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Roaches win Big Momma Crappie Tournament on Grenada Lake

September 19, 2011 Mississippi Sportsman

The Big Momma Crappie Tournament held on Grenada Lake on Saturday (Sept. 17) was a day of perseverance and firsts for Hernando’s Dave and Darlene Roach, who won the Mississippi Crappie Club event with a monster slab weighing 2.41 pounds.

Dave Roach, aka “Gator,” said the day started out with trouble: First their trailer came loose from their truck before they left their yard, and then about 20 miles south of Hernando a trailer tire blew out, destroying the rim and almost ruining the bearings. […]

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Congressional bill would protect offshore structures for use as artificial reefs

September 14, 2011 From News Reports

Legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress that would prevent rigs and other Gulf of Mexico structures from being removed as ordered by the U.S. Department of Interior should be passed, the Coastal Conservation Association said today.

The Rigs to Reefs Habitat Protection Act of 2011, introduced by Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana, seeks to allows structures to remain in the Gulf as artificial reefs. […]

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Cast net for more crappie bait

September 9, 2011 Phillip Gentry

When it comes to live bait fishing for crappie, most of the time the options are severely limited to only the commercially available minnows found at the local bait shop. Late summer crappie can be finicky at times when it comes to feeding. Although their metabolisms are high from elevated water temperatures, many times the fish can be sluggish due to the heat, and oftentimes show a preference for natural baits over store-bought baits.
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Bass Fishing

Autumn bites. Bogue Homa features early fall action

August 31, 2011 Paul Elias

Lake Bogue Homa, 6 miles east of Laurel on Highway 84, was restocked by the state about three years ago. This lake, with its 15-inch size limit, has a healthy population of bass. You’ll catch numbers of small fish here, but also some 3- to 5-pounders. The lake holds a lot of vegetation, including lily pads, grass and cypress trees. […]

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Protect your electronics investment

August 31, 2011 Allan Tarvid

There is a list of risks I won’t take with my electronics, and it starts with leaving them installed while trailering to and from the launching ramp. I started removing my fishfinders back in the days when a paper chart recorder weighed about 8 pounds and a friend at a repair center warned me that neither the units nor their mounting systems were designed to take the kind of shock loads they can get while trailering down a pot-holed highway. […]