August 2019 - Page 2 of 3 - Mississippi Sportsman

Clenzoil Marine & Tackle 12-ounce aerosol

August 8, 2019 Mississippi Sportsman

A product you can use to clean and protect not only your fishing tackle, but also your outboard motor and other metal features on your fishing vessel. […]

Frabill’s Trophy Haul Net series

August 8, 2019 Mississippi Sportsman

Frabill debuted its Trophy Haul Net series this spring, with features including an oversized handle and a big net bag that will make it easier to land fish. […]

Scoring a whole flounder with a knife allows the sauce to better penetrate the meet.

Flounder without frying

August 7, 2019 Jerry Dilsaver

This is a tasty and simple recipe for preparing flounder other than frying it. This recipe is about as simple as cooking gets and is a bit healthier. […]

Two lucky hunters with a buck taken in 2018 during an archery draw hunt in the spillway area of Barnett Reservoir. The application process for the 2019-20 season is now open.

Apply now for Barnett Reservoir draw hunts

August 7, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Applications are now being accepted for archery-only draw hunts for deer season in two areas of Barnett Reservoir. The deadline for applying is Aug. 23. […]

Shimano’s SLX DC 150 baitcasting reel

August 7, 2019 Mississippi Sportsman

The SLX DC 150 baitcasting reel features Shimano’s SLX low-profile style with the I-DC4 digital brake control system already on the Curado DC series. […]

Tax-free weekend on schedule

August 6, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Hunters needing new guns, bows or ammunition can save on their purchases during the “Second Amendment Tax Free Holiday” scheduled for Aug. 30-Sept. 1. […]

Tips for slabs after dark

August 6, 2019 Phillip Gentry

The details of your setup and presentation are important. Follow these tips to help you make the best of your night-fishing trips for crappie. […]

Fishing on drop-offs at the ledges and in Ross Barnett’s shallow water, you may not catch any monsters, but you should catch plenty of 11/2- to 2-pound bass.

Ross Barnett’s hot-weather bass

August 6, 2019 Paul Elias

A good reason to fish Ross Barnett this month is because it’s a shallow lake with lots of vegetation, which provides shade, cover and oxygen for bass. […]

Using the tip of a toothpick, pushed through a soft-plastic bait and the eye of the hook, will help keep a Texas-rigged bait from sliding down. Break off both ends of the toothpick just outside the worm’s margins.

Stick a toothpick in it

August 5, 2019 Craig Holt

One of the best tools a bass fisherman can have, especially during the summer when fish live largely in deep, cool, oxygenated water, are toothpicks. […]

Troubled Extravaganza opens today

August 2, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

The Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza has become a growing problem and publicity nightmare for the sponsoring Mississippi Wildlife Federation. […]

Flounder leave Mississippi’s inshore waters when it gets cold and move out to reefs in the Gulf. You can catch them in bunches in December.

Flounder: catch ‘em while they’re here

August 2, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Flounder are a year-round fish on the northern side of the Gulf of Mexico, but with opposite migration patterns than most shallow-water gamefish like speckled trout, redfish and sheepshead. […]

South Carolina hunter contracted Alpha Gal disease from Lone Star tick

August 1, 2019 Brian Cope

Darren Nichols contracted the Alpha Gal disease after being bitten by a Lone Star tick while on a hunting trip in 2017. It’s changed his life drastically. […]