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Mississippi River Pools 16 to 20: River levels for Pools 16 to 20 of the Mississippi River are still in low summer flows. Water temperature throughout the pools is around 77 degrees.

In Pool 16, river stage at Lock and Dam 15 is 4.17 feet. Channel catfish are biting on stink bait, shrimp, night crawlers, and shad. White bass are being caught around areas with current. Walleye fishing has been slow on the wing dams.

In Pool 17, river stage at Lock and Dam 16 is 3.54 feet. Channel catfish are being caught on stink bait, night crawlers, liver and shrimp. Larger channel catfish are being caught on cut bait. Crappies and bluegills are being caught in Big Timber around brush piles with current on jigs/tubes or jigs/minnows. Walleye fishing has been slow but a few fish are being caught trolling crankbaits on the wing dams.

In Pool 18, river stage at Lock and Dam 17 is 3.88 feet. Channel catfish are biting on stink bait and shad. A few walleyes are being caught on the wing dams using crankbaits. Bluegills and crappies are being caught in the backwaters around brush piles with current. Crappies are being caught on jigs/minnows and bluegills are being caught on red worms.

In Pool 19, river stage at Lock and Dam 18 is 1.68 feet. Fishing has been slow. Some channel catfish are being caught on stink bait and shad. Largemouth bass are being caught in the lotus fields.

In Pool 20, river stage at Lock and Dam 19 is 3.19 feet. Water level is fluctuating daily due to dam releases. Channel catfish are biting on stink bait, night crawlers and shad.

Lake Odessa (Louisa): Anglers are catching a lot of catfish by the inlet which is open to allow water to flow through the system. Anglers are also doing fairly well on bluegills and crappies along the shoreline of the main lake and in Sand Run.

Lake Darling (Washington): Water temperature is dropping fast. Thursday morning temperature was 70 degrees. Last week the temperature was in the 80s. Also because of a combination of fairly dry weather and the leaky spillway the lake is down about 18 inches. Anglers were catching catfish and a few bluegills over the weekend.

Lake Belva Deer (Keokuk): Catfishing is very good right now using stink bait, chicken liver or shrimp. Anglers really have to work to catch bluegills.

Lake Geode (Henry): Fishing pressure remains low. A few nice, big catfish are being caught. Anglers are starting to find bluegills along the deeper weed beds.

Lake Rathbun (Appanoose): Walleyes are still being caught using crankbaits and night crawler harnesses. Some walleye anglers trolling crankbaits are also catching crappies. White bass are still chasing shad so watch for shad breaking the surface and there should be white bass close. Cast chrome or white colored crankbaits through the area or troll through the area for aggressive fish. The lake still remains about 16 feet above normal pool. Buck Creek high water ramp, Bridgeview high water ramp, and Honey Creek ramp are still open.

Lake Sugema (Van Buren): Largemouth bass have been hitting on rubber worms and other soft plastics fished along the shoreline structure. Bluegills have been biting on small jigs tipped with a chunk of night crawler along drop-offs and shoreline structure.

Lake Wapello (Davis): The lake has been completely drained.

Lake Miami (Monroe): Channel catfish have been biting on chicken liver, primarily in the mornings. Bluegills and crappies have been hitting on minnows drifted along drop-offs or fished around shoreline structure.

Red Haw Lake (Lucas): Largemouth bass have been hitting on spinner baits fished along the weed line and around the rock jetties. Bluegills and a few redear sunfish have been biting on small jigs fished along the weed line and the fallen trees in the lake as structure.

Lake Macbride (Johnson): Top-water fishing is still good here. Largemouth bass are in and around almost any kind of structure, especially wood and rock. Kentucky spotted bass are on rocky shores. White bass can be hit or miss in open water, and watch for schools feeding on young shad. Some channel catfish are being picked up towards evening in shallow water on various baits.

Pleasant Creek (Linn): Fishing has been fairly slow. Largemouth can be picked up on plastic worms and crankbaits while channel catfish are biting on chicken liver and stink bait. White bass are feeding on schools of shad on the surface around sunrise and sunset. Throw top-water or shallow running baits to the schools for the best action.

Hannen Lake (Benton): The water is starting to clear up here. Fishing has been hit or miss with good days producing bluegills on worms or jigs and channel catfish on night crawlers or liver.

Kent Park Lake (Johnson): Channel catfish are still biting fairly well on Sonny's stink bait or chicken liver early in the morning or late in the evening. Some largemouth bass are also being picked up on artificial lures or night crawlers, as well as some bluegills on small jigs or worms.

Skunk River (Washington and Henry): The water level has been stable. Anglers are doing fairly well on catfish.

Iowa River (Louisa): The river at Wapello seems to be dropping about six inches a day. Catfishing is fair to good.

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