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Raccoon River

🎣 River fishing  Iowa · 🌅 05:40 - 🌇 20:49

Raccoon River is a river in Iowa. Flowing water with species ranked by weather, temperature and season, see below.

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Conditions right now

Weather
🌧️ Heavy rain
Water temp (est.)
21.5°C
Air temp
20.6°C
Wind
5.4 m/s
Pressure
1003.0 ↓ falling
Clouds
100.0%

Water temperature is an estimate based on weather and season.

Best times today

🌇 Dusk 19:34–21:34 🌙 Night 21:34–04:55

Local time at the spot, from the most likely species' daily rhythm.

Next hours

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23.0°
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Likely catch now (15 species)

Channel Catfish
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
16%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 22 degrees, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Blue Catfish
Blue Catfish
Ictalurus furcatus
16%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 22 degrees, peak season, falling pressure ahead of weather.
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Flathead Catfish
Flathead Catfish
Pylodictis olivaris
16%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 22 degrees, peak season.
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Walleye
Walleye
Sander vitreus
12%
Active through the night, water near its preferred 22 degrees, overcast lifts the bite.
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Muskellunge
Muskellunge
Esox masquinongy
6%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 22 degrees, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Largemouth Bass
Largemouth Bass
Micropterus salmoides
6%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 22 degrees, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Smallmouth Bass
Smallmouth Bass
Micropterus dolomieu
6%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 22 degrees, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Brown Trout
Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
4%
Slow during the night, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Striped Bass
Striped Bass
Morone saxatilis
4%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 22 degrees, overcast lifts the bite.
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Brook Trout
Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
3%
Slow during the night, peak season, overcast lifts the bite.
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Black Crappie
Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
3%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 22 degrees, overcast lifts the bite.
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Northern Pike
Northern Pike
Esox lucius
2%
Slow during the night, overcast lifts the bite.
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Bluegill
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
2%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 22 degrees, peak season.
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Rainbow Trout
Rainbow Trout
Oncorhynchus mykiss
2%
Slow during the night, overcast lifts the bite.
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White Bass
White Bass
Morone chrysops
2%
Slow during the night, water near its preferred 22 degrees, overcast lifts the bite.
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Tips right now

Technique Start with a ledger bait for channel catfish, the most likely catch right now.
Timing This is a prime window for channel catfish at night. Fish hard now.
Colour Stained water: try strong scent, yellow or blood red for channel catfish.
Lure Ledger bait for channel catfish: Stinkbait on the bottom.
Depth The water temperature suits the fish. Fish actively at normal depths and edges.

Fishing permit

A state fishing license is required to fish here. Licenses are issued by each state:

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About this water

Raccoon River

The Raccoon River is a 30.8-mile-long (49.6 km) tributary of the Des Moines River in central Iowa in the United States. As measured using the longest of its three forks, its length increases to 226 miles (364 km). Via the Des Moines River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The river runs through an intensely cultivated area of croplands and livestock farming, receiving Tile drainage from slow-draining rich natural bottomland.

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