Fishing
Rockport Rattler
With its unique rattle chamber, light reflecting eyes that work well in both clear and muddy water and variety of colors and sizes, the Rockport Rattler separates itself from the rest. […]
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Crappie Hotspot: Columbus Lake
Located within the Golden Triangle of Northeast Mississippi, this month’s Mississippi crappie hotspot is none other than Columbus Lake. Referred to by the locals as Possum Town Lake, Columbus is impounded by the seventh of 10 locks along the Tenn-Tom Waterway. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie Masters National Championship
During the week of Oct. 1–6 the population of the Columbus area will increase substantially, as more than 200 boats from 21 states will converge on the area to compete in the 2012 Crappie Masters National Championship tournament. […]
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Transient Treasures: Catching tripletail just a matter of keeping a sharp eye out
Tripletail have made an impression on Capt. Kenny Shiyou.
“I tell everybody: ‘If I was a wealthy man, that’s all I would fish,’” Shiyou swore. […]
Inshore Fishing
Anglers wanted for tripletail tagging program
Tripletail are considered a coastal pelagic species, but studies suggest they don’t follow the same migratory pattern as cobia. […]
Inshore Fishing
Tripletail tips and tricks
Tripletail are more of a “luck” fish, but Capt. Kenny Shiyou has learned a few tricks of the trade that he believes puts him on more fish. […]
Bass Fishing
Pitch-black Magnum: Tips to catch nighttime bass on huge worms
As the last rays of light faded away at dusk, a seasoned angler cast a magnum worm into the depths and let it glide slowly toward the bottom some 15 to 17 feet down. […]
New Products
Max Bait Trays keep trolling baits cool but not soggy
Danny Sykes was tired of having soggy baits, but he needed to rig his offshore trolling baits the night before to be ready for hot action when he went fishing off the North Carolina coast. That began his quest for a cooler insert that would protect baits from falling into the water from the melting ice, but not block the cold the baits needed to stay fresh. From this desire, the basics for Max Bait Trays were born. […]
Bass Fishing
Late spawner turns out to be Okatibbee Lake record
Okatibbee Lake has garnered a reputation among many locals as The Big O, The Dead Sea and a few other less-desirable names, as it traditionally has been a tough place to catch bass. While the crappie population has thrived with thousands of limits of perch caught each year, catching bass has been a problem for all but the most-accomplished anglers.
But Mississippi State University Bass Club member Taylor Odom proved in May that the lake holds some beastly bass when he sank a hook into a lake-record fish — a 10-pounder that bested the old record by a solid pound. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
River monsters, Part II
Last week, I told you a story from the Mississippi River involving a rather large paddlefish, caught in the middle of its paddle with a tail-spinner artificial lure. […]
Fishing
Clean your displays inside and out
Who hasn’t mistaken the shadow of a water spot on an LCD screen for a fish, waypoint or radar target? Or was it a smear of sunscreen lotion or insect repellent left by a fingertip? Hopefully it wasn’t a permanent scratch, crack, craze or other scar.
And the growing popularity of touch screens in marine electronics is increasing the hand-screen contact problem. […]
Bass Fishing
Neshoba County Lake just right to beat the heat
When limited by heat to only a few hours of quality fishing a day, the state lake system of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks is an excellent choice. […]