Big Woods Lake
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Northeast |
Interior rivers are at usual to low levels for this time of year and have been providing fair to good angling opportunities on walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike, crappie and channel catfish. Lakes in and around Cedar Falls have been producing some catches of panfish. Trout streams remain in excellent condition here in northeast Iowa. For further information contact your local area bait shops for more details. |
10/09 09:39 |
Big Woods Lake
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Northeast |
Anglers have been doing fair on crappie and bluegill on the lake. |
10/09 09:39 |
Big Woods Lake
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Northeast |
Bluegill - Fair: Fish area structure or off of the jetties using a piece of worm under a bobber for bluegill. |
10/09 09:39 |
Big Woods Lake
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Northeast |
Black Crappie - Fair: Find and drift over structure using electronics in six to eight foot of water using a live minnow under a bobber or artificial jigs. |
10/09 09:39 |
Brinker Lake
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Northeast |
Interior rivers are at usual to low levels for this time of year and have been providing fair to good angling opportunities on walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike, crappie and channel catfish. Lakes in and around Cedar Falls have been producing some catches of panfish. Trout streams remain in excellent condition here in northeast Iowa. For further information contact your local area bait shops for more details. |
10/09 09:39 |
Brinker Lake
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Northeast |
Anglers have been doing good on crappie on Brinker Lake. |
10/09 09:39 |
Brinker Lake
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Northeast |
Black Crappie - Good: Find and drift over structure using electronics in six to eight foot of water using a live minnow under a bobber or artificial jigs. |
10/09 09:39 |
Cedar River (Nashua to La Porte City)
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Northeast |
Interior rivers are at usual to low levels for this time of year and have been providing fair to good angling opportunities on walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike, crappie and channel catfish. Lakes in and around Cedar Falls have been producing some catches of panfish. Trout streams remain in excellent condition here in northeast Iowa. For further information contact your local area bait shops for more details. |
10/09 09:39 |
Cedar River (Nashua to La Porte City)
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Northeast |
Anglers have been having success on the Cedar River for channel catfish, smallmouth bass and walleye. |
10/09 09:39 |
Cedar River (Nashua to La Porte City)
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Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Fair: Using chubs fished on the river bottom below snags or other structure has been good for catfish. |
10/09 09:39 |
Cedar River (Nashua to La Porte City)
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Good: Anglers are catching smallmouth bass using lead head jigs with twister tails. |
10/09 09:39 |
Cedar River (Nashua to La Porte City)
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Northeast |
Walleye - Fair: Try casting and retrieving lead head jigs tipped with a night crawler for walleye. |
10/09 09:39 |
Cedar River (Nashua to La Porte City)
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Northeast |
Black Crappie - Fair: Locate brush piles or rip rap along shorelines fishing a crappie minnow under a slip bobber or vertical jigging various colored tube jigs. |
10/09 09:46 |
George Wyth Lake
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Northeast |
Interior rivers are at usual to low levels for this time of year and have been providing fair to good angling opportunities on walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike, crappie and channel catfish. Lakes in and around Cedar Falls have been producing some catches of panfish. Trout streams remain in excellent condition here in northeast Iowa. For further information contact your local area bait shops for more details. |
10/09 09:39 |
George Wyth Lake
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Northeast |
Anglers have been doing good on crappie and bluegill on the lake. |
10/09 09:39 |
George Wyth Lake
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Northeast |
Black Crappie - Good: Find and drift over structure using electronics in six to eight foot of water using a live minnow under a bobber or artificial jigs. |
10/09 09:39 |
Manchester District Streams
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Northeast |
Interior rivers are at usual to low levels for this time of year and have been providing fair to good angling opportunities on walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike, crappie and channel catfish. Lakes in and around Cedar Falls have been producing some catches of panfish. Trout streams remain in excellent condition here in northeast Iowa. For further information contact your local area bait shops for more details. |
10/09 09:39 |
Manchester District Streams
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Northeast |
Brown Trout - Fair: Brown Trout - Fair: Use crankbaits, jigs, spinners, dry flies or nymphs. |
10/09 09:39 |
Manchester District Streams
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Northeast |
Rainbow Trout - Good: Rainbow Trout - Good: Try jigs, spinners, crankbaits or live bait. |
10/09 09:39 |
Manchester District Streams
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Northeast |
Rainbow trout stocking has been on schedule. Brown trout fishing has been fair, especially in the evenings. |
10/09 09:39 |
Maquoketa River (above Monticello)
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Northeast |
