Fish Iowa - Fishing Report - Search


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!

Each part of the report now has a timestamp to help you decide how to use the information we have available. If you only want brand new updates (within the last week), check the “Recent Reports Only” checkbox. If you want to share your own experience and knowledge with Iowa’s anglers and help us improve our reports, you can submit a fishing report using the button on the right.

Have thoughts on making this system better? We would love to hear from you! Simply email us at [email protected] with your ideas and feedback.

About Location



Amenities and Features









Popular Fish Species



Current Conditions




Custom Search



  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: Water levels are stable and clear. Water temperature is in the 70s. For more information, visit https://water.noaa.gov/gauges/05457700. Last updated on 09/10/2026
Black Crappie - Good Comment: Find crappie near snags in backwater areas. Try a small spinner or crankbait. Last updated on 09/10/2026

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

Rock Bass - Fair Comment: Use a jig tipped with a nightcrawler or a plastic, fished in the middle of the water column. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Smallmouth Bass - Excellent Comment: Find smallmouth along rocky shorelines or limestone ledges as they move to deeper water. Try a variety of lures. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Excellent Comment: Use a jig with a live minnow or nightcrawler in a deeper pool near the stream bottom. Try fishing sunrise and sunset on clear days. Last updated on 09/10/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: N/A
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Use cut bait or stink bait near brush piles and broken concrete or rock. Last updated on 09/03/2026

Flathead Catfish - Fair Comment: Use cut bait or live bait near brush piles. Last updated on 09/03/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: N/A
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Use cut bait or stink bait near brush piles and broken concrete. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Flathead Catfish - Fair Comment: Try live bait around brush piles. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Smallmouth Bass - Fair Comment: Use crank baits, topwater or jigs along rock shorelines. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Fair Comment: Use jigs or nightcrawlers. Last updated on 09/10/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F): 75.0
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: River level is up about 8 inches in the last 24 hours. Last updated on 09/10/2026
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Use cut bait or stink bait around the brush piles. Most of the feeder streams aren't bringing in much extra water. Last updated on 09/10/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: River conditions are good for channel catfish, smallmouth bass and walleye. River levels are stable, providing good angling opportunities. Last updated on 09/10/2026
Channel Catfish - Good Comment: Try nightcrawlers, dead cutbaits or stink baits on the bottom. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Smallmouth Bass - Good Comment: Cast and retrieve live baits tipped on a jig or crankbaits. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Good Comment: Cast and retrieve live baits tipped on a jig or crankbaits. Last updated on 09/10/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Not applicable
  • Comments: N/A
Channel Catfish - Good Comment: Try dip baits and cut baits near wood debris and deep cutbanks. Last updated on 09/03/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: River level is up about a foot in the last 24 hours with recent rain. Last updated on 09/10/2026
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Look for catfish to be hanging out around the log jams. Use cut bait or stink baits. Another good bait to try this time of the year are grass frogs (leopard frogs) freshly caught in the wet grass along the river bank. . Last updated on 09/10/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: N/A
Channel Catfish - Good Comment: Use cut bait in tailwater and brush piles. Last updated on 09/03/2026

Flathead Catfish - Fair Comment: Anglers are catching a few catfish on soft plastics or shad while targeting wipers. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Fair Comment: Use soft plastics or shad. Last updated on 09/03/2026

White Bass - Fair Comment: Anglers targetting wipers are catching a few. Last updated on 09/03/2026

Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) - Fair Comment: Use soft plastics or shad in tailwater areas or deep holes with brush piles. Last updated on 09/03/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: N/A
Channel Catfish - Good Comment: Use stink bait near brush piles. Last updated on 09/03/2026

Flathead Catfish - Fair Comment: Try live bait near brush piles. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Slow Comment: Use soft plastics along the creek mouths. Last updated on 09/10/2026

