Bass Fishing
Best Mississippi ledge-fishing lakes
Lake Pickwick is the most-recognizable Mississippi lake that offers top-notch ledge-fishing opportunities, but it’s not the only one, accomplished angler Ken Murphy said. […]
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Inshore Fishing
Garretson’s top gear
To a large degree, tackle choice is a personal part of the fishing experience, but Charlie Garretson’s experience has narrowed down his choices of gear for speckled trout fishing. […]
Bass Fishing
Murphy’s preferred cranking gear:
– 7- to 8-foot, medium-heavy- to heavy-action rod […]
Inshore Fishing
Historic Mary Walker Marina
Located off a somewhat obscure and isolated roadway access in Gautier (pronounced “Go-Shay”) is the Mary Walker Marina that was established in modest form in the 1940s. […]
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Cover: June 2012
Mark your GPS with Enid Lake crappie fishing hotspots. […]
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Hand over fist
Greg Parker guided his flat-bottomed boat toward a spot near the northern shore of the Ross Barnett Reservoir. In the boat were no rods and reels, no bait buckets or tackle boxes — just a large cooler with some ice, a bag of gloves, a roll of duct tape and a few other tools of the hand-grabbers trade.
Parker cut the motor, removed his life vest and allowed the boat to glide to a near stop before he rolled over the gunwale, hardly making a splash. In his hand was a catch stick, used by poultry workers to collect chickens. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Mentoring new hand-grabbers
Over the years, Parker has been a teacher and guide for others wanting to feel the rush of pulling a big catfish from below the surface with nothing more than natural strength. […]
Freshwater Fishing
The hand-grabbing season
The hand-grabbing season coincides with the spawning period for blue cats and flatheads. In natural conditions, these fish will spawn in hollow logs, caves and recesses created by fallen trees or jammed debris. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Hand-grabbing regulations
Jerry Brown, a fisheries biologist for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks said the fact that blues and flatheads are cavity spawners accounts for their willingness to enter man-made boxes during the spawning season. […]
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Crappie Hotspot Series – Enid Lake
An ad on the back page of a magazine touted a particular brand of crankbait as “the newest and hottest tactic on the water.” In the ad, a young crappie-fishing guide wearing a NASCAR-style fishing jersey emblazoned with sponsors displays a slab crappie while the images of the crankbait in hot pink and neon chartreuse colors fills the background. All the “new” hype over catching crappie on crankbaits makes Ken Franklin just smile. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Bomber crankbaits still a top producer
Although “Mr. Ken” Franklin agrees the newer crankbaits look good and catch a lot of crappie, he’s a member of the original “Bomb Squad” and prefers to pull plugs made by the Bomber Bait Company. […]
Bass Fishing
Under Wraps
For a lake that doesn’t have very many secrets, Lake Ferguson outside of Greenville holds at least one little tidbit close to its vest. […]