April 2015 Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Mississippi Sportsman

A limit of these will make a fine fish fry.

Nighttime fishing for chinquapin

April 15, 2015 David A. Brown

Panfish aficionado Glynn “Catch” Cormier reminds anglers not to overlook the species’ after-hours potential. […]

Many look forward to the month-long cobia spawn that pulls the big sows up on shallow bars around Mississippi’s barrier islands.

April puts cobia on the bars

April 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Capt. Robert Earl McDaniel was doing the cobia two-step, a ritual similar to that of a rain dance, on the back deck of his boat that was anchored in 8 feet of water about 10 miles south of Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. […]

Break down a turkey caller’s vest and you will likely find an assortment of calls from boxes, to pots to diaphragm mouth calls.

Meek: Keep your box “fine tuned”

April 15, 2015 John J. Woods

Paul Meek has made thousands of turkey calls in his life, including about every style there is to try. It’s what he does for a living.

Even with that experience, he knows every call has to be fined tuned. […]

Gobbler chasing can often put hunters in dangerous situations. Where you sit, what you wear and how you react to any sound is important.

Gobble call: Proceed with caution

April 15, 2015 John J. Woods

The dangers of using a gobble call without knowing others are around when turkey hunting. […]

Tip the scales in your favor for trophy trout

April 13, 2015 Sam Davis

There are some real gator speckled trout swimming along the coast. You just have to know how to target them. […]

Brad Chappell with a guest fisherman caught one fish at Lake Washington, but it turned out to be the big fish of the day.

Bad weather tournaments

April 9, 2015 Paul Johnson

The Magnolia Crappie Club’s February tournament was held at Lake Washington under horrible weather conditions. […]

BB Kicker

April 1, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

Big Bite Baits is introducing the BB Kicker to its successful lineup of swimbaits. The BB Kicker’s high action paddle tail has a lifelike appearance and a kicking swimming action even at the slowest of retrieve speeds. […]

Does bed fishing harm bass populations? The science doesn’t indicate there’s any harm.

Bass bed fishing

April 1, 2015 Hal Schramm

For some bass anglers, sight fishing for bedding bass is the ultimate rush. Other anglers consider bed fishing unsportsmanlike, with some asserting it adversely affects bass abundance.

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Honda lawn mowers

April 1, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

The Honda HRXVKA and HRXVYA lawn mowers feature the all new Honda Select Drive. You can select your desired speed range and engage the Select Drive control handle to match your mowing stride, then the control handle becomes an integrated part of the lawn mower handle bar for maximum comfort. […]

Turkey flock populations across the state are always in flux, but annual turkey surveys help track their activities.

Join the spring gobbler survey team

April 1, 2015 John J. Woods

Turkey hunters can play an active role in providing information that helps determine future management of the wild turkey in Mississippi. I mean, do you ever wonder where all the annual turkey hunting results information and data comes from each season?

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JEBS Chokes

April 1, 2015 Mississippi Sportsman

The JEBS Headhunter Turkey Choke Tube is for everyone from the serious turkey hunter to the beginning novice. This tube has a patented interior bore design which allows for better shot and wad cup separation, thus making patterns smaller and denser on your intended target. […]

Spring rains bring nutrient rich water and attract some of the biggest bass in the lake to the culverts in the upper end of the lake.

Flint Creek’s ‘Classic’ bass

April 1, 2015 Phillip Gentry

Pardon the Petal Bass Club if its members are a little cocky this year.

Petal sits in the heart of South Mississippi, surrounded by good fishing holes but quite a fair distance from any major reservoir with a prestigious bass reputation. […]