Fishing has been slow but shows signs of improving. Catfish fishing is slow to good on cut bait and chicken livers. Bluegill and crappie fishing is fair to good in backwater areas on pools 17 and 18.

Lake Delhi (Delaware): Bluegill fishing is fair on small jigs tipped with a piece of worm or wax worm under a bobber. Bluegills are now spawning on the rocks and woody structure, so fish close to ...

Lake Iowa (Iowa): Anglers are catching 8-inch bluegills in the warm shallow water in the lake. The clear water makes it easy to find these fish. Hannen Lake (Benton): Fishing has been good. Bluegills ...

Bluegill fishing has been good in Pools 9 to 15. Concentrate around wood or rock structure or along vegetation in the backwaters and running sloughs and suspend a piece of night crawler 4 to 5 feet ...