| For more information on the above lakes call the Lake Darling Fisheries Office at (319) 694-2430. |
| Water temperature earlier this week was 54-55 degrees. Water remains fairly clear and you can see some of the curlyleaf pondweed starting to come up. |
| Black Crappie - Fair: When the wind allows it, anglers have been working the flooded timber in 4 to 6 foot of water and picking up some crappies. |
| Channel Catfish - Fair: The place to try for them would be along the face of the dam using cutbait when the winds aren't blowing 20-30 mph. We did finally get as couple of days like that. |
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