Pool 16 is a reservoir in Iowa, near Muscatine County.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Pool 16 is a Mississippi River pool in Muscatine County, Iowa. Pool 16 covers about 12,047 acres.
Pool 16 includes the Davenport riverfront, Sylvan Slough, wing dams, side channels and broad backwaters. Current breaks near rock are useful for walleye and white bass, while brush and logs in slower water hold panfish.
The reported fish at Pool 16 include northern pike, paddlefish, walleye, sauger, and wiper. That mix gives anglers more than one sensible way to fish Pool 16.
Fish reported from Pool 16 include bigmouth buffalo, black bullhead, black crappie, bluegill, bowfin, channel catfish, common carp, flathead catfish, freshwater drum, green sunfish, largemouth bass, longnose gar, mooneye, northern pike, orangespotted sunfish, paddlefish, quillback, river carpsucker, rock bass, sauger, shorthead redhorse, shortnose gar, shovelnose sturgeon, smallmouth bass, smallmouth buffalo, walleye, warmouth, white bass, white crappie, wiper, and yellow perch. Stocking records for Pool 16 also list bluegill, paddlefish, and walleye, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Pool 16, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth, and work a tube, Ned rig or small crankbait across rock and firm points for smallmouth.
For panfish at Pool 16, use a small jig or minnow beside brush for crappie, and fish a worm, cricket or tiny jig near weeds for bluegill, redear or other sunfish, and keep a small jig, minnow or worm close to bottom for yellow perch.
For roaming fish at Pool 16, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye, and work a jig or small crankbait close to bottom for sauger, and follow shad with a spoon, jig or small crankbait for white bass, and use a shad-colored swimbait, spoon or trolling lure around open-water baitfish for wipers.
For large predators at Pool 16, cast a spoon, spinnerbait or swimbait beside weeds for northern pike.
For bottom fishing at Pool 16, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish, and use live bait near wood or a deep hole for flathead catfish, and fish a worm or small piece of cut bait in quiet water for bullheads, and use corn or dough bait on a simple bottom rig for carp.
Other choices at Pool 16 include these plans: bounce a jig, worm or crayfish bait along firm bottom for freshwater drum, and work a tough soft plastic or cut bait near weeds and wood for bowfin.
Paddlefish at Pool 16 feed by filtering tiny food, so anglers use heavy snagging tackle during the legal season. Check the current rules for Pool 16 before going.
For shovelnose sturgeon at Pool 16, keep a worm or other natural bait on the bottom in steady river current with enough weight to hold it there.
In Pool 16, work crankbaits or three-way rigs over wing dams for walleye, cast small jigs or spinners around current breaks for white bass, fish minnows beside backwater brush for crappie, and put dip bait above snags for channel catfish.
On a first trip to Pool 16, check incoming water, one bend in the old channel and a point near deep water with a moving lure, then slow down with a jig or worm where you get a bite.
Spring around Pool 16 is a good time to check warm coves and incoming water, and summer is a good time to fish shade, weeds and the first drop into deeper water. Fall around Pool 16 can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
A medium spinning rod covers smaller lures at Pool 16, while a heavier rod and stronger leader are better for pike or muskellunge.
Pick one point, weed edge, patch of wood or old-channel bend at Pool 16 that sits beside deeper water, then test more than one lure depth before moving.
No reliable maximum was found for Pool 16, so use lure contact and visible cover to find the first useful drop.
Northern pike fits the reported information for Pool 16, so use a lure and spot made for that fish instead of guessing.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.
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