Bass Fishing
Arashi Wake Crank a bass magnet
An Idaho outdoorsman had plenty of time to talk about some keys to his success this year as an Elite Series angler as part of a four-year career that has earned him $517,632. […]
November 2014
General
Making things go boom
In all its infinite wisdom, the U.S. Army determined after basic training at Ft. Polk, La., that I needed to be bussed to Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. — a multi-use base about 50 miles from St. Louis — where I would receive advanced individual training (AIT) in my Army skill. […]
Fishing
Battery charging on the run
From the Complaints You Will Never Hear department: “I fished in the wind all day and still have too darned much power left in my trolling motor batteries!” […]
Columns
Tracking the rut phases
As this month’s title implies, we’re going to spend a few minutes tracking and dissecting the progression and timing of the rut so we can anticipate where to place our trail cameras and stands for best affect this season. […]
Bass Fishing
Positives of the Pickwick drawdown
Pickwick Lake will be drawn down 6 feet for the dam to be repaired, making the lake level at 408 — the biggest drawdown in about 30 years. […]
Inshore Fishing
Put a popping cork to work
Capt. Ronnie Daniels has two go-to baits in November when the trout are gorging themselves on anything that swims by. […]
Deer Hunting
The rut: Healthy Delta deer breed earlier
As it is in any discussion of deer hunting, the rut in the Mississippi Delta is worth a close inspection. Being that it is the northwestern part of the state, one might expect that the rutting dates are generally earlier than other parts of the state. On the surface that seems true. […]
Deer Hunting
Get high, prepare for long-range shots
Delta deer hunting usually involves big fields or vast CRP and WRP lands, requiring that hunters be in a position to see and then shoot at long range. […]
Deer Hunting
Big fields necessitate big guns
A decade or two ago the hottest item in Delta deer camps was a soybean field rifle. For a while, owning one was considered more important than having a four-wheel drive monster pickup, a 500+cc ATV, Zeiss binoculars, or a wardrobe of Mossy Oak. […]
Speckled Trout
Two surefire tactics for specks
Sometimes you just have to see it to believe it.
There’s no way I would’ve believed a speckled trout could be caught in another boat’s prop wash until I saw it with my own two eyes. […]
As Big As they Grow
A lesson on loading line
Hot dog! It’s late October and the crappie are absolutely burning it up, friend.
Now is the time to load up on some of the year’s biggest, most-aggressive white perch. I’m not kidding, friend. November is one of the top two or three months of the entire year to catch quantity and quality crappie. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Choctaw bass or not?
In 2007, fishery researchers Brandon Barthel, John Knight and Mike Tringali at the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute were conducting genetic analysis of black bass in Florida Panhandle rivers when they found a DNA profile from a Chipola River specimen that didn’t match any other known black bass. […]