Freshwater Fishing Archives - Page 64 of 86

Waterfront property is a dream come true for many people, but it’s important to minimize the impact development has on fish habitat.

Fish camps need fish

January 1, 2013 Hal Schramm

Waterfront property is a valuable commodity, and a house by the water is a dream come true for many anglers. […]

MCC members Jimmy and Ricky Smith shown on T-Day at Ross Barnett with a couple of white perch as big as they grow.

Happy New Year! Can you believe it? We’re punching out 2012 and knocking on the 2013 door. My, how time flies when you’re having fun and getting older. The Thanksgiving and Christmas celebrations are behind us, and we’re ringing in the New Year as you read this crappie colum […]

Spillway Spectacular

December 28, 2012 Phillip Gentry

“The colder the weather, the better the fishing gets” is the way professional angler Kent Driscoll describes the crappie fishing behind the dam at Ross Barnett Reservoir. […]

Biologists are urging Davis Lake crappie fishermen to take the daily limit of fish as often as possible to help reduce an overpopulation and improve fishing.

Davis Lake crappie overpopulated, need thinning out

December 20, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Crappie continue to dominate the statewide fishing report, with quality slabs coming from the oxbows like Eagle, Chotard and Ferguson lakes, but there’s a lake in Northeast Mississippi that is producing better quantity.

But as good as the bite is, Davis Lake is not getting great reviews.

An anonymous writer to MS-Sportsman.com this week was concerned about the overall condition of the crappie fishery at the 200-acre lake operated by the U.S. Forest Service. His e-mail: […]

Locating schools of baitfish either on the surface or with sonar electronics is a quick way to find concentrations of crappie

Mississippi Two-Step — How to catch crappie on oxbow lakes

December 16, 2012 Phillip Gentry

“You can tell it’s starting to turn winter around here,” laughs Tim Carpenter, owner of Eagle Lake Lodge and Outfitters near Vicksburg. […]

Terry and Don Stewart show off the biggest fish in their winning catch of 15.05 pounds at a Magnolia Crappie Club Tournament on Eagle Lake last weekend.

Eagle Lake’s back: Old oxbow again a must-do crappie trip

December 14, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Terry Stewart had a lot to brag about this week after the day he and his dad had Saturday (Dec. 8) in the Magnolia Crappie Club tournament at Eagle Lake, which they won with a 7-fish limit weighing 15.05 pounds.

But instead of crowing about their victory, Stewart was singing the praises of the old oxbow lake that has made a giant turnaround.
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Golden’s go-to bait during the winter is a made-over Sassy Shad body rigged on a 1/10-ounce football head jig.

Crappie re-baits

December 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

When asked which tactics and baits he preferred to land big Grenada crappie during the winter drawdown months, Lakeway Archery & Outfitters owner Jason Golden didn’t mince words. In fact, he has just one favorite tactic and one favorite bait. […]

Lakeway has been a sportsman’s icon in the Grenada Lake area for over 20 years and has evolved from a convenience store and bait shop to a full service hunting and fishing headquarters.

Lakeway Archery & Outfitters

December 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Over 20 years ago, as an enterprising young sportsman, Jason Golden opened Lakeway Sporting Goods as a convenience store that sold fishing supplies on the side. […]

The winter months offer the best opportunities to catch big bass because fishing pressure declines.

Bass catchability

December 1, 2012 Hal Schramm

December marks the beginning of my favorite time to be bass fishing. No, I don’t like the challenge of being so cold it hurts, being stuffed into so many layers of clothing that it’s hard to move or the thrill of falling into 45-degree water. […]

Fishing might have been tough in October, but by December crappie should be in pre-winter feeding frenzies.
inset: Flowood’s Randy Morrow caught this fall crappie fishing with the author.

Mix it up this month

December 1, 2012 Paul Johnson

I just love this time of the year! Crappie fishing is never better, as far as I am concerned — including the ever-popular spring season. I said it before: Crappie, during this time of the year, “feed up.” The shorter days and cooling water temps signal freshwater fish that winter, with its hard times, is right around the corner. […]

Jason Golden of Lakeway Sporting Goods in Grenada suggested another look at Grenada Lake was in order to reveal a winter drawdown crappie fishery like no other.

Crappie fishing hotspots — Grenada Lake Encore

December 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Back in March of this year, the Mississippi Sportsman Crappie Hotspot Series made a stop at the official home of the 3-pound crappie, Grenada Lake, and provided 10 hotspots for spring crappie fishing and tips on how to catch them. […]

Sharing a common border with both Alabama and Tennessee, this month we pick the pockets of Shoals Area Crappie Association angler Darrell Keil to find out his favorite 10 crappie fishing hotspots for Pickwick Lake.

Crappie Hotspots – Pickwick Lake

November 21, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Located at the most-northern reach of the Tom-Bigbee Waterway, Pickwick Lake is synonymous with crappie fishing to many anglers in the tri-state areas of Northeast Mississippi, Northwest Alabama, and Southern Tennessee.

Pickwick’s clear waters are in stark contrast to most of Mississippi’s other notable crappie lakes, but its reputation as a slab crappie fishery is well earned.

As cooler weather settles in for the season, two things occur that help crappie anglers hone in on their favorite game fish. With flood control as one of the lake’s primary objectives, the Tennessee Valley Authority begins drawing the impoundment down to winter pool. In reaction to both the receding and cooling water, crappie tend to congregate along the main channels of Pickwick’s major tributaries. […]