Fishing near Meridian, MS

Sitting in Lauderdale County in southeast Mississippi, Meridian anchors a region built around warm-water fishing. The marquee draw is Okatibbee Reservoir, a 3,500-acre Corps of Engineers impoundment about 15 miles northwest near Collinsville, known for bass tournaments and channel-and-creek crappie. Float-fishing rivers like the Leaf and Chickasawhay add slow-water catfish and bass runs within an easy drive.

Top waters to fish near Meridian

Species & education

Learn what type of fish are in Meridian, Mississippi and what's needed to catch them.

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Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Blue Catfish

Ictalurus furcatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Channel Catfish

Ictalurus punctatus

Gizzard Shad

Dorosoma cepedianum

Largemouth Bass

Micropterus salmoides salmoides (northern largemouth bass), Micropterus salmoides floridanus (Florida largemouth bass)

Longear Sunfish

Lepomis megalotis

Redear Sunfish

Lepomis microlophus

Spotted Bass

Micropterus punctulatus

Spotted Sucker

Minytrema melanops

Threadfin Shad

Dorosoma petenense

Warmouth

Lepomis gulosus

White Crappie

Pomoxis annularis

Yellow Bullhead

Ameiurus natalis

Alabama Bass

Micropterus henshalli

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