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BlueWaterMike
January 25th, 2009, 09:39 AM
I drove down to Jackson this week and might be doing it alot. Thinking of bringing some rods but wondered about good spots to fish in the area? Ross Barnett is right here but is that the best spot?
Jay Martin
January 25th, 2009, 11:21 AM
I lived in Jackson several years ago and my brother and I fished at Ross Barnet, be careful out in the middle there are some places that get real shallow and stumpy. I would go to the north end and launch there, it has lots of good cut's to fish, lot of B.A.S.S tournaments have been won there from what I have been told.
iceman555
January 26th, 2009, 06:10 AM
I have to agree with Fast-J I have fished some of those tournaments on Ross B! Inside deep bends in the main channel hold large numbers of spotted bass(not huge but you find the right hole and you can catch 50). Some of the cuts in the lily pads are as deep as 12-15 feet deep and hold tons of bucket heads! Going north most of the deeper cuts are on the right side of the channel. Also watch the gators!
Jay Martin
January 26th, 2009, 09:10 PM
Yea!!!!! It's full of gators, they have gators hunts to try and thin them out.
lilmule
January 26th, 2009, 10:18 PM
Wouldnt it be nice to invite all banned fishermen to participate in a T there,all they have to do is swim three laps around it,to be able to qualify to enter.
They might however wonder about those boats about them chumming.
Yeah I know im evil.Id be one of those chumming.And calling my dog hear boy comein get it.
Dont you just love gods creatures
Jay Martin
January 27th, 2009, 06:59 PM
Whats so wild is when they hunt these gators they use rod and reels to bring them in:eek:...
lilmule
January 27th, 2009, 07:17 PM
yes check out u tube videos ,I thought it was a joke at first
must use gator line
BlueWaterMike
January 27th, 2009, 09:10 PM
Gators? Holy Crap!!! I had no idea there were gators in there, I have driven over that spillway a hundred times.
Jay Martin
January 28th, 2009, 06:29 AM
Just stay in your boat and you should be fine. I have delt with a few around here over the years and they keep a distance between you and him.
I had one come upside the boat one year but it was 44 degrees outside, he had no business being out, he could barely move he was so cold, was about a 10 footer, touched him with my rod tip, didn't even phase him!
BlueWaterMike
January 29th, 2009, 06:44 PM
I did not know they were that far north. And big ones no less. I also had no idea there were spotted bass in Ross Barnett, what river runs through there? I am assuming the spots were there when it got damned up?
Jay Martin
January 29th, 2009, 08:51 PM
Don' t know that kind of history of the reservoir but the name of the river is Pearl.
iceman555
January 30th, 2009, 05:54 AM
The Ross Barnett reservoir was initiated in1960 and completed in 1965. It as a average depth of 8 feet. If you go north on RB following the Pearl river run! That is where you will find lots of big bass! The spots are there from the pearl when she ran through there. The pearl was 30-50 ft deep in places. and you can still find 30 foot holes to fish!
Spots make up about 10% of the bass in RB but the further you go north their percentage grows.By this I mean that a major portion of the spots hold in the deeper water along the old river run at the north end of RB. If you want to fish spots I know the baits and colors!
BlueWaterMike
January 30th, 2009, 07:30 AM
Iceman, that is awesome and thanks for the info. I will be in touch when I am ready to hit that lake.
iceman555
January 30th, 2009, 07:35 AM
Iceman, that is awesome and thanks for the info. I will be in touch when I am ready to hit that lake.

No problem Glad I was able to help!