March 2018 Archives - Page 3 of 4 - Mississippi Sportsman

G. Loomis E6X Inshore Rod Series

March 1, 2018 Mississippi Sportsman

If you’re looking for a new weapon of choice to target redfish and speckled trout this spring, the G. Loomis E6X Inshore Rod Series fills the bill and then some. […]

A bill in the state Legislature could create a harvest reporting system in Mississippi for deer and turkey beginning in 2019.

Capitol report: Harvest reporting bill moves step closer

March 1, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi deer and turkey hunters are a step close to a mandatory harvest report system after the Senate wildlife committee amended a House bill that would establish the regulation beginning in 2019. […]

In March, Mississippians who like to catch a lot of fish quick, that are good for the table, turn to the sheepshead for some hot near-shore action.

Don’t run too far in March; saltwater fish are ready to meet you closer to your Biloxi base than you think

March 1, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

The cast was a foot right of perfect, and the Boat Monkey float settled in the center of the concentric rings forming around its landing. A sea gull swooped down to check it out, only to turn away perhaps repulsed by the orange bobber —which suddenly was gone, jerked completely out of sight below the surf. […]

Cover: March 2018

March 1, 2018 Mississippi Sportsman

There’s nothing like March in Mississippi, when the crappie are overtaken by the urge to spawn, which puts them in range of an awful lot of fishermen with a hankering for sweet fillets. […]

With deer season in the rearview mirror, take time now to scout your woods for sign you might have missed last season.

There’s no better time than now to prepare

March 1, 2018 Sammy Romano

As I write this, another year’s deer season has come to a close. For many hunters, this is a sad time, as thoughts of a long offseason become reality.

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Mississippi crappie will march to shallows this month.

Slab-Slammin’ time

March 1, 2018 David Hawkins

Every spring, an eons-old phenomenon takes place in the lakes and streams of southeastern states: the waters warm, crappie move shallow and become active, and fishermen rejoice. They reap the bounty brought on by the predictable behavior of the fair-fleshed fish.

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Spawning earlier than bluegills, this month is the time to begin seeking out shellcracker, a.k.a. redear or chinquapin, on one of Mississippi’s well-managed state lakes.

Shellcracker fever is heating up

March 1, 2018 Phillip Gentry

May is widely considered to be the best month for chasing bream, but die-hard panfisher anglers know that redear sunfish — aka chinquapin, shellcracker or just redear — move into their prespawn and spawning patterns much sooner than bluegill and other sunfish species that fall under the general colloquialism of “bream.”

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A proven prespawn pattern for Mississippi bass is swimming a lizard, which Gary Klein uses anywhere he fishes during this magical period.

Punch your ticket for the bass buffet

March 1, 2018 David A. Brown

This winter has been a butt-kicker, but Pete Ponds isn’t worried. For one thing, the bass pro from Madison has plenty of warm clothing, and he’s thinking that recent weather patterns will produce more opportunities to catch fish during the seasonal transition period known as the prespawn. […]