Michael O. Giles, Author at Mississippi Sportsman

Okatibbee Creek fishing equipment

August 15, 2014 Michael O. Giles

Okatibbee Creek fishing equipment […]

Day on the Lake: Cool Okatibbee Creek

August 1, 2014 Michael O. Giles

Bam! Not long after Johnny Cumberland slid his canoe into Okatibbee Creek at the crack of dawn, a bass smashed his Rebel Crawfish crankbait and dove down into the swift current. […]

Day on the lake: Okatibbee’s grass bass

July 1, 2014 Michael O. Giles

Pow!

A hungry bass rewarded Ken Murphy quickly, smashing his frog as he worked the pads and grass on an old minnow pond dam in Okatibbee Lake. He had pulled only the one rod from his rod locker, and the custom-made swimming frog tied to it produced the first strike of the day. […]

Versatility a key to Kemper County Lake

June 15, 2014 Michael O. Giles

Steve Grace of Collinsville is an accomplished local, regional and national tournament angler, who excels in fishing a variety of lakes from large reservoirs to smaller public waters, like Kemper County Lake near DeKalb. […]

Day on the Lake: Kemper County Lake

June 1, 2014 Michael O. Giles

Watching a bunch of boats blast off for a bass tournament was not what Steve Grace wanted to see when he pulled up to the ramp at Kemper County Lake, and it meant the fisherman would have to alter his plans on the 652-acre lake. […]

BAM! Post-spawn topwater fever

May 1, 2014 Michael O. Giles

Pete Ponds worked the edge of an emerging grass line with a favorite popper while searching for hungry post-spawn bass. An errant cast sent the lure a few feet further into the grass than he planned, but he simply started popping the lure back to the edge of the grass.

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Sport friction

April 15, 2014 Michael O. Giles

“Friction calls is a sport to me,” said Meek. “I make mouth calls and use them some too, but I don’t depend on them in public areas because they get burned up by calling. A lot of beginning hunters think they’ve got to use the mouth calls because they think they’re better in some way. […]

Yep! It’s the yelp

April 15, 2014 Michael O. Giles

What is the call maker’s favorite call?

“I’m tempted to say whatever works,” said Meek, “but I guess if I had to choose one call to make all the time it would be a yelp. You can call up and kill more gobblers with just a plain yelp than by making any other call.” […]