Lakeview / Horn LAKE, MS

Hi all, I'm new to the site obviously, and thanks for having me. Ole rookie title once again it seems.. lol. If your experiencing life to the fullest and trying new things, then you will always be a rookie, not a bad thing.

To the topic, As forementioned, in my topic along with my lack of knowledge of this great site. I searched Lakeview / Horn Lake. I only managed to find forums (threads) dating back to 2010-2011.

I remember having great times on this natural public owned oxbow lake for many years before the land surronding it was sold once again. My question is, will this lake every be accessed again by the public? I have heard a distant rumor of the MDWFP possibly stepping in and allowing a public boat access to this lake in the possibly near future.

I don't think it's ever gonna happen. MDWFP has been trying, but to no avail. Welcome to the site!

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Originally Posted by armyman

I don't think it's ever gonna happen. MDWFP has been trying, but to no avail. Welcome to the site!

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I hate to hear that. That was a great lake and a treasure to north Mississippi and West Tennessee (crappie, bass, bream etc.) fishermen all over. Do those duck guys even fish it, or is it overrun with asian carp by now? Runout was always heating up around this time. .what a shame.

I went over there several times after it went private. Never saw any duck hunters and never heard any shots during duck season. It's probably like all the other oxbows that connect to the river......overrun with Asian Carp! I use to fish it alot, but I wrote it off years ago! It is totally blocked with steel gates and No Trespassing signs with warnings to prosecute! Sad to say....I'd forget about it!

Thank you armyman for the response and the kind welcome! Just hate to let a good lake go. Guess there are other slabs in the sea...

Losing Horn Lake and North Lake did some damage to the Memphis midsouth area. The last time on the Cut Off it was full of Asian carp so I know these two will be too.
Welcome on.

Yep carp have ruined it!!

Pulled nets all last week, got 5000#s Buffalo. 300# cats. Very few ac. Mostly grass carp

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Originally Posted by rebranger

Pulled nets all last week, got 5000#s Buffalo. 300# cats. Very few ac. Mostly grass carp

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That's no good, not trying to pry and you do not have to answer. How are you getting onto the lake are you allowed in by the MDWFP or the landowners to keep some sort of population control of the carp out there? You don't have to worry about me trying to sneak in there or anything, I'm not a fan of carp or buffalo.. lol.

No this was on my oxbow lake, south of Lakeview & the Tunica Cutoff. My lake is 800 ac. I can tell already in only 2 years that the numbers & size of sport fish have improved.

I have been working on this 6 years. Nobody & I have even offered "bounty" wants to do the dirty work. So I started running nets myself!!! Got over $5000 invested so far, but it's working.

Have even tried to PAY commercial fishermen. Which there r very few left. The Chinese fishermen at Moon River foods are our only hope!!

You are doing a great deed rebranger :ThumbsUp what about Tunica cutoff? I haven't been there in years.. and do you at least get to sell those fish?

I remember at Lakeview the fish market would buy buffallo and catfish also to if I'm not mistaken. I hooked a very old trotline while bass fishing dang thing had a huge buffallo 50lbs plus if I had to guess on it. I ended up cutting the line after it basically ruined my pretty new bait caster, guy at the fish market said he would have bought it if I would have brought it in :dono At least i could have got a few dollars back for my reel. And I would figure those fish would make good fertilizer or something if some are not edible..

yes sell some, too far to drive to sell the Asian Carp, the Chinamen come get them. They're fishing in the Cutoff too, but not near enough

Don't get me started on Lakeview or Flower Lake, it will get my blood pressure up! I've spoken to everyone that would listen over the last several years about those lakes, lawyers and wardens with MDWFP, Commissioners, Levee Board etc. They don't want to touch it and don't want to enforce their jurisdiction for public access. But they would be more than happy for me "as a private citizen to file suit" because I have a ton of cash just to pay more lawyers to defend what the state should be defending. I think the citizens should file suit against the State for allowing this to happen especially when our tax dollars have funded these lakes, stocking plans, wages for officers and employees of the state, and the list goes on and on. Just this past weekend I made a road trip to "check in" on Flower and noted the private landowners have now reinforced their man made restrictions into flower. This is called blocking a navigable waterway, but who is keeping score? Good luck with this one. If anyone wants more info PM me. This thorn has been in my side for years. Just let me win the lottery...

