DNR Fishing Report for New London area

Sites selected to report are within a one-hour drive from New London. Information is taken from the DNR Iowa Fishing Report. Big Hollow Fishing remains unreported. For more information on the following lakes and rivers call the Lake Darling Fisheries Office at 319-694-2430.

Lake Geode 16 min (10 mi): Water temperature has dropped into the upper 70s Water clarity is a little under 3 feet. Bluegill — Fair: Smaller bluegills are active. Try drift troll over the deeper habitat to find bigger ones that are getting to 8 inch in size. Channel Catfish — Fair: Try to work the flat up along the north shore down lake of the beach. Catfish like the area when water is cooling down.

Big Hollow Lake 21 minutes (18 mi): No Fishing Report published.

Cedar River (Moscow to Columbus Junction): Water level is down a little more. Some sandbars are starting to show up. No species fishing report.

Iowa River (Columbus Junction to Mississippi River): 40 min (30 mi): Very slowly dropping in level. Still more than enough to boat, just the highest parts of the sandbars showing. Channel Catfish — Good: Try minnows and night crawlers along the back drop-offs on the sandbars and just behind the back edges of the brush piles, not too far out from the bank.

Lake Darling 46 min (40 mi): Water temperature is in mid 70s and holding. Water remains cloudy but less green. Bluegill — Fair: Smaller bluegills are moving closer to shore. Bigger fish ones are still keeping to the deeper water in 10-12 feet. Channel Catfish — Fair: The cooler water temperature are getting the water in upper layer mixing good oxygen down to 12-13 feet.

Water has been somewhat stable the past three weeks. Quality fishing has returned to the river. No reason has been given for the lack of fishing reports on Mississippi River Pools 16 -19. If you have angling questions, please call Bellevue Fisheries Management at 563-880-8781.

Mississippi River Pool 18 33 min (30 mi): No Fishing Report available.

Mississippi River Pool 19: No Fishing Report available.