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Bass fishing lily pad structure requires some patience and a lot of casting skills, but the results are well worth it.

Dollar Bass

July 27, 2011 John J. Woods

In Martella’s case, the frequency he participates in the outdoors may just be his secret to success. It’s long been said you can’t get into the action while sitting on the bench. […]

Because he spends so much time hunting ag fields early in the season, Michael Burkley uses ground blinds. However, it’s vital to thoroughly brush out blinds to fool mature bucks.

Trophies on a String

July 27, 2011 Andy Crawford

Will Rives cut his teeth hunting with his father, hitting the woods when he was 6 years old and killing his first deer with a bow on Oct. 25, 1985 — when he was 11. […]

Across the country, stripers, white bass and hybrids are stocked in lakes that also hold black basses — largemouth, smallmouth and spotted.

Fish Wars: Do sport fishes compete

July 27, 2011 Hal Schramm

It’s the time of the year when white bass, striped bass and hybrid striped bass group up and chase shad, often corralling them near the surface where they have nowhere to escape. “Schooling” whites, stripes and hybrids can make for some exciting fishing on late afternoons in the summer. Catching these schooling, lure-crushing fish has salvaged more than a few of my black bass outings after sweating through a long Mississippi summer day for only a couple of bites. […]

This month Paul Elias is the frog man of Ross Barnett.

Bet on frogs for bass at Ross Barnett in August

July 27, 2011 Paul Elias

August is the month to fish the lily pads at Ross Barnett for bass. You’ll find as many fish holding in shallow water there as you will in deep water. […]

Now, Operation Waypoint, partnering with Lowrance Electronics, raises funds to provide water- and sand-resistant handheld GPS units to soldiers. Here, Ed Meyer trains a group of soldiers to use units loaded with Middle East cartography before they deploy overseas.

Operation Waypoint: A way to help our troops in need

July 27, 2011 Allan Tarvid

Operation Waypoint is a not-for-profit organization that turns donations into free, hand-held GPS units equipped with Middle Eastern mapping chips for deploying soldiers. […]

Mangroves are notoriously hook- and line-shy, but there are ways to get around that.

Snapper season’s not over in August

July 27, 2011 John E. Phillips

Plenty of snapper live off Mississippi’s Gulf Coast. Just because red snapper season has ended doesn’t mean you can’t catch other varieties of hard-fighting, delicious snapper, including lane, vermilion and gray, as part of your aggregate of 10 reef fish. […]

Some of Mississippi anglers’ favorite crappie lakes have been reopened after this spring’s devastating flood.

Fishing Chotard in the summer a real treat

July 27, 2011 Paul Johnson

The Great Flood of 2011 is over — thank goodness. We won’t know the full cost to homeowners, farmers and businessmen for months to come. But we already know that the levees survived (doesn’t that make you feel relieved?), and we survived. Much post-flood restoration work to homes, hunting and fishing camps, businesses and some lakes is on-going. […]

While it’s not required by Mississippi law to put up signs on your property to make it legally posted, doing so will make your case that much more solid against trespassers.

Poacher Proof

July 27, 2011 Rob Heflin

As a landowner or leaseholder, you have the right to the peaceful enjoyment of your property. You have worked hard on your land and you have the right to invite or keep out anyone you wish, within the limits of the law. […]

With recreational boaters concentrating on one section of the waterway, Tenn-Tom crappie anglers can have a summer fishing hole all to themselves.

Tenn-Tom Crappie-way

July 27, 2011 Phillip Gentry

The Tennessee–Tombigbee Waterway is a 234-mile man-made waterway that extends from the Tennessee River to the junction of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee River system near Demopolis, Ala. Popularly known as the Tenn-Tom, the waterway was completed in December 1984 after 12 years of construction at a cost of nearly $2 billion. […]

This deer sported 14 points and a 21-inch spread, but lost one side of his rack in mid-November and was harvested in January. Malone found the shed back in November, and it was broken off at the base, down into the buck’s head.

Stressed Out

July 27, 2011 Michael O. Giles

Jimmy Nolen’s stalking slowed to a crawl as he encountered a massive buck rub on the trunk of a large tree. The scrape situated just below the overhanging limbs was so hot it was almost smoking, so Nolen eased his way toward his hunting spot. He quickly climbed up into the stand overlooking a hardwood bottom, and silently scanned the woods for any sign of a deer. […]

Specks often prefer deeper pools in the main river, while white crappie are often found in oxbows off the river.

Current and crappie fishing

July 21, 2011 Phillip Gentry

Whether chasing crappie in a 100,000-acre reservoir or a slow-moving river, one of the prime keys is finding current breaks, according to crappie pro Kent Driscoll. […]

Early migratory game bird seasons, including that for dove, have been set by the Mississippi Commission Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

Early migratory game bird seasons set

July 21, 2011 MDWFP news release

The Mississippi Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks approved dates for the 2011-12 early hunting seasons for migratory game birds yesterday (July 19). […]