Fishing

The Baitkeeper Cup

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. […]

Crappie/Bream

Crappie tactics defined

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 Big As they Grow

Crappie bite started early

A warmer-than-normal late winter/early spring this year sped everything up, didn’t it? I mean the azaleas and the roses bloomed really early. The dogwoods were almost a month early displaying their beautiful color. […]

Bass Fishing

Two faces of Lake Ferguson in May

Lake Ferguson, an oxbow off the Mississippi River near Greenville, will have high water up in the willows on the north side of the lake if our area continues to have spring rains like we’ve been experiencing.

But if the Mississippi River doesn’t rise, you still can catch bass at Lake Ferguson if you’ll fish the other side of the lake and use different tactics. […]

Freshwater Fishing

Mississippi walleye

From mid February and into March, nighttime campfires once dotted the banks of the upper Tombigbee River and major Tombigbee River tributary streams like Bull Mountain, Buttahatchie, Luxapallila and Yellow Creek where anglers fished for walleye on their spawning migration.

Yes, walleye. […]

Bass Fishing

Get the drop

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. […]