It wasn’t too long ago that the Elite 8, the eight best college basketball teams in the country playing in the NCAA’s “Big Dance,” were thrilling fans and television audiences in a hopeful waltz to the Final Four and, ultimately, to the title game at the center of every bracket in the U.S. […]
The NRA Whittington Center is a 33,000 acre Mecca for shooters that was opened to the public in 1973 and just celebrated its 40th anniversary. Over that time, it has grown to be one of the premier shooting facilities in the world. […]
Learning that all batteries are not created equal can be an expensive lesson. Power your trolling motor with batteries designed to start your engine and they will last for weeks rather than years. Buy full-maintenance batteries and treat them like maintenance-free versions and you will be lucky to get a single season out of them. […]
One day back in early March, being in a bit of a rush, I leaned my back against the closet door jamb to pull on a pair of socks. Knowing better, but refusing to acknowledge the physical cautions that come with age, I pulled on my left sock in one quick motion as I stood balanced on my right foot. […]
Calling Panther near Crystal Springs is a fairly new lake that holds numbers of big bass, timber, lily pads and other structure. […]
You can help collect data on cobia while having a ball catching the fish.
“AquaGreen released 1,500 tagged young cobia this past fall,” Jim Franks of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory at Ocean Springs said. “Please help us by reporting any catches of these young cobia. […]
Anchoring in the Mississippi River requires more planning than just dropping anchor and landing where you want. The aforementioned current, so important to catching catfish, plays havoc on boat positioning. Once settled, it can also be difficult to unhook due to the force of the current on the boat. […]
To find success on Graveline Bayou on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, Eric Lucas and Eli Troutman have favorite weapons.
Here’s their gear:
Eric Lucas and Eli Troutman love wade fishing the barrier islands but there are some days where it’s just not possible — make that safe — to make the run out in the Gulf in their small boat. […]
To alter the way his crankbait behaves in the water, Bernie Schultz adds lead Suspend Dots to the underside – fore and aft of the front hook hanger. This decreases buoyancy and slows the rate at which the bait rises when he pauses the retrieve.
The recent announcement of B’n’M’s new Duck Commander Series of crappie fishing poles has taken the angling world by storm, although some remain skeptical of the qualifications of well-known duck hunters.
B’n’M pro Kent Driscoll, a noted crankbait angler, began tearing apart northern walleye tactics to see if they would work for crappie. […]
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