Fishing Report For Lake Red Rock, IA

By Rick Seaman

February 8, 2025

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Fishing Report Lake Red Rock, IA

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Popular Fish Species Lake Red Rock, IA

Walleye

Current Report:Fair To Good
Outlook: Poor Good To Very Good

Walleye like to slow cruise around flats and structure close to deep water, in search of food. Yellow perch and gizzard shad are two of their mainstays, and they primarily feed close to the bottom. When walleye are in 12' to 25' of water a blade bait or a swimbait is a good way to locate the fish. Lures that imitate small fish fool walleye quite frequently here. Once you locate a school, a drop-shot rig with minnows or minnow-shaped plastics is a good way to work the school. Locals report spoons, deep-diving crankbaits, and worm harness spinners are also catching walleye while trolling.

Hybrid Striped Bass

Current Report:Fair To Good
Outlook: Good

Hybrid stripers up to 15 pounds have been reportedly caught recently while fishing at Lake Red Rock. Jerkbaits, swimbaits, crankbaits, spoons, live bait and cut bait are all effective here for hybrid stripers. Their primary diet is the schools of baitfish throughout the lake, and they follow these schools to stay close to food supply. Use electronics and fish finders to locate both bait and wipers.

Black Crappie - White Crappie

Uncle Buck's Panfish Creatures Curly Tail Minnow Rigged

Current Report: Good
Outlook: Good To Very Good

Reports by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources indicate white bass are expected to average about an inch longer than black crappie this year. Fishing has been good in Lake Red Rock for a couple years now, and expectations for the coming couple years are positive. Spring is the premiere time to be on the water as crappie move into shallow coves to spawn. Docks, brush, wood and deep vegetation are a good place to cast small crappie jigs or live minnows. Light tackle with 4 lb to 8 lb line is ideal. Locals report good success using fish finders to locate schools of crappie, which tend to stack vertically around cover.

Fish species to fish for...

Guide to fishing for largemouth bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, black crappie, white crappie, walleye, saugeye, white bass, hybrid striped bass and northern pike at Lake Red Rock in Iowa.

Lake Red Rock is a 15,000-acre lake with over 75 miles of shoreline, is well known for great hybrid striper fishing. Nice populations of bass, catfish, crappie, walleye, sunfish, hybrid stripers and northern pike reside here as well. Located on the Des Moines River, and is a good destination for ice fishing, including ice fishing derbies.

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Rick Seaman is a fishing enthusiast with over five decades of fishing experience, a retired tournament fisherman, author of numerous published articles on fishing, and co-author of the book "Bass Fishing - It's not WHAT you throw, It's WHERE you throw it".