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Calling Panther Lake gave up a 20-inch plus bass to Dan Smith's ScumDog plastic frog.

Frog provides dessert at Panther

September 24, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

As we have many times in the past few years when we need fillets quickly for a weekend fish fry, my partner and I hooked up the boat and headed to Calling Panther Lake near Crystal Springs Wednesday (Sept. 19).

The 500-acre Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks lake didn’t let us down. Using spinning gear, 8-pound fluorocarbon leader off 10-pound braid, and drop shot worms, we quickly started picking off our targets — undersized bass that are in great number in Panther.

So much so that MDWFP biologists urge fishermen to take as many as they want, up to 30 apiece a day, of bass under 20 inches. […]

Opening weekend of teal season in Mississippi was a good one, by most accounts.

Teal season opener gets glowing reports

September 19, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Jacob Sartain worked all summer long to create habitat to generate teal hunting opportunities, manicuring the abandoned catfish ponds on his Delta property to provide what the blue-winged birds would want.

So many hours, so much sweat and for what?

“On opening day, we hunted less than 30 minutes,” Sartain said. “On Sunday, we hunted about 30 minutes.” […]

Brittani Downey, Scott Lemmons, Todd Downey, Danny Lynn and Angie Roberts with the monster gator.

Brandon hunter kills 12-foot, 600-pound alligator

September 12, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Nearly two hours into the battle, Scott Lemmons of Brandon had the cane pole and hoop snare in his hand, ready to put the clincher on what he thought was a pretty good alligator. […]

Dead nutria along the beach in Hancock County near Waveland.

Thousands of dead nutria line Mississippi beaches

September 6, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

As silver linings go, this one stinks.Bad.Capt. Sonny Schindler has never seen anything like it, the thousands of dead nutria pushing into the west end of the Mississippi Sound after apparently being drowned by Hurricane Isaac’s storm surge. […]

Hunters from the 2011 season pull in a monster gator at Barnett Reservoir. The 2012 season starts Friday.

Higher river levels could help alligator hunters

September 5, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

As far as alligator season in Mississippi, which opens at noon on Friday in most areas of the state, Hurricane Isaac brought both good and bad news for hunters. And, Mother Nature was fair — she did just the same for the gators. […]

There are plenty of dove hunting opportunities available across the state.

Don’t miss dove opener!

August 23, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

With just over a week to go before the opening of the 2012 dove season, many public hunting opportunities remain available through two programs offered by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]

Rabbit Rogers is able to deal with the heat and put together a good stringer of crappie on Barnett Reservoir.

Barnett crappie by the clock

August 9, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

When Rabbit Rogers plans a summer crappie trip on Barnett Reservoir, he dresses for heat, brings a lot of water and plans to fish all day, no matter how torrid the dog day gets. […]

Mississippi State University Bass Club member Taylor Odom landed this Okatibbee Lake record bass during a trip in late May.

Late spawner turns out to be Okatibbee Lake record

July 31, 2012 Michael O. Giles

Okatibbee Lake has garnered a reputation among many locals as The Big O, The Dead Sea and a few other less-desirable names, as it traditionally has been a tough place to catch bass. While the crappie population has thrived with thousands of limits of perch caught each year, catching bass has been a problem for all but the most-accomplished anglers.

But Mississippi State University Bass Club member Taylor Odom proved in May that the lake holds some beastly bass when he sank a hook into a lake-record fish — a 10-pounder that bested the old record by a solid pound. […]