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Vicksburg, United States 🇺🇸

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Planning your next fishing trip in Vicksburg, United States ? Today is a average day for fishing. Our comprehensive fishing almanac combines our popular solunar tables, moon times, sunrise and sunset times, and a 7-day fishing calendar so you always know the best fishing times in your area. We analyse major and minor solunar bite times, rate each day on a five-star scale, and pair it with localized weather forecasts so you can quickly tell whether today is a good day to fish without juggling multiple tabs. Be sure to bookmark this page so you never miss a bite. view bite times...

  • Check our unique Solunar Clock for precise solunar tables and the best moon phases.
  • Use the forecast calendar section to sync bite times with major weather changes.
  • Analyze the forecasted weather conditions, such as wind, barometric pressure and rain to plan your fishing session.
  • Jump to the 7-Day Fishing Calendar for an extended fishing forecast, then explore nearby fishing spots on the interactive map.

Vicksburg, Mississippi offers diverse fishing on the legendary Mississippi River and its backwaters, plus nearby lakes and oxbows loaded with bass, crappie, catfish, and bream. Anglers around Vicksburg target everything from trophy blue catfish in the main river channel to slab crappie and chunky largemouths in protected sloughs and bayous. With current-swept structure, flooded timber, and quiet backwater pockets, Vicksburg fishing delivers year-round action for boat, bank, and kayak anglers. read more...

Sun and Moon Times

The sun will be at it's highest point at . Today we have 14:13 hours of daylight. For shallow water fishing the twilight periods are often the most productive fishing times, especially on days when a major or minor time will coincide with twilight. In low light conditions predators have better cover for their ambush and often hunt in shallow water.
  • Nautical Twilight begins:
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  • Visibility:
    84%
  • Waning Gibbous - 84% illuminated Waning Gibbous
Next New Moon in ~11 days on 14th June
  • Distance to earth:
    399,539 km
    Proximity:
    14.5 %
We can compare the current moon distance to it's minimum and maximum distance from earth and express that as proximity. A high proximity means the moon is closer to earth. At 50% it would be at it's mean distance. A high proximity causes big tides, currents and has a direct effect on increased bite times. A proximity greater than 90% indicates a super moon.
Moon Phases for Vicksburg
Full Moon
Sun, 31 May
New Moon
Sun, 14 Jun
Full Moon
Mon, 29 Jun

Solunar Bite Times

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Best fishing times:
  • major Time:
    03:14 am - 05:14 am
  • minor Time:
    08:22 am - 10:22 am
  • major Time:
    03:34 pm - 05:34 pm
  • minor Time:
    10:47 pm - 12:47 am
All times are displayed in the America/Chicago timezone and are automatically adjusted to daylight savings. The current timezone offset is -5 hours. Green and yellow areas indicate the best fishing times (major and minor). The center shows the current moon phase which is a Waning Gibbous at 84% lumination. According to the Solunar Theory, today is a average day for fishing, but you need to cross check this with the current weather forecast for a final decision. The next best fishing time ( ) starts in -2 hour and -18 minute. The gray time indicator displays the current local time.
America/Chicago • Thu, 4 Jun 01:55 • 32.353, -90.878
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Current Fishing Weather

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7 Day Fishing Weather

The weather plays an important role in fishing. Wind strenght and direction often determine where you can fish and where fish might be holding. Although high pressure is usually good for fishing, steep pressure changes often trigger feeding frenzies and are great times for fishing. Of course temperature has also a strong effect on fishing and comfort on the water. So make sure to cross check the weather forecast with the solunar fishing times to determine the best times to go fishing. The graph below shows you the 3 hourly weather progression over the next 7 days. Scroll the graph left or right to see more.
Selected Weather Station: Vicksburg, US
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7 Day Fishing Forecast Calendar
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*bold times indicate best fishing times around sunrise or sunset

Fishing Overview Vicksburg

Fishing around Vicksburg, MS is built around the Mississippi River and its network of oxbows, barrow pits, and flooded timber sloughs. The big river holds trophy catfish and multi-species action in heavy current, while nearby backwaters and lakes provide classic southern bass, crappie, and bream fishing with more manageable conditions.

Seasonally, patterns shift with river level and water temperature. In late winter and early spring, rising water pushes fish into backwaters, side channels, and flooded timber. Crappie and bream stage along submerged brush and treetops just off the river, while pre-spawn largemouths slide into warmer, quieter pockets. As spring progresses, target the mouths of bayous and cuts off the main river—these transition zones can load up with crappie and bass feeding on shad and minnows washed in from the current.

By summer, much of the best fishing around Vicksburg centers on deeper structure and current breaks. Catfish anglers focus on ledges, outside bends, and scour holes near the main channel, especially where rock revetments or wing dikes create eddies. Bass and white bass hold around riprap, barge tie-offs, and submerged timber in secondary channels. Early and late in the day, work shallow sandbars and points with topwaters and moving baits; shift deeper with jigs and soft plastics as the sun climbs.

