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Largemouth Bass
Lake Icaria offers a fish cleaning station, rock jetties, over 100 fishing structures, handicapped fishing pier, and excellent shoreline access. A full service bait shop is open year round. No jet boats or jet skies allowed. Outboard and inboard-outboards...
The water levels are normal and the clarity is good. Bullhead - Good: Several bullheads are being caught on crawlers on the bottom. Channel Catfish - Fair: A few ...more channel catfish are in the rip rap near shore or the shallows during the evenings. Bluegill - Slow: A few bluegills are still around the fish mounds. Report courtesy of Iowa DNR
Water clarity remains fairly good. Bullhead - Excellent: A lot of bullheads can be caught from shore in three feet of water using a crawler on the bottom. Channel ...more Catfish - Excellent: The channel catfish are biting on and crawlers, crayfish, or cut bait. Largemouth Bass - Fair: Largemouth bass are being caught just off-shore or from the cedar tree piles. Crappie - Slow: A few mid-sized crappies can still be caught from deeper areas off-shore. The shoreline along the north side of the campground and the south end of the dam are very good spots. Walleye - Fair: Casting and trolling crawlers or leeches along the north bank and the campground point is working to catch a few walleyes. Report courtesy of Iowa DNR
The water level is approximately 12 inches low. The ramps are accessible. Channel Catfish - Fair: Channel catfish are biting on shad bait and crawlers. Walleye ...more - Slow: A few walleyes are being caught from the dam. Report courtesy of Iowa DNR
Lake Manawa is a shallow 772 acre oxbow lake of the Missouri River. Sixteen different fish species have been documented in the lake. The fishing centers around 8 (black and white crappie, bluegill, la...
Twelve Mile Lake is one of Iowa's top bluegill, crappie and largemouth bass fisheries. The 600 acre lake is also known for a quality walleye and channel catfish fishery. Rock piles were placed in the...
Water quality is excellent because of good conservation practices in the watershed and the presence of sediment basin and ponds in the watershed. DNR fisheries personnel are attempting to establish a ...
The lake will be held 10 to 12 feet down from normal pool until the lake restoration is complete in the winter of 2012- 2013. The fish have been restocked and are growing fast.