Gettin Fresh
May 2008
Looking for the best place in the Magnolia State to spend a day bass fishing? Information provided by cooperating fishing clubs and tournament organizations can help you point your bass rig in the right direction.
Manage ponds for better catches
April 2008
There is a lifetime of fishing and fishery management knowledge to be gained from a pond, and you can improve your fishing skill and fishing opportunities while learning.
Does it hurt to fish bedding bass?
March 2008
Spring. The water has warmed to 62 degrees in shallow coves and pockets. Time for bass to start bedding. And time for the annually recurring debate about bed fishing.
Pellet-fed bass will replace fingerlings
February 2008
Mississippi may soon join the ranks of states like California, Florida, South Carolina and Texas as a good place to catch trophy largemouth bass.
Do tourney bass disperse after weigh-in?
January 2008
EDITOR’S NOTE: Hal Schramm, a resident of Starkville, is a professor at Mississippi State University and leader of the USGS Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. He has done fisheries research for 30 years, and has been an avid multi-species angler longer than that. His column on freshwater fisheries will appear monthly.