Deer Hunting
Can Cooker’s trophy venison stew
After the trophy buck is hanging at the camp, then what? Please don’t cop out by taking all the meat to the processor to turn into burger. Let’s be a little more creative this season. […]
October 2013
Freshwater Fishing
Scenic opportunities
While not offering a put in or take out, Dunns Falls is located on the lower end of the Chunky. The site sits on a high bluff and is the replica of a grist mill that once was on the site. […]
Deer Hunting
Broadhead technology all the rage
Modern archery broadheads are highly effective killing components of archery equipment. A broadhead can contain two, three or even four razor-sharp cutting edges that are fixed or deploy upon impact with the target. […]
Bass Fishing
Quartet of fall bass catchers
For most of his fall creek missions, Web Collums depends on four baits: […]
Freshwater Fishing
Locating white bass on ledges
Matthew Bates believes an angler must be very proficient with one of the new generation of electronic graphs to consistently find underwater ledges and structure areas holding shad and bass — whether largemouth or white bass. […]
Bass Fishing
Bass in the brine
Down near the Gulf Coast, you’ll find fewer creeks and more bayous, ditches and sloughs branching off rivers like the Pearl, Biloxi, Jordan and Pascagoula. It’s a little different from the inland sweet waters, but there’s an often overlooked bass-fishing opportunity awaiting those who would seek it. […]
Fishing Tournaments
Who’s fishing the 2013 Bassmaster Open on the Rez?
B.A.S.S. won’t release its official field for the Oct. 17-19 event until about a week before the tournament, so it is unclear exactly who will be launching on Barnett Reservoir. […]
Fishing Tournaments
Local tournament-fishing jinx
Expectations for a local winner always run high at Barnett Reservoir, but it never works out in national tour events. Not once has a Mississippian won a major event on the 33,000-acre lake. […]
Fishing Tournaments
The Rez and B.A.S.S.
Barnett Reservoir has played a significant role in the history of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society. You can even say the lake had a hand in birth in the organization. […]
Bass Fishing
Lake Bogue Homa bass
Bogue Homa Lake about 5 miles outside of Laurel is a relatively shallow lake with plenty of vegetation and live cypress trees. In October, with the first cool nights, the bass in this lake become very active. […]
Fishing
Pompano, cobia, tuna show up
D’Iberville’s Capt. Robert L. Brodie of Team Brodie Charters in Biloxi said redfish, black drum, speckled trout and white trout should really be active inshore this month. […]
As Big As they Grow
Crappie Cranking 101
Today I went to Barnett Reservoir to pull some “new” crankbaits and try out some new rod-and-reel combos. I am planning for our biggest tournament of the year: the Grenada Big Mama Open. […]