Freshwater Fishing
The sunfish clan
I’ve provided information about the biology of bluegill and redear sunfish, Mississippi’s two most-popular sunfish, in the two previous columns. […]
Columns
Bass Fishing
Thunder Jigs – Buddies started Delta Lures to recreate their favorite baits
LaPlace is the home of Delta Lures and the Thunder Jig, among other artificial lures being made by two serious bass fishermen.
Fred King and Roy Laborde are churning out Thunder Jigs, which are similar to ChatterBaits, as quickly as they can in a home operation that includes hours of testing prototypes in a swimming pool. […]
Fishing
Furuno’s new small-boat radar
Ask three fishermen what they like most about their radar units and you might well get three different answers.
The most-experienced user might tell you it ties with sonar as his most valuable fishing tool. […]
Columns
The summer doldrums
If you are a deer hunting that wants to maximize your chances for success this fall and winter, this is the time of year to get busy. […]
Bass Fishing
Okatibbee fun – This lake offers a lot of options
I’m picking Okatibbee just north of Meridian to fish in July because it offers an early morning topwater bite, a good mid-morning technique and a tactic we can use to finish off the day. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Wonderful night tops great day on The Rez
Descending gloriously, with an orange brilliance over the Natchez Trace, the sun may have been setting but not on our day of fishing on Barnett Reservoir. […]
Inshore Fishing
Magnolia surfing
Capt. Glenn Ellis and I arrived at the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor well before daylight, launched his boat and headed south. […]
As Big As they Grow
Testing the waters
I went to the lake this morning with my 10-year-old granddaughter, Harlee Johnson.
“H.B. (I call her by her first two initials a lot of the time), we’re going to pull some new-to-us crankbaits this morning,” I said. “They’re called Flicker Shads. They look like the shad that these Barnett crappie like to eat.” […]
Crappie/Bream
The sunfish clan – Part II: Redear sunfish
The redear sunfish has many names. Topping the list is bream and redear bream, but other frequently spoken names are shellcracker and chinquapin. […]
Bass Fishing
Hot bass in cool shadows
So, why do you think nearly everyone at the beach is sitting under a sun umbrella in July? Highway workers are wearing big brim hats with cooler wraps around their necks. Roofers, well, they are just sweating it off. […]
Bass Fishing
LiveTarget Sunfish
Apparently startled, certainly rattled, a small, injured bream swam to the surface, zigged and zagged in the scattered grass, jumped a little and landed sideways before continuing to move erratically until it settled back into the water to meet its fate. […]
Fishing
Digital binoculars for night or day
Binoculars have always had a place in my outdoor life. I keep a pair handy in a storage compartment in my boat, in my truck’s console and in my hunting pack. […]