Crappie/Bream
Bream fishing options nearly ceaseless
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ State Lakes and State Parks systems makes sure people in all areas of the Magnolia State have access to hot bream action. […]
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Feds set 3-day recreational Gulf snapper season
Mississippi’s coastal fishermen are fuming over Monday’s announcement that recreational fishermen would have only a three-day season on red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. […]
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Red snapper season set in state’s territorial waters
Within hours of Monday’s announcement of a three-day red snapper season in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi’s marine officials released a statement setting a longer season in the state’s territorial waters. […]
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Mississippi duck seasons announced
Mississippi’s Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks has approved a plan that would allow duck hunters maximum opportunity during the 2017-18 waterfowl seasons. […]
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Connell holds off VanDam, wins Elite at Barnett
As expected, arguably the best bass fisherman ever made a big charge at the tour rookie who held the lead going into the delayed final round of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite Monday at Barnett Reservoir near Ridgeland. […]
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Weather pushes Elite finale to Monday
Due to unsafe weather conditions, the final round of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite tournament at Barnett Reservoir has been postponed until Monday. […]
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Rookie Connell increases Elite lead
For a rookie with a lead going into the final round of only his fourth Bassmaster Elite Series tournament, Alabama native Dustin Connell was calm as he assessed his chances — and the impending bad weather forecast — on Barnett Reservoir. […]
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On windy Barnett, Connell takes command
Mother Nature came calling on Barnett Reservoir Friday during the second round of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite Series tournament, and she was vicious. […]
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Card leads ‘tightly-packed’ Elite on Barnett
For a lake that most competing anglers complained would “fish small,” Barnett Reservoir yielded a lot of big bass and heavy sacks in Thursday’s first round of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite Series tournament. […]
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Outdoor Expo by MDWFP to accompany Elite event
Fans attending the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Barnett Reservoir will be treated to a lot more than just a weigh-in, according to event sponsors at the Ridgeland Tourism Commission and the Barnett Reservoir Foundation. […]
Deer Hunting
Proposed rule change would cut doe harvest
Mississippi deer hunters would see their antlerless deer opportunities cut significantly during the 2017-18 season, if rules set last week by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks get final proposed approval. […]
Alligator
Alligator bulls way through screen door, relaxes on 2nd-story porch
It’s one thing to run across an alligator while you’re in the wild, but when one of these creatures shows up on your front porch, that’s just unacceptable. But that’s what happened to a Mt. Pleasant, S.C. family last week when a 10-foot gator crashed its way onto the second-story porch of their home, which is located on a golf course next to the Wando River. […]