Hundreds of bass tournaments are held each year on Mississippi lakes, reservoirs and rivers, and some anglers attribute declines in bass populations to tournaments. The “tournament issue” is neither new nor restricted to Mississippi. […]
A bass fisherman recently posted a plea for help on a marine electronics forum I frequent. The GPS part of his fish-finder/GPS combo unit suddenly stopped tracking his position and displayed the warning, “GPS Not Responding.” […]
You can’t beat fishing the lily pads with a rubber frog at Ross Barnett in July. The lily pads provide shade and cover for the bass. Since Ross Barnett’s a fairly shallow lake, the bass have to utilize the shallow-water cover in the hot summer months. Also, the bluegills that the bass will be feeding on will be under the pads. […]
I admit it. I’ve gone crankbait crazy. Look, I’ve fished for crappie every which way I’ve ever heard of, and, right now, I love to pull crankbaits for crappie.
Currently, no one knows what effect the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will have on the fishery. But fishermen certainly will have to adapt to the changes, study maps and make test runs to new waters, if they’ll continue to fish the Gulf of Mexico this summer. […]
Mickey Aldridge and I were off on a bucket-list fishing trip. Destination: Lake St. Clair, Mich. The mission: pre-spawn smallmouth bass. […]
The 4th of July has traditionally been as hot as a firecracker. The whole month is a sweltering powder keg of heat and humidity. Who in their right mind would be thinking about hunting now? […]
David George DeMersseman was 54 years old, an insurance executive and on a road trip. He was sitting in a Waffle House on a major thoroughfare next to an entrance/exit off Interstate 12 in my town, having an early breakfast or a late dinner — the newspapers didn’t specify. […]
In June, the ledges at Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River in North Mississippi heat up for bass fishing, and catching and releasing 40 to 50 a day isn’t uncommon. To catch these bass, you’ll have to fish the mid-river section, targeting humps, ledges, mussel bars and the secondary bars just off the river. You’ll find the bass from 17- to 23-feet deep. […]
Weather can kill people in boats and be downright sneaky while doing it. When fishing Lake Tawakoni in East Texas, for instance, I remember how blue northers would slide by just clear of the west side of the lake, like they were going to miss us, and then circle around to come north right over the dam and hit the lake. […]
Writing this monthly column serves as a fishing calendar for me, and because my monthly entry in this magazine must be turned in a full month before the issue date, it serves to cause me to look ahead, to get ready for what’s coming. That is, as I write this June column, which will deal with summer patterns and techniques, I’m actually still trying to figure out this April’s crappie spawn on Barnett Reservoir. […]
In June, anglers can catch the biggest trout of the year off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, according to Capt. Kyle Jarreau, who guides out of Bay St. Louis and fishes the marsh. […]
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