Tunica Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Paddlefish, River Carpsucker
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Paddlefish, River Carpsucker, White Bass, Bluegill, Warmouth, Flier
The lake
Tunica Lake covers 3,766 acres in Arkansas, across Lee County. It is a lake: 92% of it is 22 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 27 feet (8.2 m). Our records hold 20 species for this water. 47% of the water lies in Mississippi.
7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Paddlefish — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- River Carpsucker — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- White Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Warmouth — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Flier — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Also recorded here: Channel Catfish, Chain Pickerel, Sauger, White Crappie, Longear Sunfish, Yellow Bullhead, Silver Carp, Grass Carp, Tadpole Madtom, Gizzard Shad, Threadfin Shad, Western Mosquitofish, Inland Silverside.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 27 ft (8.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92% of the water is 22 feet or shallower. We hold 134 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 7.7% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 11.7% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 17.7% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 10.8% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 11.6% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 11.1% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 4.2% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 2.9% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 2.4% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 2.6% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 1.9% of the water
- 26–27 ft: 3.6% of the water
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 82°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 73°F and the warmest is 94°F; the warmest monthly average is 92°F. pH averages 7.6. These readings span 2025.
What is hard here
Summer water sits at 92°F: heat and afternoon lightning are the real risks, not the fishing.
Where this data comes from
- Mississippi Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks — Mississippi Dept. of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
