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Lake Odessa
Louisa - Iowa
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Lake Odessa is a 3,000 acre lake with a maximum depth of 15 feet located in Louisa County, Iowa.
Lake Odessa is a 3,000 acre lake with a maximum depth of 15 feet located in Louisa County, Iowa.
The gate for the Toolesboro road has been closed as the Mississippi River is flow in through the breach in the Iowa River levee and across the road there. The Sand ...more Run and Schaffer ramps are still usable even though Odessa is a little higher than normal.
Report courtesy of Iowa DNR
Lots of anglers are fishing around the inlet and catching some nice fish. Channel Catfish - Fair: Anglers are catching some nice catfish at the inlet tubes as the ...more catfish feed on small fish and other foods coming in with the river water. Crappie - Fair: Crappie fishing is picking up as the water temperature drops and the level rises. Work the tree falls and brush in the Sand Run area.
Report courtesy of Iowa DNR
Wildlife continues to bring up the water up to its fall level. Channel Catfish - Fair: Anglers are catching some nice catfish at the inlet tubes as the catfish ...more feed on small fish and other foods coming in with the river water. Crappie - Fair: Crappie fishing is picking up as the water temps drop and the water level rises. Work the tree falls and brush in the sand run area.
Report courtesy of Iowa DNR
Not very many anglers out on Odessa, it's just too hot. Both the outlet and inlets are open for flow through from and to the river. Water levels are down to ...more summer levels. Channel Catfish - Fair: Work around the tree falls in the Sand Run area and similar areas to find the catfish. Crappie - Fair: Good numbers of crappies can be found around the tree falls and the beaver lodges.
Report courtesy of Iowa DNR.
All the ramps as well as the Toolesboro Road are open. There is a lot of water moving through Odessa right now both from the inlet and outlet. Wildlife has the water ...more level dropping fairly fast yet trying to dry out some of the areas that were flooded for most of the spring and summer. Burris ditch is very shallow right now. Channel Catfish - Good: Look to the button bush thickets to find catfish. Anglers have been catching them on chicken liver and cut bait. Crappie - Good: Good numbers of crappies can be found around the tree falls and the beaver lodges. Report courtesy of Iowa DNR.
All the ramps as well as the Toolesboro Road are open. There is a lot of water moving through Odessa right now both from the inlet and outlet. Wildlife has the water ...more level dropping fairly fast yet trying to dry out some of the areas that were flooded for most of the spring and summer. Channel Catfish - Good: Look to the button bush thickets to find the catfish. Anglers have been catching them on chicken liver and cut bait. Crappie - Good: Good numbers of crappies can be found around the tree falls and the beaver lodges. Report courtesy of Iowa DNR.
The boat ramps at Schafer's and Sand Run are now open. Water levels are still about a foot above the normal fall levels. DNR staff are working to get the silt ...more and sand off the road so they can reopen it. Channel Catfish - Good: Look to the button bush thickets to find the catfish. Crappie - Good: Good numbers of crappies can be found around the tree falls and the beaver lodges. Report courtesy of Iowa DNR.
All the boat ramps continue to be underwater but the water level is dropping. They expect for the Schafer and Sand Run Ramps to be useable by the middle of next ...more week. The Toolesboro road and ramp will be closed probably for a couple of more weeks since they have to get some heavy equipment in to clean off all the sand and silt washed through the blow outs. Report courtesy of Iowa DNR.
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