Alligator
Gator season opens Friday at noon
For about 3,500 Mississippi sportsmen, Friday is the biggest day of their year — opening day of the public waters alligator hunting season. It opens at noon. […]
Statewide MS
Fishing
Mounting transducers with a need for speed
You open the throttle, plane the boat, tickle the trim until you can’t go any faster, and then your sonar loses the bottom. Chances are, the problem lies with your transducer installation.
Bass Fishing
Best baits for marsh bass
Marsh bass feed heavily on invertebrates. So anglers should fish trenasses that drain marsh ponds, small bayous that drain into large bayous right at the mouth, pipelines and ditches with water flowing to take advantage of prime ambush areas. […]
Field Notes
Simplify your rigging for live bait
Split shot, a kahle hook and a fluorocarbon or monofilament leader are all that’s needed for an effective live bait rig. […]
Field Notes
Give your plastics a nose job
Thread on your favorite plastic and you’ll have an entirely new action from your old favorites when fishing. […]
Deer Hunting
Supplemental feeding in better focus
In last month’s installment we discussed minerals and supplemental feeding of deer in Mississippi. This is still a controversial subject depending on who you talk to. Proponents call it supplemental feeding, opponents call it deer baiting. It has been two years now since the MDWFP loosened the regulations regarding: Rule 2.4 — Supplemental Feeding of Wild Animals Outside of Wildlife Enclosures. Let’s drill down on this subject a little deeper and see what is legal and what is not, and how to properly use supplemental feeding to best affect. […]
Bass Fishing
Target lone cypress trees for big bass
Nick LeBrun knows big worms fished around lone cypress trees are the ticket for big bass on cypress lakes. […]
Deer Hunting
When it comes to deer, let it be
I am a chronic double-checker. That might be a good quality to have as a writer, but as a deer hunter it can be somewhat self destructive. […]
Field Notes
Land more fish with a stinger hook
Fishing a swimbait is one of the more productive methods of landing trout, redfish and bass because of their realistic appearance and swimming action. However, because form sometimes comes before function, a few tweaks are needed to increase your hookup ratio. […]
Deer Hunting
MDWFP issues ‘Digest’ correction
Mississippi sportsmen who have gotten a copy of the 2017-18 Mississippi Outdoor Digest are being warned about misprints regarding the regulations and limits for the upcoming deer season. […]
Bass Fishing
“Pick” your peg
Texas rigging those big worms is a no-brainer for summer fishing, but have you given much thought to the notion of pegging that sinker? Todd Faircloth sure has, and the Bassmaster Elite Series pro offers some insight worth considering. […]
Deer Hunting
Early doe harvest can be beneficial
As scouting transitions from late summer into early fall and archery season, consider the harvest of anterless deer early in the season. By removing old or mature does without fawns, it takes some pressure off the available food sources as fall and winter approach. […]