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To fool a gobbler on a youth hunt and help to end the day with big smiles, having the right accessories can be important.

Accessorizing properly can help youngsters get gobblers

March 4, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

When Mississippi’s youth turkey season opens Friday (March 8), a veteran hunter who has introduced two sons and many other youngsters to the sport says accessorize for success.

“I’ve learned over the years that there are three things that are vital for success when hunting with children — a blind, decoys and shooting sticks,” said Revel Rawlings of Ridgeland. “I’d rate them in importance in that order, starting with the pop-up-like tent blinds to the shooting sticks. […]

Mississippi State University engineering student Zach Carroll, who lives in Ocean Springs, slow-trolls coastal waters and catches some great winter speckled trout.

Tips for slow-trolling for lunker speckled trout

February 26, 2013 Sam Davis

Trolling, trolling, trolling on the river. It’s a little known non-fact that Ike and Tina met when their lines got crossed while trolling for speckled trout in Parker’s Creek off the Tchoutacabouffa River.

Trolling for trout is a deadly technique practiced by many anglers on the coast. Anglers troll soft plastics, live shrimp, and various types of hard baits. Ocean Spring’s Zach, a Mississippi State engineering student, is one of the aficionados of this tactic. […]

Coastal islands are great springtime fishing targets — if the weather allows

February 25, 2013 Sam Davis

Do changing weather patterns, rain resulting in muddy rivers and bays, and wild swings in salinity have you singing the blues? Capt. Ronnie Daniels of Fisher-Man Guide Services has the cure. […]

‘You gotta go to know’ attitude provides speckled trout-fishing opportunities on coast

February 22, 2013 Sam Davis

Fishing in February can be hit or miss with the rain, wind and ever-changing temperatures, making for some restless days stuck at home. But have you ever heard of the old adage, “You gotta go to know?”

Patrick Martino, Biloxi angler and owner of PMM Professional Land Surveyors, lives by that tenet, as a recent trip to Back Bay Biloxi illustrated. […]

A Lucky Craft Pro Pointer 100 suspending jerk bait is popular in winter, but is also an excellent prespawn bass-fishing lure.

Be a jerk: Don’t give up on the stick baits

February 22, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

You know that jerk bait you’ve been throwing to entice lethargic bass to bite in cold water? Yeah, that one, the lure you’ve been casting along dams and other rock banks with sharp drop-offs, then working ever-so-slowly back.

Don’t be so quick to put them away. […]

Despite crazy and constantly changing conditions, fishermen like Bobby Cleveland have caught bass this week shallow on crankbaits when the weather allowed access to water.

Fishing reports, like weather, lack consistency

February 21, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Fishing reports throughout Mississippi have been about as consistent as the weather, and the only predictable thing about the conditions is that they are constantly changing. […]

Joey Davis with two trout caught casting a Shrimp Creole Matrix Shad rigged on a 5/16-ounce jig head at Fort Bayou in Jackson County.

Pack your patience

February 20, 2013 Sam Davis

Casters to the left of me, trollers to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you. Stealers Wheel may have never fished the Gulf Coast for speckled trout in the winter, but if they had, they would have sung those lyrics. […]

Catfish guide Brian Barton is out to show that Pickwick Lake should be as well known for its catfishing potential as it is for its smallmouth bass and crappie fishing.

Early season trolling for catfish at Pickwick Lake

February 19, 2013 Phillip Gentry

When the name “Pickwick” is heard in general fishing conversation, it’s generally in context with the great smallmouth bass fishing or tremendous crappie fishery that’s contained in the lake. Say the word “catfish” and most anglers think they misunderstood you. […]

If the wind will allow it, this would be a great weekend to catch black crappie under the piers at Eagle Lake, where fishing shallow in deep water produces for anglers like David Thornton, who lives on the lake.

Approaching front won’t help poor fishing conditions

February 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Last weekend’s rains and this week’s cooler temperatures have slowed what was rapidly becoming an early spring for Mississippi fishermen, and another big delay is rapidly approaching.

A cold front forecast to drop lows below freezing Friday and Saturday nights in most of Mississippi will make finding bass and crappie more difficult.

And that’s not the worst news. […]

Mason Porter caught this 30-pound channel catfish Feb. 7 on Davis Lake, using a jig pole and 6-pound test line.

Crappie angler lands 30-pound channel cat on jig pole

February 10, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Mason Porter of Houlka is a devout crappie fisherman. He’s a member of the Magnolia Crappie Club and Crappie.com, and fishes events on both tournament circuits. […]

When you mix rabbit and goose hunting in the Delta, you get both camo and orange, swamp rabbits and white-fronted geese.

Plan B results in excellent Delta goose hunt

February 7, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

If there’s a root strategy about tackling the abundant outdoor opportunities of the Mississippi Delta, it is this: Keep your options open! Tony Holeman, an avid waterfowl and rabbit hunter from Pisgah, used that mantra to produce a memorable weekend hunt near his duck lease in Humphreys County. […]

Panther Swamp NWR gives up trophy buck

January 25, 2013 Michael O. Giles

Saucier’s Josh Saucier and a few of his friends decided to make a trip to Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge near Yazoo City in hopes of harvesting a good buck shortly after New Year’s Day. […]