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Broadheads for turkeys
Having the right gear is part and parcel to using archery equipment to take a turkey. […]
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Inshore Fishing
Kings, gray snapper dominate March offshore
Few are the days in March that offer calm conditions needed for most recreational boats to travel offshore safely from Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, but when the opportunity to run is there, fishermen have a couple of options that make it worthwhile.
Sheepshead
Piling on sheepshead on the bridges
Sheepshead get little respect outside of the small percentage of coastal fishermen who relish the winter opportunity to easily rack up big catches of them. […]
Bass Fishing
Keep track of what’s under the boat
Bass pro Gary Klein said you can’t overstate the importance of understanding the fish’s realm. […]
Crappie/Bream
Gaining a little weight isn’t always bad
While most folks stress about putting on a little weight, guide Brad Taylor said that when pulling planer boards for crappie, adding a little weight can go a long way. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Bream ID: Shellcrackers and bluegills
Although commonly lumped together in many circumstances under the handle bream, bluegill and redear sunfish have distinctly different characteristics, especially when targeting one species or the other. […]
Bass Fishing
Techniques and presentation are critical
Getting a lure to the depth at which bass are holding and keeping it in the strike zone are two requirements a fisherman must satisfy to entice a strike. How neat it would be to have a lure with a built-in transponder that would transmit its exact depth and location in relation to the bass. Such baits doesn’t exist, but finding structure or drop-offs on the sonar and the ability to feel them with a rod and line will suffice. […]
Bass Fishing
Mississippi’s prespawn hot spots
The Magnolia State has hundreds of bodies of water where bass can be caught, but some are simply better than others at different times of the year and bass cycles. […]
Bass Fishing
Get the right gear
For prespawn bass, angler Donnie Stuart of Pelahatchie favors 17-pound braided line with a fluorocarbon leader as long as the rod he is using when not using a slip-cork. For the rod with the slip cork he uses a 10- to 12-pound monofilament. […]
Bass Fishing
Throw what bass want
Tom Holman believes lures made to look or act like wounded or dying shad may work best for lethargic winter bass. […]
Freshwater Fishing
B’n’M offers catfish gear
Several years ago, West Point-based B’n’M Poles, famous for crappie rods, entered the catfishing market with their own line of catfish rods for serious catfish anglers. The lineup includes the Silver Cat and the Silver Cat Magnum in longer sizes, as well as its new Bumping rod. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Strong design solves anchor problem
Steve Strong, a veteran catfish angler, has lost count of the anchors he has sacrificed to the Mississippi River. With its myriad of rocks, logs and debris, the river bottom is tough on anchors. […]