Lakes and reservoirs go through annual cycles. Some of the changes are obvious; others are subtle, even invisible to the angler. These changes affect the distribution and feeding behavior of your favorite game fish. […]
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. […]
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? […]
As Sardis Lake fishermen prepare for what is predicted to be a great month of crappie fishing, state fisheries director Ron Garavelli offers some ominous October advice. […]
Perhaps it is time for the fishing team, Never Satisfied, to consider a name change. […]
The 2013 Bassmaster Central Opens will stop in Mississippi, when Ross Barnett Reservoir will host the tournament circuit’s final event on Oct. 17-19, 2013, B.A.S.S. announced. […]
As we have many times in the past few years when we need fillets quickly for a weekend fish fry, my partner and I hooked up the boat and headed to Calling Panther Lake near Crystal Springs Wednesday (Sept. 19).
The 500-acre Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks lake didn’t let us down. Using spinning gear, 8-pound fluorocarbon leader off 10-pound braid, and drop shot worms, we quickly started picking off our targets — undersized bass that are in great number in Panther.
So much so that MDWFP biologists urge fishermen to take as many as they want, up to 30 apiece a day, of bass under 20 inches. […]
A July press release from Johnson Outdoors Marine Electronics begins, “Continuing the evolution of GPS trolling-motor navigation, Minn Kota’s i-Pilot Link utilizes GPS technology and ethernet connectivity to achieve new levels of boat control.”
Having attended a webinar on this new system, I was already thinking about how much that opening sentence is going to mean to fishermen. […]
Smallmouth bass wear the moniker of “smallies” as if they have a chip on their shoulder — something to prove. What they lack in size, they make up for in brute strength and feisty attitude.
And they patrol stretches of Pickwick as if daring anything to invade their backyard.
“Pickwick is not the only place in Mississippi to catch a smallmouth bass,” Iuka’s Roger Stegall said. “But the size of the lake and the smallmouths population concentration make it the best Mississippi water to consider.” […]
A 54-year-old Biloxi man died in a boating accident in the Mississippi Sound early this morning (Sept. 16), the Sun Herald reported. […]
Red minnows will be in this month, as well as bull tarpon, redfish, cobia, king mackerel and Spanish mackerel. […]
The bass are moving out of their deepwater summer patterns and into shallow water in September. Two patterns — fishing the riprap and the lily pads — will work all month, but they’ll probably produce better in the middle and at the end of the month. […]
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