Neshoba Lake trivia
• Manager — Chuck Hazelwood […]
• Manager — Chuck Hazelwood […]
It’s great when that first cast meets with aggressive reception, but often, it takes some dialing in to determine the fish’s preference. Notwithstanding the oft-proven merits of junk fishing, a handful of examples show us that certain lure pairings hold particularly strategic benefit. […]
Leave it to someone with great vision for designing artificial lures to put a “boat prop-style” blade on a buzz bait that consistently catches bass coast to coast. […]
When he caught a 17.34-pound bass Jan. 4 at Davis Lake, Jeff Foster did more than simply post the second-largest largemouth ever reported in Mississippi. He showed conclusively that Anthony Denny’s state record of 18.15 pounds is vulnerable.
“I don’t think there’s any doubt about that whatsoever,” said Ron Garavelli, the chief of fisheries for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. “That fish right there could have — no, make that would have — broken the record had it been caught a couple of months later when it was full of eggs.
“We’re only talking about .8 of a pound difference between 17.34 and 18.15, so yeah, fully loaded with eggs it would have been the record.” […]
When I pick a place to fish, it’s because I know where the bass in that lake will be holding at this time of the year, and the lures and techniques that will make them bite. […]
Jeff Foster knows that a wintertime bass trip to Davis Lake means hoping to get a bite or two. […]
Pickwick Lake in the northeastern corner of Mississippi is one of the best cold-weather reservoirs in December. I often catch 40 to 50 bass a day there. […]
Working the dam at Calling Panther Lake near Crystal Springs, I kept the boat parallel to the riprap and launched the long, thin Pro Pointer 100 jerkbait as close to the rocks as I could.
With three quick jerks of the rod tip, I put the lure to work.
And, then, I stopped and let the bait’s suspending characteristics do the work. […]
Working the dam at Calling Panther Lake near Crystal Springs, I kept the boat parallel to the riprap and launched the long, thin Pro Pointer 100 jerkbait as close to the rocks as I could.
With three quick jerks of the rod tip, I put the lure to work.
And, then, I stopped and let the bait’s suspending characteristics do the work. […]
All the days I spent in a deer stand around Thanksgiving, the holidays have only produced one trophy moment. And the trophy I nailed didn’t walk on dry land, it swam in an oxbow lake. […]
Early deer season is often a struggle in South Mississippi, where warm temperatures and inactive bucks and does can make even the most devout hunters think about… […]
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