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Lake Ferguson Fishing Report

Updated Mon, Sep 14, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Greenville’s oxbow: Lake Ferguson holds crappie, bass and big catfish off the Mississippi.

2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Water temp
~84 F est.
Air / High
93 / 98 F
Wind
W 1 mph

Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Monday
14
September 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

2/5Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Lake Ferguson locks in another hot, bright day: the fish know the drill and so should you. Today brings clear skies, wind W around 1 mph, steady pressure near 1017 hPa and a high of 98. Water sits around 84 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing crescent, the solunar majors run 1:11 AM-3:11 AM and 1:11 PM-3:11 PM: plan around them and beat the heat.

The plan, species by species

Catfish (blue, channel)Good

Anchor on 20-30 ft baited holes with punch bait or cut shad. They keep biting through the heat when everything else quits.

Largemouth bassFair

Topwater at first light on points and seawalls, then slide out to 12-25 ft brush and points with a Carolina rig, deep crank or drop shot. The bite is dawn, dusk or deep.

White bassFair

Early schooling action over humps; slabs and small spinners under the birds.

CrappieSlow

Straight down on bridge pilings and deep brush at 15-25 ft. Minnows outfish jigs in hot water; move until the graph shows them stacked.

Tomorrow: Similar at 100 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Tue, Sep 15, 6:30 AMHow this report is made →

Water and weather

Live readings.

No live gauge on this water

Conditions here are modeled from weather, season and the nearest stations. Water readings appear when a USGS gauge is available.

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovSep, ~84 F now

Right now

Latest readings

Air temp93 F
High / Low98 / 74 F
WindW 1-2 mph
Pressure1017.3 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 18%
Sunrise / Sunset06:47 / 19:11
MoonWaxing Crescent, 8%
Water temp (seasonal)~84 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

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Next 7 days

Tap a day for the detailed outlook.

Mon Sep 14 · Overcast, 98/74 F, wind 7 mph, rain 18%

Fair or better. Calm and stable: plan around the solunar majors at dawn and dusk.

Species guide

The species that matter on Lake Ferguson: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Largemouth bass illustration

Largemouth bass

Best: spring and fall

The headline act on most American reservoirs. Relates to cover: docks, brush, grass edges and points. Topwater at first light on points and seawalls, then slide out to 12-25 ft brush and points with a Carolina rig, deep crank or drop shot. The bite is dawn, dusk or deep.

Crappie illustration

Crappie

Best: Nov-Mar

Brush piles, bridge pilings and standing timber. The fish fry favorite. Straight down on bridge pilings and deep brush at 15-25 ft. Minnows outfish jigs in hot water; move until the graph shows them stacked.

Catfish (blue, channel) illustration

Catfish (blue, channel)

Good year-round

The most reliable bite on most southern waters. Blues run big; channels fill the cooler. Anchor on 20-30 ft baited holes with punch bait or cut shad. They keep biting through the heat when everything else quits.

White bass illustration

White bass

Best: Mar-May run

River-run spawners and open-water schoolers. Fast limits when you find them. Early schooling action over humps; slabs and small spinners under the birds.

When to come: the Lake Ferguson calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Largemouth bass
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Catfish (blue, channel)
White bass
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 84 F (estimated, not a reading).

5060708090JanMarMayJulSepNovSep, ~84 F now

Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

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Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Sun, Sep 13

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Catfish (blue, channel) led the card at excellent. High of 97 F, wind to 7 mph.

Sat, Sep 12

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Catfish (blue, channel) led the card at excellent. High of 97 F, wind to 9 mph.

Fri, Sep 11

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Catfish (blue, channel) led the card at excellent. High of 93 F, wind to 9 mph.

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Before you go

License

Mississippi requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Mississippi license. Crappie, bass and catfish limits per current MDWFP regulations.

Access

Public ramps and shoreline access at Greenville; harbor area open to boats with care.

About this water

A Mississippi River oxbow at Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi, connected at the lower end.

Fishing Lake Ferguson: the full guide

An oxbow off the big river

Lake Ferguson lies at Greenville, Mississippi, an oxbow of the Mississippi River still connected to it at the lower end, which means river stage governs everything here. It holds crappie, largemouth bass, blue and flathead catfish, white bass and bream, and it doubles as the Greenville harbor with barge traffic through part of it.

River stage rules the fishing

When the Mississippi rises, water and fish push into the lake and the fishing scatters; when it falls, the lake clears and fish concentrate. Learning to read the stage forecast is the single most useful skill on this water. Falling and stable water after a rise is usually the best window.

Crappie, bass and catfish

Crappie hold the wood, the riprap and any brush, best in spring and again in fall on jigs and minnows. Largemouth work the same cover plus the bank riprap. Blue and flathead catfish grow very large in the connected water and are taken on cut and live bait in the deeper holes, often at night.

Washington County logistics

Public ramps serve the lake at Greenville, with the harbor area accessible and bank fishing available along parts of the shoreline. Greenville provides full services. Watch for commercial barge traffic in the harbor channel, which has right of way and moves faster than it looks.

Common questions

Why does river stage matter?

The lake connects to the Mississippi: rising water scatters fish, falling and stable water concentrates them.

Are the catfish big?

Yes: blue and flathead catfish grow very large in water connected to the main river.

Is there barge traffic?

Yes, in the harbor channel: commercial traffic has right of way and moves faster than it appears.

Is fishing good at Lake Ferguson right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Nearby waters

Lake Chicot9 miLake Washington18 miWhite River40 miEagle Lake60 miBig Black River72 miGrenada Lake81 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 33.3800, -91.0600 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
Written and reviewed by a person against the sources above. Errors are published in the verification log, not quietly corrected.

Readings refresh on a 30-minute window. The full method, with every figure and its source, is on how our reports are made. Something wrong here? Tell us and it goes in the log with the date.

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