June 2013 Archives - Mississippi Sportsman

Vudu Shrimp

June 27, 2013 Don Shoopman

Can an artificial lure — a soft plastic — outfish a natural creature? That day has arrived and it’s like magic, hence lure’s name, thanks to Ken Chaumont of Lacassine. […]

Beulah Belle fired a wildcat .25-.348 cartridge—a necked-down .348 Winchester developed in 1936 to fit in the Model 71 Winchester Lever Action—still said to be one of the smoothest lever actions ever invented.

The building of ‘Beulah Belle’

June 25, 2013 Gordon Hutchinson

In the late ’40s and ’50s, the United States was undergoing a boom economy, recovering from restricted materiel supplies that resulted from World War II. […]

The evolution of LCD technology makes keeping screens more important than ever.

LCD screen brightness, contrast and resolution improve with every new generation of marine electronics. Higher pixel counts, new sonar technologies, more-vibrant colors and improved visibility under adverse light conditions let us see tiny sonar and chart details that would have been invisible a decade ago without zooming to enlarge the screen picture. […]

It just didn’t seem right

June 18, 2013 Bill Garbo

A couple of years ago one frosty clear morning in early January 2011, as the whitetail rut was rapidly drawing to a close, I still had not closed the deal on a particular 6 ½-year-old buck that had been on our hit list for the better part of two seasons. […]

When the sun gets low, the surface action can explode. Sid Montgomery can certainly testify to that.

On top

June 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

When the big stripes or hybrids are schooling on top, it can get wild. They will hit most anything, including a crankbait because a lot of the fish in a school will be down under the surface action. […]

On ultra-lights, even the little stripers are a thrill, and where you catch one, you can catch and release a hundred.

Ultra-light fun

June 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Many of the surface schools you find in late May or early June will be the fish stocked the previous year, and they will not have reached the legal size limit of 15 inches. […]

Dustin Frucci with a pair of Barnett hybrid striped bass.

Size limits

June 15, 2013 Bobby Cleveland

Striped bass and hybrid striped bass are counted together, with an aggregate limit of six per fishermen allowed each day. There is a 15-inch minimum length limit on both. […]

Flathead catfish may be the sleeper species within Pickwick’s sleeper catfish population.

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. […]

B’n’M Poles’ new Silver Cat Series is the companies first move into the catfishing market.

B’n’M Poles unveils new catfish rods

June 15, 2013 Phillip Gentry

Widely known as a leader in the crappie- and panfish-fishing rod industry, West Point-based B’n’M Poles unveiled a new line of exclusive cat fishing rods earlier this year. […]

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. […]

Chandeleur Island lighthouses that once were

June 15, 2013 Rusty Tardo

History buffs might be interested to know that three lighthouses once stood on Chandeleur Island, and prior to 1915 there was farming on the island and a fishing settlement. […]

The men landed trout on DOA glow-colored shrimp and on the Billy Bay shrimp in pink.

When to go to the Chandeleur Islands

June 15, 2013 Rusty Tardo

The best time to fish the Chandeleurs depends on who you ask.

Capt. Bobby Lewis said he prefers April through May and September through October. […]