Features from January 2021
- Plenty of anglers know they need to save plenty of January days to target crappie. Here are some places to go and tactics to use.
- Adjust your tactics when hunting heavily pressured deer in January. A well-timed move might just put you in position to drop a wall-hanger.
- Pick out a month and there’s a Mississippi fishing trip or two, or three, waiting to be taken. Here’s a look at the best opportunities.
- Don’t leave vocalization out of your bag of tricks when it comes to hunting wild hogs. It’s absolutely true that you can call in hogs.
Columns - January 2021
- Catching bass seems like a battle between the knowledge and skills of the anglers and the too-often unpredictable behavior of the bass.
- One of the soft-plastic lures that launched Cajun Lures six years ago has a new look. Bayou Bug 2.0 has arrived, and it is catching bass.
- January’s not a month where you’ll catch numbers of bass at Ross Barnett, but you should catch some fairly large, prespawn bass.
- Striped bass are targeted by thousands and thousands of anglers. They are not in the same family as largemouth or smallmouth bass.
- Like a bacon cheeseburger pizza? Just make it venison and turn it into a casserole.
Outdoor Updates - January 2021
- Zach Jones is no stranger to taking trophy year. His latest was taken on Nov. 7 at Ashbrook Island in Washington County, Miss.
- Without a doubt the arrival of chronic wasting disease in Mississippi ranks as the No. 1 story over the past decade (2011-2020).
- Panther Swamp National Wildlife Refuge gave up a 280-pound trophy 8-point buck to Blake Herrin on November 23.
- Several Mississippi duck hunters reported a slow start to the 2020-21 season. But they remain hopeful for the month of January.
- Reed Courtney is having a great deer season. The eight-year-old hunter has taken three bucks this season in Hinds County.
- David Holliman killed a monster 20-point buck on Dec. 6 at his friend, Nelson Bridgeforth’s property in Desoto County.
- Hayden Juul took a big 10-point buck at her family’s hunting camp in Amite County in southwest Mississippi.
- One thing we learned in 2020 was that being outdoors greatly reduces one’s likelihood of contracting COVID-19.
- The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks confirms more cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in Benton County.
- After taking a 157-inch buck on Nov. 22, Matt Langford of Petal took a 176 1/2-inch giant buck on Dec. 5 in Holmes County.
- January offers additional bird hunting opportunities, including a full month of dove hunting in Mississippi’s South Zone.
- Our five recommendations for January fishing hotspots in Mississippi include spots for crappie, catfish and bass.
Field Notes - January 2021
- As we transition from the holiday season into the New Year, we deer hunters find ourselves entering the fourth quarter, so to speak, of the 2015/2016 season. According to where you are geographically, the rut is either full on or is just beginning to wind down.