Bass Fishing
‘Whacking’ the white bass
John Williams said he saw the splashes a good half a mile across Sardis Lake, and knew his slow day of fishing would soon turn around. […]
Hills Region
Bass Fishing
15-5: Dad rewarded with monster bass
If anyone ever deserved to catch a monster bass, Drew Hopper of Olive Branch is that fisherman. […]
Catfish
Waking up Pickwick’s flathead catish
Since the few anglers who do target catfish on Pickwick are most interested in trophy blues or eating-sized channels, the sleeper within a sleeper species is flathead catfish. […]
Freshwater Fishing
B’n’M Poles unveils new catfish rods
Widely known as a leader in the crappie- and panfish-fishing rod industry, West Point-based B’n’M Poles unveiled a new line of exclusive cat fishing rods earlier this year. […]
Freshwater Fishing
How to snell a hook
Fishing for trophy blue and flathead catfish around structure is tough on your terminal tackle. Break-offs are pretty frequent, requiring anglers to retie leaders and hooks. […]
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Cat Napper — Best tactics for catching Pickwick Lake’s trophy blue catfish
Outdoor writers and editors love to throw around the term “sleeper.” In outdoor context, the term refers to an outdoor resource that doesn’t get its fair share of attention. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Crankbait paint by numbers
Crappie anglers who troll crankbaits have learned that the wilder the color, the better crappie like them. Even with the wide color variety available on the market in response to this demand, there are days when that right color just can’t be found.
Freshwater Fishing
Dub-L play
The saying goes that necessity is the mother of invention. Like many tournament crappie anglers, Wayne Inman’s choice of crappie boat is a standard bass boat retrofitted to accept rod holders for vertical tight-line fishing. Two anglers sit side by side on the front deck of the boat to man rods. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Clear water crankin’
When it comes to targeting crappie in clear water, several key ingredients make crankbait trolling work. […]
Featured
Pickwick peaks in May
Pickwick Lake is not just for smallmouth anymore.
The huge fishing hole, which flows through the northeast corner of Mississippi as well as Alabama and Tennessee, is producing some of the best largemouth bass action in the country. […]
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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. […]
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New crappie minimum length at Sardis adjusted to 11 inches
For the second time in two months, state wildlife officials have announced a change in crappie fishing limits at Sardis Lake in North Mississippi. […]