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Fishing regulations in Mississippi can change throughout the year. Make sure to check this page before fishing for the most up to date rules and regulations for the current season. Local regulations govern when you can fish, the max size of the fish you can keep, how many fish you can keep, and more.
Below you will see fishing regulations for catching White crappie as of May 14th, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.
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Bag limit
The following waterbodies have modified size and creel limits for crappie (combined black crappie and white crappie):
Arkabutla Lake; Tate County: 12-inch minimum size; creel limit = 15 crappie;
Charlie Capps WMA Lake; Bolivar County: no minimum size; creel limit = 20 crappie;
Eagle Lake; Warren County: 11-inch minimum size; creel limit = 30 crappie;
Enid Lake; Yalobusha, Lafayette, and Panola Counties: 12-inch minimum size; creel limit = 15 crappie;
Grenada Lake; Grenada, Calhoun and Yalobusha Counties: 12-inch minimum size; creel limit = 15 crappie;
Lake Okhissa; Franklin County: 10-inch minimum size; creel limit = 10 crappie;
Lake Washington; Washington County: 11-inch minimum size; creel limit = 30 crappie;
Lake Monroe; Monroe County: no minimum size; creel limit = 20 crappie;
Lake Mary Crawford; Lawrence County: no minimum size; creel limit = 15 crappie;
Choctaw Lake; Choctaw County: 12-inch minimum size; creel limit = 10 crappie;
Moon Lake; Coahoma County: 10-inch minimum size; creel limit = 30 crappie;
Pickwick & Tenn-Tom Waterway (including all tributaries) Pickwick Lake to Aliceville Lock & Dam: 9-inch minimum size; creel limit = 30 crappie;
Percy Quin State Park; Pike County: no minimum size; creel limit = 20 crappie;
Sardis Lake; Lafayette, Marshall, and Panola Counties: 12-inch minimum size; creel limit = 15 crappie;
Spillways of Arkabutla To Prichard Road Bridge, Enid To I-55, Grenada To Hwy. 51, Sardis and Sardis Lower Lake To Spaulding Creek: no minimum size; creel limit = 15 crappie;
Trace State Park; Lee County: no minimum size; creel limit = 20 crappie.
Creel limits for black bass, bream, crappie, striped bass, and striped bass hybrids in waters touched by the state boundary (border waters) shall be that of the adjacent state, or the Mississippi limit, whichever is greater.
Black Crappie, Pomoxis, Pomoxis annularis, Pomoxis nigromaculatus, White Crappie
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