Features from March 2020
How to single out and target that one big bass? Two Louisiana fishermen, Todd Risinger of West Monroe and Sontus Mitchell of Ruston, share their secrets.
Single-pole techniques can put plenty of sac-a-lait in your cooler if you understand how to get your baits in the right places or to the right depths.
Where and when were Mississippi’s best whitetail bucks taken during the 2019-2020 season? Read Mississippi Sportsman’s Deer of Year 2019-20.
Wild hogs are taking a bite out of Mississippi’s environment. What can Mississippi hunters and landowners due to slow things down?
Try these turkey hunting strategies from two experts help you fill a tag when Mississippi’s turkey season arrives this month.
Columns - March 2020
- Although Lake Okatibbee wasn’t producing good bass for a while, in recent years, the lake has bounced back. Here’s the best way to fish there.
- Everyone loves backstrap, and this recipe makes it as tasty as possible with minimal effort. This isn’t your typical crockpot recipe.
- More often than not, patience in letting a bite develop or changing techniques to target certain parts of the water column, has directly led to success.
- Some deer seasons, everything seems to go right, but others are a test of persistence. This hunter’s frustrating season turned into a success.
- The results of some simple calculations with available data on fish fecundity, age at maturity, reproductive life span, and growth rate.
- Sac-a-lait fisherman and artificial lure manufacturer Capt. Clyde Folse shares what makes The Crappie Weapon so successful on the water.
Outdoor Updates - March 2020
- Ashley Eichwurtzle of Florence killed an 11-point non-typical buck on Dec. 21 on a hunt in Madison County. To say it was big would be an understatement.
- According to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, the number of confirmed cases of chronic wasting disease in deer has risen.
- Mississippi’s House has a new wildlife committee chairman. Scott Bounds was replaced by Bill Kinkad, who is entering his seventh year in the House.
- Mississippi’s 2020 red snapper season will open at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, May 22, for recreational and state-permitted for-hire vessels.
- The late winter/early spring is a prime time for fishing in Mississippi. These five places will provide great fishing in March.
- Mississippi hunters have turkeys to think about this month. Mississippi’s 2019 turkey harvest produced some interesting statistics.
Field Notes - March 2020
- While many die-hard turkey hunters might turn their noses up at decoys and folding pop-up blinds, they are a necessary when guiding a youngster.
- Downsizing to a smaller jig, crankbait or jerkbait can make a difference drawing strikes from bass during cold-front conditions.
- Melvin Cummings explains why the best way to present a bait to a shallow crappie this month is jigging up close with a single pole.
- Bass pro angler Pete Ponds of Madison explains how he approaches the final stages of the bass prespawn this month in Mississippi.