Inshore Fishing
The Vortex Shad
A veteran saltwater fishing guide who says he fishes with soft plastics 99 percent of the year always reaches for a bag of soft plastics he has the utmost confidence in when he’s out on the water. […]
Columns
General
Ruger’s 1911
It has been noted that what you get today for a reasonable price in a 1911 pistol would have cost you a lot extra just a few years ago. […]
Fishing
Software updates
Brand-new, highly desirable sonar and GPS features are announced at least once each product year by the makers of marine and outdoor electronics. […]
Deer Hunting
Thoughts on food plot preparation
By the time this article appears in the December issue, the whitetail prerut should be in full swing here in the Gulf Coastal South. […]
Bass Fishing
Bent rods at Pickwick
Pickwick Lake on the Tennessee River in northeast Mississippi is one of the best wintertime bass lakes in the country. You can catch a wide variety of bass there, including largemouths, smallmouths, spotted bass, striped bass and hybrid striped bass. […]
Sound & Sea
Let your quest for specks take you to the Gulf Coast
If you’re looking for a fun yet different Christmas present for your family, then take a fishing trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The fish are biting, and the area needs anglers to catch them in the coastal rivers and on the barrier islands. […]
As Big As they Grow
Target: Old Muddy oxbows
HO-HO-HO. Merry Christmas. Can you believe it? We’re into deer season, duck hunting is right around the corner, Christmas is upon us and I’m going crappie fishing every chance I get. […]
Catfish
Managing catfish
If you have been following this column, you might remember I discussed catfish growth in October and November. The September column introduced Larry Pugh, the new chief of fisheries for Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Spinnerbait produces marsh magic
Spotting what he called “a little nervous water” in a shallow cove on an unseasonably calm Monday, Capt. Sonny Schindler turned his trolling motor and pointed his 23-foot boat across a small bay in the Biloxi Marsh. […]
Deer Hunting
Prep for the rut
Have you ever wondered why they call it the rut? Seems like an odd name to choose for the procreation cycle of the white-tailed deer. […]
Inshore Fishing
The Fat Boy
Paul Brown’s Fat Boys are still kicking, slowly twitching underwater, tantalizing and catching saltwater fish after the proven soft plastic was bought in the late 2000s. […]
Hunting
Handgunning for varmints
We were never overrun with those juicy targets we read about in the big sporting magazines — articles by guys who referred to their shooting cult as “varminters.” […]