Smallmouth in IA

[Mitch]

Hi,are there any good Smallmouth lakes or rivers in ia other than okaboji and sprit?

[bob]

NE Iowa and East Central Iowa rivers and streams can all produce. You will have to wade. Start with the catch and release area for 5 miles below the dam at Delhi Iowa. It is fantastic. You can also get a book detailing all rivers and stream in Iowa at many tackle shops. The Cedar, Wapsipinicon, Macquketa, Upper Iowa, and their feeder stream all produce small mouth

[walleye wisdom]

Wade up the raccoon river past the panora Dam and you will find lot and lots of small mouth plus some walleye. Use worms or a #5 silver shad rap. Also try a small countdow rapala. Fish behind and cast into rapids.

[Iowa Eye]

>Wade up the raccoon river past
>the panora Dam and you
>will find lot and lots
>of small mouth plus some
>walleye. Use worms or a
>#5 silver shad rap. Also
>try a small countdow rapala.
>Fish behind and cast into
>rapids.


I was thinking of try that area. do you mean "downstream from the lake or above the lake.? Can you put in a wade and return to the same area our do you need two vehicles? Lastly were to put in at?

Thnaks

[Nate W.]

The Wapsie between the dams in Independence and Quaskie has some good smallmouth holes if you sepnd a day floating and trying to find them. You're going to have to wait a month or so, the ##### river is about to come out of its banks for the third time in 13 months!

[walleye wisdom]

Down stream from the lake. Above the redfield dam. Around Linden. I don't know if you would need 2 cars. I'm only 16 so i haven't figured that out yet. I just have my dad drive and pick me up. Caught many a smallmouth. Also some flat heads. I live on panther creek road about a 1/2 mile from the creek and i fish that a lot and wade up it. I sure wish i had a boat though. I just bought a old 5 1/2 horse johnson sea horse motor, but now i need a john boat.

[spampy]

Iowa Eye you say a few walleyes, is July also a good bite? I live a hour away.

[khfish]

ditto to the others, have fished the Maquoketa, Wapsi, Cedar and Raccoon with great success, mainly using in-line spinners or crawdad colored crank baits, also large numbers of nice size fish on the Mississippi from Dubuque on north.