Bass Fishing Archives - Page 70 of 86

Catching bass with common bacterial infections is not uncommon, especially in the early summer. Biologists with the MDWFP say healthy bass will survive the infection.

Red bumps

July 1, 2012 David Hawkins

There were red bumps and sores on several of the bass we caught at Columbus Lake in May.

Tom Holman of the MDWFP said the sores are nothing to worry about. […]

Charles Ellis fished his way around a riprap point while making pinpoint casts with a 4×4 Shaky Head rig and finesse worm. Ellis worked the lure methodically yet deliberately until he suddenly dropped the rod tip and whipped the rod back and drove the steel hook home.

A lunker bass exploded through the water, shattering the smooth near-mirror finish of the surface. The lunker pushed the scales near 6 pounds, and was typical of the bass Ellis expects to catch on the Shaky head. […]

A shaky head produced this large bass for Justin Giles.

Giles shakes it up on the ledges

July 1, 2012 Michael O. Giles

Justin Giles and his fishing partners were really working hard to find the bass and draw a strike during a hot summer trip last year. With temperatures in the 90s and the sun high in the sky, the bass were seemingly nowhere to be found. […]

Taylor Odom holds a lunker bass that he caught recently on Okatibbee Lake.

Odom on docks

July 1, 2012 Michael O. Giles

Mississippi State Fishing Team member Taylor Odom has been battle-tested through a rigorous tournament series while competing against some of the top collegiate anglers from around the Southeast, and has learned a thing or two in the process. […]

The author's sister-in-law Susan Gulledge with two stripers.

Barnett Reservoir home to plenty of striped bass

June 27, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Watching her fish was pure joy, and her unabated excitement and intensity made me wonder if I had married the wrong Gulledge girl. […]

Fish Pickwick deep in June

June 25, 2012 Paul Elias

June is ledge-fishing time on Pickwick Lake. The bass will be holding on the river bars and out on the ledges of the river channel. […]

The author cranked this bass off deep structure this week with a Bandit 250 Ledge. Wear long sleeves for sun protection, make long casts for deep dives and hesitate when you hit the cover.

Testing the 250

June 21, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Forecasts of the year’s first run on 100-degree heat, and Wednesday’s official arrival of summer, bass fishermen are moving deeper and deeper in their search of largemouth. […]

The Alabama rig is the latest innovation that has taught fishery biologists more about largemouth bass.

Bass behavior and the Alabama rig

June 1, 2012 Hal Schramm

Fisheries biologists have been studying largemouth bass biology in earnest for at least six decades. […]

The author holds a lunker bass caught by his father while on a deep water fishing trip.

Best crankbait colors for fishing ledges

June 1, 2012 Michael O. Giles

Murphy doesn’t get too complicated when selecting his crankbait colors, and he’s used his system for good results around the country. […]

Jenifer Flanagan landed this beautiful bass.

Best Mississippi ledge-fishing lakes

June 1, 2012 Michael O. Giles

Lake Pickwick is the most-recognizable Mississippi lake that offers top-notch ledge-fishing opportunities, but it’s not the only one, accomplished angler Ken Murphy said. […]

Ken Murphy shows off a hawg he caught while fishing during an FLW tournament with partner Shinichi Fukae.

Murphy’s preferred cranking gear:

June 1, 2012 Michael O. Giles

– 7- to 8-foot, medium-heavy- to heavy-action rod […]

Once he locates a good school of white bass, Bates has several lures that he fishes to get them in the boat; all of them mimic small baitfish like shad, and most of them will work from top to bottom.

Under Wraps

June 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

For a lake that doesn’t have very many secrets, Lake Ferguson outside of Greenville holds at least one little tidbit close to its vest. […]