November 2011 Archives - Mississippi Sportsman

Three steps to monster bass

November 1, 2011 Paul Elias

This month, I’ll be catching monster spotted bass, largemouths and smallmouths. I’ll be catching all these bass in the same places, at the same time, using the same tactics and lures. […]

Essential ecosystems

November 1, 2011 Hal Schramm

If you think about ecological services, you quickly come to the conclusion of how vital they are, not only to anglers, but to all people whether they venture onto the water or not. […]

First pings, now chirps?

November 1, 2011 Allan Tarvid

Keeping up with developments in sonar, radar and GPS over the last few decades hasn’t been easy, and the evolution of marine electronics seems to be speeding up. […]

The fall fishing season is officially here. This is my favorite time of the year to crappie fish, and I continue to discover that I don’t know it all when it comes to figuring out crappie’s fall patterns. It seems to me that they change from year to year and from lake to lake. […]

Precision scope mounting

November 1, 2011 John J. Woods

With rifle season just around the corner, the calls and inquiries start each year about the proper way to mount a scope on a hunting rifle. The operative term here is proper. If you buy a new rifle with a scope and allow the store “gunsmith” to mount the scope, it had better be somebody you really trust. This is even more important if they also perform a bore sighting for the new scope on the rifle. […]

Big fish bonanza in Biloxi

November 1, 2011 John E. Phillips

Capt. Bobby Williams of the charter boat Three Sons IV has fished the Biloxi area for many years. […]

Ground Check

November 1, 2011 Chris Ginn

Before Hurricane Katrina, Washington Parish deer hunter Alan Williams hunted Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge from the ground because he wanted to. Now, more than six years after the historic hurricane, he hunts from the ground because he has to. […]