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Shaking things up

July 1, 2012 Michael O. Giles

Charles Ellis fished his way around a riprap point while making pinpoint casts with a 4×4 Shaky Head rig and finesse worm. Ellis worked the lure methodically yet deliberately until he suddenly dropped the rod tip and whipped the rod back and drove the steel hook home.

A lunker bass exploded through the water, shattering the smooth near-mirror finish of the surface. The lunker pushed the scales near 6 pounds, and was typical of the bass Ellis expects to catch on the Shaky head. […]

Giles shakes it up on the ledges

July 1, 2012 Michael O. Giles

Justin Giles and his fishing partners were really working hard to find the bass and draw a strike during a hot summer trip last year. With temperatures in the 90s and the sun high in the sky, the bass were seemingly nowhere to be found. […]

Odom on docks

July 1, 2012 Michael O. Giles

Mississippi State Fishing Team member Taylor Odom has been battle-tested through a rigorous tournament series while competing against some of the top collegiate anglers from around the Southeast, and has learned a thing or two in the process. […]

Mirage Pro Angler 12

July 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

Hobie’s Mirage Pro Angler 12 may be their most versatile fishing boat ever. […]

Crappie Hotspots Series – Sardis Lake

July 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Modern technology has certainly paved the way for turning a large number of fishermen into “catchermen.” Still there are days when it seems there’s not a fish to be found. […]

Alabama Rig II

July 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

Picking up where the Alabama Rig left off, the Alabama Rig II features heavier wires and hardware to handle larger saltwater species. […]

On the right track

July 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

Starting back in 2008, a cooperative study between the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks and the University of Mississippi was begun to target and study the seasonal movements of crappie in the local reservoirs. […]

Plano Alabama Rig Box

July 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

Alabama and other umbrella-style bass fishing rigs have earned a permanent place among many bass fishermen’s tackle arsenals, but the wire-frame contraptions don’t always fit into traditional tackle boxes. […]

Crappie Club update

July 1, 2012 Paul Johnson

The Magnolia Crappie Club closed out our 2011-12 season with the State Championship tournament at Eagle/Chotard lakes in late June. […]

Berkley Gulp! Mullet

July 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

Rig it for trolling, jigging or swimming. The Gulp! Alive! 6-inch Swimming Mullet from Berkley is sure to grab the attention of saltwater predators with its huge curl tail. […]

Cover: July 2012

July 1, 2012 Mississippi Sportsman

Biloxi’s Back Bay is a fishing paradise. Small-racked bucks could set back your management program. […]

Born To Run

July 1, 2012 Phillip Gentry

The secret to catching fish, any fish, is to be where they want to be. To be successful in this endeavor you have to locate the fish and, hopefully, entice them into eating, or at least biting, what you have to offer.

In the middle of last summer, Zachary Young and his pal Brad Chappell found themselves situated between steps two and three while fishing the lower portion of Ross Barnett Reservoir. […]