Barnett Reservoir officials on Friday announced the closing of seven more boat ramps, bringing the total number to 10 that are unusable due to drought-related low water conditions.
The lake level was 295.3 on Friday, 2.2 feet below normal.
One of the great things about being a crappie angler is that you can learn your trade at any number of lakes across the country. Seasonal crappie fishing patterns remain pretty similar in a variety of places and typically work interchangeably across wide geographic areas.
Okatibbee Wildlife Management Area is located in the hilly, east-central region of the state approximately 10 miles northwest of Meridian near Collinsville. It is adjacent to Okatibbee Lake and offers sportsmen a double hunt/fish opportunity for October trips to the lake. […]
In the modern era of deer hunting, there is no reason why being unprepared for the elements — such as wind or extreme cold, even in combination — should cost a hunter time in the stand. […]
Just as the name implies, a dry bag is a storage device where items you’d rather not get soaked can make the trip. Within the bag can be another dry box, for the true essentials. And, of course, there is the ice chest. […]
Why is it that deer hunters tend to break all the rational rules about eating right during the hunting season? Everybody knows that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, yet deer hunters seem to forget that. […]
The border between Mississippi and Louisiana is the Mississippi River.
Right?
Sounds simple, but it isn’t. […]
With a few easy strokes of his knife, Jim Danley shows how to produce mild-tasting, white-fleshed cutlets of fish from his big river catfish. […]
Garlandville’s Josh McCullough is a veteran of many archery seasons, and he’s harvested some trophy bucks in areas where few are found.
And he’s learned a few things in the process. […]
“I bet that thing is over 100 years old.”
Those are often the first words out of someone’s mouth when they view a really big specimen of any animal. […]
When I climbed into the cab of Jim Danley’s pickup truck to go fishing, I happened to glance into the truck’s bed and spied his fishing rods.
They looked like tuna rods. […]
I thought that I was going to do a human interest story about an all-American country boy-type of youngster who just happened to catch the fish of a lifetime. […]
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