“Paul, you need to come on up here right now,” Mrs. Cordell told me over the phone as I tried to make a reservation for a cabin on Lake Washington. “Robert (that’s Mr. Cordell) is catching limits of big fish every day. If he goes by himself, he comes in with one limit. If he takes someone with him, they have two limits. Been doing it since that last 12-inch rain. Honey, it just doesn’t get any better.” […]
This month, the most watched channels for crappie anglers won’t be on TV; they’ll be on Ross Barnett Reservoir. […]
Just a hop, skip and jump from South Mississippi’s Bayou Caddy is one of the most celebrated saltwater fisheries along the entire Gulf Coast. […]
About 20 years ago, a company called PulseTech Products Corporation developed a way to cancel a process that prematurely “ages” lead-acid batteries, rendering most of them useless long before their components actually wear out. That process is called sulfation, and you have read about it in this column before. […]
In October, I’ll head to Lake Ferguson, an oxbow off the Mississippi River near Greenville. I know I chose Ferguson for some of the best September fishing. But the bass fishing is very good there in October also. […]
The weather may be cooling down, but fishing off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast is heating up in October. Capt. Jonathan Richardson of Strictly Business Charters out of Point Cadet Marina in Biloxi likes to fish for big king mackerel in October when they come inshore to feed on red minnows. […]
There is a lot of buzz lately about trophy catfish management. Is it time for catfish and catfishermen to get the attention that some say they deserve in Mississippi, or are things better left alone? […]
Are you ready for some football, I mean, some crappie fishing? Well, it’s here. That first little cool spell that we Mississippians call “football weather” is upon us. And, for me and lots of you, that first cool morning signals the beginning of one of the very best times of the year to catch a mess of white perch. […]
“The key to this is to be quiet,” said Magnolia Crappie Clubber and tournament angler Monty Blount of Byram. “The crappie have moved back up to the shallows this time of year, and they’re staking out these snags ready to ambush passing baitfish. […]
Many fishermen and boaters call any sealed, maintenance-free marine battery a gel battery, and that is not correct. […]
September is a really good month to fish private ponds and lakes, even in sub-developments and state and municipal parks. […]
You can catch 50 to 100 speckled trout and redfish per day right now on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. […]
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