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King mackerel fishing is so good off the Mississippi coast that it attracts the Southern Kingfish Association on an annual basis.

October fishing at the Gulf Coast

October 15, 2012 John E. Phillips

This month fishing all along the coast really turns on as the temperatures drop. Here is a rundown of the options: […]

Bogue Homa Lake is known for a lot of smaller fish, but there are some big bass prowling about the reservoir.

Bet on Bogue Homa this month

October 15, 2012 Paul Elias

Restocked about four years ago, Bogue Homa Lake is really producing a lot of bass, with a few weighing 5 to 7 pounds. Bogue Homa is about 1,000 acres with plenty of grass, lily pads and cypress trees, as well as well-defined creek channels with stumps sitting in them. […]

Missouri’s Travis and Charles Bunting won the 2012 Crappie Masters National Championship held Oct. 5-6 on the Tombigbee Waterway. Photo courtesy of Tim Huffman

Father-son team win CrappieMasters Classic

October 11, 2012 Richard Wiman

For the first time in CrappieMasters history, a father/son team won the circuit’s championship that was held Oct. 5-6 on the Tenn-Tom Waterway near Columbus. […]

Bay Springs has produced spotted bass over 7 pounds, but anglers stand a better chance of landing 4- and 5-pound spots.

Back to the Future: Spotted bass are the stars on Bay Springs Lake

October 10, 2012 Chris Ginn

Although he didn’t know it at the time, Roger Stegall got a glimpse into the future while he frantically tried to find a fifth fish to finish a limit during a Red Man tournament back in 1991.

After launching at Bay Springs that morning, the Iuka-based professional bass angler ran up to Pickwick Lake to catch most of his fish.

That effort left him one fish short.

He made the 35-mile run back to Bay Springs hoping he could catch just one more bass. […]

The biggest striper of the day was 19 inches and about 3 pounds, caught on a 200 Series Bandit.

Finally, a limit of stripes

October 4, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

They weren’t big, with the biggest pushing 3 pounds and 19 inches and the smallest barely exceeding the 15-inch minimum […]

Mike McMurtrey and Paul Johnson show off some Barnett crappie. No State or World Records here, but there is a box full of slab white crappie.

State and world records

October 1, 2012 Paul Johnson

When checking out at the Academy Sports & Outdoors store in Ridgeland recently, the cashier put a free copy of “Mississippi Outdoor Digest” magazine in my sack full of crankbaits. This magazine is produced by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks once a year. […]

Brothers, Ricky and Johnny Smith from the Brookhaven area hold four nice crappie. Can you tell which one is a black crappie?

Some other state records I think I can beat

October 1, 2012 Paul Johnson

The smallest state record fish is the longear sunfish at only 0.21 pounds. How hard can it be to beat 0.21 pounds? I mean, shoot, a good-sized crappie minnow weighs more than that, doesn’t it? […]

Four hundred crappie anglers are expected to participate in the Crappie Masters National Championship to be held on the Tenn-Tom Waterway this month.

Crappie Masters National Championship to be held on Tenn-Tom Waterway

October 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

The 2012 Bass Pro Shops Crappie Masters National Championship will be held Oct. 5-6 on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway near Columbus. Some 200 teams and 400 competitors will be vying for the $150,000 in cash and prizes — and the championship title.

The week of events begins with the anglers meeting and greeting the public on Oct. 2 at the Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau office from 6:30 to 8 p.m. […]

One of the few things that will get Magnolia Crappie Club angler Andy Tackett out of the woods in October is the hot fall crappie pattern on the lower end of Ross Barnett Reservoir.

Crappie Hotspot Series: Lower Ross Barnett Reservoir

October 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

For Carrollton angler Andy Tackett, the list of things that can get him out of the deer woods during October is short. But what is on that list is the hot crappie action that’s found on his home lake of Ross Barnett Reservoir. […]

Back to the Future: Spotted bass are the stars on Bay Springs Lake

October 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Although he didn’t know it at the time, Roger Stegall got a glimpse into the future while he frantically tried to find a fifth fish to finish a limit during a Red Man tournament back in 1991.

After launching at Bay Springs that morning, the Iuka-based professional bass angler ran up to Pickwick Lake to catch most of his fish.

That effort left him one fish short.

He made the 35-mile run back to Bay Springs hoping he could catch just one more bass. […]

Roger Stegall shows that anglers fishing for spots at Bay Springs are sometimes surprised by smallmouth bass.

Smallmouth bass a pleasant Bay Springs Lake surprise

October 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

Bay Springs Lake doesn’t harbor very many secrets when it comes to the spotted bass fishing, but Iuka bass pro and guide Roger Stegall said it might surprise some anglers to learn that they have a good chance of catching a smallmouth bass on some of the same baits they throw for spots. […]

During October, lots of spotted bass will be up shallow where they will smash small crankbaits and spinnerbaits.

Featureless canal between Pickwick and Bay Springs lakes full of spotted bass

October 1, 2012 Chris Ginn

With Pickwick Lake on its north end and Bay Springs Lake directly to its south, the narrow canal connecting the two shouldn’t feel too badly if it flies completely under the radar. […]