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. 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 is 71 degrees. Water clarity is about 3 feet. Bluegill — Fair: Bluegills are starting to come into shallower 4-6 feet of water. Channel Catfish — Fair: They are starting to be more aggressive to fatten up for winter. Try to work the ends of the long mounds across from the beach where they touch the old creek channel. Largemouth Bass — Fair. Bass are starting to work in shallower to hunt little bluegills and green sunfish

Big Hollow Lake 21 minutes (18 mi): Water temperature is in the lower 70s. Black Crappie — Slow: Crappies are in deeper water. Expect them to come in a little shallower soon. Bluegill — Good: Bluegills are getting aggressive. Continue fishing in 4-6 foot depth range as most have not moved in much shallower yet.

Iowa River (Columbus Junction to Mississippi River): Water level are stable, but continue to drop slowly without rain. Getting around with anything bigger than a canoe or something with a jet drive is difficult. 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.

Cedar River (Moscow to Columbus Junction): No report available.

Lake Darling 46 min (40 mi): Water temperature is 70 degrees. Fall turnover occurred last weekend. Bluegill — Fair: Find bluegills in rock piles in 6 to 8 feet of water. Look for the white habitat marker buoys that mark where some of this shallower habitat is. Channel Catfish — Fair: With the fall turnover bringing oxygen to all deeper part of the lake again, try slow/drift trolling around the middle of the lake around the cedar trees.

Mississippi River

Water levels are low. Boaters should use caution to avoid backing off end of ramps. Fall fishing can be great on the River right until ice in. If you have angling questions, please call Bellevue Fisheries Management at 563-880-8781.

Mississippi River Pool 18: No report available

Mississippi River Pool 19: No report available.