Lake Belva Deer

Black Crappie - Slow: Look for them in 14-16 foot of water out along the edges of the old creek channel in the trees. Use small jigs and vertical jig moving until you locate a school.

Largemouth Bass - Slow: Work down along the sides of the trees along the old creek channel, a slow presentation of a jig or soft plastic should get their attention.

The water temperatures are holding in the upper 40's. Water is fairly clear.

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The water temperatures are holding in that 46-47 degree zone. Water is fairly clear.

Black Crappie - Slow: Look for them in 14-16 foot of water out along the edges of the old creek channel in the trees. Use small jigs and vertical jig moving until you locate a school.

Bluegill - Slow: look for them out in the deeper water around the campground bay where it enters the main lake and down the old creek channel from there.

Source: Iowa DNR

Black Crappie - Slow: Look for them in 14-16 foot of water out along the edges of the old creek channel in the trees. Use small jigs and vertical jig moving until you locate a school.

Largemouth Bass - Slow: The bass are going to be out in their deep water haunts. Slow fishing a jig or soft plastic should get their attention.

The water temperature holds in the upper 40's despite the warmer weather.

Source: Iowa DNR

Water temperature has dropped down into the mid forties. Very little angler activity.

Black Crappie - Slow: Look for them in 14-16 foot of water out along the edges of the old creek channel in the trees. Use small jigs and vertical jig moving until you locate a school.

Largemouth Bass - Slow: The bass are going to be out in their deep water haunts. Slow fishing a jig or soft plastic should get their attention.

Source: Iowa DNR

Water clarity is a little over 3 feet. Water temperature has gone back up to 60.

Black Crappie - Fair: Crappie fishing has slowed down. Look for them to still be out in deeper water 8-10 foot down out in the trees along the old creek channel and around the edges of the timber. The continued cooler weather might bring them in shallower after a while but not yet.

Channel Catfish - Slow: The cold weather forecasted for the rest of the week into next week probably will get the catfish going into winter mode.

Largemouth Bass - Slow: The unstable weather patterns seem to be pushing to bass out into deeper water.

Source: Iowa DNR

Black Crappie - Good: Crappie fishing has been good out in deeper water 8-10 foot down out in the trees along the old creek channel and around the edges of the timber. The continued cooler weather might bring them in shallower after a while but not yet.

Channel Catfish - Fair: If the rain can generate some run-off I would hit where that was happening. Otherwise work the rocks off the ends of the jetties and the dam with nightcrawlers and minnows.

Largemouth Bass - Fair: Starting to pick up some of the bigger bass in the mornings. If can get a sunny morning work the upper end of the lake where the 6" rock was placed along the shoreline underwater. The bass like to work those areas for crawdads this time of year.

Water clarity: 35". Water temperature has dropped into the upper 50's.

Source: Iowa DNR

Water clarity: 35". Water temperature has dropped into the mid 60's.

Largemouth Bass - Fair: Starting to pick up some of the bigger bass in the mornings. If can get a sunny morning work the upper end of the lake where the 6" rock was placed along the shoreline underwater. The bass like to work those areas for crawdads this time of year.

Channel Catfish - Fair: If the rain can generate some run-off I would hit where that was happening. Otherwise work the rocks off the ends of the jetties and the dam with nightcrawlers and minnows.

Black Crappie - Good: Crappie fishing has been good out in deeper water 8-10 foot down out in the trees along the old creek channel and around the edges of the timber. The continued cooler weather might bring them in shallower after a while but not yet.

Source: Iowa DNR

Water clarity is improving as the phytoplankton dies back for the fall: 35". Water temperature during the first part of the week was still holding at 76.

Channel Catfish - Fair: Not sure what the big weather change coming this weekend will do to them but they have still been catching some nice catfish down by the dam and jetties.

Largemouth Bass - Fair: Still mostly smaller bass that are in shallower water. The bigger ones should be moving in soon as long as it does cool down.

Black Crappie - Good: Crappie fishing has been good out in deeper water 8-10 foot down out in the trees along the old creek channel and around the edges of the timber. They are in scattered schools you will need to move around to find them.

Source: Iowa DNR

The water temperature cooled down during the first three days of the week but will soon be going back into the upper 70's if the weather forecast is correct.

Largemouth Bass - Fair: Not much has changed. Smaller 12-15 inch fish hanging around the shorelines that drop off into deeper water and most of the rest remain out in deeper water.

Bluegill - Slow: The water cooled off a little earlier this week but the bluegills weren't fooled and remained out in deeper water for the most part.

Channel Catfish - Fair: Catfishing seemed to slow down a little bit with the changing weather patterns. Still look for them around the ends of the jetties and I would try up over the mounds at the upper end of the lake drifting baits just over the tops of the rock on top of the mounds.

Source: Iowa DNR

Bluegill - Fair: The warm afternoons are keeping the water temperatures up and the nicer bluegills are content to hold out in deeper water until it cools off some more.

Channel Catfish - Good: Fishing off the docks by the south ramp is still going strong. Boat anglers should work the face of the dam using larger bobbers to keep their bait just above the rocks.

Largemouth Bass - Slow: Some of the smaller bass are in cruising the shallows, the bigger ones are still out in the deeper water.

Water temperature is holding in the upper 70's with the warm afternoons.

Source: Iowa DNR

The water temp is holding in the mid to upper 70's especially in the afternoons. Water remains pretty green yet.

Largemouth Bass - Slow: Some of the smaller bass are in cruising the shallows, the bigger ones are still out in the deeper water.

Bluegill - Fair: The bluegills are still out in deeper water waiting for it to cool down. A few were getting caught in shallow last Monday (9/11) when the rain showers were moving through.

Channel Catfish - Good: Catfishing remains pretty good. Some nice sized 10+ pounds have been caught during the last 2-3 weeks. Work off the ends of the jetties and don't forget about around the fish cleaning stations.

Source: Iowa DNR