Freshwater Fishing
August crappie-fishing forecast
The most-commonly recommended techniques for catching mobile crappie in August are all trolling tactics — power trolling, tight-lining double minnow rigs and trolling crankbaits. […]
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Freshwater Fishing
Study is like finding a needle in a haystack
While following a bunch of radio transmitter-outfitted fish around all day might seem like an attempt at herding cats, Ole Miss graduate student Dylan Williams, who handled much of the legwork of the study, said it’s all in a day’s work. […]
As Big As they Grow
Crank it up
Summer in Mississippi — you either love it or you shrink from it. Only the hardiest, die-hard crappie fishermen tackle the brutal Mississippi summer conditions. […]
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On the right track — A crappie tagging project helps learn more about the fish
Without a doubt, Mississippi’s crappie fisheries are an important natural resource. They are the backbone of a multi-million-dollar economy that impacts tourism, manufacturing, retail sales and a host of other state businesses. […]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie and mayflies
Where insect hatches like mayflies, midges and mosquitoes come into play in the crappie feeding cycle is when they are in the larval stages. […]
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Crappie Down Deep — How to catch Ross Barnett crappie when summer heats move them to deep water
Well, it’s July and it’s hot. The weather’s hot, the waters hot and, other than brief periods at night or the first couple of hours of daylight, it’s also jet ski/pleasure boat rush hour on the Rez. […]
As Big As they Grow
Pulling cranks and catching crappie
It’s July — thank goodness. Ordinarily, I wouldn’t be singing the praises of the coming Mississippi summer with all our hot weather, but, based on the last few months of unprecedented cold and windy conditions, I’m glad to see summer finally get here. […]
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Garavelli reeling in benefits of his labor
Two weeks into his retirement, Ron Garavelli is reeling in the benefits of his 28 years as Mississippi’s chief of fisheries. […]
As Big As they Grow
The show must go on
Are you like me — fed up with the wet, windy, cold weather we’ve had the last few months? Don’t know about you, but it has made my fishing life miserable this season. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Chute ’em crappie
Micro fishery habitats can produce some mighty good fishing. Seasoned crappie anglers know what I mean. They typically return to the same “honey holes” every year, making a sound bet they are going to produce again and again year after year. […]
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Lost in Transition — Best tactics to catch Bay Springs crappie
“A lot of anglers struggle here,” said Bay Springs crappie guide and local fishing guru Wayne Inman. “They expect it to fish like the other big crappie lakes in the state, and that’s just not the case here.”
What Inman means is not that Bay Springs is a poor crappie lake; in fact, exactly the opposite is true. But to successfully catch crappie in the 6,700-acre impoundment, anglers will need to understand a few dynamics about the lake.
First is that depth changes are relatively extreme from one end of the impoundment to the other. […]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie spawn: Don’t blink, you could miss it
The first report of spawning crappie came Monday afternoon (April 15) on one particular spot on Barnett Reservoir. By Tuesday afternoon, it was over in that honey hole and Wednesday bites were tough to come by. “But we found them again, in a very similar area, about a mile up the lake,” said Joe Alford of Brandon, who fished with his son Jace. “I was in on that tremendous run between the islands Tuesday but it was over on Wednesday. […]