Outdoors

• McMullan pulls in record king mackerel
BILOXI, Miss. ? It's a good thing Rube McMullan and his sons Barrett and Brant had caught so many fish that they ran out of bait late on the first day of the Southern Kingfish Association National Championship Friday.

• High water to hamper hunting at Upper Delta WMA
Under Alabama conservation law, high water will likely make all of the Upper Delta Wildlife Management Area off limits to hunters for the gun deer hunt scheduled for opening day on Saturday, the area's manager said.