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Pool 09, Mississippi River (Allamakee)

Ice Condition: None
Water Temperature (°F): 33.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Ice fishing in Shore Slough and Village Creek harbor is producing bluegills and some perch. Use caution accessing ice from the shorelines. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Black Crappie - Slow Comment: Use small teardrops jigs tipped with waxworms or spikes along the weed edges of cuts. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Bluegill - Good Comment: Use small teardrops jigs tipped with waxworms or spikes along the weed edges of cuts. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Largemouth Bass - Fair Comment: Use small teardrops jigs tipped with waxworms or spikes along the weed edges of cuts. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Northern Pike - Fair Comment: Set a tip-up with shiners or a small bluegill. . Last updated on 12/11/2025

Sauger - Fair Comment: Ice at the ramps has opened back up. Tailwaters are open and fishable. Use a slow presentation with live bait and cover lots of area. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Walleye - Slow Comment: Ice at the ramps has opened back up. Tailwaters are open and fishable. Use a slow presentation with live bait and cover lots of area. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Yellow Perch - Fair Comment: Use small teardrops jigs tipped with spikes along the weed edges of cuts. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Pool 10, Mississippi River (Clayton)

Ice Condition: None
Water Temperature (°F): 33.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: McGregor Lake -lots of bluegills with some sorting through the ice at Sturgeon Slough above the causeway. Sny Magill- Ice has frozen across Johnson Slough. Some anglers are walking up to Norwegian Lake. Ice is unsafe to cross to Methodist Lake. Bussey Lake-Do not access at the boat ramp due to current and unsafe ice; use Island Road. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: Use small teardrops jigs tipped with waxworms or spikes along the weed edges of cuts. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Bluegill - Good Comment: Use small teardrops jigs tipped with waxworms or spikes along the weed edges of cuts. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Largemouth Bass - Fair Comment: Fish along the weed edges of cuts using small teardrops jigs tipped with waxworms or spikes. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Northern Pike - Fair Comment: Set a tip-up with shiners or a small bluegill. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Sauger - Fair Comment: Ice at the ramps has opened back up. Tailwaters are open and fishable. Use a slow presentation with live bait and cover lots of area. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Walleye - Slow Comment: Ice at the ramps has opened back up. Tailwaters are open and fishable. Use a slow presentation with live bait and cover lots of area. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Yellow Perch - Fair Comment: Use small teardrops jigs tipped with spikes along the weed edges. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Pool 11, Mississippi River (Clayton)

Ice Condition: None
Water Temperature (°F): 33.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Mud Lake fishing is picking up through the ice. Avoid walking near the spring down to Zollicoffers. Perch and Bluegill bite is good along edges of deeper cuts. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Black Crappie - Fair Comment: Use small teardrops jigs tipped with waxworms or spikes along the weed edges of cuts. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Bluegill - Good Comment: Use small teardrops jigs tipped with waxworms or spikes along the weed edges of cuts. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Largemouth Bass - Fair Comment: Use small teardrops jigs tipped with waxworms or spikes along the weed edges of cuts. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Northern Pike - Fair Comment: Set a tip-up with shiners or a small bluegill. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Sauger - Fair Comment: Ice at the ramps has opened back up. Tailwaters are open and fishable. Use a slow presentation with live bait and cover lots of area. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Walleye - Slow Comment: Ice at the ramps has opened back up. Tailwaters are open and fishable. Use a slow presentation with live bait and cover lots of area. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Yellow Perch - Fair Comment: Use small teardrops jigs tipped with spikes along the weed edges of cuts. . Last updated on 12/17/2025

Pool 12, Mississippi River (Dubuque)

Ice Condition: None
Water Temperature (°F): 32.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Water level is around 5 feet at the Dubuque tailwater and holding steady. Limited ice fishing activity reported; use caution. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Black Crappie - Status Unsure Comment: Excellent panfish populations exist in Pool 12; use caution when accessing backwater areas. Last updated on 12/11/2025

Bluegill - Slow Comment: Excellent panfish populations exist in Pool 12. Anglers are reporting a light bite; dead sticking can be effective. Last updated on 12/11/2025

Sauger - Slow Comment: Very little angling efforts. Use a jig with a twister tail/plastics in the tailwater if you venture out. Last updated on 12/08/2025

Walleye - Slow Comment: Very little angling efforts. Use a jig with a twister tail/plastics in the tailwater if you venture out. Last updated on 12/08/2025

Pool 13, Mississippi River (Jackson)

Ice Condition: None
Water Temperature (°F): 32.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Water level is around 4.8 feet at the Bellevue tailwater and holding steady. Expect more anglers in the tailwaters when the temperatures warm up later next week. Limited ice fishing activity reported; use caution when accessing backwater areas. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Black Crappie - Status Unsure Comment: Excellent panfish populations exist in Pool 13; use caution when accessing backwater areas. Last updated on 12/11/2025

