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Regular Crappie Triangle anglers use a variety of poles and baits.

The Crappie Triangle

January 23, 2008 John J. Woods

O.K., it’s February and nobody in their right mind would talk crappie fishing now. […]

This crappie was holding along an edge in the Columbus Pool of the Tenn-Tom.

Crappie on the Edge

January 23, 2008 Tony Kinton

The day was one of those where winter hadn’t fully relinquished its grip and spring hadn’t completely taken over. […]

George Smith and Andy Anderson, both of Laurel, made a fine catch of “river-rising” crappie on Chotard/Albermarle in late December. Master caster Smith caught most of their fish from the back of the boat throwing a two-jig set-up on a Zebco 33. The lake level was rising over 2 feet on the day they caught 46 slabs.

Rising river doesn’t cancel bets

January 23, 2008 Paul Johnson

It’s been a year since we began this column. I wondered aloud 12 months ago how long it’d take me to run out of words or ways to talk about crappie fishing. […]

Gant’s methods are unorthodox, but no one can argue with them when they continue to be successful.

Pickwick Papermouths

January 2, 2008 John E. Phillips

Don’t expect to go to Pickwick Lake and see numbers of treetops, brush tops, standing timber and invisible cover that you can fish, because you won’t. […]

The scenic Tuscolameta River winds its way through the camp’s land before emptying into the Pearl River.

Located in Leake County where the Tuscolameta River empties into the Pearl River about five miles outside Carthage, Tuscolameta Hunting Club is a multiple-use, 4,000-acre camp offering its 60 members a broad array of hunting, fishing, camping and swimming activities. […]

“Mississippi Mike” Jones of Jackson planned on taking this tasty mangrove snapper home for a swim in some hot grease.

Mangrove Magic

January 2, 2008 John E. Phillips

During much of the year, red snapper are off-limits to Mississippi anglers, and drastically reduced creel counts make them less attractive to anglers when the season is open. […]

Anglers are always happy to catch kicker fish during tournaments, but what happens to these fish after they’re released near weigh-in sites?

Do tourney bass disperse after weigh-in?

January 2, 2008 Hal Schramm

EDITOR’S NOTE: Hal Schramm, a resident of Starkville, is a professor at Mississippi State University and leader of the USGS Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. He has done fisheries research for 30 years, and has been an avid multi-species angler longer than that. His column on freshwater fisheries will appear monthly. […]

Can’t catch slab crappie in the wintertime? Then you’re not really trying. The author helped fill this box during a January trip to Chotard while fishing 27 feet of water.

Get colorful and go deep this month

January 2, 2008 Paul Johnson

Well, are you about all “holidayed” out? Had enough of those out-of-town, “I-thought-they’d-never-leave” relatives? Have you eaten all the smoked turkey and sugar-cured ham you care to for a while? […]

Some units include features making it easy to travel a plot trail in reverse, save a trail or save a route automatically constructed from a trail.

Track plotters don’t get respect

December 28, 2007 Allan Tarvid

Early GPS units were pretty clunky by today’s standards — and approximately 30 times more expensive. Today’s units are faster, more accurate, and most importantly, have a lot more memory. Now, we can look at a detailed on-screen map of the area around us and see ourselves on it. We can also see the locations of places we visited and saved as waypoints, and getting between them is as simple as selecting one with a cursor and hitting a Go-To button. […]

LED trailer lights are illuminated by clusters of tiny light sources that deliver colors sharp and brilliant enough to make conventional incandescent lights look pale in comparison.

Time to consider changing to LEDs

November 28, 2007 Allan Tarvid

The lights on your trailer are your boat’s first line of defense against collisions. Running lights show other drivers that you have a boat behind you when towing in the dark. Brake lights and turn signals can help keep tail-gating drivers from turning your stainless steel prop into a hood ornament, night or day. That is, of course, if your trailer lights work. […]

During stable weather on Bay Springs Lake, largemouth will be easy to catch, but if temperatures this December go on a roller-coaster ride, spotted bass will be more aggressive.

Up-and-down weather makes Bay shine

November 28, 2007 Paul Elias

December is a great month to catch spotted bass in Mississippi. Cool and often unpredictable weather means spotted bass will be the most-dependable fish you can catch now. […]

Hugh Krutz and Steve Stevenson show off the new Bait Pump and a couple of nice Chotard crappie.

Some crappie lakes heat up in winter

November 26, 2007 Paul Johnson

National Crappie Champions — who ever heard of such? You can do that? […]