wish the smallies around here where that nice size, looks like a good time.
Mike
wish the smallies around here where that nice size, looks like a good time.
Mike
"The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope" -John Buchan
Excellent!
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
Dave,
I believe your referring to the Floyd River which isn't really good for fishing right now had a major manure run off problem about a year ago, from allot of the farms stemming from about Sioux City to Lemars continue further north. So I fish allot of the local pond here, Alton, Sandy Hollow, Mill Creek and Douma. Allot of good fishing in these areas. Just got back for Sandy Hollow and caught about a dozen Gills really good size. I know theres smallies in there but haven't caught but a few small ones
Mike
"The charm of fishing is that it is the pursuit of that which is elusive but attainable, a perpetual series of occasions for hope" -John Buchan
Wow! I have to admit I'd never heard of any of those parks/ponds...but they all look GREAT on Google Earth!
David Merical
St. Louis, MO
Mike,
nice to see that the river has still some smallies in it. If it is the same river than I think (I think I recognize the area of your pics), then I should pay another visit this August. I Loved fishing it a couple of years ago and managed to get a couple of about 18" smallies one evening. There were plenty of small fish (what it is always good) but then the river dried up last two summers. So it is nice to see good size fish in the river again.
M
"And I think to myself .....what a wonderful world" Satchmo
Have any of you fellow Iowans tried the Rock River or Big Sioux? I have caught small smallies out of the Rock from time to time. Down here the Sioux holds smallies but I don't know how far north they go. And of course there is the Missouri which has good smallmouth fishing especially north of Sioux City.
Cycler68, I have not tried either of those rivers. I didn't even know Iowa had a Rock River! I lived in northern Illinois for a time, and there is a Rock River there that definitely has a good population of Smallies.
Malevo, You may have seen these pics on Chad's Iowa Fly Fishers site, I listed the name of the river there. Yes, I think you know this river well. 18-inchers? Those would be HUGE from this river! About 3-4 years ago (before the drought summers), there was a feedlot manure pond spill into the upper reaches of this river which resulted in an extensive fish kill. The DNR said they found Smallies as large as 20" there, which really surprised me.
David Merical
St. Louis, MO