Fishing Reports

Andy Houston, professional crappie guide with North Mississippi Crappie guide service Barton Outfitters, took his son fishing on Sardis Lake this past winter.
April 11, 2025

Sardis Lake trip for Andy Houston and his son

Big fall crappie on Sardis Lake
October 28, 2024

Big fall crappie on Sardis Lake

Grey Parker with an 8-pound, 10-ounce bass caught using a 6-inch Bass Mafia bone-colored swimbait on Sept. 29, 2024 in Carroll County.
October 8, 2024

Grey Parker and his big Carroll County bass

Cade went with his mom and brother on a mixed bag fishing trip with Sardis Lake fishing guide Aaron Barton (Barton Outfitters) in late June 2024.
August 1, 2024

Cade’s personal best catfish on a jug

John Thomas Nelson, 8, holds a 10-pound bass caught July 21 in Raymond, Miss.
August 1, 2024

John Thomas Nelson’s 10-pound bass

Eight young men aged 8-15 participated in the Barton Outfitters fishing camp at Sardis Lake.
July 6, 2024

Young sportsmen show off catch at fishing camp

Emily Fitts caught this 9-pound 3-ounce bass while fishing a lake in Harrison County.
June 19, 2024

Emily Fitts with her Harrison County bass

Jessee and Cheryl Gunn went crappie fishing with Oxford, MS Guide Service Barton Outfitters on Sardis Lake.
June 19, 2024

Jessee and Cheryl Gunn triple up!

Braxton and Rhett, 10 and 11, doubled up on white crappie pulling crankbaits the first day of youth summer fishing camp hosted by Barton Outfitters.
June 11, 2024

Braxton and Rhett double up on crappie at Youth Fishing Camp

Grey Parker with a nice bass caught on a Missile Baits jig with Googan Rattlin' Chunk trailer on Feb. 24, 2024 in Carroll County.
April 3, 2024

Grey Parker’s big bass

Owen Massey from Pittsboro, NC, caught this crappie from a backyard pond on March 25.
April 3, 2024

Owen Massey’s catch of the day!

Jagger Juneau, 5, caught his biggest bass using a crappie jig on the Pascagoula River.
April 3, 2024

Jagger’s best bass

D.J. catching mullet
November 2, 2023

D.J. catching mullet

Sal DiVincenti caught this tarpon on Sept. 29 in Bay St Louis.
October 4, 2023

Sal DiVincenti’s tarpon

Larry York brought his two best fishing buddies (his grandson Walker and his dad Andy) on a fall crappie fishing trip at Sardis Lake.
September 30, 2023

Three generations of anglers enjoy fall crappie bite on Sardis Lake

Grey Parker with a 9-pound 3-ounce hybrid catfish (Channel/Bluecat cross) caught Sept. 24, 2023 in Carroll County.
September 25, 2023

Grey’s hybrid catfish

Jason Waldo, the owner of Jigs By Jay, got to go out on Sardis Lake with his good friend Aaron Barton from Barton Outfitters.
August 24, 2023

Jason Waldo has success on Sardis Lake

Kasyn Ladner, 6, of Waveland with his 1st place redfish from the Gulf Coast Sportsman Club's Annual Children's Fishing Rodeo in Bay St Louis.
August 24, 2023

1st place redfish for Kasyn Ladner

Giant trout for Ricky
August 16, 2023

Giant trout for Ricky

Braxton Bryant, 13, of Purvis, Miss., with a Coho Salmon (above) and a Black Sea Bass (below) caught in Kake, Alaska, on July 18, 2023.
July 26, 2023

Braxton Bryant has great fishing trip in Alaska

Nikki Holland of Lizana and Dillon Holland of Saucier with a nice cobia caught.
July 26, 2023

Mississippi Sound cobia

Brinton Ladner of Pass Christian with a redfish caught at Cat Island.
July 26, 2023

Cat Island red for Brinton Ladner

On day one of the trip, Casey caught her personal best blue cat (this 8.1-pound beauty) that she photographed and released.
July 26, 2023

Casey’s personal best blue cat at Sardis Lake

AnnaRie Bounds caught this jack crevalle on the 4th of July. Her family was fishing out of Pass Christian.
July 11, 2023

AnnaRie Bounds gets 4th of July Jack

Easton Holland, 10, of Lizana, Miss., with a shark caught at Cat Island.
July 7, 2023

Easton’s Cat Island shark

Eight-year-old Walker and his dad were on a comeback trip after rough spring weather cut their spawn crappie fishing trip short.
June 26, 2023

Crankbaits catch catfish too!

