Bass Fishing
Bait choices for muddy-water bass
Fishing guide Darold Gleason follows a simple yet effective plan of covering water with reaction baits to locate active areas. […]
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Bass Fishing
Fish ID: It’s more than spots
Spotted bass are very similar in appearance to its closest cousin, the largemouth bass, and similar in power and fight to its other nearest relative, the smallmouth that looks nothing like it. […]
Bass Fishing
The right hook set when bass fishing with frogs
Tournament angler Tyler Temple knows plastic frogs are a big-bass bait, which he proved with this lunker he caught at Neshoba Lake. […]
Bass Fishing
Getting the right frog action for more bass
“We fished a two-day tournament on Guntersville (in Alabama) last year, and we led the tournament after the first day and we caught every bass on that Scum Frog,” Gibson said. “We fished a lot of vegetation, and strikes came all day long. […]
Bass Fishing
Hoot Gibson’s frogging gear
“If I had my choice I’d use a broom handle to fish frogs with, but since I can’t I like a 7-foot 3-inch extra heavy action rod,” said Gibson. “You’ve got to set the hook and turn that fish right at the get-go. If you use a medium-heavy or limber rod you’re out of the ball game. I use my rod with a Shimano Curado with 65-pound PowerPro braid.” […]
Freshwater Fishing
Capps, Coleman Minnow Rig simplified
When Ronnie Capps and Steve Coleman were winning an unprecedented seven National Championship titles, they credited their success to their self-designed slow trolling system. […]
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Why are turkeys so tough to hunt?
So what is it about turkeys that make them so difficult to kill? University of Mississippi’s Richard Bucholz ran down the some of the reasons hunters can easily miss out on tagging out. […]
Crappie/Bream
Best lakes for redear bream fishing
It took just two conversations with regional fisheries biologists to recognize a pattern for catching redear in Mississippi in April — pick about any lake in any region and go shallow. […]
Crappie/Bream
What is a redear bream
So what is a redear? It is a panfish and cousin of the more common bluegill. […]
Bass Fishing
Best fishing tackle for shallow crankbaits
When Brock Mosley gears up for shallow cranking in April, he makes sure his boat has plenty of his favorite square-bills.
“I like the new Bagley Rattling Killer B square-bill that’s similar to the original ones, but this one is made out of plastic and has rattles in it, too,” Mosley said. […]
Bass Fishing
Making of an Elite pro
Brock Mosley was more connected to the fishing world than most aspiring anglers, with his father Danny owning a Ranger dealership in Collinsville during the young fisherman’s formative years. […]
Crappie/Bream
Pull crankbaits for post-spawn crappie
Pickwick Lake provides literally miles of open water mid-depth flats that are prime for trolling for crappie. […]