Best Fishing Spots in Mississippi

Mississippi is low, flat and warm. Elevation runs from sea level to just 175 metres with a median of 78 metres, one of the narrowest ranges of any state, so nothing here turns on altitude. The whole state sits in the warm-temperate band, nothing freezes, and the year runs on heat: spring and autumn fish strongest while summer confines useful hours to around dawn. Reservoirs lead natural lakes, but the natural water that exists is distinctive: oxbow lakes cut off from the Mississippi River as it shifted course, shallow and fertile, fishing quite differently from a built impoundment. The Gulf coast at the southern end adds saltwater and estuary fishing under separate licensing. There are 291 waters listed here for Mississippi, covering 65 counties. Sorted by type, reservoirs lead, then natural lakes. Sardis Lake leads on size, near 52 sq miles. Winter averages sit near 45°F, summer near 81°F. The fish recorded most often across these counties are bluegill, longear sunfish, blacktail shiner and largemouth bass....