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Snapper season ends today
With today’s close of the red snapper season in the federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi fishermen are turning a hopeful eye toward a yet-to-be-confirmed, but rumored fall season. […]
Month: June 2013
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Mississippi Deep Sea Rodeo returns home July 4
After a forced seven-year road show, Mississippi’s biggest fishing event returns home next week to its traditional home at Gulfport’s Small Craft Harbor. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Garavelli reeling in benefits of his labor
Two weeks into his retirement, Ron Garavelli is reeling in the benefits of his 28 years as Mississippi’s chief of fisheries. […]
Featured
First fishing report of summer — It’s hot
For the first time in weeks, we can bring you a positive fishing report from all over Mississippi. […]
Inshore Fishing
Vudu Shrimp
Can an artificial lure — a soft plastic — outfish a natural creature? That day has arrived and it’s like magic, hence lure’s name, thanks to Ken Chaumont of Lacassine. […]
Bobby C's Outdoors
Checking soil pH good way to spend camp workday
How to get the best out of spending a summer day, in Mississippi’s brutal heat, working on food plots, paths and deer stands. […]
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A short run to a sure thing
The live shrimp flew through the air with a bright orange cork in tow. When the duo hit the water they never stopped – straight down into the stained water. […]
Hunting
The building of ‘Beulah Belle’
In the late ’40s and ’50s, the United States was undergoing a boom economy, recovering from restricted materiel supplies that resulted from World War II. […]
Events & Announcements
Gator applicants watching for ‘the’ e-mail
Thousands of Mississippi alligator hunting hopefuls are watching their e-mail in-boxes, hoping to see a notice pop in from the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]
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New state fishing record for Atlantic Sharpnose Shark
A new Mississippi recreational saltwater conventional tackle record was certified during the Mississippi Commission on Marine Resources’ June 18 meeting. […]
General
Keeping it clean
LCD screen brightness, contrast and resolution improve with every new generation of marine electronics. Higher pixel counts, new sonar technologies, more-vibrant colors and improved visibility under adverse light conditions let us see tiny sonar and chart details that would have been invisible a decade ago without zooming to enlarge the screen picture. […]
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Organizational changes coming at MDMR
Tuesday’s release of an outside analysis of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, including its oversight Commission, points out several worrisome areas that led to failures in meeting its established missions and left it in a financial quagmire. […]