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Brinker Lake
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Northeast |
Interior river conditions continue to drop and remain favorable providing great angling opportunities. With fall right around the corner fishing should vastly improve. Reports on the interior rivers is that walleye and smallmouth bass fishing has been good. For further information contact the N.E. District Office @ 563-927-3276. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Brinker Lake
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Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Fair: Try casting and retrieving spinnerbaits or crankbaits for some good largemouth action. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Brinker Lake
|
Northeast |
There have been reports of anglers catching largemouth bass on Brinker Lake. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Casey Lake (aka Hickory Hills Lake)
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Northeast |
Interior river conditions continue to drop and remain favorable providing great angling opportunities. With fall right around the corner fishing should vastly improve. Reports on the interior rivers is that walleye and smallmouth bass fishing has been good. For further information contact the N.E. District Office @ 563-927-3276. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Casey Lake (aka Hickory Hills Lake)
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Northeast |
Anglers are catching crappie, bluegill and largemouth bass in Casey Lake. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Casey Lake (aka Hickory Hills Lake)
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Northeast |
Black Crappie - Good: Try fishing a minnow under a slip bobber 5'-6' under the surface near structure and submersed trees. Fishing from a boat is advantageous. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Casey Lake (aka Hickory Hills Lake)
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Northeast |
Bluegill - Good: Fish from shore using a small red worm or chunk of crawler under a slip bobber for bluegill. |
10/21 07:36 |
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Casey Lake (aka Hickory Hills Lake)
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Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Good: Anglers have been doing well casting and retrieving crankbaits for largemouth bass. |
10/21 07:39 |
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Cedar River (above Nashua)
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Northeast |
Fall temperatures arrive this weekend with low 50's for highs to low 30's for lows. Rain chance Sunday. Area river levels stabilizing and clear due to minimal rainfall. Water temperature for most waterbodies low 60's. For more information, please contact the Chuck Gipp Decorah Fish Hatchery at 563-382-8324. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Cedar River (above Nashua)
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Northeast |
Black Crappie - Fair: Crappies taking lightweight tackle tipped with crawler or minnow under a bobber in deeper holes, backwaters, or eddies. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Cedar River (above Nashua)
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Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Good: Chubs and crawlers fished on bottom under bobber work well. Two to three pounders common. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Cedar River (above Nashua)
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Good: Find smallies in a variety of habitats. Try along current breaks, eddies, or subtle depth changes. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Cedar River (above Nashua)
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Northeast |
Walleye - Good: Find deeper holes. Walleye taking a variety of baits. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Cedar River (above Nashua)
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Northeast |
Water levels low but relatively stable. Use care when boating as submerged hazards may have moved. Clarity good. Visit the USGS Current Water Conditions website at https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ia/nwis/rt for more information. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Cedar River (Nashua to La Porte City)
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Northeast |
Interior river conditions continue to drop and remain favorable providing great angling opportunities. With fall right around the corner fishing should vastly improve. Reports on the interior rivers is that walleye and smallmouth bass fishing has been good. For further information contact the N.E. District Office @ 563-927-3276. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Cedar River (Nashua to La Porte City)
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Northeast |
Anglers are doing well on both smallmouth bass and walleye on the Cedar River. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Cedar River (Nashua to La Porte City)
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Excellent: Try casting jig and plastics, spinnerbaits or crankbaits for some good smallmouth bass action! |
10/21 07:20 |
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Cedar River (Nashua to La Porte City)
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Northeast |
Walleye - Excellent: Try a jig and plastic tipped with half a crawler or casting crankbaits. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Decorah District Streams
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Northeast |
Fall temperatures arrive this weekend with low 50's for highs to low 30's for lows. Rain chance Sunday. Area river levels stabilizing and clear due to minimal rainfall. Water temperature for most waterbodies low 60's. For more information, please contact the Chuck Gipp Decorah Fish Hatchery at 563-382-8324. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Decorah District Streams
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Northeast |
Brook Trout - Good: Hoppers, beetles, and anything that looks buggy work well this time of year. Pick up trash. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Decorah District Streams
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Northeast |
Brown Trout - Good: Off-color water is a great time to catch a brownie. Fish along grassed edges, undercut banks, and around boulders. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Decorah District Streams
