Deer Hunting
MDWFP relying on other CWD states
Biologists say there are two kinds of states, those that have confirmed Chronic Wasting Disease in deer, and those that will. […]
Month: March 2018
Fishing
Gamakatsu Light Hooks
OK, I’ll admit it: I can’t fish with circle hooks. I mean the danged things take all the fun out of fishing, since setting the hook almost always results in a miss. […]
Fishing
Bubba Blade fishing pliers
Bubba Blade has long produced top-quality filet knives, but now it’s also offering fishing pliers that should be on any angler’s boat. […]
Features
Early kid, early bird – Call in potential turkey hunters while they’re young
Scott Ellis yelped, purred and clucked, and he was greeted with thunderous gobbles from a couple of fired-up gobblers. […]
Columns
There’s no better time than now to prepare
As I write this, another year’s deer season has come to a close. For many hunters, this is a sad time, as thoughts of a long offseason become reality.
Crappie/Bream
Slab-Slammin’ time
Every spring, an eons-old phenomenon takes place in the lakes and streams of southeastern states: the waters warm, crappie move shallow and become active, and fishermen rejoice. They reap the bounty brought on by the predictable behavior of the fair-fleshed fish.
Features
Shellcracker fever is heating up
May is widely considered to be the best month for chasing bream, but die-hard panfisher anglers know that redear sunfish — aka chinquapin, shellcracker or just redear — move into their prespawn and spawning patterns much sooner than bluegill and other sunfish species that fall under the general colloquialism of “bream.”
Features
Don’t run too far in March; saltwater fish are ready to meet you closer to your Biloxi base than you think
The cast was a foot right of perfect, and the Boat Monkey float settled in the center of the concentric rings forming around its landing. A sea gull swooped down to check it out, only to turn away perhaps repulsed by the orange bobber —which suddenly was gone, jerked completely out of sight below the surf. […]
Bass Fishing
Punch your ticket for the bass buffet
This winter has been a butt-kicker, but Pete Ponds isn’t worried. For one thing, the bass pro from Madison has plenty of warm clothing, and he’s thinking that recent weather patterns will produce more opportunities to catch fish during the seasonal transition period known as the prespawn. […]
Crappie/Bream
Crappie on a different plane
Guides like Brad Taylor are using planer boards to spread baits out even farther from the boat and access territory otherwise out of reach. […]
Featured
Capitol report: Harvest reporting bill moves step closer
Mississippi deer and turkey hunters are a step close to a mandatory harvest report system after the Senate wildlife committee amended a House bill that would establish the regulation beginning in 2019. […]
Content
Cover: March 2018
There’s nothing like March in Mississippi, when the crappie are overtaken by the urge to spawn, which puts them in range of an awful lot of fishermen with a hankering for sweet fillets. […]