Heartland Region Archives - Page 17 of 25

Madison angler Don Drane was badly injured in 2011 when he was thrown from his boat, which then ran over him. He wasn't wearing his life jacket or making use of the outboard's kill switch when he went into the water.

Angler learns PFD lesson the hard way

August 13, 2013 Mississippi Sportsman

I had carefully followed the instruction book for breaking in the new 15-horsepower Yamaha: One full hour at half-throttle or less. […]

Hunting around Barnett Reservoir just got easier

July 19, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Sportsmen in the Central Mississippi area seeking remote places to hunt have long overlooked a great opportunity, even though many have fished, boated, camped or partied nearby. […]

Costa Del Mar’s polarized lens technology helps anglers not only see fish, but the structure they’re hiding under.

Polarized glasses a key fishing tool

July 15, 2013 Phillip Gentry

The Saltbreak is one of the new sunglass frame designs released by Costa Del Mar. When paired with Costa’s high-contrast specialty 580P sunrise polarized lens technology, anglers have a vital piece of equipment for fishing — especially when that fishing entails seeing a fish before it sees you in low-light conditions. […]

Crappie and mayflies

July 15, 2013 Phillip Gentry

Where insect hatches like mayflies, midges and mosquitoes come into play in the crappie feeding cycle is when they are in the larval stages. […]

Veteran crappie anglers Brad Taylor and Hugh Krutz don’t let hot weather stand in the way of their crappie fishing.

Crappie Down Deep — How to catch Ross Barnett crappie when summer heats move them to deep water

July 1, 2013 Phillip Gentry

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. […]

Want to give a youngster a taste of fishing power? Turn him or her onto a hybrid striped bass bite on Barnett Reservoir. Wes Partridge was 8 when he caught this one.

Cooking striped and hybrid bass

June 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

One reason why stripers and hybrids have been slow to catch on with more fishermen is that people consider them poor table fare. […]

When the bite is on, stripers will take a Bandit 200 deep in their throats.

Best techniques for stripers and hybrid bass

June 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

There are two ways to catch stripers and hybrid bass. Here are the basics. […]

When the sun gets low, the surface action can explode. Sid Montgomery can certainly testify to that.

On top

June 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

When the big stripes or hybrids are schooling on top, it can get wild. They will hit most anything, including a crankbait because a lot of the fish in a school will be down under the surface action. […]

On ultra-lights, even the little stripers are a thrill, and where you catch one, you can catch and release a hundred.

Ultra-light fun

June 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Many of the surface schools you find in late May or early June will be the fish stocked the previous year, and they will not have reached the legal size limit of 15 inches. […]

Dustin Frucci with a pair of Barnett hybrid striped bass.

Size limits

June 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Striped bass and hybrid striped bass are counted together, with an aggregate limit of six per fishermen allowed each day. There is a 15-inch minimum length limit on both. […]

Summer trolling on Barnett Reservoir can fill an ice chest with striped bass and make memories. Keith Partridge (left) and fisheries director Ron Garavelli (right) were catching them two at the time.

Under the Radar — How to catch Ross Barnett’s stripers and hybrid bass

June 1, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

From experience, we knew big schools of big striped bass were in a specific area of Barnett Reservoir. They were close — they had to be because the conditions were perfect. […]

A box full of chunky bream was the results of a memorable Lake Naomi fishing trip with a father-son team more than a decade ago.

Remembering a full moon in April with Big Joe

April 29, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Friday was sort of an anniversary for me. The date itself, April 26, has absolutely nothing to do with it. It just happens to be the day on which the full moon falls this year in April. […]