Bass Fishing
Best bedding areas
Bass won’t fan out beds just anywhere, so Bassmaster Elite Series pro Pete Ponds ignores all but the most-conducive areas. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass Fishing
Gibson’s tactics for bed-fishing the bass spawn
When it comes to bed fishing, Hoot Gibson advised anglers to go shallow and head north up the canals. […]
Bass Fishing
Pete Ponds’ bed-fishing tips, tactics and techniques
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Pete Ponds of Gluckstadt has caught thousands of bass during the spawning seasons on lakes all around the country, and has made a good living catching and releasing those sows. As a result, Ponds has honed his bed-fishing skills to a fine edge. […]
Bass Fishing
Visibility important to bass-fishing success during the spawn
Bed-fishing success is best where water clarity is highest, Bassmaster Elite Series pro Pete Ponds said. If there’s not much clarity, it is very hard to spot bedding bass and their beds. […]
Bass Fishing
Best bed-fishing equipment
• Rod — 7- to 7 1/2-foot heavy-action rod with baitcasting reel. […]
Bass Fishing
Neshoba Lake trivia
• Manager — Chuck Hazelwood […]
Bass Fishing
The One-Two Punch
It’s great when that first cast meets with aggressive reception, but often, it takes some dialing in to determine the fish’s preference. Notwithstanding the oft-proven merits of junk fishing, a handful of examples show us that certain lure pairings hold particularly strategic benefit. […]
Bass Fishing
Vision Prop Limited Edition Buzz Bait
Leave it to someone with great vision for designing artificial lures to put a “boat prop-style” blade on a buzz bait that consistently catches bass coast to coast. […]
Bass Fishing
Recent catch proves bass record within reach
When he caught a 17.34-pound bass Jan. 4 at Davis Lake, Jeff Foster did more than simply post the second-largest largemouth ever reported in Mississippi. He showed conclusively that Anthony Denny’s state record of 18.15 pounds is vulnerable.
“I don’t think there’s any doubt about that whatsoever,” said Ron Garavelli, the chief of fisheries for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. “That fish right there could have — no, make that would have — broken the record had it been caught a couple of months later when it was full of eggs.
“We’re only talking about .8 of a pound difference between 17.34 and 18.15, so yeah, fully loaded with eggs it would have been the record.” […]
Bass Fishing
Pet the Panther for big January bass
When I pick a place to fish, it’s because I know where the bass in that lake will be holding at this time of the year, and the lures and techniques that will make them bite. […]
Bass Fishing
State’s second-largest bass caught at Davis Lake
Jeff Foster knows that a wintertime bass trip to Davis Lake means hoping to get a bite or two. […]
Bass Fishing
Target Pickwick in December
Pickwick Lake in the northeastern corner of Mississippi is one of the best cold-weather reservoirs in December. I often catch 40 to 50 bass a day there. […]