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Wonderlich Outdoors

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Wonderlich Outdoors is a fishing charter and guide service based in Des Moines, IA. They offer both open water and ice fishing trips. They also provide fishing trips to Wine Lake Camp.

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Trip details

Fishing Types
Ice Fishing
Trip Durations
half-day, full-day

Angler reviews

5.0on Google, 6 reviews
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Around here

Around Wonderlich Outdoors

Adventureland Campground4.4 miGriff's Valley View RV Park6.4 mi5 mi
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Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Typical flow by month

1972 to 2026

The water at Wonderlich Outdoors typically runs highest in May, at a median 91 cfs, and lowest in September, at 9.8 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,180 cfs, in 2018.

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Typical flow by month at Fourmile Creek at Des Moines, IA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January146.2 to 34
February199.2 to 37
March5724 to 121
April6433 to 140
May9147 to 182
June7537 to 168
July3218 to 75
August135.5 to 38
September9.83.9 to 40
October135.2 to 53
November256.8 to 57
December215.2 to 44

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 45 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Fourmile Creek at Des Moines, IA (site 05485640). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

Today · Fri

89Go/ 100

CloudyHigh 46°F, low 37°FRain 0%Wind 6 kt, gusts 15

Streamflow

276 cfs

Much above normal (95th)

Water level

4.70 ft

Air quality

49 Good

EAST HIGH monitor, 11 km

National Weather ServiceBelow flood stage

Flood stage 12.5 ft. NWS reads 4.7 ft here.

NWS issues forecasts here only during high water.

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). Flood stages and forecasts: NOAA National Weather Service. Air quality: Polk Co. Air Quality Division via EPA AirNow. Preliminary data, not verified. See full conditions →

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