Don Shoopman, Author at Mississippi Sportsman

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. […]

In a world filled with bait manufacturers, Funkbuster Baits has found its niche with spinnerbaits, buzz baits and bladed jigs. […]

NetBait’s B Bugs have a leg, or tail, up on other beaver-style soft plastics. They are more buoyant than similar products. […]

It took four to five months to design and tweak the lure, but today the Ike’s Mini Flip Jig is a favorite among bass fishermen. […]

Arbogast hit a bass fishing home run when it marketed the Hula Popper 2.0, a spittin’ image of the G760 model of the original Hula Popper. […]

When Prototype Lures LLC’s Smasher Frogs get eaten, they often wind up far back in the mouth of self-respecting, hungry bass. […]

The Matrix Spin uses heavy wire that handles redfish but isn’t too heavy for the bass that inhabit the marsh across coastal Mississippi. […]