Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 19 of 86

April 27, 2026

Crappie pro Dan Dannenmueller demonstrates the new Garmin Force trolling motor and a new Garmin scanning sonar unit at the 2019 ICAST show.

The ‘Force’ is with Garmin as ICAST “Best of Show”

August 30, 2019 Kinny Haddox

The new Garmin “Force” trolling motor won the “Best of Show” award at this year’s ICAST show. This is Garmin’s first entry into the trolling motor market. […]

Tips for slabs after dark

August 6, 2019 Phillip Gentry

The details of your setup and presentation are important. Follow these tips to help you make the best of your night-fishing trips for crappie. […]

Thermo-Slabs

August 1, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Find the thermocline on your favorite Mississippi crappie lake and open up some great, hot-weather fishing opportunities there. […]

A few minutes with a fly rod produced a mess of bream for supper. Fly fishing is a popular method of catching bream.

Mississippi Bream: Better Late Than Never In August

August 1, 2019 David Hawkins

The last bream spawn for Mississippi’s summer is approaching. Here’s how to take advantage of the Magnolia’s favorite sunfish. […]

The author untangled this big choupique under the water at a running cut into the Mississippi River.

Mississippi mother lode

July 17, 2019 Joshua Chauvin

Joshua Chauvin explains how he sets limb lines in the big waters of the Mississippi River and its oxbows to catch really big choupique and catfish. […]

Caught on the fly – Fly-fishing in Mississippi

July 1, 2019 Michael O. Giles

Mississippi is chock full of fly-fishing opportunities, both public and private, to catch bass, bream and crappie on fly tackle. […]

Ethan Cox shows off a chunky warmouth caught on ultralight gear in a millpond. Warmouth are often overlooked or misidentified by fishermen.

Species spotlight: Warmouth Sunfish

June 18, 2019 Brian Cope

Warmouth sunfish are one of the lesser-common panfish species. They are fun to catch and tasty table fare, but are often misidentified by anglers. […]

The study of fish movement

June 12, 2019 Hal Schramm

The ability to assess the environmental history of a fish is a tool that can provide important information used to better manage fisheries. […]

Trotlining is a fun and productive way to fish for river catfish during the summer.

Trotlining for catfish

June 6, 2019 Phillip Gentry

Trotlining is a fun and productive way for recreational anglers to fish for river catfish during the summer in the Magnolia State. […]

Try smaller Mississippi waters for great bream

June 3, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Gary Turner of Hattiesburg considers himself lucky that he is surrounded by at least a dozen public hotspots for bream to fish with his canoe. […]

In moving water conditions where fish must move to find food, flashy artificial lures can create a reaction bite.

Summer means bank-fishing

June 1, 2019 Phillip Gentry

A lot of Mississippi anglers will be fishing from dry ground this summer. Here’s some tips for making the best of fishing from the bank. […]

Fisherman Tuffy Fields with the surprise catch.

Angler strikes “gold” in Louisiana

May 28, 2019 Kinny Haddox

Tuffy Fields was fishing the Ouachita River when he caught a 20-pound bright orange Koi. He said he has never seen anything like it. […]