Bass Fishing
Bass Kandi Croaker
With the very large number of plastic frogs on the racks and shelves for bass fishermen to choose from, who would’ve thunk to add another one to the mix? […]
August 2013
General
Where have all the bullets gone?
If by now you haven’t experienced the frustrating bullet shortage or voiced a loud complaint about it, it’s a fair bet you don’t shoot for a hobby — or shoot at all. […]
Fishing
How to get the best cartography on your chart plotter’s screen
Back when the earliest digital maps for freshwater lakes began to appear on chart plotter screens, I was struck by how different they were. […]
Columns
Planting tree plots
Properly constructed tree plots are a wonderful addition to a system of seasonal food plots on just about any piece of hunting property. […]
Bass Fishing
Plenty of ways and places to catch August bass at the Rez
Just like everywhere else in Mississippi, August is a very tough month to catch bass on the Rez. […]
Deer Hunting
Top 5 trail camera locations
You’ve heard the cliché before from real estate selling: “Location, location, location.” […]
Deer Hunting
Trail cam set-up tips
Some general procedures to properly set up and monitor a trail camera are: […]
Deer Hunting
Murphy’s Law applied to trail cams
“If anything can go wrong, it will.”
Do you know the origin of Murphy’s Law? […]
Freshwater Fishing
Crappie guides help researchers tag fish
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. […]
Deer Hunting
Five trail camera faux pas
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. […]
Freshwater Fishing
August crappie-fishing forecast
The most-commonly recommended techniques for catching mobile crappie in August are all trolling tactics — power trolling, tight-lining double minnow rigs and trolling crankbaits. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Study is like finding a needle in a haystack
While following a bunch of radio transmitter-outfitted fish around all day might seem like an attempt at herding cats, Ole Miss graduate student Dylan Williams, who handled much of the legwork of the study, said it’s all in a day’s work. […]