Angling has been fair on the interior rivers with the up and down weather pattern. There have been no reports on the surrounding area lakes. Trout streams remain in excellent condition and the stocking is fully underway. For further information contact your local bait shops for the most recent information.

Anglers are catching a few walleye and northern pike on the Cedar River.

Walleye - Good: Anglers have been doing best casting and retrieving lead head jigs tipped with plastics and a minnow.

Northern Pike - Fair: Most catches have been from anglers targeting walleye, cast and retrieve lead head jigs tipped with plastics and a minnow.

Smallmouth Bass - Fair: Anglers have been doing best casting and retrieving lead head jigs tipped with plastics and a minnow.

• Blue Sucker
• Channel Catfish
• Northern Pike
• Smallmouth Bass
• Walleye

• Silver Carp

The Fishing Regulations brochure is available for download. The summaries listed below are a partial listing provided for your benefit.

• Channel Catfish
• Season: Continuous
• Daily Bag Limit: combined: channel, blue and flathead catfish, 15 fish
• Possession Limit: combined: channel, blue and flathead catfish, 30 fish
• Length Limit: none
• Other:
• Northern Pike
• Season: Continuous
• Daily Bag Limit: 3 fish
• Possession Limit: 6 fish
• Length Limit: none
• Other:
• Smallmouth Bass
• Season: Continuous
• Daily Bag Limit: combined black bass, 3 fish
• Possession Limit: combined black bass, 6 fish
• Length Limit: 12-inch minimum
• Other:
• Walleye
• Season: Continuous
• Daily Bag Limit: combined walleye, sauger and saugeye; 5 fish
• Possession Limit: combined walleye, sauger and saugeye; 10 fish
• Length Limit: none
• Other:

The Cedar River throughout this stretch offers excellent angling opportunities for walleye, smallmouth bass, channel catfish and occasional northern pike. Boat electrofishing catch rates for walleye are good providing abundant numbers of walleye in this stretch of river. There are many access points throughout this stretch of river. Navigation on this entire stretch is good for smaller flat or V-bottom boats with a smaller hp motor or canoe. A fall 2020 electrofishing survey in Bremer County sampled 26 walleye with 64 percent of them equal to or greater than 15 inches long. Three of these fish sampled were greater than 25 inches long with one being 30.3 inches in length. Another fall 2020 electrofishing survey above LaPorte City provided good numbers of channel catfish with decent numbers of walleye, smallmouth bass and shovelnose sturgeon.(2020)

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