Interior rivers are at usual to low levels for this time of year and have been providing fair to good angling opportunities on walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike, crappie and channel catfish. Lakes in and around Cedar Falls have been producing some catches of panfish. Trout streams remain in excellent condition here in northeast Iowa. For further information contact your local area bait shops for more details. |
10/09 09:39 |
Maquoketa River (above Monticello)
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Fair: Use live or artificial tackle for smallmouth bass. |
10/09 09:39 |
Maquoketa River (above Monticello)
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Northeast |
There have been reports of anglers catching smallmouth bass and walleye in Delaware County. |
10/09 09:39 |
Maquoketa River (above Monticello)
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Northeast |
Walleye - Fair: Try casting and retrieving lead head jigs tipped with a night crawler for walleye. |
10/09 09:39 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
Upper Mississippi River levels on Pools 9 -11 have fallen slightly and remain extremely low this week. Boaters should use caution to avoid backing off the end of ramps. Water temps have cooled down into the 60''s.Water is clarity is good. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Good: Catfish anglers have been catching a few channel cats this week on crawlers. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
Northern Pike - Fair: Fish the shallows along weed beds in backwater lakes. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
Walleye - Fair: Troll crankbaits on three-way rigs along deep side channel borders and wing dams. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
Water level in the tailwaters at Lynxville is 612.3 feet and is predicted to fall to 612 next week. Water temperature is 65 degrees. Boat ramps at Noble's Island, Marquette, McGregor, Bussey Lake and Sny MaGill are open. Avoid backing off the ramp during low water conditions. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
Yellow Perch - Fair: Jig for perch in the vegetation off edge of cuts in 6-8 feet of water. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
Bluegill - Excellent: Bluegill are moved off spawning beds into deeper water. Use light tackle on flooded shorelines and weed beds. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
Flathead Catfish - Good: Fish live bluegill or shiners in the tailwaters of the lock & dams and large tree snags in deeper sloughs. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
Freshwater Drum - Good: Fish a piece of crawler off the bottom along main channel and side channel current. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Good: Cast frog baits along weed edges in upper portions of backwaters |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Excellent: Smallmouth are biting in areas with moderate current. Cast spinners and crankbaits along main channel rock shorelines or at the spillway. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 10
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Northeast |
White Bass - Good: Throw inline spinners along current breaks for white bass action. Watch for schools of minnows jumping as white bass are feeding. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
Upper Mississippi River levels on Pools 9 -11 have fallen slightly and remain extremely low this week. Boaters should use caution to avoid backing off the end of ramps. Water temps have cooled down into the 60''s.Water is clarity is good. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Good: Catfish anglers have been catching a few channel cats this week on crawlers or cut-bait |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
Northern Pike - No Report: |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
Walleye - Fair: Troll crankbaits on three-way rigs along deep side channel borders and wing dams. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
Water level at Guttenberg is 4.1 feet in the tailwaters and is expected to remain there next week. Water temperature is 63 at the lock & dam. Turkey River Landing has been temporarily inaccessible due to a road closure for RR crossing work.. Guttenberg City Ramp, Finley's Landing and Mud Lake ramps are all open. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
Yellow Perch - Fair: Jig for perch in the vegetation off edge of cuts in 6-8 feet of water. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
Bluegill - Excellent: Bluegill are moved off spawning beds into deeper water. Use light tackle on flooded shorelines and weed beds. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
Flathead Catfish - Good: Fish live bluegill or shiners in the tailwaters of the lock & dams and large tree snags in deeper sloughs. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
Freshwater Drum - Good: Fish a piece of crawler off the bottom along main channel and side channel current. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Good: Cast frog baits along weed edges in upper portions of backwaters |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Excellent: Smallmouth are biting in areas with moderate current. Cast spinners and crankbaits along main channel rock shorelines. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 11
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Northeast |
White Bass - Good: Throw inline spinners along current breaks for white bass action. Watch for schools of minnows jumping as white bass are feeding. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 12
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Northeast |
Water levels are low. Boaters should use caution to avoid backing off end of ramps. Fall fishing can be great on the River right until ice in. If you have angling questions, please call Bellevue Fisheries Management at 563-880-8781. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 12
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Northeast |
Water level at Dubuque Lock and Dam is stable at 4.5 feet and the RR Bridge is at 7.1 feet. Water is clear with the temperature is around 63 degrees. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 12
