December marks the beginning of my favorite time to be bass fishing. No, I don’t like the challenge of being so cold it hurts, being stuffed into so many layers of clothing that it’s hard to move or the thrill of falling into 45-degree water. […]
Working the dam at Calling Panther Lake near Crystal Springs, I kept the boat parallel to the riprap and launched the long, thin Pro Pointer 100 jerkbait as close to the rocks as I could.
With three quick jerks of the rod tip, I put the lure to work.
And, then, I stopped and let the bait’s suspending characteristics do the work. […]
Early deer season is often a struggle in South Mississippi, where warm temperatures and inactive bucks and does can make even the most devout hunters think about… […]
During November, we’ll be fishing 500-acre Maynor Creek, located just outside of Waynesboro, where numbers of big bass live. […]
My fishing partners and my loyal readers all know that I am an avid striped bass and hybrid striped bass chaser on Ross Barnett Reservoir. […]
We weren’t even on Barnett Reservoir to fish Tuesday (Oct. 23), just riding around the upper river backwaters to look at the effects of recent aquatic vegetation spraying efforts. […]
Restocked about four years ago, Bogue Homa Lake is really producing a lot of bass, with a few weighing 5 to 7 pounds. Bogue Homa is about 1,000 acres with plenty of grass, lily pads and cypress trees, as well as well-defined creek channels with stumps sitting in them. […]
As we have many times in the past few years when we need fillets quickly for a weekend fish fry, my partner and I hooked up the boat and headed to Calling Panther Lake near Crystal Springs Wednesday (Sept. 19).
The 500-acre Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks lake didn’t let us down. Using spinning gear, 8-pound fluorocarbon leader off 10-pound braid, and drop shot worms, we quickly started picking off our targets — undersized bass that are in great number in Panther.
So much so that MDWFP biologists urge fishermen to take as many as they want, up to 30 apiece a day, of bass under 20 inches. […]
The bass are moving out of their deepwater summer patterns and into shallow water in September. Two patterns — fishing the riprap and the lily pads — will work all month, but they’ll probably produce better in the middle and at the end of the month. […]
Milder than normal surface temperatures, thanks to recent and frequent dog day rain storms, have left most Mississippi waters a good 10 degrees cooler than normal for summer. […]
B.A.S.S. Elite Series bass pro Pete Ponds likes to bang shallow cover in the backs of pockets or on big flats for big bass. […]
August is the month when bass start schooling on Pickwick Lake on the surface and in deep water. That means you can have fun and catch a lot of fish. Although you may not catch a monster, on a good day you can bring 20 or 30 bass to the boat. […]
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