Flower Lake fishing: Orangespotted Sunfish
Target species: Orangespotted Sunfish
The lake
Flower Lake covers 514 acres in Mississippi, across Tunica County. It is a lake: 96.3% of it is 8 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 22 feet (6.7 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 22 ft (6.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 96.3% of the water is 8 feet or shallower. We hold 15 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 25.2% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 19.6% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 42.6% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 8.9% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 2.7% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 1.2% of the water
The target fish: Orangespotted Sunfish
- Orangespotted Sunfish — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
Also recorded here: Gizzard Shad, Western Mosquitofish.
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 74°F and the warmest is 94°F; the warmest monthly average is 93°F. pH averages 7.1. These readings span 2025.
What is hard here
With 96.3% of the water 8 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. Summer water sits at 93°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.
