Freshwater Fishing
Rogers’ crappie jigging technique
Rabbit Rogers has always been and remains a jig fisherman, even during the summer months. […]
Month: September 2013
Crappie/Bream
Lindsay’s crappie pushing technique
“I hate fishing the summer,” Charles Lindsay said, “but I know it can be some of the best fishing of the year, so I go when I feel like I can handle the heat. […]
Hog Hunting
Homemade hog bait
Florence hunter Tommy Hemphill has concocted a bait of corn, beer and raspberry gelatin that hogs on his property never tire of eating. […]
Hog Hunting
Wild hogs are tough, dangerous customers
Tommy Hemphill is one of two hunters interviewed for this article that have been charged by a wounded hog. It was not a pleasant exper […]
Featured
14-day snapper season to start Oct. 1
State and federal officials announced today that there will be a 14-day recreational red snapper season for fishermen for the first two weeks of October. […]
Events & Announcements
25th annual Coastal Cleanup set for Oct. 19
Working to keep our shores and marshes clear, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources is helping organize the annual Mississippi Coastal Cleanup on Oct. 19. […]
Featured
Teal forecast: Slow going for Saturday’s opening
With the early teal season, which opens Saturday in Mississippi, there is always the worry that the peak of the blue-wing migration will fall outside the 16-day window hunters have at the early flyers. […]
Fishing
September is marlin and barrier island time on the Gulf Coast
Capt. Jimmy Taylor operates the Lauren and the Miss Darsey, both docked at Biloxi Small Craft Harbor. A judge at the World Billfishing Classic held at the Isle of Capri, Taylor has probably caught and released as many marlin as anyone along the Upper Gulf Coast. […]
Alligator
13-7: Gator season ends with another record
Ricky Flynt found the perfect close to the 2013 public lands alligator hunt in Mississippi — with another record. […]
Alligator
Gator record falls yet again
Mississippi’s record for heaviest alligator lasted 168 times longer than the previous one, albeit just one week. […]
Alligator
Crazy: 3 gators in 90 minutes, over a ton
The craziness of alligator season in Mississippi hit a fevered pitch last Monday when program coordinator Ricky Flynt couldn’t find any other way to describe what he’d seen. […]
Freshwater Fishing
The future of fisheries
Larry Pugh became chief of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks’ Fisheries Bureau on July 1. Pugh earned his masters degree in fisheries at Mississippi State University, and has worked as a biologist for MDWFP for 15 years. He is an avid and accomplished angler. […]