Fishing near Pearl, MS
Sitting in Rankin County with the Pearl River running right through town, Pearl sits a short drive from the region's marquee water: Ross Barnett Reservoir, a 33,000-acre impoundment of the Pearl about 6 miles northeast of Jackson. 'The Rez' is known nationally for crappie, with strong largemouth bass, bluegill, and catfish, while the Pearl below the dam adds river fishing for bass, bream, catfish, gar, and bowfin.
Top waters to fish near Pearl
Pearl River
Yazoo River
Leaf River
Mississippi River
Bouie River
Ross R Barnett Reservoir
Lake Dockery
Lake Castle
Pelahatchie Creek
Neely Creek
Species & education
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Alabama Shad
Alosa alabamae
Alligator Gar
Atractosteus spatula
American Eel
Anguilla rostrata
Atlantic Sturgeon
Acipenser oxyrinchus
Bigmouth Buffalo
Ictiobus cyprinellus
Black Buffalo
Ictiobus niger
Black Bullhead
Ameiurus melas
Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Blue Catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
Bluegill Sunfish
Lepomis macrochirus
Bowfin
Amia calva
Chain Pickerel
Esox niger
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
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