05-19-2004, 04:25 AM
Southwest
Three Mile (Union): Channel catfish are being caught at the upper end and in shallow bays with night crawlers, dip baits and liver. Walleye fishing is good over the rocky areas and while trolling crankbaits around the big points. Crappie and big bluegill are biting better and are moving into the shallow rocky areas in the early morning and late evening. Largemouth bass fishing is good all over the lake.
Twelve Mile (Union): Fishing is good for channel catfish in the upper ends using liver or night crawlers. Some walleye are being caught around the big points.
Icaria (Adams): Fishing is good for catfish using night crawlers and liver. Some walleye are being caught trolling the dam.
Green Valley (Union): Crappies are starting to move over the deep rocks early and late in the day. Some really big bluegill can be caught in the shallows with night crawlers. Channel catfish can be caught in the bays using night crawlers.
Little River (Decatur): Crappies, 9 inches and larger, are biting in the shallow rocky areas during the early morning and late afternoon. Walleye are being caught while trolling the dam and large points in the lower portion of the lake. Catfish can be caught in the bays using liver or night crawlers.
Slip Bluff (Decatur): Some bluegill and crappie are being caught around the tree piles during mid-day and off the rocks by the dam early and late in the day. Largemouth bass can be caught off the west shoreline structure.
West Lake Osceola (Clarke): Bluegill and largemouth bass fishing is excellent in the timbered coves and along the dam. Crappies are on the beds in the upper end of the lake.
Grade Lake (Clarke): Bluegills are biting well on night crawlers and small jigs in the corners of the dam and along the east shore.
Binder (Adams): Largemouth bass fishing is good along the dam. Bluegill and crappie are starting to bite.
Old Corning (Adams): Nice sized bluegills are biting along the dam and the east side of the lake.
Fogle Lake (Ringgold): Crappies can be caught early in the morning and late evening in the rocks off the dam and jetties. Some bluegill can be caught off the west shore and in the west bay.
Walnut Creek Marsh (Ringgold): Bluegill and crappie can be caught along the south shore and around the jetties.
Wilson Lake (Taylor): Crappies can be caught off the rocks along the dam early and late in the day.
Windmill Lake (Taylor): Bluegills can be caught with night crawlers in the shallows.
Big Creek (Polk): Crappie fishing has been good using jigs with or without minnows. Walleye fishing has been good using live bait rigs and spinner rigs with minnows and night crawlers, although most of the walleye are below the 15-inch minimum length limit.
Lake Ahquabi (Warren): Bluegill fishing has been good using jigs with worms or twister tails. Largemouth bass fishing has been good, with some fish caught using top-water lures. Crappie fishing has been slow; the best fishing is early morning and late afternoon.
Beaver Lake (Dallas): Bluegill fishing has been good on small jigs and worms. Largemouth bass fishing has been excellent, although most fish are below the legal size limit.
Hooper Lake (Warren): Bluegill fishing has been good using worms and jigs. Largemouth bass fishing has been fair to good.
Don Williams (Boone): Crappie fishing is excellent using minnows and jigs in shallow water along the shoreline, with 12 to 14 inch fish common. Largemouth bass fishing is good using plugs. Channel catfish fishing is good using night crawlers and cut baits toward the north end of the lake.
Rock Creek (Jasper): Crappie fishing is good using night crawlers or minnows and jigs. Channel catfish fishing is fair using night crawlers. Largemouth bass fishing has been good from shore and boat using jigs and casting lures. Walleye fishing has also been fair using jigs and minnows.
Red Rock (Marion): Crappie, usually 10 inches and larger, and white bass, have been hitting on jigs and minnows in the bays and coves. Channel catfish have also been hitting in the bay and cove areas using night crawlers and worms.
Red Rock tailwater (Marion): Crappie and white bass fishing has been good in the tailwater using jigs and minnows. Some walleye and have also been caught.
Roberts Creek (Marion): Crappie fishing has been good using jigs with minnows and/or night crawlers. Channel catfish have been hitting on night crawlers.
Easter Lake (Polk): Crappie fishing has been good on jigs and minnows. The crappies are averaging 8 to 9 inches. Anglers are catching a few walleye while crappie fishing. Bluegill fishing has been good but most were small.
