Brushy Creek Lake

Water temperatures are in the mid to upper 50's in many area lakes. River levels are on the rise with the recent rains.

Water temperatures are in the mid to upper 50's.

Black Crappie - Fair: crappie are being picked up along shore and near submerged structure. Fish are anywhere from 5 inches up to 13 inches. Crappie action will pick up as water temperatures continue to climb.

Largemouth Bass - Fair:

Walleye - Fair: Use twisters, crankbaits, or live bait.

Yellow Perch - Slow:

Source: Iowa DNR

Water temperatures are in the upper 50's in many area lakes.

Water temperatures are in the mid to upper 50's.

Black Crappie - Fair: crappie are being picked up along shore and near submerged structure. Fish are anywhere from 5 inches up to 13 inches. Crappie action will pick up as water temperatures continue to climb.

Largemouth Bass - Fair:

Walleye - Fair: Walleye will start to feed more heavily as they recover from spring spawning activity. Fish can be picked up with twisters or live bait.

Yellow Perch - Slow:

Source: Iowa DNR

Water temperatures are around 60 degrees in many area lakes.

Black Crappie - Fair: A few crappie are being picked up along shore and near submerged structure. Crappie action will pick up as water temperatures continue to climb.

Largemouth Bass - Fair:

Walleye - Fair: Walleye will start to feed more heavily as they recover from spring spawning activity. Fish can be picked up with twisters or live bait.

Yellow Perch - Slow:

Source: Iowa DNR

Water temperatures have slowly warmed up to the mid 40's in many area lakes throughout last week. Look for shore fishng to improve as water temps continue to climb.

Black Crappie - Fair:

Courtesy docks are in on the north, east, and south ramps. One of the two docks is in at the west ramp.

Walleye - Slow:

Yellow Perch - Fair:

Largemouth Bass - Fair:

Source: Iowa DNR

Area lakes are almost completely ice free. A few have some new skim ice that formed in the bays that will likely be gone by the weekend.

The lake is now open.

All area lakes are now completely open. Shore angling has been fair to slow this last week. Boat anglers have been making there way out on a few lakes. For more information, contact the Black Hawk District office at 712-657-2638.

The lake is ice free.

Source: Iowa DNR

Most area lakes are completely open but a few are holding onto some ice.

The lake is still mostly ice covered but is starting to open up near the beach and along the shore.

Source: Iowa DNR

Some lakes are partially ice-free. Any remaining ice in the district is unsafe.

The lake is opening up around the beach area and ice is pulling away from the shorelines. Any remaining ice is unsafe.

Yellow Perch - Fair:

Bluegill - Fair:

Source: Iowa DNR

Ice fishing is not recommended in the district.

Unsafe ice conditions.

Bluegill - Fair:

Yellow Perch - Fair:

Source: Iowa DNR

As of Feb 1, ice in the district ranged from unsafe conditions to up to 12 inches thick in other areas. Conditions are highly variable and are beginning to deteriorate quickly. Be cautious of rapidly changing conditions with the warm weather. Many areas along shorelines will soften first.

Warm weather and runoff have weakened ice and many areas are considered unsafe. Ice fishing not recommended.

Yellow Perch - Fair:

Bluegill - Fair:

Source: Iowa DNR

Ice thickness is 3 to 11 inches in the district. Conditions will become more variable with the warmer temperatures throughout the week. Ice will likely soften along the shoreline.

Ice conditions are variable throughout the lake. There is 8-10 inches of ice on the North end but only 4 inches of ice near the NW corner of Taylor's Island. With these variable conditions, anglers should use caution and check ice thickness often. ATV's not recommended around Taylor's Island and other variable areas. Warmer temperatures throughout the week may further weaken ice.

Yellow Perch - Fair:

Bluegill - Fair:

Source: Iowa DNR