Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 35 of 86

April 26, 2026

What is a redear bream

April 15, 2016 Mississippi Sportsman

So what is a redear? It is a panfish and cousin of the more common bluegill. […]

Pull crankbaits for post-spawn crappie

April 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Pickwick Lake provides literally miles of open water mid-depth flats that are prime for trolling for crappie. […]

Picking the right docks for black, white crappie

April 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

With crappie season in full swing, all crappie tend to get lumped together into one species and most anglers don’t fish any differently, or even care what the differences are. […]

Mississippi’s record for redear was this 3.3-pounder caught in November of 1991 by James Martin of Ripley at Tippah County Lake.

Best lakes for redear bream fishing

April 15, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

It took just two conversations with regional fisheries biologists to recognize a pattern for catching redear in Mississippi in April — pick about any lake in any region and go shallow. […]

Lance Burgos and his daughter Evan, seated behind her father, was curious about what had taken a jug line and pulled up a 12- to 14-foot alligator during a kayak trip to Lake Fausse Pointe State Park on April 9.

VIDEO: Kayaker finds massive gator on end of jug line

April 12, 2016 Andy Crawford

Lance Burgos of Baton Rouge, La., was enjoying a weekend camping trip to Louisiana’s Lake Fausse Point State Park with his 11-year-old daughter Evan on Saturday when a jug line in a nearby canal caught their eye. […]

Picks for Pickwick — Best bets for crappie

April 1, 2016 Phillip Gentry

April is a great month to be fishing crappie at Pickwick Lake. And these guides tell you the patterns that will fill the boat. […]

The author had a hand in catching these 32 redear that weighed 34 pounds at Trace State Park near Pontotoc. They were bedding in the shady backend of a shallow cove.

Get ready for redear — Expert fishing tips for redear bream

April 1, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Plop! The first cast of a worm-filled hook, sinker and small cork hit the shallow water of the Old Natchez Trace Lake at Trace State Park with a light sound. […]

Winning the weed wars

April 1, 2016 Hal Schramm

The time when aquatic vegetation starts growing in ponds is about a month off. Because prevention is usually more effective and less expensive than cure, it’s a good time to be thinking about vegetation management. […]

More public funds are needed to continue and increase the raising and stocking of freshwater fish for Mississippi’s public waters. MDWFP runs the North Mississippi Fish Hatchery at Enid raising millions of fingerlings from hybrid stripes to Magnolia crappie.

What HB 1151 will mean for us

April 1, 2016 Paul Johnson

Did you know that zero tax dollars goes into the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks? I didn’t — until today. […]

Wesley Cummings of Booneville set a new Mississippi record for yellow perch with this 1.46-pounder from Pickwick Lake.

Crappie angler jerks record perch

March 29, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

It is true that calling a crappie fisherman a perch jerker is incorrect 99.99999 percent of the time.

On Monday, March 21, Wesley Cummings of Booneville was a member of the other .00001 percent. […]

Full moon = bedding bream

March 24, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

When redear and bluegill are bedding, you can find them sharing the same areas. There’s a good chance you’ll find them after a full moon. […]

Fishing Grenada Lake March is all about understanding water levels, which can vary widely, and how different levels impact fish behavior. Rising waters cover ideal crappie spawning habitat and fishermen follow the rise into the productive areas.

Flood-control lakes present crappie fishing challenge

March 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Dereck Redwine is an engineering technician who works at the dam on Grenada Lake. It’s his job to maintain proper water levels at the big U.S. Army Corps of Engineers flood control project. […]