When aspiring young sportsman Max was given free reign on how to celebrate his 10th birthday, the choice was easy: The Williams family was going fishing.
June 22, 2023

Youth angler opts to fish for his 10th birthday party

Mark Brown landed this 16-pound and 19-pound catfish June 17, 2023 with friends Robert Wilbourn and Wallace Weems.
June 19, 2023

Mark Brown lands two giant catfish

Big Biloxi trout
June 16, 2023

Big Biloxi trout

Hank Brown caught this bass back in March 2023 in Petal, Miss.
June 8, 2023

Hank Brown’s bass

Grey Parker with a nice bass caught in April 2023 in Carroll County.
June 5, 2023

Grey’s Carroll County bass

Dr. Rodney Tittle, DMD, booked a guided crappie fishing trip on Sardis Lake with Mississippi Fishing Guide Barton Outfitters in Oxford, Miss.
May 18, 2023

Angler passes crappie fishing tradition on to grandsons

Alan Grant with a 31-inch red caught May 13 at the mouth of the Wolf River in Pass Christian on live shrimp.
May 18, 2023

Alan’s Bay St Louis redfish

Alden Breland, 11, with a 9-pound blue catfish caught on the Pascagoula River in Vancleave on April 16, 2023.
May 9, 2023

Alden’s blue catfish

Fourteen-year-old Barrett Smith with some beautiful crappie from Attala County.
May 9, 2023

Barrett Smith with Attala County slabs

Peyton King with a nice bass caught in Smith County.
May 9, 2023

Peyton King’s bass

Brad Blackman with a 40-inch redfish hooked along the coast of the Pascagoula River.
May 9, 2023

Big red for Brad Blackman

Rachel and Elie find post-spawn crappie scoping stake beds
May 9, 2023

Rachel and Elie find post-spawn crappie scoping stake beds

Sisters Sydney and Madison McClenning are no strangers to outdoor adventure, they've traveled all over the U.S. hanging with their family and friends hunting and fishing along the way.
April 24, 2023

Sydney and Madison’s first time jigging in the jungle

Brandon and Aiden Laird with a nice pair of springtime bass in Smith County, March 2023.
March 20, 2023

Smith County twins

Troy Casey came down from Kentucky for a three-day fishing trip with Barton Outfitters to catch crappie with his kids, Katelin and Kaeden.
February 5, 2023

Winter crappie fishing in smaller watersheds

Grace Kelly, 6, caught her first sheepshead in Bay St. Louis on Oct. 31, 2022.
November 4, 2022

Sheepshead catch for Grace!

Daisy Locke caught this 40-pound catfish from a pond in south Rankin County.
October 31, 2022

Daisy Locke’s big catfish

Allison Bounds caught this flounder at Gene Taylor Reef on Oct. 23. It was 6 pounds.
October 31, 2022

Gene Taylor Reef flounder

Scottie from St. Louis booked a guided crappie fishing trip with guide service Barton Outfitters in Oxford, MS that happened to coincide with the recent cold front that saw temperatures plunge below 30 degrees.
October 24, 2022

Near record cold temperatures didn’t slow down the crappie bite

Chuck Arno with a 9.98-pound largemouth he caught at Holly Springs National Forest using a finesse technique (drop shot).
October 24, 2022

Holly Springs National Forest bass

Thermocline breakup signals return to the shallows for crappie
October 20, 2022

Thermocline breakup signals return to the shallows for crappie

Marty Harris caught this 9.6-pound, 25-inch largemouth bass from a north Mississippi state lake working the banks using a Zoom trick worm.
October 12, 2022

Marty hammered this 9.6-pound bass

Long time pals John Fryman and Gary Blome did what many buddies hope to do to keep their friendship intact after they say
October 6, 2022

Catch ’em deep, catch ’em shallow: Just catch em’!

