
Northern Iowa Fishing Report – August 13, 2020
The walleye bite is slow, but no problems with the bass. Here’s what’s getting the fish to cooperate.
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The walleye bite is slow, but no problems with the bass. Here’s what’s getting the fish to cooperate.

The weather has cooled a bit, but not the fishing – and here’s what you need to know when it comes to the perch bite.

The bite is starting to pick up as the water temp drops. For walleyes, check out these tips for where to catch ’em and what to use.

Anglers fishing on the Western Basin of Lake Erie are chasing “yellow gold” – aka perch – with some success a little bit ahead of the fall season.

As with the past several weeks, anglers doing best continue to cover water with spinners and crawlers or crankbaits, basically picking off the few aggressive fish that exist.

Slowing down a bit this week to get the bigger bite. Also forced to apply finesse tactics more than usual. And in spite of some rain, still a bunch of fish willing to play. And

Anglers from across the state are reporting a mixed bag of results. The bite has slowed in some areas and fishing pressure has dwindled while other areas report good fishing with lots of action.

The dog days of summer are here but the fishing is still good. So check out these areas the next time you’re out on Devils Lake.

On Lake Michigan, the north blow earlier in the week stacked warm water top to bottom out to 70-plus feet, which disrupted pretty much all of the previous fishing patterns for all species.
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