April 2019 Archives - Mississippi Sportsman

The many benefits of using artificial shrimp

April 22, 2019 David A. Brown

The artificial version of this popular coastal crustacean, shrimp, offers a wider array of performance than the real deal. […]

LiveTarget Skip Shad

April 22, 2019 Don Shoopman

The Skip Shad is the latest in ultra-natural, lifelike products from LiveTarget Lures. […]

Dont overlook bright colors in overcast, clear water conditions. This 27 ½-inch fish fell for a Double Bubble DD.

Three twitch baits that lure uncommitted trout

April 17, 2019 Chris Bush

Below the surface twitch baits provide the perfect hybrid capability for those finicky spring topwater trout. […]

Flatten the turkey breast with a mallet to render it thin enough to roll it into a ball.

Turkey Cordon Bleu (almost)

April 15, 2019 Jerry Dilsaver

Put that wild gobbler’s breast to work in a big, delicious way with this turkey recipe. […]

Before the sun gets up and the fog leaves the water, Paul Elias will be fishing a buzzbait and the Baby 1-Minus on the spawning flats at Bay Springs Lake, since I can’t see the beds or the bass at that time of day.

Buzzing, cranking, pitching to April bass at Bay Springs

April 12, 2019 Paul Elias

The bass will be very shallow at 9-mile long Bay Springs Lake in April and now is the perfect time to catch them. […]

Every slab crappie was small once. Effects of environmental conditions on growth and survival of young fish determines future fishing.

Effects of turbidity on young crappie

April 12, 2019 Hal Schramm

Understanding the effects of environmental conditions on young crappie is especially important because abundance of crappie year-classes varies widely over time. […]

Three sheepshead swim near reefballs deployed on an existing artificial reef site. (Photo courtesy of Ashley Ferguson/LDWF)

Four new gulf reefs being built

April 4, 2019 Patrick Bonin

Anglers will soon have four new prime areas to target speckled trout and redfish — if a permit filed by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in January is ultimately approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. […]

Photo courtesy U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Pelahatchie Bay’s future unknown

April 4, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Pelahatchie Bay on Ross Barnett Reservoir remains off-limits as the lake’s oversight agency, the Pearl River Valley Water Supply District, battles a 2018 outbreak of the invasive plant giant salvinia. […]

Pressure’s on I-55 crappie corridor

April 2, 2019 Bobby Cleveland

Crappie fishing at Barnett Reservoir is likely to be less affected by flooding this spring as are other bodies of water across the Magnolia State. […]

Brenda Valentine loves turkeys and talking turkey hunting

April 1, 2019 Michael O. Giles

Veteran hunter Brenda Valentine, one of the nation’s leading female hunters, shares her passion and tactics for turkey hunting. […]

Mississippi fishermen kick off April saltwater action

April 1, 2019 John E. Phillips

Trout are the No. 1 target for fishermen along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast this month, but redfish and flounder are also options. […]

Submerged sandbars offer areas of slower current where active catfish go to feed.

Go bar-hopping for Mississippi River catfish

April 1, 2019 Phillip Gentry

When the big river rises this spring, dragging across a good, submerged sandbar could land you some trophy catfish. […]