Roberts Creek Lake is a lake in Marion 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.
Roberts Creek Lake is a lake in Marion County, Iowa. Roberts Creek Lake covers about 288 acres and reaches a recorded 18 feet.
Roberts Creek Lake is small enough to check weeds, wood, rock and the first deep drop without spending the whole day moving around.
Fish reported from Roberts Creek Lake include black crappie, bluegill, channel catfish, common carp, flathead catfish, freshwater drum, largemouth bass, river carpsucker, walleye, white bass, white crappie, white sucker, and wiper. Stocking records for Roberts Creek Lake also list walleye, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Roberts Creek, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Roberts Creek, 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 Roberts Creek, jig a minnow or troll a crankbait along points and deeper edges for walleye, and follow shad with a spoon, jig or small crankbait for white bass, and use a shad-colored swimbait, spoon or trolling lure around open-water baitfish for wipers.
For bottom fishing at Roberts Creek, put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish, and use live bait near wood or a deep hole for flathead catfish, and use corn or dough bait on a simple bottom rig for carp.
Other choices at Roberts Creek include these plans: bounce a jig, worm or crayfish bait along firm bottom for freshwater drum.
Spring at Roberts Creek 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 at Roberts Creek can bring fish back to windy points and banks, while winter calls for smaller baits fished slowly.
On a first trip to Roberts Creek, check one quiet cove, one rocky or firm point and the nearby deep water with a moving lure, then use a jig or worm where you find fish.
A medium spinning rod with 8- to 10-pound line handles most jigs, worms and small lures at Roberts Creek, while a medium-heavy rod is better for bass jigs and heavier bottom rigs.
At Roberts Creek, pick one cove and the closest point or drop into deep water, then fish that small area well before making a long move.
Not every trip. A better place at Roberts Creek is where a point, drop-off or group of baitfish gives the fish a reason to stop.
Black crappie is on the fish list for Roberts Creek, so start with a bait made for that fish instead of guessing at a species that may not be there.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.