Eagle Lake Fishing Report

A 4,700-acre Mississippi River oxbow north of Vicksburg where Florida-strain bass hold on south-bank piers, cypress islands and a 27-foot outside bend.
Mississippi~4,700 acresMAX DEPTH 27 FTCLARITY NORMALLY A FERTILE, LIGHTLY STAINED TO CLEAR AQUA-GREEN OXBOW (ANGLERS DESCRIBE CLEAR, AQUA-COLORED WATER THAT MAKES FISH WARY); IT MUDDIES WHEN THE CORPS OPENS THE MUDDY BAYOU GATES TO PASS YAZOO BACKWATER WATER IN OR OUT, AND TURNED TURBID FOR MONTHS AFTER THE 2011, 2019 AND 2020 BACKWATER FLOODS. THE SHALLOW BUCK CHUTE END AND THE MUDDY BAYOU CHANNEL STAIN FIRST; THE DEEP SOUTH-BANK BEND CLEARS FIRST.IMPOUNDED 1866

Today's fishing report for Eagle Lake, Mississippi: live water temperature, pool level, and a bite score for today — refreshed every morning. Eagle Lake gets a fresh BassHawk guide report every day — areas, baits, and an hour-by-hour game plan.

TODAY'S BITE97PRIMEpeak for today, out of 100modeled from this morning's forecast

How the bite score is built · Where Eagle Lake ranks in Mississippi today

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Eagle Lake shoreline — open the app for the full depth map

Species

largemouth bass · spotted bass · hybrid striped bass · white bass · yellow bass · white crappie · black crappie · bluegill · redear sunfish · longear sunfish · warmouth · channel catfish · blue catfish · flathead catfish

On BassHawk

Everything below points at one goal — finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth bass on Eagle Lake.

Sunk habitat

9 state-placed brush piles and habitat sites on Eagle Lake, marked on the map with the depth each sits in.

TYPESITESDEPTH
Fish Attractor98–17 ft

Exact coordinates for every site are in the app.

Getting on the water

Eagle Lake Landing

Common questions

Is the bite good on Eagle Lake today?

Today's bite outlook for Eagle Lake peaks at 97 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 Eagle Lake?

Largemouth on Eagle 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.

How deep is Eagle Lake?

Eagle Lake runs to about 27 ft at its deepest, across ~4,700 acres. BassHawk carries survey-grade depth contours for the whole lake, with labels that adjust to today's pool level, so the number on the contour is the depth you will actually see on the graph.

Where can you launch a boat on Eagle Lake?

Eagle Lake has 1 public boat ramp mapped on BassHawk. The ramps are Eagle Lake Landing. Every trip plan starts from the ramp you pick and routes the day from there.

Are there brush piles or fish attractors on Eagle Lake?

Yes — 9 state-placed brush piles and habitat sites on Eagle Lake, each one marked on the BassHawk map with the depth it sits in. The counts and depth bands are on this page; the exact coordinates are in the app.

What fish are in Eagle Lake?

largemouth bass, spotted bass, hybrid striped bass, white bass, yellow bass, white crappie, black crappie, bluegill, redear sunfish, longear sunfish, warmouth, channel catfish, blue catfish, flathead catfish. BassHawk is built for largemouth bass specifically — every report, plan and layer is pointed at finding the most, and the biggest, largemouth in Eagle Lake.

Does BassHawk have a daily fishing report for Eagle Lake?

Yes. Eagle 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.

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