Fishing report: Catfish biting at Iowa Lake

Iowa Lake (Iowa Co.)

Bluegill, good. Try fishing near points along the main lake or in front of the spillway.

Channel catfish, excellent. Use stink bait, cut bait or night crawlers near the spillway.

Largemouth bass, fair. Try fishing deeper weed edges in mornings or evenings. Use topwater lures on the upper half of lake.

White crappie, good. Try fishing near points along the main lake or in front of the spillway.

Broadmoor Pond

Black crappie, fair. Find crappie suspended out from shore.

Bluegill, fair. Try small soft plastics on a jig head.

Channel catfish, fair. Use stink bait along shorelines.

Largemouth bass, good. Use soft plastics and topwater lures early mornings.

Cedar River (Cedar Rapids to Moscow)

Channel catfish, no report. Try fishing in creek mouths, brush piles or rock areas.

Flathead catfish, no report. Try fishing in creek mouths, brush piles or rock areas.

Cedar River (La Porte City to Cedar Rapids)

Channel catfish, no report. Try fishing in creek mouths, brush piles or rock areas.

Flathead catfish, no report. Try fishing in creek mouths, brush piles or rock areas.

Central Park Lake

Bluegill, fair. Try fishing near brush piles.

Channel catfish, good. Use stink bait near the fishing jetties.

Largemouth bass, fair. Use topwater lures and soft plastics during early mornings.

Coralville Reservoir

Black crappie, fair. Use electronics to find suspended schools around brush piles and rock walls.

Channel catfish, good. Try trolling with rattle rigs and cut bait in the back of coves along flooded edges of willows.

Flathead catfish, fair. Try fishing near brush piles and rock edges.

Largemouth bass, fair. Use topwater lures around rocks and trees along shoreline during early mornings.

Spotted bass, slow. Try topwater lures and soft plastics during early mornings.

White crappie, fair. Use electronics to catch suspended fish in brush piles or rock wall areas.

Goose Pond

Black crappie, slow. Fish are suspended out from shore.

Bluegill, fair. Anglers are catching bluegill on twister tails from shore.

Channel catfish, fair. Use stink bait along shorelines.

Largemouth bass, good. Use topwater lures and soft plastics during early mornings.

Green Castle Lake

Bluegill, slow. Try fishing in 6-8 feet of water just off shore.

Channel catfish, good. Use stink bait along shorelines, brush piles or rock.

Largemouth bass, good. Use topwater lures or soft plastics in early mornings.

Redear sunfish, slow. Try fishing in 6-8 feet of water just off shore.

Grundy County Lake

Black crappie, fair. Find suspended near weed clumps.

Channel catfish, good. Use stink bait near the fish jetties.

Largemouth bass, fair. Try topwater lures or soft plastics in early morning.

Redear sunfish, slow. Anglers are catching some fish.

Hannen Lake

Black crappie, slow. Find crappie suspended in the lake basin.

Bluegill, fair. Anglers are catching mostly 4- to 7-inch bluegills around brush piles.

Channel catfish, good. Use stink bait along shorelines brush piles or rocks.

Largemouth bass, fair. Try soft plastics and topwater lures in early mornings.

Iowa River (Coralville Lake to River Junction)

Channel catfish, no report. Try fishing creek mouths, brush piles, or rock areas.

Flathead catfish, no report. Try fishing creek mouths, brush piles, or rock areas.

Smallmouth bass, no report. Try fishing along rocky shorelines and current seams.

Spotted bass, no report. Try fishing along rocky shorelines and creek mouths.

White bass, slow. Anglers are catching some fish in current seams during the early morning.

Wiper (hybrid striped bass), slow. Anglers are catching some fish in current seams during the early morning.

Iowa River (Marshalltown to Coralville Lake)

Channel catfish, no report. Try fishing in creek mouths, brush piles or rock areas.

Flathead catfish, no report. Try fishing in brush piles and rock areas.

Kent Park Lake

Black crappie, slow. Find crappie suspended in the lake basin out from the dam.

Channel catfish, good. Try stink bait along the shorelines, brush piles or rocks.

Largemouth bass, good. Use topwater lures and soft plastics during early mornings.

Lake Macbride

The seasonal 10 horse motor restriction is in effect. Black crappie, fair. Use electronics to find schools suspended in the lake basin.

Channel catfish, good. Use stink bait or green sunfish along edges of rock fishing jetties.

Flathead catfish, fair. Try cut bait or live bait along the rock jetties.

Largemouth bass, fair. Use topwater lures and soft plastics during early mornings.

Spotted bass, fair. Try topwater lures and soft plastics during early mornings.

White crappie, fair. Use electronics to find schools of suspended fish in the lake basin.

Wiper (hybrid stiped bass), slow. Look for scattered suspended fish around wind-blown points or schools of shad.

Wapsi River (Troy Mills to Oxford Junction)

Channel catfish, no report. Try fishing in creek mouths, brush piles or rock areas.

Flathead catfish, no report. Try fishing in creek mouths, brush piles or rock areas.

Smallmouth bass, no report. Try fishing along rocky shorelines and current seams.

Walleye, no report. Try fishing along rocky shorelines and current seams.

Whispering Meadows

Black bullhead, fair. Use worms below a small bobber.

Williamsburg Pond (West End Pond)

Black bullhead, slow. Use worms below a small bobber.

Bluegill, slow. Try fishing around rocky shorelines.

Largemouth bass, fair. Use topwater lures and soft plastics during early mornings.

For more information, contact the Lake Macbride Fisheries Station at 319-624-3615.