Curious

This is not too far from me. I am just wondering if anyone could help me out. I’m looking to fish this lake this summer. I have never been here and don’t know where to start.

What are you wanting to fish for? I have a few friends that fish the res and the river.

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What are you wanting to fish for? I have a few friends that fish the res and the river.

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What? You have friends? Sorry shameless cheap shot

Ill fish for whatever I can catch. Big catfish have a fond place in my heart though.

It has plenty of those! Find current and you’ll find cats.

I’ve been doing some research and its a very big piece of water. I may attempt a trip or two out there this year. According to stocking records they have put in a wide variety of fish in there. Though we shall see when the time comes. I don’t even know where to start out there.

wmcox..that’s where I caught my first walleye on a stewarts pro blue 4moxie.. caught a few cats there too on nightcrawler.
good luck.

Ive fished The res. for many years, what are you looking for. If its catfish and you don’t mind roughing it in the back of your truck, you can put your boat in at the Greencastle boatramp at the upper end of the reserviour. I haven’t run lines there for quite a few years but 200 pound nights was common in the spring. If you like restrooms etc. then just about anywhere where theres a campground but fishing at night is the best because of the boat traffic after the water warms up. Pm me for more info if you need it.

Are you planning to fish from a boat or from shore? There is limited areas to access from shore so I would highly suggest a boat. I have had great sucess with catfish and quite a bit of sucess with crappies. Walleyes are hard to find but there are some big ones in there. There once was a Professional Walleye stop at Coralville and I think in the two day tournament, less than 10 walleyes were weighed in.

Here is a video I made last year.

http://youtu.be/6LVwmKyIpBs

You can see that trolling in the res is a great way to have a lot of fun and catch a lot of cat fish…maybe even a ‘bonus’ fish at the end of the day.

I have been known to take complete strangers out and teach then the art of trolling, so if you have the desire to learn about trolling for cats, feel free to contact me and we’ll catch some cats together.

L8R…Ken

Ya Bill, Kens one of the best on the res. His style of fishing is a little different then mine but we both do well on numbers of fish. Kens got it down on drift and slow troll fishing and I fish with dittypoles for the freezer. Contact Ken for a trip with him, hes got them dialed in, we can go too like talked about earlier,,,Later