Habitat variety is a major advantage here. The main Mississippi River offers deep channels, rock banks, and sandbars, while adjacent oxbows and borrow pits feature still water, brush, and lily pads. In backwaters, focus on any wood: stumps, laydowns, and treetops. In the river, current seams, eddies behind wing dikes, and the downstream side of islands are high-percentage areas. When the river is high, fish push tight to shoreline cover; as it falls, follow them back to the first significant drop or channel edge.

Common techniques around Vicksburg are straightforward but very location-specific:

  • Catfish: Target blues and channels with cut shad, skipjack, or shiners on slip-sinker rigs in 20–50 feet of water along channel bends, drops, and outside revetments. Drift or bump baits downstream to cover water, or anchor just above a ledge and present baits on the edge of current.
  • Crappie: In oxbows and calm sloughs, vertical jig or spider-rig with minnows around submerged brush and treetops. When the water is stained, use bright tube jigs; in clearer water, natural shad and monkey milk colors excel.
  • Bass: Work crankbaits, spinnerbaits, and Texas-rigged plastics along riprap, barge walls, and laydowns in side channels. In backwaters with vegetation, frogs, buzzbaits, and swim jigs are productive, especially at dawn and dusk.
  • Bream: Fish crickets or red worms under a small float along weed edges, cypress knees, and shallow brush. Once you locate a bedding area in late spring or early summer, you can quickly put together a mess of bluegill and redear.

Tactical tip for Vicksburg’s big water: Always read the current. Fish set up where they can hold out of the heaviest flow but still access food drifting by. Look for subtle current seams, boils, and color changes on the surface, then position your boat just upstream and present baits naturally downstream into those breaks.

Interactive Fishing Map for the greater Vicksburg area

Beaches and Bays are ideal places for land-based fishing. If the beach is shallow and the water is clear then twilight times are usually the best times, especially when they coincide with a major or minor fishing time. Often the points on either side of a beach are the best spots. Or if the beach is large then look for irregularities in the breaking waves, indicating sandbanks and holes. We found 11 beaches and bays in this area.

Glass Bayou - 0.50901699608km , Hatcher Bayou - 6.90269763447km , Stouts Bayou - 7.25611285932km , Indian Camp Lake - 7.41534424596km , Chickasaw Bayou Dam - 8.36113537139km , Wilton Bayou - 8.4055372792km , Willow Bayou - 9.52948349991km , Chickasaw Bayou - 10.16489713971km , Steele Bayou - 10.73054406812km , Wren Bayou - 11.07511533382km , Cooks Bayou - 11.96649076985km

We found a total of 40 potential fishing spots nearby Vicksburg. Below you can find them organized on a map. Points, Headlands, Reefs, Islands, Channels, etc can all be productive fishing spots. As these are user submitted spots, there might be some errors in the exact location. You also need to cross check local fishing regulations. Some of the spots might be in or around marine reserves or other locations that cannot be fished. If you click on a location marker it will bring up some details and a quick link to google search, satellite maps and fishing times. Tip: Click/Tap on a new area to load more fishing spots.

Glass Bayou - 0.50901699608km , De Soto Island - 1.06558446385km , Centennial Lake - 1.8420342531km , Mint Spring Branch - 2.18663276859km , Yazoo River - 2.64636700232km , McNutt Lake - 4.95174504856km , Strong Lake Dam - 5.81231468266km , Waterways Experiment Station Dam - 6.07245234169km , Shiloh Creek - 6.32918542244km , Little Flat Lake - 6.35893683138km , Durden Creek - 6.8108967057km , Hatcher Bayou - 6.90269763447km , Scotts Lake - 6.90421215039km , Stouts Bayou - 7.25611285932km , Indian Camp Lake - 7.41534424596km , Lake Forest Dam - 8.0791875091km , Chickasaw Bayou Dam - 8.36113537139km , Wilton Bayou - 8.4055372792km , Thompson Lake - 8.80385599437km , Latham Lake Dam - 8.80867079893km , Whteman Lake - 8.91439596943km , Boat Slough - 9.11661106629km , Fish Lake - 9.15356312199km , Brabston Lake Dam - 9.52616687659km , Willow Bayou - 9.52948349991km , Scott Lake Dam - 9.64056591708km , Chickasaw Bayou - 10.16489713971km , Openwood Plantation Lake Dam - 10.33806645733km , Steele Bayou - 10.73054406812km , False River (historical) - 10.74207652465km , Wren Bayou - 11.07511533382km , Paw Paw Chute - 11.12773021091km , Paw Paw Chute - 11.8459210985km , Cooks Bayou - 11.96649076985km , Lake Park Dam - 12.11256347706km , Goose Lake - 12.52485961339km , Southall Lake Dam - 12.62266489875km , Evan S Recreation Pond Dam - 12.84899292995km , Warrenton Heights Recreation Lake Dam - 13.0567404365km , Bliss Creek - 13.08927088416km

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