Iowa Lawmakers Restore Ditches to Public Use for Hunting
Iowa lawmakers overrode a 1987 attorney general ruling, opening roadside ditches to hunting trapping and other activities with limits. They set 200 yard restrictions from driveways, define trapping as recreational, raise some fines and allow DNR officers to pursue violators. Some proposals, including habitat stamp hikes and non resident hunting, failed to pass.
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Spring bird hike and Great Walleye Weekend planned in Iowa
The Red Cedar Chapter hosts a 6 a.m. May 1 bird hike from its Vinton chapterhouse exploring upland and marsh habitats with wildflowers and morel hunting. Also in Ottumwa the Izaak Walton League holds its 65th convention June 3–5 at multiple venues. In Arnolds Park the sixth annual Great Walleye Weekend runs May 7–8 with a $10,000 grand prize for a tagged fish and other cash and gear prizes to raise funds for Easter Seals.
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IGI Chamber of Commerce
Pleasant Creek State Park gains full service facilities
Pleasant Creek Recreation Area near Palo expands into a full service state park with a completed beach house, new rest rooms at the north picnic area, a south boat ramp facility, and a shower facility in the first campground. The section includes a May 1982 opening and ongoing improvements funded by Iowa Lottery profits, with future plans for a second and third campground and a hexagon shelterhouse near the south ramp. Cedar River bridge opened 1985. park now hosts modern camping and amenities ready for public use.
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Jerry Reisinger
Cedar River
northeast Iowa rivers offer top fishing variety says DNR official
David Moeller, district fisheries supervisor in Manchester, notes northeast Iowa hosts a wide river fishing scene. Walleyes dominate the Mississippi with tribes along Cedar and Shell Rock. trout stocking runs March through November across 50 streams with 325000 trout plus 300 larger fish. Smallmouth bass thrive in inland rivers like Cedar and Upper Iowa, while largemouths populate lakes and the Mississippi.
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Shell Rock
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Bear
Trout River
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Bloody Run
Say Magill
North Cedar Turkey River
Joy Springs
Grannis
Richmond
St. Ansgar
Mitchell
Yellow River
Volney
Volga River
Fayette
Lime Springs
Kendallville
Decorah
Wapsipinicon
Linn
Jones Counties
Maquoketa River
Monticello
Hawkeye Hotspots Crappie Bites Across Iowa Lakes
Hawkeye Hotspots reports crappie fishing good in Iowa Lake, Miami Lake, Lake Darling, Pleasant Creek, Lake Macbride and Kent Lake, fair in Rodgers, Hannen and Central Park lakes, with other Eastern Iowa hotspots including the Mississippi River pools and Coralville Reservoir. A Cedar Rapids angler lands an 8 pound 7 ounce bass after a cold-water fight.
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