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Big Creek Lake (Polk)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: Try trolling or jigging panfish plastics over roadbeds and brush piles in water less than 15 feet deep. Shore anglers can try the rock fishing jetties in the early mornings and evenings. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) - Fair Comment: Use jigs with shad imitating plastics. Look for surface feeding activity or use electronics to find concentrated schools of gizzard shad. Last updated on 09/03/2026

Big Hollow Lake (Des Moines)

Water Temperature (°F): 76.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Slow Comment: Try vertical jigging with a minnow trailer or slip bobber and minnow in about 7 - 8 feet of water along and in the trees along the south side of the lake across from the campground fishing jetty and the kayak launch area. They are just waiting for Fall now. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Black Hawk Lake (Sac)

Water Temperature (°F): 65.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Bluegill - Fair Comment: Pick up bluegill from shore with a piece of crawler on a jig. Try along Ice House Point shoreline, the stone piers in Town Bay, and on the rock piles from boat. Most fish are 7-inches. . Last updated on 09/17/2026

Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: There is a good population of 17- to 20-inch catfish. Use cut bait or crawlers fished on or near the bottom from shore and around the rock piles in deeper habitat. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Walleye - Slow Comment: Walleye are starting to move in closer to shore. Throw a crankbait or a twister; you can also use live bait such as a minnow or a leach under a bobber fished from shore during mornings or evenings. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Clear Lake (Cerro Gordo)

Water Temperature (°F): 68.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: The lake is 1.7 inches below crest. Water clarity is around 22 inches. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: N/A

Bluegill - Fair Comment: N/A

Walleye - Slow Comment: Anglers are catching fish near vegetation with jigs and live bait. Last updated on 08/27/2026

Yellow Bass - Good Comment: Anglers are catching mostly 7- to 8-inch fish. Last updated on 08/27/2026

Coralville Reservoir (Johnson)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: Small crappies were tight to brush piles while larger fish were found loosely associated with brush. Lead head tipped with minnow were best. Last updated on 09/16/2026

White Crappie - Fair Comment: Small crappies were tight to brush piles while larger fish were found loosely associated with brush. Lead head tipped with minnow were best. Last updated on 09/16/2026

Crawford Creek Impoundment (Ida)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Bluegill - Fair Comment: Look for bluegills near submerged brush piles or patches of any remaining vegetation near shore. Bigger fish are 7- to 8-inches long. Last updated on 09/17/2026

East Okoboji Lake (Dickinson)

Water Temperature (°F): 69.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: The bass and panfish bite is good. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: N/A

Yellow Bass - Fair Comment: N/A

Farm Creek Lake (a.k.a. Young's Pond) (Pottawattamie)

Water Temperature (°F): 74.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Good Comment: An angler reported good crappie fishing off the jetty on the west side of the lake. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Bluegill - Status Unsure Comment: N/A

Largemouth Bass - Status Unsure Comment: N/A

Green Valley Lake (Union)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Docks are in at all boat ramps. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Bluegill - Fair Comment: Catch Bluegill of all sizes with a piece of nightcrawler under a bobber along the fishing jetties. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Largemouth Bass - Fair Comment: Catch Largemouth Bass of all sizes on finesse plastics along rocky shoreline areas during early morning and late evening. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Greenfield Lake (Adair)

Water Temperature (°F): 72.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Status Unsure Comment: Slow troll open water areas to find schools of black crappie. The early morning bite is best. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Channel Catfish - Status Unsure Comment: N/A

Largemouth Bass - Status Unsure Comment: N/A

Hickory Grove Lake (Story)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Bluegill - Good Comment: Use 1/32 or 1/16 ounce jig heads tipped with a nightcrawler fished in 4 to 8 feet of water over gravel and rock habitat locations. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Ingham Lake (Emmet)

Water Temperature (°F): 773.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

There are no active fish reports for this location

Lake Anita (Cass)

Water Temperature (°F): 74.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Slow Comment: Troll the roadbeds or fish along deep tree piles to find black crappies. Early morning bite is best. Sorting is needed for larger fish. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Bluegill - Slow Comment: Anglers are catching bluegill slow trolling close to underwater reefs and around the roadbed. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Largemouth Bass - Status Unsure Comment: Bass anglers are finding fish in deep tree piles and along the roadbed. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Lake Belva Deer (Keokuk)

Water Temperature (°F): 75.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Water clarity remains a little more than two feet. All the rain is not helping. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Bluegill - Slow Comment: Mostly smaller bluegills are being caught. All the weather fronts moving through and all the rain has the bluegills holding tight. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Largemouth Bass - Slow Comment: If you can get out just a couple of hours ahead of the next rainfall event you have a chance of doing pretty well. Don't take any chances though with a bigger storm. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Lake Darling (Washington)

