Fishing report: Water temperatures are dropping

Cedar River (Cedar Rapids to Moscow)

Channel catfish, fair. Try fishing around brush piles.

Sauger, slow.

Smallmouth bass, fair. Try fishing rock shorelines.

Walleye, slow.

White bass, slow. Try fishing around brush piles.

Cedar River (La Porte City to Cedar Rapids)

Channel catfish, fair. Use cut bait in brush piles.

Smallmouth bass, fair. Try fishing rock shorelines.

Walleye, fair. Try fishing around brush piles.

Coralville Reservoir

Black crappie, fair.

Channel catfish, fair.

Largemouth bass, fair.

Spotted bass, fair.

White crappie, fair.

Wiper (hybrid striped bass), slow.

Ely Pond

Largemouth bass, fair.

Gateway Park South

Black crappie, slow.

Largemouth bass, slow.

Yellow perch, good.

Black crappie, slow.

Bluegill, fair.

Largemouth bass, good.

Green Castle Lake

Channel catfish, fair.

Largemouth bass, good.

Hannen Lake

Black crappie, slow.

Bluegill, good. Mostly 5- to 7-inch fish.

Largemouth bass, good.

Iowa Lake (Iowa Co.)

Black crappie, fair. Try fishing around the brush piles.

Bluegill, good. Find bluegill near the face of the dam and on brush piles.

Channel catfish, fair. Best bite is after dark.

Largemouth bass, good.

Iowa River (Coralville Lake to River Junction)

Largemouth bass, fair.

Sauger, slow.

Smallmouth bass, fair.

Spotted bass, fair.

Walleye, slow.

White bass, fair.

Wiper (hybrid striped bass), fair.

Iowa River (Marshalltown to Coralville Lake)

Channel catfish, fair.

White bass, slow.

Wiper (hybrid striped bass), slow.

Kent Park Lake

Largemouth bass, good.

Lake Macbride

Largemouth bass, good.

Spotted bass, fair.

White crappie, good.

Wiper (hybrid striped bass), fair.

North Ridge Park Pond

Bluegill, fair.

Largemouth bass, fair.

Pleasant Creek Lake

Walleye, fair. Try fishing at night.

Wiper (hybrid striped bass), fair.

Rodgers Park Lake

Largemouth bass, good.

Redear sunfish, fair.

Wapsi River (Troy Mills to Oxford Junction)

Channel catfish, fair. Use cut bait in brush piles.

Smallmouth bass, fair. Try fishing along rock shorelines.

Walleye, fair. Try fishing around rock shorelines and brush piles.

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

Big Hollow Lake

Water temperature is in the upper 60s. Fish should start to move around more to adjust to the cooler water temperatures.

Black crappie, fair. Look for crappies in 7-9 feet of water. They must adjust to the rapidly falling water temperatures before they change it up for the fall.

Largemouth bass, fair. Bass adjust faster to the falling temperatures. Look for bass to move into position to intercept bluegills as they start coming into shallower water to feed with the cooling water temperatures the next couple of days.

Lake Belva Deer

Water temperature is dropping fast. The water still has a green tint.

Black crappie, slow. Crappies don’t like sudden changes in water temperature. Expect them to hold tight to the flooded timber in deeper (10-12 feet) water.

Bluegill, fair. Bluegills should move in shallow to fatten up for the fall with the falling water temperatures.

Largemouth bass, fair. Bass are looking to intercept the bluegills coming in shallow to feed with cooling water temperatures.

Lake Darling

Water temperature is 66 degrees. A thick layer of blue-green algae is on the surface in some areas; water clarity below it is very clear.

Bluegill, fair. Bluegills will be in transition mode with the big water temperature drop. Try slow trolling with small jigs to find them between mid-depths (4-5 feet) and the shallow water habitat.

Largemouth bass, fair. Bass are waiting for bluegills as they start to come in shallow to feed with the dropping water temperatures. Try crankbaits or spinnnerbaits along the shore, especially along the ends of the jetties.

Lake Geode

The water has a green tint from last week’s algae bloom. The bloom should start dying off with the sudden water temperature drop. Water temperature is 67-68 degrees.

Black crappie, fair. Find crappie in the habitat in 8-10 feet of water. Try vertically jigging right over the habitat. Expect crappie to come in shallow to feed after the water temperature stabilizes.

Bluegill, good. More bluegills are 8-inches. You may need to move often to find them as they adjust to the cooler water and start to move in shallow to feed.

Largemouth bass, fair: Use crankbaits along the outer edges of the water willow beds in shallow water near the deep water drop-offs.

Lost Grove Lake

Water temperature is in the mid-60a. Water clarity remains good at about four feet. Eurasian watermilfoil has returned to the lake; properly drain, clean and dry equipment before transporting to another body of water.

Bluegill, fair. The drop in water temperature should trigger the fall feeding period; it might take a couple of days for them to adjust to it.

Largemouth bass, good. Use crankbaits along the edges of weed beds and flooded brush at a depth of 4 to 5 feet. Bass are waiting for the bluegills to come into the shallower weed beds to feed up for the fall.

For more information on the above lakes and rivers call the Lake Darling Fisheries Office at 319-694-2430.