
Iowa Fishing Report – October 29, 2020
Water temps are in the 40s across a good stretch of the state. What might that mean for the fishing bite?
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Water temps are in the 40s across a good stretch of the state. What might that mean for the fishing bite?

Shore fishing for walleyes on Oneida Lake and the Long Island fall striper runs are happening.

With snow on the ground and winter-like weather covering the state as of this writing, many anglers have been forced to put an early end to their open-water fishing season, about two to three weeks

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.

Poor weather conditions are keeping anglers off the water. Parts of the Upper Peninsula, including Marquette, saw snow this week, with some getting a couple inches or more.

There were a few reports of skim ice taking hold on the ponds, bays, and some small lakes in parts of northern Minnesota and talk that ice fishing could potentially begin by the end of

Falling temperatures have ignited the muskie bite in recent weeks in a number of fisheries.

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

Recent rains in New York have sure been beneficial to trout waters for late-season anglers, especially on the streams.
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