Flounder
DIY Flounder Light
Capt. Ronnie Daniel’s DIY flounder light is extremely easy and inexpensive to make, is lightweight and has a long battery life. […]
Month: July 2013
Bass Fishing
Top gear for Bee Lake bass
Terry Bates said he’s most conscious of which rods to use when he’s fishing visible cover. […]
Deer Hunting
Boyd Carter’s 13-point mineral lick buck
Robert Brewer of Hattiesburg discovered mineral supplements while purchasing seed and fertilizer at a local feed and seed store in Meridian, and he decided to give it a try. […]
Inshore Fishing
How to avoid stingrays when floundering
Stingrays are a fact of life along the coast, but with some minor precautions they can be easily avoided. Capt. Ronnie Daniels has been wading for over 25 years and has never stepped on a stingray. […]
Events & Announcements
NERR clean-up event scheduled for July 20
On Saturday, July 20, Education Specialist Rick Ranew is holding “A Sharp Edge,” a paddling cleanup of the eastern bayous and boat launches of the Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR), a part of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. […]
Ducks
Ducks show slight decrease in last year
Despite an across-the-board decrease that biologists call insignificant, the annual count of duck populations has plenty of good news for waterfowl hunters. […]
Bass Fishing
Cool, well oxygenated water
In July, bass are looking for cool water containing plenty of oxygen. I’ve picked Pickwick Lake to fish because the hydroelectric plant at Wilson Dam will be generating power and creating plenty of current that’s very oxygenated. […]
Bass Fishing
‘Whacking’ the white bass
John Williams said he saw the splashes a good half a mile across Sardis Lake, and knew his slow day of fishing would soon turn around. […]
Featured
STAR names red snapper division winner
With the closure of the federal season on June 29, the STAR Tournament recently announced the red snapper division’s winner, according to Coastal Conservation Association Louisiana. […]
Fishing
Fishing at the Gulf is red hot in July
The federal red snapper season closed June 28. But cobia, king mackerel and gray snapper are biting furiously, and inshore you can catch a limit of speckled trout, cobia and tripletails all in the same day. […]
Bass Fishing
15-5: Dad rewarded with monster bass
If anyone ever deserved to catch a monster bass, Drew Hopper of Olive Branch is that fisherman. […]
Events & Announcements
DMR Commission chairman Asper resigns
In the midst of controversy that includes a massive investigation into the agency for which it oversees, the chairman of Mississippi’s Commission on Marine Resources has resigned. […]