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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. […]

Mississippi offers a plethora of public fishing opportunities for families during the summer months.

Fishing, family style

July 1, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Doreen Conner sat in the shade of a big pine, about 30 feet from the bank of Simpson Legion Lake, with her two sons, ages 7 and 9, sitting on overturned 5-gallon buckets, fishing poles in hand. […]

Power trolling can put plenty of summer crappie in your cooler.

Power up for deep slabs

July 1, 2018 David A. Brown

It’s true that subtle, patient presentations can prove very valuable to fishermen. We’re often told that “Slow-and-steady wins the race.” […]