Jagger Juneau caught a few throwbacks while fishing with his dad out of Gautier on Sept. 15.
September 25, 2022

Jagger’s speck

Fall drawdown on Big Four puts fish in predictable pattern
September 25, 2022

Fall drawdown on Big Four puts fish in predictable pattern

By mid-September, the fish at Arkabutla, Grenada, Enid, and Sardis Lake will relate to shallow to deep water travel corridors.
September 19, 2022

Scattered summertime reservoir crappie

Jace Mcknight, 6, caught this redfish near Graveline Bayou on Sept. 10.
September 16, 2022

Jace’s Graveline Bayou redfish

Zac Hatten with a shark caught July 19, 2022 at Deer Island.
September 15, 2022

Deer Island shark

Windy Mississippi Reservoir weekdays make for uncrowded crappie fishing
September 11, 2022

Windy Mississippi Reservoir weekdays make for uncrowded crappie fishing

Chip from Arkansas put the hammer on the summertime slabs with Sardis Lake Crappie Fishing Guide Service Barton Outfitters from Oxford, Miss.
September 1, 2022

Summertime crappie fishing on Sardis Lake with Barton Outfitters

Jace Henson's slab crappie
August 24, 2022

Jace Henson’s slab crappie

Zak Jumper was fishing on July 16, 2022 at Chewalla Lake when he landed this 10.64-pound bass.
July 27, 2022

Chewalla Lake bass

Matt Singley with both a 3.06-pound and 3.04 pound crappie caught March 16, 2022 at Grenada Lake in North Mississippi.
July 14, 2022

Matt’s crappie haul

Noah Hatcher fishing Okatibbee Lake
July 10, 2022

Noah Hatcher fishing Okatibbee Lake

Jace McKnight, 6, with his older brother DJ, 17, gigged his first flounder by himself on June 27, 2022.
July 1, 2022

Mcknight’s flounder

Jace Mcknight, 5, is super proud of the gafftop catfish he caught near Round Island.
June 28, 2022

Jace’s gafftop catfish

Horn Island redfish
June 15, 2022

Horn Island redfish

This largemouth bass was caught by Kyle Walley at Lake Bill Waller on March 11, 2022.
April 13, 2022

Kyle’s Lake Bill Waller bass

C Tre Brown caught these four fish that each weighed over 2 pounds in one of Mississippi's oxbow lakes.
January 12, 2022

Hands full of fish

High school bass fishing team
December 17, 2021

High school bass fishing team

Josh Robertson caught this bass on Sept. 17, 2021 at Percy Quin State Park in Mccomb.
December 9, 2021

Percy Quin State Park giant

Selby Oliver and his son Rhett had a great time fishing at Ross Barnett Reservoir on Nov. 15, 2021.
December 1, 2021

Father-son fishing trip

Miles Barber, 4, proudly displays the 1-pound, 13-ounce bass he caught from a private pond in Franklin County.
November 12, 2021

Private pond bass

Sonya Rainey with a nice Kemper Lake crappie.
November 3, 2021

Kemper Lake crappie

Jagger Juneau was fishing in the Pascagoula River this month when he hooked his first bass.
October 28, 2021

Jagger’s first bass

Jonathan Malone and his son, Matthew, were fishing at Maynor Creek Water Park in Waynesboro, Miss., when Matthew caught this nice bass on a baby torpedo under the bridge.
October 20, 2021

Matthew’s first bass

Harlee Boyce loves red snapper fishing. This one might not be a monster, but she caught it all on her own.
October 18, 2021

Harlee’s snapper

Michael Walker with a 8-pound, 9-ounce bass caught at Lake Lincoln State Park in Wesson, Miss., on June 19, 2021.
October 14, 2021

Lake Lincoln lunker bass

Jace Mcknight, 5, was very proud of this croaker he caught fishing Graveline Bayou back in June 2021.
October 5, 2021

Jace’s croaker

Mack James, 10, and Stone Kelly, 12 caught these jack crevalle in Bay St. Louis.
September 20, 2021

Bay St. Louis jack crevalle

Tom Pierce Sr. holds up a bluegill he caught in a friend’s pond in Leakesville last summer.
August 25, 2021

Pond bluegill

Romy Whistle with a summer carp she got on a bowfishing trip in Tunica.
August 19, 2021

Tunica bowfishing trip

Scottie and Lincoln Stanford caught this bass from a Hinds County farm pond.
August 8, 2021

Farm pond bass

Sonya Rainey proved the crappie still bite when it’s smoking hot in the summertime.
August 5, 2021

Summer Grenada Lake crappie

Jeremy Doyle, who moved to Mississippi from Pennsylvania about a year ago, caught his first gar on July 9, 2021 at the Ross Barnett Reservoir spillway.
July 22, 2021

