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June 19, 2026

Joey Davis sealed the deal on these two beauties with a green hornet Matrix Shad fishing a shallow sandbar adjacent to a deep bend in a bayou.

Two surefire tactics for specks

November 13, 2014 Sam Davis

Sometimes you just have to see it to believe it.

There’s no way I would’ve believed a speckled trout could be caught in another boat’s prop wash until I saw it with my own two eyes. […]

Wooden lures can be real fish magnets, but it’s important to choose the materials carefully to ensure you get your money’s worth.

Top ways to get the most out of hand-carved lures

November 12, 2014 Tony Garitta

Fishermen should be as demanding as professional baseball players in choosing their lumber for their sport. […]

The author loads his Abu Garcia Silver Max reels with a system of presets so when he breaks off he is still in the game with a quick tie-on of another crankbait.

A lesson on loading line

November 9, 2014 Paul Johnson

Hot dog! It’s late October and the crappie are absolutely burning it up, friend.

Now is the time to load up on some of the year’s biggest, most-aggressive white perch. I’m not kidding, friend. November is one of the top two or three months of the entire year to catch quantity and quality crappie. […]

Spraying foam insulation inside net handles not only makes them buoyant, but also more quiet in the boat, according to Capt. Mike Gallo with Angling Adventures of Louisiana.

Spray foam inside handle makes net buoyant

November 9, 2014 Patrick Bonin

Necessity is the mother of invention, and Capt. Mike Gallo was in desperate need of a solution. […]

Sidney Montgomery caught this Chotard Lake bass at the mouth of the small spring glowing and flowing in the background.

Fall bass on a ‘spring’ pattern

November 7, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Softly trickling over the exposed roots of a tree, a small stream of clear spring water was spilling into the calm dark waters of Lake Chotard. […]

Brian and Carter Reid, 6, hold Carter’s two bass he caught at a family pond in Lizana. He was so excited after catching the first that he hurried back to drop another line. As soon as the bait hit the water the second bass was on the line!

Top 5 fishing picks

November 7, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

With so much focus shifting to the fall and winter hunting seasons, it’s easy to overlook some of the hottest fishing action of the year on Mississippi’s waters. […]

You have to count lateral line scales to tell this Choctaw bass from a spotted bass.

Choctaw bass or not?

November 6, 2014 Hal Schramm

In 2007, fishery researchers Brandon Barthel, John Knight and Mike Tringali at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute were conducting genetic analysis of black bass in Florida Panhandle rivers when they found a DNA profile from a Chipola River specimen that didn’t match any other known black bass. […]

Hobie Mirage Pro Angler 17T

November 1, 2014 Mississippi Sportsman

With plenty of space for standing, casting and fly fishing in comfort, the Hobie Mirage Pro Angler 17T kayak offers traditional in-line tandem seating, face-to-face social seating or solo seating […]

Crappie Trailers

November 1, 2014 Mississippi Sportsman

Normally used as an add-on to other crappie lures such as tube jigs or small crappie spinner baits, Crappie Trailers from The Crappie Psychic, LLC feature a beveled design that creates greater bait action and generates more strikes. […]

Soft-Dine XL

November 1, 2014 Mississippi Sportsman

Paul Brown’s extremely popular Soft-Dine is now available in a new larger size. The 3 ¼-inch Soft-Dine XL is designed for fishing the shallows and catching trophy-size trout and redfish. […]

Jerry Pounders of Columbus is a man of God first and a catfisherman second. He loves to catch trophy-sized flathead catfish from Pickensville Lake near his home.

Pounders picks apart Pickensville — Best catfishing tactics for Tenn-Tom’s Aliceville Pool

November 1, 2014 Phillip Gentry

For Jerry Pounders of Columbus, catching catfish out of the Tenn-Tom waterway comes second nature. His first calling is in the service of the Lord as a youth pastor at Zion Assembly Church of God, but fishing isn’t far behind and he manages to find time to fish with his brother Joey. […]

Coastal touchdown — Top fishing tips for speckled trout and redfish

November 1, 2014 Sam Davis

Cooler weather brings the coast’s specks and reds into Bay St. Louis, and they come in hungry and ready to bite. Here’s how to load up. […]