Fishing lakes in Iowa

Iowa has 228 lakes recorded in the USGS National Hydrography Dataset, covering a combined 359 km². The largest is Rathbun Lake at 56.13 km². Anglers can find Rainbow Trout, Crappie, Yellow Perch across these waters.

Open on map

Top fish species in Iowa

Rainbow Trout53 lakes
Crappie53 lakes
Yellow Perch53 lakes
Blue Catfish53 lakes
Flathead Catfish53 lakes
Northern Pike53 lakes
Muskellunge53 lakes
Smallmouth Bass53 lakes
Largemouth Bass53 lakes
Channel Catfish53 lakes
Bluegill / Sunfish53 lakes
Brown Trout53 lakes

Top 228 largest lakes

Rathbun Lake
56.13 km² · 40.867, -93.009
Lake Winneshiek
36.39 km² · 43.327, -91.107
Lake Red Rock
34.88 km² · 41.401, -93.058
Spirit Lake
22.11 km² · 43.478, -95.096
Saylorville Lake
21.96 km² · 41.755, -93.732
Clear Lake
14.70 km² · 43.124, -93.421
Storm Lake
12.58 km² · 42.626, -95.207
Okamanpeedan Lake
9.03 km² · 43.507, -94.580
Lake Panorama
4.77 km² · 41.722, -94.409
Lost Island Lake
4.66 km² · 43.171, -94.906
Trumbull Lake
4.29 km² · 43.193, -94.950
Silver Lake
4.15 km² · 43.443, -95.343
Black Hawk Lake
3.70 km² · 42.298, -95.025
Rice Lake
3.60 km² · 43.390, -93.497
Lake MacBride
3.50 km² · 41.801, -91.552
Big Creek Lake
3.46 km² · 41.816, -93.746
Three Mile Lake
3.38 km² · 41.090, -94.230
Marais Lake
3.11 km² · 43.099, -91.159
Swan Lake
3.10 km² · 43.358, -94.670
Lake Icaria
3.03 km² · 41.062, -94.725
Big Lake
2.85 km² · 43.402, -91.216
Iowa Lake
2.71 km² · 43.504, -94.465
Twelve Mile Lake
2.61 km² · 41.070, -94.268
Silver Lake
2.60 km² · 43.033, -94.887
Little Spirit Lake
2.42 km² · 43.505, -95.128
High Lake
2.24 km² · 43.305, -94.713
Cedar Lake
2.19 km² · 42.970, -92.550
Rock Creek Lake
2.08 km² · 41.749, -92.847
State Line Lake
1.90 km² · 43.508, -93.474
South Twin Lake
1.88 km² · 42.461, -94.651
Rush Lake
1.85 km² · 42.946, -94.872
North Twin Lake
1.83 km² · 42.485, -94.630
Eagle Lake
1.76 km² · 43.128, -93.734
Garnet Lake
1.70 km² · 43.012, -91.149
Sun Valley Lake
1.61 km² · 40.854, -94.065
Big Wall Lake
1.56 km² · 42.619, -93.651
Mud Hen Lake
1.55 km² · 43.159, -91.155
Ingham Lake
1.49 km² · 43.319, -94.695
Smith Pool
1.40 km² · 43.253, -94.139
Elm Lake
1.36 km² · 42.765, -93.680
Green Valley Lake
1.34 km² · 41.108, -94.389
Silver Lake
1.27 km² · 43.482, -93.417
West Lake
1.16 km² · 41.035, -93.814
Wood Duck Slough
1.16 km² · 42.696, -90.988
Mud Lake
1.15 km² · 43.188, -94.916
Dan Green Slough
1.13 km² · 43.223, -95.004
Rush Lake
1.11 km² · 43.438, -95.509
Lizard Lake
1.11 km² · 42.672, -94.494
Lake Wapello
1.08 km² · 40.815, -92.582
Crystal Lake
1.05 km² · 43.230, -93.793
Center Lake
1.04 km² · 43.413, -95.136
Elk Lake
1.04 km² · 43.083, -94.923
Grovers Lake
1.03 km² · 43.500, -95.156
Little Wall Lake
0.99 km² · 42.269, -93.637
Lake Darling
0.98 km² · 41.195, -91.897
Cunningham Slough
0.98 km² · 43.306, -94.692
McGregor Lake
0.98 km² · 43.036, -91.164
Lake Cornelia
0.97 km² · 42.787, -93.689
West Hottes Lake
0.91 km² · 43.480, -95.145
East Twin Lake
0.90 km² · 42.936, -93.711
Iowa Lake
0.89 km² · 43.502, -95.457
Black Hawk Lake
0.86 km² · 43.021, -90.285
Virgin Lake
0.84 km² · 43.102, -94.897
Twelvemile Lake
0.81 km² · 43.290, -94.875
Bays Branch Lake
0.78 km² · 41.728, -94.322
Eagle Lake
0.77 km² · 43.488, -94.828
Dale Maffit Reservoir
