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This month Paul Elias is the frog man of Ross Barnett.

Bet on frogs for bass at Ross Barnett in August

July 27, 2011 Paul Elias

August is the month to fish the lily pads at Ross Barnett for bass. You’ll find as many fish holding in shallow water there as you will in deep water. […]

Netterville punches through the grass mats on the Bouie River, and usually catches lunker bass in the 3- to 6-pound range.

Bouie River lakes perfect for punching

July 14, 2011 Michael O. Giles

“The lakes on the Bouie are the only ones that I’ve consistently caught fish off of the mats,” he said. “I’ll take a ¾- to 1½-ounce bullet sinker pegged with a bobber stopper and add a large punching hook and Paca Craw, or some other creature bait, and punch through the matted grass when the bass are holding underneath. […]

About 75,000 Florida bass fingerlings were stocked into Bay Springs Lake along the Tombigbee Waterway recently.

Bay Springs Lake receives 75,000 Florida bass

July 8, 2011 MDWFP news release

An estimated 75,000 Florida largemouth bass were dumped into Bay Springs Lake recently, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks reported. […]

The Tombigbee's Smithville Pool could be a bass fishing hot spot soon future thanks to supplemental stockings of largemouth bass fingerlings.

Tombigbee’s Smithville Pool receives 40,000 bass fingerlings

July 6, 2011 MDWFP news release

Officials recently poured about 40,000 largemouth bass fingerlings into the Smithville Pool of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to help bolster the healthy population already found there, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks said today (July 6).

The 3-inch bass were provided by the Private John Allen National Fish Hatchery near Tupelo, and were surplus fish the hatchery had not planned to stock anywhere else. […]

The author displays an early morning bass caught on a Venom Hollow Hog.

A Day on the Lake: Bouie River

June 27, 2011 Michael O. Giles

Daniel Netterville pitched a Popping Frog onto a patch of grass, and began working it back to the boat in a rhythmic walk-the-dog pattern. As the frog emerged from the cover of the grass, a bass exploded from the depths and crushed the toad. […]

Paul Elias believes his best chance to catch the biggest bass in the state this month is at Calling Panther Lake.

Fish Calling Panther in July

June 27, 2011 Paul Elias

To catch bass in July, you have to know where they’re holding, why they’re holding there and what types of lures and presentation are required to catch them. Then, realize that even though you may be a master-bass angler, you’ll lose some big ones. […]

The Mann's HardNose Stone Jig in black/blue will produce big bass this month, if you slowly drag it over the mussel beds downstream with the current.

Go deep in June for big Pickwick bass

May 31, 2011 Paul Elias

In June, structure fishing gets really good on the Tennessee River’s Pickwick Lake. I’ll be fishing offshore on the mussel beds on the main river channel and secondary creek channels with crankbaits, jigs and 12-inch plastic worms. I’ll use a quality depth finder with side-imaging and down-imaging to locate those mussel beds. […]

Grace works the small potholes in thick vegetation.

Salad Patch Bass

May 31, 2011 Michael O. Giles

Ignoring near-gale-force winds, Steve Grace whipped a Lake Fork Hyper Stick across a patch of grass and pads, and let the lure glide into an opening in the vegetation. A split second later, Grace dropped his rod without hesitation and snapped it back with all the force he could muster. About 30 feet out a nice bass boiled on the surface and dove down into the salad patch. […]

You'll catch plenty of 1 1/2- to 2-pound bass, but you'll also catch some good 3- to 4-pound fish in May at Lake Bogue Homa.

Lake Bogue Homa for big bucketmouths in May

April 28, 2011 Paul Elias

This month, I expect to know where the bass are concentrated and to catch them fairly easily. At Lake Bogue Homa, east of Laurel, fishermen can expect to catch and release 25 to 35 bass a day in May, with some of those fish weighing 3 to 5 pounds due to the lake’s being restocked about three years ago. […]

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