Statewide MS Archives - Page 72 of 385

Gobbler grub

April 30, 2018 Jerry Dilsaver

Oven-roasted wild turkey, prepared with a few spices and barbecue sauce, will give you another reason to love turkey season. […]

Extensive sampling and testing across Mississippi has turned up no new cases of chronic wasting disease beyond the first one from Issaquena County.

CWD update: No news is apparently good news

April 27, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

Since the first confirmed case of chronic wasting disease in Mississippi was reported in February in a 4 1/2-year-old buck in Issaquena County, no other diseased animals have been found. […]

Capt. Ronnie Daniels of Pass Christian and Fisher-Man Charters was selected by Gov. Phil Bryant to serve on the Commission on Marine Resources, the panel that oversees the operations of the Department of Marine Resources. […]

Deer-reporting bill dies in state legislature

April 26, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

The Mississippi Legislature failed to pass a single bill related to hunting and fishing during the 2018 session that ended April 1, and that includes anything related to a harvest reporting system for turkey or deer. […]

Fourteen-year-old Joseph Blalock of Brookhaven, who won the youth non-typical gun division and biggest buck of the contest with his 205 6/8 inch buck taken on a small tract of family land in Franklin County.

Big Buck Bounty: Blalock buck blows away competition

April 23, 2018 Cliff Covington

Joseph Blalock of Brookhaven, who just recently turned 14 years of age, had the biggest deer at the recent awards breakfast for the 2017-18 Big Buck Bounty Contest at McClain Lodge in Brandon. […]

The Speed Scremer features “arms” that provide maximum action bass just can’t resist.

Creme Speed Scremers

April 23, 2018 Don Shoopman

Dusty Anders of Deville was excited when he called an outdoor writer in early February.

The 50-year-old firefighter, an avid bass angler and part-time fishing guide, had just boated an 8-pound bass on one of his favorite new soft plastics. […]

The new Trent Mapping v10 cards brings Google Earth maps to anglers’ GPS units.

Google Earth comes to GPS mapping

April 22, 2018 Andy Crawford

GPS mapping has come a long way from the old line drawings of the older systems. But it seems every system has its weaknesses — one being the area covered by detailed maps. […]

Mississippi anglers will have more red snapper opportunities in 2018, thanks to a new program that gives states more control of the season.

Red snapper season to open May 25

April 18, 2018 Bobby Cleveland

It could become confusing, but fishermen on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast should be happy with the 2018 red snapper season announced Tuesday by the Department of Marine Resources. […]

The author with a mature buck. Unfortunately, older-aged bucks seem to be the most CWD susceptible members of whitetail deer society.

CWD is here!

April 18, 2018 Bill Garbo

I had something else in mind originally for this column, but the recent happenings regarding the finding of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a Mississippi deer is more important than anything else. […]

Easy tip to prevent backlash

April 17, 2018 Devin Denman

Baitcasting tackle gives anglers more power and control over their lures, enabling actions and presentations not possible with spinning gear. […]

If the intake on your lower unit gets clogged, you’ll need something stiff like a thumbtack to clean out the gunk that got sucked in.

Tiny tools that just might save your fishing trip

April 16, 2018 Devin Denman

When your lower unit inevitably sucks up a fragment of marsh gunk, your motor will stop peeing. Here’s how to fix that. […]

After finding spawning shad on Lake Okatibbee, John Temple caught this spawned-out female largemouth.

Scouting new water: It’s for the birds

April 15, 2018 Michael O. Giles

When Brock Mosley hits new water for the first time, he scouts … for birds. […]