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Maynor Creek is an old reservoir, but it still holds some quality fish.

Maynor Creek for November bass

November 19, 2012 Paul Elias

During November, we’ll be fishing 500-acre Maynor Creek, located just outside of Waynesboro, where numbers of big bass live. […]

Tommy Sutton holds up two of the striped bass taken on Barnett Reservoir on a blustery afternoon ahead of a cold front in early November.

Stripers by the boatload at Barnett

November 9, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

My fishing partners and my loyal readers all know that I am an avid striped bass and hybrid striped bass chaser on Ross Barnett Reservoir. […]

A swim jig can be deadly for fall bass when fishing around cover like lily pads because it won't spook wary bass like spinnerbaits can this time of year.

Frenzied bass can’t resist swimming jig

October 25, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

We weren’t even on Barnett Reservoir to fish Tuesday (Oct. 23), just riding around the upper river backwaters to look at the effects of recent aquatic vegetation spraying efforts. […]

Bogue Homa Lake is known for a lot of smaller fish, but there are some big bass prowling about the reservoir.

Bet on Bogue Homa this month

October 15, 2012 Paul Elias

Restocked about four years ago, Bogue Homa Lake is really producing a lot of bass, with a few weighing 5 to 7 pounds. Bogue Homa is about 1,000 acres with plenty of grass, lily pads and cypress trees, as well as well-defined creek channels with stumps sitting in them. […]

Bay Springs has produced spotted bass over 7 pounds, but anglers stand a better chance of landing 4- and 5-pound spots.

Back to the Future: Spotted bass are the stars on Bay Springs Lake

October 10, 2012 Chris Ginn

Although he didn’t know it at the time, Roger Stegall got a glimpse into the future while he frantically tried to find a fifth fish to finish a limit during a Red Man tournament back in 1991.

After launching at Bay Springs that morning, the Iuka-based professional bass angler ran up to Pickwick Lake to catch most of his fish.

That effort left him one fish short.

He made the 35-mile run back to Bay Springs hoping he could catch just one more bass. […]

The biggest striper of the day was 19 inches and about 3 pounds, caught on a 200 Series Bandit.

Finally, a limit of stripes

October 4, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

They weren’t big, with the biggest pushing 3 pounds and 19 inches and the smallest barely exceeding the 15-inch minimum […]

Back to the Future: Spotted bass are the stars on Bay Springs Lake

October 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Although he didn’t know it at the time, Roger Stegall got a glimpse into the future while he frantically tried to find a fifth fish to finish a limit during a Red Man tournament back in 1991.

After launching at Bay Springs that morning, the Iuka-based professional bass angler ran up to Pickwick Lake to catch most of his fish.

That effort left him one fish short.

He made the 35-mile run back to Bay Springs hoping he could catch just one more bass. […]

Roger Stegall shows that anglers fishing for spots at Bay Springs are sometimes surprised by smallmouth bass.

Smallmouth bass a pleasant Bay Springs Lake surprise

October 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Bay Springs Lake doesn’t harbor very many secrets when it comes to the spotted bass fishing, but Iuka bass pro and guide Roger Stegall said it might surprise some anglers to learn that they have a good chance of catching a smallmouth bass on some of the same baits they throw for spots. […]

During October, lots of spotted bass will be up shallow where they will smash small crankbaits and spinnerbaits.

Featureless canal between Pickwick and Bay Springs lakes full of spotted bass

October 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

With Pickwick Lake on its north end and Bay Springs Lake directly to its south, the narrow canal connecting the two shouldn’t feel too badly if it flies completely under the radar. […]

Calling Panther Lake gave up a 20-inch plus bass to Dan Smith's ScumDog plastic frog.

Frog provides dessert at Panther

September 24, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

As we have many times in the past few years when we need fillets quickly for a weekend fish fry, my partner and I hooked up the boat and headed to Calling Panther Lake near Crystal Springs Wednesday (Sept. 19).

The 500-acre Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks lake didn’t let us down. Using spinning gear, 8-pound fluorocarbon leader off 10-pound braid, and drop shot worms, we quickly started picking off our targets — undersized bass that are in great number in Panther.

So much so that MDWFP biologists urge fishermen to take as many as they want, up to 30 apiece a day, of bass under 20 inches. […]

Roger Stegall of Iuka lifts a largemouth bass from Pickwick Lake. Largemouth and smallmouth can be found feeding on shad in late summer.

Junkyard dogs: Catching Pickwick Lake’s smallies

September 19, 2012 David Hawkins

Smallmouth bass wear the moniker of “smallies” as if they have a chip on their shoulder — something to prove. What they lack in size, they make up for in brute strength and feisty attitude.

And they patrol stretches of Pickwick as if daring anything to invade their backyard.

“Pickwick is not the only place in Mississippi to catch a smallmouth bass,” Iuka’s Roger Stegall said. “But the size of the lake and the smallmouths population concentration make it the best Mississippi water to consider.” […]

September is a great time to be on Ross Barnett because fish will move shallow again to feed.

Get shallow in September for Ross Barnett bass

September 10, 2012 Paul Elias

The bass are moving out of their deepwater summer patterns and into shallow water in September. Two patterns — fishing the riprap and the lily pads — will work all month, but they’ll probably produce better in the middle and at the end of the month. […]