For 25 years, it has been a spring ritual for one of my favorite fishing partners, Li’l Joe, and me. Sure, we may get together a few times earlier in the year and try to catch a hybrid or two, or maybe a bass and a crappie. […]
Mississippi’s alligator hunting season and permit process will undergo its biggest change in its 10-year history, under a plan approved Wednesday by the Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. […]
Here are Shane Johnson’s top tips to kill a turkey — and these steps work even if you’re a member of a turkey-hunter’s nirvana. […]
Hogs are the scrouge of the South nowadays, with swine spreading into every area and generally causing mayhem. They tear up feeders, root up trails and create nasty wallows in bottoms — competing with the deer we all want to hunt. […]
March is the prime month for catching big bass in Mississippi. Bass at Calling Panther Lake, near Crystal Springs, will be in prespawn, spawn and postspawn conditions. This relatively young lake has some trophy size, double-digit bass.
Here are a few things that will help ensure your first few trips are all about catching fish instead of working the kinks out of your equipment. […]
When Jay Brainard figures his expenses for fishing the Bassmaster Central Open on Barnett Reservoir, boat gas won’t be a very big factor for the second place finisher. […]
Every angler faces the dilemma of how to tie two lines together. Oftentimes a swivel is chosen, but when you need a streamlined connection that will go through rod eyes, swivels aren’t the answer. […]
Gene Bishop is going to the 2016 Bassmaster Classic.
“Man, I’m just starting to realize what a big deal this is — I am going to the Classic,” he said, shortly after clinching the B.A.S.S. Central Open on Barnett Reservoir Saturday. “I can’t believe it. […]
In most of Mississippi, the peak of the crappie spawn, that magical time of spring when the popular fish move shallow and are vulnerable, happens in April, but veteran crappie fishermen love March just as much. […]
It is a pattern nearly as old as Barnett Reservoir, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, swimming a lizard through shallow vegetation to catch pre-spawn bass.
Pro-Drive builds boats and motors to be used as a unit. The Pro-Drive team of designers and builders all use shallow-water boats and drives for their hunting and fishing adventures, so they’ve learned from experience what works and what doesn’t. […]
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