Cone marsh wildlife area.

[tciowa]

Cone marsh wildlife area. South of Iowa city. Looks like a decent body of water but can't find anything about fish in it. Anyone have any info on it. Thanks in advance.

[Kevin23]

Everything that is in the cedar. I duck hunt 5 miles from there. Every time the cedar floods it stocks it, very similar to wapsi backwaters. The cedar has been up and down a lot this winter, not sure there would be good ice. Heck it was flooding almost all of Jan. Should have a fresh stocking though.

Bass, catfish, crappie, bluegill, pike, walleye, and all rough fish.

[Cowboy22]

Really?
I thought that was wetland only, waterfowl and bird watching.  I don't think there is any depth out there, but maybe I am mistaken or thinking of a different area.

[Kevin23]

You are thinking of cones marsh

[Cowboy22]

Isn't that what the thread is called?
Like I said, maybe we are talking about two different places.
There is also a Cone Lake I believe.  two different things.

[matzilla]

cone marsh is an old oxbow of the iowa and is west of conesville - a lot of people hunt the shallow water marsh...cone lake is an old oxbow of the cedar and is east of conesville

[Kevin23]

Woops i was backwards. Sorry. I could have sworn the post said cone lake. Lots of people ice fish cone lake, i doubt theres any fish in cones marsh being that its 2' deep.

[Kevin23]

Isn't that what the thread is called?
Like I said, maybe we are talking about two different places.
There is also a Cone Lake I believe.  two different things.

Yea sorry. I didnt think anyone would ask about ice fishing a 2' deep weed marsh so my brain must have thought he said cone lake. Lots of people fish cone lake.

[Cowboy22]

Yea sorry. I didnt think anyone would ask about ice fishing a 2' deep weed marsh so my brain must have thought he said cone lake. Lots of people fish cone lake.

No problem, I have never heard of Cone Lake so I was just trying to figure out what was going on!