0.76 km² · 41.513, -93.793
Prairie Rose Lake
0.74 km² · 41.604, -95.218
Lake Easter
0.72 km² · 41.543, -93.561
Swan Lake
0.69 km² · 43.459, -94.948
Lake Ponderosa
0.68 km² · 41.589, -92.589
Marble Lake
0.67 km² · 43.474, -95.135
Lily Pond
0.67 km² · 41.799, -91.887
Pickerel Lake
0.67 km² · 42.907, -94.922
Clear Lake
0.66 km² · 42.733, -94.900
Lake Anita
0.62 km² · 41.427, -94.777
Lake Colechester
0.62 km² · 41.503, -93.688
Viking Lake
0.58 km² · 40.974, -95.035
Don Williams Lake
0.58 km² · 42.119, -94.020
Sunken Island Lake
0.55 km² · 42.633, -94.901
Swan Lake
0.53 km² · 42.038, -94.845
Volga Lake
0.53 km² · 42.899, -91.774
Lake Morris
0.52 km² · 41.009, -93.247
Diamond Lake
0.52 km² · 43.482, -95.191
Lake Miami
0.49 km² · 41.115, -92.845
Swag Lake
0.47 km² · 43.501, -94.385
Cedar Lake
0.46 km² · 41.991, -91.668
Duck Lake
0.46 km² · 43.476, -91.253
Cheever Lake
0.46 km² · 43.373, -94.884
Lake Ahquabi
0.45 km² · 41.290, -93.593
Lake Ponderosa
0.45 km² · 41.584, -92.577
Upper City Reservoir
0.45 km² · 40.709, -92.894
Morse Lake
0.43 km² · 42.839, -93.694
Union Grove Lake
0.43 km² · 42.129, -92.725
West Twin Lake
0.43 km² · 42.937, -93.733
Summit Lake
0.42 km² · 41.065, -94.397
Backbone Lake
0.41 km² · 42.608, -91.546
Prairie Lake
0.40 km² · 43.381, -95.064
Lake LaShane
0.40 km² · 40.635, -93.972
Hendrickson Marsh Lake
0.40 km² · 41.937, -93.240
Lake Alvin
0.40 km² · 43.438, -96.622
Beeds Lake
0.39 km² · 42.770, -93.244
Grays Lake
0.39 km² · 41.570, -93.639
Diamondhead Lake
0.39 km² · 41.552, -94.259
Lily Lake
0.38 km² · 43.395, -95.022
Lake of Three Fires
0.38 km² · 40.714, -94.690
Bur Oak Lake
0.37 km² · 43.289, -94.748
Diamond Lake
0.37 km² · 41.588, -92.551
Holiday Lake
0.37 km² · 41.817, -92.447
Lake Keomah
0.37 km² · 41.292, -92.540
Upper Pine Lake
0.36 km² · 42.379, -93.061
Sunfish Lake
0.35 km² · 43.073, -91.171
Fourmile Lake
0.34 km² · 43.394, -94.907
Cedar Lake
0.34 km² · 41.370, -94.000
Darling Pool
0.34 km² · 43.269, -94.117
Goose Lake
0.33 km² · 43.484, -94.410
Lake Iowa
0.33 km² · 41.638, -92.174
George Wyth Lake
0.32 km² · 42.535, -92.398
Hickory Grove Lake
0.32 km² · 41.988, -93.357
Lake Binder
0.32 km² · 41.008, -94.711
Red Haw Lake
0.32 km² · 40.998, -93.273
Loch Ayr
0.32 km² · 40.747, -94.239
Goose Lake
0.32 km² · 42.315, -93.625
Pleasant Lake
0.32 km² · 43.405, -95.028
Lake Ellis
0.31 km² · 41.008, -93.263
Blue Wing Marsh
0.31 km² · 43.164, -94.876
Lake Fisher
0.29 km² · 40.756, -92.442
East Hottes Lake
0.29 km² · 43.482, -95.132
West Lake
0.28 km² · 41.021, -93.336
Oak Lake
0.26 km² · 43.124, -94.172
Lowe Pool
0.26 km² · 43.238, -94.156
Brenton Slough
0.25 km² · 41.726, -93.804
Otter Creek Lake
0.25 km² · 42.046, -92.520
Balmoral Pond 94
0.24 km² · 43.226, -90.471
Taylor Lakes
0.24 km² · 43.183, -91.141
Welsh Lake
0.23 km² · 43.461, -95.172
Ludden Lake
0.23 km² · 42.876, -90.200
Gassner Lake
0.22 km² · 42.920, -91.134
Lake Smith
0.22 km² · 43.124, -94.241
North Slough
0.22 km² · 43.333, -94.696
Delwein Lake
0.21 km² · 42.651, -91.919
West Slough
0.20 km² · 43.327, -94.695
Spring Lake
0.20 km² · 42.063, -94.289
Indian Lake
0.20 km² · 40.629, -91.753
Lyla Marsh
0.20 km² · 43.288, -92.470
Reservoir Number Two
0.20 km² · 41.028, -91.949
Lake Hendricks
0.18 km² · 43.373, -92.546
Zerbel Slough
0.18 km² · 43.050, -93.346
