Hills Region Archives - Page 11 of 15

No need to worry about which side of the state line you’re on as all three of the states that border Pickwick have a reciprocal fishing license agreement that covers the majority of the lake, including all of the hotspots mentioned.

Reciprocal fishing license agreements on Pickwick

November 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Nobody likes getting a ticket, whether you’re driving a car or fishing in a lake. To avoid both, slow down and know the rules. […]

Sam Wray, who goes by jmself on the MS-Sportsman.com forum, killed this 160-inch buck 48 hours after missing a big deer from the same stand.

Panola County gives up 160-inch buck

October 26, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

Two days after missing on a 10-point buck he had worked so hard to get, Sam Wray of Courtland found the perfect cure for buck fever blues on Wednesday (Oct. 24). […]

Fishermen are expected to fill boxes with slab crappie at Sardis Lake this month, but they'd better enjoy it. Poor spawns since 2009 will lead to a year or two of poor fishing.

Sardis’ fabulous fall fishing comes with a caveat

October 1, 2012 Bobby Cleveland

As Sardis Lake fishermen prepare for what is predicted to be a great month of crappie fishing, state fisheries director Ron Garavelli offers some ominous October advice. […]

Roger Stegall of Iuka lifts a largemouth bass from Pickwick Lake. Largemouth and smallmouth can be found feeding on shad in late summer.

Junkyard dogs: Catching Pickwick Lake’s smallies

September 19, 2012 David Hawkins

Smallmouth bass wear the moniker of “smallies” as if they have a chip on their shoulder — something to prove. What they lack in size, they make up for in brute strength and feisty attitude.

And they patrol stretches of Pickwick as if daring anything to invade their backyard.

“Pickwick is not the only place in Mississippi to catch a smallmouth bass,” Iuka’s Roger Stegall said. “But the size of the lake and the smallmouths population concentration make it the best Mississippi water to consider.” […]

Junkyard dogs: Catching Pickwick Lake’s smallies

September 1, 2012 David Hawkins

Smallmouth bass wear the moniker of “smallies” as if they have a chip on their shoulder — something to prove. What they lack in size, they make up for in brute strength and feisty attitude.

And they patrol stretches of Pickwick as if daring anything to invade their backyard.

Even in winter, Stegall can put his clients on smallmouth bass at Pickwick Lake.

Diverse habitat drives Pickwick fisheries

September 1, 2012 David Hawkins

Stegall also said the smallmouth bass appear to him to be a cyclic species, with peak cycles coming every 10 years. […]

Smallmouth bass share the same water as their large-mouth cousins during late summer.

Side-imaging a boon for smallmouth anglers

September 1, 2012 David Hawkins

Roger Stegall is a professional angler in every sense of the word, using every means at his disposal to locate fish and catch them — whether it is for a tournament purse or a paying client. […]

This month, the Mississippi Sportsman Crappie Hotspot Series rolls into Columbus Lake on the Tenn-Tom Waterway with guide Ray Looney.

Crappie Hotspot: Columbus Lake

August 29, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Located within the Golden Triangle of Northeast Mississippi, this month’s Mississippi crappie hotspot is none other than Columbus Lake. Referred to by the locals as Possum Town Lake, Columbus is impounded by the seventh of 10 locks along the Tenn-Tom Waterway. […]