Ice Ways of Iowa

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[center][size 2]SOUTHEAST IOWA[/size][/center] [center][size 1]has the shortest ice-fishing season. Safe ice may not form in southeast Iowa until after New Year's, and it may disappear by the end of February. But anglers who take advantage of the short season can have access to bumper crops of bluegills and crappies.[/size][/center] [center][size 1][cool] Lake Sugema[/size][/center] [center][size 1]is Iowa's premier lake for bluegills. their sheer population has produced fish almost anywhere anglers have spun an ice auger. Underwater islands at midlake, off the dam and straight southwest of the mouth of the northeast arm of the lake are prime ice-fishing spots[/size][/center] [center][size 1][cool] Lake Miami[/size][/center] [center][size 1]The lake's deepest water - 20 feet - is off the center of the dam, but steep dropoffs on both shores are also good spots to probe for bluegills[/size][/center] [center][size 1][cool] Lake Wapello[/size][/center] [center][size 1]bluegills tend toward 8 inches and larger. The main pool off the face of the dam is 30 feet deep, but the bay at the east end of the dam tends to provide the best ice-fishing. Bluegills and crappies cluster along dropoffs in that area, and near pallet structures in the back of the bay and on the points at the mouth of the bay.[/size][/center] [center] [/center]
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