Bass Fishing
Fish Claude Bennett for December bass
This month I’ll be fishing Lake Claude Bennett, a 71-acre state lake a few miles north of Paulding, south of I-20 and just west of I-59. […]
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Deer Hunting
Now’s the time to bag your trophy
Gather around the campfire boys, it’s time for some soapbox preaching. It’s the heat of the deer hunting season. Now is the time to strike while the iron is hot and the whitetail buck testosterone is running wild. […]
Bass Fishing
Grenada may see better days ahead
It was a tough year for bass fishing at Grenada Lake. After back-to-back drought years from 2005-07, the lake caught some water in 2008, and resembled more typical years. Lots of water but, unfortunately, no bass. […]
As Big As they Grow
Unusual techniques pay crappie dividends
Remember my telling you about catching fall crappie using crankbaits in a recent column on these pages? In November 2007, Jim McKay and Tommy Moss, both of Brandon, surprised us all by catching the winning weight on Ferguson Lake using Bandit crankbaits they borrowed from me. […]
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Tree Rat Resurgnece
“This is as good as it gets,” Neal Brown said as he stoked a Tennessee-style flintlock in .32 caliber. “I’ve done a lot of hunting, but squirrel hunting with a dog and the flintlock is my favorite. Let’s see what Barlow puts up down here in the swamp.” […]
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Mississippi Two-Step
“You can tell it’s starting to turn winter around here,” laughs Tim Carpenter, owner of Eagle Lake Lodge and Outfitters near Vicksburg. “That’s when all the crappie fishermen show up.” […]
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Dove Delay
Not many of us think of hunting small game, especially doves, during the dead of winter. It is true that while dove hunters come out en masse on Labor Day and a few weekends afterwards in September, only a few “professional” dove hunters take to the fields during the second and third seasons in the Magnolia State. […]
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CSI:Mississippi
Your heart is still pounding uncontrollably as the overdose of adrenaline rushes through your veins. Only seconds have passed since you squeezed the trigger on the biggest buck you’ve ever seen. Everything happened so fast that it almost seemed like a dream. […]
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Cover: November 2008
Mississippi Hunters are experts a coming up with out-of-the-box methods for luring big bucks into range. […]
Bass Fishing
Need an excuse? Don’t blame that front
Labor Day, 2008. From the safety and comfort of my Starkville home and through the convenience of the internet, I watched Hurricane Gustav smash into the Louisiana coast a few miles from where I had planned to be chasing redfish this holiday weekend. Reading the blogs on Gustav, I learned that hurricane soothsayers put a lot of emphasis on atmospheric pressure. […]
Fishing
Tombigbee’s Columbus a hotspot
November’s a great month to fish Columbus Lake in eastern Mississippi on the Tombigbee River, which begins to settle down and get in shape for bass catching during this month. […]
Fishing
Lots of action inshore and offshore
Before hunting season begins, you’ll still have time to visit Mississippi’s Gulf Coast and stock your freezer with tuna and other delicious fish fillets. Let’s look at what’s biting this month inshore. […]