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The author gets together with a group of anglers every spring on Michigan’s Lake St. Clair. Everyone travels at least 600 miles for the event. Although they can’t claim ancestral fishing rights, this annual trip has great value to their small tribe.

The value of fish and fisheries

February 5, 2019 Hal Schramm

It is a good time to think a little deeper than just about fish biology or catching them. […]

Beagle music: a harmony you won’t soon forget

February 4, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

There is nothing more pleasant to the ears than the sound of a pack of beagles in pursuit of a rabbit. […]

Meet Mississippi’s big bass buster

February 1, 2019 Michael O. Giles

Brandon angler Bill McKay, who has honed his big-bass skills for years, says targeting lunkers takes special tactics. […]

Cold catfish tricks

February 1, 2019 Phillip Gentry

Don’t give up on catfish in the winter. Blues, flatheads and channels will all bite, if you change tactics to account for the cold weather. […]

Action can be fast and furious when crows fly in to investigate calls.

Don’t miss out on a great wingshooting experience: crows

February 1, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Want to give your shoulder and ears a workout? Add to your wingshooting enjoyment by blasting away at a hundred of so Mississippi crows. […]

This black drum fell for a Z-Man Trout Trick.

Species spotlight: black drum

January 28, 2019 Brian Cope

Black drum are plentiful and can be found in a variety of habitats. They eat a wide range of foods, and provide lots of enjoyment to anglers across the southeastern states. […]

Schools of jumping silver carp are common on the Mississippi River. Silver carp are abundant in Kentucky Lake and have moved upstream into Pickwick Lake and down the Tenn-Tom Waterway to Bay Springs Lake.

Silver carp update

January 22, 2019 Hal Schramm

Asian carp have been expanding their territory throughout the Mississippi River and connected waters for several decades.
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It’s never too late to take a big Mississippi buck

January 1, 2019 Michael O. Giles

The whitetail rut is underway in January in plenty of areas of Mississippi — just maybe not at the same times. […]

Jason Pugh of Dixon, a freshman at East Central Community, chose a well-used trail crossing under a power line in Neshoba County to bag this heavy-antlered buck.

Try these tricks for taking late-season Mississippi deer

January 1, 2019 David Hawkins

Take advantage of a whitetail’s response to hunting pressure to use your tags as Mississippi’s season wanes. […]

Mahindra’s ROXOR

December 19, 2018 Mississippi Sportsman

ROXOR is a new side-by-side off-road vehicle from Mahindra Automotive North America, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

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If you get frustrated by constantly having to stop fishing to adjust the length of the leader under your popping cork, the VersaMaxx Bolt is exactly what you’re looking for. Changing/experimenting with different depths as you fish has been proven to produce better results, but wired cork fishermen have hesitated to do this in the past because of the time it takes away from fishing. Not any longer — the VersaMaxx Bolt solves this problem.

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Odin Lures’ Frigg Plug

December 19, 2018 Mississippi Sportsman

Any time an angler can offer up a lure that appeals to a fish’s senses of sight and sound, he’s making it hard on the fish to resist. The Odin Lures’ Frigg Plug does that with its prominent profile, water-splashing cupped face, and interior rattle chamber and then takes things a step further by allowing anglers to add their patented Fish Smack liquid scent attractant to the lure’s hollow, hard-plastic body. […]