BASSHAWK/LAKES/MISSISSIPPI/OKATIBBEE LAKE

Okatibbee Lake Fishing Report

Meridian's Corps flood-control lake where frogs over the upper-lake grass and crankbaits on the dam riprap win 20-pound sacks
Mississippi~3,500 acresMAX DEPTH 30 FTCLARITY A CLAY-BANKED FLOOD-CONTROL LAKE THAT STAINS QUICKLY: THE UPPER OKATIBBEE CREEK AND GIN CREEK ARMS RUN MUDDY AFTER HEAVY RAIN WHILE THE LOWER MAIN LAKE AND DAM END STAY CLEARER, AND THE GRASS-FILLED MINNOW-POND COVES ON THE EAST SIDE FILTER THE CLEAREST WATER.IMPOUNDED 1968

Today's fishing report for Okatibbee Lake, Mississippi: live water temperature, pool level, and a bite score for today — refreshed every morning. Okatibbee 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 Okatibbee Lake ranks in Mississippi today

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

Species

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

On BassHawk

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

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.

Getting on the water

Collinsville
Gin Creek
Okatibbee Reservoir W Bank
Pat Harrison Water Park #1
Pat Harrison Water Park #2
Pine Springs
Twiddley Branch Campground (marina)

Common questions

Is the bite good on Okatibbee Lake today?

Today's bite outlook for Okatibbee 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 Okatibbee Lake?

Largemouth on Okatibbee 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 Okatibbee Lake?

Okatibbee Lake runs to about 30 ft at its deepest, across ~3,500 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 Okatibbee Lake?

Okatibbee Lake has 6 public boat ramps mapped on BassHawk plus 1 marina. The ramps are Collinsville, Gin Creek, Okatibbee Reservoir W Bank, Pat Harrison Water Park #1, Pat Harrison Water Park #2, and 1 more. Every trip plan starts from the ramp you pick and routes the day from there.

What fish are in Okatibbee Lake?

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

Does BassHawk have a daily fishing report for Okatibbee Lake?

Yes. Okatibbee 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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