Clear Lake Fisheries Management

The Clear Lake Fisheries Management office is located on the northeast shore of Clear Lake. The team manages public fishing waters in Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth and Wright counties. Some of the larger and more popular bodies of water in this area are: 

• Beeds Lake
• Clear Lake
• Lake Cornelia
• Iowa, Boone and Des Moines Rivers

Clear Lake management team activities include:

• Survey and assess fish populations in lakes and rivers.
• Creel surveys on Clear Lake.
• Urban trout fishery at Blue Pit in Mason City.
• Clear Lake and Ventura Marsh watershed and restoration project.
• Operate a walleye egg collection site at Clear Lake each spring.
• Install fish habitat.
• Perform fish kill investigations.
• Shallow natural lake restorations.
• Public outreach and education of aquatic resources