Lake Ellis is a reservoir in Iowa, near Lucas 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.
Lake Ellis is a reservoir in Lucas County, Iowa. Lake Ellis covers about 83 acres, reaches a recorded 20 feet and holds about 803 acre-feet.
Lake Ellis 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 Lake Ellis include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, largemouth bass, and white crappie. Stocking records for Lake Ellis also list channel catfish, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Ellis, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Ellis, 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 Ellis, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
On a first trip to Ellis, 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 Ellis 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 Ellis 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.