Volume 14 Number 11 - June 2012

FEATURES:

	By the Horn Head to the coast’s Horn Island to catch all the speckled trout you can eat. The rising sun peaking over the ice glass waters of the Mississippi Gulf Coast on a bluebird day is a sight to behold. For the salt angler, the shimmering ripples across the great bays forebodes great fishing. All along the ... John J. Woods

	Crappie Hotspot Series – Enid Lake This month we show why Enid Lake might just be the birthplace of trolling crank baits for crappie. An ad on the back page of a magazine touted a particular brand of crankbait as “the newest and hottest tactic on the water.” In the ad, a young crappie-fishing guide wearing a NASCAR-style fishing jersey emblazoned with sponsors ... Phillip Gentry

	Hand over fist Test your nerves by wrestling catfish from their spawning holes — using nothing but your hands. Greg Parker guided his flat-bottomed boat toward a spot near the northern shore of the Ross Barnett Reservoir. In the boat were no rods and reels, no bait buckets or tackle boxes — just a large cooler with some ice, a bag of gloves, a roll of duct ... David Hawkins

	Off the shelf: Fishing ledges for more bass Learn to pick bass off lakes’ ledges to build tournament-winning summer stringers. Ken Murphy studied his graph, pinpointed one area of a submerged ledge and quickly started dissecting it with his Rapala DT 14. Murphy was looking for the sweet spot on the ledge and hoping to find a new honey hole as he bounced the ... Michael O. Giles

	Predatory Pursuits Coyotes, hogs and bears aren’t just an inconvenience — they can ruin the ability for deer hunters to pattern their quarry. The bow season is under way. You’ve prepared the stand, scouted intensely and labored over the land — all in anticipation of enjoying the outdoors and taking a whitetail. As time passes, you begin to ponder why no deer have shown up; ... Tommy Kirkland

	Under Wraps If you like catching instead of fishing, this Delta oxbow’s white-bass fishery is just what you’re looking for. For a lake that doesn’t have very many secrets, Lake Ferguson outside of Greenville holds at least one little tidbit close to its vest. It’s the kind of secret that folks who only want something pulling on their line will find ... Chris Ginn