September 2019

Fishing a place with strong current for catfish? There’s no better tactic for Mississippi angers than bumping to put fish in the boat.

September is a great month to chase spotted bass. If there’s current, there’s a place in any Mississippi waters for the pugnacious spots.

Cross your t’s and dot your i’s as archery season arrives; the first few days will be your best chance at a buck before he becomes wary.

Scouting isn’t the only thing you need to do before hunting season arrives. Get yourself in shape for the effort you’ll be putting forth.

Mississippi has plenty of opportunities on its excellent public-hunting lands for the 2019-20 season. Here's a preview of WMAs in the Delta Region.

Mississippi has plenty of opportunities on its excellent public-hunting lands for the 2019-20 season. Here's a preview of WMAs in the East Central Region.

Mississippi has plenty of opportunities on its excellent public-hunting lands for the 2019-20 season. Here's a preview of WMAs in the North Delta.

Mississippi has plenty of opportunities on its excellent public-hunting lands for the 2019-20 season. Here's a preview of WMAs in the Northeast Region.

Mississippi has plenty of opportunities on its excellent public-hunting lands for the 2019-20 season. Here's a preview of WMAs in the Northwest Region.

Mississippi has plenty of opportunities on its excellent public-hunting lands for the 2019-20 season. Here's a preview of WMAs in the Southeast Region.

Mississippi has plenty of opportunities on its excellent public-hunting lands for the 2019-20 season. Here's a preview of WMAs in the Southwest Region.

Historic South Delta flooding is having enormous, negative impact on wildlife populations, as well as residents, agriculture. How and when will it end?

When they’re cooling it deep in the shade in the peak of the summer heat, sometimes it takes a big bait to get a big bass to bite.

Sound detection is an effective sense for bass detecting their environment. Here’s how they hear, what they hear, what they don’t hear — and why it matters.

September is the month where grass begins to die and bass fishermen at Lake Bogue Homa can put their lures where they may not have been able to all summer.

Try nose-rigged soft-plastic jerkbaits when speckled trout aren’t responding to traditional offerings. It can be the difference between success and failure.

This fisherman has been smiling ever since Cotton Cordell Lures downsized one of his favorite artificial lures for speckled trout: the Pencil Popper.

Many archers still don’t realize how critical it is to properly level all three axes of their bow’s sight. Failure to do so can result in severe misses.

While it’s still very hot and humid, fall and hunting seasons are upon us. The calendar still shows several weeks of summer left, and Labor Day isn’t far off, with fall officially beginning a few weeks after that.

Hunting over a good, consistent food source is the best way to have a successful dove hunt in any of the three segments of Mississippi’s dove season.

Mississippi hunters should appreciate September’s arrival. The countryside will erupt in gunfire as early as Sept. 1, when dove season opens statewide.

Some Mississippians will have a chance to put fresh squirrel on their menus this month. There just has to be a youth involved.

The catastrophic flood that has plagued Mississippi’s South Delta is affecting the the area’s wildlife, and it may take a decade to realize the full impact.

The new Garmin “Force” trolling motor won the “Best of Show” award at this year's ICAST show. This is Garmin’s first entry into the trolling motor market.

Waterfowlers have two seasons designed for them in September, with the early Canada goose season and the highly popular early teal season.