Photo courtesy of MDWFP
With the arrival of summertime, more Mississippians will be out fishing, and the Department of Wildlife has restocked five lakes across the state with largemouth bass.
Bay Springs Lake in Northeast Mississippi was stocked with approximately 110,000 Florida-strain largemouth bass.
Moon Lake in Coahoma County and Bee Lake in Holmes County received over 50,000 fingerling northern largemouth bass.
Lake Mary Crawford in Lawrence County was stocked with 2,600 bass.
Florewood River Plantation Lake, located near Greenwood, enrolled in MDWFP’s Community Fishing Assistance Program and was stocked with 250 largemouth bass.