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Spirit Lake (Dickinson): Walleyes are being caught by working the weed lines or rock reefs with crankbaits or drift bottom bouncers with night crawlers, or by fishing at dark from shore at the footbridge and North Grade. Fish rock reefs and weed lines around Big Stoney, Little Stoney, Reeds Run, Cottonwood points or at the footbridge using live crawdads, crankbaits, jerk baits, or top-water lures in the evening for smallmouth bass. Use worms at weed lines and rock piles or around boat docks for bluegills. For yellow perch, drift with bottom bouncers and worms across the main lake. Troll or cast along weed lines and cabbage beds in the main lake or Anglers Bay for northern pike. Fish along the weed lines or boat docks with soft plastics for largemouth bass.

East Okoboji Lake (Dickinson): Look for surface feeding white bass early or late in the day and cast to schools with shallow running crankbaits or use a jig and minnow around the bridges. For yellow bass, drift to find active fish, then anchor and vertically jig with ice fishing jigs tipped with a piece of worm. Use liver or chubs from the north shore for channel catfish.

West Okoboji Lake (Dickinson): Work the docks or weed lines around Pillsbury Point or in Brown's, North, Emerson and Miller's bays for largemouth bass. Smallmouth bass are being caught fishing the deep rock reefs in Miller's Bay, Pocahontas, Fort Dodge, Pillsbury and Gull points with soft plastics or crawdads. Fish the drop-off between Fort Dodge and Pillsbury points with a split shot and live bait for bluegills. Walleyes are being caught from the weed lines around Pillsbury Point, and Emerson and Miller's bays with crankbaits or live bait. Yellow perch are biting in Emerson and Miller's bays along rock piles and weed lines on live bait. Troll crankbaits or cast along weed edges for northern pike. Fish the weed lines and rock piles in Emerson, Miller's, and Smith's bays for muskies.

Minnewashta (Dickinson): Fish around any boat docks with wigglers on mini jigs for bluegills or with small worms for yellow perch.

West Fork Des Moines River: Fish upstream side of brush piles with cut bait for channel catfish. Work riffles and holes with a jig and minnow for walleyes.

Little Sioux River: Fish on the upstream of brush piles with cut bait for channel catfish. Fish the riffles and holes with a jig and minnow for walleyes.

Lost Island Lake (Clay-Palo Alto): Walleyes are being caught while drift fishing with live bait or trolling with crankbaits in the evening.

Storm Lake (Buena Vista): Fishing is good for catfish drifting cut chubs and shrimp. Water temperature is n72 degrees

Black Hawk Lake (Sac): Fishing is good for catfish drifting cut chubs and shrimp.

Brushy Creek (Webster): Largemouth bass have moved into deeper water around most structure. Nice bluegills can be caught on a small hook and worm in 8 to 15 feet of water, just off the bottom.

Clear Lake (Cerro Gordo): A few walleyes are being caught while fishing for yellow bass. Fishing for yellows bass has been good using night crawlers or cut bait in 12 to 16 feet of water around the island, the reefs, and the channel to the little lake. Move around until you find a school. White Bass fishing has been good around the island and any sandy areas.

Little Wall Lake (Hamilton): Channel catfish are biting on liver and prepared baits.

Smith Lake (Kossuth): Channel Catfish are biting on cut bait and prepared baits. Bluegill fishing continues to be good using a piece of night crawler under a bobber.

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