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July 22, 2026

Camera technology varies widely; from very simple to highly complicated.

Five trail camera faux pas

August 15, 2013 John J. Woods

There are plenty of opportunities to screw things up when setting up a trail camera. Here are some of the author’s mistakes learned through trial and error. […]

Guide John Williams jumped at the chance to assist the research team in catching crappie for the study and returned each year when tagging time came around.

Crappie guides help researchers tag fish

August 15, 2013 Phillip Gentry

The crappie tracking project aimed at learning more about crappie spawning areas began at Sardis Reservoir where biologists, who knew tons about the fish but not as much about fishing, ran into a problem with collecting enough fish for the study. […]

Big Buck Contest

July 25, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

• All white-tailed deer taken legally within Mississippi during any prior hunting season are eligible to participate in the Magnolia Records Program. Only those deer taken during the 2012-2013 hunting season are eligible to participate in the Big Buck Contest. […]

Costa Del Mar’s polarized lens technology helps anglers not only see fish, but the structure they’re hiding under.

Polarized glasses a key fishing tool

July 15, 2013 Phillip Gentry

The Saltbreak is one of the new sunglass frame designs released by Costa Del Mar. When paired with Costa’s high-contrast specialty 580P sunrise polarized lens technology, anglers have a vital piece of equipment for fishing — especially when that fishing entails seeing a fish before it sees you in low-light conditions. […]

Crappie and mayflies

July 15, 2013 Phillip Gentry

Where insect hatches like mayflies, midges and mosquitoes come into play in the crappie feeding cycle is when they are in the larval stages. […]

Rigging the jugs and tossing takes only minutes.

Managing multiple cans and strings

July 15, 2013 John J. Woods

Catfishing with jugs can be described as organized chaos or disorganized insanity. Either way, any angler taking on the challenge of free floating a dozen or more bobbing fishing canisters in a lake or river will learn quickly enough what works and what doesn’t. […]

Jugs wrapped with line and weight will quickly spin off.

Fabricating and handling the pickup pole

July 15, 2013 John J. Woods

Tools of the trade for catfish jugging are thankfully plentiful and pretty cheap. Plastic bottles, some paint, fishing line or cord, hooks, sinker weights and some bait. That’s it. […]

Laydown trees like this one are prime targets for catching lunker bass on Bee Lake.

Locating bass at Bee Lake

July 15, 2013 Michael O. Giles

Of course, one of the keys to consistently boating fish is to determine a pattern when hitting the lake. Accomplishing that is a matter of covering enough water, accomplished tournament angler Terry Bates said. […]