
Iowa Fishing Report – December 10, 2020
Still just mostly open-water opportunities. Here’s where they’re catching them.
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Still just mostly open-water opportunities. Here’s where they’re catching them.

While ice-fishing opportunities are extremely limited, those finding open water on which to fish are also finding fish.

The docks and accesses are no longer, well, accessible, and water temps are in the 30s. What’s that all mean for fishing across the state?

How low water levels – and lowering water temps – are impacting the bite on fisheries across the state.

As water temps continue to fall, where walleyes and perch in particular are biting.

The bite should pick up as water temperatures continue to fall.

Water temps are in the 40s across a good stretch of the state. What might that mean for the fishing bite?

Iowa Great Lake water temperatures are around 43 degrees or lower. The walleye bite has started to pick up in many wadable areas off shore.

Water temps in the high 50s across much of the state, which has meant an improved bite in some fisheries.
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