56 Mississippi Sportsman^ | April 2015
Grenada Lake
Slab state
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Grenada Lake is only five miles east of I-55 from the City of
Grenada on Mississippi Highway 8. The infrastructure of the lake
includes 35,820 acres of water surface at normal water levels.
This reservoir has 12 boat ramps available, all concrete with
asphalt overlay in very good condition. Adjacent parking
areas are ample enough for numerous big trucks with trailers.
Security should not be an issue either. The Corps has done this
facility right, which is another reason it remains so popular.
Grenada Lake’s moniker “Home of the 3-Pound Crappie” is
well deserved. Highly successful angler Ronnie Capps caught
seven crappie on Grenada over three pounds each in five days
of fishing. The heaviest one was a 3.66-pound whopper.
Favorite lures on Grenada include jigs in the main colors of
pink or a black with chartreuse, with or without added min-
now chasers. Silver shiner minnows work well, too, when the
slabs are hungry and hitting hard.
Don’t go fishing on Grenada without some fresh minnows in
the bucket.
“The most-popular areas to drop a jig on Grenada Lake are the
creeks flowing into the lake,” said B’n’M Poles Pro Team angler
Steve Coleman of Tiptonville, Tenn. “The best ones go by the
names of Redgrass, Wolf, Perry, and Turkey Creek. If I don’t hit
slabs in one area, then I will move through the others. It is rare
not to connect on crappie in these traditional hotspots.”
On the shore of Grenada Lake is Hugh White State Park with
all the amenities one would expect of a quality state-operated
facility. A lot of out-of-state fishermen will stay at the park to
be close at hand to the fishing.
You can contact the park for information or reservations at
662-226-4934 or check out the state parks web site at http://www.
mdwfp.com.
During prespawn on any large reservoir, Steve Coleman works his
way shallow to find where the bigger females are staging between
their winter depths and the spring spawning areas in the shallows.