Lake Miami
General Information
County: Monroe
Location: 5 miles southeast of Lovilia on the west side of 635th Avenue
Acres: 137.00
Maximum Depth: 18.4 ft. (2019 - 18.4')
Motoring Restrictions: No Size Limit at No Wake
Nearby Parks
Amenities
Amenities at Lake Miami include:
- Fishing Jetty
- Accessible Pier
- Picnic Area
- Trails
- Playground
- Restrooms
- Camping
- Good/Excellent Shorefishing
- Hard Surface Boat Ramp
- Accessible Shoreline
- Fish Cleaning Station
Contact the Rathbun Fish Hatchery at 641-647-2406 with questions about fishing in south central Iowa. |
Black Crappie - Fair: Try jig and minnows along the cedar tree piles or drifting over the brush piles. |
Bluegill - Fair: Try small jigs around the brushpiles and along the shoreline. |
Largemouth Bass - Good: Use plastics around the brush piles and along the rip-rapped shoreline areas. |
- Fall 2021 - 1,349 Channel Catfish (9)
- 09/12/2019 - 1,400 Channel Catfish (8.7)
- 9/18/2017 - 1,017 Channel Catfish (8.2")
- 09/18/2015 - 1,218 Channel Catfish (8")
- 09/25/2014 - 80,000 Bluegill (2")
- 09/24/2014 - 24,000 Black Crappie (2")
- 07/30/2014 - 200 Channel Catfish (adult)
- 06/18/2014 - 12,200 Largemouth Bass (2")
- 05/30/2014 - 3,018 Channel Catfish (2")
- 04/15/2014 - 200 Largemouth Bass (adult)
- 04/14/2014 - 27,000 Bluegill (2")
The
Fishing Regulations brochure is available for download. The summaries listed below are a partial listing provided for your benefit.
- Black Crappie
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined black and white crappie, 25 fish
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other: No daily limit on private waters
- Bluegill
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: 25 fish
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other: No daily limit on private waters
- Channel Catfish
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined: channel, blue and flathead catfish, 8 fish
- Possession Limit: combined: channel, blue and flathead catfish, 30 fish
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
- Largemouth Bass
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined black bass, 3 fish
- Possession Limit: combined black bass, 6 fish
- Length Limit: 15-inch minimum
- Other:
A 2016 fishery survey at Lake Miami continued to show the fishery is developing fast. Bluegill of 8.5 inches, largemouth bass up to 20 inches (most 8- to 15-inch), and crappie up to 10 inches were captured in May 2016. (2017)
Tip: Click the arrow in the lower right corner to view the Fish Survey Data tool in full-screen mode.
Contacts
Iowa-Caught Fish Are Safe to Eat, In Almost All Cases
The vast majority of Iowa’s streams, rivers and lakes offer safe and high-quality fish that pose little or no threat to human health if consumed. Some limitations may apply for young children and pregnant women. Here’s a Fish Consumption Fact Sheet from the Iowa DNR and the Iowa Dept. of Public Health for more information.