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Former Pell City High football player Brady Champion was almost in the same fishing neighborhood on the lake, but he did his ...
My first experience with using downriggers for stripers and hybrid stripers occurred 30 years ago.I was fishing with a very ...
Community and business leaders gathered at Gray’s Lake Park off Fleur Drive on Tuesday for a ceremony breaking ground on ...
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has released an updated version of its interactive fishing atlas, now mobile-friendly and equipped with enhanced ...
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has updated its popular online interactive fishing atlas. This mobile-friendly tool now includes DNR-managed lakes, community fishing ...
At Lake Rathbun’s hatchery in southern Iowa, gill nets set for capturing adult fish moving into shallow waters during the night is what is required. Crews work long hours into the wee hours of ...
Lake Rathbun is one of the largest lakes in Iowa and a premiere crappie fishing lake often referred to as “Iowa’s Ocean.” Containing over 11,000 acres it is well stocked with a numerous number of fish ...
For current information on fishing conditions for your lake or area, contact the office in that district. Phone numbers are listed with each district report.
Uncertain ice conditions are creating hazards for recreation such as using ATVs on frozen lakes, Iowa DNR warns.
Seven of those incidents happened on the Iowa Great Lakes on the Minnesota border and two at Lake Rathbun on the Missouri border. Thankfully, all of the vehicles were recovered and no injuries ...
John Foster caught a record-breaking crappie on Sept. 23, but the record is currently in limbo as Iowa officials try to verify the species.
5 / 7 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Wesley Woten, Rathbun Lake volunteer, helps manage the campgrounds at Rathbun Lake, Iowa, as part of its volunteer program.
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