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Anyone Here Bass Fish Ross Barnett Reservoir In Mississippi
Posted on 4/22/26 at 10:00 pm
Posted on 4/22/26 at 10:00 pm
I just realized Ross Barnett is around 2hrs from my camp. Anyone here fish it for bass? How’s the fishing there? What do you fellas target or fish around (trees, grass)? Any areas to avoid or underwater obstructions to look out for?
May drag boat up to camp durning summer when boys get a break from football workouts and local fishing at home. Thanks gang!
May drag boat up to camp durning summer when boys get a break from football workouts and local fishing at home. Thanks gang!
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Posted on 4/22/26 at 11:09 pm to WillFerrellisking
A lifetime ago I once lived and worked on the Reservoir at a now long closed down marina called "The Old Trace Marina" that was located next to the Jackson Yacht Club.
The land the marina sat on is now filled with upper end homes set in what was once raw wooded land.
I would often fish for bass with plastic worms all up and down the many piers the boats were docked at and did land my share of bass and ran a few trot lines for catching catfish.
I would sometimes run across the lake to Pelahatchie Bay and fish for bass in areas with underbrush, stumps and surface vegetation using plastic frogs, crawfish, worms, etc.
BUT------like I said, that was a lifetime ago------------like in the early 70's.
The first marina you can access the reservoir if using I-55 is to get off at County Line Rd. and head to the reservoir in Ridgeland and that is where Main Harbor Marina is located. I'm not sure if they have backdown ramps or other means to launch a boat, so you may want to call ahead.
The land the marina sat on is now filled with upper end homes set in what was once raw wooded land.
I would often fish for bass with plastic worms all up and down the many piers the boats were docked at and did land my share of bass and ran a few trot lines for catching catfish.
I would sometimes run across the lake to Pelahatchie Bay and fish for bass in areas with underbrush, stumps and surface vegetation using plastic frogs, crawfish, worms, etc.
BUT------like I said, that was a lifetime ago------------like in the early 70's.
The first marina you can access the reservoir if using I-55 is to get off at County Line Rd. and head to the reservoir in Ridgeland and that is where Main Harbor Marina is located. I'm not sure if they have backdown ramps or other means to launch a boat, so you may want to call ahead.
This post was edited on 4/22/26 at 11:20 pm
Posted on 4/23/26 at 4:04 am to gumbo2176
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I'm not sure if they have backdown ramps or other means to launch a boat, so you may want to call ahead.
There are backdowns right there by the Cock of the walk restaurant.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 7:18 am to WillFerrellisking
I have wondered why there are so few professional fishermen from Mississippi? Many from Texas, some from Louisiana, Boo coo from Alabama and South Carolina and a few from Georgia. But not very many from Mississippi.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 8:14 am to WillFerrellisking
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Ross Barnett
No but I went to High School with Ross Barnett's grandson
true story
Posted on 4/23/26 at 8:58 am to WillFerrellisking
I fished a few tournaments there as a coangler about 5-6 years ago. The play was either to throw a squarebill along the rocks and docks on the southwest shoreline working up from the dam (caught a lot of nice sized spots doing this) or run north to the river and fish vegetation either punching or top water looking for a big bite.
It’s a really good sized lake and you can find what you want to fish somewhere, last I heard it wasn’t tough to get on a pattern with a lot of smaller fish but size was tough to come by. My experience was before livescope was really mainstream and it may have changed completely now.
It’s a really good sized lake and you can find what you want to fish somewhere, last I heard it wasn’t tough to get on a pattern with a lot of smaller fish but size was tough to come by. My experience was before livescope was really mainstream and it may have changed completely now.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 9:03 am to TheDrunkenTigah
Is it a deep water lake?
Posted on 4/23/26 at 9:05 am to aTmTexas Dillo
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I have wondered why there are so few professional fishermen from Mississippi? Many from Texas, some from Louisiana, Boo coo from Alabama and South Carolina and a few from Georgia. But not very many from Mississippi.
MS is sorely missing the type and prevalence of lakes you find in LA, TX, and AL. South MS has never really hurt for rainfall and just passed on a lot of the large reservoir projects that happened post WWII. Growing up in Hattiesburg I fished almost all spring but you’re relegated to smaller lakes that get hammered with pressure the second word gets out unless you want to drive for hours. I read an article years ago about a proposed reservoir where leaf river meets the bouie, and the local authorities just abandoned it. In Texas especially you can’t throw a rock without hitting a large reservoir on top of good quality soil that will grow nice fish if managed well.
Posted on 4/23/26 at 9:27 am to WillFerrellisking
Bout average, 20ft near the dam if I recall. There’s a river channel that runs the length with some sharp drops, imagine a lot of the scoping and deep cranking happens there. It has a healthy threadfin shad population like most everywhere else so if you’re offshore that’s gonna be the pattern.
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