Freshwater Fishing
Bluegill Spawning
Bream, sunfish, bluegill — call them what you will. There are many species of sunfish, and bream include different sunfish among different anglers. This is about bluegill. […]
Freshwater Fishing
As Big As they Grow
The Rez cranking out crappie
Summer crappie fishing can be challenging. It’s hot, the bugs are out, the fish seem content not biting your best lure, there are lots of “weekender” boaters and jet skis everywhere, and did I mention it’s hot? On the other hand, smart crappie fishermen use what summer gives us to our advantage. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Born To Run
The secret to catching fish, any fish, is to be where they want to be. […]
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Born To Run
The secret to catching fish, any fish, is to be where they want to be. To be successful in this endeavor you have to locate the fish and, hopefully, entice them into eating, or at least biting, what you have to offer.
In the middle of last summer, Zachary Young and his pal Brad Chappell found themselves situated between steps two and three while fishing the lower portion of Ross Barnett Reservoir. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Make it, take it
Establishing a put, grow and take fishery in an impounded reservoir might sound easy, but there are challenges. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Side imaging
The original design and purpose of sonar hasn’t changed much, despite the growing tide of newer sonar units that offer side imaging, structure scan and even down scan. […]
Freshwater Fishing
On the right track
Starting back in 2008, a cooperative study between the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the University of Mississippi was begun to target and study the seasonal movements of crappie in the local reservoirs. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie Club update
The Magnolia Crappie Club closed out our 2011-12 season with the State Championship tournament at Eagle/Chotard lakes in late June. […]
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Crappie Hotspots Series – Sardis Lake
Modern technology has certainly paved the way for turning a large number of fishermen into “catchermen.” Still there are days when it seems there’s not a fish to be found. […]
As Big As they Grow
Everybody’s catching fish at Enid
The summer crappie pattern is on. Talk about a hot bite — brother, it’s been hot on the lake in more ways than one the last few weeks. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Doing the crappie jig
Now I’d be the first to admit that, at my age, my dancing days are over, but I sure do love to slip a bright colored, fluffy-tailed jig hook down into some prime crappie cover. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Mississippi Freshwater Grand Slam
Wham! Something whacked the lipless crankbait, mid-pump, as I worked it on a submerged roadbed on Lake Albemarle, the old Mississippi River oxbow. […]