Yeah Tracker, if I had to guess this all comes down to money and someone probably is getting greased up. Before it was sold to the previous owner I believe was Belz. From what I understand he intended to open a casino / resort on the lake but Robbinsville casinos had more lawyers and money to block these plans. It was sold to the current owners and after the big flood of 2011 flooded the bait shop and did more damage than the owner was willing to spend to repair. So the new owner just blocked it off and told the public to go pound sand. I would be willing to start a petition if you think we could muster the support? It's a start anyway, everyone says the lake is gone to the carp and is basically unfishable for game fish anymore. But with the tactics rebranger is deploying on his lake I believe it could be brought back to it's former glory. How can you have a city named after a public oxbow lake and not allow the public fish that lake.. it's bizarre.

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Originally Posted by Tracker99

Don't get me started on Lakeview or Flower Lake, it will get my blood pressure up! I've spoken to everyone that would listen over the last several years about those lakes, lawyers and wardens with MDWFP, Commissioners, Levee Board etc. They don't want to touch it and don't want to enforce their jurisdiction for public access. But they would be more than happy for me "as a private citizen to file suit" because I have a ton of cash just to pay more lawyers to defend what the state should be defending. I think the citizens should file suit against the State for allowing this to happen especially when our tax dollars have funded these lakes, stocking plans, wages for officers and employees of the state, and the list goes on and on. Just this past weekend I made a road trip to "check in" on Flower and noted the private landowners have now reinforced their man made restrictions into flower. This is called blocking a navigable waterway, but who is keeping score? Good luck with this one. If anyone wants more info PM me. This thorn has been in my side for years. Just let me win the lottery...

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If I remember correctly, they stocked Lakeview with stripers less than a year before it went private.

Here's the rub, research the Miss Law on the definitions of a "navigable" waterway. The Casino people could not put casinos in certain places they thought they could.. Any "man made" body of water is not defined as navigable... Don't Ask me how I know... cost me $$ to learn that!!!

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Originally Posted by rebranger

Here's the rub, research the Miss Law on the definitions of a "navigable" waterway. The Casino people could not put casinos in certain places they thought they could.. Any "man made" body of water is not defined as navigable... Don't Ask me how I know... cost me $$ to learn that!!!

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Desoto county voted casinos down 2 times. People were afraid that Coldwater river would be loaded with them. Now it has to wait a while before it can be voted on again. Belz owned a lot of the land on the west side of the levy and bought more before it was passed by the state. He could have cashed in on the leases if it had passed.

Can Lakeview be accessed from the Mississippi River, if so how?

Unless things have changed the answer is no, land locked except for an extreme flood year.

The run out goes to the river. Got to have high water to get through it. You can look at google earth and trace it.
The property and lake are posted against trespassing so why try it.

A good bite ANYWHERE would be hard to find during high water. I never have had any luck, could be just me tho....
I thought they sold memberships on Lakeview??
I know they do on Beaver Dam, some of landowners leased their access out to a guy and he sold memberships. But, the members respect property lines, i.e., they are restricted to the North End of the Lake. Crappie fishing can be GREAT in the Spring, & there's no Asian Carp!
There is a fair amount of Bass too. Thirty years ago the Lake was Famous for Slab Bream & had very few crappie or bass, or we didn't have sense enough to catch them, LOL!
I fish the South End mostly in the Spring when the River is flooding & runs me out of the Bar Pits & Oxbows.
I only do fair. I can catch the heck out of 2 - 4 pound Cats, tho I'm trying to catch Crappie!! I even tried Yo Yo's baited with minnows, nothing but Cats!!
Anytime someone wants to come show me "how". i.e., show me what I'm doing wrong, PM me.