Southwest Iowa; places to try this winter

[chris71383]

ice on pony was good as of yesterday morning.

[slabbydaddy]

any fish chris ?

[vics]

Lots of fish in pony. Just not much size.

[slabbydaddy]

I caught two master angler yellow bass @ 12'' and some nice gill in the tourny , Im thinking about trying the late afternoon/nite bite at pinkys today.

[chris71383]

Fish are on at Manawa.




13 1/2" on the tape, caught prob 25 today.

[LarryClutch]

Need to bring this up to the front for us Southwest Iowa fishermen..  A lot of good info on here.  Just dropped some coin on some jigs today.  The ice can't come soon enough!

[Agronomist_at_IA]

I'm surprised you get fishable ice down there.

[LarryClutch]

Great ice down here.  Last year I fished from the day after thanksgiving into March.  Some years are better than others.  Not many permanent houses out but it's tough to beat southwest Iowa farm pond ice fishing.

[Shack man Shoney]

Not to mention the perch and crappie bite on twelve mile and walleyes on three mile...... Green valley should be a hot mess this year as well.... SW Iowa great lakes should be exceptional this year!!!

[jumbo chaser]

Definitely good fishing down here but some years the ice isn't drivable

[LarryClutch]

Hammered the Crappie this weekend on a private farm pond. 12-14 inches.  Transferred 50 to a different pond.  I know where my first stop is going to be ice fishing this year!

[Cotacatchers]

Great ice down here.  Last year I fished from the day after thanksgiving into March.  Some years are better than others.  Not many permanent houses out but it's tough to beat southwest Iowa farm pond ice fishing.

Same here day after t day , it was a LONG season.  Let's hope for another .

[LarryClutch]

Hammered the Trout today at Big Lake.  Get em while the gettin is good!

[Cotacatchers]

Cool clutch.  Thx for update.   Nothing like easy pickins