Enid Lake

{{Short description|Lake in Mississippi, United States}}

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| location = Yalobusha / Panola / Lafayette counties, Mississippi, US

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| elevation = {{convert|266|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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Enid Lake is a lake that is located mostly in Yalobusha County in the U.S. state of Mississippi. Parts of it extend into Panola and Lafayette counties. Common fish species include crappie, largemouth bass, catfish and bream. Enid Lake holds the world record for white crappie at 5 lbs 3 oz (2.35 kg),{{Cite web|url=https://igfa.org/igfa-world-records-search/?search_type=CommonNameSummary&search_term_1=Crappie%2C+white|title=IGFA World Records|last=|first=|date=|website=IGFA|access-date=22 October 2019}} and holds the Mississippi state record for shortnose gar at {{convert|5.83|lbs|kg|abbr=on}}, as well as the state record for spotted gar at {{Convert|8.1|lbs|kg|abbr=on}}.{{Efn|Both state records were caught in the Enid spillway, part of the Enid Dam, technically a different body of water than the lake, itself.{{Cite web|url=https://xnet2.mdwfp.com/applications/freshwaterfishingrecords/|title=Fishing & Boating|last=|first=|date=|website=Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks|access-date=22 October 2019}}|name=Spillway|group=}}{{Cite web|url=https://xnet2.mdwfp.com/applications/freshwaterfishingrecords/|title=Fishing & Boating|last=|first=|date=|website=Mississippi Wildlife, Fisheries, & Parks|access-date=22 October 2019}}

Enid Dam is an earthen dam across the Yocona River. The dam is {{convert|110|ft|m|abbr=on}} high and {{convert|8400|ft|m|abbr=on}} long at its crest. The structure was completed in 1952, for flood control and recreation, as a project of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The lake (conservation pool) has a surface area of {{convert|6100|acre|ha|abbr=on}} and a storage of {{convert|57600|acre.foot|m3|lk=in}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.mvk.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Enid-Lake/History-and-Mission/|title=Enid Lake History|publisher=US Army Corps of Engineers: Vicksburg District|access-date=28 April 2013}}