White Bass - Slow Comment: Use soft plastics along the creek mouths. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) - Slow Comment: Use soft plastics along the creek mouths. Last updated on 09/10/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Not applicable
  • Comments: Water levels on the Maquoketa River are stable and seasonal. River conditions are excellent for fishing heading into the Labor Day weekend. Last updated on 09/10/2026
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Try cutbaits or stink bait near wood habitat on outside bends. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Smallmouth Bass - Good Comment: Use a jig and plastic tipped with half a nightcrawler or cast and retrieve crankbaits. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Fair Comment: Cast crankbaits or a jig tipped with half of a nightcrawler. Last updated on 09/10/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: The Maquoketa River continues to drop in Jones and Jackson counties. Few or no showers in the ten day forecast, providing good angling opportunities. Anglers are catching channel catfish and walleye. A 2025 fall fish survey showed extreme numbers of quality-size catfish below Pictured Rocks County Park. Last updated on 09/10/2026
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Try live or fresh dead baits near structure. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Fair Comment: Cast crankbaits or a jig tipped with half of a nightcrawler. Last updated on 09/10/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F): 80.0
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: The river level is up about 3 feet in the last 24 hours with a lot more water coming down the South Skunk from up by Oskaloosa. Last updated on 09/10/2026
There are no active fish reports for this location


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: Water levels are stable and clear. Water temperature is in the 70s. For more information, visit https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-05411850. Last updated on 09/10/2026
Smallmouth Bass - Excellent Comment: Find smallmouth along rocky shorelines or limestone ledges as they move to deeper water. Try a variety of lures. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Excellent Comment: Use a jig with a live minnow or nightcrawler in a deeper pool near the stream bottom. Try fishing sunrise and sunset on clear days. Last updated on 09/10/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: Water levels are stable and clear. Water temperature is in the 70s. For more information, visit https://waterdata.usgs.gov/monitoring-location/USGS-05387500. Last updated on 09/10/2026
Smallmouth Bass - Excellent Comment: Find smallmouth along rocky shorelines or limestone ledges as they move to deeper water. Try a variety of lures. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Excellent Comment: Use a jig with a live minnow or nightcrawler in a deeper pool near the stream bottom. Try fishing sunrise and sunset on clear days. Last updated on 09/10/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: Water levels are stable and clear. Water temperature is in the 70s. Last updated on 09/10/2026
Smallmouth Bass - Excellent Comment: Find smallmouth along rocky shorelines or limestone ledges as they move to deeper water. Try a variety of lures. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Excellent Comment: Use a jig with a live minnow or nightcrawler in a deeper pool near the stream bottom. Try fishing sunrise and sunset on clear days. Last updated on 09/10/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Not applicable
  • Comments: Water levels are seasonal and stable on the Wapsipinicon River, providing great fishing opportunities. Anglers are catching smallmouth bass, walleye, northern pike and channel catfish. Last updated on 09/09/2026
Channel Catfish - Good Comment: Try fishing nightcrawlers or stink baits on the bottom above tree snags on the river. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Northern Pike - Good Comment: Use a jig and plastic tipped with half a nightcrawler or cast and retrieve crankbaits. Last updated on 09/09/2026

Smallmouth Bass - Good Comment: Use a jig and plastic tipped with half a nightcrawler or cast and retrieve crankbaits. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Good Comment: Use a jig and plastic tipped with half a nightcrawler or cast and retrieve crankbaits. Last updated on 09/09/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Useable
  • Comments: N/A
Channel Catfish - Fair Comment: Try cut bait or stink bait along brush piles. Last updated on 09/10/2026

Walleye - Fair Comment: Try fishing along rock shorelines with current seams. . Last updated on 09/03/2026


  • Water Temperature (°F):
  • Ramp Condition: Not applicable
  • Comments: River level is 4.85 feet. Last updated on 09/10/2026
Northern Pike - Fair Comment: N/A

Smallmouth Bass - Fair Comment: N/A