B'n'M Fishing

DID YOU KNOW? Crappie can completely change their color depending on their environment. Both black crappie and white crappie have specialized pigment cells that allow them to darken or lighten their bodies within minutes. They do it to camouflage in different water conditions (muddy vs clear), blend with vegetation or timber, and to signal aggression or spawning behavior. That’s why a crappie pulled from deep brush in stained water might look almost black, while one from clear open water can appear silver or pale, even though they’re the same species.🎣

Alabama fishing guide Brad Whitehead says warm spells can provide a taste of spring fishing during the late winter. Read how you can take advantage of late winter warm spells: bnmpoles.com/blogs/news/taki…

Check out what’s new for anglers in 2026! Kent Driscoll breaks down the latest gear and updates you won’t want to miss 🎣👇 bnmpoles.com/blogs/news/kent…

B’n’M Pro Staffer and owner of JH Guide Service, John Harrison, sat down with Mississippi Sportsman to share how to get the bite in the winter time. Read more: mississippisportsman.com/fis…

DID YOU KNOW? Crappie can see color exceptionally well because their eyes contain a high concentration of cone cells, allowing them to distinguish colors and contrast far better than most freshwater fish. They’re especially sensitive to bright wavelengths like chartreuse, pink, and orange, colors that remain visible as light changes with depth, stain, or time of day. Since crappie are low-light feeders at dawn and dusk, their vision is tuned to pick up color contrast even when visibility is poor. That means as sunlight, cloud cover, or water depth shifts, what a crappie sees changes, so a bait that works one hour can completely disappear the next. Bottom line: when crappie shut down, it’s often not the spot or the depth, it’s the color. 🎣

DID YOU KNOW? White crappie and black crappie may look similar, but the way they hunt and where they live set them apart. 🎣 White crappie are wanderers—often roaming open water chasing schools of baitfish. That’s why you’ll spot them suspended away from cover in murkier, slow-moving waters like reservoirs and river backwaters. 🎣 Black crappie are ambush predators. They feed on insects, larvae, and small fish, waiting in the shadows of brush piles, submerged timber, or vegetation. They thrive in clearer, cooler waters where structure gives them the perfect spot to hide and strike.

DID YOU KNOW? A bluegill’s mouth may be small, but they can actually expand their jaws enough to swallow prey half their own size. That means they’ll eat way more than just tiny insects: small fish, crayfish, and even frogs are sometimes on the menu.🎣

Want to land giant river cats? 🎣 B’n’M pros Nick Domino & David Magness share how it’s done with Mossy Oak GameKeepers. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

DID YOU KNOW? Male bluegills sometimes “fake” being females to sneakily reproduce. In certain situations, smaller or younger males, called sneaker males, will mimic the coloration and behavior of females to trick dominant nesting males. While the dominant male courts what he thinks is a female, the sneaker darts in and releases sperm during spawning, fertilizing some of the eggs.🎣 #bluegill #bnmteaches

DID YOU KNOW? The blue catfish is the largest species of catfish in North America. It can grow over 5’ long and weigh more than 150 lbs!🤯

DID YOU KNOW? Channel catfish have an extraordinary sense of smell — so refined, they can detect certain substances at concentrations as low as one part in 100 billion. To put that in perspective, it’s like being able to detect a single grain of salt dissolved in a lake the size of a major city reservoir. This incredible ability allows channel catfish to find food even in dark, muddy waters where sight is useless, which is exactly why strong-smelling baits are so effective when fishing for them.🎣

DID YOU KNOW? Mayfly hatches in the south occur all summer, May-July. Hatches happen underwater on stumps, rocks, and vegetation. The nymph will hatch and swim to the surface from underwater, shed their skin, float on the surface, drying out their wings, and transform into a flying mayfly. You will see mayflies swarming on trees that overhang the water. These mayflies create a feeding frenzy, or buffet, for gamefish, especially crappie, bream, and bass. Crappie especially love them. You will notice a crappie’s mouth and nose will be red and bloody from eating these mayflies off of stumps and rocks. So, when you see mayflies on the water, start fishing underwater stumps and structure with small jigs that simulate a mayfly.🎣

In this week’s episode of Fish Eat Live, Crappie Kirby hits the waters of Sardis Lake, Mississippi, under cloudy skies to chase down giant slab crappie — and the action did not disappoint! Teaming up with professional angler Chandler Lambert, he put the B’n’M 18-foot Black Diamond rod to work and relied on Garmin LiveScope to lock in on some monster fish. Watch: youtu.be/UT_AjMnj3iY?si=CKrE…

DID YOU KNOW? Catfish can talk! They can make noise by rubbing their pectoral fins together, a phenomenon called stridulation. This low-frequency sound is used as a sign of distress, to warn predators, mark their territory, or even communicate with other catfish.🎣

🚨NEW EPISODE OF FISH EAT LIVE🚨 youtu.be/mlTjmoqbrFs?si=I88w…

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