Bass Fishing
Great Explorations
Shortly after dawn, Justin Atkins methodically picked apart the shoreline structure as he probed every grass bed and piece of wood cover in the old river run. […]
Month: July 2009
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WMA Wastelands?
There is a common misconception among many deer hunters that public land — wildlife management areas in particular — are vast wastelands where orange-clad wanderers roam the woods from daylight until dark. […]
Bass Fishing
Pond Particulars
You consistently can catch more big bass out of well-managed ponds and small lakes than from any large reservoir not intensively managed for big bass. You also can manage small ponds and lakes to consistently grow a number of easy-to-catch 5-pound-plus bass. […]
Fishing
Fish inshore, offshore on one trip
Capt. “Pappy” Kenney believes in fishing by the moon. For instance, during the full moon in June and on three days of either side of the full moon, Kenney caught plenty of big trout. […]
As Big As they Grow
Long-lining delivers summer monsters
It’s summertime, folks, and the fish are biting. It’s prime time for hot-weather crappie fishing on North Mississippi’s big reservoirs. Great reports are coming to me from Sardis and Enid especially this summer. […]
Bass Fishing
Ledges, grass hold Pickwick bass
Pickwick Lake, on the Tennessee River in the northeastern corner of Mississippi, has productive August bass fishing due to current running through it because of the high demand for hydroelectric power, its Asiatic clam and mussel beds where largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass like to feed and its abundance of grass, which provides shade, ambush sites and plenty of oxygen for the bass. […]
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Big Deer This Year Part I
Fifteen years ago, Senatobia resident Leslie Smith hunted the same tract of deer land he hunts today. However, a lot has changed for Smith through the years. […]
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Cover: August 2009
Deer season is right around the corner, but there’s still time for you to improve the size of the bucks you’ll see this year. […]
Hunting
Lots to like about PARA Companion
PARA USA is a tough company to love.
Being infatuated with a PARA pistol is a lot like being in love with a beautiful but flighty woman. You desire everything about her, and her beauty and perfection astounds you. […]
Fishing
Redundancy makes a case for redundancy
I seldom pass up an invitation to go fishing, especially from a friend with a new boat. Sometimes the invitation includes an opportunity to solve an electronics problem, but I don’t mind. It usually gives me grist for a column. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Taking a look through the foraging window
Late summer is when anglers begin seeing schools of shad. The schools are generally most apparent in the evening when the water is calm and the shad tend to swim at the surface. With all this forage, how could bass growth rates not be off the charts? […]
Deer Hunting
Trail cams valuable this time of year
Digital scouting cameras are all the rage these days. Indeed, they are great tools for collecting data both ahead of the oncoming deer season and during critical phases such as when bucks are rubbing and scraping. […]