Lake MacBride — Attraction in Big Grove Township

It's a nice lake, for sure. For fishing, though, it's more of a boat fishing lake. It's really hard to cast and reel when there's so much moss and whatnot in the lake. It catches your hook and is really annoying. And not all of that is visable, a lot hides just under the water. Another bummer is that there isn't a lot of shade on/over the water, so if you don't get there early in the morning, it gets too hot most days and the fish go to the shallow parts where it's cooler, and as mentioned above, you just can't catch anything there. Really nice place to relax and hike though! A few grills here and there, and some benches spread out. Overall a nice place, just not really a big fishing lake, it's more...

Camped here during the week in site 21 on the north modern campground. We had a good experience. This particular site is hilly outside of the gravel pad for the camper so there were not many options for a tent pad to set up. However it was super quiet during the week and we enjoyed the solitude and we ahd great weather. There was easy access to the path that runs from the dam to the beach from the campground and it provides many good fishing spots. The other thing to watch out for was the abundance of poison ivy. We camped at the end of July and it was everywhere we went from the lake trail to the campground and everywhere in between. I would...

This was my first trip to fish on Lake Macbride in the last 50 years. As I recall it's as beautiful as ever an even better! Corps of engineers or the DNR for Iowa lowered the lake level several years ago and brought in rocks boulders and change the Topography of the bottom of the lake! Also the management of the fish in the lake has been outstanding. I don't ever remember as a kid catching as many nice bass and walleyes. It was a great day and it's a great...