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Northeast Iowa 2014 Fishing Forecast Get your tackle ready and update your licenses to hook into some serious fishing with this list of top angling sites from DNR fisheries biologists. BY CHRIS LARSON, RANDY SCHULTZ, MICHAEL STEUCK AND JIM WAHL NORTHEAST IOWA WALLEYE and dam tailwaters in early spring and WAPSIPINICON RIVER (Black CEDAR RIVER (Mitchell, Floyd, shortly after ice-out. Vertical jig on the Hawk and Buchanan). Black Hawk and Bremer) Size 12 to bottom with minnows, jigging spoons or 30”. Fish deep water pockets and bladed lures. After spawn, try wingdams BROOK AND congregating areas during spring throughout the summer and fall. Stay RAINBOW TROUT and fall. In summer, target wood upstream of wingdams and let lures or SOUTH BEAR/NORTH BEAR CREEKS or rock habitat near current. Jigs bait float to the front of the wingdam. (Winneshiek) Announced stockings and minnows are preferred spring Active, aggressive walleyes will strike twice weekly April through October. and fall, while nightcrawlers and crankbaits or three-way rigs trolled over There are more than 10 miles of water crankbaits are summer favorites. dropoffs and upstream of wingdams. open to fishing in these two streams. In late fall, saugers seek refuge in the Excellent for fly fishing, live bait and (Black Hawk, depths of tailwaters. Jig and minnow artificial lure angling. SHELL ROCK RIVER ER Bremer and Butler) Size 12 to 28”. or a three-way rig with a sinker and a M Quality-sized fish and great opportunities minnow produce the best results. RICHMOND SPRINGS (Delaware) for boat and float anglers. Focus on areas Public access available at Backbone with rock or wood habitat. Other mentions: TURKEY RIVER State Park. Use dry flies, jigs, (Howard, Winneshiek, Fayette nightcrawlers, nymphs, plastics, MIssIssIPPI RIVER POOLS 9 TO 14 and Clayton), UPPER IOWA RIVER prepared baits and spinners. (Allamakee to Scott) Target any lock (Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee) BY JAKE ZWEIBOH PHOTO 28 IOWA OUTDOORS MARCH / APRIL 2014 Bailey’S FORD (Delaware) Public Cedar is overlooked for smallmouth, along rocky shorelines. As water access available at Bailey’s Ford but provides a great opportunity for temperatures rise into the 70s, County Park. A variety of tackle size and quantity. Fish jigs or live bait stinkbait is effective in deeper holes, will work, including dry flies, jigs, near rock and wood. Crankbaits or rock mounds and brush piles. Stay nightcrawlers, nymphs, plastics, spinners can be effective to cover water well above brush piles and allow bait prepared baits and spinners. and find fish. scent to diffuse into the pile. Also try: TROUT RUN (Winneshiek), SHELL ROCK RIVER (Black Hawk, CEDAR RIVER (Mitchell, Floyd, Black TURTLE CREEK (Mitchell), Bremer and Butler) Size 10 to 18”. Hawk, Bremer) Size 10 to 24”. The LITTLE PAINT/ BIG PAINT CREEKS The Shell Rock is known for quality- Cedar is a fantastic catfish river, with (Allamakee), BIGALK CREEK sized fish and great opportunities plenty of boat and shoreline access. (Howard), WATERLOO CREEK for boat and float fishers. Focus Use cut baits or prepared fish baits (Allamakee), SNY MAGILL CREEK on rock or wood habitat. Jigs are early, transitioning to stinkbaits, (Clayton), GLOVERS/OTTER CREEKS most consistent, but crankbaits nightcrawlers or blood baits for (Fayette) and BANKSTON CREEK or spinners can be best at times. summer. Areas near deep holes with (Dubuque). current breaks are preferred early WAPSIPINICON RIVER (Black Hawk and areas near wood and current are BROWN TROUT and Buchanan) Size 10 to 20”. The best during summer. NORTH BEAR CREEK (Winneshiek) Wapsi is among the best for trophy Size 6 to 19”. Use multiple access fish. Focus over rock or wood SHELL ROCK RIVER (Bremer and points to see some of the most habitat. Fish near swift current Butler) Size 10 to 28”. The Shell scenic ledges and natural water during summer when water is slow. Rock has a strong channel catfish features in northeast Iowa. Some population and consistently of the best insect hatches occur MIssIssIPPI RIVER POOLS 9 TO 15 produces big cats. Areas near here to challenge many fly fishers. (Allamakee to Scott) Fish range 10 deep holes with current breaks are to 20” with many in the 16 to 18” preferred early and areas near wood FRENCH CREEK (Allamakee) Size 6 range and over 4 pounds. Fish spring and current are best in summer. to 20”. The entire stream is catch-and- and early summer at the mouths release, artificial lures only for brown of small streams and openings of LAKE MEYER (Winneshiek) Size trout. The fish spook easily—perfect backwaters. Use crankbaits, crawfish 19 to 24”. The face of the dam and for delicate fly rod presentations. and inline spinners in the summer steeply dropping shorelines hold and fall on riprapped islands, closing nice sized fish. Use chicken liver or SPRING BRANCH CREEK (Delaware) dams and