Drought conditions has reduced the amount of water flowing through Deer Creek near Hollandale, resulting in a fish kill last week, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said.
The kill was reported to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality on July 13, and MDWFP biologists were dispatched to investigate the following day. […]
A U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal to expand hunting opportunities would allow hunting for waterfowl, squirrels, rabbit and raccoons, deer and hogs on Coldwater River National Wildlife Refuge. […]
Wolf and Broad lakes have reopened to recreational fishing and boating after being closed becasue of flooding from the Mississippi River, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks announced today (July 6). […]
Two men shot a pending state-record alligator gar June 24 while bowfishing along the Yazoo River south of Vicksburg, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks reported today (July 6).
The 234-pound gar, if certified by the MDWFP, will easily replace the current 175-pound State Trophy Fish record for gar caught on any sport-fishing gear except rod-and-reel.
The current record was taken from the Pearl River near Columbia in 1993 by Joseph Sylvest. […]
With record-breaking flood levels along the mighty Mississippi from Tunica to Natchez, outdoorsmen and wildlife fans were left wondering if the Delta’s deer would survive. […]
Waters in 11 Delta counties have reopened to fishing because flooding from the Mississippi River has receded, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks announced today (June 10).
However, there are still waters that are closed in some areas of the Delta, the MDWFP reported. […]
The massive flooding of the Delta by the Mississippi River will not change the 2011-12 deer season, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks announced yesterday (June 7).
“While the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks has the authority to close hunting seasons in emergency situations, closure of deer seasons in the Delta has not been recommended by (MDWFP) Deer Program biologists and is not currently under consideration,” the MDWFP news release read. […]
Under the authority of Executive Order 1053, issued by Governor Haley Barbour during the first part of May 2011, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks is opening the waters listed below to recreational boating and fishing:
The following lakes will be open to all fishing and boating when the Mississippi River reaches 48.0 feet at the Vicksburg gauge: Chotard, Albemarle, Airplane, Tennessee lakes in Issaquena County. […]
Several fish kills have been reported on lakes inundated by the rising Mississippi River and its tributaries, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks reported today (May 25).
“We have received reports from several conservation officers that fish kills have started in some of the flooded areas.” MDWFP’s Director of Fisheries Programs Ron Garavelli said.
The rising Mississippi River has redistributed debris, soils, chemicals, fuel, and other materials into lakes and rivers, to which state officials attribute the kills. […]
Greg Hackney spends most of his year chasing bass on the Bassmaster Elite Series trail, but when it’s time to relax he usually can be found at his Washington County hunting club. But he was stunned by what he found when he stopped to check things out on his way home from a recent tournament.
“There was 4 feet of water over the floor of the lodge,” Hackney said. “And the camp is on a 13-foot mound and is probably another 4 feet above that mound, so the water had to be 17 feet over the ground to get to the floor.”
What was so shocking was that the camp is on the second-highest point on the 5,000-acre island. […]
The rising levels of the Mississippi River and its tributaries will disperse alligators, snakes and other wildlife to new locations, and residents should be prepared for encounters, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks said today (May 18).
“If snakes are encountered, it is always best to keep your distance, since most snake bites occur when people try to handle or kill them,” MDWFP’s Alligator Program Leader Ricky Flynt said. […]
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks closed all boating activity in counties affected by the recent flooding to protect levees and residents’ property, the agency reported.
Effected counties include Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Coahoma, DeSoto, Jefferson, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Tunica, Warren, Washington, Wilkinson, and Yazoo. However, the area can be expanded if needed, MDWFP officials said. […]
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