George Wyth Lake is a reservoir in Iowa, near Black Hawk 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.
George Wyth Lake is a reservoir in Black Hawk County, Iowa. George Wyth Lake covers about 75.2 acres and reaches a recorded 19 feet.
George Wyth Lake has an old channel, incoming water and quiet coves, and small water-level changes can move fish from the bank to the first drop.
Fish reported from George Wyth Lake include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, northern pike, walleye, white crappie, wiper, and yellow bass. Stocking records for George Wyth Lake also list channel catfish, northern pike, and wiper, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at George Wyth, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at George Wyth, 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 roaming fish at George Wyth, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye, and use a shad-colored swimbait, spoon or trolling lure around open-water baitfish for wipers.
For large predators at George Wyth, cast a spoon, spinnerbait or swimbait beside weeds for northern pike.
For bottom fishing at George Wyth, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
On a first trip to George Wyth, 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 George Wyth 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 George Wyth 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.