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This page includes current fishing reports by fisheries region and management district. Lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams are listed by name and county, and can be easily searched using the search-and-filter tool below. Explore by location name, fish species, and various amenities available at the location to help you find your next fishing adventure!

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  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: Water levels are falling with improved clarity. Water temperature is in the 50s. Last updated on 05/07/2026
Channel Catfish - Good Comment: Use a hook with a dead chub, fresh dead minnow, or stink bait fished on the bottom. Last updated on 05/07/2026

Smallmouth Bass - Fair Comment: Find smallies in off-channel areas. Use a small jig or crankbait fished near the bottom. Last updated on 05/07/2026

Walleye - Good Comment: Use a jig with a live minnow about a foot off the bottom in an off channel area or back eddy. Last updated on 05/07/2026

White Sucker - Good Comment: Use a jig tipped with a worm fished on bottom. Last updated on 05/07/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: N/A
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: N/A

Flathead Catfish - Slow Comment: N/A

Sauger - Fair Comment: N/A

Walleye - Good Comment: N/A


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: The Cedar River is currently falling with good water clarity. Anglers are catching channel catfish, walleye, smallmouth bass and some crappie. Last updated on 05/07/2026
Black Crappie - Fair Comment: N/A

Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Use fresh cut bait, dead baits, or nightcrawlers. Last updated on 05/07/2026

Northern Pike - Fair Comment: Cast and retrieve flashy spoons or try a live chub or shiner under a bobber near slack water areas. Last updated on 05/07/2026

Smallmouth Bass - Fair Comment: Cast and retrieve jigs with plastics tipped with or without a live minnow or nightcrawler. Last updated on 05/07/2026

Walleye - Fair Comment: Cast and retrieve jigs with plastics tipped with or without a live minnow or nightcrawler. Present a slower retrieve with the cooler water temperatures if you are casting crankbaits. Last updated on 05/07/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Not applicable
  • Comments: River levels have come down, improving fishing conditions. Last updated on 04/23/2026
White Bass - Fair Comment: White Bass are moving up the river with the high water. Catch White Bass below Scott Street and Center Street casting shad and shiner imitating plastics and blade baits. Last updated on 04/15/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Not applicable
  • Comments: River conditions have improved. Last updated on 04/23/2026
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Use cut bait or stink baits fished in slower current near log piles and treefalls. . Last updated on 04/23/2026

Walleye - Fair Comment: Catch Walleye off the main current where the substrate is mostly rock or cobble. Cast jigs with twister tails, swimbaits, straight tail baits or live baits. Last updated on 04/23/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: The Iowa River is holding steady at about 3/4 bank full. Last updated on 05/07/2026
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Catfish bite is picking up a little since the water level stabilized. Use nightcrawlers and minnows for bait. Last updated on 05/07/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: N/A
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: N/A

Flathead Catfish - Slow Comment: N/A

Walleye - Fair Comment: N/A


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: N/A
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: N/A

Flathead Catfish - Slow Comment: N/A

Walleye - Fair Comment: N/A


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Not applicable
  • Comments: The Maquoketa River is falling with good water clarity. Anglers are catching some channel catfish, smallmouth bass and walleye. Last updated on 05/07/2026
Smallmouth Bass - Fair Comment: Cast and retrieve jigs with plastics tipped with or without a live minnow or nightcrawler. Last updated on 05/07/2026

Walleye - Fair Comment: Cast and retrieve jigs with plastics tipped with or without a live minnow or nightcrawler. Present a slower retrieve with the cooler water temperatures if you are casting crankbaits. Last updated on 05/07/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Not applicable
  • Comments: Falling river levels with good water clarity. No fishing reports; conditions are good and improving for bass, catfish, and walleye. Last updated on 05/07/2026
There are no active fish reports for this location


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: The water level is holding at about 3 feet below bank full. Current speed is slowing down some. Last updated on 05/07/2026
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Catfish on the river is starting to pick up mostly in the evenings before the night time temperatures start to cool the water back down. Use minnows or nightcrawlers for bait. Anglers are doing well using cutbait and nightcrawlers down river at Oakland Mills below the dam. Last updated on 05/07/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: Water levels are falling with improved clarity. Water temperatures are in the 50s. Last updated on 05/07/2026
Smallmouth Bass - Fair Comment: N/A

Walleye - Good Comment: Use a jig with a live minnow about a foot off the bottom in an off channel area or back eddy. Last updated on 05/07/2026

White Sucker - Excellent Comment: The sucker bite is on with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. Use a hook or jig tipped with a nightcrawler fished on the bottom. Last updated on 05/07/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: Water levels are falling with excellent clarity. Water temperature is in the 50s. Last updated on 05/07/2026
Smallmouth Bass - Slow Comment: Find smallies in deeper holes near the stream bottom; try to entice them with smaller presentations and a slow retrieve. Last updated on 05/07/2026

Walleye - Fair Comment: Use a jig with a live minnow about a foot off the bottom in an off channel area. Try fishing deeper or later in day on clear days. Last updated on 05/07/2026

White Sucker - Excellent Comment: The sucker bite is on with water temperatures in the mid-50s. Use a jig tipped with a worm fished on the bottom. Last updated on 05/07/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Not applicable
  • Comments: N/A
Smallmouth Bass - Fair Comment: Cast and retrieve jigs with plastics tipped with or without a live minnow or nightcrawler. Last updated on 05/07/2026

Walleye - Status Unsure Comment: Cast and retrieve jigs with plastics tipped with or without a live minnow or nightcrawler. Present a slower retrieve with the cooler water temperatures if you are casting crankbaits. Last updated on 05/07/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: N/A
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: N/A

Sauger - Slow Comment: N/A

Smallmouth Bass - Fair Comment: N/A

Walleye - Good Comment: N/A


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Not applicable
  • Comments: River level is 5.76 feet. Last updated on 05/07/2026
Northern Pike - Slow Comment: N/A