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Big Creek Lake

Iowa, United States

4.2· 1332 catches

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Black crappie

16 in · 3 lb

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Black crappie

17 in · 3 lb

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Bluegill

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Walleye

20 in · 4 lb

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Black crappie

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Smallmouth bass

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Largemouth bass

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Walleye

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Largemouth bass

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Largemouth bass

13 in · 1 lb 2 oz

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General info

Big Creek Lake is a lake located in Iowa, United States. It is most popular for fishing Largemouth bass, Walleye, and Hybrid striped bass.

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Location

41°48′44.6″N 93°44′30″W
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Reviews of Big Creek Lake

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love it!

love the variety of species in this lake as well as the accessibility if I want to fish from shore

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big creek

Good fishjng and the water is great perfect color and temp. Also it is not loaded with weeds easy fun lake to fish

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Patience is key here

Patience is the name of the game here folks especially for catfish. I like to toss my catfish line out and to pass the time I grab my smaller rod and fish for blue gill or crappie. The Catfish have eluded me but you bet I caught about 10 blue gill.

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Night fishing turned off at 9 pm

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Not a fan

If you a fishing on shore by the beach don’t expect to catch all the species of fish in big creek, you will most like catch lots of grass I. The water, this one area where their is a over hang the far left of the beach in the under the over hang their was a couple of nibbles but did not catch any thing so I just swam

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Great fishing spots, they got some nice fish.

Good fishing spots, fish are good size, if you like crappie fishing the spring is really good for crappie

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Big Creek Lake is a lake located in Iowa, United States. Its coordinates are:
41°48′44.6″N 93°44′30″W
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