Crappie/Bream
Tips to keep bream fishing hot all summer
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. […]
June 2015
Bass Fishing
YUM’s Kill Shot, Warning Shot and Sharp Shooter
Take it from a Bassmaster Elite pro bass fisherman who is serious about his drop-shot and finesse worm fishing: three soft plastics introduced by YUM Baits at the 2014 ICast are going to be deadly tantalizing to bass from California to his home state of Florida. […]
Fishing
Smart battery charging 101
Fishermen learn the easy way or the hard way that how long a trolling motor battery lasts depends on how competently they charge it. I’d go so far as to say that proper charging can be more important than how well the battery is built and how much you paid for it. […]
Crappie/Bream
How to mop up on bedding bream
Spawning bluegills and shellcrackers take over the shallows as summer approaches. Here’s how to catch a mess of them on fishing beds. […]
Crappie/Bream
Top 8 tips for more bream
Veteran angler Freddie McMullen has learned how to up his odds of success. Here are his tips to fill that cooler with slab-sized sunfish. […]
Happy Trails
Legless reptiles
The absolute best safety measure against snakes is to wear a really good set of snake boots or chaps when you are out in the woods. […]
Bass Fishing
How pros rig magnum worms
To get the most out of a big worm, Bassmaster Classic champ Casey Ashley suggests dropping down in line size. […]
Fishing
Tippah County Lake trip information
Tippah County Lake Fishing Records
Species Weight Anglers Name
Bass 14 lbs. 12 oz. Perry Reed
Crappie 3 lbs. 5 oz. Mike Suitor
Redear 3.33 lbs.* Kenny Martin
Bluegill 1 lbs. 11 oz. J. Harrison
Catfish 42 lbs. T. Wilbanks
*Current state record
Fishing
Don’t overlook man-made fish cover
Seasoned anglers frequently dismiss public fish attractors as amateur grounds, with the rationale being that because the locations are public knowledge, these spots get fished out. […]
Fishing
Tip: Make a child’s fishing trip about him or her
Popular Mississippi/Alabama guide Brad Whitehead provides great tips on why you should take a kid fishing, but also puts things in perspective, courtesy of his young son Nathan, on how to teach a new angler and have him coming back for more. […]
Bass Fishing
Factoid for Aliceville bass
Mississippi fishermen can fish the entire Aliceville Pool, a.k.a. Pickensville Lake, with a Mississippi fishing license, even though a lot of the lake is in the state of Alabama. Mississippi anglers can fish Columbus Lake then be locked down to fish the Aliceville pool. […]
Bass Fishing
Rigging and fishing a Speed worm
A rig that Aliceville Lake fishermen love for fishing shallow vegetation is known locally as “the Speed worm.”
In this application, a Speed worm is any ribbed worm in the 4- to 6-inch range with a curly or flat tail. […]