Little River Watershed Lake
General Information
County: Decatur
Location: 1 mile west of Leon
Acres: 733.00
Maximum Depth: 35.8 ft. (2021 - 35.8 feet)
Motoring Restrictions: No motor restriction at no wake speed except for ski area
Nearby Parks
Amenities
Amenities at Little River Watershed Lake include:
- Boat Access
- Fishing Jetty
- Accessible Pier
- Picnic Area
- Beach
- Accessible Facilities
- Playground
- Restrooms
- Camping
- Concessions
- Hard Surface Boat Ramp
- Fish Cleaning Station
| Water temperatures in most Mount Ayr district lakes are in the low 50's. For more information, please contact the Mount Ayr Fisheries office at 641-464-3108. |
| Dock is in at the main boat ramp. |
| Black Crappie - Slow: Use jigs tipped with livebait fished along creek channels in the flooded timber for Crappie of all sizes. |
- 5/5/22 - 75,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 11/1/22 - 14,956 Walleye (9.3)
- September 2021 - 3,710 Channel Catfish (8.9)
- October 2021 - 5,512 Walleye (9.7)
- 10/27/2021 - 4,717 Walleye (9.4)
- 10/26/2021 - 4,777 Walleye (9.3)
- 04/27/2021 - 75,000 Walleye (Fry)
- Fall 2020 - 12,431 Walleye (8.9)
- 10/21/2020 - 4,098 Walleye (9.5)
- 04/24/2020 - 78,675 Walleye (Fry)
- October 2019 - 14,952 Walleye (9.4)
- fall 2019 - 3,700 Channel Catfish (9.4)
- 05/01/2019 - 2,304,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 10/22/2018 - 3,715 Walleye (7.8)
- 05/15/2018 - 75,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 05/07/2018 - 2,229,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 9/6/2017 - 268 Channel Catfish (8.3")
- 9/28/2017 - 619 Channel Catfish (9.3")
- 9/27/2017 - 2,693 Channel Catfish (9.3")
- 4/28/2017 - 150,000 Walleye (fry)
- 4/27/2017 - 2,229,000 Walleye (fry)
- 10/25/2017 - 1,736 Walleye (9")
- 10/24/2017 - 802 Walleye (9")
- 10/24/2017 - 2,032 Walleye (9")
- 10/23/2017 - 862 Walleye (9")
- 10/23/2017 - 1,998 Walleye (9")
- 5/3/16 - 150,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 4/29/16 - 2,200,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 10/27/16 - 7,813 Walleye (10.3")
- 10/20/2015 - 7,430 Walleye (8")
- 09/15/2015 - 4,264 Channel Catfish (8")
- 04/29/2015 - 150,000 Walleye (Fry)
- 04/22/2015 - 2,229,000 Walleye (Fry)
- annual 2014 - 7,829 Walleye (8")
- annual 2014 - 2,350,000 Walleye (Fry)
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:
Spring electrofishing indicated good numbers of Largemouth Bass up to 19 inches. Good numbers of Bluegill up to 9 inches and Crappie up to 11 inches are available to anglers.(2024)
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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.