Does anybody know of some good smallmouth spots in the Central Iowa area? Looking to break my personal best smallie this year. 

Central Iowa can be a little tricky I think- I used to fish the skunk river a lot when I was in school. At that time there were a lot of 12" fish but I did find a few pushing 4lbs. That river has changed a bunch in the past 15 years though. I would think there's some quality fish in the Des Moines River (there's a bit of everything it seems in there), but I wouldn't think the numbers would be super high.

 

I've always heard about river fishing towards the northeast part of the state as well.

 

Good Luck!

-Jared

I did a quick google search a found some good information. Spend an hour and you will find some good stuff on streams and rivers in your area.