Discovery Park Pond is a reservoir in Muscatine County, Iowa.
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.
Discovery Park Pond is a pond in Muscatine County, Iowa. Discovery Park Pond covers about 1.9 acres.
Discovery Park Pond was made by holding back a river or creek, making the old channel, bends and quiet coves sensible places to begin.
Fish reported from Discovery Park Pond include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed, and rainbow trout. Stocking records for Discovery Park Pond also list brook trout and channel catfish and rainbow trout, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Discovery Park, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Discovery Park, 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.
For bottom fishing at Discovery Park, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
For cold-water fish at Discovery Park, run spoons or minnow-shaped lures in cool water for trout.
On a first trip to Discovery Park, 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 on Discovery Park 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 on Discovery Park can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.