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Summer is prime time for slab crappie if you look in the right places.

Crappie know how to stay cool

May 4, 2017 Hal Schramm

As I write this, the crappie are spawning. When you read this, the spawn will be over and the adults moving to their summer homes. For many anglers, crappie season is over. But the number of year-round dedicated crappie anglers appears to be increasing, as is their knowledge of how to catch summer crappie. The results of a crappie movement study by University of Missouri fishery scientists may offer some thoughts to add to your treasure chest of crappie-catching knowledge. […]

Stabilizers that fit between the split limbs of a bow will quiet the bow substantially and cut down on vibration.

Get things stabilized

May 1, 2017 Sammy Romano

When I first started shooting a compound bow almost 30 years ago, many archers shot without a stabilizer. Bows were generally longer and heavier, and they didn’t generate nearly the torque and power of today’s bows. […]

The Storm 360GT Searchbait isn’t just a bass lure. It also will catch trout and redfish.

The 360GT Searchbait

April 27, 2017 Don Shoopman

1999 Bassmaster Classic champion Davy Hite hopped in Bassmater Elite Series pro Jacob Wheeler’s boat on the final day before a tow vehicle took it from Cherokee Lake to the weigh-in Feb. 12. […]

A portable power dolly can park your boat or camping trailer in spots where there is no room to maneuver a tow vehicle without waiting for your neighbor to move his car or waiting for the absent owners of boats and vehicles blocking you in at a campground.

Personal trailer parking

April 24, 2017 Allan Tarvid

Folks who think the average boater is great at backing a trailer need only spend 30 minutes observing a busy boat ramp to learn the truth. […]

An older buck is seen here scent-checking an active communal scrape.

Once again, we’re No. 1

April 18, 2017 Bill Garbo

A year ago in the March, 2016 installment of Happy Trails I announced that the Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) reported in their annual Whitetail Report that Mississippi had been deemed No. 1 in the entire country for mature buck harvest. I mean really, in the world of whitetail deer hunting, being No. 1 overall in such a category is a big, big deal. […]

On warming April days, look for fast action along the riprap at Ross Barnett.

Ross Barnett’s best bets for April bass

April 13, 2017 Paul Elias

Several events are happening at Ross Barnett this month that make this lake a super pick. […]

Island trout

April 10, 2017 Sam Davis

It’s April my friends. We finally made it to the time when the trout are cruising the barrier island grass flats and troughs. […]

The male bass excavates and guards a nest.

What triggers the largemouth bass spawn?

April 6, 2017 Hal Schramm

It’s that time of the year. The dogwoods are in bloom, the water is warming, the days are getting longer, and the bass are building nests and spawning. But what triggers the bass spawn? I doubt the blooming dogwoods put the bass in a romantic mood. Is it photoperiod? Temperature? […]

Changing from a caliper-style release (right) to a back-tension release may help with problems involving holding on the target.

Live with target panic

April 1, 2017 Sammy Romano

Archery is a sport requiring extreme mental focus, as well as proper form and muscle memory developed through lots of practice. […]

Crappie Ammo

March 27, 2017 Don Shoopman

After one bait was put on the market in late January, people who go after crappie won’t be fishing for the tasty panfish so much as hunting for them with Crappie Ammo. […]

New C-MAP cartography products combine C-MAP data with GoFree Insight Genesis data, including bottom contour, hardness transitions and even the recent locations of weed beds.

C-MAP lets you customize inland and coastal mapping

March 23, 2017 Allan Tarvid

A bass club member I used to know was hilariously secretive about his tournament fishing. As we watched from the headquarters dock, he would circle around the far side of a lake before returning to weigh-in to hide where he’d been fishing. […]

Good “glass” is critical for crystal-clear views into thick brush when searching for bucks.

Get the best sight picture

March 16, 2017 Bill Garbo

The deer hunter flips up the collar of his fleece jacket to better protect his neck from the chilly, late-afternoon breeze, remaining alert, hoping that an unsuspecting doe will meander by before dark. Success would be two-pronged, as he needs venison for his freezer, and his camp needs a few more does harvested to reach the year’s quota. […]