George Wyth Lake

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 and largemouth bass on George Wyth Lake.

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

Largemouth Bass - Fair: Concentrate on morning and evenings casting top water or spinnerbaits for largemouth bass.

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 and largemouth bass on George Wyth Lake.

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

Largemouth Bass - Fair: Concentrate on morning and evenings casting top water or spinnerbaits 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 George Wyth Lake for largemouth bass and panfish. Some sorting required on the bluegill and crappie.

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

Black Crappie - Fair: Locate structure using electronics and jig colored tube jigs at various depths to locate fish.

Bluegill - Fair: Fish a small jig with a piece of crawler under a slip bobber at various depths to locate fish.

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 George Wyth Lake for largemouth bass and panfish. Some sorting required on the bluegill and crappie.

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

Bluegill - Fair: Fish a small jig with a piece of crawler under a slip bobber at various depths to locate fish.

Black Crappie - Fair: Locate structure using electronics and jig colored tube jigs at various depths to locate fish.

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 George Wyth Lake for largemouth bass.

Source: Iowa DNR

Anglers have been successful trolling for northern pike and walleye on George Wyth Lake. Fish early morning and later evening for largemouth bass.

Interior river levels remain low but are providing catches of walleye, smallmouth bass and channel catfish. Anglers have been targeting area lakes in and around Black Hawk county for largemouth bass and some panfish. Trout streams remain in excellent condition across N.E. Iowa. For further information contact your nearest local bait shop

Northern Pike - Good: Troll in the 8-10 foot of water using crankbaits for success.

Walleye - Good: Troll in the 8-10 foot of water using crankbaits for success.

Anglers have been fishing George Wyth 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 are providing catches of walleye, smallmouth bass and channel catfish. Anglers have been targeting area lakes in and around Black Hawk county for largemouth bass. Trout streams remain in excellent condition across N.E. Iowa. For further information contact your nearest local bait shop

Anglers have been successful trolling for northern pike and walleye on George Wyth Lake.

Northern Pike - Good: Troll in the 8-10 foot of water using crankbaits for success.

Walleye - Good: Troll in the 8-10 foot of water using crankbaits for success.

Source: Iowa DNR

Trout streams in northeast Iowa are generally in good to excellent condition with good numbers of wild Brown Trout and stocked Rainbow Trout. Lakes are warm with good bass fishing while panfish have been more difficult to catch lately. The Cedar, Maquoketa, Shell Rock and Wapsipinicon Rivers have low water conditions and are good for smallmouth bass and channel catfish, but walleye fishing had been slow. Contact the Manchester Fish Hatchery at 563-927-3276.

Bluegill - Slow:

Largemouth Bass - Good:

Source: Iowa DNR

Trout streams in northeast Iowa are generally in good to excellent condition with good numbers of wild Brown Trout and stocked Rainbow Trout. Lakes are warm with good bass fishing while panfish have been more difficult to catch lately. The Cedar, Maquoketa, and Wapsipinicon Rivers have low water conditions and are good for smallmouth bass and channel catfish, but walleye fishing had been slow. Contact the Manchester Fish Hatchery at 563-927-3276

Largemouth Bass - Good:

Bluegill - Slow:

Source: Iowa DNR

Interior water levels have fallen and are providing catches of smallmouth bass, walleye and channel catfish. Check the USGS website (https://waterdata.usgs.gov/ia/nwis/rt) for most recent river levels. Lakes in and around Cedar Falls/Waterloo have been hot for crappie, bluegill and largemouth bass during the spring spawn. Trout streams are in excellent condition, for further information contact your local bait shop for most recent reports.

Anglers have been catching crappie during the spawn.

Black Crappie - Excellent: Cast lighter jigs tipped with plastics for some great action

Source: Iowa DNR