Fishing Report

I would like to share the fishing report for local fishing waters. These reports are coming off the Iowa Department of Natural Resources website.
"Lake Macbride (Johnson): Crappie fishing has been fair to good and some nicer-sized fish have been caught. The recent heavy snows may slow things down but fish have been coming off deeper brush and drop-offs.''
''Lake Rathbun (Appanoose): Ice thickness has been measured at 8 to 9 inches. Crappies have been biting on minnows and by vertically jigging around submerged habitat. Fishing has been the best at Atwell's, in Honey Creek, and in Buck Creek. The gate is now open at the Glenwood area.''
''Lake Sugema (Van Buren): The bays and coves have been producing some catches of bluegill and crappie using small jigs tipped with a wax worm. Last week the main lake still had some open water due to a flock of geese so use caution. The Tug Fork lakes have also been producing some catches of crappies using minnows.''
''Pool 11 tailwaters by Guttenberg continue to be slow for angling; however, some saugers are still being caught. The amount of open water has been shrinking dramatically this past week. Fishing is only accessible by airboat or by pushing a small boat out from the DNR landing. Some good sized crappies and perch can be caught at Mud Lake in Dubuque. Fishing is best late in the day.''
''Cedar River (Black Hawk): Walleye and crappie fishing is fair to good in deeper holes with good ice conditions. Use extreme caution when fishing river ice."
As you can see the ice fishing is pretty good around the state of Iowa, and I hope it will stay this way.