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July 23, 2019

Oh boy: Bream! Return to your fishing roots

May begins serious fishing for bluegill and other sunfish around Mississippi. […]

Fishing for sac-a-lait, Lloyd Brandt ended up catching this choupique.

Species spotlight: Choupique

The bowfin (Amia calva), whose more common name is mudfish, is a close relative of the gar. Its stout body and long dorsal fin, which covers almost three-quarters the length of its body, give the fish a snaky or eel-like appearance. […]

Every slab crappie was small once. Effects of environmental conditions on growth and survival of young fish determines future fishing.

Effects of turbidity on young crappie

Hal Schramm

Understanding the effects of environmental conditions on young crappie is especially important because abundance of crappie year-classes varies widely over time. […]

Pressure’s on I-55 crappie corridor

Bobby Cleveland

Crappie fishing at Barnett Reservoir is likely to be less affected by flooding this spring as are other bodies of water across the Magnolia State. […]

Flooding in the Delta and northern Mississippi might cause fishermen to change tactics and locations for spawning slabs this spring.

Delta lakes’ flooding likely to impact crappie fishing

Bobby Cleveland

A lot of Mississippi crappie fishermen could have some anxious moments this spring due to flooding in the Delta from the Mississippi River and its backwaters caused by heavy rainfall north of the state. […]

Capt. Todd Vick shares tips on using tandem rigs for crappie.

Catching crappie two at a time on tandem rigs

Brian Cope

Check out these tips from Capt. Todd Vick of Fishin’ Freshwater Charters to catch more crappie using tandem rigs. […]

Winter is a great time to work on your fly-casting technique, paying special attention to the relationship between the back cast and forward stroke.

Winter fly-rod practice

Richard Bernabe

Here are some fly casting basics to remember when honing your casting stroke during the winter. […]

Schools of jumping silver carp are common on the Mississippi River. Silver carp are abundant in Kentucky Lake and have moved upstream into Pickwick Lake and down the Tenn-Tom Waterway to Bay Springs Lake.

Silver carp update

Hal Schramm

Asian carp have been expanding their territory throughout the Mississippi River and connected waters for several decades.
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Catfish do suspend, but why?

Phillip Gentry

Biologists and anglers have theorized what causes catfish to suspend off the bottom at different times, with feeding, water quality, oxygen, and thermoclines being the most-common answers.

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Reservoir cats also suspend but can be caught

Phillip Gentry

While the Mississippi River is probably the best-known catfish producer in the state, many of Mississippi’s reservoirs also hold their share of decent blue catfish.

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