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Fogle Lake (Ringgold): Largemouth bass can be caught from shoreline structure. A few channel catfish are being picked up in water 5 feet deep or shallower.

Lake of Three Fires (Taylor): Bluegills can still be caught from the fish mounds, near the cedar trees, and the east end of the dam. Several largemouth bass can be caught from the structure or the edges of the lotus beds. Some channel catfish can be caught in water 6 feet deep or less. Water clarity is about 3 feet at the dam.

Icaria (Adams): A few crappies have been picked up around the trees. Channel catfish are biting in the shallow bays on cut bait. The bullheads are biting well on crawlers. Water clarity is about 2 feet.

Three Mile Lake (Union): Water clarity is about 3½ feet at the dam. Largemouth bass are being caught from structure or flooded timber. Anglers are catching a few walleyes using leeches on the earth mounds. Bluegills are biting on night crawlers just off shore.

Twelve Mile Lake (Union): A few nice bluegills are being caught from the rock mounds. Several mid-sized largemouth bass are being caught from the deeper rock structure or flooded timber. Water clarity is at least 2 feet near the dam.

Green Valley (Union): The water control valve was opened to start draining 12 feet of water off the lake. Water levels are currently down 8 feet will be down 10 feet by the weekend and go lower all next week. Boating access is possible using the main ramp but not encouraged. Extreme care must be used during launching and loading. Water clarity is about 2 1/2 feet. Several channel catfish have been caught from the shallow bays on stink bait.

Nine Eagles (Decatur): Some mid-sized largemouth bass have been caught from the outside edges of the vegetation.

Don Williams (Boone): The lake level is up and water is cloudy. Crappies are biting on jigs or minnows fished in 10 feet of water. Catfish are being caught on chicken liver and shrimp.

Big Creek (Polk): Water is high and muddy. Crappies are still being caught drifting jigs. Catfish are being caught on cut bait and stink bait.

Raccoon River (Dallas): The river is out of its banks and hard to fish right now. But with no rain in the forecast it will be on its way down.

Saylorville Lake (Polk): White bass are still being caught at the pump station but the action has really slowed. Anglers fishing from shore and in waders have been doing real well on the white bass. Sandpiper beach has been real good. The water level is going up a bit with the recent rains but the water is staying clear. The flow has been slowed down at the dam.

Des Monies River (Polk): Catfish are still biting with the new inflow of water.

Red Rock (Marion): White bass are doing great. Most of the fish are being caught in the main lake. Look on the windy shoreline and for fish hitting the surface.

Rock Creek (Jasper): Water level is normal. Catfish are being caught on stink bait and cut bait at the north end. Crappies are really biting on jigs and wax worms in 6 to 8 feet of water on the main lake.

Hickory Grove (Story): Water is high and cloudy with recent rains. Catfish are biting on cut bait and bluegills are being caught worms under a bobber.

Lake Ahquabi and Hooper (Warren): Water is high and muddy. Catfish have been biting on cut bait and chicken liver. Bluegills and redear sunfish are being caught on jigs over rock piles and drifting the main lake.

Anderson Area (Montgomery): Crappies are being caught off of the dam in the evenings using small jigs. Bluegills are slow but a few are being caught using night crawlers.

Hacklebarney (Montgomery): Catfish fishing is fair along the dam using worms and crayfish.

Viking Lake (Montgomery): Viking Lake was renovated in the fall of 2006. The lake refilled and restocked with largemouth bass, bluegill, red ear sunfish and channel catfish in the spring of 2007. Anglers can expect to catch largemouth bass up to 15 inches, bluegills 6 to 7 inches, and catfish 14 to 16 inches. Expect fish to grow rapidly in this newly renovated lake.

Lake Manawa (Pottawattamie): Catfish have slowed but a few are still being caught on worms and shrimp. A few wipers have been caught on north east part of lake around boat docks.

Willow Lake (Harrison): Channel catfish fishing has been fair using liver.

Meadow Lake (Adair): Meadow is open to fishing, however the lake has been lowered 8 feet and the boat ramp is not usable. Habitat improvements are scheduled for this fall and winter.

Orient (Adair): Channel catfish fishing is fair using liver.

Greenfield (Adair): Bass fishing is fair using plastic baits around cedar tree piles. Bluegills are fair drifting small jigs and around jetties. A few catfish are being caught on liver.

Lake Anita (Cass): Crappie fishing is excellent for 7 to 8-inch fish drifting a small jig. Crappies have been in 6 to 8 feet of water. Bluegills have slowed but a few are being caught while drifting. Bass fishing is fair using plastic baits around rocks and along the road bed during the day.

Littlefield Lake (Audubon): Catfish fishing is fair using night crawlers.

Arrowhead Lake (Pottawattamie): Bluegills and crappies are still being caught at the inlet tube using small jigs and worms.

Prairie Rose Lake (Shelby): Channel catfish fishing is fair using liver and stink bait. Farm Ponds: Anglers are catching bass and bluegills at some of the local ponds. Reminder: Be sure to ask landowner for permission before fishing.

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