Iowa Big Bass Fisher

The National Fish Habitat Action Plan has unveiled the 2010 10 “Waters to Watch” list, a collection of rivers, streams, lakes and watershed systems that will benefit from strategic conservation efforts to protect, restore or enhance their current condition.
The 10 “Waters to Watch” are representative of freshwater to marine waters across the country including lakes [...]

14th Annual Youth Fishing Derby Pre-registration is at Bacon Creek General Store May 1st – 15th
Children ages 4-12, must preregister for the event, which is being held at Bacon Creek Park on Saturday, June 5. Registration forms are available at Long John Silvers/A&W Restaurant, 4420 Sergeant Road, and the Bacon Creek Country Store, 2520 Gordon [...]

The Hy-Vee Fishing Derby is a fun, free event that is open to the public. With an anticipated visitor attendance of more than 30,000 people, it provides children up to the age of 15 the chance to fish and win prizes.
Funds raised go directly toward Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Iowa’s mentoring programs. The [...]

The city of Clive may spend roughly $200,000 to build a pond in the Woodcreek neighborhood, near the intersection of Hickman Road and Northwest 156th Street.
At a meeting last week, the Clive City Council voted 5-0 to pay for a topographical survey of the area where the pond would be built. The council will vote [...]

The study is the second one by the Department of Natural Resources. It found increasingly bad air, hunters struggling to find pheasants and rivers still in poor condition. A decline of protected habitat, such as grasslands and woodlands, directly affects the lack of game birds and water quality issues.
In 2009, Iowa saw one of its [...]

I’ve only posted the information I know. As I find out more I will keep posting it. Good luck!
Event Name:    Lake Series
Event Description:    Open Bass Tournament
Event Date and Time:
05/01/2010 05:00AM to 03:00PM
Location:    Three Mile Lake
Address:    NIGHTHAWK AVE – AFTON, IA, 50830
Organization:    Hawgz Bass Series
Primary Phone:    (515) 297-2501
Organization Email:    j.winkler101@gmail.com
Web Address:    hawgzbassseries.com

For more information about any of these tournaments e-mail or call the contact listed. Send me some photos of your catch!
April Tournaments:
Event Name:    Iowa Bass Stalkers
Event Description:    Bass Tournament
Event Date and Time:    04/24/2010 08:00AM to 03:00PM
Location:    Lake Anita NE Ramp
Address:    LAKE ANITA STATE PARK
ANITA, IA, 50020
Organization:    Iowa Bass Stalkers
Primary Phone:    (515) 450-0903
Organization Email:    stocky@netins.net
Web Address:   [...]

What: Big Mil’s Bait Shop
Where: 913 1/2 W. Mississippi Drive, Muscatine.
Hours: 5:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Saturday, open until 10 p.m. in the summer.
Phone: 563-517-7320
Big Mil’s Bait Shop opened just in time. Scott’s Outdoors had just closed. Owner Nathan Bleu, 36, and manager Mil Burroughs, 46, recognized the opportunity and jumped on it.
“Mil [...]

I woke up a little late Sunday and headed down to the Red Rock Spillway. For a while it seemed like everyone was catching fish but me.  I saw a Hybrid Bass get pulled out that must’ve been at least 6 lbs, probably more. Eventually I got frustrated and the old lady wanted to be [...]