Fishing report shows big catches amid low water in Iowa
Drought lowered water levels push fish into deep pools making for easier angling says Iowa DNR fisheries supervisor Marion Conover. Readers report large catches in Iowa and nearby Canada with several youngsters landing big flathead catfish at Cedar Rapids and Pleasant Creek while others haul walleyes and northerns at lakes and on a Canadian trip.
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Iowa
Marion Conover
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Des Moines
Gazette
Conover
Dick Miller
Solon
Michael Hogan
Cedar Rapids
Eighth Avenue
DNR
Michael
Valentin Rodriguez
Dean Montour
Marion
Pleasant Creek
Hawkeye Hotspots Fishing Report Iowa Rivers and Lakes
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources reports current fishing conditions across streams and rivers. Highlights include excellent river fishing in Pools 9-11 with very low water and slow flow, good channel catfish and bass activity in several locations, and varied panfish and catfish success on lakes such as Blakes Lake and Lake Macbride. Upshot: conditions are location specific with generally low water. for full details call the listed hatcheries or the DNR hotline.
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Iowa
Big ‘Springs
Mississippi River
Dubuque
Minnesota-Iowa
Davenport
Blakes Lake
Green Island
Sabula Lake
North
Cedar River
Linn
Black Hawk
Maquoketa River
Delaware
Jones
Jackson Counties
Hartwick Dam
Cedar
Muscatine Counties
Iowa deer season to allow any sex licenses for bucks or does
Iowa hunters may shoot either bucks or does under any sex licenses as quotas rise to curb herd growth. Last year set a new record harvest of 75 000, with multi zone limits and drawings for Zone 1 and Zone 2 first season licenses. Applications open Monday with a Sept 7 deadline. licenses cost 20 dollars and landowners receive free licenses.
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Jim Mayer
Iowa
Richard Bishop
Wildlife Bureau
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Bishop
Brucemore
Cedar Rapids
DNR
Eastern Iowans advance in rifle championships
Sixty seven competitors braved 100 degree heat at the Des Moines Rifle and Revolver Club for the Midwest Regional High Power Rifle Championships in Van Meter. Champions included Mid Tompkins of Los Angeles with 989 and 54 Xs, while Steve Seipp of Dubuque and David Morgan of Cedar Rapids also next. Junior standout Ann Pfiffner led females and juniors with 935 and 20 Xs, as regional shooters prepare for Camp Perry national championships and Olympic competition.
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van Meter
Des Moines
S. Tompkins
Steve Seipp
Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
David Morgan
Ann Pfiffner
Mount Mercy College
Robert Hill
Virginia Military Institute
Iowa
Don Rompet
Jason Bunge
Miles Bennett
Camp Perry
Port Clinton
Ohio
Los Angeles
Iowa Wildlife Federation Announces 1988 Conservation Winners
Laurena Hammes of Sigourney takes the governor’s award for outstanding conservationist as 1988 winners are named across multiple categories. Banquet set for Oct. 22 in Coralville. 57 entrants in amateur division, 39 in pro division.
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Iowa City
Iowa Wildlife Federation
Laurena Hammes
Sigourney
Hammes
Keokuk County
Dana Allan Larsen
Lakeside
Ralph Rosenberg
Ames
Cecelia Burnett
Sonny Satre
Des Moines
Hunter Safety
Johnson County
Izaak Walton League
Tom Utter
Columbus Junction
Lawrence Schaffer
Manchester
John and
Lucina Pitsch
Herbert Kersten
Fort Dodge
Federation
Coralville
Local anglers place in Mississippi River circuit
Stu Ballinger of Cedar Rapids and Maury Schmerback of Dubuque were the only Gazette-area fishermen to place in the Midwest Bass Association Professional-Amateur event at Pool 10 on July 10. Ballinger weighed 9.15 pounds across four fish.
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Oreana
III
Stu Ballinger
Cedar Rapids
Maury Schmerback
Dubuque
Ballinger
Nine Hundred Shooters Enter Iowa State Trapshoot
More than 900 shooters are expected for six days of competition at the Cedar Falls Gun Club starting Tuesday. Last year participants came from 21 states, with 650 to 700 shotgunners on peak days Saturday and Sunday.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa State
Jim Bell
Fort Dodge
Iowa State Trapshooting Association
Bell
Max Ringler
George Fleck
Dean Bright
Larry Bumsted
Iowa
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Ducks Unlimited
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Ken Carlson
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