Freshwater Fishing
Up-and-down weather makes Bay shine
December is a great month to catch spotted bass in Mississippi. Cool and often unpredictable weather means spotted bass will be the most-dependable fish you can catch now. […]
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Dam Ducks!
Every duck hunter in Mississippi, and most duck hunters in the nation, believe that if they’ve lived good, sportsmen-like lives and have close relationships with God, they’ll get permission to hunt at Beaver Dam before they die. […]
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Black Skies and Bent Trees
Within 30 minutes, the skies turned from a neutral grey to a pinkish-purple and then to midnight black. From my tripod seat I could tell the bottom was going to fall out of the sky any minute, but my timing was off. […]
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Southern Snow Storm
The surroundings were surreal. A small shack sat hard against a dirt road adjacent to a huge grain field that had been harvested and left to lie until spring farming operations began anew. A cold north wind battered the mud and stubble, and toyed with a single light bulb that dangled from a cord under the tiny porch of that shack. The bulb cast eerie shadows at varying angles as it swayed randomly with each gust. […]
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Open to the Public
Each year I am pelted with a variety of questions about public water in Mississippi. The questions come from duck hunters wanting to know how far they can boat into flooded timber, fishermen wanting to know if certain lakes are public and landowners wanting to know where their property starts and where the public water stops. All are good questions. […]
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Hot Does and Rutting Bucks
Stacey Sims eased along the water’s edge as he worked his way toward his deer stand. The climbing stand was positioned overlooking a flooded swamp bottom. […]
As Big As they Grow
Some crappie lakes heat up in winter
National Crappie Champions — who ever heard of such? You can do that? […]
Hunting
Double L — What’s not to like?
Located a short 20-minute drive from Jackson is a private 400-acre spread that would be the envy of almost every outdoorsman. Named Double L after its owner Bob Lloyd, this lush land is filled with monster bucks, comfy shooting houses, big-bearded turkeys, pole-bending bass and a cozy cabin to come home to at night. It also has an outdoor fire pit, modern barn with a covered skinning rack, tool shed, horses and ATVs to ride, satellite TV to catch one’s favorite ball games when not hunting or fishing, someone to clean the deer and, best of all, a large congenial family with which to share the blessing. […]
Deer Hunting
Are your guns ready for deer season?
We were sighting in several rifles for a friend last year — each year it seems he has another boy old enough to start deer hunting, and another rifle gets added to the batch I have to tune in on my range. […]
Fishing
Is that on-screen fish really a fish?
Fish I.D. features that display cartoon-like fish symbols have been around since fish finders became computerized and incorporated LCD screens, and the controversy about whether the feature helps or hurts your fishing has been around just as long. […]
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Cover: November 2007
Joel Melton shot this massive-racked 8-pointer last season with a muzzleloader while hunting near Jackson. […]
As Big As they Grow
Fall crappie movement is predictable
Can you believe it? We’re heading into November, hunting season and the holidays. Man, how time flies when you’re having fun. And, yes, we’re right smack-dab in the middle of what I consider to be the very best time of the year to go crappie fishing. […]