Freshwater Fishing
Hydrilla is the perfect aquatic weed
Hydrilla is a significant component of the habitat in several world-class bass fisheries — places like Fork, Guntersville, Seminole and Toledo Bend. […]
Columns
Deer Hunting
Move stands to de-pattern your deer
Do you really think it’s possible to accurately and consistently pattern a buck well enough to know when that whitetail is going to be where?
Fishing
Talon holds anglers in shallow water
The word “anchor” starts visions dancing in my head of handling a heavy, muck- and weed-coated chunk of metal connected to a slimy wet rope by a length of rusty chain. […]
Bass Fishing
Autumn is kind to Calling Panther
This month I’ll be heading to 500-acre Calling Panther Lake in Crystal Springs. Calling Panther is a fairly new lake, and it’s starting to produce some really big bass.
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As Big As they Grow
It’s the season for making memories
Writing a monthly column on crappie fishing ties one’s thoughts to seasonal fishing. That is, from month to month, one can’t help but think of how fishing seasons and patterns change. […]
Hunting
Expert tips for treestand hunting
If you are a seasoned deer hunter, then don’t turn the page just yet. I know if you have hunted for any number of seasons from an elevated treestand, you pretty much have your set up scheme worked out. Before you move on at least review these treestand set-up tips to recall a few things before you strike out this season. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Anglers encounter turnover this time of year.
As great as the fishing is in the fall, some lakes deal anglers a bad hand for a brief period when the lake “turns over.” Why some lakes have fall turnover, why some don’t, and why it can adversely affect fishing requires an understanding of stratification. […]
Bass Fishing
In September, Barnett starts to heat up
Two different patterns always produce bass for me during September on Ross Barnett. The early September pattern is a spotted bass pattern up the river. This pattern won’t catch really big bass, but you will catch numbers of hard-fighting fish. I believe the spotted bass fights about twice as hard as a big largemouth. […]
Hunting
U.N. Small Arms Treaty a real threat to U.S. gun owners
Several times a week, I receive internet warnings that scream the present administration plans to circumvent the Second Amendment to the Constitution. […]
As Big As they Grow
Get your crankbaits ready for fall
Can you believe it? It’s time to find your bird shot shells from last September and beg your way onto a dove field somewhere. It’s tradition around here, you know. Labor Day and dove hunting announce to practically every Mississippi outdoorsman that huntin’ season is here. […]
Fishing
Fish finders lower learning curve to speed bump
Wandering the aisles at the annual ICAST show last month looking at next year’s fishing equipment, I realized that the convention is a window into the future in more ways than one. I’d heard about the new fish finders Lowrance was going to introduce, but their significance didn’t really hit me until I saw them running in the company’s booth. […]
Hunting
Doves get everything rolling
Dove season in Mississippi can bring together an eclectic group of folks. But it is the coming together of friends, family, kids, work associates, miscellaneous acquaintances and other unknowns that makes dove hunting in the Magnolia State so special. Mississippi dove hunting is social first, then hunting second. […]