Goose Lake
0.18 km² · 42.113, -94.402
Lake George
0.18 km² · 43.219, -93.874
Upper Marais
0.18 km² · 43.083, -91.153
Badger Lake
0.17 km² · 42.587, -94.189
Crab Tree Lake
0.17 km² · 41.866, -93.213
Walton Lake
0.17 km² · 41.015, -91.934
Lake Oelwein
0.17 km² · 42.610, -91.910
Walnut Creek Lake
0.17 km² · 40.695, -94.329
Corydon Lake
0.17 km² · 40.754, -93.335
Harmon Lake
0.17 km² · 43.467, -93.698
Lower Lake
0.16 km² · 43.190, -90.645
Hannen Lake
0.15 km² · 41.867, -92.114
Little Lewis Lake
0.15 km² · 42.145, -91.807
Humeston Reservoir
0.15 km² · 40.880, -93.506
Gabrielson Pool
0.15 km² · 43.289, -94.112
Meadow Lake
0.15 km² · 41.385, -94.439
Hanson Lake
0.14 km² · 42.456, -92.298
Long Slough
0.14 km² · 42.687, -90.933
Swan Lake
0.14 km² · 41.775, -91.678
Arrowhead Lake
0.14 km² · 42.296, -95.051
Sportsman Lake
0.13 km² · 42.012, -92.685
Lake Meyer
0.13 km² · 43.175, -91.909
Horse Shoe Lake
0.13 km² · 41.058, -91.729
East Lake
0.13 km² · 40.900, -94.550
Martelle Lake
0.12 km² · 43.222, -91.126
Mallard Marsh Swamp
0.12 km² · 43.242, -93.462
Cherry Lake
0.12 km² · 41.961, -92.585
Joyce Lake
0.12 km² · 43.214, -91.133
Founders Pond
0.12 km² · 43.084, -91.196
Lower City Reservoir
0.12 km² · 40.715, -92.883
Fisher Lake
0.12 km² · 42.535, -92.412
Gabrielson Pool
0.11 km² · 43.294, -94.115
Bedford Water Supply Lake
0.11 km² · 40.684, -94.715
Greenfield Lake
0.11 km² · 41.296, -94.479
Home Lake
0.11 km² · 40.630, -93.948
Big Lewis Lake
0.11 km² · 42.136, -91.796
Nodaway Lake
0.11 km² · 41.288, -94.495
Round Lake
0.11 km² · 43.170, -94.961
Grade Lake
0.10 km² · 41.023, -93.771
Reservoir Number One
0.10 km² · 41.021, -91.955
Artesian Lake
0.10 km² · 42.150, -94.680
Prairie Lakes
0.10 km² · 42.478, -92.461
Dixon Lake
0.10 km² · 43.196, -90.479
Meyers Lake
0.10 km² · 42.461, -92.290
Briarstone Lake
0.10 km² · 43.145, -93.236
Goodwiler Lake
0.09 km² · 43.192, -90.420
Schenck Lake
0.09 km² · 40.730, -95.016
Q Pond
0.09 km² · 41.042, -93.780
Seymour City Reservoir
0.09 km² · 40.669, -93.124
Dead Lake
0.09 km² · 43.101, -90.798
Woodman Lake
0.09 km² · 43.105, -90.795
Eldred Sherwood Park Lake
0.09 km² · 42.941, -93.563
Lake Orient
0.08 km² · 41.198, -94.437
Windmill Lake
0.08 km² · 40.729, -94.826
Bakkens Pond
0.08 km² · 43.175, -90.162
Slip Bluff Lake
0.08 km² · 40.653, -93.852
Ken Wolfe Lake
0.07 km² · 41.779, -92.964
Pleasant Lake
0.07 km² · 42.569, -95.009
Markhams Pond
0.07 km² · 43.478, -93.007
Spring Lake
0.07 km² · 43.145, -93.231
Robbins Lake
0.07 km² · 42.007, -91.701
Wilson Lake
0.07 km² · 40.837, -94.543
Pilot Knob Lake
0.07 km² · 43.252, -93.561
Avon Lake
0.07 km² · 41.522, -93.494
Stony Lake
0.07 km² · 43.365, -95.358
Ruddy Pool
0.07 km² · 43.303, -94.117
Old Channel
0.06 km² · 40.703, -92.765
Lake Cona Toma
0.06 km² · 43.155, -93.228
Gabrielson Pool
0.06 km² · 43.297, -94.115
Cold Springs
0.06 km² · 41.292, -95.087
Gabrielson Pool
0.06 km² · 43.286, -94.115
Thayer Lake
0.06 km² · 41.021, -94.067
Lake Afton
0.06 km² · 41.036, -94.210
Railroad Lake
0.06 km² · 42.581, -92.503
East Lake
0.05 km² · 41.034, -93.743
Sunken Lake
0.05 km² · 43.480, -95.128
Garner Lake
0.05 km² · 43.195, -90.608
Matson Pond
0.05 km² · 41.785, -91.779
Lake Considine
0.05 km² · 42.717, -92.920
Wisniewski Pond
0.05 km² · 41.784, -91.719