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Waterfront property is a dream come true for many people, but it’s important to minimize the impact development has on fish habitat.

Fish camps need fish

January 1, 2013 Hal Schramm

Waterfront property is a valuable commodity, and a house by the water is a dream come true for many anglers. […]

MCC members Jimmy and Ricky Smith shown on T-Day at Ross Barnett with a couple of white perch as big as they grow.

Happy New Year! Can you believe it? We’re punching out 2012 and knocking on the 2013 door. My, how time flies when you’re having fun and getting older. The Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations are behind us, and we’re ringing in the New Year as you read this crappie colum […]

Touchscreen Lowrance electronics are smaller and easier to use than the old models that featured keyboards or buttons.

Lowrance introduces new touchscreen unit, custom contour mapping service

December 31, 2012 Allan Tarvid

Do you have a favorite fishing area that isn’t mapped as accurately as you’d like? Now you can do it yourself with any Lowrance HDS multifunction unit, including new models with touchscreen control. […]

Allegations made against Tracy Laird and his 236 1/8-inch buck got so bad on the Internet in 2003 that he started wishing he hadn't shot it. The buck is still the No. 1 non-typical buck taken by bow in Mississippi.

Internet brings out idiocy in jealous hunters

December 26, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Never ceases to amaze me how cruel people can be, especially those who are jealous of the accomplishments of others. […]

The Remington Model 673 “Guide Gun” is what a short magnum should be: a handy, accurate rifle with a barrel no longer than 22 inches.

The short, fat paradox

December 26, 2012 Gordon Hutchinson

At the turn of the millennium, 13 years ago, the biggest news in the rifle world was the proliferation of new cartridges based on the old African hunting round named the .404 Jeffrey. […]

Scouting for deer has come a long way since the “good old days,” but a pack with some basic tools can make the job even easier.

Thoughts on the science of trail cameras

December 24, 2012 Bill Garbo

Things have really changed over the past 40-odd years when it comes to deer hunting. There would certainly be some debate regarding certain aspects of the sport, but for the most part — in my humble opinion — we as deer hunters have never had it better than we do right now, especially here in the Deep South. […]

Cooling water temperatures mean fish — including bull reds — will hang on ledges and drop-offs.

A fishing trip for Christmas promises memories for a lifetime

December 17, 2012 John E. Phillips

Capt. Robert Brodie, who operates Team Brodie Charters based out of Biloxi, is a master of fishing the coastal rivers for speckled trout, saltwater stripers, redfish and an occasional flounder. He also fishes for sheepshead, redfish and black drum around the bridges. In an eight-hour trip, you can experience both these styles of fishing. […]

December is not the time to stay home — there are big fish waiting to be caught at Pickwick.

Target Pickwick in December

December 17, 2012 Paul Elias

Pickwick Lake in the northeastern corner of Mississippi is one of the best cold-weather reservoirs in December. I often catch 40 to 50 bass a day there. […]

Mississippi duck hunters like Dr. Bob Tarver of Brandon are searching hard for mallards, but without much luck, even after the latest cold front.

Big cold front didn’t bring duck miracle

December 13, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Waterfowl hunters in the Mississippi Delta are disappointed that the first major cold front of the season didn’t magically produce a massive migration of ducks. It did make two weeks of unseasonably warm weather disappear overnight, and while making it more comfortable to hunt is a good thing, it would be better if there were more ducks to shoot. […]

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