Des Moines River (Polk): White bass fishing has been good. Some walleye have been caught using jigs below Scott Street Dam in Des Moines.
Saylorville Lake (Polk): White bass fishing has been good just below the outlet from Big Creek Lake. Crappie fishing has also been good in this area. Some anglers have reported good but spotty success on white bass in other parts of the lake using twister tails.
Saylorville Tailwater (Polk): White bass fishing has been excellent using white or chartreuse glitter twister tails, and sonar. Channel catfish fishing has been good using cut baits (shad).
Viking (Montgomery): Crappie and bluegill fishing is good using tube jigs along shoreline and around structure. Channel catfish fishing is fair using night crawlers or liver. Largemouth bass fishing has picked up in the evening around structure.
West Hacklebarney (Montgomery): Crappies and redear sunfish are being caught along the dam.
Cold Springs (Cass): Fishing is good for 7 to 8-inch crappies using jigs and minnows around structure near shore.
Manawa (Pottawattamie): Fishing is good for channel catfish. A few crappies are being caught in the lagoon.
Orient (Adair): Fishing is good for 7-inch crappies using jigs and/or minnows along the dam, and the southeast shore near the water pump house. Anglers are also catching small bluegills.
Mormon Trail (Adair): Walleye fishing is good using crankbaits or jigs. Anglers are catching 7 to 9-inch crappies. Channel catfish is fair using night crawlers or liver.
Nodaway Lake (Adair): Anglers are catching walleyes and crappies.
Prairie Rose (Shelby): Fishing is excellent for 7-inch crappies using jigs and minnows around rocks and woody structure. Bass fishing is good. Anglers are starting to catch channel catfish on liver.
DeSoto Bend (Harrison): Walleye and crappie fishing is good. Walleyes being harvested are 15 to 16 inches. Crappies being caught are 8 to 12 inches. Anglers are catching good numbers of largemouth bass. Carp are being caught near shore.
Southwest Iowa Farm Ponds: Bluegill, crappie and largemouth bass fishing is excellent. Remember to ask permission and clean up your trash when fishing on private land.
For more information on fishing in southwest Iowa, call the regional office in Lewis at 712-769-2587.
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Three Mile (Union): Channel catfish are being caught at the upper end and in shallow bays with night crawlers, dip baits and liver. Walleye fishing is good over the rocky areas and while trolling crankbaits around the big points. Crappie and big bluegill are biting better and are moving into the shallow rocky areas in the early morning and late evening. Largemouth bass fishing is good all over the lake.
Twelve Mile (Union): Fishing is good for channel catfish in the upper ends using liver or night crawlers. Some walleye are being caught around the big points.
Icaria (Adams): Fishing is good for catfish using night crawlers and liver. Some walleye are being caught trolling the dam.
Green Valley (Union): Crappies are starting to move over the deep rocks early and late in the day. Some really big bluegill can be caught in the shallows with night crawlers. Channel catfish can be caught in the bays using night crawlers.
Little River (Decatur): Crappies, 9 inches and larger, are biting in the shallow rocky areas during the early morning and late afternoon. Walleye are being caught while trolling the dam and large points in the lower portion of the lake. Catfish can be caught in the bays using liver or night crawlers.
Slip Bluff (Decatur): Some bluegill and crappie are being caught around the tree piles during mid-day and off the rocks by the dam early and late in the day. Largemouth bass can be caught off the west shoreline structure.
West Lake Osceola (Clarke): Bluegill and largemouth bass fishing is excellent in the timbered coves and along the dam. Crappies are on the beds in the upper end of the lake.
Grade Lake (Clarke): Bluegills are biting well on night crawlers and small jigs in the corners of the dam and along the east shore.
Binder (Adams): Largemouth bass fishing is good along the dam. Bluegill and crappie are starting to bite.
Old Corning (Adams): Nice sized bluegills are biting along the dam and the east side of the lake.
Fogle Lake (Ringgold): Crappies can be caught early in the morning and late evening in the rocks off the dam and jetties. Some bluegill can be caught off the west shore and in the west bay.
Walnut Creek Marsh (Ringgold): Bluegill and crappie can be caught along the south shore and around the jetties.
Wilson Lake (Taylor): Crappies can be caught off the rocks along the dam early and late in the day.
