Local Lake, Weather Conditions, and Fishing Conditions in the MidSouth
This Page is your quick reference page for weather reports, lake levels, and general fishing conditions and information for the Mid South and Memphis area. Hope you find this helpful and that it will be one of your first stops when planning your fishing trips.
current Fishing REports
3-23-19 Water temps are still in the mid to upper 50's and continue to rise depending on temps when rain falls in the area. Shallow crankbaits, bladed jigs, and lipless baits seems to be the most effective baits according to most of my customers right now. The flooding water has receded in most lakes and everything seems to be getting back to normal. As warming trends continue and water stabilizes to normal spring conditions the fish will continue to mover shallower. Incoming weather can trigger the spring bite and looking for the warmest available water is important.
As we get the full and new moons you should begin to find some fish trying to spawn or at least searching for spawning areas to settle into. There are a lot of fish being caught up shallow right now. Fishing will continue to get better as weather stabilizes and I look forward to getting some time on the water now that show season is over til the summer. Most fish are in the prespawn mode now feeding up for the spawn and being caught in a variety of ways. Look for secondary points, channel banks, or any other structure particularly with layed down wood close to spawning flats to find groups of fish as well as solitary bigs waiting to make their beds. Get out on warming trend days especially just before weather moves in.
Best baits have been lipless and squarebill cranks, shallow running cranks, bladed jigs and spinnerbaits on windier and pre-frontal days.
Ned rigs, jigs, creature baits on days that the fish just aren't as active. A wacky rig is a very effective bait this time of year and can catch fish when they are being finicky.
As we get the full and new moons you should begin to find some fish trying to spawn or at least searching for spawning areas to settle into. There are a lot of fish being caught up shallow right now. Fishing will continue to get better as weather stabilizes and I look forward to getting some time on the water now that show season is over til the summer. Most fish are in the prespawn mode now feeding up for the spawn and being caught in a variety of ways. Look for secondary points, channel banks, or any other structure particularly with layed down wood close to spawning flats to find groups of fish as well as solitary bigs waiting to make their beds. Get out on warming trend days especially just before weather moves in.
Best baits have been lipless and squarebill cranks, shallow running cranks, bladed jigs and spinnerbaits on windier and pre-frontal days.
Ned rigs, jigs, creature baits on days that the fish just aren't as active. A wacky rig is a very effective bait this time of year and can catch fish when they are being finicky.
Reference sites to find local lake levels.Here is the site to get Mississippi and its tributaries river levels.
http://rivergages.mvr.usace.army.mil/WaterControl/new/layout.cfm Here is the TVA site for the TVA lakes. (Kentucky Lake, Pickwick, Wilson, Wheeler) http://www.tva.com/river/lakeinfo/index.htm Here is the Corp of Engineers site to look up Lake levels on any lakes that they manage. You have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the page for north MS reservoir levels. http://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Lake-Levels/ |
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