main channel wingdams stink baits. Size 8 to 20”. Public access available targeting areas with current breaks. through Manchester Fish Hatchery, The tailwaters and upper ends of Other mentions: CASEY LAKE Bailey’s Ford County Park and signed Pools 12 to 15 have an abundance (Tama), LAKE HENDRICKS public fishing easement downstream of rock that hold nice smallmouth. (Howard), VOLGA LAKE (Fayette) of the hatchery. This is an artificial- and MAQUOKETA RIVER (Jones and only and 14-inch minimum length Other rivers to target smallmouth Jackson). stream. Spring Branch is known for bass include VOLGA RIVER (Fayette), good insect hatches and flyfishing UPPER IOWA RIVER (Howard, DESTINATIONS opportunities. Winneshiek, Allamakee), TURKEY TURKEY FOOT REGION (Black Hawk, RIVER (Howard, Winneshiek, Fayette Bremer and Butler) THE CEDAR Other mentions: ENSIGN HOLLOW and Clayton) and the MAQUOKETA RIVER, SHELL ROCK RIVER AND WEST (Clayton), FOUNTAIN SPRINGS/ELK RIVER (Delaware and Jones). FORK CEDAR RIVER come together CREEK (Delaware), MAQUOKETA in northwest Black Hawk County RIVER (Clayton/ Delaware), SWIss CHANNEL CATFIsh and form one of the best river VALLEY (Dubuque), COLDWATER MIssIssIPPI RIVER POOLS 9 TO 15 fisheries in the state. There are CREEK (Winneshiek), CLEAR CREEK (Allamakee to Scott) Expect good excellent opportunities for quality (Allamakee), summer fishing with many fish channel catfish, smallmouth bass ER SNY MAGILL CREEK M (Clayton), BLOODY RUN (Clayton), in the 6- to 10-pound range. After ice- and walleye. A variety of access GRANNIS CREEK (Fayette) and TURTLE out, use cut shad in the backwaters. points are available for shore, CREEK (Mitchell). Late spring and early summer, try boat or canoe/kayak fishing. For cutbait and nightcrawlers along a complete outdoor weekend, there SMALLMOUTH BASS shorelines and below wingdams are several county/city campgrounds CEDAR RIVER (Mitchell, Floyd, Black on the channel. Use a bobber and and George Wyth Memorial State PHOTO BY JAKE ZWEIBOH PHOTO Hawk and Bremer)Size 8 to 18”. The repeatedly float worms or leeches Park nearby. WWW.IOWADNR.GOV 29 NORTHWEST IOWA CRAPPIE LAKES (Dickinson) 12 to 20”-plus. shorelines using cutbait, worms or BROWNS LAKE (Woodbury) 10 to Fish canals in the spring; move to stinkbait. In the summer, fish after 14”. Target shallow water near cattails docks as water warms and try weed dark for best results. with small white twisters or minnows. lines in summer and fall. Fish deeper water near structure on LOST ISLAND LAKE (Palo Alto) Good outside bends in summer. BRUSHY CREEK LAKE (Webster) 12 numbers of catfish 20 to 24” available. to 20”. As water warms, target structure Fish at night with chubs or crawlers CLEAR LAKE (Cerro Gordo) Average near shore and weed lines. Search to add walleye to the creel. size is around 9” with some up to 14”. deeper structure in summer. In spring, target north shore canals. In Don’t overlook: EAST FORK DES MOINES early to mid-summer, cast tube jigs or SMITH LAKE (Kossuth)16 to 22”. RIVER (Kossuth), LAKE CORNELIA bobber and minnow along rush edges. Fish weed edges with jigs and (Wright), FIVE ISLAND LAKE (Palo spinners. In summer, look for fish Alto), BROWNS LAKE (Woodbury), INGHAM LAKE (Emmet) a little deeper. Sunken structures SCHARNBERG POND (Clay). Fish submerged, shallow water timber hold fish late summer/fall. during April and May for excellent Remember: electric motor only MUSKIE catches of black and white crappie and 18-inch minimum length limit. CLEAR LAKE (Cerro Gordo) Holds a approaching 11”. Focus on warm, healthy population of 30 to 40” fish sunny days in shallow water. Also try: SPIRIT LAKE (Dickinson), with a good number up to 50”. Cast BEEDS LAKE (Franklin), YELLOW large spinners near shoreline rushes Also fish: BRUSHY CREEK (Webster), SMOKE LAKE (Crawford), SWAN or docks in September and October. SWAN LAKE (Carroll), FIVE ISLAND LAKE (Carroll). LAKE (Palo Alto). WEST OKOBOJI LAKE (Dickinson) 30 SMALLMOUTH BASS to 50”. West Okoboji always produces BLUEGILL SPIRIT LAKE (Dickinson) 12 to 20”. the area’s most muskie. CRYSTAL LAKE (Hancock) 8 to 9”. Action begins after ice-out around Bluegill will stack close to shore in shallow rock piles on sunny, calm BRUSHY CREEK (Webster) 20–50”. May. In late summer and fall, look days using jigs and minnows. As During spring, fish shallow water to deeper water in dredged areas. water warms, fish deeper rock piles and creek arms near flowing and emerging weeds with live bait water. In summer and fall, focus on OKOBOJI CHAIN OF LAKES (East and and artificials. structure, especially where several West Okoboji, Upper and Lower Gar types meet. and Miniwashta lakes) 7 to 10”. WEST OKOBOJI LAKE (Dickinson) Action starts after ice-out in Lower 12 to 20”. Rocks are the key early, WALLEYE and Upper Gar and the north end of with rocks, weeds and weed lines SILVER LAKE (Dickinson) 13 to 30”.
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