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June 5, 2026

Tips for slabs after dark

August 6, 2019 Phillip Gentry

The details of your setup and presentation are important. Follow these tips to help you make the best of your night-fishing trips for crappie. […]

Fishing on drop-offs at the ledges and in Ross Barnett’s shallow water, you may not catch any monsters, but you should catch plenty of 11/2- to 2-pound bass.

Ross Barnett’s hot-weather bass

August 6, 2019 Paul Elias

A good reason to fish Ross Barnett this month is because it’s a shallow lake with lots of vegetation, which provides shade, cover and oxygen for bass. […]

Using the tip of a toothpick, pushed through a soft-plastic bait and the eye of the hook, will help keep a Texas-rigged bait from sliding down. Break off both ends of the toothpick just outside the worm’s margins.

Stick a toothpick in it

August 5, 2019 Craig Holt

One of the best tools a bass fisherman can have, especially during the summer when fish live largely in deep, cool, oxygenated water, are toothpicks. […]

Flounder leave Mississippi’s inshore waters when it gets cold and move out to reefs in the Gulf. You can catch them in bunches in December.

Flounder: catch ‘em while they’re here

August 2, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Flounder are a year-round fish on the northern side of the Gulf of Mexico, but with opposite migration patterns than most shallow-water gamefish like speckled trout, redfish and sheepshead. […]

Thermo-Slabs

August 1, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Find the thermocline on your favorite Mississippi crappie lake and open up some great, hot-weather fishing opportunities there. […]

Finesse fishing hot weather bass

August 1, 2019 Michael O. Giles

If you’re looking to have fishing success in August in Mississippi, then try a few of these tried and true techniques and you should catch a bass. […]

A few minutes with a fly rod produced a mess of bream for supper. Fly fishing is a popular method of catching bream.

Mississippi Bream: Better Late Than Never In August

August 1, 2019 David Hawkins

The last bream spawn for Mississippi’s summer is approaching. Here’s how to take advantage of the Magnolia’s favorite sunfish. […]

Small lakes, big bass

July 31, 2019 Phillip Gentry

Looking to do some summer bass fishing in south Mississippi? Try Flint Creek, Neshoba County Lake and Calling Panther Lake for plenty of big bass. […]

Boat trailer lights not working? Try these tips

July 30, 2019 Brian Cope

Anyone who tows a boat trailer either has, or will, experience problems with the trailer’s lights. More often than not, one specific culprit is to blame. […]

State’s red snapper season reopens Monday

July 25, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s coastal fishermen will have more opportunities — the state’s red snapper season opens July 29 and amberjack season will open Aug. 1. […]

It’s tripletail time along Mississippi’s coast

July 25, 2019 Brian Cope

While the redfish and trout provide plenty of fun for anglers, Capt. Ronnie Daniels of Fisher-Man Guide Service said the tripletail have been a big hit. […]

Despite flooding and a blue-green algae bloom, Gulf fishermen are still catching plenty of redfish, even though they might be in different areas.

MS charter captains: ‘We’re catching fish’

July 23, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

One coastal industry hurt by misinformation about the algae bloom has been charter fishing, but most captains say they never quit catching fish. […]