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June 2, 2026

Crappie fishermen at the four North Mississippi Flood Control Reservoirs — Arkabutla, Sardis, Enid and Grenada — have reason to be jealous of fishermen like Keith Partridge, who caught this spawning fish at Barnett Reservoir near Jackson. Many years of bad spawns are impacting the fishing at the northern lakes, leading to proposed changes in limits.

Big-lake crappie struggles continue

June 8, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

While fishermen struggle to find keeper crappie at some of Mississippi’s historically slab-producing lakes, state wildlife officials are taking steps to promote good fishing. […]

The cleaning counters at Mississippi's Gulf Coast snapper fleet have been full of red snapper during the opening week of the 10-day recreational season. The charter boat season will run for 44 total days, ending in mid July.

Snapper are snapping

June 8, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Capt. Robert Earl McDaniel didn’t hesitate when asked his opinion of the opening week of the red snapper season. […]

Lynn Terry of Texas caught this tagged redfish near Bay St. Louis, but wasn't registered in the Coastal Conservation Association's STAR Tournament. It would have been worth a new ATV had she registered before catching the fish.

Mississippi STAR redfish caught, but …

June 3, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

The first tagged redfish caught in the Mississippi Division of the Coastal Conservation Association’s STAR Tournament was worth, well, only the excitement of the catch and dinner at the table. […]

Pete Ponds boats a good bass on a topwater lure, courtesy of a passing line of dark clouds that triggered an hour of action.

Cloud cover triggers a bite

June 1, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

When Mother Nature gives you a nice, cool break from the searing sun, fishermen should be ready to pounce on the opportunity. […]

The body of Omar Gonzalez, 16, of Petal, was found about 1.5 miles from where he went missing on Sunday during an excursion to Ship Island.

Body of missing teen found in Gulf

May 27, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

A charter boat captain fishing around Ship Island found the body of a teenage boy Wednesday in the Gulf of Mexico, about 1.5 miles from where he and a friend had been swept away in a strong current on Sunday, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources reported. […]

Fisherman Dudley Salers pours a few thousand Florida bass fingerlings into an ice chest to release at Barnett Reservoir. On May 21, fishermen assisted in the stocking of more than 80,000 fingerlings by transporting the fish from the dock to preferred protective habitat.

Anglers aid in Barnett bass stocking

May 27, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Never doubt a bass tournament angler’s willingness to protect the future of his or her favorite fishing hole, especially when it comes to stocking it with Florida Bass. […]

A proposed 11-inch minimum length limit and a 30-fish daily creel limit are designed to produce more slab crappie on Eagle Lake. It being a border lake, however, the changes would require Louisiana to adopt the same changes.

Changes proposed for crappie limits

May 27, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Five of Mississippi’s top crappie hot spots would have new limits and other regulation changes under a proposal passed last week by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]

A proposal to charge boaters an annual use fee on Barnett Reservoir was killed May 21 by the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District Board of Directors.

Proposed Barnett user fee rescinded

May 27, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

In response to public comments, Pearl River Valley Water Supply District officials voted May 21 to rescind a proposed user fee for boaters on the 33,000-acre Barnett Reservoir. […]

Postspawn bass aren’t known for feeding aggressively, but throw the right lures in the right places and you’ll build a limit.

3 productive lures for postspawn bass

May 22, 2015 Dan Kibler

Bass fishermen hate the thought of having to catch fish that have just finishing spawning and are often acting sickly, but sometimes they just have to figure out how to catch these finicky fish. […]

With liberal opportunities announced by state wildlife officials for the 2015-16 season, deer hunters can try to match this monster taken last winter by former Major League pitching star Roy Oswalt in Northeast Mississippi.

2015-16 deer seasons proposed

May 20, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Unlike the previous few seasons, when new regulations and dates were included, Mississippi’s deer hunters will only a see a few minor changes in the 2015-16 season, and those are caused by the calendar. […]

Six trout baits you have to have

May 19, 2015 Andy Crawford

May is when everything really begins to come together to produce great trout fishing conditions. Warming weather pushes water temps up. The rivers begin to subside from spring rains and snow melts up north. […]

Rig the Z-Man Turbo Craw on a swimbait hook, and the lure literally comes alive.

Swimbait hook transforms craw worms

May 18, 2015 Andy Crawford

While chatting with Z-Man’s Glenn Young during the recent Louisiana Sportsman Show, I picked up one of the rod segments and started hopping one of the lures in the booth’s water tank. […]