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Crappie in the Grass
For those who knew what they were looking at and could appreciate it, this was a sight to behold. The scene took place on Ross Barnett Reservoir.
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Articles by Phillip Gentry
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De-Hog Your Deer Club
Ben Boteler was spending his Saturday afternoon in January the way he does most Saturdays. He was in a deer stand on his hunt club at Willow Break located near the town of Redmon in Southwest Mississippi. The 3,800-acre club borders the Yazoo River and offers prime habitat for big deer. […]
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Light ‘Em Up
About 10 years ago, if you looked on the calendars of Mississippi waterfowlers , chances are you’d see a circle around one of the last days of January. The circle marked the last day of waterfowl season when the decoys, blinds and steel-shot shells, if you had any left, went back into storage. […]
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Spillway Spectacular
“The colder the weather, the better the fishing gets” is the way professional angler Kent Driscoll describes the crappie fishing behind the dam at Ross Barnett Reservoir.
The spillway that turns the Pearl River impoundment back into the Pearl River is a well-known hotspot for crappie anglers throughout the year. One reason for the magnetism of the area is the moving water spilling through the dam draws baitfish from the far reaches of the Pearl and also from the Ross Barnett impoundment itself. […]
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Low is Lovely
While the Mississippi River was far from setting any kind of record for flood stages, duck hunters from all across the state agreed that the 2009-10 duck season was a wet one. Many hunters reported that there was just too much water, especially in the Delta region, for ducks to have to commit to just one area to feed and loaf. […]
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Fish in a Barrel
Every angler who has ever wet a hook has an idea of the perfect place to catch fish. For some, it might be a private farm pond, for others it may be a secret set of coordinates out in the Gulf. The one thing these perfect places have in common is that when you go there, you catch fish. […]
Deer Hunting
The Wild West buck
A retired state trooper, 1988 winner of the Tunica Big Deer contest, Bobby Reed, recalls how he came to harvest his 169 7/8 buck with a primitive weapon. […]
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Future Stock Options
Some 24 years ago, David Klimek, the owner of Tunica Farm Supply, had a great idea. He would start a deer contest, award prizes for the biggest deer harvested and maybe in the process generate a little more traffic to his store, which sells deer hunter supplies and apparel. […]
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Hedge Your Bets
By definition, gambling is to bet on an uncertain outcome, typically in a game of risk. For those who enjoy the prospect of gambling, Greenville, in the heart of the Delta, is a great fall destination offering the charm of an authentic “river town” along with casino gambling. […]
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Winter scouting for crappie
One of the habits of a veteran deer hunter is to spend a good bit of time in the woods after the season, learning the habits and habitats of his quarry. […]
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Breaking the Rules
When it comes to establishing a pattern on any of Mississippi’s well-known slab-crappie fisheries, Arkabutla is one lake that refuses to play by the rules. By the late summer, water temperatures can be at their highest of the year. […]
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Rod wrangling for crappie
It’s hard to imagine what it takes to manage an 18- to 20-foot fishing rod anchored with nearly a pound of weight and possibly 2 or 3 pounds of hefty fish dangling off the end. Combine that with a boat moving at speeds up to 2 mph, and suffice to say that power trolling isn’t for the faint of heart. […]