Bass Fishing
Getting a handle on trophy bass
For many bass anglers, size matters, and several states have implemented management efforts to enhance trophy bass opportunities. […]
Articles by Hal Schramm
Bass Fishing
Take care of your summer bass
Here are some guidelines for keeping bass held in livewells alive and some results from a recent MSU study that addresses the survival of bass. […]
Columns
The study of fish movement
The ability to assess the environmental history of a fish is a tool that can provide important information used to better manage fisheries. […]
Columns
Study alligator gar habitat use, movement
Alligator gar are long-lived, primitive fish that grow to sizes exceeding 7 feet and 200 pounds. Spawning occurs in May and June in Mississippi waters. […]
Crappie/Bream
Effects of turbidity on young crappie
Understanding the effects of environmental conditions on young crappie is especially important because abundance of crappie year-classes varies widely over time. […]
Bass Fishing
What is fisheries induced evolution?
That fishing may be changing populations has long been known in commercial fisheries, but recent research suggests that recreational fishing can also change populations. […]
Featured
The value of fish and fisheries
It is a good time to think a little deeper than just about fish biology or catching them. […]
Featured
Silver carp update
Asian carp have been expanding their territory throughout the Mississippi River and connected waters for several decades.
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Bass Fishing
Turbidity and bass feeding
Catching bass when the water turns muddy can be challenging. Here’s how to up your odds of catching fish. […]
Freshwater Fishing
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Catching your target fish is easy some days, hard or even seemingly impossible other days.
Bass Fishing
Vanishing act
A few years ago, I was fishing for smallmouth bass with Steve Quinn, a fisheries biologist and editor of In-Fisherman. We had caught plenty of fish throughout the sunny day. In the middle of the afternoon, we began fishing a bank that was partly shaded. I could easily see large rocks and boulders 5 feet deep in the clear water.
Bass Fishing
Self-regulating bass?
Recruitment of young fish is essential to sustained fishing. Despite the amount and intensity of management directed at largemouth bass, America’s most-popular gamefish, the relationship between the abundance of adults and their offspring has not been clearly established. Pond studies from the University of Florida shed light on this critical question.