Bass Fishing
Big bass and lots of them
In late winter and early spring, I believe Pickwick Lake is the best bass fishing lake in the state. In March, water levels and the amount of rain received are the keys to where you’ll find bass. […]
Columns
Bobby C's Outdoors
Fishing for the thump
Crappie fishing — especially in the spring when the fish get active during the pre-spawn and spawning process — appeals to all five of my senses. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Turkeys make you work
It was a cool April morning, several springs ago. The dogwoods had bloomed, the crappie were spawning and, even better, there were five tom turkeys around us gobbling to greet the rising sun. Inside of the next two hours I would learn to honor and respect the wild turkey, and to admire the men and women who work hard to hunt them. […]
Inshore Fishing
March’s inshore action
Darien Ladner, an inshore fishing guide from Biloxi, said his primary targeted species the first of March are sheepshead, puppy drum, with an occasional speckled trout and redfish thrown in. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
A simple gobble makes day worthwhile
It’s March now, and spring is on the way. We can soon look forward to blooming dogwoods, spawning crappie and to the thunderous gobbles of turkeys, resounding through the woods. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Days with bream are the best
My alma mater’s football program has had this motto for years: “Anyone, anytime, anywhere.” The obvious meaning is that they’re willing to play any team at any time on any field the other chooses. […]
As Big As they Grow
Crappie head to spawning grounds
Finally, we’re breaking out of a record cold and miserable Mississippi winter, and we’re looking at spring right around the corner. Snow and frozen interstates in South Mississippi? Frozen pipes and a few frozen lakes and ponds? Sixteen days in a row — a Mississippi record — where temps didn’t get above freezing in Central Mississippi? […]
Columns
Readying for a successful spawn
Have you heard the term “energy crises?” We are reminded of limits to energy when gas prices jump a quarter per gallon (energy for our vehicles) or grocery prices soar a couple hundred dollars a year above what we spent last year (energy for our bodies). […]
Turkey Hunting
Shake a tail feather
Quite often an unorthodox turkey-hunting tactic breaks the stalemate with a hung-up gobbler. Over the years, I have heard of many unexpected tricks to lure a gobbler to the gun. […]
Bass Fishing
You can’t beat crawfish
A Louisiana bass fishing pro getting ready for his fifth season on the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament trail said there’s no question about one of the artificial lures he’ll nearly always be throwing when the bass and the money are on the line in 2014. […]
General
Manchac swamp stranding shows importance of survival gear
If you’ve ever traveled Interstate 55 south to New Orleans, you have passed over that exotic, and almost mystical area between two of Louisiana’s major lakes — Lake Maurepas, and Lake Pontchartrain. […]
Fishing
New SpotlightScan side-looking sonar
Classic bass-fishing destinations like Toledo Bend Reservoir and Lake Sam Rayburn had a lot more standing timber in them back in the 1970s. In fact, once you got above their lower basins the only way to get around was to follow the many boat lanes cut through the trees. […]