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If House Bill 1151 makes it through the legislature, the cost of hunting and fishing in Mississippi will go up for all sportsmen.

License bill amended again

March 29, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

A bill to raise hunting and fishing license fees for Mississippi residents continues to work through the legislative process, despite being amended every step of the way. […]

Flambeau's new line of Zerust waterproof containers emit corrosion-inhibiting vapors that provide two to three years of rust protection.

The best way to protect your outdoor gear

March 29, 2016 Andy Crawford

There’s nothing worse than opening up a tackle box and finding the hooks on all your hard-plastic baits rusted.

And it’s not like you can really dry off each bait before putting them into storage. So it’s just an inherent problem with which anglers have always had to deal. […]

Full moon = bedding bream

March 24, 2016 Bobby Cleveland

When redear and bluegill are bedding, you can find them sharing the same areas. There’s a good chance you’ll find them after a full moon. […]

When Bassmaster Elite pro Brandon Palaniuk fishes the Classic at Grand Lake in Oklahoma this month he’ll have a box of Wiggle Warts with him.

The importance of realistic, crawfish patterns is well known to Bassmaster Elite pro, and Brandon Palaniuk proved it on his way to finishing second in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake in Oklahoma. […]

ProNav Angler adds electronic super powers to a “dumb” trolling motor with electric steering and then lets you manually or automatically navigate and position your boat as you fish.

Phone-in boat control

March 21, 2016 Allan Tarvid

There seems to be no end to the number of ways smartphones and tablets can help us. Just about the time I thought I couldn’t be surprised by another smart-electronics revelation, I discovered that they can now operate a bow-mounted trolling motor. […]

This handy spigot made by Attwood screws right onto oil containers and has a shutoff valve to keep from dumping oil into a boat’s bilge.

Never spill oil again

March 20, 2016 Andy Crawford

The bilge of my boat has long looked like the Exxon Valdez threw up under my back deck. No matter how hard I have tried over the years, I just haven’t been able to avoid spilling at least a little bit of oil when filling the reservoir. […]

Rigging tip: Battery series

March 17, 2016 Andy Crawford

A 36-volt trolling motor is the only way to go. They have lots of power but sip at the batteries, so you rarely have to worry about losing steam during a hard day on the water. […]

The author’s son-in-law, Jody, reaping the fruits of
successful deer management in Mississippi.

The rest of the story – Improving deer hunting for all

March 17, 2016 Bill Garbo

Toward the end of last month’s installment of Happy Trails I began to opine and brag a little about the evolution of deer hunting in Mississippi during my 45-year tenure as a deer hunter, and about how much positive progress has been made over the past 10 or 15 years. […]