Making your own crappie-fishing jigs can be a rewarding hobby. By making your own tackle, you can create lures found nowhere else. It’s easy and inexpensive to make your own tackle; just follow these simple steps: […]
Embankment dams are the most commonly built dams in the United States. Massive structures made of earth and rock, embankment dams rely on their heavy weight to resist the force of the water. Several key ingredients, both natural and man-made, will dictate how crappie relate to them as water levels drop during winter drawdowns. […]
Kent Driscoll kept his head down as he slowly motored across the face of the Sardis dam. It wasn’t because the weather was all that cold. It also wasn’t because wind was whipping in his face. […]
The Ernie Zimmerman Friends and Family Live Catch Speckled Trout Tournament is scheduled for Dec. 3 at Bay Marina in Bay St. Louis, and is aimed at replenishing the brood stock at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory’s speckled trout hatchery. […]
Four state saltwater fishing records were added to the record book during the November meeting of the Commission on Marine Resources, the Mississippi Division of Marine Resources reported today (Nov. 17). […]
Speckled trout management and fishing tips are two of the topics on the schedule of a free speckled trout seminar to be held Nov. 17 in Biloxi, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today. […]
Advancements in technology continue to make fishing easier for anglers willing to give the latest technology a try. One of the many applications designed into the new wireless GPS trolling system for Minn Kota trolling motors is a feature called “Spot Lock.” […]
An artificial reef recently was placed 23 miles off the Mississippi coast in 85 feet to enhance fishing in the popular Fish Haven 13 area, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources announced today (Nov. 2).
The reef, composed of three structures, was made possible because of a partnership between MDMR and NASA’s Stennis Space Center, the agency said. […]
This month, I’ll be catching monster spotted bass, largemouths and smallmouths. I’ll be catching all these bass in the same places, at the same time, using the same tactics and lures. […]
If you think about ecological services, you quickly come to the conclusion of how vital they are, not only to anglers, but to all people whether they venture onto the water or not. […]
The fall fishing season is officially here. This is my favorite time of the year to crappie fish, and I continue to discover that I don’t know it all when it comes to figuring out crappie’s fall patterns. It seems to me that they change from year to year and from lake to lake. […]
Capt. Bobby Williams of the charter boat Three Sons IV has fished the Biloxi area for many years. […]
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