Airport Lake
General Information
County: Chickasaw
Location: Located 2 miles northwest of New Hampton.
Acres: 9.00
Maximum Depth: 22 ft. (2010)
Motoring Restrictions:
Nearby Parks
Amenities
Amenities at Airport Lake include:
- Fishing Jetty
- Picnic Area
- Beach
- Trails
- Restrooms
- Good/Excellent Shorefishing
- Hard Surface Boat Ramp
- 09/08/2021 - 162 Channel Catfish (8.1)
- 09/30/2019 - 144 Channel Catfish (9.6)
- 9/5/2017 - 144 Channel Catfish (8.3")
- 09/22/2015 - 144 Channel Catfish (8")
- Curlyleaf Pondweed
- Eurasian Watermilfoil
The
Fishing Regulations brochure is available for download. The summaries listed below are a partial listing provided for your benefit.
- Bluegill
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: 25 fish
- Possession Limit: unlimited
- Length Limit: none
- Other: No daily limit on private waters
- Channel Catfish
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined: channel, blue and flathead catfish, 8 fish
- Possession Limit: combined: channel, blue and flathead catfish, 30 fish
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
- Largemouth Bass
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: combined black bass, 3 fish
- Possession Limit: combined black bass, 6 fish
- Length Limit: 15-inch minimum
- Other:
- Yellow Perch
- Season: Continuous
- Daily Bag Limit: 25 fish
- Possession Limit: 50 fish
- Length Limit: none
- Other:
Sample data from 2019 found 5- to 6-inch Bluegill common with a few up to 9-inches. Channel Catfish from 10- to 26-inches will excite mid-day anglers. Catch Largemouth Bass from bait stealer size to 16-inches. Find Yellow Perch up to 10-inches along the vegetated edges of the lake. A few suspended Black Crappie and Green Sunfish may be caught while boating around the lake. Channel Catfish are stocked in odd years. See more at http://www.mycountyparks.com/County/Chickasaw/Park/Airport-Lake-Park.aspx.(2021)
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Contacts
Iowa-Caught Fish Are Safe to Eat, In Almost All Cases
The vast majority of Iowa’s streams, rivers and lakes offer safe and high-quality fish that pose little or no threat to human health if consumed. Some limitations may apply for young children and pregnant women. Here’s a Fish Consumption Fact Sheet from the Iowa DNR and the Iowa Dept. of Public Health for more information.