Iowa Proven techniques

[GoneFishingLTN]

So lets say you are fishing all over Iowa, what would you say are the most proven techniques here in Iowa.
I know you can use any technique anywhere but curious what tools are needed to combat the common structure an cover in most Iowa lakes.

Spinnerbait, squarebill, deep crank how about punching? 

[Zangof]

Interested as well.  Got into bass fishing in 2018, bought a boat.  Got out more last year and enjoyed jig fishing so I bought my first punching rig setup over christmas with a 7'6"  shimano curado heavy flipping stick and put one of the 60th anniversary daiwa tactula 100s on it.  First technique specific setup i have bought otherwise i have a 7ft mh rod with a 8.1 reel and a 6'6" mh rod with a 6.3 reel.

 

Have not been to any of the "good" iowa bass lakes I hear people talk about even though i live close to them so hoping to learn one of them good this summer.

[Hawkeye21]

It depends on what body of water you are on.  Okoboji area has some really deep, clear water and would fished differently than a backwater lake on the Mississippi.  Fishing in Iowa really isn't that different than fishing anywhere else.  You'll have bodies of water with lots of wood lay downs, rocky shorelines, sandy shorelines, grass, lily pads, flooded trees and stumps.

[Ogandrews]

Lived in Ames and fished around the Dsm area and up to around ft dodge. In my experience the fishing is no different than where I’m from in Minnesota technique wise. Real difference is there are about 10,000 less lakes, almost all the water i fished was way more pressured and much less productive, and a lot dirtier. Another big difference I noticed is that there seemed to be way more of a keep every single fish you catch mentality in the areas I was fishing, easily could contribute to the water being much less productive. I did really enjoy fishing the Des Moines River  west and north of Ames, really pretty area when your outside of the city. Same thing with brushy creek, really cool body of water. I’m planning on making a trip in the next few weeks to the upper iowa river near decorah to do some early season walleye fishing, one thing you guys definitely have right is year round fishing seasons. Really is a shame people didn’t take better care of the recourse they have with the dsm river, has the potential to be an amazing walleye river but I always got the impression that it has degraded into pretty much a put and take fishery.