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Northeast |
Urban pond stockings start this month with notification after pond stocked. All stream stockings occurring unannounced through October. Clarity good to excellent on most streams. Trout anglers using any kind of light weight rods and reels with spinner baits or a hook tipped with small piece of crawler, cheese, or dough can be just as successful as fly anglers. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Decorah District Streams
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Northeast |
Rainbow Trout - Excellent: Use hair jigs, spinner baits, or small shallow water crankbaits for aggressive fish. Thank a landowner for allowing access on private land. |
10/20 03:54 |
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George Wyth Lake
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Northeast |
Interior river conditions continue to drop and remain favorable providing great angling opportunities. With fall right around the corner fishing should vastly improve. Reports on the interior rivers is that walleye and smallmouth bass fishing has been good. For further information contact the N.E. District Office @ 563-927-3276. |
10/21 07:20 |
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George Wyth Lake
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Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Fair: Try casting and retrieving spinnerbaits or crankbaits for some good largemouth action. |
10/21 07:20 |
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George Wyth Lake
|
Northeast |
There have been reports of anglers catching largemouth bass on George Wyth Lake. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Lake Hendricks
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Northeast |
Fall temperatures arrive this weekend with low 50's for highs to low 30's for lows. Rain chance Sunday. Area river levels stabilizing and clear due to minimal rainfall. Water temperature for most waterbodies low 60's. For more information, please contact the Chuck Gipp Decorah Fish Hatchery at 563-382-8324. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Lake Hendricks
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Northeast |
Water clarity improving. Water temperature mid 60's. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Lake Hendricks
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Northeast |
Black Crappie - Good: Small spinner bait fished mid depth should find crappie. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Lake Hendricks
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Northeast |
Bluegill - Good: Use small hook tipped with a small piece of worm under a bobber. Fish near rocks. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Lake Hendricks
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Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Good: Nice fish available for the taking. Use worms or cut baits fished on the bottom for best luck. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Lake Hendricks
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Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Good: Find fish suspended around rocky structure or along vegetated edges. Use a jig tipped with twister or ring worm. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Lake Meyer
|
Northeast |
Fall temperatures arrive this weekend with low 50's for highs to low 30's for lows. Rain chance Sunday. Area river levels stabilizing and clear due to minimal rainfall. Water temperature for most waterbodies low 60's. For more information, please contact the Chuck Gipp Decorah Fish Hatchery at 563-382-8324. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Lake Meyer
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Northeast |
Bluegill - Good: Try fishing shallow over vegetation with a slow retrieve. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Lake Meyer
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Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Good: Jigs tipped with a twister tail or spinner bait fished over vegetation work well. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Lake Meyer
|
Northeast |
Water clarity excellent. Aquatic vegetation thick but dying back. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Lake Meyer
|
Northeast |
Black Crappie - Good: |
10/20 03:54 |
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Lake Meyer
|
Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Good: Use bait or worms fished on the bottom around stumps or other woody structure. |
10/20 03:54 |
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Manchester District Streams
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Northeast |
Interior river conditions continue to drop and remain favorable providing great angling opportunities. With fall right around the corner fishing should vastly improve. Reports on the interior rivers is that walleye and smallmouth bass fishing has been good. For further information contact the N.E. District Office @ 563-927-3276. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Manchester District Streams
|
Northeast |
Area Manchester streams remain in excellent conditions providing many angling opportunities for both rainbow and brown trout. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Maquoketa River (above Monticello)
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Northeast |
Interior river conditions continue to drop and remain favorable providing great angling opportunities. With fall right around the corner fishing should vastly improve. Reports on the interior rivers is that walleye and smallmouth bass fishing has been good. For further information contact the N.E. District Office @ 563-927-3276. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Maquoketa River (above Monticello)
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Northeast |
Anglers are catching smallmouth bass and walleye on the Maquoketa River. River levels have bumped up with the recent rainfall activity. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Maquoketa River (above Monticello)
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Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Fair: Try casting jig and plastics, spinnerbaits or crankbaits for some good smallmouth bass action! |
10/21 07:20 |
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Maquoketa River (above Monticello)
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Northeast |
Walleye - Fair: Try a jig and plastic tipped with half a crawler or casting crankbaits. |
