Bass Fishing
Five baits Ponds ties on this month
Bass pro Pete Ponds is an avid dove hunter, but when he’s not in a sunflower field in The Delta in September, you will find him on the water doing what he enjoys most: catching big bass.
Statewide MS
Bass Fishing
How to use weightless worms to catch more bass
During the summer, Todd “Marsh Man” Masson catches numbers of marsh bass using weightless worms in clear water. […]
Field Notes
Lure profile – not just color — an important factor
Inshore saltwater anglers love discussing, choosing and experimenting with lure color. It’s no surprise the most asked question is, “What color were they biting?”
Field Notes
Understanding how water flows through the marsh
It’s easy to look upon an area of marsh and only see a bunch of grass and water.
Featured
Red snapper season opens again Friday
Mississippi’s on-again and off-again recreational red snapper season will soon be open again as the quota remains unfilled after the last weather-nullified opportunity failed to produce many fish.
Alligator
9-foot gator landed — from a ‘yak!
In the inshore kayak community, the Hobie Pro Angler 14 is a beast in the marsh, perfect for pursuing specks, reds, bass and more — and stable as a rock if standing up and sight-fishing is your thing.
Field Notes
Scouting for teal
As some early migrating blue-winged teal are already arriving in the Magnolia State, hunters are gearing up to chase the feathered rockets. […]
Bass Fishing
Self-regulating bass?
Recruitment of young fish is essential to sustained fishing. Despite the amount and intensity of management directed at largemouth bass, America’s most-popular gamefish, the relationship between the abundance of adults and their offspring has not been clearly established. Pond studies from the University of Florida shed light on this critical question.
Featured
Blue-winged teal still plentiful
Last year, blue-winged teal showed an 18-percent increase over 2016 and were 57 percent above the long-term average. It’s that 50-year average that is indicative of the strong population.
Deer Hunting
Draw a bead on bachelor-buck groups
Hunters can pattern whitetail bucks twice a year, and both occur outside of hunting season.
Bass Fishing
Mississippi bass on all fronts
September’s tactics for bass fishing on small ponds, big lakes and rivers. Learn how to approach these different but similar fisheries. […]
Dove
Find the dove buffet
The best wing-shooting on Labor Day weekend will usually be in fields where doves have discovered a solid food source. You need to join them. […]