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Food plot management is just one of the many topics to be covered by the seminars.

State offers deer seminars

April 12, 2012 Todd Masson

Successful deer hunters are those who constantly seek to learn more about their quarry. […]

Tubes come in a wide range of sizes, but all appeal to big bass. You just have to learn the tactics for appealing presentations.

Tempting Tubes

April 5, 2012 David A. Brown

Designed to imitate a range of forage, tubes are among the most versatile and productive baits in a bass angler’s arsenal. […]

Property should be posted in plain view. Gates should be locked on both ends to prevent theft or tampering.

Stolen Hunts

April 2, 2012 John J. Woods

You wait all year to deer hunt on your private property or lease. You spend endless hours planning. […]

The Ruger American Rifle comes with a dual-bedding block system, a free-floated barrel, a special adjustable trigger the shooter can set from 3 to 5 pounds, and includes Weaver scope mounts with the package.

The art of the rifle … 3

April 1, 2012 Gordon Hutchinson

The Jeep was almost sliding down the rocky, shale-strewn mountainside at a steep 15-degree angle when Larry Wieshuhn stood on the brake. […]

If you’re going offshore, there’s no reason not to drag shaky baits for wahoo this April. There still are big ones to be caught.

Twice as nice

April 1, 2012 John E. Phillips

According to Capt. Lenny Maiolatesi of the Fighting Chicken, docked at Harbor Landing Marina in Ocean Springs, “April means wahoo, and we use a three-pronged attack to fish offshore then. […]

Turkey hunting ground blinds allow hunters to hunt well concealed and close.

Turkey hunting can sure seem like hunting blind sometimes. Gobblers can appear out of thin air as though in a vision. Hens pop up behind you with peering eyes picking up on every out-of-place detail in the woods. […]

If you pull a bass off a bed and then immediately let it go, you may feel good about your action, but you’re not having much impact on the population.

Bed fishing revisited

April 1, 2012 Hal Schramm

It’s spawning time for largemouth bass throughout much of Mississippi. It’s time for sight fishing bass on the beds, and it’s prime time for the perennial debate about the effects of bed fishing. […]

The new StructureMap feature on Lowrance Gen2 HDS units can overlay sonar readings on charts to give you incredibly accurate mapping information you can view in real time as you record it or later, off the water, as you plan your next fishing trip.

Seat-of-your-pants orientation rules

April 1, 2012 Allan Tarvid

Once upon a time, one of the most tedious things we boaters and fishermen attempted was to figure out exactly where we were on a lake map or chart. Few freshwater fishermen bothered to mount a compass on their boat and just used shoreline sightings and depth soundings to figure out where they were. […]

Giles makes multiple fan casts to a potential bass hotspot before he rules out the area.

Post spawn tactics:

April 1, 2012 Michael O. Giles

1. Locate points adjacent to spawning coves and work them out towards deeper water. […]

Texas-rigged tubes are ideal for flipping and pitching presentations.

Optimizing your tube

April 1, 2012 David A. Brown

For those deep jobs with a lead head inserted into your tube, you’ll enhance the bait with a few well-placed snips. […]

Experiment with different tube colors to see which one works for you, but stick with darker colors in low light conditions and brighter baits on sunny days.

Titan tubes

April 1, 2012 David A. Brown

Fishing is a spectrum, and just as tiny baits and delicate tactics hold a solid position at one end, the opposite end sees the profound relevance of big and bold. Tubes are no exception, and large, fringy monsters twice the size — or more — of standard models can prove highly productive in the right scenarios. […]

Cover: April 2012

April 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

Some lakes produce a lot of bass; others a lot of crappie. Trace State Park Lake produces a ridiculous amount of bream. […]