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Swan Lake

General Information

County: Carroll
Location: 3 miles southeast of Carroll
Acres: 120.00
Maximum Depth: 11.9 ft. (2021 - 11.9 feet)
Motoring Restrictions: None - No wake speed

Nearby Parks

Amenities

Amenities at Swan Lake include:
  • Boat Access
  • Fishing Jetty
  • Accessible Pier
  • Boat Rental
  • Picnic Area
  • Beach
  • Trails
  • Accessible Facilities
  • Playground
  • Restrooms
  • Camping
  • Concessions
  • Good/Excellent Shorefishing
  • Hard Surface Boat Ramp
  • Accessible Shoreline

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  • 9/20/22 - 500 Channel Catfish (9.1)
  • 09/21/2020 - 500 Channel Catfish (8.3)
  • 10/01/2018 - 502 Channel Catfish (8.2)
  • 10/4/16 - 1,402 Channel Catfish (9.1")
  • 10/18/16 - 1,108 Largemouth Bass (4")
  • 10/22/2015 - 725 Largemouth Bass (11")
  • 10/01/2015 - 24,193 Bluegill (1.2")
  • 10/01/2015 - 1,900 Channel Catfish (8")
  • 09/25/2014 - 906 Channel Catfish (8")

  • Brittle Naiad

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: Except for border lakes
  • 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:

Swan Lake experienced a large fish kill in the summer of 2015 due to low levels of dissolved oxygen after a massive algae bloom. The fishery has rebounded since then and the largemouth bass population is very strong. Harvestable size bluegill and crappie can be caught, but expect to sort through a lot of smaller fish as well. Channel catfish are stocked on a regular basis. The bullhead population has been growing and there are a lot of smaller bullhead in the lake now.(2020)

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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.