Bass Fishing
A Day on Lake Tom Bailey
Current weather conditions: 22 degrees with bright bluebird skies, 10 to 15 mph winds on the second day after a cold front has passed through. […]
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Combining Crappie
Old-timers may not like it, but progress is part of life. Heck, if my dad still had his way, he’d have me out in the fields harvesting and threshing grain stalks by hand.
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VanDam sets Bassmaster Classic record on way to fourth championship title
It’s hard to tell who exactly was the star of the 2011 Bassmaster Classic.
Was it Kevin VanDam, the now four-time Classic winner, who threw 69 pounds of bass on the scales to crush the dreams of 49 other anglers?
Or was it the Lake Cataouatche Tank Pond, a non-descript rectangle of shallow water that delivered lunker after lunker for each of the top three finishers?
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2011 Bassmaster Classic day 2 under way after nearly three-hour fog delay
After an almost three-hour fog delay, B.A.S.S. officials told the Bassmaster Classic anglers to crank up their boats and prepare to blast off at 9:45 a.m., MS-Sportsman.com has learned.
“It’s breaking a little bit,” said Bruce McDonald of Luling, La., when reached by cell phone. “At 9:45 we’re out of here.”
That doesn’t mean the fog has completely cleared, however. […]
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Vicksburg fisherman lands 327-pound alligator gar
When Kenny Williams of Vicksburg set out on Valentine’s Day to run his nets on Chotard Lake in Issaquena County, he had no idea he would be landing one sweetheart of an alligator gar. In fact, an alligator gar was the last fish Williams wanted to find in his gill nets; not only can these ancient giants destroy expensive commercial nets, but they also wreak havoc on the buffalo Williams makes his living catching. […]
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Martens takes early lead in 2011 Bassmaster Classic
The top-three finishers in today’s opening round of the 2011 Bassmaster Classic are all fishing the Lake Cataouatche Tank Pond, an area where warming temperatures are inspiring big female bass to move shallow to spawn. […]
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Classic information available on sister site
The Bassmaster Classic is arguably the biggest bass-fishing championship in the world, and it’s coming to New Orleans Feb. 18-20. To provide continuous updates about all the festivities, our sister site – LouisianaSportsman.com – has launched a section dedicated to the tournament.
“This is such an important event that we wanted to accumulate all Classic information in once place so our users can go to one place and learn everything they need to know,” MS-Sportsman.com’s Andy Crawford said. “It’s really one-stop Classic shopping.” […]
Bass Fishing
Big bass photo contest begins
It’s that time of year, when bass begin thinking of love and big females start making their way to bedding areas. And that means anglers begin picking them off. Whether it’s Ross Barnett, Calling Panther or one of the Mississippi River oxbows, now is the time to start looking for that wallhanger. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Long-term effects of sedimentation
With an average annual rainfall of almost 60 inches, Mississippi is the third wettest state in the U.S. Much of that rain falls in late winter and early spring. While filling the rivers, streams and reservoirs that provide bountiful fisheries, the rains negatively affect fisheries by transporting erodible soils from the watershed into fishable waters. […]
As Big As they Grow
Is fishing really about the fish?
A true friend is someone who thinks you’re a good egg — even though he knows you’re slightly cracked. Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to lose and impossible to forget. It takes a long time to make an old friend. […]
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What is your life worth?
A few issues back, we looked at emergency locator beacons that use the international search and rescue satellite system, and I mentioned that there is another choice, the SPOT satellite GPS messenger. While the EPIRBs and PLBs we looked at before communicate with U.S. and European emergency satellites, SPOT units use the commercial satellite network that supports satellite telephone and Internet communication. And while EPIRBs and PLBs are last-resort devices to be used only in life-threatening emergencies, SPOT can send less-intense transmissions and handle other tasks as well. […]
Fishing
Fish weather breaks in February
Capt. Matthew Tusa with Shore Thing Charters in Bay St. Louis says sheepshead will be your best bet in February, but fishing for redfish, black drum and flounder can heat up, if the weather warms up. […]