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Evonne Pope of Clinton caught this 7-pound, 10-ounce lunker bass this spring.

Nothing to hunt this month but bass

May 20, 2008 John J. Woods

If somebody should happen to ask me advice about bass fishing, I would just laugh. I could count on one hand the number of largemouth bass I have fielded to the stringer. […]

Casting a crankbait parallel to underwater structure will result in more hook-ups.

Crank It Up

May 20, 2008 David A. Brown

The way Steve Barnett harps on location, you’d think he was a real estate agent. Actually, the tournament angler/bass guide is most proficient at putting a crankbait in the right spot to make an easy sale to any bass with an appetite. […]

Amidst the remaining destruction of Hurricane Katrina, anglers find solitude and hungry fish in front of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.

Wade this Way

May 20, 2008 Chris Ginn

Wondering what the allure of wade fishing was to the anglers who would rather get into the water to catch fish that they just as easily could catch from the relative comfort of a nice, white bay boat, I called several of my fishing buddies to get the scoop. […]

Jessie Watts caught this huge flathead in Northeast Mississippi, and then released it into the pond in the background.

Handful of Fun

May 20, 2008 Rob Heflin

May 1 signaled the start of one of the most peculiar periods in Mississippi — catfish-grabbling season. […]

Cover: June 2008

May 20, 2008 Mississippi Sportsman

Heading to Tom Bailey to catch bream? Be sure to take bass gear. […]

Anglers can’t be scared to get up in the trees that surround the perimeter of Lake Tom Bailey because they attract tons of bait and bass.

Bass in a Bream Lake

May 20, 2008 Chris Ginn

I recall my wife forcing me to go to a wedding that I didn’t want to attend. My position was that they were her old high-school friends, and since I didn’t really know any of them, I wasn’t going to waste my day. […]

The recent Magnolia Crappie Club Grenada tournament was won by Monty Blount and Mike Rainer of Jackson. Their best seven weighed over 14 pounds.

As Big As They Grow

April 22, 2008 Paul Johnson

We all have our favorite pastimes and hobbies. Golf, gardening, pitching horseshoes, family picnics, hunting and fishing are all good outdoorsy things to do, don’t you think? […]

Cobia are naturally curious fish, and they will often come right up to a boat to see what is making all the commotion.

Horn of Copious Cobia

April 22, 2008 Chris Ginn

Like a giant brown bear waiting to catch leaping salmon swimming upstream, hundreds of Mississippi offshore anglers are lining up this month to take advantage of the thousands of cobia making their annual migration around the Gulf of Mexico coastline. […]

From his perch at Gorenflo’s, Danny Pitalo is able to keep his finger on the pulse of the saltwater action along the Mississippi Coast.

May kicks off saltwater action

April 22, 2008 John E. Phillips

Danny Pitalo of Biloxi, the owner of Gorenflo’s Tackle Shop and Marina Store and Point Cadet Fuel & Ice beside the Isle of Capri Resort and Casino, has his finger on the pulse of Mississippi saltwater fishing. Every day, anglers pull up to his marina to gas up and buy bait and tackle before fishing offshore and inshore. […]

Cover: May 2008

April 22, 2008 Mississippi Sportsman

It’s never easier to fill a stringer with bream thatn in May on the four lakes we spotlight in this issue. […]

A tube of crickets, a carton of mealworms, a couple corks, and a stringer full of fat bream — how could Mississippi fishing get any better than that?

Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

April 22, 2008 Chris Ginn

Entire industries have been built around catering to those among us who want to experience the finer things in life. There are even television shows dedicated to the good life. Many equate fine living with five-star restaurants, aged wine and luxury cars. […]

Fantastic Float Fishing

April 22, 2008 Phillip Gentry

For Rocky Rowell, of Wiggins, a good bit of his time both back in 1974, and many times since, has been spent rolling on the black waters of southern Mississippi’s Leaf River. Rowell can still recall some memorable fishing trips when he and his high school buddies would float the Leaf, fishing and camping and listening to music of the day from groups like the Doobies and Uriah Heap. […]