Spillway gar

Bradley Deaver was fishing in Leake County this month when he hooked this beautiful bass.
July 22, 2021

Bradley’s Leake County bass

Keith and Rowan Campbell had a fun time fishing in their farm pond in Hinds County.
July 9, 2021

Hinds County farm pond

Mark Chills loves to spend his time bass fishing when he's not on the clock.
July 8, 2021

Twin bass

The Mississippi Gulf Coast did not disappoint for Joyce Moody's first time red snapper fishing.
June 21, 2021

Joyce’s first red snapper

Memorial Day fishing in the marshes near Bayou Cumbest
June 10, 2021

Memorial Day fishing in the marshes near Bayou Cumbest

It was a great day of fishing for Manning Moody. He caught this 15-pound red snapper out of Gulfport.
June 8, 2021

Manning’s 15-pound red snapper

Brady Jones with a beautiful red snapper caught off Horn Island.
June 7, 2021

Brady’s beautiful red snapper

Travis Galloway caught this lunker largemouth while kayak fishing at Percy Quin State Park in McComb, Miss., on May 8, 2021.
May 27, 2021

Kayak bass at Percy Quin State Park

James Bennett shared these photos of his grandsons, Will Arnett and Henry Johnson, enjoying an evening of fishing in South Mississippi.
May 20, 2021

Teaching grandsons to enjoy the outdoors

Shane Ladner with a beautiful bull red caught near Cat Island with a Matrix Shad.
May 14, 2021

Cat Island bull red

Stan Wheeler with the 12.6-pound lunker bass he caught in a lake near West Point on Nov. 17.
February 8, 2021

Wheeler catches monster bass on a Wheeler special

Manning Moody enjoyed a great day in Biloxi fishing the Gulf Coast. The sheepshead were biting!
January 29, 2021

Biloxi sheepshead

This sheepshead was caught by Donald Wagers (Wage Rage Fishing Team) in Bay St. Louis.
January 28, 2021

Bay St. Louis sheepshead

Knox Morgan hooked his first fish at a private lake in Agricola, Miss., on May 15, 2020.
December 3, 2020

Knox’s first fish

Youth angler Kynlee Reese Goff with a bass she caught on a private lake near Movella in Oct. 2020.
November 23, 2020

Private lake bass

Russell Andrus of Hattiesburg posing with a nice 22 and a half pound redfish he caught.
November 17, 2020

Russell’s 22+ pound redfish

Peyton Davis with a personal-best blue catfish he caught in the Mississippi River near Port Gibson.
November 17, 2020

62 pound blue catfish catch and release

Jody Juneau with a 40-inch redfish hooked out of the Pascagoula River on Nov. 16.
November 17, 2020

Pascagoula River bull red

Terry Lott and his grandson Cohen Asher Lott caught this six pound bass on June bug lizard lure in June, 2020.
October 22, 2020

Six pound bass

Every now and then when the moon is right and the weather is great we we head out in in the evening to go jug line fishing for catfish.
October 15, 2020

Here’s Looking at you cat

Jimmy Childres with a catch and release 26 inch bass that fell for a June bug lizard at Calling Panther Lake on March 26, 2020.
October 13, 2020

Catch and release at Calling Panther Lake

Hunter Runnels caught this five pound large mouth bass while fishing at Wolf Lake in early October.
October 13, 2020

Wolf lake in the fall

Grace Munro with a beautiful redfish she caught while trolling with spoons at Ship Island.
October 2, 2020

Ship Island redfish

Ken Carter of Gulfport, Mississippi, caught this black drum on live shrimp while fishing in Gulfport Harbor.
October 2, 2020

First black drum

Ryleigh Stokes, 4, caught this six pound bass on a bream hook and cricket while using her Barbie spinning reel.
October 1, 2020

Six pound bass

Nine-year-old Mack Kelly of Pass Christian, Mississippi, caught these nice reds while fishing out of Grassy Pointe in Sept. 2020.
September 29, 2020

Grassy Pointe redfish

Katie Malone, 22, caught this massive 7 foot 8 inch alligator gar with a 35 1/2 inch girth on Sept. 6, 2020 in Claiborne County, Mississippi.
September 29, 2020

Monster alligator gar

Caleb Darby casting for bait off of the seawall in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi on May 26, 2020.
September 29, 2020

Casting for bait