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Kenny Snowden holds a bass typical of those caught in Davis Lake.

Bass Basics 101: The spawning cycle

February 15, 2015 David Hawkins

Since the spawning period is the peak of bass-catching activity at Davis Lake, understanding the reproductive cycle of largemouths is important. For this, we turn to the reference book, Inland Fishes of Mississippi. […]

Jeff Foster of Tupelo shows proof of how one cast in winter on Davis Lake can make a day of casting in poor conditions worthwhile. He caught this 17.34-pound bass, the second largest ever recorded in Mississippi, on Jan. 3, 2013.

February’s prespawn worth the dire conditions

February 15, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

When Jeff Foster caught his 17.34-pound bass at Davis Lake two years ago, it was no fluke. […]

Upping your chances for a trophy bass – Part II

February 4, 2015 Hal Schramm

The old saying “being in the right place at the right time” pertains to a lot of fortunate events, but it rings especially true for catching a trophy bass. […]

When bass are at their most finicky in winter's cold waters, move out deep to a creek channel and fish a drop-shot worm rig with a Robo worm in a Bold Bluegill pattern. It produced for Bobby Cleveland at Lake Okhissa.

Ponds: Force feed lethargic winter bass

January 26, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Deer season is ending, and for a lot of Mississippi sportsmen it means their thoughts turn toward bass fishing.

Of course, the timing couldn’t be tougher. […]

Adding a treble or feathered hook to a jigging spoon — or changing the size of the lure — can make all the difference when fishing winter bass.

Spoons get bass biting in the cold

January 17, 2015 Dan Kibler

With cold water dictating a lot of what bass fishermen do in January, there’s one lure that can be counted on for plenty of bites: a jigging spoon. […]

You might not get a lot of bites this month, but you can catch some nice fish if you fish methodically.

Rock January bass at Ross Barnett

January 15, 2015 Paul Elias

January is a good month for fishing riprap at Ross Barnett Reservoir. Those rocks capture heat from the sun and transfer it into the water, so baitfish and bass will hold close to riprap. […]

What can be learned from a trophy-bass program in Texas? Perhaps more than one would think.

Upping your chances for a trophy bass – Part I

January 5, 2015 Hal Schramm

Looking at catch records from individual lakes to try and identify some environmental cue that up chances of getting a big bass bite. […]

Alabama bass in Bay Springs Lake provide great winter action.

What’s with all these new bass?

December 1, 2014 Hal Schramm

One hundred years ago there were two black bass species: largemouth bass and smallmouth bass. In 1926, ichthyologists (scientists who study the classification of fishes) recognized the spotted bass as a separate species. […]

A walking bait will be one of the primary baits at Pickwick during November.

Positives of the Pickwick drawdown

November 16, 2014 Paul Elias

Pickwick Lake will be drawn down 6 feet for the dam to be repaired, making the lake level at 408 — the biggest drawdown in about 30 years. […]

Sidney Montgomery caught this Chotard Lake bass at the mouth of the small spring glowing and flowing in the background.

Fall bass on a ‘spring’ pattern

November 7, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

Softly trickling over the exposed roots of a tree, a small stream of clear spring water was spilling into the calm dark waters of Lake Chotard. […]

You have to count lateral line scales to tell this Choctaw bass from a spotted bass.

Choctaw bass or not?

November 6, 2014 Hal Schramm

In 2007, fishery researchers Brandon Barthel, John Knight and Mike Tringali at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute were conducting genetic analysis of black bass in Florida Panhandle rivers when they found a DNA profile from a Chipola River specimen that didn’t match any other known black bass. […]

Anthony Denny caught the state record bass on New Year's Eve of 1992 at Natchez State Park. Did his 18.15-pounder raise the bar too far?

Winter is lunker time

October 29, 2014 Bobby Cleveland

It was a warm winter’s day, the last one of 1992 in fact, when Anthony Denny saw the telltale sign of a big bass making a feeding run on some shad in a cove on the lake at Natchez State Park. […]