Bass Fishing
15-5: Dad rewarded with monster bass
If anyone ever deserved to catch a monster bass, Drew Hopper of Olive Branch is that fisherman. […]
Columns
Bobby C's Outdoors
‘Storied’ Deep Sea Rodeo opens July 4
For an outdoor writer, events like the Mississippi Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo are the equivalent to a 1-foot birdie putt on the PGA Tour or a breakaway slam dunk in the NBA. […]
Fishing
The thermocline: The invisible fish habitat
Although the exact location of your favorite sport fish changes (and often makes catching fish challenging), fish live where they have food, shelter and are most energy-efficient. […]
Fishing
Fishing neighborhood lakes
Some of the best fishing might be in our own neighborhoods. As I drive around the state, I am reminded of just how many lakes and ponds there are nearly around every corner. I know that some of these lakes are good fisheries that are in many cases greatly under-fished. […]
As Big As they Grow
Pulling cranks and catching crappie
It’s July — thank goodness. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t be singing the praises of the coming Mississippi summer with all our hot weather, but, based on the last few months of unprecedented cold and windy conditions, I’m glad to see summer finally get here. […]
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Garavelli reeling in benefits of his labor
Two weeks into his retirement, Ron Garavelli is reeling in the benefits of his 28 years as Mississippi’s chief of fisheries. […]
Inshore Fishing
Vudu Shrimp
Can an artificial lure — a soft plastic — outfish a natural creature? That day has arrived and it’s like magic, hence lure’s name, thanks to Ken Chaumont of Lacassine. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Checking soil pH good way to spend camp workday
How to get the best out of spending a summer day, in Mississippi’s brutal heat, working on food plots, paths and deer stands. […]
Hunting
The building of ‘Beulah Belle’
In the late ’40s and ’50s, the United States was undergoing a boom economy, recovering from restricted materiel supplies that resulted from World War II. […]
General
Keeping it clean
LCD screen brightness, contrast and resolution improve with every new generation of marine electronics. Higher pixel counts, new sonar technologies, more-vibrant colors and improved visibility under adverse light conditions let us see tiny sonar and chart details that would have been invisible a decade ago without zooming to enlarge the screen picture. […]
Deer Hunting
It just didn’t seem right
A couple of years ago one frosty clear morning in early January 2011, as the whitetail rut was rapidly drawing to a close, I still had not closed the deal on a particular 6 ½-year-old buck that had been on our hit list for the better part of two seasons. […]
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Grabbling — living on the edge (of insanity)
In Oklahoma, where they shoot TV shows about the sport, it is called noodling.
In Mississippi, it is called either grabbing, or, more correctly, grabbling. […]