Moon Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Bigmouth Buffalo, Paddlefish
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Bigmouth Buffalo, Paddlefish, Bluegill, Warmouth, Green Sunfish, Longear Sunfish
The lake
Moon Lake covers 2,359 acres in Mississippi, across Coahoma County. It is a lake: 92.2% of it is 18 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 27 feet (8.2 m). Our records hold 24 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Bigmouth Buffalo — Feeding water: 70–80°F.
- Paddlefish — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Warmouth — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Green Sunfish — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
- Longear Sunfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Also recorded here: Channel Catfish, Spotted Gar, River Carpsucker, White Bass, White Crappie, Orangespotted Sunfish, Silver Carp, Yellow Bullhead, Tadpole Madtom, Emerald Shiner, Goldfish, Gizzard Shad, Golden Shiner, Brook Silverside, 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. 92.2% of the water is 18 feet or shallower. We hold 50 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 7.5% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 13.8% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 14.7% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 23.6% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 13.4% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 6.1% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 3.3% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 3.1% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 2.6% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 2.5% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 2.5% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 0.4% of the water
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 0.8–1.1 feet on our readings, averaging 0.9 feet, from 63 readings. Our water temperature readings average 77°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 36°F and the warmest is 92°F; the warmest monthly average is 89°F. pH averages 7.7. These readings span 2016–2018. The latest reading is from 2018, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.
What is hard here
Summer water sits at 89°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.
