To the Chickasaw Indians, “Tippah” was a word meaning “cut off,” and was a fitting name for a creek between ridges in extreme North Mississippi because it “cut off” the east and west sides of the region before emptying into the Tallahatchie River. […]
Dense fog smothered the Aliceville Pool of the Tenn-Tom at sunrise, giving an eerie glow to the running lights of the boats stuck in the harbor awaiting safe running conditions. […]
Did the headline of this story have you thinking, “Dude, are you kidding? It’s just June, way too early to be contemplating fall wildlife food plots.” […]
Dwayne Walley could have said it was the unique angle it gives him in the marsh to spot tailing redfish.
He also could have pointed out how exciting it is to see a big bass blow up on a frog from not much higher than water level. […]
When fish transition to their summer haunts, jumbo worms can be the key to convincing big fish to feed. Here’s how the pros use them. […]
In any serious discussion about big bass locations in Mississippi, there’s one body of water that’s always in the Top 10 but rarely at the top of the list. […]
In Mississippi, fishermen are blessed with a system of state lakes and state park lakes managed by the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks that, while popular with some locals, remain some of our most underutilized recreational resources. […]
As a child growing up in Southeast Missouri, 15 miles from the original “Throwed Rolls” at Lambert’s Cafe in Sikeston, I’d ride my bike five miles to the Maple Slough Creek to fish. […]
It might sound rude, intrusive, bad form, but in lakes, ponds and rivers throughout the state it’s apparently just fine to interrupt the intimate moments of others. […]
Sometimes you can hardly keep bream out of your boat, but when the bite gets tough you have to know how to adjust. Here are some tips from a man who has perfected the art of catching these tasty panfish. […]
It’s time for bream to bed up, so learn everything needed to catch stringers of the tasty panfish every time you hit the water. […]
When it comes to crappie fishing, Mississippi takes a backseat to no other.
Just look at Fishhound.com, a popular industry website. On its latest list of the Top 50 crappie lakes, the Magnolia State has the No. 1 hotspot, Grenada Lake, and two others in the Top 10, No. 5 Sardis Lake and No. 6 Barnett Reservoir. […]
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