Greenfield Lake
General Information
County: Adair
Location: 1 mile southwest of Greenfield
Acres: 56.00
Maximum Depth: 26 ft. (2008 - Data collected as part of the statewide lake mapping program.)
Motoring Restrictions: Electric Motors Only
Nearby Parks
Amenities
Amenities at Greenfield Lake include:
- Boat Access
- Fishing Jetty
- Picnic Area
- Trails
- Accessible Facilities
- Playground
- Restrooms
- Good/Excellent Shorefishing
- Hard Surface Boat Ramp
- 09/16/2021 - 500 Channel Catfish (8.8)
- fall 2019 - 1,200 Walleye (6)
- 09/30/2019 - 1,001 Channel Catfish (9.6)
- fall 2017 - 1,100 Walleye (6)
- 9/11/2017 - 998 Channel Catfish (7.7")
- fall 2016 - 1,100 Walleye (6)
- fall 2015 - 1,100 Walleye (6)
- 09/21/2015 - 1,007 Channel Catfish (8")
- fall 2014 - 1,100 Walleye (6.9)
The
Fishing Regulations brochure is available for download. The summaries listed below are a partial listing provided for your benefit.
- Black Bullhead
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: unlimited
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
- Black Crappie
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined black and white crappie, 25 fish
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other: No daily limit on private waters
- Bluegill
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: 25 fish
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other: No daily limit on private waters
- Channel Catfish
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined: channel, blue and flathead catfish, 8 fish
- Possession Limit: combined: channel, blue and flathead catfish, 30 fish
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
- Green Sunfish
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: none
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
- Largemouth Bass
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined black bass, 3 fish
- Possession Limit: combined black bass, 6 fish
- Length Limit: 15-inch minimum
- Other:
- Walleye
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined walleye, sauger and saugeye; 5 fish
- Possession Limit: combined walleye, sauger and saugeye; 10 fish
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
- White Crappie
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined black and white crappie, 25 fish
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other: No daily limit on private waters
- Yellow Bullhead
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: unlimited
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
The fishery in Greenfield Lake will again provide good fishing in 2023. The fisheries survey from 2022 indicates good numbers of largemouth bass from 13 to 20 inches. The bluegill population lacks quality. The black crappie population is abundant with the dominate size 9-inches. Greenfield Lake is a good catfishing lake with excellent numbers of fish 14 to 24-inches. Walleyes stocked annually by Adair County add to this fishery. Yellow bullheads (10 to 13-inches) round out the fishery. A walking path circles the lake and provides great shore line access for fishing. Being a water supply reservoir boats are restricted to electric motor only.(2022)
Tip: Click the arrow in the lower right corner to view the Fish Survey Data tool in full-screen mode.
Contacts
Iowa-Caught Fish Are Safe to Eat, In Almost All Cases
The vast majority of Iowa’s streams, rivers and lakes offer safe and high-quality fish that pose little or no threat to human health if consumed. Some limitations may apply for young children and pregnant women. Here’s a Fish Consumption Fact Sheet from the Iowa DNR and the Iowa Dept. of Public Health for more information.