July 2018 Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Mississippi Sportsman

When you see bass schooling on top, cast to them with either a walking bait or a shaky head worm when they go deep.

July: frog time at Ross Barnett

July 12, 2018 Paul Elias

July is when bass in Ross Barnett go to the lily pads that are plentiful in the reservoir, which is a relatively shallow lake, holding numbers of 5- to 6-pound fish. […]

Fast-growing crappies need a lot of food. In Southeastern reservoirs, that food often is threadfin shad, but big crappie benefit from larger forage, like slow-growing gizzard shad.

Why are crappie so big in flood-control lakes

July 9, 2018 Hal Schramm

Mississippi’s flood-control reservoirs — Arkabutla, Enid, Grenada and Sardis — are regarded by many anglers as the best in the country for big white crappies. […]

July is the month when deer clubs in Mississippi begin the grunt work of preparing for deer season at camp work days.

Summer sweat = winter success

July 6, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

It’s less than 90 days until the opening of archery deer season in most areas of Mississippi and 140 days before the opening of the gun season statewide. […]

MDWFP deal would open more Delta land to public

July 5, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi wildlife officials are hoping to announce soon a closing of the deal that could be the state’s last chance of obtaining a big block of prime Delta hunting land for public access. […]

Some Mississippi WMAs will soon be open to hog trapping, according to the MDWFP.

Door opens for trapping hogs on state’s WMAs

July 5, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks took the first steps to legalize the trapping of feral hogs on some of its wildlife management areas when the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks approved the concept at its May meeting. […]

Costa Del Mar

July 1, 2018 Mississippi Sportsman

Costa Del Mar targets fishermen with a large percentage of their sunglasses, and two of their latest offerings, the Cape and Montauk, are perfect examples. […]

4 Horsemen Tackle’s Popping Cork

July 1, 2018 Patrick Bonin

A new cork is popping up with South Louisiana’s inshore anglers, and it’s getting a reputation for both durability and a sound that seems to be a hit with speckled trout and redfish. […]

Scarecrow Strut Commander crow call

July 1, 2018 Mississippi Sportsman

You think the guys from Duck Commander can make calls that command other game birds or animals to flock their way? […]

Cover: July 2018

July 1, 2018 Mississippi Sportsman

Plenty of speckled trout call the Biloxi Marsh their summer home, Finding them is half the game; catching them is the fun half. […]

Garmin’s Xero Bow Sight combines a rangefinder and a bow-sighting system.

Take a good look at this new sight

July 1, 2018 Sammy Romano

Each year at the Archery Trade Association’s trade show, there’s usually one new product that has the most “buzz” around the show. […]

Coyotes are common across all 82 counties of Mississippi. Intelligent and highly adaptable they are seen mostly at daylight and dusk, and July is their time to feast on fawn deer.

Turn predators into prey

July 1, 2018 David Hawkins

Look well at the face of a coyote.

It seemingly has on its lips a sly smile, a blatant smirk suggesting confidence that it possesses superior woodscraft, patience and talent than a human hunter, and that cynical superiority carries over into its fiendish, yellowish, eyes. […]

Summer-size your catfish tactics

July 1, 2018 Phillip Gentry

The hottest months may not be the best time to target trophy cats, but numbers of smaller fish are available for the taking across Mississippi. […]