Best Fishing Times in Mississippi This Week

Q: What are the solunar times in Mississippi this week?

The table above shows the next 7 days for Grenada, Biloxi and Sardis, with each day's major and minor periods, sunrise and sunset, and a rating from Fair to Best. For your own spot, enter a ZIP on the best fishing times page.

Q: Do I need a fishing license in Mississippi?

The Mississippi fishing license page has what a resident and nonresident license costs and where to buy one, read from the state's own regulations.

Q: Do tides matter for fishing in Mississippi?

On the coast, often as much as the moon windows. The Mississippi tide charts page has high and low tide for every station, so you can line a moving tide up with a window here.

Q: Does the moon really affect fishing?

The solunar windows are the old angler's rule, and the studies are mixed. Dawn and dusk are the reliable part: fish feed in low light. So each day here is rated on the moon phase and on whether a moon window meets sunrise or sunset, with the weather as a smaller nudge.

Q: Is today a good day to fish in Mississippi?

Each town's card above rates today Fair, Good, Great or Best. The rating adds up the moon phase, whether a moon window meets sunrise or sunset, and the National Weather Service forecast for that town: pressure, fronts, wind, rain, cloud and thunder. A Fair day still has its dawn and dusk.

Near Grenada, Biloxi and Sardis: today on a 24 hour timeline and the next seven days rated Fair to Best.

Working out the moon and the sun for Grenada, MS, and reading the forecast.

Fishing somewhere else? Enter any ZIP for your own spot

Photo: “Fall fishing on the Madison River at sunrise”, Jacob W. Frank, Yellowstone National Park (NPS), Public domain

Mississippi at a glance

Solunar windows plus the agency calendar

Towns rated this week

Grenada, Biloxi and Sardis

Solunar windows a day

two majors, two minors, set against sunrise and sunset

Dated entries from the agency

Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks

Fish the calendar names

crappie, bream and largemouth bass

The fishing year

When fish bite in Mississippi

Mississippi's fishing year turns on crappie, caught below the Sardis spillway in winter and early spring and along shoreline cover in spring, with bream best before each full moon from spring through summer.

Each entry below is from Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks or its published guides, quoted word for word and linked. Line the season up with the week above: a run in its prime and a Great day with a window at first light is the morning to take off.

Winter and early spring
Crappie
Below the Sardis spillway, crappie are caught mostly in winter and early spring, depending on reservoir releases.
“Crappie in the spillway are dependent on reservoir releases and are caught mostly in winter and early spring; catfish are more common in summer.”
Sardis Reservoir 2026 Reel Facts, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, read October 9, 2026
Spring
Crappie
At Sardis Reservoir in spring, target crappie along shoreline cover in creek arms and coves.
“Target shoreline cover in spring in creek arms and coves.”
Sardis Reservoir 2026 Reel Facts, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, read October 9, 2026
Spring through summer
Bream
On south region state lakes, bream fishing is best just before each full moon from spring through summer.
“Bream fishing will be picking up on our south region state lakes, being best just before every full moon this spring through the summer.”
2026 Fishing Forecasts for Mississippi Lakes, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, read October 9, 2026
Spring to fall
Largemouth bass
At Sardis, bass hold on cover in coves in spring, main reservoir points in summer and tributaries in fall.
“Target cover in coves in spring, main reservoir points in summer, and tributaries in fall.”
Sardis Reservoir 2026 Reel Facts, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, read October 9, 2026

Before you go

License and tides in Mississippi

Mississippi fishing licenseWhat a license costs and where to buy one.Mississippi tide chartsHigh and low tide for every station.Mississippi daylightSunrise, sunset and day length all year.

How the days are rated

Reading the Mississippi timeline

Each day has two major solunar periods of about two hours, centered on the moon overhead and underfoot, and two minor periods of about an hour at moonrise and moonset. A window within an hour of sunrise or sunset is marked in gold. The rating adds the moon phase, the gold windows and a capped nudge from the National Weather Service forecast for each town. Every factor and its points.

Dawn and dusk are the reliable part; the moon windows are the old angler’s rule.

Surf anglers casting from a sandy beach under a clear blue sky, with the black and white spiral of the Cape Hatteras lighthouse behind them — Shore anglers on Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina. On a bright summer day the Missouri Department of Conservation notes that heat sends fish deeper, so the light windows at either end of the day carry more of the weight. “Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina: Shore anglers”, NPS staff (NPGallery), Public domain

Mississippi fishing times questions

When is the best time to fish in Mississippi?

What are the solunar times in Mississippi this week?

When do crappie bite in Mississippi?

When do bream bite in Mississippi?

Do I need a fishing license in Mississippi?

Do tides matter for fishing in Mississippi?

Does the moon really affect fishing?

Is today a good day to fish in Mississippi?

Mississippi at a glance

When fish bite in Mississippi

Crappie

Crappie

Bream

Largemouth bass

License and tides in Mississippi

Reading the Mississippi timeline

Mississippi fishing times questions

Best fishing times in other states