Lost Grove Lake
General Information
County: Scott
Location: Six miles east of Eldridge
Acres: 400.00
Maximum Depth: 50 ft. (2015)
Motoring Restrictions: Any size motor operated at 5 mph or less
Nearby Parks
Amenities
Amenities at Lost Grove Lake include:
- Boat Access
- Fishing Jetty
- Accessible Pier
- Trails
- Good/Excellent Shorefishing
- Hard Surface Boat Ramp
- Accessible Shoreline
| For more information on the above lakes call the Lake Darling Fisheries Office at (319) 694-2430. |
| Water temperature on Tuesday was actually at 72 degrees. After a couple of hot days I doubt if it is now. Water clarity is running at just under seven feet now. the Curlyleaf is dying back as the water temperature is going up just like it does every summer. |
| Largemouth Bass - Fair: The males seem to have finished up with the nesting and have moved to hunting along the edges of the weed beds. The bigger bass are back in their summer haunts way back in the thick habitat where the anglers don't bother them. |
| Black Crappie - Fair: The crappies seemed to be bunched up at between 13 and 18 foot down in the lower half of the lake in the flooded trees. Vertical jigging and moving around seems to be the best method to find them. |
| Bluegill - Fair: Couldn't find any active spawning beds on Tuesday (6/11). Most of the bluegills have headed out for deeper water but there remains a decent number of bluegills in the outer edges of the weedbeds. |
| Channel Catfish - Good: Mid June seems early but the catfish are definitely starting to nest down in the rocks along the face of the dam. Would be a good time to float a green sunfish or bluegill along those rocks and catch some nice sized male catfish. |
- 9/29/22 - 2,398 Channel Catfish (9)
- 6/7/22 - 12,002 Walleye (1.5)
- 5/18/22 - 200 Muskellunge (12.8)
- 06/09/2021 - 12,029 Walleye (1.6)
- 09/14/2020 - 2,391 Channel Catfish (8)
- 06/04/2020 - 12,820 Walleye (1.6)
- 05/11/2020 - 200 Muskellunge (12.4)
- 06/10/2019 - 12,001 Walleye (1.9)
- 09/19/2018 - 2,401 Channel Catfish (8.6)
- 06/05/2018 - 11,974 Walleye (1.44)
- 05/11/2018 - 200 Muskellunge (11.8)
- 5/30/2017 - 15,090 Walleye (1.7")
- 9/12/16 - 2,399 Channel Catfish (8.9")
- 6/7/16 - 11,366 Walleye (1.8")
- 5/9/16 - 203 Muskellunge (14.5")
- 05/28/2015 - 11,997 Walleye (2")
- 09/10/2014 - 2,400 Channel Catfish (8")
- 06/02/2014 - 12,048 Walleye (2")
- 05/20/2014 - 200 Muskellunge (10.5")
- Curlyleaf Pondweed
- Eurasian Watermilfoil
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: 18-inch minimum
- Other:
- Muskellunge
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined: muskellunge and tiger muskellunge, 1 fish
- Possession Limit: combined: muskellunge and tiger muskellunge, 1 fish
- Length Limit: 40-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:
- White 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
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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. Here is a list of current fish consumption advisories for Iowa lakes and rivers.