Crappie/Bream
Getting ready to wade for crappie
A good pair of waders, an 8- or 9-foot rod and a box of jigs is all that’s required to get on some big crappie at Grenada this month. […]
Freshwater Fishing
As Big As they Grow
Lesson learned – Long-lining jigs for crappie at Okatibbee Lake
OK, I admit it: I’m not nearly as mad at the crappie as I used to be. Officially, I’m a senior citizen, and the older I get the less trouble I have passing up a trip to the lake. […]
Freshwater Fishing
The biology of the bass spawn
It’s March, so the bass will begin spawning in southern Mississippi. By the end of the month, assuming normal warming trends, the bass spawn will be in full swing in central Mississippi. […]
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Chest deep — Tips for wade-fishing for crappie
Grenada Lake lays claim to producing more trophy-sized crappie than any other fishery in the country, earning the nickname “Home of the 3-Pound Crappie” bestowed by a local tourism board. […]
Featured
Biologist lists fishing hot spots
State fisheries biologist Jerry Brown provided some behind-the-scenes information that can help fishermen choose hot spots this month, and even later in the year, in Central and Southwest Mississippi. […]
Freshwater Fishing
10 Tenn-Tom locks and dams
The Tenn-Tom waterway is composed of 10 locks, which are stretch from north to south along the waterway; […]
Freshwater Fishing
B’n’M Poles enters catfish pole market
About three years ago, West Point’s B’n’M Poles, made an expansion of their nearly exclusive crappie and panfish lines to include catfish rods. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 200 years in the making
The first known recommendation to build a water transportation route connecting the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers was made by a French explorer, the Marquis de Montcalm, to Louis XV of France between 1760 and 1770. […]
As Big As they Grow
Pre-spawn fishing strategies
Believe it or not, we’re quickly leaving winter fishing patterns and looking at those annual pre-spawn crappie catching patterns.
Yes, it has been a weird winter. We had the warmest December on record for Mississippi. I swear the pear trees around my house were budding on Christmas Day. […]
Catfish
Cool cats — Fishing tips for Tenn-Tom cats
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway — the Tenn-Tom for short — to complete a route connecting the Tennessee River to the Tombigbee River and eventually to the Gulf of Mexico. […]
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Ice-cold crappie — How to catch winter crappie at Okatibbee
Bruce Roberts trolled slowly with a crappie pole in each hand, searching for prespawn crappie while scanning his Humminbird down-imaging unit. […]
Catfish
The best tactic for more catfish
Back trolling is a good technique for putting catfish in the boat, and with the right tools it is a pretty easy procedure. […]