Columns Archives - Page 73 of 130 - Mississippi Sportsman

July 23, 2026

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. […]

Jeremy Aldridge and Clint Egbert of Batesville won two MCC events this year. The were named the circuit’s Rookie Team of the Year.

What tournaments can teach you

July 10, 2014 Paul Johnson

The Magnolia Crappie Club fished our 23rd annual state championship the last weekend in May. Thirty-seven teams qualified by fishing in seven out of our nine regular-season tournaments, and competed for bragging rights and over $20,000 in cash prize money in a two-day event held on Sardis and Enid Reservoirs. […]

Crappie abundance is closely tied to water level.

Dealing with dynamics

July 7, 2014 Hal Schramm

Mississippi’s flood-control reservoirs — Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid and Grenada — provide outstanding crappie fishing. But like crappie fisheries everywhere, the quality of the fishing in any one of these lakes varies widely from year to year. […]

Cobia can be dangerous even after being gaffed.

Rodeo memories: ‘Here’s to sharp hooks’

July 3, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

It wasn’t so much that Bobby Brown’s shrug wasn’t believable as it was just how bad the two holes in his right thigh actually looked at the 53rd Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo. […]

Rodeo memories: Painful birthday

July 3, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Cheryl Lowman’s fish tale from the 1995 Rodeo could be called “The One that Got Even,” or, even more apropos, “The One She Wished had Gotten Away.” […]

Over 20 years later the author still wonders what happened to the two Louisiana anglers and their mystery specked trout.

Rodeo memories: The one that got away

July 2, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

When most fishermen talk about the one that got away, they refer to fish that either broke their line, shook the hook or otherwise avoid being caught after getting hooked. […]

Horn of plenty

July 2, 2014 Sam Davis

July is the peak of barrier island fun on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Dana Sanders spends a lot of time at Horn Island because there are some big trout. […]

The Turcotte Shooting Range is a great place to sight in your hunting rifle before hitting the woods.

Mississippi’s best kept public secret

July 1, 2014 John J. Woods

Without a doubt, one of Mississippi’s best-kept secrets is the Turcotte Shooting Range. […]