Catfish
Put catfish on your wish list
Catfish are popular among Mississippi anglers. The state is full of channels, blues and flatheads. Here’s the 411 on how to recognize and catch them. […]
May 2020
Crappie/Bream
Memorize Salters’ sac-a-lait bible
Jiggin’ Pole’s inventor had plenty to say about crappie fishing, and his son J.B. “Blaine” Salter is keeping the religion alive. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass and brush
Whether placed by a fisheries or water management agency or by an angler, complex woody structure attracts bass. Here’s the findings. […]
Bass Fishing
Wind up on top with bass
Topwater lures bring out the best in bass fishermen and the loudest in strikes from big fish. Here’s how to decide which of the dozens on the market to use. […]
Bass Fishing
Bogue Homa bass and bream beds
Some great and deadly techniques for catching bass this month around bream spawning areas at Bogue Homa for bass fishermen. […]
Features
Light up the dark with night vision optics
Digital night vision, thermal optics give hunters a big edge when it’s time to add hunting by moonlight to your repetoire. He’s what you need to know. […]
Crappie/Bream
Post-spawn crappie fishermen move to crankbaits
After the spawn, when Mississippi’s slab crappie move out to deep water, trolling crankbaits might be the best way to trick them into biting. […]
Bass Fishing
Species Spotlight: Largemouth bass
Bass are the nation’s No. 1 gamefish because of their existence in such a wide variety of water types. They also eat just about anything. […]
Newsletters
May offers more bushytails
Jimmy Ray Barnes, a squirrel-hunting enthusiast from Pascagoula, will be hunting during Mississippi’s spring squirrel season. […]
Columns
Blackened turkey hand pies
Hunters may prepare this recipe with a turkey from this year, but should keep in mind it works well with a breast or some wings and legs from the freezer. […]
Columns
Matrix X-Shad
The Matrix X-Shad is the exact mold of the Matrix Shad, except it gives anglers the opportunity to rig it weedless or on an open-faced jighead. […]
Fishing
Reeves’ boating ban bothers boaters, angers anglers
A ban on boating and fishing on state-managed lakes caught thousands of boaters, fishermen and even lake managers by surprise. […]