July 2015 Archives - Mississippi Sportsman

Trout trailers

July 29, 2015 Don Shoopman

Success, as usual in the artificial lure manufacturing business — or anything else, for that matter — begats success. […]

Tips to keep bream fishing hot all summer

July 23, 2015 Jerald Horst

Freddie McMullen is a bream-catching expert, who honed his skills on Louisiana’s Black Bayou Lake. Here are his tips for filling the ice chest every time you hit the water. […]

Simrad’s new Halo radar solves problems

July 23, 2015 Allan Tarvid

Some things about radar that used to be considered common knowledge are no longer valid — and some, of course, never were. […]

Quickly turning limits of trout into fillets is just a matter of understanding the best way to clean them.

7 steps to clean trout

July 22, 2015 Andy Crawford

Nobody likes cleaning the day’s catch. But you’ll burn through these 7 steps to clean speckled trout and get these fish ready for the freezer or dinner. […]

Cheap plastic containers filled with water and placed in your freezer provides free block ice.

How to avoid buying ice

July 21, 2015 Andy Crawford

Crappie killer Tim Bye has a solution that allows him to save the cost of loose ice without having to deal with those danged plastic jugs. […]

All topwater lures are not created equal; learn when to use big ones, small ones, heavy ones, light ones and ones that wobble wide or not.

Know how to pick the right topwater

July 20, 2015 Jerry Dilsaver

Using topwater lures to catch fish is a favorite technique of many fishermen. The lure wobbles across the surface, imitating a thrashing, wounded baitfish. […]

I always enjoy a good, spirited discussion about an interesting topic, and how much more interesting and controversial could a discussion be than one centered around the existence of large cats — panthers, mountain lions or maybe you prefer to call them cougars — in Mississippi and its neighboring states? […]