Johnston Bait and Tackle
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Great Fishing Starts Here! Johnston Bait and Tackle offers a complete line of live bait and fishing tackle.
Johnston Bait and Tackle is central Iowa's largest independent bait and tackle dealer
To send in fish pics or questions, email johnstonbait@gmail.com
For water outflows, levels, precipitation data, or related visit;
http://rivergages.mvr.usace.army.mil/WaterControl/new/layout.cfm
For water quality including temperature, clarity, pH, and others;
https://waterwatch.usgs.gov/wqwatch/map?state=ia&pcode=00010
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Saylorville Lake level is normal The out-flows around the metro are; Des Moines River at Saylorville - 8,000 cfs near Scott Street Dam - 16,600 cfs at Red Rock - 21,200 cfs Raccoon River near Van Meter - 7,500 cfs 63rd St WDM - 7,000 cfs Fleur Dr, DSM - 7,200 cfs S Skunk River near Ames - 1,000 cfs near Colfax - 2,200
About ~1in of rain in the past 24hrs near DSM Saylorville Lake level is normal The out-flows around the metro are; Des Moines River at Saylorville - 6,200 cfs near Scott Street Dam - 13,300 cfs at Red Rock - 21,000 cfs Raccoon River near Van Meter - 5,700 cfs 63rd St WDM - 5,800 cfs Fleur Dr, DSM - 5,400 cfs S Skunk River near Ames - 1,000 cfs near Colfax - 1,700 cfs
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About .75 to 1.25 inches of rain in the past 24 hrs in our area, with this headed our way. There are tornado & severe weather alerts for central IA. Stay safe everyone.
Saylorville Lake level is normal The out-flows around the metro are; Des Moines River at Saylorville - 8,800 cfs near Scott Street Dam - 15,000 cfs at Red Rock - 21,500 cfs Raccoon River near Van Meter - 5,000 cfs 63rd St WDM - 5,200 cfs Fleur Dr, DSM - 4,700 cfs S Skunk River near Ames - 500 cfs near Colfax - 1,100 cfs
Happy Mothers Day everyone!
24hr precip = 1in Saylorville Lake is about ~ 3ft high The out-flows around the metro are; Des Moines River at Saylorville - 9,500 cfs near Scott Street Dam - 17,300 cfs at Red Rock - 17,700 cfs Raccoon River near Van Meter - 7,800 cfs 63rd St WDM - 7,100 cfs Fleur Dr, DSM - 7,200 cfs S Skunk River near Ames - 520 cfs near Colfax - 1,800 cfs
If you have sick days saved up - this is the week to use them. Crappie are hitting hard in rivers and lakes - basically anywhere there is water with fish in it. Most fish are biting well on live bait. If you have just 1 day to fish out of the year.. go this week.... TIS' THE SEASON FOLKS
With awesome weather this past weekend and fish biting hard, I'm sure ya'll caught some nice ones. Send me some fish pics! A little weekend recap to get us fired up for some great fishing this weekend!!
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Come check out our whiteboard we put up in the shop! It's going to have all sorts of different info on it from water temps & outflow to what the hot bite is! We'll also put up new fish pics we get too.
Although the gauges in the river are reading mid 50's - we measured 60 degrees yesterday in the "back water" ponds by Saylorville. Smaller bodies of water will be warmer compared to the river. With 3 days now of warming weather, we should have some great fishing today!
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