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Spirit Lake, Iowa<\/strong> \u2014 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issues a weekly fishing report on Thursdays in an effort to provide the latest information heading into the weekend. The weekly fishing report is compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys, and county and state parks staff. For more information contact the Spirit Lake fish Hatchery at 712-336-1840.<\/p>\n NORTHWEST<\/strong> Black Hawk Pits<\/strong> Brushy Creek Lake<\/strong> Storm Lake (including Little Storm Lake)<\/strong> Open water fishing has just started. Water temperatures are in the low 40\u2019s. Look for shore fishing action to pick up with warming water temperatures. For more information, contact the Black Hawk District office at 712-657-2638.<\/p>\n Clear Lake<\/strong> Lower Pine Lake<\/strong> Winnebago River<\/strong> For information on the lakes and rivers in the north central area, contact the Clear Lake Fish and Wildlife office at 641-357-3517.<\/p>\n East Okoboji Lake<\/strong> No fishing activity; some lakes remain ice covered. Look for ice free conditions soon. For more information throughout the week, contact the Spirit Lake Fish Hatchery at 712-336-1840.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Spirit Lake, Iowa \u2014 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issues a weekly fishing report on Thursdays in an effort to provide the latest information heading into the weekend. The weekly fishing report is compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys, and county and state parks staff. For more information contact […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11658,"featured_media":175265,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fishing-reports","post_format-post-format-link"],"acf":[],"youtube_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/walleye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/walleye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/walleye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/walleye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/walleye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/walleye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":175266,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/walleye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175264\/revisions\/175266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/walleye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/walleye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/walleye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outdoorsfirst.com\/walleye\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBlack Hawk Lake<\/strong>
\nWater temperatures are in the low 40\u2019s. Open water fishing has just started. Town Bay, Ice House Point, the inlet bridge, and areas near the outlet are popular shore fishing areas to try as water temperatures warm.<\/p>\n
\nBlack Hawk pits are open. Black Crappie \u2013 Fair: Anglers are picking up some crappie.<\/p>\n
\nOpen water fishing has just started. Look for more reports as we receive them.<\/p>\n
\nStorm Lake is ice free with water temperatures in the low 40\u2019s. Open water fishing has just started. Look for shore fishing action to pick up as water temperatures warm. White Bass \u2013 Fair. Black Crappie \u2013 Fair: Picking up crappie in the marina. Walleye \u2013 Fair: A few are being caught. Walleye action will pick up as water temperatures warm and fish move close to shore. Expect walleye spawning to start next week.<\/p>\n
\nClear Lake is about fifty percent ice free. No fishing activity reported this week.<\/p>\n
\nLower Pine Lake is ice free. The docks are not in.<\/p>\n
\nThe river level is currently two feet high. Now is the time to target pike; fish areas with current breaks.<\/p>\n
\nChannel Catfish \u2013 Good: Prime time is here; ice-out provides an excellent bite using traditional channel catfish baits. Fish twilight and after dark; fish will be on a feeding frenzy and provide lots of \u201cpole bending\u201d action.<\/p>\n