April is the month when both the spotted and the largemouth bass move to shallow water in Bay Springs Lake located near Booneville. They’re easier to catch this month at Bay Springs than any other month of the year. […]
The saying goes “April showers bring May flowers,” but for Joey and Jerry Pounders of Caledonia, Mississippi, April showers bring monster catfish. […]
It only makes sense, biologist Chad Dacus said, that the 2013 Big Buck Bounty was the best in its decade-old existence. […]
Though it seems that the late arriving winter is reluctant to release its grip this year, Bay Springs crappie guide Wayne Inman (662-416-1296) indicates that the prime season for catching slab crappie from the upper Tenn-Tom Waterway lake is right around the corner.
“Water temperatures in the back of most of the northerly coves have reached 57 degrees,” said Inman. “The main lake is still 47, which is helping to push the fish shallow. Right now males are being caught in 3-4 feet of water using small crappie jigs.” […]
The final phase of work on the new Fannin Landing boat ramp on Ross Barnett Reservoir is underway, and should be completed before the peak of the boat season begins in May.
A popular ramp, and the only one on the Rankin County side of the main lake body between the dam and Mississippi Highway 43, has received a complete face lift. […]
Common ground isn’t so common anymore.
Politics empowers us to believe our side is always right. […]
The old cliche about spinnerbaits being underwater crescent wrenches because they are adjustable to any fishing situation might be played out, but Brandon resident and Ross Barnett regular Mike Murphy believes there are just as many differences between spinnerbaits in their packaging as there are changes anglers can make to them once they take them out. […]
If you were fishing a national bass tournament on your home lake, where would you fish? […]
Steve Grace launched his bass boat on Lake Neshoba just before noon on Feb. 15, one of the few we’ve had with sunshine this year. Grace and partner Jeff Collum had a little time off from work and decided to try the bass on a beautiful February day.
“We pulled up on a flat right off of a main point and tried to locate some bass,” Grace said. “We knew it was early and they wouldn’t be pulled up tight to the point yet, but we figured we might catch some near there, since there was deep water right off the flat.” […]
Mason Porter of Houlka is a devout crappie fisherman. He’s a member of the Magnolia Crappie Club and Crappie.com, and fishes events on both tournament circuits. […]
Angling for Florida strain largemouth bass has always been something of a challenge. When the big sows get on the bed that challenge is multiplied in spades by the fickleness of the female.
Many bass anglers have watched as the their baits are carried away by females, but hook-sets only result in baits flying back toward the anglers with the ferocity of an angry bird.
The United States Forest Service has only a few fishing lakes in Mississippi. Of those, Okhissa Lake near Bude has to be considered the crown jewel. […]
Hoot Gibson scanned the surface of Neshoba County Lake. He detected the telltale swirl of a bedding bass in the upper end of the lake and instantly sent a lure her way. […]
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