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Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Excellent: The bite on channel cats remains good with most anglers using stink baits. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 12
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Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Excellent: Bass are stacked up along shoreline weed edges. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 12
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Northeast |
White Bass - Good: White bass have been a consistent in the creel. Try some flashy spinners in the tailwater areas. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 12
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Northeast |
Black Crappie - Good: Crappie are starting to show up in the creel with anglers using minnows in brush piles in the larger sloughs. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 12
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Northeast |
Bluegill - Good: Can be hard to find in low water but try to concentrate along deeper rocky banks or tree falls. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 12
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Northeast |
Freshwater Drum - Excellent: Big drum are caught often on big crayfish. Otherwise try a simple egg sinker worm rig in areas of moderate current. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 12
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Northeast |
Northern Pike - Fair: Lots of small young of the year pike have been reported lately. This bodes well for the future of pike fishing in the Mississippi River. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 12
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Excellent: Try fishing along rock lines with small crankbaits or spinners |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 12
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Northeast |
Walleye - Good: Many anglers are targeting smaller flowing sloughs with crankbaits. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 13
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Northeast |
Water levels are low. Boaters should use caution to avoid backing off end of ramps. Fall fishing can be great on the River right until ice in. If you have angling questions, please call Bellevue Fisheries Management at 563-880-8781. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 13
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Northeast |
Water level at Bellevue is stable and presently is near 4.0 feet. Water is clear with the temperature near 65 degrees. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 13
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Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Excellent: Channel catfishing remains good with most anglers using stink bait. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 13
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Northeast |
Freshwater Drum - Excellent: Drum are a consistent biter in moderate current areas. Use and egg sinker and worm rig. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 13
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Northeast |
Walleye - Good: Anglers are still mainly targeting wing dams for walleyes using crankbaits. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 13
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Northeast |
White Bass - Excellent: White bass are being caught in the Bellevue tailwaters on white jigs or small spinners. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 13
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Northeast |
Black Crappie - Good: Crappie are starting to show up in the creel with anglers using minnows in brush piles in the larger sloughs. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 13
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Northeast |
Bluegill - Excellent: Some sorting to find nicer bluegill may be necessary but many are being caught with worm rigs along the main channel shoreline. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 13
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Northeast |
Flathead Catfish - Fair: Some nice flathead catfish are still being caught occasionally in the tailwaters. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 13
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Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Excellent: Find weed lines away from the main channel for the best action on bass. Anglers mainly use gaudy spinner baits or frog imitation lures. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 13
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Excellent: Try rock lines with spinners or jigs for abundant smallies. You need to be in areas with strong current. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 14
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Northeast |
Water levels are low. Boaters should use caution to avoid backing off end of ramps. Fall fishing can be great on the River right until ice in. If you have angling questions, please call Bellevue Fisheries Management at 563-880-8781. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 14
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Northeast |
Water level at Fulton is stable and presently near 4.4 feet, 9.2 feet at Camanche and 4.2 feet at LeClaire. Water is clear with the temperature around 65 degrees. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 14
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Northeast |
Bluegill - Excellent: Some sorting to find nicer bluegill may be necessary but many are being caught with worm rigs along the main channel shoreline. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 14
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Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Excellent: Try using stink baits in moderate current in 2-8 feet of water. Move often if you do not find fish. Even floating nightcrawlers along rock lines can produce some nice channel cats. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 14
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Northeast |
