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July 23, 2026

This chunky marsh bass smashed a gold Rapala F11 ripped though the eel grass in a narrow bayou.

Winter bass are a different breed

December 11, 2014 Sam Davis

There it was — the sweet chime of my mother ringing the dinner bell on the back porch, signaling it was time to come in from the garden to eat.

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Jeff Terry, right, enjoyed a great opening morning duck hunt near Eagle Lake, and has had limit hunts ever since.

Ducks came south early, now headed north

December 5, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

If ever a biblical verse has fit a hunting season, it is Job 1:21 and the start of the 2014 Mississippi Duck season. […]

Alabama bass in Bay Springs Lake provide great winter action.

What’s with all these new bass?

December 1, 2014 Hal Schramm

One hundred years ago there were two black bass species: largemouth bass and smallmouth bass. In 1926, ichthyologists (scientists who study the classification of fishes) recognized the spotted bass as a separate species. […]

Ellison Bates of Fannin shows off a couple of big fish caught at the recent fall Big Mama event on Grenada Lake.

College football and crappie fishing

December 1, 2014 Paul Johnson

If you’re enjoying this autumn as much as I am, you’re having a really great time watching Ole Miss and Mississippi State show out. […]

Ground blinds provide good alternative hunting hides to elevated stands.

Ground blinds make great hideouts

December 1, 2014 John J. Woods

What goes around comes around, even with hunting equipment and strategies. Before the advent of the ever-popular tree stands that we see everywhere in the woods today, deer hunters used to hunt on the ground. […]

The new Arashi Wake Crank provides an alluring wobble right at the surface of the water, driving bass into biting.

Arashi Wake Crank a bass magnet

November 30, 2014 Don Shoopman

An Idaho outdoorsman had plenty of time to talk about some keys to his success this year as an Elite Series angler as part of a four-year career that has earned him $517,632. […]

When coated lightly with Jezebel Sauce and grilled over a hot fire, venison steaks take on a nice char while still producing the medium rare results sought with backstrap. The steaks can then be served with more sauce.

Jezebel Sauce perfect for venison

November 29, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

There are several tricks to serving venison to people who say they don’t like the taste, and getting them to savor it enough to demand more. […]

Next time you’re at the target range, try out some of the relatively new exploding targets. They add a great boom to your practice.

Making things go boom

November 27, 2014 Gordon Hutchinson

In all its infinite wisdom, the U.S. Army determined after basic training at Ft. Polk, La., that I needed to be bussed to Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. — a multi-use base about 50 miles from St. Louis — where I would receive advanced individual training (AIT) in my Army skill. […]