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June 1, 2026

One of the coolest summer fishing trips in Mississippi is chasing tripletails (a.k.a. black fish) in the Mississippi Sound out of Bay St. Louis. Kenny Shiyou caught this 26-pounder less than two miles offshore in the Gulf.

It’s not as hot when the fish bite

June 21, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

It doesn’t matter how high the thermometer goes, it’s only too hot to fish in the summer when the fish aren’t biting — or when you forget the water and sunscreen. […]

Caleb Gatwood and Cayden Soberoski of Oak Grove High School in Mississippi catch 14 pounds, 4 ounces to win the Costa Bassmaster High School Central Open on Toledo Bend Reservoir out of Many, La., Monday.

Oak Grove pair wins Costa Bassmaster Central Open

June 21, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi teams took two of the top three spots in Monday’s Costa Bassmaster High School Series Central Open at Toledo Bend, including a win by Oak Grove’s Caleb Gatwood and Cayden Soberoski. […]

Fawn deer are left alone in nature on purpose and humans should not interfere. Since they are born practically free of scent, the young fawns are left alone by their mothers for defense by limiting her scent in the area and returning a few times a day to feed them.

Leave young wildlife alone

June 20, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi is known for its hospitality, but that tradition should end when citizens encounter newborn wildlife. […]

Solving boat trailer lights often can be remedied by cleaning the coupler junction with the hitch.

When your trailer hitch runs aground

June 17, 2016 Brian Cope

Anyone who tows a boat trailer often enough either has, or will, experience problems with the trailer’s lights. Either one turn signal doesn’t work, the brake lights don’t work, they work intermittently, or they show no signs of life at all. A number of factors could be the culprit, and more often than not, one specific culprit is to blame. […]

Adding pure oxygen via a small tank with a regulator and air stone can keep bait tank or livewell fish healthy, even in hot weather.

5 ways to keep bait, fish alive longer

June 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Whether the fish you’re trying to keep healthy are in the bait tank or in the livewell, there are several tricks that you can use to keep them alive — or at least tasty — during the summer, and they all boil down to one thing: oxygen levels. […]

Giving crappie a bigger range of choices in terms of jig and grub colors on double rigs can increase your catch rates.

How to double up on crappie

June 14, 2016 Dan Kibler

With the exception of largemouth bass and catfish, guide Maynard Edwards of Lexington, N.C., has given up on using just one bait or lure at a time. […]

Caleb Sumrall builds hefty stringers of bass by punching grass.

Punching practices

June 13, 2016 Andy Crawford

Submerged vegetation is to bass as politics is to lying — you won’t find one without the other. […]

Vidrine searched the Internet for the best way to throw a cast net and tried different ways until he found the one that works the best.

How to throw a cast net

June 12, 2016 Patrick Bonin

It’s definitely not rocket science, but throwing a cast net is a skill that confounds lots of anglers.

For Tommy Vidrine, who specializes in catching big speckled trout and needs to have pogies in his livewell this time of year, being able to catch live bait was the motivation to master the art of consistently getting his 7-foot net to spread open into a billowy 14-foot diameter circle. […]