bass Archives - Mississippi Sportsman

Getting a handle on trophy bass

For many bass anglers, size matters, and several states have implemented management efforts to enhance trophy bass opportunities. […]

Fishing on drop-offs at the ledges and in Ross Barnett’s shallow water, you may not catch any monsters, but you should catch plenty of 11/2- to 2-pound bass.

Ross Barnett’s hot-weather bass

Paul Elias

A good reason to fish Ross Barnett this month is because it’s a shallow lake with lots of vegetation, which provides shade, cover and oxygen for bass. […]

Using the tip of a toothpick, pushed through a soft-plastic bait and the eye of the hook, will help keep a Texas-rigged bait from sliding down. Break off both ends of the toothpick just outside the worm’s margins.

Stick a toothpick in it

Craig Holt

One of the best tools a bass fisherman can have, especially during the summer when fish live largely in deep, cool, oxygenated water, are toothpicks. […]

Although survival research has focused on largemouth bass, cool, well-aerated livewells and short fight times probably increase smallmouth bass survival, too.

Take care of your summer bass

Hal Schramm

Here are some guidelines for keeping bass held in livewells alive and some results from a recent MSU study that addresses the survival of bass. […]

Bass will set up at the ends of rock bluffs, mussel shell beds, ledges and drop-offs, ready to ambush Pickwick Lake baitfish. Once located, you may catch plenty from one school.

Fish Pickwick for big numbers of July bass

Paul Elias

Pickwick Lake is great in the summer for big numbers of largemouth, spotted and smallmouth bass. Here’s some lures you should fish there. […]

Tripletails are a great summer target around crab-pot buoys and marker buoys in Mississippi Sound.

5 hot spots for July fishing

Bobby Cleveland

When the fish are biting anglers don’t feel the heat. These five Mississippi fishing hot spots usually provide great action in July so give them a try. […]

A fishermen loads fingerlings of Florida-strain largemouth bass into a cooler for release in Ross Barnett Reservoir.

The Rez gets 175k Florida bass

Bobby Cleveland

Fisheries officials with the MDWFP have stocked more than 175,000 Florida-strain bass fingerlings in 33,000-acre Ross Barnett Reservoir near Jackson. […]

These flukes remain super

Don Shoopman

Tony Taylor, publisher of Louisiana Sportsman magazine, is the king, or one of many kings, of fishing with a Zoom Super Fluke. […]

Little but mighty Maynor Creek

Paul Elias

During June, bass will be schooling, and once you find them, you may catch more than one from the same spot. Maynor Creek. […]

Terminator’s Shuddering Bait

Don Shoopman

A new artificial lure on the shelves and in tackleboxes is doing more, much more, than giving lip service to the process of catching bass. […]

How to fish for post-spawn bass with Greg Hackney

Mississippi Sportsman

With the bass spawn all but over with, pro angler Greg Hackney will use his time today to pattern post-spawn fish in the basin. […]

At Ross Barnett Reservoir in May, fish a buzzbait around rocks, pier posts and pilings, trying to draw a reaction strike from a postspawn bass.

Ross Barnett’s topwater bass

Paul Elias

Ross Barnett is one of the best topwater lakes in Mississippi, especially in May. Bass will be in the postspawn mode on the 33,000-acre reservoir. […]