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Fishing regulations to be relaxed at McKinley Lake in Creston

• 7/16/2024 12:16:00 PM
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CRESTON - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is relaxing the fishing regulations at McKinley Lake in Creston. The city of Creston will begin to drain the lake in August as part of a lake restoration project.

Fishing regulations to be relaxed at Lake Keomah

• 4/16/2024 12:48:00 PM
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OSKALOOSA - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will relax the fishing regulations at Lake Keomah starting May 1, to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lake is completely drained as part of a lake restoration project.

Fishing regulations to be relaxed at Casey Lake in Tama County

• 10/3/2023 12:56:00 PM
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TAMA COUNTY - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will relax the fishing regulations at Casey Lake in Hickory Hills Park starting October 4 to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lake is renovated.

Fishing regulations to be relaxed at Cherry Lake in Tama County

• 9/14/2023 4:03:00 PM
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TAMA - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will relax the fishing regulations at Cherry Lake on the south side of Tama starting September 15 to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish.

Fishing regulations relaxed at West Swan Lake in Emmet County

• 4/19/2022 11:57:00 AM
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ESTHERVILLE - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has relaxed the fishing regulations at West Swan Lake in Emmet County to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lake is renovated to eliminate an overabundant population of bullhead and common carp, and restore water quality and habitat.

Fishing regulations to be relaxed at Otter Creek Lake in Tama County

• 6/8/2021 1:41:00 PM
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TAMA - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will relax the fishing regulations at Otter Creek Lake, near Tama, starting June 15 to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lake is dewatered this fall for a planned lake restoration project. The fish population will be renovated to remove common carp and yellow bass from the lake.  

Fishing regulations relaxed at Pickeral Lake in Buena Vista County

• 5/11/2021 1:19:00 PM
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LAURENS - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has relaxed the fishing regulations at Pickeral Lake in Buena Vista County to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lake is renovated to eliminate an overabundant population of bullhead and restore water quality and habitat.

Fishing regulations to be relaxed at Emma Young Pond in Clinton

• 4/20/2021 3:26:00 PM
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CLINTON - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will relax the fishing regulations at Emma Young Pond in Clinton starting May 1 to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the pond is renovated this fall.

Fishing Regulations relaxed at Lake Ahquabi and Hooper Lake in Warren County

• 10/6/2020 1:41:00 PM
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Indianola - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has relaxed the fishing regulations at Lake Ahquabi and Hooper Lake in Warren County to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before the lakes are drained in mid-summer 2021.

Relaxed fishing regulations extended at Spring Lake in Cherokee County

• 10/6/2020 1:40:00 PM
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Cherokee - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has extended the relaxed fishing regulations at Spring Lake at Koser Spring Lake Park until Oct. 26.

Water level to drop at West Lake Park ahead of restoration

• 7/10/2019 11:22:00 AM
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DAVENPORT – The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will start lowering the water level at Lake of the Hills, Railroad Lake, Lambach Lake and Bluegrass Lake at West Lake Park on July 15 as part of a lake restoration project to improve water quality and recreational opportunities.

Relaxed fishing regulations extended at Elm and Morse lakes

• 12/18/2018 1:13:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has extended the relaxed fishing regulations at Elm and Morse Lakes in Wright County until December 1, 2019.

Water level to drop at Diamond Lake ahead of renovation this fall

• 8/8/2017 1:41:00 PM
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The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is planning a repeat of a successful restoration effort on Diamond Lake in Dickinson County. The DNR will lower the water level in the lake through this fall and winter to eliminate problem fish.

Fishing regulations to be relaxed at Kent Park Lake in Johnson County

• 2/21/2017 3:20:00 PM
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TIFFIN- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources will relax fishing regulations on the 27-acre main lake at Kent Park starting on March 1, to allow anglers to more freely harvest fish before and while the lake is being drained.