Meridian is steeped in history as a railroad town. From the diversity of railroad-related commerce to the Singing Brakeman Jimmy Rogers, the Queen City is the hub of Lauderdale County. […]
It’s July — thank goodness. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t be singing the praises of the coming Mississippi summer with all our hot weather, but, based on the last few months of unprecedented cold and windy conditions, I’m glad to see summer finally get here. […]
The age old adage goes “There is more than one way to skin a cat,” but they forgot to mention that first you have to catch the cat. […]
Two weeks into his retirement, Ron Garavelli is reeling in the benefits of his 28 years as Mississippi’s chief of fisheries. […]
In Oklahoma, where they shoot TV shows about the sport, it is called noodling.
In Mississippi, it is called either grabbing, or, more correctly, grabbling. […]
Widely known as a leader in the crappie- and panfish-fishing rod industry, West Point-based B’n’M Poles unveiled a new line of exclusive cat fishing rods earlier this year. […]
Since the few anglers who do target catfish on Pickwick are most interested in trophy blues or eating-sized channels, the sleeper within a sleeper species is flathead catfish. […]
Fishing for trophy blue and flathead catfish around structure is tough on your terminal tackle. Break-offs are pretty frequent, requiring anglers to retie leaders and hooks. […]
There are two ways to catch stripers and hybrid bass. Here are the basics. […]
Many of the surface schools you find in late May or early June will be the fish stocked the previous year, and they will not have reached the legal size limit of 15 inches. […]
Striped bass and hybrid striped bass are counted together, with an aggregate limit of six per fishermen allowed each day. There is a 15-inch minimum length limit on both. […]
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