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July 23, 2026

With the right approach, you can catch some really nice bass this month at Pickwick.

Pickwick bassing

September 12, 2016 Paul Elias

September is a transition month for bass, with some holding in deep water and others moving up into the grass. […]

Half traps from Bama Crab Traps are all you need for recreational crabbing.

Don’t be crabby this month

September 8, 2016 Sam Davis

Every time I sit down to write, I look at the previous year’s column for the same month to make sure I’m not writing about the same topic using the same sources. […]

Author Paul Johnson shows off a couple of huge Barnett slabs caught pulling Wiggle Warts at Ross Barnett last fall.

Pulling or pushing – Crankbaits are on the menu this month

September 5, 2016 Paul Johnson

We’re finally coming into my favorite time of the year to crappie fish. Trust me: You’ve got it all wrong if you think spring is crappie season. […]

Productive, easy-to-fish habitats are especially important for young anglers.

Habitat for fish and anglers

September 1, 2016 Hal Schramm

It’s no secret to in-the-know anglers that good habitat benefits fish. For largemouth bass, good habitat often means woody cover and aquatic vegetation. […]

After nearly a year of being idle, most deer stands need maintenance work.

Now is not the time to sit idly by once you have your food plots planted for the fall deer hunting season. There is still plenty of work to do especially if you have an established deer camp with a campground, cabins, trailers and other camp infrastructure in need of annual maintenance, repair, or replacement. Get on these jobs now so you can relax later and concentrate on hunting. […]

Rapala’s Shadow Rap Shad

August 29, 2016 Don Shoopman

Rapala, one of the most-recognizable and respected brands in the artificial lure manufacturing business, introduced a jerkbait at the 2015 Bassmaster Classic. […]

This Helix Motor Drive pod is designed as a drop-in electric propulsion unit for Wilderness System’s Flex Pod OS-compatible kayaks. It fits in a specially designed scupper built into the boat.

Electric propulsion update

August 25, 2016 Allan Tarvid

Today’s electric propulsion systems can replace everything from kayak paddles to outboard motors, and fishermen are finding them more proficient than ever. […]

Have your sights set on a buck before the season even starts

August 22, 2016 Bill Garbo

If your goal is to bag a trophy buck, you will first need to know if a worthy buck is actually using your property. […]

Paul Elias starts off the morning fishing a black buzzbait along the edges of the lily pads.

Busting lily pad bass at Ross Barnett

August 17, 2016 Paul Elias

Nothing’s more exciting than watching a big bass blow up on a topwater lure — whether I catch the bass or not. […]

Capt. Terry Snow caught this nice griller redfish fishing a jig and soft plastic on a shallow grass line.

Fish don’t like the heat either

August 10, 2016 Sam Davis

“Boy it’s hot. This is hot. It never got this hot in Brooklyn. This is like Africa hot. Tarzan couldn’t take this kind of hot.” Eugene Morris Jerome, the character played by Matthew Broderick in the movie Biloxi Blues […]

The heaviest fish ever weighed at an MCC event was put on the scales a couple of seasons ago by 11-year-old Layne Carpenter of Flora. That Grenada Lake slab weighed 3.92 pounds.

Come for the fishing, stay for the camaraderie

August 8, 2016 Paul Johnson

The Magnolia Crappie Club just completed our 2015-16 tournament season, and, brother, let me tell you, we had a BIG year. […]

The large mouth and white margined fins distinguish a green sunfish.

The sunfish clan

August 1, 2016 Hal Schramm

I’ve provided information about the biology of bluegill and redear sunfish, Mississippi’s two most-popular sunfish, in the two previous columns. […]