Features from January 2020
Get the jump on the spring crowd by catching Mississippi crappie right now using one of these tactics. A little advance planning can yield good results.
Veteran squirrel hunter Jeffrey Wood charts the steps it takes to make squirrel hunting in January an activity that can’t be missed.
Catfish stand out in the winter as predators. Here’s how to target blue catfish and channel catfish in Mississippi waters for great winter action.
Meridian hunter Parker Temple has a routine for finding and taking nice late-season bucks when the season begins to wane.
Does that didn’t get bred during the first estrus cycle drive late-season hunting in Mississippi. Here’s how to approach the last month of the season.
Columns - January 2020
- These three bow manufacturers have great additions for 2020.
- Statistics indicate that young kids that fish are more likely to fish as adults than children that didn’t grow up exposed to fishing at an early age.
- Stalk hunting with a recurve bow is one of the hardest types of hunting, but it can be very productive in the right conditions.
- Big speckled trout have particular times they feed during the moon cycle. Pay attention to your success and pinpoint when that big-fish feeding window is.
- Generally, January is a tough month to catch bass. However, one of the advantages to fishing Ross Barnett this month is the abundance of riprap.
- Crappie are one of the most popular gamefish among anglers in America. Many anglers don’t realize it, but crappie come in two varieties: black and white.
- The Mega Matrix, which fits in between the 2-inch Matrix Mini, the original 3-inch Matrix Shad and the 5-inch Monster Matrix, works great on redfish.
- This is a nice tasty dish called venison tot pie that often gets youngsters or squeamish adults to try venison because they like tater tots.
Outdoor Updates - January 2020
- Barnett Reservoir will be lowered about 2½ feet during January and February to continue the battle against giant salvinia.
- One of Mississippi’s most accomplished high school bass fisherman, Lake Norsworthy of Brandon, has signed an athletic scholarship to Blue Mountain College.
- January may be one of the coldest months, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t some red-hot fishing action. These are our picks of five hot spots.
- William Dearman of Flowood used a grunt call to bring in a giant buck he had been getting trail-camera photos of since January.
- With very few exceptions, every species of game animal and bird that is popular to hunt in Mississippi can be hunted in January.
- We looked at MS-Sportsman.com, the website that accompanies Mississippi Sportsman magazine, and we came up with the 10 most-read stories of 2019.
- On Nov. 13, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks formally dedicated the Phil Bryant Wildlife Management Area.
- One of Mississippi’s most-popular public lakes, Simpson Legion Lake, is closing to allow the MDWFP to repair and renovate the dam.
Field Notes - January 2020
- If you’re lucky enough to be the recipient of a new rifle, here is a time-proven and simple method for breaking in a barrel that you can’t go wrong with.
- Find a dock that’s in full sunlight, close to shallow and deep water, and with moving water, and you’re in the right spot for redfish.
- All of the prep work earlier this fall will culminate in the next few weeks as another duck hunting season heads into the history books.