| For more information on the above lakes call the Lake Darling Fisheries Office at (319) 694-2430. |
| Black Crappie - Good: Find some rock piles of trees in about 6-8 foot of water and you should be able to find some crappies suspended above them. bobber and minnow or small jigs worked fairly slowly. Not seeing much action in shallower just yet. |
| The water temperature has gotten up into the low 60's this week. |
| Largemouth Bass - Fair: The bass continue to get a little more active with the warmer temps and are moving into the shallower water habitat, might be time to throw a few crankbaits at them. |
Fingerling channel catfish and advanced fingerling largemouth bass were stocked in the lake in June and August, respectively. Adult black crappies were stocked as well.(2022)
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