Mormon Trail Lake is a reservoir in Iowa, near Adair 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.
Mormon Trail Lake is a reservoir in Adair County, Iowa. Mormon Trail Lake covers about 1.25 acres and holds about 394 acre-feet.
Mormon Trail Lake was made by holding back a river or creek, making the old channel, bends and quiet coves sensible places to begin.
Fish reported from Mormon Trail Lake include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, green sunfish, largemouth bass, and walleye. Stocking records for Mormon Trail Lake also list bluegill, channel catfish, and walleye, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Mormon Trail, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Mormon Trail, 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 Mormon Trail, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye.
For bottom fishing at Mormon Trail, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish.
On a first trip to Mormon Trail, 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 Mormon Trail 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 Mormon Trail 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.