• Back Issues
    • Purchase Old Issues
  • Newsletter
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
Mississippi Sportsman
MENUMENU
  • FISHING
    • Fishing Hotspot
    • Bass Fishing
    • Fishing Reports
    • Fishing Tournaments
    • Freshwater Fishing
    • Inshore Fishing
    • Offshore Fishing
  • HUNTING
    • Deer Hunting
    • Hog Hunting
    • Hunting Reports
    • Mississippi Hunting Camps
    • Other Hunting
    • Turkey Hunting
    • Waterfowl & Duck Hunting
  • FIELD REPORTS
    • Post Your Report
    • Post Your Video
    • Fishing Reports
    • Hunting Reports
  • CLASSIFIEDS
  • SPORTSMAN TV
  • FISHING EDGE
  • FAQs
  • Digital Interactive Magazine
  • FISHING
    • Articles
    • Fishing Reports
    • Fishing Classifieds
  • HUNTING
    • Hunting Articles
  • REPORTS
    • Login
    • Hunting
    • Fishing
    • General
    • Technical
  • CLASSIFIEDS
    • Dealers Classifieds
    • Boats
    • Motorcycles
    • ATVs
    • RVs
    • User Submitted Classifieds
    • Login
      • Register
      • Post Your Ad
      • Browse Users Ads
      • View Users Ads
      • Search Users Ads
  • WEATHER
    • Lunar Tables
    • Tidal Ranges and Predictions
  • MARKETPLACE
    • Fishing
    • Hunting
    • Other
    • Click Here to get Listed!
  • FIELD REPORTS
    • View All
    • Fishing Reports
    • Hunting Reports
    • Post A Field Report
    • Post A Video Report
  • Newsletter
  • Subscribe Now
  • FAQ’s
  • Archives
  • Field Reports
  • Field Reports Image Upload
  • Field Reports Video Upload
  • Gift Subscription
  • Services
July 12, 2025
HomeOctober 2016

October 2016

Bass Fishing

C.W. Custom Lures – This spinnerbait moves smoothly through grass

October 24, 2016 Don Shoopman

A small profile can make a big difference. That’s why Clint Ward makes a spinnerbait from scratch to satisfy the needs of both anglers and bass. […]

Fishing

Getting wired – Proper wiring for your boat

October 20, 2016 Allan Tarvid

Wires are the blood vessels of your boat’s electrical system. If they aren’t right, everything that runs on amps and volts is at risk. […]

Columns

Get out and scout

October 17, 2016 Bill Garbo

When it comes to early season scouting for bucks with trail cameras, monitoring rubs and rub lines can be a very effective technique. […]

Deer Hunting

The 3 dub method of deer scouting

October 15, 2016 John J. Woods

Trail cameras have simplified the art of scouting, but even they require some strategy to be productive, and avid hunter Beau Starkey of Madison has found one that works for him. […]

Deer Hunting

Scouting: There’s an app for that

October 15, 2016 John J. Woods

I am a bit behind the proverbial 8-ball when it comes to cutting edge technologies applied to deer hunting. I still use my flip phone if I need to call home from deer camp, but I am increasingly being by my hunting mates. […]

Bass Fishing

Tips for jerkbait tinkering

October 15, 2016 David A. Brown

Bass are eating, and all those in-depth calculations of lead dots, extra split rings, wire coils and various hook sizes are simply overkill. […]

Catfish

Garlic chicken is top catfish bait

October 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

The hands-down favorite bait for catfishing on the Mississippi River is skipjack herring. Herring are usually plentiful but get harder to find when winter rolls around. […]

Catfish

Two great catfish rigs

October 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Veteran Catfish guide Rodger Taylor use completely different rigs depending on whether he is fishing at anchor for catfish or when drifting or trolling for cats.  […]

Catfish

Bumping for catfish

October 15, 2016 Phillip Gentry

Bumping, also referred to as slipping, dragging, and back trolling, has recently created a lot of buzz in the catfish world.  […]

Sidebars

What about bots in squirrels?

October 15, 2016 David Hawkins

Bot Fly infestations affect squirrels and other mammals such as cattle and deer. Perhaps because of a squirrel’s size, the bot just seems larger and can be a turnoff to many hunters. […]

Sidebars

Air rifles for tree rats

October 15, 2016 David Hawkins

Little-known fact: The Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803 used an air rifle to harvest game and keep hostile peoples at bay.  […]

Bass Fishing

Three Bay Springs bass patterns for October

October 13, 2016 Paul Elias

In October, Bay Springs Lake is one of my favorite places to fish because cooler weather makes baitfish much more active.

And Bay Springs homes a good number of spotted bass, lots of grass and clear water. […]

Posts pagination

1 2 »
Fishing
  • News
  • Bass
  • Freshwater
  • Inshore Fishing
  • Offshore Fishing
  • Tournaments
Hunting
  • News
  • Deer
  • Waterfowl
  • Hog
  • Turkey
  • Other
Sections
  • Columns
  • Businesses
  • Field Reports
  • Classifieds
  • Weather
  • Field Reports
Sportsman Network
  • Contact Us
  • Terms of Service
  • LogIn
  • Field Reports

Copyright 1998 - 2025 Mississippi Sportsman, Inc. All rights reserved.