When bass respond to factors such as weather or fishing pressure by playing hard to get, anglers can often tempt those tough bites with a dropshot. The basic rig is pretty simple, and the action, well, there’s not much to it. […]
Last weekend’s “super moon” — which involved the full moon phase coinciding with its closest proximity to Earth this year — led to incredible commentary and photography that filled social networking sites.
The phenomena also led to extraordinary catches of bedding beam that filled iceboxes and deep fryers across Mississippi.
From private lakes and farm ponds to river oxbows and public lakes, the panfish activity peaked, just as expected. […]
In the early 1970s, a young bass angler by the name of Bill Dance, hosting his own TV show on national television, brought Pickwick Lake to the forefront of American anglers’ attention. Each week, his television audience tuned in to watch Dance battle huge smallmouth bass from the high-bluffed reservoir. Quickly […]
As much as he likes to catch giant catfish, there’s not much that makes four-time national catfish champion angler Phil King from Corinth happier than watching a 7-foot Cabela’s Fish Eagle spinning rod double over under the weight of a feisty channel cat.
And to hear him tell it, his happiest months of the year are April, May and June because that’s when the channel cats start backing up into the myriad cracks and crevices along Pickwick’s multitude of craggy rock banks. […]
Earning Suzuki its seventh NMMA Innovation Award, the DF300AP 4-stroke outboard motor has great new features, including Suzuki Selective Rotation. Engineers have designed a lower unit for the DF300AP that will run in either right or left turning rotation. […]
Cast farther and more accurately than ever before with the Captain CatchEmAll Baitkeeper Cup. This revolutionary slip float keeps you from ever throwing your bait, whether packed baits, cut baits, chicken livers, minnows, crickets, etc., off your hook again. […]
With patented all-aluminum interlocking floors; all-welded, wood-free deck construction; and a patented, integrated performance wave shield, Veranda pontoons are built to last a lifetime. […]
Maybe more so than any other species of fish, crappie anglers have a language all their own when it comes to how they fish for their favorite quarry. In fact, some tactics go by different names depending on what part of the state or what part of the country you’re standing in. […]
As long as the fish remain on the ledge, it’s a safe bet that they’re still in the food mood — so it’s just a matter of keeping an easy meal there for them. […]
Although cracks and crevices along the craggy rock banks that line the shores of Pickwick Lake are great places to find spawning catfish this month, catfish guide Phil King says those aren’t the only places that attract fish this time of year. […]
Pickwick catfish guide and champion catfish angler Phil King loves using light tackle for battling feisty Pickwick channel cats. […]
One of the things that kids probably love most about catching catfish is pinching a big night crawler in half. While this gory little chore spurs their imaginations, most of us have something better to do than continually wipe worm guts off our hands. […]
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