Iowa fishing guide: species & cities
111 species with Iowa source associations
State evidence does not establish city-level presence or current legal rules.
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- Alewife
- Alligator Gar
- American Eel
- Atlantic Salmon
- Banded Darter
- Bighead Carp
- Bigmouth Buffalo
- Black Buffalo
- Black Bullhead
- Black Crappie
- Blackside Darter
- Blackstripe Topminnow
- Blue Catfish
- Blue Sucker
- Bluegill
- Bluntnose Minnow
- Bowfin
- Brook Silverside
- Brook Stickleback
- Brook Trout
- Brown Bullhead
- Brown Trout
- Bullhead Minnow
- Burbot
- Central Mudminnow
- Central Stoneroller
- Chain Pickerel
- Channel Catfish
- Chinook Salmon
- Cisco
- Coho Salmon
- Common Carp
- Common Shiner
- Creek Chub
- Emerald Shiner
- Fantail Darter
- Fathead Minnow
- Flathead Catfish
- Freshwater Drum
- Gizzard Shad
- Golden Redhorse
- Golden Shiner
- Goldeye
- Goldfish
- Grass Carp
- Green Sunfish
- Greenside Darter
- Highfin Carpsucker
- Hornyhead Chub
- Hybrid Striped Bass
- Johnny Darter
- Lake Sturgeon
- Lake Trout
- Lake Whitefish
- Largemouth Bass
- Logperch
- Longear Sunfish
- Longnose Gar
- Mooneye
- Mottled Sculpin
- Muskellunge
- Northern Hog Sucker
- Northern Pike
- Orangespotted Sunfish
- Orangethroat Darter
- Paddlefish
- Pink Salmon
- Pirate Perch
- Pumpkinseed
- Quillback
- Rainbow Darter
- Rainbow Smelt
- Rainbow Trout
- Red Shiner
- Redear Sunfish
- Redfin Pickerel
- River Carpsucker
- River Redhorse
- Rock Bass
- Round Goby
- Sand Shiner
- Sauger
- Saugeye
- Shorthead Redhorse
- Shortnose Gar
- Shovelnose Sturgeon
- Silver Carp
- Silver Redhorse
- Skipjack Herring
- Slenderhead Darter
- Smallmouth Bass
- Smallmouth Buffalo
- Spotfin Shiner
- Spotted Bass
- Spotted Gar
- Spotted Sucker
- Stonecat
- Striped Bass
- Striped Shiner
- Tadpole Madtom
- Threadfin Shad
- Trout-perch
- Walleye
- Warmouth
- Western Mosquitofish
- White Bass
- White Crappie
- White Sucker
- Yellow Bass
- Yellow Bullhead
- Yellow Perch
City starting points
- Ankeny, IA — geographic discovery
- Cedar Falls, IA — geographic discovery
- Cedar Rapids, IA — geographic discovery
- Clinton, IA — geographic discovery
- Council Bluffs, IA — geographic discovery
- Davenport, IA — geographic discovery
- Des Moines, IA — geographic discovery
- Dubuque, IA — geographic discovery
- Mason City, IA — geographic discovery
- Sioux City, IA — geographic discovery
- Waterloo, IA — geographic discovery
- West Des Moines, IA — geographic discovery
Local directory coverage
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