Bobby C's Outdoors
Non-lethal shocking boats important management tool
My first experience with an electro-fishing boat was over 25 years ago, and the memory of that day still haunts me. […]
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Fishing
You dropped WHAT overboard?
Shortly after handheld GPS units became small enough to fit in a pocket, I remember a fellow outdoor writer lamenting about losing his. He somehow dropped it as he stepped from a boat to a dock over water 30 feet deep. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Shocking: Redear still bedding in May
Effects of this wacky spring weather continue to confound Mississippi fishermen, and this latest one may be the weirdest yet. […]
Deer Hunting
Lessons learned
As this article goes to press, the 2012-13 deer season is about three months in the rear view mirror. As they say, “It is time to re-load and re-mount.” […]
Bass Fishing
Big bass potential at Lake Okhissa
Lake Okhissa near Bude is my pick for catching bass during May. Okhissa is a relatively new 1,000-acre lake that’s producing big bass in May, since the bass are coming off the spawn and are feeding heavily and aggressively. […]
Fishing
Mississippi’s May coastal fishing
As the weather heats up, so does the fishing on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. The cobia are running, the jack crevalle and sharks are coming in, speckled trout, redfish and flounder are becoming aggressive, and tripletails will start showing up. […]
Deer Hunting
Warm-season food plots
Deer camps argue every year about the relative merits of planting springtime, warm-season wildlife food plots. I can argue either side of the coin, but the final decision ought to be based on the current status of residing deer and expense considerations. […]
Bass Fishing
Ponds pleased, disappointed with No. 3 finish
Three hours after matching his highest finish ever in a B.A.S.S. Elite Series event on Sunday (May 5), Pete Ponds was already in his camper in Alabama at the site of this week’s tournament. […]
As Big As they Grow
May shouldn’t be dismissed
Can you believe it? It’s May, and, in most places in Mississippi, the crappie spawn is over. Elvis has left the building!
Or, has he? […]
Columns
Does catch and release really work?
A decision tree to help you make smart catch and release decisions and do your part to maintain good fishing opportunities. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Post-spawn crappie, and on the double
Little icons littered the bottom gray line of the depthfinder, an indication that a lot of fish were suspended just off the top of a hump adjacent to the creek channel of the 250-acre lake. […]
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Remembering a full moon in April with Big Joe
Friday was sort of an anniversary for me. The date itself, April 26, has absolutely nothing to do with it. It just happens to be the day on which the full moon falls this year in April. […]