Mississippi’s recreational red snapper season opens at 12:01 a.m. on Friday in the state’s territorial waters, which earlier this month were extended permanently to nine (9) nautical miles, the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) announced on Friday.
Ground proving bucks means harvesting bucks that you believe meet your minimum goals by collecting their lower jaw bones. […]
Anglers who fish often enough have often memorized the creel limits and size minimums for the species they target most often. It’s tough to find an inshore angler in Mississippi who doesn’t know their state’s regulations on flounder, speckled trout, black drum and redfish. But what happens when they catch another fish they rarely see?
Beginning May 28, fishermen who net baitfish in the tailraces of Mississippi’s reservoir dams will no longer be allowed to transport their catch alive, under a new rule passed by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. […]
Ken Nutter is one of those anglers who always seems to find big bream, especially this time of year. Here are his top tips. […]
Capt. Marty LaCoste has a simple and effective way to keep you from snagging on the hooks; a heavy monofilament leader. […]
Capt. Ross Montet uses Super Glue to lock his soft plastics to his jigheads, which extends the life of the lure and can catch you more fish. […]
Bass fishing is one of the fastest growing youth movements across the nation, where every level from junior high to college bass fishing has become a friendly but competitive activity. […]
Using Ross Barnett Reservoir as an example, FLW Tour pro Pete Ponds of Gluckstadt points to spillways as some of the best riprap spots you’ll find. Draining backwaters through sub-highway pipes, these flushing points reach open water through culverts buttressed by riprap. […]
Magnolia Crappie Club member Hugh Krutz said one of the biggest mistakes he sees when crappie anglers take to the water during the post-spawn is only fishing the way the angler wants to fish for them. […]
National crappie tournament champions Ronnie Capps and Steve Coleman have earned themselves the reputation for being diehard tight-line trollers, but they describe a twist that one or both of them may use during the post-spawn to pick off male who are sticking tight to the nest during the post-spawn to guard fry. […]
Boat docks and piers are also great post-spawn locations as crappie gravitate to docks adjacent to deep water. Docks provide food, shade and security for spawn-weary fish. […]
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