MDWFP’s 2025 electrofishing survey sampled Pelahatchie Bay, the main lake, areas above Highway 43 and upriver. The results offer a useful snapshot—not a promise about Saturday’s catch.
“Call the Reservoir” is not always enough. Roads, parks, fisheries and shoreline questions land in different offices, and the exact location usually determines where to begin.
The Ross Barnett fishing report is most useful as a field note, not a shopping list. Habitat, depth, weather and movement matter more than buying the exact bait named that week.