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Signs the spawn is about to turn on
Wednesday (April 10) was the day that crappie fishermen started reporting the first true sign that the spawn is imminent at most of Mississippi’s perch-jerking hot spots. […]
Fishing
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Pending state-record speckled trout landed
David Floyd of Pascagoula is no stranger to catching big fish or holding state records. Floyd is the current record holder for permit in Mississippi, caught a 98-pound cobia last spring and has caught three speckled trout over 7 pounds in the last two years — two of those being 8-pounders. […]
Inshore Fishing
Mississippi’s mystery cobia
Cobia move from South Florida into Mississippi in late March and early April. After spawning off the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, they return to south Florida in the fall — or do they? […]
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Tuna trip is totally worth it
“Where is the best place to get good sushi?” the stranger asked. “About 120 miles that way,” Joey Davis said, gesturing to the southwest. Less than 48 hours later, Davis, Colton Wood and Hussein Zayed, all of Ocean Springs, were drifting cut bait on the Lump, south of Venice, La., in Zayed’s 27 Conch. […]
Catfish
Columbus Lake cats
The saying goes “April showers bring May flowers,” but for Joey and Jerry Pounders of Caledonia, Mississippi, April showers bring monster catfish. […]
Featured Story
Crappie forecast: 80-degree fun ahead
The weather crappie fishermen have been waiting for is finally in the long-range forecast for next week, and that has them ready to dance a jig. […]
Bass Fishing
Pre-spawn fun on this dog of a frog
SPLOOSH! With that one loud splash, a miserable morning on the water suddenly showed promise even though my plastic frog reappeared on the surface of the 200-acre lake.“Aw man, she missed it,” I hollered. […]
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Wind warriors
“Water, water, everywhere, and all the boards did shrink; water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink.” […]
Bass Fishing
Mississippi home to five of nation’s top 50 crappie lakes
Back in the CB radio era, interstate highways were nicknamed “superslabs.” […]
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Spring Fling — Catching limits of crappie is the norm at Okatibbee Lake this month
Okatibbee Lake has changed over recent years, but not the reservoir’s incredible crappie fishing. Here’s how to fill the boat. […]
Bass Fishing
Surefire post-spawn — How to catch sulking bass
Even though she doesn’t do most of the work, the rigors of ensuring the survival of her species take a lot out of a gal. […]
Bass Fishing
What does that bass weigh?
Small bass are judged by length. Whether you are measuring a bass to comply with a length-limit regulation or to surpass some self-imposed threshold for a fish you would keep (even if you don’t keep the fish), it’s a game of inches. […]