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Mississippi

Freshwater Fishing

Freshwater Fishing

Useful Phone Numbers

Beaver Problems/Animal Damage Control - USDA/WS - (662) 325-3014

Boat Registration/Titling - MDWFP - (601) 432-2055

Commercial Freshwater Fishing - Fisheries - (601) 432-2200

Commercial Quail Breeders’ Licenses - see the MDWFP Regional Offices phone numbers listed in Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks

Commercial Wildlife Enclosures - see the MDWFP Regional Offices phone numbers listed in Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks

Disabled Hunting - MDWFP - (601) 432-2055

DMAP (Deer Mgmt. Assistance Program) - MDWFP - (601) 432-2199

Ducks/Geese with Leg Bands - USGS - reportband.gov

Environmental complaints (state) - MDEQ - (888) 786-0661

Environmental complaints - (federal, Corps of Engineers) - USACOE - (800) 522-5672

Falconry Permits - MDWFP - (601) 432-2196

Field Trial Permits (Bird Dog, Raccoon Hunt, Fox Hunt) - see the MDWFP Regional Offices phone numbers listed in Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks

Fish Kills (on public waters) - MEMA (24 hrs/day) - (800) 222-6362

Hunter Education - MDWFP - (601) 432-2180

Lifetime License - MDWFP - (601) 432-2055

McHenry Shooting Facility - MDWFP - (601) 928-1645

McIvor Shooting Facility - MDWFP - (662) 487-1946 (Charles Ray Nix WMA)

Mississippi Outdoors Magazine - MDWFP - (601) 432-2244 or (888) 874-5785 (to subscribe)

Mississippi Outdoors Television/Media - MDWFP - (601) 432-2250 or 432-2251

Pond /Aquatic Plant / Exotic Species Assistance - Fisheries - (601) 432-2200

Salt Water Regulations - MDMR - (228) 374-5000

Scientific Collecting Permits - Museum - (601) 576-6060

Shooting Preserves - see the MDWFP Regional Offices phone numbers listed in Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks

Sportsman’s License - MDWFP - (601) 432-2055

State Fishing Lakes - Fisheries - (601) 432-2206

Tamed Quail Permit (to train bird dogs) - see the MDWFP Regional Offices phone numbers listed in Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks

Taxidermy Permits - see the MDWFP Regional Offices phone numbers listed in Department of Wildlife, Fisheries & Parks

Turcotte Shooting Facility - MDWFP - (601) 859-3421

Reservoirs

Arkabutla - (662) 562-6261

Bay Springs - (662) 423-1287

Columbus Area Office, COE (Tenn-Tom Waterway) - (662) 327-2142

Enid - (662) 563-4571

Grenada - (662) 226-5911

Okatibbee - (601) 626-8431

Pickwick - (256) 386-2601

Ross Barnett - (601) 856-6574

Sardis - (662) 563-4531

Miscellaneous Numbers

Agriculture Museum - (601) 432-4500

MS Audubon Society - (662) 252-1155

Delta Wildlife Inc. - (662) 686-3370

Ducks Unlimited - (601) 956-1936

Grand Gulf Military Park - (601) 437-5911

Gulf Islands National Seashore - (228) 875-9057

Jackson Zoo - (601) 352-2580

MS Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce - (601) 359-1100

MS Dept. of Environmental Quality - (601) 961-5171

MS Dept. of Marine Resources - (228) 374-5000

MS Forestry Commission - (601) 359-1386

MS Nature Conservancy - (601) 713-3355

MS Wildlife Federation - (601) 605-1790

Natchez Trace Parkway-Tupelo - (662) 680-4027 Ridgeland - (601) 856-7321

National Forests in MS - (601) 965-1600

Natural Resources Conservation Service - (601) 965-5205

Pat Harrison Waterway District - (800) 748-9618

U.S. Geological Survey - (601) 933-2900

U.S. Coast Guard-Gulfport - (228) 868-3743

Vicksburg Military Park - (601) 636-0583

Wildlife Mississippi - (662) 686-3375

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuges, and Fish Hatchery

Bogue Chitto NWR - (985) 882-2000

Coldwater River NWR - (662) 226-8286

Dahomey NWR - (662) 226-8286

Grand Bay NWR - (228) 475-0765

Hillside NWR - (662) 235-4989

Holt Collier NWR - (662) 839-2638

Jackson Office - (601) 965-4900

Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR - (228) 497-6322

Morgan Brake and Matthews Brake NWR - (662) 235-4989

Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee NWR - (662) 323-5548

Panther Swamp NWR - (662) 836-3004

Private John Allen NFH - (662) 842-1341

St. Catherine Creek NWR - (601) 442-6696

Tallahatchie NWR - (662) 226-8286

T. Roosevelt NWR Complex - (662) 839-2638

Yazoo NWR - (662) 839-2638

Corps of Engineer Districts and Management Areas

Memphis - (800) 317-4156

Mobile - (251) 690-2576

Vicksburg - (601) 631-5000

National Forests

Bienville - (601) 469-3811, Forest

Chickasawhay - (601) 428-0594, Laurel

Delta - (662) 873-6256, Rolling Fork

DeSoto - (601) 528-6160, Wiggins

Holly Springs - (662) 236-6550, Oxford

Homochitto - (601) 384-5876, Meadville

State Office - (601) 965-1600, Jackson

Tombigbee - (662) 285-3264, Ackerman