If you have questions about purchasing a license call 1-800-5GO-HUNT.
Hand-Grabbing Season is open from May 1 to July 15.
Hand-Grabbing is fishing for non-game fish, most notably catfish, with your hands or with rope (no attachments).
Rules and Regulations:
Only wooden containers may be used. It is illegal to place or take fish from structures such as plastic or metal barrels, hot water tanks, concrete pipe, tires, and other non-biodegradable materials in any public waters of the the state. It shall be illegal to place any cavity-type structure, intended to be used for hand-grabbling purposes, in all Mississippi water of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway. It is unlawful to alter any natural areas by placing boards, wire, or any other obstruction to logs, holes, etc., or to take fish from such altered devices. It is also unlawful to raise any part of a natural or wooden container out of the water thereby aiding in the capture of enclosed fish.
