Mississippi's top spotted bass lake, 6,700 acres of deep, clear Tenn-Tom water where 20-pound spotted bass limits are common from February to mid-April.
Mississippi~6,700 acresCLARITY THE CLEAREST LAKE ON THE TENN-TOM: CLEAR, HIGHLAND-TYPE WATER OVER GRAVEL AND RED CLAY ACROSS THE MAIN LAKE AND ITS LONG POINTS, SO ANGLERS DROP TO 6-10 LB FLUOROCARBON. THE RED-CLAY CREEK ARMS AND POCKETS COLOR UP FOR A FEW DAYS AFTER HARD RAIN, AND THE DIVIDE CUT END ABOVE CROW'S NECK CARRIES TENNESSEE RIVER WATER FROM PICKWICK.IMPOUNDED 1984
Today's fishing report for Bay Springs Lake, Mississippi: live water temperature, pool level, and a bite score for today — refreshed every morning. Bay Springs Lake gets a fresh BassHawk guide report every day — areas, baits, and an hour-by-hour game plan.
TODAY'S BITE98PRIMEpeak for today, out of 100modeled from this morning's forecast
Bay Springs Lake shoreline — open the app for the full depth map
Species
largemouth bass · spotted bass · smallmouth bass · black crappie · white crappie · bluegill · redear sunfish · longear sunfish · warmouth · channel catfish · yellow perch · spotted gar · freshwater drum · common carp
On BassHawk
Everything below points at one goal — finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth bass on Bay Springs Lake.
Lake mapFull nautical-dark lake map with curated fishing spots and structure.
Daily guide reportA fresh report for Bay Springs Lake every day — where the bite is, what's working, what changed.
Real-time conditionsLive water temp, pool level, weather, an hour-by-hour bite score — and the week ahead scored with the best window flagged.
Wind arrowsLive wind across the lake, direction and mph, so you can find the windblown banks and points where the bait is stacking up.
Routed trip plansA timed, routed fishing plan built for the day you're going — launch to last cast.
Submerged structureMapped points, humps, ledges, creek channels, and standing timber to fish by depth band.
Mud linesSatellite-tracked water clarity — see where the mud line sets up before you launch.
Waypoints & logSave your own waypoints, log catches, and carry them across devices.
Mapped on BassHawk
Traced from pre-dam survey sheets — the roads, foundations and creek beds that were there before the water. Creek channels marked USGS NHD come from the national stream map, not our tracing.
4,667acres of flooded timber
5named creek channels (USGS NHD)
Getting on the water
Bayberry Cotton Springs Ramp Crow'S Neck Gin Branch Mcdougal Branch Piney Grove Piney Grove Campground Sander'S Landing West Damsite Marina (marina)
Common questions
Is the bite good on Bay Springs Lake today?
Today's bite outlook for Bay Springs Lake peaks at 98 out of 100 — prime. That score weighs water temperature, barometric pressure and its trend, wind, cloud cover, solunar windows and the pool trend against bass-behavior research. The hour it peaks, how the rest of the day scores, and the seven-day outlook with the best window flagged are in the BassHawk app.
When do bass spawn on Bay Springs Lake?
Largemouth on Bay Springs Lake spawn by water temperature, not the calendar: they stage around 50–58°F, move up between 58 and 62°F, and bed through roughly 62–70°F, with the north banks and pockets warming first. The full temperature-by-phase table is in BassHawk's guide to bass spawning water temperature.
Where can you launch a boat on Bay Springs Lake?
Bay Springs Lake has 8 public boat ramps mapped on BassHawk plus 1 marina. The ramps are Bayberry, Cotton Springs Ramp, Crow'S Neck, Gin Branch, Mcdougal Branch, and 3 more. Every trip plan starts from the ramp you pick and routes the day from there.
What fish are in Bay Springs Lake?
largemouth bass, spotted bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, white crappie, bluegill, redear sunfish, longear sunfish, warmouth, channel catfish, yellow perch, spotted gar, freshwater drum, common carp. BassHawk is built for largemouth bass specifically — every report, plan and layer is pointed at finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth in Bay Springs Lake.
Does BassHawk have a daily fishing report for Bay Springs Lake?
Yes. Bay Springs Lake gets a fresh BassHawk guide report every day: a headline read on the lake, an hour-by-hour game plan, the areas to run with the depth and structure to look for, what to throw, and how to work it. Today's is in the app, free to start.