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Paige uses braided line with a 6-foot fluorocarbon leader spooled on an Abu Garcia Orra Inshore teamed with a 7-foot medium action Abu Garcia Volatile for maximum casting distance when fishing a Corky.

Gearing up with Capt. Paige

February 15, 2014 Sam Davis

When Capt. Travis Paige fishes Mississippi’s Gulf Coast for trout he has three go-to lures: a MirrOlure Provoker, a Paul Brown Corky and a MirrOlure TTR. […]

Side-imaging SONAR such as this allows the angler to make the best use of the water beneath the boat.

Electronics are oh-so important

January 15, 2014 David Hawkins

A quality fish finder becomes an important tool for the angler during these fishing forays. Side imaging SONAR is all the better. Learning to identify a deep-water shad ball is the important first step in finding nearby bass. […]

A gullet full of shad and a belly full of eggs make females heavier during the pre-spawn period. This sow weighed 12.8 pounds when she was pulled from Okhissa Lake, near Bude.

Fish smart: It’s cold

January 15, 2014 David Hawkins

Winter can be an unforgiving time for careless anglers.

Heavy clothing and cold water can be a deadly combination and lead to disaster anytime a fisherman goes overboard. Hypothermia can begin affecting a body in a few minutes and can be fatal in a matter of hours. […]

Use the cold to your advantage. Keep close tabs on the weather because even a slightly warm day in winter can really trigger a bite.

Track the weather: Fronts can turn fish on

January 15, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

B.A.S.S. Elite Series pro Pete Ponds of Madison watches the long-term weather forecast during December and other winter months to find the perfect days to chase bass. […]

Another tactic to defeat the rut killers is to hang scent drips or dispensers to help fool a buck’s nose.

Calls, scents tools of the rut

January 15, 2014 John J. Woods

Today’s modern deer hunting has become as much or more science than raw hunter skill. Thanks to an ever-exploding expansion of the hunting product marketplace, hunters have a lot more tricks in the hunting backpack than ever. […]

Spraying down with scent killer is just one more step to eliminate another rut killer.

Rut — the time to intrude

January 15, 2014 John J. Woods

Tommy Hoff has one time of the year when he doesn’t fear intruding in a big buck’s sanctuary. He just does it carefully. […]

Vickie Gunn holds a specklebelly goose taken from a manmade Johnson grass blind.

For geese, it’s all about corn

January 15, 2014 David Rainer

Paul Fitts of Fitts Farms Inc., in Moorhead said current corn production makes the middle Delta ideal for goose hunting, although the duck-hunting prospects have diminished a bit because of a lack of water. […]

By making the most of technology for scouting, hunters can minimize the time they spend looking for deer and spend more time hunting them.

Who you gonna call?

January 15, 2014 Phillip Gentry

Deer Program Biologists provide deer related technical guidance to managers on private and public lands, conduct seminars, speak publicly, write articles for professional publications, conduct statewide disease surveillance, and assist Mississippi State University with deer research projects. […]

Filet mignon of the sky

January 15, 2014 Mississippi Sportsman

The tender red meat of a specklebelly goose is so prized by hunters like Jay Gunn that it has earned the nickname “filet mignon of the sky.” […]

With hunters having access to the woods for nearly two months, the month of December can spell a decrease in deer sightings. Maybe it’s time to change the way you’re hunting them.

Season Dates and Size Limits

January 15, 2014 Phillip Gentry

HILL ZONE — Private and open public lands east of I-55 and north of I-20 plus areas south of I-20 and east of U.S. Hwy. 61, excluding areas south of U.S. Hwy. 84 and east of MS Hwy. 35. A legal buck is defined as having EITHER a minimum inside spread of 10 inches OR aminimum main-beam length of 13 inches. Firearm seasons: Regular gun, with dogs, through Dec. 1; primitive weapon, Dec. 2-15; gun, without dogs (still season), Dec. 16-23; gun, with dogs, Dec. 24-Jan. 22. […]

Never count out cutover

January 15, 2014 Michael O. Giles

Delta deer hunter Louie Sewell loves to hunt cutover in the late season, and that’s exactly where he was on a hunt late last season. […]

Tallahatchie County sees lots of daily flights of ducks and geese.

Tallahatchie’s “secret” public ducks

January 15, 2014 John J. Woods

There’s a good reason why most Mississippi duck hunters residing outside of the Delta don’t know about some pretty darn good public waterfowl opportunities in the Tallahatchie region. It’s probably because Delta hunters try to keep it secret. […]