Deer displaced by the Mississippi River flooding should return to their normal home ranges within weeks of the flood waters receding, but what food will they find available? […]
On Jan. 2, after Cliff Covington had spent a disappointing morning in a deer stand on his property in Claiborne County, he returned to his golf cart and headed back to his house. […]
The lower part of the Mississippi Delta closed to all hunting except watefowl hunting this morning when the Steel Bayou Landside gauge topped 90 feet, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said. […]
Spoons are one of the oldest fishing lures in the book, and it’s still around because it’s so effective.
But, while many anglers use them for jigging around brush piles with a process known as “perch jerking,” Capt. David Hilton uses a different technique that allows anglers to cover more water than is traditionally possible […]
Areas that have been closed to hunting — except waterfowl — due to flooding in the Mississippi River alluvial plain will not reopen before the Jan. 31 closing date of deer season, state wildlife officials announced on today. […]
Kenny Allen doesn’t begin to claim he’s one of the crappie pros who first hit on trolling crankbaits for big slabs, but he said he’s smart enough to know when a technique is worth using — and in January in many Southeastern reservoirs, dropping a half-dozen crankbaits behind your boat and pulling them along at various depths is a very productive way to put cold-water slabs in the boat. […]
Oddly enough, January is one of the hottest months of the year for fishing in Mississippi, whether you target fresh or salt water. […]
Mississippi’s Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks held an emergency meeting Thursday and announced that it would soon be ending deer season further south along the flooding Mississippi River. […]
Mississippi Conservation Officers continue to hunt people who are killing deer in areas closed to hunting by flooding along the Mississippi River, and they are having success. […]
Three years ago a couple of fishing buddies started knocking around the idea of hosting a fishing tournament. What started out as an idea to host a fruit jar tournament turned into something much bigger. […]
Floodwaters continue to rise in the Delta and threaten more hunting areas including some of the most popular public hunting lands in the state, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said Monday. […]
Mississippi fishermen planning on taking advantage of Louisiana’s red snapper season that opens today will need to meet certain requirements, according to the state Department of Marine Resources. […]
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