Lake Icaria
General Information
County: Adams
Location: 4 miles north of Corning
Acres: 648.00
Maximum Depth: 30 ft. (2012)
Motoring Restrictions: No jet boats or jet skies allowed. Outboard and inboard-outboards only, no inboards.
Nearby Parks
Amenities
Amenities at Lake Icaria include:
- Boat Access
- Fishing Jetty
- Accessible Pier
- Boat Rental
- Picnic Area
- Beach
- Trails
- Accessible Facilities
- Restrooms
- Camping
- Concessions
- Good/Excellent Shorefishing
- Hard Surface Boat Ramp
- Fish Cleaning Station
- October 2022 - 4,544 Walleye (9.1)
- 5/10/22 - 100,000 Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) (Fry)
- 10/6/22 - 10,896 Blue Catfish (5.6)
- June 2021 - 15,172 Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) (1.5)
- 09/24/2021 - 8,741 Blue Catfish (6.8)
- 04/29/2021 - 100,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 11/12/2020 - 4,536 Walleye (9.2)
- 10/13/2020 - 7,901 Blue Catfish (5.8)
- 04/24/2020 - 104,900 Walleye (Fry)
- 10/24/2019 - 6,830 Blue Catfish (6.4)
- 06/27/2019 - 6,121 Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) (1.5)
- 06/27/2018 - 6,708 Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) (1.64)
- 05/15/2018 - 50,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 05/15/2018 - 100,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 05/08/2018 - 1,944,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 4/28/2017 - 100,000 Walleye (fry)
- 4/28/2017 - 200,000 Walleye (fry)
- 4/24/2017 - 1,944,000 Walleye (fry)
- 6/16/2016 - 6,821 Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) (1.4")
- 6/16/2016 - 7,670 Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) (1.3")
- 5/6/16 - 400,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 5/3/16 - 100,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 4/26/16 - 2,000,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 10/27/16 - 6,429 Walleye (10.3")
- 10/21/2015 - 6,500 Walleye (8")
- 06/29/2015 - 6,470 Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) (2")
- 06/16/2016 - 6,609 Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) (2")
- 04/29/2015 - 100,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 04/29/2015 - 200,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 04/22/2015 - 1,944,000 Walleye (Fry)
- annual 2014 - 6,508 Walleye (8")
- 06/17/2014 - 8,995 Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) (2")
- 06/17/2014 - 10,567 Wiper (Hybrid Striped Bass) (2")
- 05/08/2014 - 100,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 05/08/2014 - 200,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 05/01/2014 - 1,800,000 Walleye (Fry)
The
Fishing Regulations brochure is available for download. The summaries listed below are a partial listing provided for your benefit.
- Black Bullhead
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: unlimited
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
- 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:
- Common Carp
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: none
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other: May be taken by hand fishing, by snagging, by spear or by bow and arrow, day or night.
- Largemouth Bass
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined black bass, 3 fish
- Possession Limit: combined black bass, 6 fish
- Length Limit: 15-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
- Yellow Bullhead
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: unlimited
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
- Yellow Perch
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: 25 fish
- Possession Limit: 50 fish
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
Spring electrofishing indicated a low abundance of Largemouth Bass up to 18 inches. Bluegills mostly in the 7 inch length range and Crappie up to 9.5 inches are available to anglers. There are good numbers of Channel Catfish mostly in the 12-22 inch length range, but larger fish are available to anglers. Blue Catfish have been stocked in Lake Icaria since 2019. Most of the Blue Catfish are within the 12-15 inch length range. (2023)
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Contacts
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.