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One of MCC's young teams won at Chotard in January. Terry Stewart and Dr. “Short Stack” Tonya Robertson bested the rest with their seven tournament fish weighing in at 12.02 pounds.

Now’s the time we dream about

February 28, 2011 Paul Johnson

As I write this in early February, it’s spitting a combination of snow and sleet outside my office window. Although I’ve had a crappie-fishing buddy of mine call this morning to tell me he thinks I ought to be fishing today, I can’t seem to really get in the mood. Temperatures in the mid-20s and sleet tend to dampen my enthusiasm. […]

Two batteries don't always deliver twice the running time of one.

A battery’s power is anything but consistent

February 28, 2011 Allan Tarvid

Two common misconceptions can have you wondering where your trolling motor’s battery power went. […]

We want so desperately to get close to birds like this that sometimes we hunters overthink things.

Narrowing preseason call selection

February 28, 2011 John J. Woods

The ultimate success factor to turkey hunting is proper call selection. Of course, their proper use is assumed. This selection or narrowing process should be done well ahead of the opening week of the spring turkey season. […]

Black drum are delicious to eat, although they're not glamorous like redfish. However, the meat of the less-than-10-pounders is sweet, and the catching is fun.

Gulf Coast finally heating up

February 28, 2011 John E. Phillips

March is a transition month on the Gulf Coast, and weather and water temperatures will have a direct effect on what type of fish you can catch during the beginning and at the end of the month. […]

Tips on cleaning and deboning deer

February 3, 2011 Dan McKinzey

Cleaning a deer might be second hand for veteran hunters, but it’s often one of the things that new hunters struggle with. […]

In riverine or tidal habitats, submerged aquatic vegetation slows currents and traps sediment.

Long-term effects of sedimentation

January 27, 2011 Hal Schramm

With an average annual rainfall of almost 60 inches, Mississippi is the third wettest state in the U.S. Much of that rain falls in late winter and early spring. While filling the rivers, streams and reservoirs that provide bountiful fisheries, the rains negatively affect fisheries by transporting erodible soils from the watershed into fishable waters. […]

Tommy Moss of Brandon and Jim McKay were tournament partners for several years. They’re shown here as the Magnolia State Crappie Champs in 2008.

Is fishing really about the fish?

January 27, 2011 Paul Johnson

A true friend is someone who thinks you’re a good egg — even though he knows you’re slightly cracked. Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to lose and impossible to forget. It takes a long time to make an old friend. […]

SPOT's Connect model enables your smartphone to operate all SPOT features.

What is your life worth?

January 27, 2011 Allan Tarvid

A few issues back, we looked at emergency locator beacons that use the international search and rescue satellite system, and I mentioned that there is another choice, the SPOT satellite GPS messenger. While the EPIRBs and PLBs we looked at before communicate with U.S. and European emergency satellites, SPOT units use the commercial satellite network that supports satellite telephone and Internet communication. And while EPIRBs and PLBs are last-resort devices to be used only in life-threatening emergencies, SPOT can send less-intense transmissions and handle other tasks as well. […]

Rabbit hunting is all about camaraderie and watching well-trained dogs do their thing.

It’s time to run rabbits

January 27, 2011 John J. Woods

By every small-game hunter’s time clock, it is the rabbit-running time of year. Rabbit hunters know the woods and fields have settled down since the end of deer season. The only orange vests being worn now by most hunters across the state are out rabbit hunting. […]

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