johnson

Boy, am I pumped or what! Just about the time I thought I had run out of words to use in this crappie column, someone sends me a picture of some recently caught Eagle Lake slabs. […]

The trees are barren of leaves, and squirrels are easy to see this time of year.

By this time of year, most hunters are worn out. Deer hunters have been in the woods since way back in October. Bowhunters are tired, deer dogs are thin as wheat wafers, even the deer are glad the season has finally come to a close. […]

You may sneak up on a big bass at Ross Barnett this month, but more than likely the big fish of the day will be in the 3 1/2- to 5-pound range.

Fish stems and rocks

February 1, 2012 Paul Elias

This month, I’m picking Lake Ross Barnett, near Jackson. To find the bass, we’ve got to shrink the lake and concentrate on where they’re most likely to be and the lures they’re most likely to take. This month, bass have spawning on their minds, and they’re looking for warm, shallow water, and structure in the water in those two areas. […]

The author fabricates homemade camera stands to place his trail cams exactly where he wants them.

Trail camera scouting

February 1, 2012 Bill Garbo

This is my inaugural column in Mississippi Sportsman based around the general topic of trail-camera scouting. Each month I will share advice, tips, tactics, strategies and techniques regarding the use of digital scouting cameras that have proven useful to me over time in the successful pursuit of whitetail deer on my farm in west-central Mississippi. […]

Cameras have always been great teaching tools ready to captivate kids with real-time views of the underwater world.

Underwater eyes

February 1, 2012 Allan Tarvid

Underwater video cameras have been around for decades without gaining the popularity they deserve. They have always delivered decent picture detail, but the older cathode ray tube (CRT) screens used by earlier models suffered visibility problems from glare and grayed out in bright sunlight. […]

Bass in our neck of the woods grow very rapidly, but they live shorter lives than their more northern cousins.

Live fast, die young

February 1, 2012 Hal Schramm

Whether your favorite sport fish is catfish or crappie, bass or bream, or any other fish, all fish follow the same biological rules that govern how fast they grow and how big they get. […]

Tracy McAndrew is a new handgun shooter and loved the GSG M1911 .22LR. Even though the gun is a full-sized 1911, she found it fit her smaller hands comfortably.

One gun theory

January 1, 2012 Gordon Hutchinson

An old chestnut states “Beware the man with one gun.”

The premise is, if a man has only one gun, he’s going to do all his shooting with just that gun, and he might well be able to outshoot you. […]

More than likely you won’t catch a bass over 5 pounds at Bogue Homa, because it’s only been stocked for 4 years. However, you’ll catch plenty of 1 1/2- to 4-pounders.

Lake Bogue Homa bass

January 1, 2012 Paul Elias

Bogue Homa, a fairly-shallow lake located in Jones County on Highway 84 near Laurel, has about 1,000 acres and several small creek channels running through it. During the winter months, the bass hold close to or in the creek channels. […]

Long-distance feeling

January 1, 2012 Hal Schramm

Fish have the same five senses people do — sight, touch, taste, smell and hearing — but their ability to detect water movement is like a sixth sense. The ability to detect water movement helps fish avoid collisions, find prey and avoid predators. […]

Ross Barnett’s fish don’t seem to want to have anything to do with crankbaits right now.

Ross Barnett crappie

January 1, 2012 Paul Johnson

As I write this column, I’m listening to Elvis’ Christmas album. My favorite Elvis classic (and I sing along) is “Blue Christmas.” My “Blue Christmas” rendition varies in entertainment value based on the audience (my family has long endured my caroling, and they actually request “Blue Christmas”) and the amount of scotch missing from the Oban bottle. […]

At Cat Island, you always can find protected waters to fish, no matter how hard the wind is blowing, and you almost always can find clean water to fish.

The secrets of Cat Island

January 1, 2012 John E. Phillips

Cat Island, only 7 miles from Long Beach Harbor, may have the best and most-dependable fishing year-round off the Mississippi Coast. One of the advantages that anglers have who go to Cat Island to fish during January is that they always can find protected waters there with speckled trout and redfish. […]