Freshwater Fishing
Making the trip to Maynor Creek
Location — Maynor Creek Water Park is located six miles west of Waynesboro off Highway 84. The street address is 1351 Reservoir Road, Waynesboro, Miss. GPS: N31 39.348 W88 43.329 […]
Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Other Maynor Creek fishing options
Maynor Creek is also known for good bass action, as well as producing plenty of catfish and bream. According to Shepard, the best bets for January fishing at Maynor Creek, in order, are crappie, bass, catfish, and bream. […]
Crappie/Bream
Offer a crappie a meal and it’ll eat
On small lakes like Maynor Creek, as well as big reservoirs, crappie will hold in the deepest water areas of the lake this month. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Find the sweet spots
Embankment dams are the most commonly built dams in the United States on both small lakes and large impoundments. Massive structures made of earth and rock, embankment dams rely on their heavy weight to resist the force of the water. […]
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Don’t forget fishing
If you think January is a good time to leave the rods and reels in storage, then you need to rethink that strategy. The two biggest largemouth bass on record in Mississippi were Anthony Denny’s state record of 18.15 caught on New Year’s Eve in 1992 at Natchez State Park and Jeff Foster’s 17.34-pounder landed on Jan. 3, 2012, at Davis Lake near Houlka. […]
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The big trout hunt
It’s a little-known fact but Mississippi waters have some fine speckled trout fishing. Here’s some tips for targeting big speckled trout. […]
As Big As they Grow
Game fish for sale, game fish for sale!
“Game fish for sale! Right here, right now! Get ’em while they’re hot! Bluegill crispies on a stick, crappie gumbo, and largemouth sushi — all right here — hurry, hurry, hurry — game fish for sale!” […]
Bass Fishing
Upping your chances for a trophy bass – Part I
Looking at catch records from individual lakes to try and identify some environmental cue that up chances of getting a big bass bite. […]
Fishing
LiveTarget Yearling
The LiveTarget Yearling BaitBall series delivers some of the most life-like lure patterns ever created using the intricate LiveTarget design elements for baitfish anatomy and color patterns. […]
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Mississippi’s Best State Fishing Lakes Series: Maynor Creek’s cold-water crappie
Entering the gate at Maynor Creek Water Park creates a big-lake feel with the hospitality of a well-run private outfitter. At 450 acres, the lake has enough room to offer all of the area an angler wants, yet it’s small enough that getting out of a cold north wind is much easier than if fishing on a big wide open impoundment. […]
Bass Fishing
Mister Twister Poc’it Hawg Raiser
A Texas bass angler’s bid to get back to the Bassmaster Classic depended heavily on a soft-plastic creature bait that few, if any, others had in their arsenal when they fished the B.A.S.S. Nation Championship on Nov. 6-8 on the Ouachita River. […]
Field Notes
How to choose the best jighead
Choosing the right jighead to match water depth and current can be much more important than the color, size or shape of the artificial lure you’re fishing. […]