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North Canoe Creek

General Information

County: Winneshiek
Location: Stream located about 7.5 miles north of Decorah. Take Locust Road 5.6 miles north and turn west onto Canoe Valley Road for 1.3 miles.
Stream Segment Length: 0.60

Amenities

Amenities at North Canoe Creek include:

    Brook Trout - Slow: Brook trout more interested in spawning than feeding making catching more difficult. Dabbling a fly through narrow vegetated runs or find a deeper pool above a beaver dam may grab a brooks attention.
    Brown Trout - Good: Try using flies or crankbaits imitating minnows or other small trout.
    Rainbow Trout - Good: With the end of catchable trout stocking, plenty of fish remain in the stream to confound anglers. A small chunk of worm or cheese under a bobber fished through a deeper hole may turn a rainbow head. Cut line on deeply hooked fish if returning to water.
    A good trout stream will stay open during cold weather. Avoid walking on cleared gravel areas in faster moving water. These are brook and brown trout nests or redds. Many trout streams flow through public areas where hunting occurs. Wear plenty of orange so hunters can see you.

    Due to increased number of streams with wild Brown Trout populations and South Pine Brook Trout renovation efforts, Brown Trout are not stocked in this watershed. This stream has a long history of domestic Brown Trout fingerling stockings (1976 thru 2003). In 2004, switched to French Creek strain and continued until 2016. The lower 0.6 miles of stream is open to public fishing, however, the rest of the stream is on private property and requires landowner permission to access. Since most of the stream is not open to public fishing, only the lower open portion is shown on the map. If anglers wish to fish outside the 0.6 mile open fishing portion, they must receive landowner permission.(2021)

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    Parking Access
    Catchable Trout Waters
    Fingerling Stocked or Natural Reproduction
    Restrictive Regulation Stream

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        No known aquatic invasive species have been found

    • 6/6/16 - 8,400 Brown Trout (4")
    • 05/11/2015 - 8,000 Brown Trout (4")
    • 06/02/2014 - 5,360 Brown Trout (2")

    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

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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.

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