Crappie/Bream
Try these tricks for Mississippi’s postspawn crappie
Don’t make the mistake of thinking that crappie fishing is over, just because the spawn is past. Keep catching slabs using these tactics. […]
Fishing
Features
Speck-tacular May fishing
Relatively small factors can make a huge difference in targeting speckled trout that begin spawning in Gulf waters in May. […]
Crappie/Bream
Oh boy: Bream! Return to your fishing roots
May begins serious fishing for bluegill and other sunfish around Mississippi. […]
Field Notes
The many benefits of using artificial shrimp
The artificial version of this popular coastal crustacean, shrimp, offers a wider array of performance than the real deal. […]
Bass Fishing
LiveTarget Skip Shad
The Skip Shad is the latest in ultra-natural, lifelike products from LiveTarget Lures. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Species spotlight: Choupique
The bowfin (Amia calva), whose more common name is mudfish, is a close relative of the gar. Its stout body and long dorsal fin, which covers almost three-quarters the length of its body, give the fish a snaky or eel-like appearance. […]
Columns
Three twitch baits that lure uncommitted trout
Below the surface twitch baits provide the perfect hybrid capability for those finicky spring topwater trout. […]
Bass Fishing
Buzzing, cranking, pitching to April bass at Bay Springs
The bass will be very shallow at 9-mile long Bay Springs Lake in April and now is the perfect time to catch them. […]
Columns
Effects of turbidity on young crappie
Understanding the effects of environmental conditions on young crappie is especially important because abundance of crappie year-classes varies widely over time. […]
Big Bass
Okhissa bass troubled? This Louisiana angler thinks “NOT”
Ray Chagnard, who owns Chag’s Sporting Goods in Metairie, La., was on one of two bass boats the weekend of March 22-23 where three great largemouths were decked. […]
Fishing
Four new gulf reefs being built
Anglers will soon have four new prime areas to target speckled trout and redfish — if a permit filed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in January is ultimately approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. […]
Fishing
Pelahatchie Bay’s future unknown
Pelahatchie Bay on Ross Barnett Reservoir remains off-limits as the lake’s oversight agency, the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, battles a 2018 outbreak of the invasive plant giant salvinia. […]