Freshwater Fishing
Make it, take it
Establishing a put, grow and take fishery in an impounded reservoir might sound easy, but there are challenges. […]
Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Side imaging
The original design and purpose of sonar hasn’t changed much, despite the growing tide of newer sonar units that offer side imaging, structure scan and even down scan. […]
Content
Back it up
When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers decided to open the Bonnet Carre Spillway in Louisiana last year, Capt. Bryan Cuevas with Mega-Bite Fishing Charters out of Biloxi saw an interesting phenomenon take place.
As fresh water from the Mississippi River pushed farther and farther to the east out Lake Pontchartrain, through the Rigolets and eventually into the Mississippi Sound, Cuevas saw the size of his speckled trout increase. […]
Sound & Sea
Fishing busting loose
According to Capt. Sonny Schindler of Shore Thing Charters out of Bay St. Louis, speckled trout are the big stars of the month. […]
Breaking News
Feds extend red snapper fishing
Red snapper season has been extended for six days because of rough seas that have prevented anglers from reaching the offshore fishing grounds, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced today (June 29). The season is now set to close at 12:01 a.m. on July 17, NOAA said.
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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. In fact, no clear migratory trend has emerged from data collected from the Gulf Coast Research Lab’s 11-year tripletail-tagging program.
That doesn’t mean the tripletail program has been a failure, though, because what the tripletail study does not show about migration patterns leads researchers closer to discovering how these mysterious fish move about. […]
As Big As they Grow
Everybody’s catching fish at Enid
The summer crappie pattern is on. Talk about a hot bite — brother, it’s been hot on the lake in more ways than one the last few weeks. […]
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Free saltwater fishing regulations book out now
The 2012-2013 edition of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources’ (MDMR) Guide to Mississippi Saltwater Fishing Rules and Regulations is now available at the MDMR office located at 1141 Bayview Ave., Biloxi. […]
Bass Fishing
Barnett Reservoir home to plenty of striped bass
Watching her fish was pure joy, and her unabated excitement and intensity made me wonder if I had married the wrong Gulledge girl. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Doing the crappie jig
Now I’d be the first to admit that, at my age, my dancing days are over, but I sure do love to slip a bright colored, fluffy-tailed jig hook down into some prime crappie cover. […]
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CCA meeting to focus on removal of offshore rigs
Facing the loss of what it estimates is 1,800 acres of valuable fish habitat in the Gulf of Mexico, the Coastal Conservation Association of Mississippi is focusing on opposing the government’s ordered removal of derelict oil rigs, a program known as the Idle Iron Directive.
“Saving Essential Fish Habitat ” is the subject of a CCA of Mississippi meeting scheduled Wednesday night (June 27) at 6:30 p.m. at the Hansboro Community Center at 1890 Switzer Road in Gulfport. […]
Bass Fishing
Fish Pickwick deep in June
June is ledge-fishing time on Pickwick Lake. The bass will be holding on the river bars and out on the ledges of the river channel. […]