10/21 07:20 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Upper Mississippi River levels remain fairly stable. Check boat ramp conditions before you go as water levels are low. Water temps have dropped into the 60's. Walleye slot length limits now apply on the entire Iowa border of the Mississippi River. All walleyes less than 15 inches long and between 20-27 inches must be immediately released. One walleye over 27 inches may be kept. Walleye/sauger combined daily limit is 6 and possession 12. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Black Crappie - Good: Fish areas with moderate to slow current amongst the trees in backwaters for crappies. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Bluegill - Good: Panfish are moving away from areas with current. Fish with a small piece of worm under a bobber. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Fair: Fish stink baits in areas of moderate currents. Move often if you are not catching cats. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Lynxville water level remains stable near 613 feet. Boaters should use caution to not back off end of ramps. Water is stained from recent rains with a lot of weeds floating. Water temperature at Lynxville dam is 62 degrees. The bite is picking up with cooler water temps. Sny Magill ramp has reopened after completion of concrete work under the railroad underpass. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Northern Pike - Good: Fish northern pike with shad colored baits attached to a leader along backwater weed lines. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Walleye - Fair: Try trolling crankbaits along structure in side channel and main channel current breaks. Expect walleye to be moving up to tailwaters of the dams. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Yellow Perch - Excellent: Yellow perch bite is picking up with some sorting for larger fish. Try drifting hair jigs with a piece of crawler in 6 to 8 ft of water. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Flathead Catfish - Fair: Lots of trot lining for flatheads going on. Make sure you place the trot line on bank and have your name and address clearly visible. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Freshwater Drum - Fair: Drag a crawler fished off the bottom in any areas with moderate current for drum. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Good: Cast plastics along the weed lines of deep cuts in backwaters or fish edge of side channels with slight current. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Excellent: Fish main channel rock piles along tips of islands with spinners or crankbaits. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 10
|
Northeast |
White Bass - Fair: Cast inline spinners in areas of current for white bass action. Look for schools of white bass feeding on minnows. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Upper Mississippi River levels remain fairly stable. Check boat ramp conditions before you go as water levels are low. Water temps have dropped into the 60's. Walleye slot length limits now apply on the entire Iowa border of the Mississippi River. All walleyes less than 15 inches long and between 20-27 inches must be immediately released. One walleye over 27 inches may be kept. Walleye/sauger combined daily limit is 6 and possession 12. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Black Crappie - Fair: Crappie are seeking deep water. Fish a crappie minnow under a bobber in areas with moderate to slow current of side channels |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Bluegill - Good: Panfish are moving away from areas with current. Fish with a small piece of worm under a bobber. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Good: Use stink bait in areas of moderate current. Move often if not catching any fish. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Guttenberg tailwater is near 5 feet and is expected to remain stable. Boaters should use caution to not back off end of ramps. Water temperature at the Guttenberg dam is 54 degrees. The fall bite is picking up with cooler water temps. Water is stained from recent rains with a lot of weeds floating. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Northern Pike - Fair: Fish northern pike with shad colored baits attached to a leader along backwater weed lines. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Walleye - Fair: Try trolling crankbaits along structure in side channel and main channel current breaks. Expect walleye to be moving up to tailwaters of the dams. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Yellow Perch - Good: Yellow perch bite is picking up with some sorting for larger fish. Try drifting hair jigs with a piece of crawler in 6 to 8 ft of water. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Flathead Catfish - Fair: Lots of trot lining for flatheads going on. Make sure you place the trot line on bank and have your name and address clearly visible. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Freshwater Drum - Fair: Fish the main channel areas with a heavy weight with a crawler fished off the bottom. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Good: Cast plastics along the weed lines of deep cuts in backwaters or fish edge of side channels with slight current. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Good: Fish main channel rock piles along tips of islands with spinners or crankbaits. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 11
|
Northeast |
White Bass - Good: Cast inline spinners in areas of current for white bass action. Look for schools of white bass feeding on minnows. |
10/21 08:18 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Good: Bass are feeding on gizzard shad. Expect angling to continue to be good as we move toward the fall season. Chatter baits or weedless crankbaits in the lily pads can be effective. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
