Plains Region Archives - Page 5 of 20

Brothers Joey and Jerry Pounders grew up along the Tenn-Tom and have had great success in catfishing tournaments held in its waters.

10 Tenn-Tom locks and dams

February 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

The Tenn-Tom waterway is composed of 10 locks, which are stretch from north to south along the waterway; […]

B’n’M’s New Silver Cat Series Catfish rods represent a solid investment in your catfishing success at an affordable price.

B’n’M Poles enters catfish pole market

February 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

About three years ago, West Point’s B’n’M Poles, made an expansion of their nearly exclusive crappie and panfish lines to include catfish rods. […]

After being sought, designed and fought over for more than a century, the Tenn-Tom waterway was finally completed in 1985 and is a vital link between the Gulf Coast and many point inland.

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway 200 years in the making

February 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

The first known recommendation to build a water transportation route connecting the Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers was made by a French explorer, the Marquis de Montcalm, to Louis XV of France between 1760 and 1770. […]

Louisianian Darrion Tregre shot this main-frame 10-point with a drop tine on Jan. 16 at her dad's Mississippi deer camp in Wilkinson County. The buck grossed slightly over 150 inches.

Louisiana coed gets Mississippi trophy

February 5, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

Moments after aiming her .308 rifle at a big buck and pulling the trigger on Jan. 16, Darrion Tregre started having a bad feeling that evoked a flashback to 2014. […]

Bruce Roberts displays nice pre-spawn crappie caught on Okatibbee Lake.

Ice-cold crappie — How to catch winter crappie at Okatibbee

February 1, 2016 Michael O. Giles

Bruce Roberts trolled slowly with a crappie pole in each hand, searching for prespawn crappie while scanning his Humminbird down-imaging unit. […]

The Tenn-Tom Waterway, located in the northeast part of the state, is a man-made waterway that has become a heavy hitter in catfishing circles.

Cool cats — Fishing tips for Tenn-Tom cats

February 1, 2016 Phillip Gentry

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers created the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway — the Tenn-Tom for short — to complete a route connecting the Tennessee River to the Tombigbee River and eventually to the Gulf of Mexico. […]

Cheri Hillebrandt, of Lake Charles, La., poses with the massive typical 9-point buck she shot on Dec. 26 on Giles Island. It is the pending No. 2-ranked typical white-tail in the Mississippi Magnolia Records with a green score of 184 inches.

Video: Watch massive 184-inch Giles Island 9-point go down

January 7, 2016 Patrick Bonin

All of us can probably recall Christmases from our past that we vividly remember — when Santa Claus came through with that extra-special gift we had been thinking about and hoping for. […]

Catfish abound. These are headed for the frying pan.

The LMR is 10 KPH – One of America’s least-fished waterways

January 7, 2016 Hal Schramm

“LMR” is lower Mississippi River, the 1000-mile stretch from the mouth of the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois to the Gulf of Mexico. “10 kph” is 10 kilometers per hour, a speed equivalent to about 6 miles per hour. […]

Susie Taylor of Richland was wearing her "lucky hat" when she took this huge Jefferson County buck.

Lucky hat brings nurse Jefferson County monster

December 7, 2015 Cliff Covington

A long career as a labor and delivery nurse has taught Susie Taylor of Richland the importance of being patient, which paid off big time Dec. 5 in a buck of a lifetime. […]

Luke Wilson took this 189 2/8-inch (green) non-typical on Nov. 24 in Pike County.

Pike County produces giant non-typical

December 7, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Luke Wilson of McComb was stunned when he and his brother walked up on the big buck Luke had shot minutes earlier in a big cutover on his deer lease in Pike County. […]

Drew Waldrop of Bogue Chitto took this monster 250-pound Hinds County buck with an unofficial gross score of 167 7/8 inches. The shot was 400 yards the afternoon of opening day of gun season.

Long shot claims 167 7/8-inch Hinds County monster

December 2, 2015 Bobby Cleveland

Three things you need to know about Drew Waldrop and the giant 10-point buck with nearly 170 inches of gross measurements that he shot in Hinds County on the afternoon of opening day. […]

Boat ramp at Calling Panther Lake has reopened

November 18, 2015 From News Reports

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) Fisheries Bureau announced today that the Calling Panther Lake boat ramp has reopened. The lake level was lowered in August to allow staff to cut boat lanes, deepen shoreline areas and make repairs to the courtesy pier. […]