East Spillway

Pearl River

Brandon, Mississippi, United States

Pearl River just downstream from the Ross Barnett Reservoir Spillway dam. East side of the Pearl just upstream from where Pelahatchie Creek enters.

Location created by
Abby Braman

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Water low, some fishermen, sand bars and dead trees exposed, some egrets , several people digging for shellfish

25 Sep 09:50 by LeAnn Nealey

Flocks of egrets roosting in trees across the way; water cloudy, foamy (lg chunks of foam) large carp(?) surfacing, many fisherman

31 Aug 06:30 by LeAnn Nealey

Water very high, well over benchmark bush; many egrets (great and cattle) and great blue heron feeding; water was full of minnows

24 Aug 06:40 by LeAnn Nealey

River low, couple of egrets, herons

17 Aug 06:15 by LeAnn Nealey

Barely light, a few herons, water fairly high

10 Aug 06:05 by LeAnn Nealey

Water slightly up; Couple herons and great egrets, large alligator (10-12 feet) swimming downstream past us heading to sandbar on other side

03 Aug 06:00 by LeAnn Nealey

Water higher, many herons, some egrets, fish breaking surface

27 Jul 06:00 by LeAnn Nealey

River is as low as we’ve seen; 1 heron, 3 egrets; picked up 5 plastic grocery bags of garbage

20 Jul 06:00 by LeAnn Nealey

Water: adequate depth, but down quite a bit from last week,clear, no visible algae; swallows observed; fish breaking surface; more herons and egrets-appear to like it when more sand bar is exposed

13 Jul 06:00 by LeAnn Nealey

2 or 3 herons, 3 egrets; water level up; water very clear; fish jumping, dragonflies

06 Jul 06:10 by LeAnn Nealey