AJ Taylor2 hours agoLast Updated: May 6, 2021
Iowa anglers can once again access fish survey data collected by Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) fisheries staff during electroshocking and netting surveys on lakes, rivers and streams.
Survey summaries from individual lakes and rivers, fish species lengths compared across lakes, and fish length and weight data can be viewed and downloaded from
Survey-Data. Additional data and summaries will be available in the future.
This weekly fishing report is compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys and county and state parks staff. You can check the activity of your favorite lake or stretch of river within each district, including which species are being caught, a rating of the bite (slow, fair, good or excellent), as well as a hot bait or lure pattern.
Pennsylvania Fishing Report – May 6, 2021
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REMINDER: Mandatory Cold Weather Life Jacket Wear began on November 1, 2020 and runs through April 30, 2021 for anyone on boats less than 16 feet and in all canoes and kayaks. Learn more here…
Crawford County
Woodcock Creek Lake The stream is now stocked with trout. Anglers must possess a valid Trout Permit to fish for any species of fish in the stream. Anglers are catching Muskellunge, Walleye, and panfish below the dam.
French Creek Reminder to boaters using the PFBC access on the creek, boats must be properly registered before using PFBC access areas. Also, please be sure to have all required safety equipment on board prior to the start of your float.
Largemouth bass caught in Lake Elmo sets new Montana state record
A largemouth bass pulled from Lake Elmo in Billings Heights Saturday is big enough to be a new state record. The 9.575 lb. fish tops the previous record of 8.8 lb. that has stood since 2009.
Brandon Wright caught the 22.5-inch-long fish Saturday morning while angling from shore with a worm on a hook and 6-pound test line. He officially confirmed the fish’s species, weight and length by contacting Fish, Wildlife & Parks officials and weighing it on a certified scale at Alberstons grocery in Billings Heights.
Wright, who has lived in Billings for about four years, said he usually likes to flyfish, but decided Saturday to fish at Lake Elmo. He arrived at the lake at a little after 10 a.m. and tipped a #10 Eagle Claw hook with a piece of night crawler. Then, Wright said, he sat back and started watching Tik Tok videos on his cell phone. Within 15 minutes, the big fish took his bait and he was able to reel it ashore.
AJ Taylor4 hours agoLast Updated: April 29, 2021
Weekend weather will give local anglers the opportunity to hit the area waterways. While water temperatures are in the low 50’s making for fair fishing activity, those water temperatures may rise as high air temperatures may hit the mid 80’s on Saturday while it will be in the 70’s on Sunday.
This weekly fishing report is compiled from information gathered from local bait shops, angler creel surveys and county and state parks staff. You can check the activity of your favorite lake or stretch of river within each district, including which species are being caught, a rating of the bite (slow, fair, good or excellent), as well as a hot bait or lure pattern.
More than a million gallons of drinking water killed fish on the Comal River last week.
According to the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung, an undetermined amount of fish died in the river after the potabale water spilled from a main break into the nearby Blieders Creek and then flowed into the Comal, New Braunfels Utilities Chief Communications Officer Melissa Krause told the paper.
The chlorine in the water attacks the gills of fish, an expert told the newspaper. The lethality of it usually dilutes in about a day.
Though an exact number of fish deaths has not been found, the newspaper reported the species affected included the Bluegill, Red-spotted Sunfish, Largemouth Bass, Mexican Tetra, Mosquitofish, Green Sunfish, Redbreast, Longear Sunfish, Salfin Molly and Flathead Catfish.