Fishing near Sioux City, IA

Set in Woodbury County at the confluence of the Missouri, Big Sioux, and Floyd Rivers, Sioux City puts three river systems within reach of any angler. The Missouri River reach here is regarded by Iowa DNR as some of the state's best catfishing, with wing dams holding channel cats, flatheads, and smallmouth bass. Larger water sits upstream at Lewis & Clark Lake, a 31,000-acre reservoir near Yankton.

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American Eel

Anguilla rostrata

American Paddlefish

Polyodon spathula

Arctic Grayling

Thymallus arcticus

Bighead Carp

Bigmouth Buffalo

Black Buffalo

Ictiobus niger

Black Bullhead

Ameiurus melas

Black Crappie

Pomoxis nigromaculatus

Blue Catfish

Ictalurus furcatus

Bluegill

Lepomis macrochirus

Blue Sucker

Cycleptus elongatus

Brook Trout

Salvelinus fontinalis

Brown Trout

Salmo trutta

Burbot

Channel Catfish

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