JACKSON, Mississippi -- The Mississippi River and associated oxbows form an ecosystem that teems with life. But since the historic flood of 2011, it's practically been a dead zone for angler Billy ...

The Mississippi River and associated oxbows form an ecosystem that teems with life. But since the historic flood of 2011, it’s practically been a dead zone for angler Billy Harthcock.

Pugh said in Mississippi, the fish are isolated to Mississippi River Connected oxbows and laws are in place to keep it that way. It is illegal to transport or possess a live snakehead.

If you’re looking to spend a serene afternoon drifting, there’s no shortage of tranquil streams, bayous, and winding oxbows. If a multi-day guided expedition is more your speed, the river (and ...

A rock formation in the Mississippi River normally only reachable by boat is accessible by foot for the second year in a row as water levels plummet. Tower Rock juts out of the Mississippi River ...

The Great River: The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi by Boyce Upholt. W.W. Norton, 2024 ($29.99) Blast. Carve. Dredge. Smash. Such powerful verbs fill a single paragraph midstream in Boyce ...

So Muñoz’s team humped their pontoon boat all the way from Woods Hole, Massachusetts to three oxbows whose birthdates they knew — one from about 1500, one from 1722, and one from 1776 — and ...

The Mississippi River and associated oxbows form an ecosystem that teems with life. But since the historic flood of 2011, it’s practically been a dead zone for angler Billy Harthcock.