April 2013 - Page 4 of 6 - Mississippi Sportsman

Sixteen campers rescued from Deer Island, MDMR says

April 15, 2013 Mississippi Sportsman

A group of campers was rescued from Deer Island yesterday after they were reported missing, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources reported. […]

Aluminum trolling plugs offer offshore anglers another weapon

April 15, 2013 Jerry Dilsaver

They may look a little like cedar plugs, but the Stogie, Diamondback and Tailwiggler Lures from BooneDox Gear and Tackle are much more – because they catch fish and keep on catching them. […]

Best bet in April

April 15, 2013 Paul Elias

April is the month when both the spotted and the largemouth bass move to shallow water in Bay Springs Lake located near Booneville. They’re easier to catch this month at Bay Springs than any other month of the year. […]

Hens going to nest, helping hunters

April 12, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Stories of turkey success increased in number and in excitement this week, as hunters shared their reports. […]

Signs the spawn is about to turn on

April 11, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Wednesday (April 10) was the day that crappie fishermen started reporting the first true sign that the spawn is imminent at most of Mississippi’s perch-jerking hot spots. […]

Pending state-record speckled trout landed

April 11, 2013 Sam Davis

David Floyd of Pascagoula is no stranger to catching big fish or holding state records. Floyd is the current record holder for permit in Mississippi, caught a 98-pound cobia last spring and has caught three speckled trout over 7 pounds in the last two years — two of those being 8-pounders. […]

Mississippi’s mystery cobia

April 11, 2013 John E. Phillips

Cobia move from South Florida into Mississippi in late March and early April. After spawning off the Mississippi and Louisiana coasts, they return to south Florida in the fall — or do they? […]

Tuna trip is totally worth it

April 10, 2013 Sam Davis

“Where is the best place to get good sushi?” the stranger asked. “About 120 miles that way,” Joey Davis said, gesturing to the southwest. Less than 48 hours later, Davis, Colton Wood and Hussein Zayed, all of Ocean Springs, were drifting cut bait on the Lump, south of Venice, La., in Zayed’s 27 Conch. […]