Freshwater Drum - Excellent: Worm rig with egg sinker fished along shore in moderate current will catch this consistent biter. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 14
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Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Excellent: Frog lures and spinner baits seem to be lures of choice. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 14
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Excellent: Fish spinners or jigs next to rock lines with strong current. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 14
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Northeast |
White Bass - Excellent: Fish along shorelines near the tailwater with flashy spinners or small white jigs. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 14
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Northeast |
Black Crappie - Good: Crappie are starting to show up in the creel with anglers using minnows in brush piles in the larger sloughs. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 14
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Northeast |
Northern Pike - Fair: Many small pike are being reported which bodes well for the future of pike fishing on the River. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 15
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Northeast |
Water levels are low. Boaters should use caution to avoid backing off end of ramps. Fall fishing can be great on the River right until ice in. If you have angling questions, please call Bellevue Fisheries Management at 563-880-8781. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 15
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Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Excellent: Try using stink bait rigs near shore for abundant cats. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 15
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Northeast |
Freshwater Drum - Excellent: Worm rig with egg sinker fished along shore in moderate current will catch this consistent biter. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 15
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Northeast |
Water level is stable at Rock Island near 4.0 feet. Water is clear and temperature is around 66 degrees. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 15
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Good: Fish along the many rock lines with moderate current for abundant smallmouth bass. Pool 15 can be an overlooked spot for smallmouth but you need be along the abundant rock lines in moderate to fast current. Smallies live in rock areas with current. |
10/09 11:40 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
Upper Mississippi River levels on Pools 9 -11 have fallen slightly and remain extremely low this week. Boaters should use caution to avoid backing off the end of ramps. Water temps have cooled down into the 60''s.Water is clarity is good. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
Water level at Lansing is near 7.8 feet and predicted to remain stable next week. Water temperature is 62 degrees. Boaters should use caution in low water to avoid backing off the end of the ramp at New Albin. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Good: Catfish anglers have been catching channel cats this week on crawlers and stink bait. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
Northern Pike - Fair: Fish the shallows along weed beds in backwater lakes. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
Walleye - Fair: Troll crankbaits on three-way rigs along deep side channel borders and wing dams. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
Yellow Perch - Fair: Jig for perch in the vegetation off edge of cuts in 6-8 feet of water. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
Bluegill - Excellent: Bluegill are moved off spawning beds into deeper water. Use light tackle on flooded shorelines and weed beds. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
Flathead Catfish - Good: Fish live bluegill or shiners in the tailwaters of the lock & dams and large tree snags in deeper sloughs. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
Freshwater Drum - Excellent: Fish a piece of crawler off the bottom along main channel and side channel current. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Good: Cast frog baits along weed edges in upper portions of backwaters |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Excellent: Smallmouth are biting in areas with moderate current. Cast spinners and crankbaits along main channel rock shorelines. |
10/10 08:24 |
Mississippi River Pool 9
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Northeast |
White Bass - Good: Throw inline spinners along current breaks for white bass action. Watch for schools of minnows jumping as white bass are feeding. |
10/10 08:24 |
Shell Rock River (Greene to Shell Rock)
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Northeast |
Interior rivers are at usual to low levels for this time of year and have been providing fair to good angling opportunities on walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike, crappie and channel catfish. Lakes in and around Cedar Falls have been producing some catches of panfish. Trout streams remain in excellent condition here in northeast Iowa. For further information contact your local area bait shops for more details. |
10/09 09:39 |
Shell Rock River (Greene to Shell Rock)
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Northeast |
There have been no reports on the Shell Rock river this past week. |
10/09 09:39 |
South Prairie Lake
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Northeast |
Interior rivers are at usual to low levels for this time of year and have been providing fair to good angling opportunities on walleye, smallmouth bass, northern pike, crappie and channel catfish. Lakes in and around Cedar Falls have been producing some catches of panfish. Trout streams remain in excellent condition here in northeast Iowa. For further information contact your local area bait shops for more details. |
10/09 09:39 |