Saylorville Lake

Published: Nov 1, 2018Updated: Apr 26, 2025

Species

Largemouth Bass

Season

Spring (Current)

2 Fishing Reports

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Wild Urban Adventures YouTube
Gold Ambassador
5/6/23
- Species
  Striped Bass
- Season
  Spring (Pre-Spawn)
- Technique
  Finesse Jigs
- Structure
  Dam
- Forage
  Minnows
- Water Temperature
  50°
Saylorville Dam in Iowa. Best time to fish these hybrid wipers is when the dam is releasing around 3500-4000 cfs of water down stream. Current water flow may be found online with simple google search. Current water flow when we started fishing was 3500 cfs in the morning and by time we left was 3200 cfs. Best bait was any type of hair jigs in various colors. Hot colors were any brighter colors, otherwise any color all took fish with the brighter colors catching the most. Recommended at least 1/4oz down river from dam and 3/8 to 1 oz closer to the dam. Cast and let hair jig bounce down river and they’ll hit the bait as they see them. Fish species also caught on hair jigs are carp, Buffalo carp, catfish and a few smaller whitebass.
Xao Xiong
Gold Ambassador
5/6/23
- Species
  Catfish
- Season
  Spring (Post-Spawn)
- Technique
  Carolina Rigs
- Structure
  River Channels
- Forage
  Shad
- Water Temperature
  54°
We set out for some Wipers on the De Monies River below Saylorville but it quickly became a catfish outing. Soaking fresh shad as cutbait landed us some nice catfish on light tackle. The 6'10" MLXF St. Croix Victory pair with a Daiwa Tatula 3000 with 15lb J-Braid had no issue muscling in these catfish. Smallest of the days was a couple pounds and biggest was a little over 10 pounds. Water temps were still low and the wipers were as active. But the catfish were