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Fishing regulations at Springwood North Greenway, IA
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Below you will see fishing regulations for catching Largemouth bass as of April 22nd, 2026. To view regulations for a different fish species, please click on your preferred species in the drop-down.
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Statewide regulations: No closed season.
Daily bag limit = 3 bass (largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass, combined).
Daily possession limit = 6 bass (combined)
EXCEPTIONS:
All black bass caught from the following stream segments and lakes must be released alive immediately:
- Brown Lake (Jackson)
- Cedar River (Mitchell) extending downstream from the bridge on county road A19 east of Otranto as posted to the bridge on county road T26 south of St. Ansgar
- Maquoketa River (Delaware) extending downstream from below Lake Delhi Dam as posted to the first county gravel road bridge
- Middle Raccoon River (Guthrie) extending downstream from below Lake Panorama Dam as posted to the dam at Redfield
- Upper Iowa River (Winneshiek) extending downstream from the Fifth Street bridge in Decorah as posted to the upper dam
- Wapello Lake (Davis).
Inland Waters:
- Minimum size = 15-inches in all public lakes, including Coralville, Rathbun, Saylorville, and Red Rock reservoirs except as otherwise posted, including:
- Ada Hayden (Story): 18-inch minimum
- Ahquabi, Hooper (Warren): 18-inch minimum
- Big Creek: 18-inch minimum
- Casey (Tama): 18-inch minimum
- Cold Springs (Cass): 18-inch minimum
- Green Valley (Union): 18-inch minimum
- Hawthorn (Mahaska): all 12 to 16-inch fish must be immediately released!
- Hendricks (Howard): 18-inch minimum
- Krumm (Jasper): 18-inch minimum
- Little Wall (Hamilton): 18-inch minimum
- Lost Grove (Scott): 18-inch minimum
- Mill Creek (O'Brien): 18-inch minimum
- Pleasant Creek (Linn): 18-inch minimum
- Smith (Kossuth): 18-inch minimum
- South Prairie (Black Hawk): 18-inch minimum
- Sugema (Van Buren): all 12 to 18-inch fish must be immediately released!
- Swan Lake (Carroll): 16-inch minimum
- Thomas Mitchell: 18-inch minimum
- Yellow Banks (Polk): 18-inch minimum
Interior Streams & River Impoundments
- Minimum size limit = 12-inch minimum except
Boundary Rivers (including associated chutes and backwaters where intermittent or constant flow occur)
- Daily Bag Limit = 5 bass (largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass, combined).
- Possession Limit = 10 bass (largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass, combined).
- Mississippi River: Minimum size = 14-inches total length.
- Missouri River: Minimum size = 12-inches total length.
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FAQ about Springwood North Greenway fishing
- Largemouth bass - 12 members reported to have caught this fish
- Bluegill - 3 members reported to have caught this fish
- Spotted bass - 1 members reported to have caught this fish
- @aliciasaavedra reported a nice Bluegill.
- @aliciasaavedra reported a nice Largemouth bass.
- @aliciasaavedra reported a nice Bluegill.
- @jagger.bennett reported a nice Hybrid striped bass.
- @Connor-Grodzicki reported a nice Channel catfish.
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