Iowa Big Bass Fisher

A boating safety enforcement project on the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers near Sioux City over the weekend resulted in six arrests including five for boating while intoxicated and one for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated.
The joint project between the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks conducted [...]

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Authorities say a fish kill in a creek at a Cedar Rapids park appears to have occurred because of cleaning products dumped into the water. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources said Sunday that employees from the nearby Harding Middle School were found to have dumped the cleaning products in the [...]

A $400,000 project to improve a southern Iowa lake has hit a snag. An Iowa Department of Natural Resources crew discovered fish called “gizzard shad” in Lake Wapello last week. Mark Flammang, a fisheries biologist based at Lake Wapello, says they just drained the lake to get rid of the gizzard shad, but now that [...]

As of May 2009 Iowa made wearing a safety vest for those boaters under age 13 mandatory. There is an exemption for commercial boats with a capacity of 25 people or more or while in an enclosed cabin and below deck.
This one snuck by me, I didn’t realize kids now are required to WEAR [...]

Sales of Iowa Fishing Licenses 2002-2008

Iowans and visitors to the state bought season fishing licenses at a record clip through June 1, ending a seven-year trend of declining sales. Possible reasons more people are hooked: better weather, restored lakes, and hot fishing at Clear Lake, Big Spirit Lake and elsewhere. The lure of trout-fishing in [...]

After years of planning and community involvement, Crystal Lake is at the end of its long road back to becoming the North Iowa treasure it once was. “It used to be one of the great little fishing spots in North Iowa, and soon it will be back to that level,” said Tom Haan, head of [...]

A construction worker dangles from a crane, his arm stretched out to reach a terrified woman trapped in swirling water at the base of a dam. These astonishing images show the dramatic rescue of the woman after her boat overturned near the dam on the Des Moines River in Iowa. She was pulled to safety [...]

DES MOINES – Beginning July 1, the minimum requirement to claim Iowa as a state of residence will increase from 30 consecutive days where Iowa is the principle and primary residence, to 90 consecutive days, before someone may purchase a resident hunting, fishing or trapping privilege.
The new residency requirements were approved during the 2009 legislative [...]