Mississippi River
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Mississippi River, as the state words them
Clayton County · River · IA
Today's rule hereParsed
- Season
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Gear
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Bait
- “Bait” includes, but is not limited to, minnows, Green Sunfish, Orangespotted Sunfish, live or dead Gizzard Shad, frogs, crayfish, salamanders and mussels.Statewide
- Poles
- you cannot use more than two lines or more than two hooks on each lineStatewide
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Black Bass | up to five bass | min. any length | Statewide |
turtles | 100 pounds of live turtles or 50 pounds of dressed turtles | - | Statewide |
Paddlefish You must immediately release alive all fish measuring 33 inches or more on the Mississippi River. Measure the length of a Paddlefish from the front of the eye to the natural unaltered fork of the tail. Use a flexible tape to measure along and over the center line contour of the fish while it is lying flat. You must immediately release alive all fish you do not take into possession. | See size rule | min. 33-inch maximum length limit | This water |
walleye must immediately release alive all walleye from 20 to 27-inches | no more than one Walleye above 27-inches may be taken per day | - | This water |
The official text, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from IA's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- Black Bass (Largemouth, Smallmouth, Spotted bass combined)Size 14-inch minimumAssociated chutes and backwaters of the border rivers are included where intermittent or constant flow occur.
- PaddlefishSize 33-inch maximum length limitYou must immediately release alive all fish measuring 33 inches or more on the Mississippi River. Measure the length of a Paddlefish from the front of the eye to the natural unaltered fork of the tail. Use a flexible tape to measure along and over the center line contour of the fish while it is lying flat. You must immediately release alive all fish you do not take into possession.
- walleyeDaily limit no more than one Walleye above 27-inches may be taken per daymust immediately release alive all walleye from 20 to 27-inches
- Walleye, Sauger & SaugeyeDaily limit combined daily 6 and combined possession of 12
- PaddlefishMarch 1 through April 15 (out of season today)Snagging for Paddlefish on the Mississippi River is restricted to the area within 500 yards below the navigation dams and their spillways.
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this stretch begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
Season at a glanceDerived
Sampled mid-month from the dated rows; short windows can slip between samples. The rows above are authoritative.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 24,000 cfs at mississippi river at mcgregor, ia (2013-10-29 23:45)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Mississippi River's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
Local services near Mississippi River
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