Sardis
Our source for Sardis Lake fishing, Ron Wong, told us, “Although Sardis Lake is being drawn down to winter pool, it is still higher than normal for this time of the year. Surface temperatures are falling from the low 70s causing bait fish to move into creeks and coves. Crappie fishing remains excellent and will continue to so with plenty limits of over 12 inch fish. Slow drifting, .3 to .4 mile per hour, Capps and Coleman double minnow rigs using medium sized minnows fished 8 to 12 feet deep in front of major creeks such as Blackwater, Toby Tubby and Clear will yield lots of fish. For those wanting to jig fish, vertical jigging a electric chicken colored Bobby Garland Slab Slay’R or Strike King Joker tipped with a small minnow around standing timber will work well. Best areas are timber in front of Piney Point, Hurricane creek and Coontown landing. Using a chartreuse/white spinnerbait or a KVD 2.5 crankbait around cover on the edge of creeks 2 to 4 feet deep along the edge of major creeks will produce some good fish. Hurricane, Toby Tubby and Clear creeks are good areas. On cold front days, a black/blue Hack Attack jig on cover in the same areas will work well. White bass are starting to school on south side main lake points from the front of Clear creek to the dam. Best baits are Strike King series 3 shad colored crank bait during jumps and when the fish go down, a 1/4 ounce Little George will fill your livewells. Catfish can be caught around Engineers Point and along the face of the dam using cut skipjack or night crawlers.”
Greenville Area Runs – Ferguson/Whittington/Lee and MS River
Our source for the Greenville are fishing is Terry Bates. Terry told us, “I think fall may have finally arrived with some cooler weather getting here last week. Fishing has been fair on some lakes and hot on others. The water on the Mississippi River is holding around 31ft. on the Greenville gauge and has been around this lever for a couple of weeks and it’s on a slow fall today.
Starting with Lake Ferguson, bass fishing is still good. Good numbers and sizes of bass are being caught by several means. Patterns that are working include, paralleling crank baits, spinner baits, and rattle traps next the barges are producing fish, however underwater points, ledges and rock piles seems to be holding more and larger fish. With the cooler weather, lots of fish are shallow and can be caught on spinner baits, crank baits and top water. Concentrate on any shallow wood cover you can find, points, or paralleling barges with these baits. However, the majority of the larger fish seem to still be out in 8 to 12 feet of water. Deep running crank baits, Carolina rigs, Jig and pig and Texas rigs worms are your best bet. Best colors seem to be green pumpkin, watermelon, watermelon candy, any of your transparent colors are catching fish. I prefer the Berkley 10” power worm in any of the colors I mentioned and, on Carolina rigs with a brush hog or lizard seems to work best. Crappie are being caught at Lake Ferguson around the steel barges and barge piling in 12 to 15 feet or water, or around under water brush piles at the same depth. Catfish are being caught on Lake Ferguson at both grain elevators in 10 to 20 feet of water. Bream are biting at Lake Ferguson, around the rocky points, banks and rock piles, steel barges and steel barge pilings.
At Lake Whittington fishing has been very good since the water has come down. Get as shallow as you can and fish spinner baits, square lips cranks and small worms seem to be doing the best.
At Lake Washington good numbers of Crappie are being caught by trolling or long lining in 15 to 18 feet of water. Pushing minnows (trolling) or pulling crankbaits or road runner gigs (long lining) are all catching good number of fish. Most fish are running in the 12” or smaller size, but 2 to 3 pounds are swimming around in there too!
Anyone wanting to go Fishing or need more info can call me at Big River Guide Service at 662/390/3886, GOOD FISHING TO ALL!!!!!!
Also please remember keep what you can eat, release the rest for the next person!”
