Walleye season closes Feb. 15 on Iowa Great Lakes 2/6/2024 11:59:00 AM View Count 3305 SPIRIT LAKE – The walleye fishing season on Spirit, East and West Okoboji lakes is open through Feb. 14. It will close after that date and reopens on May 4. These are the only Iowa lakes that have a closed season for walleye.
Help prevent the spread of invasive aquatic plants around West Okoboji Lake 8/16/2023 7:23:00 AM View Count 2604 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking for help to prevent the spread of Eurasian watermilfoil and brittle naiad around West Okoboji Lake.
Invasive aquatic plants confirmed at West Okoboji Lake 8/9/2023 7:28:00 AM View Count 3511 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently discovered Eurasian watermilfoil growing throughout the canals near Miller’s Bay and The Harbor canals on West Okoboji Lake in Dickinson County. Brittle naiad was also found in the Triboji lagoon. No Eurasian watermilfoil or brittle naiad was found in the main lake of West Okoboji or the other lakes in the Iowa Great Lakes chain.
21-year-old man drowned Saturday on West Okoboji Lake 5/23/2023 1:23:00 PM View Count 6482 The Iowa Department to Natural Resources (DNR) is investigating a drowning Saturday afternoon on West Okoboji Lake, after Alexander Glover, 21, of Cedar Rapids, jumped off a pontoon and into the water in Miller's Bay.
Walleye season closes Feb. 15 on Iowa Great Lakes 2/7/2023 8:22:00 PM View Count 6186 SPIRIT LAKE – The walleye fishing season on Spirit, East and West Okoboji lakes is open through Feb. 14.
Walleye season closes Feb. 15 on Iowa Great Lakes 2/8/2022 1:23:00 PM View Count 1730 SPIRIT LAKE – The walleye fishing season on Spirit, East and West Okoboji lakes is open through Feb. 14. It will close after that date and reopens on May 7. These are the only Iowa lakes that have a closed season for walleye.
DNR urges caution on the ice after snowmobile, ATV go through on the Okobojis 1/14/2022 3:45:00 PM View Count 1490 SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is encouraging ice anglers and snowmobilers to use caution when going out on the ice after a snowmobile and an ATV broke through the ice on West Okoboji Lake and East Okoboji Lake Thursday night.
Boaters urged to use caution to avoid scour holes when loading and unloading 8/19/2021 1:28:00 PM View Count 2172 SPIRIT LAKE, Iowa - Iowa’s drought is impacting boaters on some of Iowa’s premier natural lakes.
Wetlands and prairies play important role in protecting West Okoboji Lake 7/28/2021 11:38:00 AM View Count 2264 Milford, Iowa - Garlock Slough Wetland Complex, on the southwest side of West Okoboji Lake, is a 900-acre mix of native remnant prairie, restored prairie, natural marsh and reconstructed wetlands protecting Iowa’s most valuable lake.
Walleye season opens May 1 on Iowa’s Great Lakes 4/20/2021 3:24:00 PM View Count 2657 The 145th walleye fishing season officially opens May 1 at Spirit Lake, East and West Okoboji lakes.
Simply put, Cayler Prairie has it all 7/21/2020 12:34:00 PM View Count 4149 Standing on a vista overlooking the expansive Cayler Prairie, it’s easy to imagine bison - the icon of the open prairie - at home on this historic area.
Iowa DNR and local partners to manage the invasive curlyleaf pondweed at Iowa Great Lakes 3/31/2020 12:42:00 PM View Count 2690 Spirit Lake, Iowa - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR), working with the East Okoboji Lakes Improvement Corporation (EOLIC), will start the first phase of the curlyleaf pondweed management strategy for the Iowa Great Lakes in April.
Walleye season opens May 4 on Iowa’s Great Lakes 4/23/2019 3:09:00 PM View Count 6554 The 143rd walleye fishing season officially opens May 4 at Spirit Lake, East and West Okoboji lakes.
Late ice delays curlyleaf pondweed growth in Iowa Great Lakes 5/22/2018 11:43:00 AM View Count 3483 SPIRIT LAKE - The record breaking late ice on the Iowa Great Lakes delayed curlyleaf pondweed growth in the Iowa Great Lakes, but it will top out in portions of East Okoboji Lake and other lakes this week.
Walleye season opens May 5 on Iowa’s Great Lakes 4/24/2018 12:20:00 PM View Count 9743 The 142th walleye fishing season officially opens May 5 at Spirit Lake, East and West Okoboji lakes.
Public meeting to discuss Iowa Great Lakes curlyleaf pondweed management plans 9/19/2017 2:30:00 PM View Count 4478 SPIRIT LAKE - Recommendations to manage the invasive curlyleaf pondweed at East Okoboji Lake and Lower Gar Lake will be presented at a public meeting at 6:30 p.m., Sept. 28, at the Sami Bedell Center for the Performing Arts on the Spirit Lake High School campus.