Deer Hunting
Commission gives OK to baiting deer
In a surprise move Wednesday, the state’s Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks gave its approval to baiting deer in Mississippi, at least during gun season. […]
Month: August 2015
Crappie/Bream
The key to summertime crappie limits
If you think the only way to catch summertime crappie is to sink minnows and jigs in the shade under docks or fish around brush piles in deep water, Jerry Neeley has a surprise for you. […]
Happy Trails
Unauthorized trespass
August is when I typically run through a checklist of things I consider important for all serious hunters to do or prepare for as the hunting season quickly approaches. […]
Featured
MicroWave guides no gimmick
I’d heard of American Tackle Company’s MicroWave guides, but figured they were just gimmicks.
I mean, they just look so weird — really a guide within a guide. […]
Featured
How to save your reel
I’m a little hard on my tackle. I’ve been known to step on my rods and twist the eyes, and my reels? Well, let’s just say I pretty much ignore them as long as they work. […]
Featured
Two new saltwater records approved
Mississippi has a new state record for mangrove — or gray — snapper, and a lot of fishermen now have a realistic goal for reincarnation.
Say what? […]
Deer Hunting
Find food sources for opening-day success
With the opening of deer seasons approaching in a few weeks, hunters need to start finding the major food sources that whitetails are using, set up stands along the trails they take to that food and then stay the heck away until opening day. […]
Bass Fishing
Schooling bass and lily pads
I love to fish lily pads, which provide both shade and cover for at Ross Barnett bass, in August. Ross Barnett features many underwater stump fields in shallow water where the bass can hold, which is where the baitfish and the bass will be. […]
Bass Fishing
Small waters, big worms, large bass
When they’re cooling it deep in the shade in the peak of the summer heat, sometimes it takes a big bait to get a big bass to bite. […]
Field Notes
Snelled hooks result in more hookups
Capt. Tommy Pellegrin firmly believes snelling circle hooks offshore has a direct correlation to the number of fish coming over his gunnels. […]
Sidebars
Picking apart a flat
Understanding how speckled trout use a flat and its associated drop-offs is the key to quickly putting a box of fish together. […]
Inshore Fishing
Louisiana fishing limits are OK when launching in Mississippi
The entire Biloxi Marsh is located in Louisiana, but what if you decide to launch in Mississippi? Do you have to abide by the 15-fish daily creel because you’ll cross Mississippi waters on the way in? […]