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Mississippi Sound fills up with bull redfish in October.

October’s Top 5 Mississippi fishing hot spots

October 1, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

October is generally the time the focus shifts to hunting, but it is also a great time to go fishing. Here’s our list of five must-visit fishing hot spots. […]

The Mississippi River’s big blue catfish

October 1, 2019 Michael O. Giles

As soon as the leaves start falling and the temperatures start dropping in October the blue catfish start heading to their deep honey holes. […]

The latest and hottest tactic for catching trophy catfish from flowing waters like the Mississippi River is called “bumping”.

Bumping for River Catfish

September 1, 2019 Phillip Gentry

Fishing a place with strong current for catfish? There’s no better tactic for Mississippi angers than bumping to put fish in the boat. […]

Tripletails are a great summer target around crab-pot buoys and marker buoys in Mississippi Sound.

5 hot spots for July fishing

July 9, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

When the fish are biting anglers don’t feel the heat. These five Mississippi fishing hot spots usually provide great action in July so give them a try. […]

Trotlining is a fun and productive way to fish for river catfish during the summer.

Trotlining for catfish

June 6, 2019 Phillip Gentry

Trotlining is a fun and productive way for recreational anglers to fish for river catfish during the summer in the Magnolia State. […]

In moving water conditions where fish must move to find food, flashy artificial lures can create a reaction bite.

Summer means bank-fishing

June 1, 2019 Phillip Gentry

A lot of Mississippi anglers will be fishing from dry ground this summer. Here’s some tips for making the best of fishing from the bank. […]

Grabbing for big flathead and blue catfish begins May 1 in Mississippi.

Catfish, by hand, cranks up in May

May 2, 2019 Mississippi Sportsman

Mississippi’s hand-grabbing season opens May 1 and runs through July 15, which is timed to match the spawning season of flathead and blue catfish. […]

Submerged sandbars offer areas of slower current where active catfish go to feed.

Go bar-hopping for Mississippi River catfish

April 1, 2019 Phillip Gentry

When the big river rises this spring, dragging across a good, submerged sandbar could land you some trophy catfish. […]

Cold catfish tricks

February 1, 2019 Phillip Gentry

Don’t give up on catfish in the winter. Blues, flatheads and channels will all bite, if you change tactics to account for the cold weather. […]

Blue catfish are voracious eaters, and will even hit a Bandit 200 crankbait, which this angler learned while trolling for striped bass at Barnett Reservoir.

Color catfish hot

September 1, 2018 David Hawkins

Even with summer’s heat still pounding down on Mississippi waters, catfish are almost always ready and willing to bite. Here’s how to catch them. […]

A catfish’s olfactory system, which includes many baffles in its nostrils, allows it to detect small traces of scent in large volumes of water, which makes them vulnerable to all kinds of baits.

Choosing bait: It needs to stink

July 15, 2018 Phillip Gentry

Catfish have some of the most-sensitive senses of smell in the aquatic environment, thanks to folds in tissue inside their nostrils. […]

Summer-size your catfish tactics

July 1, 2018 Phillip Gentry

The hottest months may not be the best time to target trophy cats, but numbers of smaller fish are available for the taking across Mississippi. […]