Anchoring in the Mississippi River requires more planning than just dropping anchor and landing where you want. The aforementioned current, so important to catching catfish, plays havoc on boat positioning. Once settled, it can also be difficult to unhook due to the force of the current on the boat. […]
To alter the way his crankbait behaves in the water, Bernie Schultz adds lead Suspend Dots to the underside – fore and aft of the front hook hanger. This decreases buoyancy and slows the rate at which the bait rises when he pauses the retrieve.
The recent announcement of B’n’M’s new Duck Commander Series of crappie fishing poles has taken the angling world by storm, although some remain skeptical of the qualifications of well-known duck hunters.
Getting there: Grenada Lake is located just east of I-55 in the heart of North Mississippi and is the second in line of Mississippi’s I-55 corridor lakes — Barnett Reservoir near Jackson, Grenada, Enid, Sardis and Arkabutla. Take Exit 206 off of I-55 to reach the town of Grenada, for which the lake is named. […]
B’n’M pro Kent Driscoll, a noted crankbait angler, began tearing apart northern walleye tactics to see if they would work for crappie. […]
What a great spring season for monster — I mean as big as they grow — slab crappie here in Mississippi.
Bob Crosby of Madison has been fishing the Mississippi River along the outskirts of the town of Vicksburg for nearly 15 years. The success Crosby found over the years created the desire to share his knowledge and the adventure of hauling in trophy-sized blue catfish. […]
Life is full of assumptions, but to the open-minded, opportunity springs abundant. Take, for example, crankbaits. Mention that lure category and most anglers will start telling you their tales of big bass.
Think the crappie season ends after the spawn? Not so, at least not on many Mississippi waters where another even more productive pattern starts — deep trolling with crankbaits on the main lake bodies.
Lake Washington, recently ranked by the website Fishhound.com as one of the top 10 crappie fishing lakes in the country, could see even better fishing soon. […]
When crappie favor minnows, either on bare hooks or jigs, keeping your live baits alive is of paramount importance. Live wells will do the trick, but when they are situated at the stern fishermen kill a lot of time walking back and forth for reach replacements. […]
Just when the stage was set for one of the best crappie spawning seasons ever on Barnett Reservoir, Mother Nature had a different idea that has many fishermen concerned. […]
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