Features from July 2021
- Increasing dissolved oxygen in a livewell or bait tank is the best of several ways to keep fish alive longer in the summer heat.
- The barrier islands offer great opportunities for kayak-bound anglers. Make the arrangements for a trip of a lifetime.
- This freshwater bass technique can help anglers put many flounder in a boat quickly, and it’s just downright fun to do.
- Creeks, streams and small rivers of any size across Mississippi will likely hold spotted bass in the summer.
- Five months of trail-camera photos, extensive weather data, gave the author a thorough picture of buck movement on his hunting property.
Columns - July 2021
- What ecologists call “complex habitat” — habitats with a lot of surface area and interstices — benefits fish production.
- Sardis Reservoir in Lafayette, Panola and Marshall counties has made a comeback in the numbers of big bass it’s producing.
- Chas Champagne’s latest lure, the Matrix X-Shad Croaker, is a dead ringer for a speckled trout’s favorite summer meal.
- Get your archery equipment ready early. Bowhunters shouldn’t expect to see pre-COVID inventories at their favorite bow shop until 2022.
- Colorful, tasty mahi mahi, aka dolphin, are among the fastest swimming and fastest-growing species you’ll ever run into.
Outdoor Updates - July 2021
- A 10.1-pound bass hit a frog bait for angler Kyle Walley of Columbia on May 23. It also attracted the attention of a hungry alligator.
- July is one of our hottest months, but the fishing can be red hot as well. Mississippi has plenty to offer for July fishermen.
- After a year’s hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mississippi’s annual Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo is back on track in Gulfport.
- Mississippi bass pro Brock Mosley of Collinsville rallies for fifth-place finish in 2021 Bassmaster Classic.
- The Mississippi Wildlife Federation and Mississippi Outdoor Expo have partnered to bring a redesigned Mississippi Wildlife Extravaganza.