Crappie/Bream
Summer’s slab trio
Standing on the lower deck of his boat, Torch Tindle paused after unhooking another crappie from his brightly colored jig to reflect on a crappie fishing experience a few summers ago. […]
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Bass Fishing
Bass after dark
Summer fishing trips are much more productive when you want until the sun sets to hit the water. Here are some nighttime tips for more bass. […]
Bass Fishing
Welcome back, old friend: The Rez
In June in a normal year, Gene Bishop of Ridgeland would be looking for a first-place check after catching a five-bass tournament limit weighing 18 pounds on Barnett Reservoir. […]
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Sight in on redfish
Sight-fishing for bull reds in the Biloxi Marsh gives anglers a chance to hunt and fish at the same time. Capt. Mark Wright explains how. […]
Bass Fishing
Shallow-minded bass tactics
Nature is dynamic, and like a well-composed symphony, its performance comprises multiple complementary elements that rise and fall at the conductor’s direction. […]
Bass Fishing
Classic baits for Mississippi’s state-lake bass
Opportunities abound in the Magnolia State for busting bass. Mississippi is full of time-proven lakes of the highest rank. Whether it’s lily pads in a cove, stands of cypress trees, flooded, dying timber, deep creek channels, grass beds, submerged trees or fields of stumps — we have it all.
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Solve summer’s speckled trout riddles
Look for contrast when targeting Biloxi Marsh speckled trout during the hot months. They’re usually near a change: current, bottom, color, depth. […]
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Turn predators into prey
Look well at the face of a coyote.
It seemingly has on its lips a sly smile, a blatant smirk suggesting confidence that it possesses superior woodscraft, patience and talent than a human hunter, and that cynical superiority carries over into its fiendish, yellowish, eyes. […]
Catfish
Summer-size your catfish tactics
The hottest months may not be the best time to target trophy cats, but numbers of smaller fish are available for the taking across Mississippi. […]
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Fishing, family style
Doreen Conner sat in the shade of a big pine, about 30 feet from the bank of Simpson Legion Lake, with her two sons, ages 7 and 9, sitting on overturned 5-gallon buckets, fishing poles in hand. […]
Crappie/Bream
Power up for deep slabs
It’s true that subtle, patient presentations can prove very valuable to fishermen. We’re often told that “Slow-and-steady wins the race.” […]
Catfish
Put the move on Mississippi’s corridor cats
Anyone who has spent any amount of time fishing on one of the flood-control lakes along Mississippi’s I-55 corridor has witnessed boats trolling back and forth with rods hanging off their sides.