Bass Fishing
Summertime bass care
When the water warms above 75 degrees, there are three simple things bass anglers need to do to keep their catch alive. […]
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Bass Fishing
Top public bass waters
May is a peak month of bass activity, and Mississippi has an abundance of public bass fishing waters near everybody. Be it a lake, a river or a reservoir, bass anglers should rejoice in the fact that big bass are hungry after the spawn. […]
Bass Fishing
Load up a bed with lures and get bit
Presenting multiple lures into a single bed can increase a fisherman’s chances of making a bass bite this month. […]
Bass Fishing
What triggers the largemouth bass spawn?
It’s that time of the year. The dogwoods are in bloom, the water is warming, the days are getting longer, and the bass are building nests and spawning. But what triggers the bass spawn? I doubt the blooming dogwoods put the bass in a romantic mood. Is it photoperiod? Temperature? […]
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Youngster’s catch bodes well for the Elite Series
When the 2017 Bassmaster Elite Series visits Barnett Reservoir the last weekend of the April, the 111 best bass fishermen in the world will be hard-pressed to match or beat the lunker posted in February’s B.A.S.S. Nation High School Open on the same waters. […]
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Boom! Add a pound to the Jeff Davis bass record
Remember that story on this website from early March about the new lake record 11.6-pound largemouth bass at Jeff Davis Lake?
Well, forget about it. […]
Big Bass
Two more state lake record bass certified
Two more record largemouth bass have been reported this month at state lakes managed by the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP). […]
Bass Fishing
The foraging window
Bass aren’t picky eaters. What they eat boils down to a simple two-step rule: small enough to swallow, big enough to be worth eating. In other words, the forage needs to be within a certain size range, which I call the “foraging window.” […]
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14-3: Angler breaks Neshoba County Lake record
Austin Vowell said he’d fought all the wind he wanted after two hours Tuesday morning, fishing at Neshoba County Lake at Philadelphia, so he decided to quit and fish his way out. […]
Bass Fishing
Max motion — How swim-head jigs increase bass bites
In a lake, there is no takeout menu, no vending machines, no Amazon. If you’re a bass, what you got is what you got. […]
Bass Fishing
Make a road trip for 10-pound bass
The nation’s No. 1 bass fishery is just a few hours across the Louisiana state line, but when is the best time to book a trip to catch one of Toledo Bend’s double-digit lunkers? […]
Bass Fishing
Winter keys for small-lake bass
Lipless crankbaits, spinnerbaits and standard crankbaits are all part of Dan Smith’s February small-lake arsenal. […]