Don Shoopman, Author at Mississippi Sportsman

Egret Baits designers wanted to build a “shad-style” bait with a boot tail and went all in on that early last year with the Quiver Shad. […]

The Black Label Tackle Prowler Squarebill crankbait does just what its name suggests — invade the habitat to trigger pressured, finicky bass. […]

Bass pro Tommy Biffle holds a bass caught on a Gene LaRew Flipping Biffle Bug. A flippin and pitchin’ soft plastic model of popular bait. […]

Ridgeland, Mississippi, pro bass fisherman Gene Bishop won a Bassmaster Open at Ross Barnett Reservoir in March 2015. […]

Natural Forage Baits are in demand by crappie fishermen and, more importantly, crappie, as owner J.R. “Beau” Davidson knows very well. […]

Cliff Crochet of Pierre Part proudly touts the Bill Lewis Lures’ Scope Stik, a jerkbait he’ll fish with extensively this winter and spring. […]

The Toad Thumper Lure Company’s Swamper and Thumper plastic frogs make stubborn bass sing a different tune. […]

Melvin Brown Jr. arrowed a 9-point, 215-pound buck on Sept. 16 while hunting from a deer stand on a lease near Fayette, Mississippi. […]

Bass anglers near and far want to get their hands on JaBoom’s Beaver Ballz. The soft plastic makes infiltrating mats much easier. […]

The Delta Lures Redfish Spinnerbait has been the downfall of beaucoup redfish since Fred King and Roy LaBorde introduced it in the mid-2010s. […]

A big bass explosion is the reward for fishing with the new Yellow Magic Havana, crafted with cutting edge technology and attention to detail. […]

Since the intro of the Mag 12 BUZZ Worm, Mister Twister has gotten calls for a smaller size, so they developed the 8-inch Mag BUZZ Worm. […]