Baileys Ford
General Information
County: Delaware
Location: 3 miles southeast of Manchester - follow signage from Jefferson Road.
Acres: 0.60
Maximum Depth:
Motoring Restrictions:
Nearby Parks
Amenities
Amenities at Baileys Ford include:
- Boat Access
- Accessible Pier
- Picnic Area
- Trails
- Accessible Facilities
- Playground
- Restrooms
- Camping
- Good/Excellent Shorefishing
- Hard Surface Boat Ramp
- Carry Down Boat Launch
- Annual 2021 - 15,372 Rainbow Trout (12)
- Annual 2020 - 15,445 Rainbow Trout (12)
- annual 2019 - 6,028 Brook Trout (10.8)
- annual 2019 - 9,432 Rainbow Trout (10.8)
- annual 2018 - 3,663 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
- annual 2018 - 10,033 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)
- annual 2017 - 4,277 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
- annual 2017 - 10,412 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)
- annual 2016 - 2,924 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
- annual 2016 - 12,990 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)
- annual 2015 - 3,479 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
- annual 2015 - 12,113 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)
- annual 2014 - 2,902 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
- annual 2014 - 11,893 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)
- annual 2013 - 3,000 Brook Trout (2-3/lb)
- annual 2013 - 11,600 Rainbow Trout (2-3/lb)
No known aquatic invasive species have been found
The
Fishing Regulations brochure is available for download. The summaries listed below are a partial listing provided for your benefit.
- Brown Trout
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined trout (brook, brown, and rainbow) - 5 fish
- Possession Limit: combined trout (brook, brown, and rainbow) - 10 fish
- Length Limit: none
- Other: Anglers must have paid the Trout Fee to fish for or possess trout
- Green Sunfish
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: none
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
- Rainbow Trout
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined trout (brook, brown, and rainbow) - 5 fish
- Possession Limit: combined trout (brook, brown, and rainbow) - 10 fish
- Length Limit: none
- Other: Anglers must have paid the Trout Fee to fish for or possess trout
- White Sucker
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: none
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other: May be taken by hand fishing, by snagging, by spear or by bow and arrow, day or night.
This is a popular trout fishery located within Baileys Ford County Park in Delaware County. It is stocked with catchable-sized rainbow trout from April through October of each year. This stream also maintains a self reproducing population of wild brown trout that originate from upstream segments of Spring Branch Creek. Good shoreline fishing is available here with primitive, electric & nonelectric camping sites available. (2020)
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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. Here is a list of current fish consumption advisories for Iowa lakes and rivers.