Ken Wolfe Lake is a reservoir in Iowa, near Jasper 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.
Ken Wolfe Lake is a reservoir in Jasper County, Iowa. Ken Wolfe Lake covers about 17.6 acres, reaches a recorded 20 feet and holds about 202 acre-feet.
Ken Wolfe 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 Ken Wolfe Lake include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, and largemouth bass. Stocking records for Ken Wolfe Lake also list bluegill, channel catfish, and largemouth bass, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Ken Wolfe, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Ken Wolfe, 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 Ken Wolfe, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
On a first trip to Ken Wolfe, 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 Ken Wolfe 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 Ken Wolfe 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.