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Here's a portion of another riveting column this past wednesday--

A slow day on the Rez: Perfect!
Bobby Cleveland • bcleveland@clarionledger.com • November 1, 2007



Wednesday afternoon was a great day to be on Barnett Reservoir.


The weather was perfect, about 77 degrees, there wasn't a cloud above us and the wind was just enough to feel it.


Barnett's surface was as smooth as glass, reflecting the blue sky like a mirror.


But weather was only a part of what made it the perfect day to be there. The rest of the equation was what we did see and, even better, what we didn't see ... boats.


For the three hours we spent riding around on the lower lake between Fannin and Roses Bluff and the dam, we only saw two other boats. That's right ... two.


There were no obnoxious boaters out there in ridiculous boats kicking up obnoxious and ridiculous boat wakes.


We didn't have any pests trying to run through and jump our small wake.


It was just Pam and I, our pontoon boat and a lazy day of riding and looking with a little bit of fishing.

For ol' Don Miller from today's Ledger....

Crappie Fishing: 'It ain't what, it's where'
Putting bait in right place is key to catching

Bobby Cleveland • bcleveland@clarionledger.com • August 24, 2008

About halfway through our fishing trip Tuesday on Barnett Reservoir, Rabbit Rogers turned and tossed me a different jig.
"You might feel more comfortable using the lead head instead of the Tin Man," he said. "Shouldn't make any difference, so use what you're used to.
"Because ..."
I knew what was coming next, whatever it was, was going to be another pearl of wisdom from my crappie guru.
"It's like I always said, it ain't what but where," Rogers said.
By that, he meant that success in crappie fishing is directly related to where one puts his or her bait.
Rogers went on to add, in between catching crappie after crappie, that if you put a jig in the strike zone of a crappie where it wants to eat, it will eat.
"You could be putting a tab top off an old drink can down there and it'd get bit, if it's in the right place," he said.
Rogers believes too many people get hung up on lure selection, debating using minnows and/or jigs, and on color. While most fishermen in the summer use either a minnow or a jig/minnow combination, Rogers uses a jig and puts it right where it needs to be.
Rogers fishes more days than he doesn't during the summer, which is his favorite season on Barnett. He rarely keeps fish, though he usually could fill - or exceed - the limit.
And instead of settling for catching one right after another off some of his "Rabbit-made" fish attractors scattered all over the lake, he experiments, making it more challenging.
It helps him learn more about his favorite quarry. His knowledge, though vast and much respected, never stops growing. When he shares some either on the water or at an event like Katfishin' Kids or Got Fish?, soak it up.

when he runs out of crap to write about, he fills up space with a rabbit rogers or pete ponds article.

He has some serious "man love" for Rabbit Rogers.

I always thought he "sucked"

+1

You would think that Rabbit and Pete were the only two people who knew how to fish in this state

r rogers... i'd hit it..

Guys, I am going to take the opposite stand here.

I know he sucks, and I am fine with it. I come to this site to read good hunting stories, hear about all the outdoor news, etc.

I am glad the @ss clown doesn't write about duck hunting. We have a great resource in this state at our disposal and I like it that way. "At our disposal".

If half the north knew just how great it is here, they'd be down here in a minute. Let them keep thinking we don't wear shoes, live in row houses, and have to hunt to live.

teul2 wrote:Guys, I am going to take the opposite stand here.

I know he sucks, and I am fine with it. I come to this site to read good hunting stories, hear about all the outdoor news, etc.

I am glad the @ss clown doesn't write about duck hunting. We have a great resource in this state at our disposal and I like it that way. "At our disposal".

If half the north knew just how great it is here, they'd be down here in a minute. Let them keep thinking we don't wear shoes, live in row houses, and have to hunt to live.

+1

Its a dream job if you ask me. Four or five phone calls a month for interviews with people and policies affecting Mississii sportsmen, with hunters from aroud the state, the country and hey - every now and again the world - right in here in Mississippi the interesting story fodder is endless.

Had the distinct pleasure of rabbit hunting with Mr Cleveland several years back. He, along with his photographer, were invinted on a hunt put on for their benefit. After several hours of him running his mouth and turning rabbits, the dogs were starting to get fed up.

A total of 15 rabbits were killed that morning and once the tally was complete, not a single kill belonged to Mr Cleveland. I realized that I had donated 2 pints of blood and walked miles upon miles through briar thickets all for Mr Cleveland to get his picture taken in front of the rabbits that we killed and he claimed for his acclaimed editorial.

I miss the days when Henry Reynolds was outdoor editor of the Memphis Commercial-Appeal. I'm sure Bobby is a nice fellow and all but he always gets in a rut of fishing with the same people on the same lakes. I wonder just how many of those fishing stories are just re-hashed from the fishing trip before?

who won the cutest camo kids contest???

grnheadhuntr wrote:Had the distinct pleasure of rabbit hunting with Mr Cleveland several years back. He, along with his photographer, were invinted on a hunt put on for their benefit. After several hours of him running his mouth and turning rabbits, the dogs were starting to get fed up.

A total of 15 rabbits were killed that morning and once the tally was complete, not a single kill belonged to Mr Cleveland. I realized that I had donated 2 pints of blood and walked miles upon miles through briar thickets all for Mr Cleveland to get his picture taken in front of the rabbits that we killed and he claimed for his acclaimed editorial.

He didn't even shoot RABBIT Rodgers?