August 2013 Archives - Mississippi Sportsman

Bass Kandi’s Croaker is the latest in the fake frog offerings.

Bass Kandi Croaker

August 30, 2013 Don Shoopman

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? […]

Government stockpiling of ammunition has been blamed for recent ammo shortages, but that theory isn’t supported by facts.

Where have all the bullets gone?

August 27, 2013 Gordon Hutchinson

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. […]

Choosing the proper electronic map can increase the odds of getting the most out of a trip to the Neuse River.

How to get the best cartography on your chart plotter’s screen

August 23, 2013 Allan Tarvid

Back when the earliest digital maps for freshwater lakes began to appear on chart plotter screens, I was struck by how different they were. […]

Planting tree plots

August 20, 2013 Bill Garbo

Properly constructed tree plots are a wonderful addition to a system of seasonal food plots on just about any piece of hunting property. […]

Fishing a swim bait along the edges of the river channel is one successful summertime tactic on Ross Barnett.

Plenty of ways and places to catch August bass at the Rez

August 16, 2013 Paul Elias

Just like everywhere else in Mississippi, August is a very tough month to catch bass on the Rez. […]

With good reason, the recommended tactics for crappie fishing on both Sardis and Enid are ones that keep anglers on the move.

August crappie-fishing forecast

August 15, 2013 Phillip Gentry

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. […]

Ole Miss graduate student Dylan Williams describes a day of locating a needle in a haystack.

Study is like finding a needle in a haystack

August 15, 2013 Phillip Gentry

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. […]

Anything holds tripletail

August 15, 2013 Mississippi Sportsman

Capt. Kenny Shiyou tells anglers to never pass anything on the surface without looking for a tripletail. […]

Capt. Kenny Shiyou and Dan Smith of Ridgeland sit by a full box of speckled trout and redfish, topped by three tripletails. The tripletails give a cooling finish to a summer day of fishing in the Mississippi Sound.

Capt. Kenny Shiyou’s tripletail fishing tips

August 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

• Rod and reel: A good medium-heavy or heavy-action spinning rod, 6 ½ or 7 feet, with a quality spinning reel that is easy to cast. […]

If the tide slacks and everything else slows, the tripletails bite.

Best fishing tackle for tripletail

August 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

One thing that the Shore Thing charter captains agree on is the tackle used to wrestle tripletail to the boat. […]

Capt. Shiyou in Bay St. Louis with a 25.7-pound tripletail caught on an extremely hot summer day in August.

Tagging program looks to learn more about tripletail

August 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Capt. Sonny Schindler said the education process for all fishermen, including Shiyou, continues with every trip. […]

James Patterson hoists a good sized flathead out of the Mississippi River. Flatheads prefer live bait to stink bait.

Things to know

August 15, 2013 David Hawkins

Vicksburg angler Walter Scott offered these tips for catfishing the Mighty Mississippi: […]