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Rat-L-Traps are not inherently snag-free, but bass pro Cliff Crochet said you can make one simple alteration to throw the lures around hard structure and catch more fish.

Remove back hook from Rat-L-Trap to catch more fish

November 16, 2017 Andy Crawford

Rat-L-Traps are absolute fish-catchers. There’s just something about the lipless crankbaits that bass and redfish love — or hate, whatever. They will just crunch them. […]

Anglers make three mistakes when fishing with ChatterBaits, but FLW Tour pro Brian Latimer provides tips to ensure you get the most out of the vibrating jigs.

Top 3 ChatterBait mistakes

November 16, 2017 Andy Crawford

ChatterBaits are lures fish love to smash. Whether you’re targeting bass on your local reservoir or snatching redfish from coastal marshes, these vibrating jigs force reaction bites that are vicious. […]

Tools and tactics

November 15, 2017 David A. Brown

Swapping hooks is not a complicated process, but a little know-how facilitates the task. Invariably, the biggest challenge is flexing the split ring enough to remove and add a hook. […]

As the rut approaches, bucks will spend more and more of their travel time seeking out receptive does.

Mapping Mississippi’s breeding period

November 15, 2017 Phillip Gentry

For more than 20 years, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks has conducted deer health checks across the state to establish quite a database. […]

Combining stealth, calling

November 15, 2017 Phillip Gentry

Hunters have at their disposal a number of tricks that can arouse the curiosity of rutting bucks and help get them into range. Rattling, calling, scents and decoys are among the more popular ones. […]

Timing the release of corn or other baits from feeders may help keep deer, especially big bucks, from turning completely nocturnal in areas that are being baited.

Trophy bucks are rarely killed over bait

November 15, 2017 Phillip Gentry

Mississippi hunting regulations still forbid killing any wild animal or wild bird with the aid of bait, but its allowance of and regulations regarding “supplemental deer feeding” opens the door to killing deer over bait. […]

Squirrels can be a deer hunter’s best friends

November 15, 2017 Jeff Burleson

Squirrels are not only a popular small-game animal, they can be a distant early warning system for hunters that deer are entering an area. […]

Dos and don’ts when the warden arrives

November 15, 2017 Pete Rogers

Discussions with three wildlife officers about how to do the right thing when you’re approached in the woods or on the water. […]

At the conclusion of the Mississippi Youth Waterfowl Hunting and Education Camp, campers go to a public waterfowl hunting area and put into practice the skills they’ve learned at camp about hunting waterfowl.

Mississippi’s Youth Waterfowl Camp

November 14, 2017 John E. Phillips

Do you know a youngster who’s itching to go waterfowl hunting but needs to learn gun safety, how to identify ducks and geese and how to shoot accurately? If so, consider the Mississippi Youth Waterfowl Hunting and Education Camp. […]

The Tenn-Tom Waterway produces plenty of big blue and flathead catfish this month from deep holes. And eating-sized channel cats are around, too.

Fishing through the fall

November 13, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Just because hunting dominates this issue of Mississippi Sportsman, don’t think for a minute that fishing opportunities just suddenly dry up and go away. […]

Hunter’s Harvest sets goal of 25,000 pounds

November 10, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

The director of a program that collects donated protein-rich venison to feed the needy is counting on the benevolence of Mississippi sportsmen to offset reductions in antlerless deer limits. […]

DIY decoy rigging

November 9, 2017 Darren Digby

Today’s waterfowl decoys come in innumerable shapes, sizes and species applicable to various hunting situations […]