Big Bass
14-3: Angler breaks Neshoba County Lake record
Austin Vowell said he’d fought all the wind he wanted after two hours Tuesday morning, fishing at Neshoba County Lake at Philadelphia, so he decided to quit and fish his way out. […]
Fishing
Fishing
LIVETARGET Swimbait Series
There’s an array of new swimbait models from LiveTarget that come in multiple sizes and color patterns designed under the theme of life-like lures. Six freshwater forage types were built around shiners, perch, herring, threadfin shad, gizzard shad and trout. […]
Bass Fishing
Max motion — How swim-head jigs increase bass bites
In a lake, there is no takeout menu, no vending machines, no Amazon. If you’re a bass, what you got is what you got. […]
Catfish
Singing the blues — Keys to the Mississippi River’s monster catfish
Big catfish can be caught all year on the Big Muddy, if you know the techniques. And this professional guide doesn’t mind sharing his secrets. […]
Content
Hiding in plain sight
It’s crappie season in Mississippi, the most famous “perch jerking” state in the Union, where this time of the year on any major body of water you can find anglers nearly shoulder to shoulder hoping to catch a limit. […]
Catfish
These giant catfish have become pigeon hunters
Catfish are not picky eaters. They are known to eat a wide variety of foods, including seeds, crawfish, insects, frogs and other fish. When food is scarce they will even scour the bottom for decomposing fish or bugs. […]
Fishing
LiveTarget’s Swimbait Series
LiveTarget, with its industry-leading designs and award-winning artificial lures, has added to its growing family with soft-plastic swimbaits that — even in their earliest stages of design — fool the forage fish they resemble so closely. […]
Fishing
Serious electronics can be affordable
Unfortunately for our wallets, we can’t avoid some cost increases in electronics. They stem from new features appearing in each product generation that require more computer power and better screens. […]
Crappie/Bream
Bigger baits mean bigger crappie
With big baits, you weed out little fish. A lot of crappie fishermen believe bigger fish are more aggressive to larger baits. […]
Bass Fishing
Make a road trip for 10-pound bass
The nation’s No. 1 bass fishery is just a few hours across the Louisiana state line, but when is the best time to book a trip to catch one of Toledo Bend’s double-digit lunkers? […]
Field Notes
Slow lure fall key to February specks
Slowing the fall of your bait and focusing on flats during warm days will result in speckled trout bites this month. […]
Fishing
Xpress XBay 21 and 23
Fifty years ago, Xpress Boats changed the horizon of aluminum boat building by being the first to weld an aluminum boat. Later, it pioneered construction based on using longitudinal rib construction rather than cross ribs and injecting expandable foam to create a unibody platform that exceeded Coast Guard Standards and provided enhanced performance while dramatically reducing hull noise and increasing the overall safety of their boats. […]