Sardis lower lake should be good this spring. It is fixing to get a pretty good restocking. Cold as the water is. As the river goes down they are going to open the gates more and more. I'm thinking the main lake is going to get a flushing.
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Sardis lower lake should be good this spring. It is fixing to get a pretty good restocking. Cold as the water is. As the river goes down they are going to open the gates more and more. I'm thinking the main lake is going to get a flushing.
And you consider this a good thing?
Just my opinion but I would rather them all be on the upper lake so they have a chance to grow!
No, not a good thing. But I think it might happen.
Are there pole restrictions on the lower lake?
1 pole if fishing from the riprap is all I know.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigKyd
Don't take my word for it but I' pretty sure it's 5 poles, 2 hooks per pole, no size limit, and a 20 fish limit.
Why do some think all the fish get sucked down the spillway? I don't see it. I'd speculate a very small percentage of crappie and more rough fish if anything.
I have always thought that the spillway takes more out than fishermen do, I do know that compared to a normal year very few have been snagged at Grenada this winter.
Guess you've never seen 40 boats in the lower lake in February, all of them catching limits? Those fish didn't swim up across that weir.Quote:
Originally Posted by 27458
My point was more to the fact that as a % of total crappie in the upper lake, not that many get sucked down. They're just all corralled up in such a small body of water which makes it easy picking for trolling. Maybe a lot more go down than I think. As long as a few stick around up top for single pole fishing, I'm good to go.
More fish go thru that spillway than u would think. Biologist have said the amount of fish caught in a year is not a drop in the bucket compared to what goes out the spillway. I have also heard that on average 80 % of harvestable fish are either caught or go thru the spillway in one year. Harvestable meaning above legal size limit. With that being said, why in the world would they move the length down to 11 inches! I know I have gotten way off topic but it's just something to think about. Also, I really don't know what to think about biologist after hearing there butla reports the last few years.
Why cant you single pole fish on the lower lake and get in on the easy pickings?Quote:
Originally Posted by 27458
Oh I could. I just prefer fishing the stumps and cypress trees if the water ever gets to that point. I generally catch a limit most days if the wind don't blow me away. I stay down around Holiday lodge and just prefer not driving down to the lower lake if I can keep from it. But that said, I caught lots of fish earlier down by the damn last year before moving to the trees later on. Getting less and less structure to fish each year. man, if 80% of fish are going down the spillway they ought to put a screen up or something to prevent that! Where do they all end up? MS river?Quote:
Originally Posted by Handicrappie
Habitat day is February 15. Good chance tp help put out structure.
Somebody done jumped the gun. There is a lot of new Xmas trees allready out there.Quote:
Originally Posted by jigflinger
Looks like your in luck on being able to fish and launch from Techville for a while with all this new water.....Quote:
Originally Posted by 27458
They gonna drain it as fast as they can to keep it on rule.....unless they got ahold of some of that legal marijuana.......im sure its quite a mess right now anyway....Quote:
Originally Posted by Handicrappie
You can put in at holiday now with no problem. Just left there a few minutes ago and its come up about 4 bank feet overnite
Saturday you could walk out to the middle of the lake now it would be over your head.
Lower Usually gets good about now when they're running water. Haven't seen any boats on it in the last few weekends tho.
Upper been to good. Lower turns next.
I agree.Quote:
Originally Posted by hotrod1
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Jumped up there but I doubt fishing will be any good with that much fresh water. If they'd keep it on up there to start March out with, it would be awesome but I don't see it happening. I'd love 250 at Sardis March 1st!
Good Lord may tend to that for us.:ThumbsUp
Crappie gods are raining down. Iam not picky. I just want a rise from march to may. That would help all involved. Including the fish most of all.
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on the lower lake, 20 limit to spaulding creek(wherever that is is, no ranger or official has been able to tell me), no size limit and no pole restrictions outside of rip rap.Quote:
Originally Posted by stormcloud
one pole in rip rap.
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Originally Posted by stormcloud
You are correct sir!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by stormcloud
You can't get to spaulding creek, the weir is in the way.
No pole limit on the lower lake!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by stormcloud
With a pole limit on every other COE body of water in north MS, it's hard for me to believe there is no pole limit on the lower lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by Handicrappie
With a size limit on every other COE body of water it north MS its hard for me to believe there is no size limit on the lower lake but there isnt one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pops
I talked to MDWFP and got enlightened. The lower lake is an "orphan child". No size limit, no pole limit, just get your 20 fish and go home.Quote:
Originally Posted by Handicrappie
You answered this question yourself before Pops but im glad u got clarification from someone you believe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pops
Never woulda thunk it. I thought it was a 5 per pole limit. Live and learn.
My head hurts. Toooo much knowledge
Is that the creek from the overflow?Quote:
Originally Posted by canebreaker