Lost Grove Lake
General Information
County: Scott
Location: Six miles east of Eldridge
Acres: 400.00
Maximum Depth: 50 ft. (2015)
Motoring Restrictions: Any size motor operated at 5 mph or less
Nearby Parks
Amenities
Amenities at Lost Grove Lake include:
- Boat Access
- Fishing Jetty
- Accessible Pier
- Trails
- Good/Excellent Shorefishing
- Hard Surface Boat Ramp
- Accessible Shoreline
| For more information on the above lakes call the Lake Darling Fisheries Office at (319) 694-2430. |
| Bluegill - Good: Should be able to find some bluegills still on the beds. But they are finishing up and leaving the beds in others. You'll have to move around to locate the active bedding areas. |
| Largemouth Bass - Fair: The bass for the most part have left the nests. The bigger females have headed out to deep water to recover. The males for the most part seemed to have also moved out to deeper water in the trees look for them in 6-8 foot of water in the brush. |
| The water temperature took a big drop over the weekend from 78 down to 70. Is starting to make the long climb back up. |
| Black Crappie - Slow: The crappies have left the shallow and moved out to their deeper haunts. |
- 9/29/22 - 2,398 Channel Catfish (9)
- 6/7/22 - 12,002 Walleye (1.5)
- 5/18/22 - 200 Muskellunge (12.8)
- 06/09/2021 - 12,029 Walleye (1.6)
- 09/14/2020 - 2,391 Channel Catfish (8)
- 06/04/2020 - 12,820 Walleye (1.6)
- 05/11/2020 - 200 Muskellunge (12.4)
- 06/10/2019 - 12,001 Walleye (1.9)
- 09/19/2018 - 2,401 Channel Catfish (8.6)
- 06/05/2018 - 11,974 Walleye (1.44)
- 05/11/2018 - 200 Muskellunge (11.8)
- 5/30/2017 - 15,090 Walleye (1.7")
- 9/12/16 - 2,399 Channel Catfish (8.9")
- 6/7/16 - 11,366 Walleye (1.8")
- 5/9/16 - 203 Muskellunge (14.5")
- 05/28/2015 - 11,997 Walleye (2")
- 09/10/2014 - 2,400 Channel Catfish (8")
- 06/02/2014 - 12,048 Walleye (2")
- 05/20/2014 - 200 Muskellunge (10.5")
- Curlyleaf Pondweed
- Eurasian Watermilfoil
The
Fishing Regulations brochure is available for download. The summaries listed below are a partial listing provided for your benefit.
- Black Crappie
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined black and white crappie, 25 fish
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other: No daily limit on private waters
- Bluegill
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: 25 fish
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other: No daily limit on private waters
- Channel Catfish
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined: channel, blue and flathead catfish, 8 fish
- Possession Limit: combined: channel, blue and flathead catfish, 30 fish
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
- Largemouth Bass
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined black bass, 3 fish
- Possession Limit: combined black bass, 6 fish
- Length Limit: 18-inch minimum
- Other:
- Muskellunge
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined: muskellunge and tiger muskellunge, 1 fish
- Possession Limit: combined: muskellunge and tiger muskellunge, 1 fish
- Length Limit: 40-inch minimum
- Other:
- Walleye
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined walleye, sauger and saugeye; 5 fish
- Possession Limit: combined walleye, sauger and saugeye; 10 fish
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
- White Crappie
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined black and white crappie, 25 fish
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other: No daily limit on private waters
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Iowa-Caught Fish Are Safe to Eat, In Almost All Cases
The vast majority of Iowa’s streams, rivers and lakes offer safe and high-quality fish that pose little or no threat to human health if consumed. Some limitations may apply for young children and pregnant women. Here’s a Fish Consumption Fact Sheet from the Iowa DNR and the Iowa Dept. of Public Health for more information. Here is a list of current fish consumption advisories for Iowa lakes and rivers.