Bluegill - Slow Comment: Excellent panfish populations exist in Pool 13. Anglers are reporting a light bite; dead sticking can be effective. Use caution when accessing backwater areas. Last updated on 12/11/2025

Sauger - Slow Comment: Very little angling efforts. Use a jig with a twister tail/plastics in the tailwater if you venture out. Last updated on 12/08/2025

Walleye - Slow Comment: Very little angling efforts. Use a jig with a twister tail/plastics in the tailwater if you venture out. Last updated on 12/08/2025

White Crappie - Status Unsure Comment: Excellent panfish populations exist in Pool 13; use caution when accessing backwater areas. Last updated on 12/11/2025

Pool 14, Mississippi River (Clinton)

Ice Condition: None
Water Temperature (°F): 32.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Water level is around 4.5 feet at the Lock and Dam 13 tailwater and holding steady. Fishable ice is slowly developing; use caution if you go on the ice. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Black Crappie - Status Unsure Comment: Good panfish populations exist in Pool 14; once safer ice develops head to the backwaters to target these fish. Last updated on 12/11/2025

Bluegill - Status Unsure Comment: Good panfish populations exist in Pool 14; once safer ice develops head to the backwaters to target these fish. Last updated on 12/11/2025

Sauger - Slow Comment: Very little angling efforts. Use a jig with a twister tail/plastics in the tailwater if you venture out. Last updated on 12/08/2025

Walleye - Slow Comment: Very little angling efforts. Use a jig with a twister tail/plastics in the tailwater if you venture out. Last updated on 12/08/2025

White Crappie - Status Unsure Comment: Good panfish populations exist in Pool 14; once safer ice develops head to the backwaters to target these fish. Last updated on 12/11/2025

Pool 15, Mississippi River (Scott)

Ice Condition: None
Water Temperature (°F): 35.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Water level is around 4.3 feet at Lock and Dam 14 and is forecast to remain fairly stabe. Main channel water temperatures have plunged to near freezing. Last updated on 12/17/2025

Sauger - Slow Comment: Very little angling efforts. Use a jig with a twister tail/plastics in the tailwater if you venture out. Last updated on 12/11/2025

Walleye - Slow Comment: Very little angling efforts. Use a jig with a twister tail/plastics in the tailwater if you venture out. Last updated on 12/08/2025

Pool 16, Mississippi River (Scott)

Ice Condition: None
Water Temperature (°F): 34.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Tailwater stage is 4.71 feet and has been fairly steady this past week. As of Dec. 4, the Marquette street boat ramp was free of ice; conditions may change with the freezing temperatures. The lower part of pool 16 was starting to skim over with ice. Unsafe ice conditions. . Last updated on 12/17/2025

Bluegill - Status Unsure Comment: Backwaters are freezing over. Unsafe ice conditions. . Last updated on 12/04/2025

Sauger - Status Unsure Comment: As of Dec 4th, the Marquette street ramp was open but ramp conditions may change with freezing temperatures in the forecast. . Last updated on 12/04/2025

White Crappie - Status Unsure Comment: Look for crappies in the backwaters and side channels around brush piles. Try vertical jigging with minnows/plastics or minnows under a bobber. Places to try are Sunset Marina and the Andalusia Island complex. Last updated on 11/25/2025

Pool 17, Mississippi River (Muscatine)

Ice Condition: None
Water Temperature (°F): 32.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Tailwater stage is 3.72 feet at Lock and Dam 16. As of Dec. 4, there was some skim ice starting to form in the main channel out from the boat ramp in Muscatine. Big Timber is frozen over with some open water around the boat ramp. Unsafe ice conditions. Last updated on 12/17/2025

There are no active fish reports for this location

Pool 18, Mississippi River (Louisa)

Ice Condition: None
Water Temperature (°F): 33.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Tailwater stage is 3.73 feet at Lock and Dam 17 at New Boston. As of Dec 4th, the Toolsboro ramp was open. Ramp conditions may change with below freezing temperatures in the forecast. There was some skim ice coming down the channel that could make accessing the tailwaters difficult. The ramp has some ice on it that could make launching a boat difficult. Unsafe ice conditions. Last updated on 12/17/2025

There are no active fish reports for this location

Pool 19, Mississippi River (Lee)

Ice Condition: None
Water Temperature (°F): 33.0
Ramp Condition: Useable
Comments: Tailwater stage is 1.63 feet at Lock and Dam 18 above Burlington and has been fairly steady. We have not received any fishing report information for this pool this week. Unsafe ice conditions. . Last updated on 12/17/2025

There are no active fish reports for this location

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