Fishing near Cedar Falls, Iowa

Iowa puts Cedar Falls inside Black Hawk County. You can fish a different water each weekend from here. Running from near to far: Alice Wyth Lake the better part of 1.2 miles to the east, Fisher Lake the better part of 1.8 miles, George Wyth Lake the better part of 2.5 miles to the east plus Prairie Lakes the better part of 3.5 miles. Fisher Lake fishes short: get the depth right and the distance takes care of itself. The cold season shuts the open water down. Deep water holds fish through the coldest weeks. Storage water makes up the bulk of the list. A soft bottom fishes differently from a hard one. Alice Wyth Lake sits nearest and covers some 49 acres. There is a launch at Alice Wyth Lake, so a boat is an option there. The thaw usually comes near late March. Between Cedar Falls and Alice Wyth Lake there is nothing else worth stopping for....