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July 23, 2026

Plan ahead so you don’t have to play catch up

September 21, 2015 Bill Garbo

The trail camera aspect of scouting can be one of the most-important tools for success that a deer hunter can employ. […]

Side-scanning depth finders help locate bass and understand where they are holding in the water column.

Bet on Bay Springs for September bass

September 17, 2015 Paul Elias

In September, often our state is often experiencing very hot weather, as we have this past summer. However, toward the end of the month, we might start getting some relief from the heat. […]

Alex Smith is well versed in catching late-summer trout like this solid 3-pounder.

Two ways to tackle the hunt for September trout

September 14, 2015 Sam Davis

I’ve been fired from two jobs in my life. One firing came in 1985 because my fear of heights prevented me from working derricks when the derrick hand got injured. […]

Lauderale’s Paula and Mike Nowell joined the fun at Lake Washington last February, catching several 3-pounders on T-day right before Paula fell out of the boat on a bitterly cold February day.

The heat is hardly a reason not to fish

September 10, 2015 Paul Johnson

Look, I admit it: I just don’t fish when the weather gets so darn hot.

And the older I get the less motivated I am to even think about it. […]

The catch rate of trollers increases exponentially with the number of poles.

Keeping crappie fishing good

September 7, 2015 Hal Schramm

A new crappie regulation went into effect July 22 on all four flood-control reservoirs — Arkabutla, Enid, Sardis and Grenada […]

Killer dove guns

September 2, 2015 John J. Woods

Making a hunt enjoyable means having all the necessary equipment. Dove hunters should pick shotguns they can shoot really well on flying birds. […]

Live Target Rigged Shrimp

August 27, 2015 Don Shoopman

When Live Target Lures decided it was time for fishermen and fish to fall in love with a soft-plastic shrimp imitation, it turned to R&D dream team leader Victor Cook. […]

The international satellite-aided search-and-rescue system is about to take a giant step forward in efficiency.

What is Meosar?

August 24, 2015 Allan Tarvid

Delving into the COSPAS-SARSAT system can quickly have you drowning in alphabet soup. […]

This dead buck that resulted from a poacher’s roadside shot was found in early 2014 on the author’s property.

Unauthorized trespass

August 20, 2015 Bill Garbo

August is when I typically run through a checklist of things I consider important for all serious hunters to do or prepare for as the hunting season quickly approaches. […]

If schooling bass go to the depths, throwing a big topwater frog might bring them back up.

I love to fish lily pads, which provide both shade and cover for at Ross Barnett bass, in August. Ross Barnett features many underwater stump fields in shallow water where the bass can hold, which is where the baitfish and the bass will be. […]

Crystal Gregory caught her first flounder using dead shrimp on a Carolina rig fishing the channel behind Beau Rivage.

Setting proper fishing priorities

August 11, 2015 Sam Davis

The west winds the last several weeks have been brutal, creating a cabin fever-like sickness only a Gulf coast resident could understand. […]

Nine-year-old Harlee “H.B.” Johnson enjoyed her first crappie-fishing trip with her grandfather, who just happens to be the author.

Take a kid fishing today

August 10, 2015 Paul Johnson

I’ve enjoyed the company of a couple of very special kids this summer. And one of the neatest things about both these kids is that they didn’t use or, in one case, even bring a cell phone with them. […]