Junkyard dogs: Catching Pickwick Lake’s smallies

Smallmouth bass patrol Pickwick Lake like dogs intent on protecting their domain. Here’s all you need to know that latch onto these hard fighters.

Smallmouth bass wear the moniker of “smallies” as if they have a chip on their shoulder — something to prove. What they lack in size, they make up for in brute strength and feisty attitude.

And they patrol stretches of Pickwick as if daring anything to invade their backyard.

“Pickwick is not the only place in Mississippi to catch a smallmouth bass,” Iuka’s Roger Stegall said. “But the size of the lake and the smallmouths population concentration make it the best Mississippi water to consider.”Click here to read more on Junkyard dogs: Catching Pickwick Lake’s smallies