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June 7, 2026

Sustaining quality fishing in aging reservoirs will require providing good habitat for bass and for anglers.

Enhance habitat, fish will respond

June 7, 2018 Hal Schramm

Table Rock Lake is a 43,100-acre impoundment on the White River in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas and Missouri that was built in 1958. […]

Capt. Brent Ballay and Meredith Ballay, of Cast n Blast Fishing Charters in Venice, La., both accomplished anglers, recommend Cool Breeze performance shirts.

Record-breaking heat – and summer just started

June 5, 2018 Mississippi Sportsman

Three things you should know when fishing in the heat. […]

Due to under-reporting, the annual commercial speck quota had been met before the end of the first season.

State’s 2nd commercial speck season did not open June 1

June 4, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

After learning the speckled trout quota for the entire year had been met, Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced last week that the second phase of the commercial speck season would not open Friday (June 1) as scheduled. […]

Gene Larew’s Bass Shooter was designed to be ‘shot’ back up under docks where bass hide.

Shoot that thang!

June 1, 2018 David A. Brown

If skipping simply frustrates you — or perhaps you’re teaching kids or other beginners — don’t fret; take a page from the crappie angler’s handbook and “shoot” your baits under the cover. […]

Shimano Exage baitcasting rods

June 1, 2018 Mississippi Sportsman

Fishermen ready to get a jump on bass this summer have a line of Shimano baitcasting rods to choose from that carry the usual Shimano quailty with a reasonable price tag. […]

Kahara Diving Frog

June 1, 2018 Mississippi Sportsman

The Kahara Diving Frog is a great summertime bass lure, especially on waters that get choked with surface weeds this time of year. Unlike traditional hollow-body frog lures which stay on the surface full time, this one dives underwater, and even under lily pads every time the angler moves the lure. It then floats back to the surface when anglers pause their retrieve. […]

Catfish guide David Magness urges Magnolia state anglers not to overlook the great catfishing available in Mississippi’s big reservoir lakes.

Put the move on Mississippi’s corridor cats

June 1, 2018 Phillip Gentry

Anyone who has spent any amount of time fishing on one of the flood-control lakes along Mississippi’s I-55 corridor has witnessed boats trolling back and forth with rods hanging off their sides.

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