May 2017 - Page 3 of 4 - Mississippi Sportsman

Fish Pickwick Lake for 30 May bass per day

May 9, 2017 Paul Elias

Pickwick bass fishing can’t get any better than in May. From only two or three schools of bass, you may catch 30 or more bass per day. If rising water happens, the bass will be in this newly inundated water in the grass, bushes and trees. About the middle of May, the bass will be pulling out of the creeks and staging at their mouths or in the cuts and ditches in the flats leading to the river channel. At the end of May, I’ll look for bass out on the main river channel. […]

Crappie know how to stay cool

May 4, 2017 Hal Schramm

As I write this, the crappie are spawning. When you read this, the spawn will be over and the adults moving to their summer homes. For many anglers, crappie season is over. But the number of year-round dedicated crappie anglers appears to be increasing, as is their knowledge of how to catch summer crappie. The results of a crappie movement study by University of Missouri fishery scientists may offer some thoughts to add to your treasure chest of crappie-catching knowledge. […]

Feds set 3-day recreational Gulf snapper season

May 3, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s coastal fishermen are fuming over Monday’s announcement that recreational fishermen would have only a three-day season on red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. […]

Red snapper season set in state’s territorial waters

May 3, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Within hours of Monday’s announcement of a three-day red snapper season in federal waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi’s marine officials released a statement setting a longer season in the state’s territorial waters. […]

Mississippi duck seasons announced

May 2, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Mississippi’s Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks has approved a plan that would allow duck hunters maximum opportunity during the 2017-18 waterfowl seasons. […]

Connell holds off VanDam, wins Elite at Barnett

May 2, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

As expected, arguably the best bass fisherman ever made a big charge at the tour rookie who held the lead going into the delayed final round of the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite Monday at Barnett Reservoir near Ridgeland. […]

Rapala’s X-Rap Long Cast

May 1, 2017 Mississippi Sportsman

When the fish are feeling the pressure, a long cast is critical to getting bit. If trout and reds feel like you’re on top of them, they simply won’t bite, so back off a little and make a longer cast. […]

Tips to finding bass on riprap

May 1, 2017 David A. Brown

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines riprap as “a foundation or sustaining wall of stones or chunks of concrete thrown together without order.”

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It’s a bunch of rocks; how difficult can it be? […]

Getting chummy with giant cobia

May 1, 2017 Bobby Cleveland

Capt. Robert Earl McDaniel warned we were in for a long day on the Gulf of Mexico, doing what we were planning to do, which was chum for giant spawning cobia on shallow sand bars in early May. […]

Crappie’s post-spawn no reason to sing blues

May 1, 2017 Phillip Gentry

For many crappie anglers, fishing the post-spawn season is a lot like heading back to the car after the big game. The excitement is over and the place is a shambles. […]

Cover: May 2017

May 1, 2017 Mississippi Sportsman

Mississippi is one of the best bass fishing states in the nation, and we’ve got the lowdown on the best lakes. […]

Strike King Trout Magic

May 1, 2017 Mississippi Sportsman

Soft plastic lures account for more trout in ice chests than any other lure style, and Strike King has upped the ante on inshore soft plastics with Trout Magic. It’s a traditional jighead that holds your swimbait in place while a spinner adds to the attraction. […]