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Mississippi Fishing Report Update
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Ross Barnett Reservoir

Spillway - Last Updated: 2/28/2008

Wednesday was a definite improvement over recent days, even with the gates sending 11,535 cubic feet of water through the dam every second. That is down from Monday and Tuesday, and the level is beginning to drop in the tailrace. Falling water is good for crappie fishermen in that the fish are pulled back to the edge of the river. Catfish reports fair.

Main Lake - Last Updated: 2/28/2008

UPPER MAIN LAKE:

Nothing to report due to lack of access all week. Storms late last week and then high winds and another front have made open waters treacherous. The lake is extremely stained, from Highway 43 all the way to the dam. Current coming down the lake will produce some good crappie action in the eddy water that forms the Welfare Hole, east of the river at the upper end of the lake. With crappie forced out of the natural bottom neck of the bridge, they will move into that big flat between the river and Safe Harbor. Bass fishing was good in the shallows, but bass were small.

LOWER MAIN LAKE:

Not much to report. Strong north winds have made it impossible to fish the bottom half of the lake from Twin Harbors to the dam. The lake is also very stained, but that would not be a problem for crappie fishermen if the wind would settle. For example, the best crappie action in recent weeks was between 18-25 feet at Rose's Bluff, and at that depth, the wat
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