Clean your boat trailers! Giant Salvinia is a highly invasive floating aquatic plant that is present in this lake. Please remove all vegetation from your boat trailer before leaving the launch areas.
*Aliceville Lake is part of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway and is operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE). The MDWFP Fisheries Bureau manages the lake's fisheries resources and provides weekly fishing reports.
The second largest of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway lakes, Aliceville Lake is approximately 8,300 acres and 28 miles in length and extends from the Columbus Lock and Dam (Stennis Lock and Dam) tailrace to Aliceville Lock and Dam (Tom Bevill Lock and Dam).
Fishing Report
| Species | Detail | |
|---|---|---|
| Bass | Bass fishing is fair to good. Luxapalila Creek, which comes into the Aliceville pool on the upper end of the lake has been popular lately. Scattered grass beds are holding fish with the best baits being frogs, buzzbaits, weedless paddletail swimbaits and/or Texas-rigged plastics. Topwater bite can last into the day if overcast conditions are present. Depths will vary throughout the day. For anglers in Lowndes County, MS- West Lowndes Ramp has a tendency to accumulate debris after storms, and the pier is easily flooded. Keep that in mind if you are planning to launch a boat from there or fish the pier. | |
| Crappie | The crappie bite is fair. Our biologists found trophy-size crappie while winter sampling, which is promising for anglers this year. Contrasting colored jigs typically work better during dirty water conditions. Woody debris, stumps, or vegetation in about 4 -8 feet of water should be holding fish in this summer pattern. If you are finding fish but not getting bites, change up the presentations or colors. | |
| Catfish | Catfish anglers are having success and the bite is good. Most anglers are hitting the old river runs and around the navigation channel with trotlines and jugs. Tight lining cut/whole shad can produce bites, as well as stink bait and nightcrawlers. Hand grabbling season opened Thursday, May 1st in Mississippi and anglers are already having success with blues and flatheads. |
Giant salvinia is a highly invasive aquatic plant found throughout the Tenn-Tom Waterway. It is critical that anglers visiting the lake clean their boats and boat trailers to reduce the possibility of transferring this plant to other water bodies. Giant salvinia is extremely difficult to eradicate once it becomes established.
Aliceville Lake Special Regulations
Aliceville Lake Special Regulations
Creel and Size Limits
| Species | Lengths to Release | Daily Creel Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Crappie (combined white and black) | 9 inches and under | 30 per angler |
| Catfish | No Length Limit | 1 over 34 inches per angler, no creel limit under 34 inches |
Statewide creel and size limits apply to all other fish species
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