Columns Archives - Page 72 of 130 - Mississippi Sportsman

May 28, 2026

Plan ahead like a pro

August 19, 2014 Bill Garbo

There are many things that hunters can do ahead of time to ensure they get the most out of their trail camera efforts during the upcoming hunting season. […]

Deep-diving crankbaits and Carolina rigs can produce a lot of fish this month.

The revival of Okatibbee Reservoir

August 15, 2014 Paul Elias

Okatibbee Reservoir is located seven miles northwest of Meridian, encompasses 4,144 acres and is part of the Pat Harrison Waterway. […]

Nine-year-old Maryn Hillman reeled in this doormat flounder on her first-ever solo cast.

A kid’s first fishing trip is something special. The trip needs to be about them — about teaching them how to fish, introducing them to the outdoors and the fun that’s to be had outside the four walls of their home. […]

Finding baitfish and pulling lures the proper depth are keys to catching summer slabs.

Cranking productivity

August 8, 2014 Paul Johnson

For more and more crappie anglers, summer fishing includes pulling crankbaits. Granted, for the few hardcore crankers, summer comes two to three months into our cranking season. […]

Bass and other predatory fish don’t seem to be as affected by boat noise as baitfish.

Is silence golden?

August 5, 2014 Hal Schramm

Is there is an avid angler who hasn’t wondered about the effects of outboard motors, trolling motors or even the sounds of fishing on fish? […]

There’s never a shortage of work needed on fixed hunting stands.

Dog days tasks

August 1, 2014 John J. Woods

Last May my deer-hunting club held its annual corporate meeting as required by the Secretary of State’s office for registered corporations in Mississippi. Once we got the formal agenda out of the way, we concentrated on the real issues: How to continue to transform our 600-acre holding into a really good deer-hunting property? […]

When Bassmaster Elite Series phenom Brandon Palaniuk needs a lure that crashes into cover and provokes reaction strikes, he turns to the Arashi Rattling Square line of lures.

Storm Arashi Rattling Square 3 and Square 5

July 31, 2014 Don Shoopman

After a day of prefishing in late May for a Bassmaster Open on Tennessee’s Douglas Lake, one of the tour’s up-and-coming bass pros was eager to talk about a crankbait he used on his way to finishing 14th in this year’s Bassmaster Classic. […]

It once was expensive and cumbersome to test rifle ballistics, but the digital age has made the use of chronographs very affordable.

The ProChrono Digital chronograph

July 28, 2014 Gordon Hutchinson

I’ve written about the “wildcatting” era in the early 1950s when the U.S. economy was booming in the years coming out of World War II and then the Korean War. […]

Favorite Ganza memory still funny

July 25, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

I can’t remember the year it happened, but I know it was prior to 1995. That’s when the newspaper began an electronic archive, and the story predates that. […]

Are you ready for an on-the-water emergency? A floating ditch bag can hold everything you need to call and wait for help.

EPIRB plus PLB equals SOS

July 24, 2014 Allan Tarvid

Standing in ankle-deep water on deck while too far from the shore to see it? Congratulations: You are behind a marine-grade 8 ball. […]

Effectively monitoring and maintaining trail-cam sites means having the right equipment when checking them.

Start preparing now

July 21, 2014 Bill Garbo

As we transition through the humid and hot doldrums of mid-summer, it is time to begin preparing for the upcoming trail camera season. […]

Bass often are more active at night during the summer because the water cools a bit.

Bogue Homa bass by starlight

July 17, 2014 Paul Elias

Usually in July, the weather’s hot and bass fishing slows down. So the very best time to fish for bass now is at night. […]