Top Iowa Fishing Lakes

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LakeLatitudeLongitudeCommunity Rating (Votes)
Backbone Lake42.607887-91.5471385 (1)
Dakins Lake42.171270-93.2946245 (1)
Holiday Lake41.816276-92.4471205 (1)
Lake Afton41.036298-94.2095285 (1)
Lake Fisher40.753745-92.4425735 (1)
Lake Meyer43.174370-91.9090545 (1)
Lake Oelwein42.651326-91.9182905 (1)
Little Storm Lake42.640097-95.2359905 (1)
Lower Gar Lake43.350054-95.1226485 (1)
Middle Sabula Lake42.065100-90.1813855 (1)
Mohrs Lake41.960299-92.9060525 (1)
Country Club Lake41.604683-93.8083764.7 (3)
Sun Valley Lake40.852116-94.0701684 (6)
Wiese Slough41.556341-91.1312454 (4)
Ingham Lake43.318490-94.6951014 (3)
Lake la Shane40.635753-93.9721904 (3)
Delhi Silver Lake42.425502-91.3246224 (1)
West Lake41.022083-93.3354434 (1)
Lake Panorama41.725074-94.4135003.9 (8)
Okoboji Lake43.401397-95.1572153.8 (4)
Lake Manawa41.206348-95.8549883.7 (7)
Rathbun Lake40.886722-93.0146633.6 (58)
Lake Red Rock Reserv41.510053-93.4032413.6 (32)
Carter Lake41.294347-95.9175903.6 (12)
Lake Macbride41.799741-91.5457803.6 (14)
Latest Iowa Fishing Reports
April 30th, 2013 - Hannen Lake
Report By:
Guest
Fishing Rating: 5      Water Temperature: 99
March 14th, 2013 - Lake Manawa
Report By:
Guest
Fishing Rating: 2      Water Temperature: 0
Crappies are biting in the canal using small mister twisters tipped with minnows or wax worms. Walleye are also.
September 8th, 2012 - Lake Ahquabi
Report By:
ladycass
Fishing Rating: 4      Water Temperature: 0
Caught a nice 18\' bass in a little bulb surrounded by some muddy ground with little frogs jumping all around. Bit just as soon as I had my worm in the water. 9:45 AM on a cool/nice day
September 8th, 2012 - Lake Ahquabi
Report By:
Guest
Fishing Rating: 4      Water Temperature: 0
Caught a nice 18\' bass in a little bulb surrounded by some muddy ground with little frogs jumping all around. Bit just as soon as I had my worm in the water. 9:45 AM on a cool/nice day
July 23rd, 2012 - Browns Lake
Report By:
Guest
Fishing Rating: 2      Water Temperature: 82
The only thing that is really biting is the catfish and that is right near the shade of the lake. The best time to go is when the sun is near set and early morning. Try to stay away from shore unless you want to give your worms away to the baby fish and the Bluegill.
June 15th, 2011 - Tuttle Lake
Report By:
Guest
Fishing Rating: 5      Water Temperature: 78
I caught A 44 inch Northern 27 inch Walleye 25 inch Trout 19 inch smallmouth bass
April 19th, 2010 - Lake Cornelia
Report By:
Guest
Fishing Rating: 1      Water Temperature: 0
Bullhead 10/10
June 20th, 2009 - Lake Ahquabi
Report By:
cutman260
Fishing Rating: 2      Water Temperature: 0
"Bluegill fishing is slow with only a few being caught on small tube jigs. The one that are caught are good sized. Quickly warming water should improve fishing. Crappie fishing is still slow with only a few crappie being caught on small tube jigs. The water is warming quickly, so the fishing should start to pick up."
Iowa Fishing Links
State Department of Wildlife and Parks
http://www.iowadnr.com  

State Fishing Licensee
http://www.wildlifelicense.com/ia  

State Parks
http://www.iowadnr.com/parks/index.html  

State Fishing Information
http://www.iowadnr.com/fish/fishing/2004LakeFishingGuide.pdf  

State Fishing Records
http://www.iowadnr.com/fish/news/records.html