Lower Des Moines River

Palo Alto - Iowa


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  • 27 followers

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The Lower Des Moines River watershed is located in southwestern Minnesota. It covers approximately 703,000 acres.

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Lower Des Moines River Fishing Reports

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  1. fishing for walleye. caught this big carp

    10 lb. Quillback with a jig

  2. Details: Channel Catfish

    1. LaRoy Nereim 0
      Nice job
  3. Details: Flathead Catfish

    19lbs 8oz. Dragging the jig across the bottom. No snagging, all hook sets in corner of mouth.

    1. tpiercr 0
      did u just reel it in
    2. grindios 0
      @tpiercr check this out: http://youtu.be/pPgh0mL820k
    3. tpiercr 0
      did u just reel it in or did u use a bottom bouncer?
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  4. Details: Flathead Catfish

    19lbs 4oz. Same as the others, dragging the jig across the bottom.

  5. Details: Flathead Catfish

    60F around 9:30am on a partly cloudy day in about 12' of water. Let the jig drag across the bottom and wait for that light bite. 24lbs 8oz.

  6. Details: Channel Catfish

    15.0lb catfish took big fish of 2-day tourney...caught in 6' of 80F water

  7. Details: Channel Catfish

    15lb and 6.4lb channel to take 6th place overall at a 2-day tourney.

  8. Details: Channel Catfish

    Took 6th on day 1 with 3 fish for 16.6lbs...biggest weighing 6.8.

  9. Details: FreshwaterDrum / Gaspergou

    Iowa Master Angler of Drum

    1. grindios 0
      Not records...just big enough to qualify for Master Angler. Each state has different size requirements.
    2. garrett weiss 0
      Are these lake records?
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