Fishing Report For Sardis Lake, MS
By Rick Seaman
March 28, 2025
Fishing Reports
Popular Fish Species Sardis Lake, MS
Black Crappie - White Crappie
Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good
If you like catching and eating big, fat crappie, Sardis Lake would be an ideal destination. Crappie are being caught all over the lake around brush, rocky points and in creek channel bays like Hoke Creek. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. Successful anglers are casting small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal.
Largemouth Bass
Current Report: Good To Very Good
Outlook: Very Good
Bass are currently moving into creeks and starting the spawning process. Plastic worms, jigs and jerkbaits are catching nice largemouth bass here, as are vibrating jigs. During slow times, when the bass are finicky, many anglers are switching to a stick worm, rigged wacky style, with good success. Once the spawn is complete, these bass typically move to ledges and points near the deeper water of the river and creek channels. Previous months have been delivering good stringers in these areas using deep-diving crankbaits, Carolina rigs and drop shots.
White Bass
Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good
White bass are starting their spawn run as the water temperature is getting into the mid 50's. Reports from previous years indicate that this is a great time to load up as they are running up river in big schools. The area around the Highway 7 Bridge is a good place to start. Other creeks with smaller schools include Clear Creek and Toby Tubby Creek. They should congregate in these areas for several weeks. Swimbaits, curly-tail jigs, underspins, small crankbaits, small jerkbaits, and most any lure that looks like baitfish are catching plenty of fish. During Summer, Fall and Winter the white bass migrate back to the main lake areas, following baitfish.
Fishing Video
Fish species to fish for...
Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, spotted bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, blue catfish, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, redear sunfish and white bass at Sardis Lake in Mississippi.
Sardis Lake spans 98,000 acres with over 80 miles of shoreline. Crappie and bass are the primary attraction here. White bass, catfish and sunfish also populate the lake and get plenty of action. Shoreline fishing is popular here as well as fishing from canoes, kayaks, and fishing boats.
Primary fish species residing in Sardis Lake
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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".
Contact Information
Sardis Lake
John Kyle State Park Campground
27550 MS-315
Sardis, MS 38666
662 563-4936
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