Bass Fishing
Finesse beats size in battle of the worms
After fishing the first dawn hour for the frog bite, it was time to target something else. The sun had broken through the fog and was over the trees on the bank. […]
Fishing
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Yo-yo catfish
No one would ever mistake Don Drane for a rap star. When Drane says yo-yo catfish, that’s exactly what he’s talking about – catching catfish, and plenty of them, on a simple, spring loaded fishing device. In Drane’s opinion, there’s no better place to do it than Lake Washington in the Delta and no better time than right now. […]
Fishing
How to get the best cartography on your chart plotter’s screen
Back when the earliest digital maps for freshwater lakes began to appear on chart plotter screens, I was struck by how different they were. […]
Fishing
Encore Bentley introduces aluminum catamarans
There’s a new cat prowling the waters this fall and it has an excellent lineage. Encore Boat Builders, manufacturer of Encore Bentley Pontoons, has entered the small fishing boat and runabout market with an all-welded catamaran named the Sun Cat. A 16 foot model will be officially introduced at the company’s dealer show on Sept. 16 and an 18 foot model will soon follow. […]
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State’s gray snapper record falls within a month
Mississippi may have a new saltwater record for longevity, as in the shortest time that a state record fish was indeed a record fish. […]
Crappie/Bream
Commanding crappie
What do the guys from Duck Commander do when they aren’t filming the nation’s number one TV show or building duck calls? They fish for crappie. […]
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No-wake changes proposed at Barnett Reservoir
A much-requested change in no-wake zones on the upper Pearl River part of Barnett Reservoir has been given first approval. […]
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Angler’s pick: Fishing is great for bass, crappie and catfish
The freak cold front that knocked the top edge off the summer heat certainly helped fishermen this week all around Mississippi. […]
Bass Fishing
Plenty of ways and places to catch August bass at the Rez
Just like everywhere else in Mississippi, August is a very tough month to catch bass on the Rez. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie guides help researchers tag fish
The crappie tracking project aimed at learning more about crappie spawning areas began at Sardis Reservoir where biologists, who knew tons about the fish but not as much about fishing, ran into a problem with collecting enough fish for the study. […]
Freshwater Fishing
August crappie-fishing forecast
The most-commonly recommended techniques for catching mobile crappie in August are all trolling tactics — power trolling, tight-lining double minnow rigs and trolling crankbaits. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Study is like finding a needle in a haystack
While following a bunch of radio transmitter-outfitted fish around all day might seem like an attempt at herding cats, Ole Miss graduate student Dylan Williams, who handled much of the legwork of the study, said it’s all in a day’s work. […]