This summer I will be on the border of Iowa and Illinois in the Quad Cities and I need fishing recommendations.

 

I am willing to fish for anything, I've primarily done bass fishing and trout fishing in Missouri, but will go for any fish.  It will be mostly bank fishing unless I make friends with someone with a boat while I'm up there.  

 

I'm just looking for what is good fishing in the area.

As far as Iowa goes for Largemouth there are some good lakes of different sizes throughout Eastern Iowa. Not sure if you are into river fishing or not but the Mississippi River along the Iowa/Illinois border has some pretty good Smallmouth and Largemouth pools along it. As far as lakes go I guess it just depends how far you want to drive and if you have a boat or not, boat is absolutely necessary to fish the Mississippi pools.

      Down by Muscatine there is a place called Deep Lakes Park, along the river, that has some good fishing although I have never been there but have heard good things.

Here are a few places to consider for lake fishing in Eastern Iowa: Lake Belva Deer near Sigourney, IA is one of the best places to catch Largemouth in Iowa, 6-9lbers are routinely caught here which is amazing for Iowa. Belva Deer is a newer lake in the last 20 years and is a flooded timber and trees can stick 20 feet out of the water even in 30 ft of water, really cool place especially if you have a boat. Iowa Lake(Iowa County), Pleasant Creek State Park near Palo(currently under renovation), Lake Darling(recently renovated), Lake McBride State Park near Solon(1200 Acres), and Coralville Reservoir are some of the places that produce good numbers of fish. Lake McBride is probably the most diverse lake around with the differnet types of fish such as walleye, muskee, pike, and some good wiper fishing.  

    Google the Iowa DNR website and they have a pretty good database of all the bodies of water in Iowa, you can even search by county to find places near you. They also send out a fishing report every Thursday that is helpful.

     Hope this helps at least a little for you. There is plenty of time to plan out fishing next Spring with winter here. High is supposed to be -17 here Sunday with wind chills of -35 so fishing cant get here soon enough. On average it is usually March before the bass start acting up around here again.