The water level is steady and temperature is around 62 degrees. Water levels are currently 4.7 feet at the Lock and Dam and 7.6 feet at the RR bridge and clarity is good. At these low river levels be careful not to back off the ends of the boat ramps. Use the minimum water as necessary to launch boats. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Walleye - Fair: Use crankbaits on wingdams or three way rigs with a small nightcrawler. Expect better fishing as we move toward the cooler fall season. Lots of vegetation floating downstream at times making fishing crankbaits difficult. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Water temperature has dipped in recent days but still is in the lower 60's which is uncommonly warm for this time of year. The water is low and clear, be careful not to back off the ends of ramps. If you have angling questions please call the Bellevue Fisheries Management at 563-880-8781. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Black Crappie - Good: It has been a good year so far for crappie angling in general. With the low water crappie moved in the deeper sloughs and brush piles. Use small jig and minnow. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Bluegill - Good: Fish can be found in vegetated areas and some are still in brush piles in side channel sloughs. Bobber and worm works the best |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Excellent: Some folks are just using worms while other are using stink bait. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Flathead Catfish - Fair: Some anglers have been targeting flatheads at night mainly using live green sunfish as bait. Some are being caught by walleye anglers on the wingdams. Flatheads are feeding heavily on sunfish and crappies still along the main channel areas. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Freshwater Drum - Excellent: Use an egg sinker and worm rig in moderate current areas. Even areas around boat launches can be productive drum fishing. You will catch a lot of other species as well on an egg sinker rig. If you want to catch large drum try using large crayfish for bait. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Northern Pike - Good: Fish gaudy spinner baits along weedy edges. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Pumpkinseed - Good: Fish in lower pool 12 for this colorful panfish species. Usually mixed in with the Bluegill and caught on a bobber and worm. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Good: Look for smallies along rocky habitat with strong current flow. Crankbaits and spinners work the best. Find the areas of the strongest flow along rock. Lots of little smallmouths indicating a excellent years class coming on. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 12
|
Northeast |
Yellow Perch - Good: Expect to see more yellow perch showing up in the creel during the autumn months. Usually that is when the bite picks up. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Water temperature has dipped in recent days but still is in the lower 60's which is uncommonly warm for this time of year. The water is low and clear, be careful not to back off the ends of ramps. If you have angling questions please call the Bellevue Fisheries Management at 563-880-8781. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Paddlefish - No Report: Paddlefish season is now closed for the year. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
The water level at the Bellevue Lock is steady and is currently near 4.6 feet. Water temperature is near 62 in the main channel and the water clarity is good. With this low water, be careful not to back off the ends of the boat ramps. Use the minimum water necessary to float boat. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Walleye - Fair: Use crankbaits on wingdams or three way rigs with a small nightcrawler. Expect better fishing as we move toward the cooler fall season. Lots of vegetation floating downstream at times making fishing crankbaits difficult. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Black Crappie - Good: Use small jig and minnow. Crappie fishing has been fairly good this year in general as fish have been concentrated due to the low water levels. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Bluegill - Good: Find a brush pile in a side channel that is blocking most of the current flow and bluegills will be abundant. Another place to try is weedy edge areas that are around 2 to 3 foot deep. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Channel Catfish - Good: Most anglers are using stink bait but bigger fish might be caught on cut shad bait. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Flathead Catfish - Fair: Anglers are targeting flathead catfish mainly using live green sunfish for bait. Also some still being caught on wingdams by walleye anglers. Flatheads have been feeding heavily on sunfish and crappies still hanging along the main channel due to the warm temperatures. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Freshwater Drum - Excellent: Use an egg sinker and worm rig in moderate current areas. Even areas around boat launches can be productive drum fishing. You can catch a lot of other species as well on an egg sinker rig. If you want to catch large drum try using large crayfish for bait. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Largemouth Bass - Excellent: Bass can be seen chasing small shad in past few weeks. Weedy edges and along rock and brush piles using jigs or chatterbaits seem to work well. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Northern Pike - Good: Try weedy edges using a gaudy white spinner bait in shallow weedy areas. The bite for pike has definitely picked up recently. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Smallmouth Bass - Good: Look for smallies along rocky habitat with strong current flow. Crankbaits and spinners work the best. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
White Bass - Good: White bass can be found in the tailwaters at times using flashy spinners or small spoons. They have been abundant at times in the tailwater but the size has generally been small. |
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 13
|
Northeast |
Yellow Perch - Fair: Expect to see more yellow perch showing up in the creel during the autumn months. Usually that is when the bite picks up
|
10/21 10:45 |
|
Mississippi River Pool 14
|
Northeast |
Water temperature has dipped in recent days but still is in the lower 60's which is uncommonly warm for this time of year. The water is low and clear, be careful not to back off the ends of ramps. If you have angling questions please call the Bellevue Fisheries Management at 563-880-8781. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 14
|
Northeast |
Paddlefish - No Report: The paddlefish season is now closed for the year. |
10/21 10:45 |
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Mississippi River Pool 14
|
Northeast |
The water level at the Fulton Lock and Dam is steady and currently at 4.5 feet, Camanche is at 9.1 feet and Le Claire is at 4.5 feet. Water temperature is around 61 in the main channel and clarity is good. With the low water, be careful not to back off the ends of the boat ramps. Use the minimum water necessary to float boat. |
10/21 10:45 |