Fishing Report

Lake Mike Conner - 8/13/2019 10:36:52 AM

Lake Mike Conner is a 79 acre lake located in Covington County, 5 miles west of Collins off Hwy 84. It is well stocked with Florida Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Shell Cracker (Red Ear Sunfish), Crappie, and Channel Catfish. Lake Mike Conner is checked regularly by biologists for restocking needs and fertilized yearly.  For information about Lake Mike Conner, please call (601) 765-4024.

Statewide creel regulations apply on all species except catfish.

Bass: 10/day  Bream: 100/day  Crappie: 30/day  Catfish: 10/day

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks Fisheries Biologists use various sampling methods to assess the fish populations in the State’s waters.   Sampling results for selected water bodies are summarized in Reel Facts Sheets. 

Lake Mike Conner Depth Map

 

Fishing Report 

Temperature: 89°     Visibility: 36"

Bass

Bass in the 3/4-1 pound range are being caught using silver or blue rattletraps near structure.  They are also biting well in deep waters on dark colored plastic worms.  

Bream

Bream have been biting well on worms fished near bed in the late afternoon.  Target vegetation edges in late afternoons with live crickets as well.

Crappie

Crappie have been biting near the valve on live fathead minnows. 

Catfish

Catfish are starting to bite well on livers or stinkbait fished on the bottom near structure.

 

New fish attractors were added at this lake to improve fish habitat.  The brushpiles were added in various depths, but most are located in 3 - 6 ft. of water.  Five brushpiles were sunk on the levee in 15 - 20 ft.  Below are GPS coordinates for some of the sites.  Be sure your GPS is reading decimal degrees (shown below) and not degrees-minutes-seconds when locating these  attractors.

GPS coordinates:                                                                                                31.57523N   -89.64664W                                                                                                    

31.57522N   -89.64683W                                                                                    

31.57488N   -89.64728W                                                                                      

31.57464N   -89.64788W                                                                                      

31.57520N   -89.65256W                                                                                        

31.57496N   -89.65248W                                                                                          

31.57520N   -89.65196W                                                                                       

31.57526N   -89.64890W                                                                                      

31.57520N   -89.64887W                                                                                      

31.57722N   -89.65160W                                                                                      

31.57689N   -89.65116W                                                                                      

31.57497N   -89.65134W                                                                                       

31.57489N   -89.65144W                                                                                         

31.57251N   -89.65022W                                                                                      

31.57206N   -89.64914W