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Mountain Dew stops bleeding of gill-hooked bass

October 30, 2015 Andy Crawford

Austin Abadie saved a Henderson Swamp bass from bleeding to death by pouring some Mountain Dew through its gills. […]

Buzzbaits and Reel N’Shads can be dynamite this month in the shallows.

October bass at Bogue Homa

October 15, 2015 Paul Elias

Bogue Homa Lake, an 882 acre lake six miles east of Laurel, is tough to fish in the summer. This relatively shallow lake has cypress stumps, cypress trees, stringy grass, lily pads and several channels running through it. […]

Fall means bass transition

September 22, 2015 Dan Kibler

Understanding how bass move — and where they go — during the fall is critical to putting fish in the boat. […]

Side-scanning depth finders help locate bass and understand where they are holding in the water column.

Bet on Bay Springs for September bass

September 17, 2015 Paul Elias

In September, often our state is often experiencing very hot weather, as we have this past summer. However, toward the end of the month, we might start getting some relief from the heat. […]

If schooling bass go to the depths, throwing a big topwater frog might bring them back up.

Schooling bass and lily pads

August 17, 2015 Paul Elias

I love to fish lily pads, which provide both shade and cover for at Ross Barnett bass, in August. Ross Barnett features many underwater stump fields in shallow water where the bass can hold, which is where the baitfish and the bass will be. […]

Small waters, big worms, large bass

August 17, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

When they’re cooling it deep in the shade in the peak of the summer heat, sometimes it takes a big bait to get a big bass to bite. […]

Patience is required to get a big plastic worm or lizards down to the depths of the timber, but the fish are there for those who can do it.

5 tips for deep timber summer bass

August 15, 2015 Phillip Gentry

When temperatures soar during the hottest time of the year, largemouth bass will seek out “comfort zones” in order to survive during Mississippi’s torrid summers. […]

Keep it safe at night

August 15, 2015 David Hawkins

Safety is paramount when night fishing for any species of fish. Many of these points may seem mundane, but each bears repeating […]

Some anglers swear downsizing is the way to go when the bite gets tough, but research indicates bigger lures might be a better approach.

Upsized baits for bass

August 6, 2015 Hal Schramm

Big baits are all the rage on the bass cast-for-cash circuits. But recreational bass anglers more into catching than casting also have learned the merits of big lures — giant worms, super-size swimbaits, oversize crankbaits, 8-inch flutter spoons — for triggering bass bites. […]

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