Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 40 of 86

July 22, 2026

Herman Duckworth of Magee used this “customized” Bandit 300 to land a nice Barnett white perch last fall. The Bandit 300 runs about 14 feet deep behind the author’s boat.

Cranking favorites

October 8, 2015 Paul Johnson

“Tommy, when you headed to Sardis for our first tournament this season? Carrying any crankbaits?” asked fishing buddy Tommy Moss of Brandon.

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Big grins are what crappie fishing is all about.

Magnolia crappie update

October 5, 2015 Hal Schramm

Mississippi anglers love crappie. They love them so much, they want them everywhere — including the smaller state lakes and small private ponds.

That’s a problem. […]

October on Okatibbee — Best bets for crappie at Okatibbee

October 1, 2015 Phillip Gentry

With aid from state agencies, Okatibbee Lake in East Mississippi is red hot — and should be on any crappie anglers’ list of hotspots. […]

Scott Lewis scored first with a big, battle-scarred blue catfish.

Mississippi Monsters — Top fishing tips for Mississippi River catfish

October 1, 2015 Jerald Horst

It looked like a sea monster when it first came up.

The wide, slate-gray body did a rolling churn when it surfaced in the turbid Mississippi River water. […]

This feisty bass hit this crankbait in a cut under a bank just south of the Highway 11 Bridge at Petal.

Float plan — Fishing the Leaf River

October 1, 2015 David Hawkins

A fallen log with a root ball still attached and a gravel bar worked to form a deep hole right along the bank.

To the right was the rock bar. […]

Another white bass die-off was found to be behind a fish kill reported Sept. 17 at Sardis Lake. This is the third time this decade that white bass have suffered a die-off in the North Mississippi flood control reservoir.

White bass prominent in Sardis fish kill

September 30, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

A fish that lives on the move for most of its short life span that has never caught on as a popular game fish at Sardis Lake comprises 99 percent of a recent fish kill reported Sept. 17 at the North Mississippi flood control project. […]

Dropping a marker buoy will help you line up for effective jig brush piles and other structure.

Jigging tips

September 15, 2015 David A. Brown

Here are a few parting notes to complement your crappie jigging game:

• Color coordinated — Some prefer the simplicity of plain, unpainted leadheads, while others try to match head color to plastic bodies — or at least attain a general coordination or contrast. […]