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July 26, 2026

At sunup, the day looked very promising as David Thornton landed a nice Chotard black crappie. Note the surface activity in the middle of the lake.

Stubborness not a crappie angler’s friend

January 6, 2009 Paul Johnson

Recently, I made a trip to one of my favorite fishing holes, Chotard/Albermarle. The fishing reports had been poor to moderate at best. […]

Spillway Spectacular

January 6, 2009 Phillip Gentry

“The colder the weather, the better the fishing gets” is the way professional angler Kent Driscoll describes the crappie fishing behind the dam at Ross Barnett Reservoir. […]

Ross caught this healthy fish on a Mann’s Hardhead swim bait.

Ross on Ross

January 6, 2009 Michael O. Giles

While that’s a nice bass anywhere in the state, it’s especially good for bitter January temperatures. […]

Mississippi delivers a wide variety of grouper offshore this month.

Mind weather for best salty action

December 2, 2008 John E. Phillips

December’s a great month for fishing the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and Steve Perrigin of Strictly Fishin’ and the Fighting Chicken Sport Fishing charters, is double dipping the fishing resource around Biloxi and Gulfport, fishing both inshore and offshore. […]

Installing two homemade extensions between this transducer and its mount allows the transducer to run deep enough to get below the extreme turbulence present behind a pontoon, and deliver detailed readings up to the boat’s top speed.

Pontoon pinging is a little different

December 2, 2008 Allan Tarvid

A friend showed me his new pontoon boat, and I was impressed until I saw how a sonar transducer was mounted on the back of a pontoon. I remarked that it probably wouldn’t work above idle speed, and he confirmed that as soon as he throttled up above fast idle the fish finder lost its reading. […]

Since most people are in the woods instead of the water during the winter, you’ll pretty much have the lake to yourself all month long.

Fish Claude Bennett for December bass

December 2, 2008 Paul Elias

This month I’ll be fishing Lake Claude Bennett, a 71-acre state lake a few miles north of Paulding, south of I-20 and just west of I-59. […]

Grenada’s bass have been hampered by low, turbid waters.

Grenada may see better days ahead

December 2, 2008 Hal Schramm

It was a tough year for bass fishing at Grenada Lake. After back-to-back drought years from 2005-07, the lake caught some water in 2008, and resembled more typical years. Lots of water but, unfortunately, no bass. […]

William Clark tried and perfected a brand-new technique for catching slabs on tournament day. Who says Beetle Spins and a 5-ounce weight don’t go together?

Unusual techniques pay crappie dividends

December 2, 2008 Paul Johnson

Remember my telling you about catching fall crappie using crankbaits in a recent column on these pages? In November 2007, Jim McKay and Tommy Moss, both of Brandon, surprised us all by catching the winning weight on Ferguson Lake using Bandit crankbaits they borrowed from me. […]

Locating schools of baitfish either on the surface or with sonar electronics is a quick way to find concentrations of crappie.

Mississippi Two-Step

December 2, 2008 Phillip Gentry

“You can tell it’s starting to turn winter around here,” laughs Tim Carpenter, owner of Eagle Lake Lodge and Outfitters near Vicksburg. “That’s when all the crappie fishermen show up.” […]

Even on blustery days following the passage of a winter cold front, bass will still feed.

Need an excuse? Don’t blame that front

October 27, 2008 Hal Schramm

Labor Day, 2008. From the safety and comfort of my Starkville home and through the convenience of the internet, I watched Hurricane Gustav smash into the Louisiana coast a few miles from where I had planned to be chasing redfish this holiday weekend. Reading the blogs on Gustav, I learned that hurricane soothsayers put a lot of emphasis on atmospheric pressure. […]

If you see a boat decorated with sponsors’ names and logos in November at Tibby Creek, most likely Paul Elias will be at the wheel.

Tombigbee’s Columbus a hotspot

October 27, 2008 Paul Elias

November’s a great month to fish Columbus Lake in eastern Mississippi on the Tombigbee River, which begins to settle down and get in shape for bass catching during this month. […]

When you catch flounder in one spot, stay there to fish because they’ll often be stacked one on top of another.

Lots of action inshore and offshore

October 27, 2008 John E. Phillips

Before hunting season begins, you’ll still have time to visit Mississippi’s Gulf Coast and stock your freezer with tuna and other delicious fish fillets. Let’s look at what’s biting this month inshore. […]