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Sidney Montgomery wrestles the author's large paddlefish on board.

Surprise fish makes for memorable moment

July 26, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Every fisherman remembers his or her biggest fish.

Everybody remembers their oddest fish. […]

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources' Artificial Reef Bureau has extended Katrina Key westward to provide more fishing habitat.

Katrina Key fishing reef extended

July 25, 2012 From News Reports

Katrina Key, a fishing reef created after Hurricane Katrina, has been extended by several hundred yards by the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ Artificial Reef Bureau. […]

Bobby Cleveland with a white bass caught on ultra-light gear in a jetty break on the Mississippi River.

Mississippi River insanity

July 24, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Even with the Mississippi River at near-record low stages, James Turner of Vicksburg was still confident that at least one of his favorite jetties would be productive. […]

Ken Lowry admires a healthy young bass pulled from Tibbiee Creek, where it enters the west side of Columbus Lake.

Consistent Columbus

July 23, 2012 David Hawkins

If bass fishing is your business, or just a pastime, Columbus Lake is a definite destination for you. […]

Bass pro Pete Ponds' favorite "hunting" lure on small bodies of water is the Bandit Square Bill series. The lure helps find fish that are moving in changing weather and water conditions.

For anglers, it’s hunting season

July 17, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

This crazy summer weather in Mississippi has forced bass fishermen to become creative in their efforts to consistently find and stay on fish. […]

Cobia are prowling the coast this month, just begging to be caught.

Gulf Coast chock full of tarpon

July 16, 2012 John E. Phillips

Strictly Business Fishing Charters owner Michael Moore has a summertime motto: “If you want to go on a short trip in July, we can catch fish; and if you want to go on a long trip, we can catch fish too.” […]

Don’t sit at home when the sun goes down — head to Bay Springs Lake for some hot action.

The dark side of Bay Springs Lake

July 16, 2012 Paul Elias

During July, I like to fish Bay Springs at night because the weather’s hot. Also, the bass — largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass — will feed better at night than they do in the daytime. […]

Shaking things up

July 16, 2012 Michael O. Giles

Charles Ellis fished his way around a riprap point while making pinpoint casts with a 4×4 Shaky Head rig and finesse worm. […]

This photo genuinely shows a monstrous speckled trout, but it's not a state-record fish as Internet reports have suggested. Instead it was one of the brood fish from the Mississippi Gulf Coast Research Lab.

‘Record’ trout no record at all

July 13, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Internet reports of a new Mississippi record speckled trout weighing 13.9 pounds are untrue, biologists said, shooting down stories that include a photograph of a monster fish. […]

Give bass pro Pete Ponds of Madison an overcast day in the summer and he'll give largemouth a taste of his favorite frog, the Mississippi-made Scum Dog.

Fishermen, like farmers, enjoying wet weather

July 13, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Summer in Mississippi isn’t supposed to be like this. We went from torrid, record-breaking heat in June to an almost immediate change to wet and mild in July. […]

Rabbit Rogers can quickly fill a box with slab crappie in the heat of a summer's day on Barnett Reservoir.

Crappie fishing cool on hot day

July 11, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

The challenge for Rabbit Rogers that July day was to prove that yes, you can indeed catch crappie, and a lot of them, in the hottest part of summer, baking in sunshine in the heart of Barnett Reservoir. […]

Bass are still active, even when summer temperatures drive anglers the water.

Is it too hot for bass in July?

July 9, 2012 John J. Woods

I’ve heard many an angler bemoan the summer months for fishing in Mississippi. I mean, there is no escaping that the atmospheric conditions usually prevailing this time of year in terms of the ambient temperature, as well as the humidity (which can be the worst of the two comfort factors), keep many fishermen at the house under the air conditioning. […]