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.
September at the Reservoir does not arrive with sweaters and a clean break from summer. It comes in better mornings, quieter water, overdue porch chores and the good hours locals learn not to waste.
Before traffic and yard work take over, Reservoir mornings arrive in a familiar order: birds, one distant outboard, a dock line tapping and a screen door closing.