Bass Fishing
Tackling Barnett striped bass
Kyle Thompson and Zachary Young experiment with techniques and baits to gain insight on fishing for striped bass. […]
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Bass Fishing
Species spotlight: Striped bass
Striped bass are targeted by thousands and thousands of anglers. They are not in the same family as largemouth or smallmouth bass. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Hybrid bass: Stripers on steroids
The motivation behind the creation of the hybrid striped bass isn’t really documented. When fisheries biologists discovered that if they introduced hormones to induce female striped bass those bass would ovulate, it stands to reason that those biologists were curious as to whether they could duplicate their success by cross breeding two different fish. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Trolling crankbaits works on Barnett stripers
Flat line trolling of artificial baits is a very effective, often overlooked method of striped bass fishing. It’s a great search tool as is trolling of all types. Locating active schools of striped bass on Barnett Reservoir is more than half the battle. […]
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Earning your stripes — Best bets for Ross Barnett stripers
If you were to go out looking for someone to sit down and talk with about striper fishing on Barnett Reservoir, you’d have a hard time. Most of those who catch them, typically by accident, hate them or at the least don’t care for them. Those who do fish for them regularly run when they see you coming. […]
Bass Fishing
Summer ideal for striper trolling
Flat line trolling of artificial baits is a very effective, often overlooked method of striped bass fishing. It’s a great search tool on Barnett Reservoir where locating the line-sided brutes is more than half the battle. […]
Bass Fishing
Striped bass record broken
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks has certified a new state record for striped bass — 39.6 pounds.
Rocky Rawls of Gautier caught the fish March 5 in the West Pascagoula River near his home. He was using a bull minnow for bait. […]
Bass Fishing
Rez stripers starting to heat up
It really wasn’t fair last year, since so many bass fishermen were on Barnett Reservoir in September and then October, pre-fishing for the B.A.S.S. Central Open that was held on the lake. […]
Bass Fishing
Orange Stripers
This dish, which sounds harder than it is, can be made with striped and hybrid striped bass fillets between ½- and ¾-inch thick. […]
Bass Fishing
Cooler weather, hotter striper action
I am a striper fisherman, one that proudly patrols the waters of Barnett Reservoir throughout the year looking for the big schools. […]
Freshwater Fishing
Best techniques for stripers and hybrid bass
There are two ways to catch stripers and hybrid bass. Here are the basics. […]
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Under the Radar — How to catch Ross Barnett’s stripers and hybrid bass
From experience, we knew big schools of big striped bass were in a specific area of Barnett Reservoir. They were close — they had to be because the conditions were perfect. […]