| The 2025 Catchable trout stocking calendar is now available. Catchable stocking season begins April 1. Start planning your getaway to beautiful northeast Iowa now. |
| Brook Trout - Slow: Use a midge, minnow, or leach pattern for fish looking to get more bang for their effort. |
| Brown Trout - Good: Fish around an undercut bank or similar structure. Cloudy days and off color water are a perfect mix for catching this trout. |
| Rainbow Trout - Good: Hatchery holdovers remain in the stream teasing anglers. Use small spinner baits or hair jigs floated past structure. |
Due to increased number of streams with wild Brown Trout populations and South Pine Brook Trout renovation efforts, Brown Trout are not stocked in this watershed. This stream has a long history of domestic Brown Trout fingerling stockings (1976 thru 2003). In 2004, switched to French Creek strain and continued until 2016. The lower 0.6 miles of stream is open to public fishing, however, the rest of the stream is on private property and requires landowner permission to access. Since most of the stream is not open to public fishing, only the lower open portion is shown on the map. If anglers wish to fish outside the 0.6 mile open fishing portion, they must receive landowner permission.(2021)
In nearly all cases, Iowa fish are safe to eat. Cleaning and/or preparing the meal causes most of the problems regarding taste or color of fish. Like all living creatures, fish are susceptible to diseases, parasites, and other naturally occurring conditions in the water. If you suspect your fish is affected by any of these conditions, do not eat it. Consider eating smaller and younger fish which usually have lower levels of contaminants than larger ones. Most contaminants accumulate in larger, older fish. For additional information, check out our resources for eating and cooking Iowa caught fish.
To learn more about fish tissue monitoring, visit our Fish Tissue Monitoring page .