Windmill Lake (Taylor): Bluegills can be caught with night crawlers in the shallows.
Big Creek (Polk): Crappie fishing has been good using jigs with or without minnows. Walleye fishing has been good using live bait rigs and spinner rigs with minnows and night crawlers, although most of the walleye are below the 15-inch minimum length limit.
Lake Ahquabi (Warren): Bluegill fishing has been good using jigs with worms or twister tails. Largemouth bass fishing has been good, with some fish caught using top-water lures. Crappie fishing has been slow; the best fishing is early morning and late afternoon.
Beaver Lake (Dallas): Bluegill fishing has been good on small jigs and worms. Largemouth bass fishing has been excellent, although most fish are below the legal size limit.
Hooper Lake (Warren): Bluegill fishing has been good using worms and jigs. Largemouth bass fishing has been fair to good.
Don Williams (Boone): Crappie fishing is excellent using minnows and jigs in shallow water along the shoreline, with 12 to 14 inch fish common. Largemouth bass fishing is good using plugs. Channel catfish fishing is good using night crawlers and cut baits toward the north end of the lake.
Rock Creek (Jasper): Crappie fishing is good using night crawlers or minnows and jigs. Channel catfish fishing is fair using night crawlers. Largemouth bass fishing has been good from shore and boat using jigs and casting lures. Walleye fishing has also been fair using jigs and minnows.
Red Rock (Marion): Crappie, usually 10 inches and larger, and white bass, have been hitting on jigs and minnows in the bays and coves. Channel catfish have also been hitting in the bay and cove areas using night crawlers and worms.
Red Rock tailwater (Marion): Crappie and white bass fishing has been good in the tailwater using jigs and minnows. Some walleye and have also been caught.
Roberts Creek (Marion): Crappie fishing has been good using jigs with minnows and/or night crawlers. Channel catfish have been hitting on night crawlers.
Easter Lake (Polk): Crappie fishing has been good on jigs and minnows. The crappies are averaging 8 to 9 inches. Anglers are catching a few walleye while crappie fishing. Bluegill fishing has been good but most were small.
Des Moines River (Polk): White bass fishing has been good. Some walleye have been caught using jigs below Scott Street Dam in Des Moines.
Saylorville Lake (Polk): White bass fishing has been good just below the outlet from Big Creek Lake. Crappie fishing has also been good in this area. Some anglers have reported good but spotty success on white bass in other parts of the lake using twister tails.
Saylorville Tailwater (Polk): White bass fishing has been excellent using white or chartreuse glitter twister tails, and sonar. Channel catfish fishing has been good using cut baits (shad).
Viking (Montgomery): Crappie and bluegill fishing is good using tube jigs along shoreline and around structure. Channel catfish fishing is fair using night crawlers or liver. Largemouth bass fishing has picked up in the evening around structure.
West Hacklebarney (Montgomery): Crappies and redear sunfish are being caught along the dam.
Cold Springs (Cass): Fishing is good for 7 to 8-inch crappies using jigs and minnows around structure near shore.
Manawa (Pottawattamie): Fishing is good for channel catfish. A few crappies are being caught in the lagoon.
Orient (Adair): Fishing is good for 7-inch crappies using jigs and/or minnows along the dam, and the southeast shore near the water pump house. Anglers are also catching small bluegills.
Mormon Trail (Adair): Walleye fishing is good using crankbaits or jigs. Anglers are catching 7 to 9-inch crappies. Channel catfish is fair using night crawlers or liver.
Nodaway Lake (Adair): Anglers are catching walleyes and crappies.
Prairie Rose (Shelby): Fishing is excellent for 7-inch crappies using jigs and minnows around rocks and woody structure. Bass fishing is good. Anglers are starting to catch channel catfish on liver.
DeSoto Bend (Harrison): Walleye and crappie fishing is good. Walleyes being harvested are 15 to 16 inches. Crappies being caught are 8 to 12 inches. Anglers are catching good numbers of largemouth bass. Carp are being caught near shore.
Southwest Iowa Farm Ponds: Bluegill, crappie and largemouth bass fishing is excellent. Remember to ask permission and clean up your trash when fishing on private land.
For more information on fishing in southwest Iowa, call the regional office in Lewis at 712-769-2587.
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