Rabbit Rogers may change the color of his jig heads and skirts, and he might even consider adding a minnow to the back end. But, that’s secondary to another factor in catching crappie. […]
I went to the lake this morning with my 10-year-old granddaughter, Harlee Johnson.
“H.B. (I call her by her first two initials a lot of the time), we’re going to pull some new-to-us crankbaits this morning,” I said. “They’re called Flicker Shads. They look like the shad that these Barnett crappie like to eat.” […]
The redear sunfish has many names. Topping the list is bream and redear bream, but other frequently spoken names are shellcracker and chinquapin. […]
Catfishing in the state of Mississippi is mostly associated with the Mighty Mississippi River on the west side of the state.
Even the Tenn-Tom Waterway on the east side of the state night seem more of catfish destination than any reservoir. […]
The Arkansas blue cat is just at home in Mississippi as it is in it’s native state, and nowhere in the Magnolia State is that more true than at Pickwick Lake. […]
Tired of fried bream filets and french fries with cole slaw? This Bream with strawberry chutney recipe is a healthy way of preparing fish. […]
The MDWFP tracks state records for freshwater species, and currently lists these as the biggest for the most-popular bream species. […]
With the exception of largemouth bass and catfish, guide Maynard Edwards of Lexington, N.C., has given up on using just one bait or lure at a time. […]
Bass and crappie might be the most-popular game fish, at least when judged by the amount of hours and money spent by fishermen who cast and jig with the fanciest of equipment, but June can be a month when two other blue-collar species take over. […]
Is the annual crappie spawn over at your favorite fishing hole? Believe it or not, as I write this month’s column the crappie were still doing their thing at Ross Barnett. […]
Mississippi waters provide homes to some good populations of sunfish. And there is a cadre of anglers that would rather fish for — and eat — bream than any other fish on an anglers’ most-wanted list. […]
You can call them crappie or the biologically incorrect white perch.
You can cross the Mississippi river into Louisiana and call them sac-a-lait. […]
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