Catfish
How to fish the Santee catfish rig
The secret to trolling for catfish is to have the bait, typically fresh dead or cut bait, move slowly along the bottom. […]
July 2016
Bass Fishing
Okatibbee fun – This lake offers a lot of options
I’m picking Okatibbee just north of Meridian to fish in July because it offers an early morning topwater bite, a good mid-morning technique and a tactic we can use to finish off the day. […]
Inshore Fishing
Magnolia surfing
Capt. Glenn Ellis and I arrived at the Biloxi Small Craft Harbor well before daylight, launched his boat and headed south. […]
As Big As they Grow
Testing the waters
I went to the lake this morning with my 10-year-old granddaughter, Harlee Johnson.
“H.B. (I call her by her first two initials a lot of the time), we’re going to pull some new-to-us crankbaits this morning,” I said. “They’re called Flicker Shads. They look like the shad that these Barnett crappie like to eat.” […]
Crappie/Bream
The sunfish clan – Part II: Redear sunfish
The redear sunfish has many names. Topping the list is bream and redear bream, but other frequently spoken names are shellcracker and chinquapin. […]
Fishing
MirrOlure C-Eyes Pro Series
One of MirrOlure’s best-selling lures, the Catch 2000, is now available in the C-Eye Pro Series. These lures feature natural clear 3-D eyes, contemporary fish-catching finishes and premium black nickel hooks. […]
Content
Trash collectors – Bowfishing at night
If you want to expand your fishing game, hit the water at night — but leave behind your rod and reel. Instead, take a bow. […]
Hunting
Content
Hunting therapy — How hunting helped an outdoorsman recover from injury
Michael Rhodes of Ackerman became an avid outdoorsman quite naturally, growing up in Alabama the son of a man who trained and hunted mountain cur squirrel dogs and chased deer. […]
Content
Cover: July 2016
Summertime is catfish time, and there’s no better place than Pickwick. Learn everything you need to know to catch your share. […]
Bass Fishing
Opposites attract — Keys to ‘heavy finesse’ bass fishing
In the word association game, “finesse” and “heavy” are not typically connected. However, there exists a strategic melding of the two concepts in which “heavy finesse” tactics can yield big results in the bass-fishing world. […]
Bass Fishing
Stratified strategy — Tips for more summer bass
Terry Bates cast his crankbait across a submerged ledge a few feet off a sandbar and cranked it down. A Delta river bass smashed his offering, and then exploded through the water’s surface like a missile. […]