catfish Archives - Page 11 of 12 - Mississippi Sportsman

Grabbling — living on the edge (of insanity)

June 17, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

In Oklahoma, where they shoot TV shows about the sport, it is called noodling.

In Mississippi, it is called either grabbing, or, more correctly, grabbling. […]

Waking up Pickwick’s flathead catish

June 15, 2013 Phillip Gentry

Since the few anglers who do target catfish on Pickwick are most interested in trophy blues or eating-sized channels, the sleeper within a sleeper species is flathead catfish. […]

How to snell a hook

June 15, 2013 Phillip Gentry

Fishing for trophy blue and flathead catfish around structure is tough on your terminal tackle. Break-offs are pretty frequent, requiring anglers to retie leaders and hooks. […]

Cat Napper — Best tactics for catching Pickwick Lake’s trophy blue catfish

June 1, 2013 Phillip Gentry

Outdoor writers and editors love to throw around the term “sleeper.” In outdoor context, the term refers to an outdoor resource that doesn’t get its fair share of attention. […]

Crowds find great fishing as Jeff Davis reopens

May 23, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Anticipation of the reopening of Jeff Davis Lake can best be measured by when fishermen started arriving to get in line for Wednesday’s 6 a.m. start. […]

Columbus Lake cats

April 8, 2013 Phillip Gentry

The saying goes “April showers bring May flowers,” but for Joey and Jerry Pounders of Caledonia, Mississippi, April showers bring monster catfish. […]

Early season trolling for catfish at Pickwick Lake

February 19, 2013 Phillip Gentry

When the name “Pickwick” is heard in general fishing conversation, it’s generally in context with the great smallmouth bass fishing or tremendous crappie fishery that’s contained in the lake. Say the word “catfish” and most anglers think they misunderstood you. […]

Crappie angler lands 30-pound channel cat on jig pole

February 10, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Mason Porter of Houlka is a devout crappie fisherman. He’s a member of the Magnolia Crappie Club and Crappie.com, and fishes events on both tournament circuits. […]

Big Blues on the Big Muddy

February 2, 2013 John J. Woods

Fishing for catfish in the winter on the Mississippi River? OK, nobody in their right minds would go after trophy-class record-book blue catfish on the Mississippi River, especially in the winter.

No?

Well, you obviously have not been introduced to Bob Crosby of Madison and his catfishing buddy Bill Conlee of Pocahontas. And we’re not just talking about catching big catfish here either. These guys want the state-record catfish in the boat and in the record book. That’s a tall order indeed.

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