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This photo of Dan Roberts' huge Turkey Fork bass is one of three images being voted on for the March edition of the Big Bass Contest.

Voting begins in March edition of Big Bass Contest

April 4, 2011 Andy Crawford

MS-Sportsman.com users can help choose the March winner of the Big Bass Contest by voting from the three photos chosen from among the entries in the monthly contest. This month’s entries include some huge fish caught around the state. […]

Building better crappie fisheries, part II

March 29, 2011 Hal Schramm

Is there a crappie angler out there who doesn’t want to catch a lot of large crappie? […]

One of the “problems” Paul Elias has with fishing Bay Springs Lake is the largemouths don't know he's fishing for spotted bass.

You can’t beat Bay Springs in April for bass

March 29, 2011 Paul Elias

I’m going to Bay Springs this month to fish for big spotted bass, but I won’t be disappointed if I catch some large smallmouths and largemouths. […]

Pressing the DSC button behind its plastic cover can help save your life or it can do nothing at all. It's your choice.

Just how stupid are we?

March 29, 2011 Allan Tarvid

The button under the plastic safety cover on the front of your VHF radio can help save your life, or it can do nothing at all — it’s up to you. […]

Fine tune calls for gobbling peak

March 29, 2011 John J. Woods

When gobbling action peaks, hunters have to be ready to step up to the plate with a big bat. So when are the predicted or statistically registered peak gobbling weeks during the statewide season? Then what do you do when you know gobblers are doing their parts? […]

John Harrison believes the key to catching crappie like this one is to work cover from the outside to the inside to keep from spooking crappie in the heart of the cover.

Jump Start

March 29, 2011 Chris Ginn

In the same vein as wondering why somebody would want to jump out of a perfectly good airplane, I asked John Harrison why anybody would want to jump out of a perfectly good boat. […]

Larry Nipper of Chatham considers Washington his home lake, and he says the big ones burned it up very early this year.

Change up your tactics for spring crappie

March 29, 2011 Paul Johnson

Sometimes it seems impossible to report on crappie fishing here in Mississippi under the column heading of “As Big As They Grow.” I will admit it. For over a month now (at the time of this writing), crappie fishing in Mississippi has been kind of an “on again, off again” proposition. […]