Freshwater Fishing
Mississippi Two-Step — How to catch crappie on oxbow lakes
“You can tell it’s starting to turn winter around here,” laughs Tim Carpenter, owner of Eagle Lake Lodge and Outfitters near Vicksburg. […]
December 2008
Fishing
Pontoon pinging is a little different
A friend showed me his new pontoon boat, and I was impressed until I saw how a sonar transducer was mounted on the back of a pontoon. […]
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Getting Grounded
Quite often tactics used for deer hunting come around full circle over time. Just a mere 30 years ago, virtually no deer hunter had ever heard of a factory-manufactured lock-on tree stand, ladder stand or climber, much less seen or used one. A few hunters built elevated tree houses to hunt out of, some fabricated pallet platforms up in a tree, or others more likely just wedged a 2×6 board into the Y-juncture of two tree-trunk limbs. […]
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Cover: December 2008
Casey Edwards overcame some tough odds to arrow this monster buck in Lincoln County. […]
Hunting
‘Primitive’ Knight KP-1 of exceptional quality
The Southern Shooting Center is located on Highway 3185 just outside of Thibodaux, La., and offers up to 300-yard rifle ranges and 30 cemented benches. […]
Fishing
Mind weather for best salty action
December’s a great month for fishing the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and Steve Perrigin of Strictly Fishin’ and the Fighting Chicken Sport Fishing charters, is double dipping the fishing resource around Biloxi and Gulfport, fishing both inshore and offshore. […]
Hunting
Lee Farms: Part Two
As promised in an earlier “part one” feature on Lee Farms, we recently made a return visit there to see how they were progressing on their infrastructure, primarily the massive two-story all-purpose building. […]
Fishing
Pontoon pinging is a little different
A friend showed me his new pontoon boat, and I was impressed until I saw how a sonar transducer was mounted on the back of a pontoon. I remarked that it probably wouldn’t work above idle speed, and he confirmed that as soon as he throttled up above fast idle the fish finder lost its reading. […]
Bass Fishing
Fish Claude Bennett for December bass
This month I’ll be fishing Lake Claude Bennett, a 71-acre state lake a few miles north of Paulding, south of I-20 and just west of I-59. […]
Deer Hunting
Now’s the time to bag your trophy
Gather around the campfire boys, it’s time for some soapbox preaching. It’s the heat of the deer hunting season. Now is the time to strike while the iron is hot and the whitetail buck testosterone is running wild. […]
Bass Fishing
Grenada may see better days ahead
It was a tough year for bass fishing at Grenada Lake. After back-to-back drought years from 2005-07, the lake caught some water in 2008, and resembled more typical years. Lots of water but, unfortunately, no bass. […]
As Big As they Grow
Unusual techniques pay crappie dividends
Remember my telling you about catching fall crappie using crankbaits in a recent column on these pages? In November 2007, Jim McKay and Tommy Moss, both of Brandon, surprised us all by catching the winning weight on Ferguson Lake using Bandit crankbaits they borrowed from me. […]