Brinker Lake

Interior river levels remain low and with the arrival of fall angling opportunities for walleye and smallmouth bass have improved. Lakes in and around Black Hawk county have been providing catches of panfish and largemouth bass. Trout streams remain in excellent condition and will remain to be stocked unannounced throughout the month of October. For further information contact your local bait shops for the most recent information.

Anglers have been targeting Brinker Lake for crappie.

Black Crappie - Fair: Try fishing and locating structure in that 8-10 foot of water using a crappie minnow under a slip bobber.

Source: Iowa DNR

Interior river levels remain low and with the arrival of fall angling opportunities for walleye and smallmouth bass should improve. Lakes in and around Black Hawk county have been providing catches of panfish and largemouth bass. Trout streams remain in excellent condition and will remain to be stocked unannounced throughout the month of October. For further information contact your local bait shops for the most recent information.

Anglers have been catching some panfish on Brinker Lake.

Black Crappie - Fair: Try fishing a crappie minnow under a slip bobber in 6-8 foot of water over structure.

Source: Iowa DNR

Interior river levels remain low and with the arrival of fall angling opportunities for walleye and smallmouth bass should improve. Lakes in and around Black Hawk county have been providing catches of panfish and largemouth bass. Trout streams remain in excellent condition, catchable stockings will remain throughout the rest of this week. For further information contact your local bait shops for the most recent information.

Anglers have been catching some panfish on Brinker Lake.

Black Crappie - Fair: Try fishing a crappie minnow under a slip bobber in 6-8 foot of water over structure.

Source: Iowa DNR

Interior river levels remain low and anglers have been taking a few walleye. There have few reports on Brinker, Big Woods and Casey lakes in the Cedar Falls/Waterloo area for panfish and bass. Trout streams are low and clear across northeast Iowa so consider fishing during low light conditions and approach streams carefully to avoid disturbing wild fish. For further information contact your nearest local bait shop

Black Crappie - Fair: Target brush piles in that 6'-8' of water using a slip bobber, sinker and hook tipped with a minnow.

Largemouth Bass - Fair: Target bass with plastics, spinnerbaits or crank baits afternoon to later evening hours.

There have been a few reports of anglers catching crappie and largemouth bass on Brinker Lake.

Source: Iowa DNR

Interior river levels remain low and anglers have been taking a few pike and walleye. There have few reports on Brinker and Big Woods lakes in the Cedar Falls/Waterloo area for panfish and bass. Trout streams are low and clear across northeast Iowa so consider fishing during low light conditions and approach streams carefully to avoid disturbing wild fish. For further information contact your nearest local bait shop

There have been a few reports of anglers catching crappie and largemouth bass on Brinker Lake.

Black Crappie - Slow: Target brush piles in that 6'-8' of water using a slip bobber, sinker and hook tipped with a minnow.

Largemouth Bass - Fair: Target bass with plastics, spinnerbaits or crank baits afternoon to later evening hours.

Source: Iowa DNR

Interior river levels remain low and anglers have not been out fishing due to the recent heat wave. There have been no reports on the lakes in and around Cedar Falls/Waterloo area. Trout streams are low and clear across northeast Iowa so consider fishing during low light conditions and approach streams carefully to avoid disturbing wild fish. For further information contact your nearest local bait shop

There have been a few reports of anglers catching crappie on Brinker Lake.

Black Crappie - Good: Target brush piles in that 6'-8' of water using a slip bobber, sinker and hook tipped with a minnow.

Source: Iowa DNR

Interior river levels remain low and anglers have been catching walleye, smallmouth bass and channel catfish. Trout streams are low and clear across northeast Iowa so consider fishing during low light conditions and approach streams carefully to avoid disturbing wild fish. Dubuque County did receive some heavy rainfall on Monday of this past week. For further information contact your nearest local bait shop

Anglers have been fishing Brinker Lake for largemouth bass.

Largemouth Bass - Good: Try early morning or late evening top water artificial baits for largemouth bass.

Source: Iowa DNR

Interior river levels remain low and anglers have been catching walleye, smallmouth bass and channel catfish. Trout streams are low and clear across northeast Iowa so consider fishing during low light conditions and approach streams carefully to avoid disturbing wild fish. For further information contact your nearest local bait shop

Anglers have been fishing Brinker Lake for largemouth bass.

Largemouth Bass - Good: Try early morning or late evening top water artificial baits for largemouth bass.

Source: Iowa DNR

Interior river levels remain low and anglers have been catching walleye, smallmouth bass and channel catfish. Trout streams remain in excellent condition across N.E. Iowa. For further information contact your nearest local bait shop

Anglers have been fishing Brinker Lake for largemouth bass.

Largemouth Bass - Good: Try early morning or late evening top water artificial baits for largemouth bass.

Source: Iowa DNR

Interior river levels remain low but with the extended heat forecast anglers are not getting out fishing. Trout streams remain in excellent condition across N.E. Iowa. For further information contact your nearest local bait shop

Anglers have been fishing Brinker Lake for largemouth bass.

Largemouth Bass - Fair: Try early morning or late evening top water artificial baits for largemouth bass.

Source: Iowa DNR