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Winter crappie trolling
Long lines.
Grenada to Ross Barnett
Mississippi freshwater fishing
What's biting in Mississippi freshwater in October: largemouth bass, spotted bass and black crappie at their peak, with bluegill, redear sunfish and chain pickerel around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 16 fish here month by month, from Grenada Lake to Mississippi River oxbows.
Fall crappie
The crappie state: the flood-control lakes of the north — Grenada, Sardis, Enid, Arkabutla — Ross Barnett, delta oxbows, and the Mississippi River's catfish.
Grenada LakeSardis LakeEnid LakeRoss Barnett ReservoirPickwick LakeMississippi River oxbows
Updated
Now · October
Fall crappie
Brush piles.
Black crappie (speck)Largemouth bassBlue catfishChannel catfishSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)White bass
This month here
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Largemouth bass
Spotted bass (Kentucky bass)
Black crappie (speck)
Channel catfish
Blue catfish
White bass
Hybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Alligator gar
Bluegill
Redear sunfish (shellcracker)
Chain pickerel
Flathead catfish
Freshwater drum (sheepshead)
Common carp
Longnose gar
Bowfin (mudfish)
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Pre-spawn crappie
Black crappie (speck)Largemouth bassBlue catfishSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Chain pickerelWhite bass
Grenada females.
March
Crappie wading season
Black crappie (speck)Largemouth bassBlue catfishSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Redear sunfish (shellcracker)Chain pickerel
Buckbrush.
April
Last crappie, bass spawn
Arkabutla.
May
Bream beds
Crickets.
June
Catfish
Blue catfishChannel catfishBluegillRedear sunfish (shellcracker)Flathead catfishFreshwater drum (sheepshead)
River.
July
Summer bass
Dawn.
August
Hot — catfish
BluegillFlathead catfishWhite bassHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Freshwater drum (sheepshead)Common carp
Night.
September
Fall begins
Black crappie (speck)Flathead catfishWhite bassHybrid striped bass (sunshine)Freshwater drum (sheepshead)Common carp
Schooling.
October · now
Fall crappie
Black crappie (speck)Largemouth bassBlue catfishChannel catfishSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)White bass
Brush piles.
November
Crappie school
Black crappie (speck)Largemouth bassBlue catfishSpotted bass (Kentucky bass)Chain pickerelHybrid striped bass (sunshine)
Open water.
December
Winter blues
River.
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