Windmill Lake is a reservoir in Iowa, near Taylor 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.
Windmill Lake is a reservoir in Taylor County, Iowa. Windmill Lake covers about 24 acres, reaches a recorded 17 feet and holds about 66 acre-feet.
Windmill 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 Windmill Lake include bluegill, channel catfish, common carp, green sunfish, largemouth bass, and white crappie. Stocking records for Windmill Lake also list blue catfish and bluegill, though that does not mean those fish will be easy to catch on every trip.
For bass at Windmill, fish weeds, wood and shade with a spinnerbait, jig or Texas-rigged worm for largemouth.
For panfish at Windmill, 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 Windmill, use fresh cut shad on a strong bottom rig for blue catfish, and put cut bait, a nightcrawler or prepared bait on bottom for channel catfish, and use corn or dough bait on a simple bottom rig for carp.
On a first trip to Windmill, 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 Windmill 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 Windmill 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.