Water Temperature (°F): 75.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Another couple of inches of rain this week is keeping the lake water levels from returning down to normal levels. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Bluegill - Status Unsure Comment: The water temperatures are slowly coming down but the bluegills don't seem to be in any rush to come into shallower water. Most of the boats are concentrating their efforts on the cedar trees out in the middle of the lake in 10 - 12 feet of water. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Largemouth Bass - Status Unsure Comment: Starting to see a little bit of an "after 5 (pm)" bite develop especially when it is not raining. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Lake Delhi (Delaware)

Water Temperature (°F): 76.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Anglers are catching largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, and crappie. Last updated on 09/16/2026

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: Look for structure in 8 to 9 feet of water; use multi colored tube or hair jigs or a live minnow under a slip bobber. Last updated on 09/16/2026

Largemouth Bass - Fair Comment: Cast and retrieve crankbaits, spinner baits or topwater lures early morning or late evening. Last updated on 09/16/2026

Smallmouth Bass - Fair Comment: Cast and retrieve crankbaits, spinner baits, or topwater lures early morning or late evening. Last updated on 09/16/2026

White Crappie - Fair Comment: Look for structure in 8 to 9 feet of water; use multi colored tube or hair jigs or a live minnow under a slip bobber. Last updated on 09/16/2026

Lake Geode (Henry)

Water Temperature (°F): 76.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: Most of the crappies remain out over the fish habitat in 8 to 10 feet of water just out from the steeper banks. They've been out there for a while now. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Lake Hendricks (Howard)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: A severe green algae bloom is occurring. Blooms should lessen as water temperatures cool. Weeds are up. Water temperature is in the 70s. Last updated on 08/28/2026

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: Find crappie along weedlines. Try a small spinner or crankbait. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Bluegill - Fair Comment: Continue to use small jigs tipped with a waxworm, spike, or very small piece of a nightcrawler along weedlines. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Channel Catfish - Good Comment: Use worms, dead chubs or minnows, or stink bait under a bobber near the bottom. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Largemouth Bass - Good Comment: Toss a topwater lure along the edge of a plant bed or rocky shoreline. Keep tension on the line to prevent losing your lure. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Lake Keomah (Mahaska)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Closed
Comments: Lake Keomah is refilling after a lake renovation last year. Some fish have been stocked for future angling. Last updated on 09/03/2026

There are no active fish reports for this location

Lake Macbride (Johnson)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

White Crappie - Fair Comment: Look for active groups of fish around brush piles above the thermocline. Minnows have been best. Last updated on 09/16/2026

Lake Meyer (Winneshiek)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Water clarity is improving to about two feet. Water temperature is in the 70s. The bite should improve as water temperatures fall. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Black Crappie - Good Comment: Find crappie along weedlines. Try a small spinner or crankbait. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Bluegill - Good Comment: Continue to use small jigs tipped with a waxworm, spike, or very small piece of a nightcrawler along weedlines. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Channel Catfish - Good Comment: Use worms, dead chubs or minnows, or stink bait under a bobber near the bottom. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Largemouth Bass - Good Comment: Toss a topwater lure along the edge of a plant bed or rocky shoreline. Keep tension on the line to prevent lure loss. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Northern Pike - Slow Comment: Pike hang in weedy areas stalking prey. Target weedlines with a spoon or hair jig to tease this feisty fish. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Lake Miami (Monroe)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Bluegill - Fair Comment: Try small jigs along the fishing jetties and around the submerged cedar tree piles. Last updated on 09/03/2026

Largemouth Bass - Slow Comment: Use plastics or crankbaits around the cedar tree piles and along the rip-rapped shorelines. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Lake Sugema (Van Buren)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Slow Comment: Target suspended crappies with small crankbaits or small jigs. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Bluegill - Slow Comment: Try small jigs around openings in the vegetation or along the rip-rapped shorelines. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Largemouth Bass - Fair Comment: Use crankbaits or plastics around the rock jetties and other rip-rapped shorelines. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Lake Wapello (Davis)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Slow Comment: Target suspended crappies using jigs or small crankbaits. Last updated on 09/03/2026

Largemouth Bass - Fair Comment: Try crankbaits and plastics along brush piles and rocky shorelines. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Little River Watershed Lake (Decatur)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Docks are in at the main and bait shop ramps. Last updated on 09/09/2026

Bluegill - Fair Comment: Catch Bluegill of all sizes with a piece of nightcrawler under a bobber fished near rock piles. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Lost Grove Lake (Scott)

Water Temperature (°F): 73.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Lost Grove Lake has Eurasian Watermilfoil. Make sure to clean off your boat and trailer before leaving the parking lot area. . Last updated on 09/17/2026

Bluegill - Fair Comment: As the water cools the bluegills should start to come into shallower water but the rainstorms are keeping them holding tight to habitat in the deeper 10 to 12 feet of water. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Largemouth Bass - Fair Comment: Remains an "evening" bite just as the sun goes down. Continue to work the edges of the weed beds and back in the flooded timber in 4 to 6 feet of water. If the water is flat a topwater bait run along the tops of the weeds is always fun. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Lower Pine Lake (Hardin)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: Drift or troll live bait or small crappie jigs. Last updated on 08/27/2026

Bluegill - Good Comment: Try small jigs or nightcrawler pieces near woody structure. Last updated on 08/27/2026

Largemouth Bass - Good Comment: N/A

Meadow Lake (Adair)

Water Temperature (°F): 74.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Status Unsure Comment: Look for black crappies in the tree piles. Late afternoon bite is best. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Bluegill - Status Unsure Comment: Slow troll and fish along tree piles to find 8-inch fish. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Largemouth Bass - Status Unsure Comment: N/A

Prairie Rose Lake (Shelby)

Water Temperature (°F): 72.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: Find black crappies in the tree piles. Fish will average 9.5-inches. Anglers are trolling for larger fish. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Bluegill - Fair Comment: Fish with red worms or nightcrawlers around the tree piles. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Largemouth Bass - Status Unsure Comment: N/A

Rathbun Reservoir (Appanoose)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Lake level is 905.71 msl; recreation pool is 904 msl. Lake Rathbun contains zebra mussels; clean, drain and dry your boat before you go to another water body. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Black Crappie - Slow Comment: Target suspended crappie with small crankbaits. Look for crappies to gather around brush piles and be closer to shore as the water cools. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Walleye - Slow Comment: Troll crankbaits over rock piles or underwater islands. Use crankbaits that mimic gizzard shad. Last updated on 09/03/2026

Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) - Slow Comment: Try vertically jigging over rock piles or trolling crankbaits. Last updated on 09/03/2026

Red Rock Reservoir (Marion)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Channel Catfish - Good Comment: Try drifting or still fishing cut baits on the upper portion of the main reservoir near and above the mile long bridge, and in the upper end of the Whitebreast Creek arm. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Rice Lake (Winnebago)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Any water west of the north boat ramp is a waterfowl refuge and is closed to all activity from Sept. 1st through the final day of the duck season. Signs across the lake mark this area. . Last updated on 09/10/2026

Largemouth Bass - Fair Comment: Use topwater and weedless baits. Target woody structure near shore. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Saylorville Reservoir (Polk)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Channel Catfish - Good Comment: Drift cut baits in the upper portion of the reservoir near and just above the mile long bridge. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Silver Lake (Dickinson) (Dickinson)

Water Temperature (°F): 70.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

There are no active fish reports for this location

Silver Lake (Worth) (Worth)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Largemouth Bass - Good Comment: Use topwater and weedless baits. Last updated on 08/27/2026

Spirit Lake (Dickinson)

Water Temperature (°F): 69.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: The perch bite has remained good as water temperatures continue to fall. . Last updated on 09/17/2026

Walleye - Good Comment: Anglers are targeting fish effectively using livescope, as well as trolling. . Last updated on 08/27/2026

Yellow Perch - Good Comment: Many anglers are catching perch in 6-12 feet of water. Jigs paired with wigglers work well. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Storm Lake (incl Little Storm Lake) (Buena Vista)

Water Temperature (°F): 64.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: N/A

Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Look for catfish around rocky shorelines and near the dredge cuts. Use cut bait, stink bait, or a crawler fished on the bottom. . Last updated on 09/17/2026

Walleye - Slow Comment: With water temperatures cooling down, look for more walleye action near shore as fish move in and start actively feeding. Try crankbaits, twisters, or a crawler or leach fished under a bobber. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Three Mile Lake (Union)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Lake level is about 9 inches below normal pool as of September 9th. Last updated on 09/10/2026

There are no active fish reports for this location

Twelve Mile Creek Lake (Union)

Water Temperature (°F):
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Docks are in at the main ramp. Last updated on 09/09/2026

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: Catch Crappie of all sizes with jigs tipped with a minnow fished near rock piles. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Viking Lake (Montgomery)

Water Temperature (°F): 74.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Water clarity is good. Last updated on 09/17/2026

Black Crappie - Good Comment: Anglers were catching 9 inch black crappies this week in the tree piles. . Last updated on 09/17/2026

Largemouth Bass - Status Unsure Comment: N/A

West Okoboji Lake (Dickinson)

Water Temperature (°F): 71.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Anglers have reported catching walleye and smallmouth trolling with crank baits off points. . Last updated on 09/17/2026

Bluegill - Good Comment: The bluegill bite has been steady, with many fish being upwards of 9 inches. . Last updated on 09/17/2026

Smallmouth Bass - Fair Comment: N/A

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