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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 2005
Page
22
The Iowa County Archers host their annual Fall Tune-Up at Iowa County Lake Park near I 80 exit 211. Registration runs 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday and 7 a.m. to noon Monday. The event features 36 three dimensional targets with stakes for different classes.
The Eastern Iowa Ducks Unlimited chapter hosts its 37th annual fundraising dinner on September 15 at the Clarion Hotel in Cedar Rapids with doors at 6 p.m. For details call 360-1760. Cedar County conservation boards presents Fish Iowa derby on September 10 at Cedar Valley Quarries with check-in 9 to 9:30 a.m. and fishing until 11:30 a.m. Prizes for age groups and biggest fish, catch and release. pre register at (563) 886-6930.
Wildlife habitat field days planned in Eastern Iowa to show planting native grasses boosts quail and pheasant populations. Events include a 6 p.m. Thursday tour at Rich Scheer farm in eastern Benton County and a 9:30 a.m. Sept 10 visit to the Southeast Iowa Research Farm near Crawfordsville with directions and a contact phone. Youa Lovan of Pleasant Hill set an Iowa record wiper on the Des Moines River below Saylorville, a 33 inch 19 pound 10 ounce fish. DNA biologist Martin Konrad confirmed the record. wipers are stocked in Saylorville Lake feeding into the Des Moines River.
Harold Fuller of Council Bluffs wins the U S C A T S Iowa District II event at Lake Red Rock on August 20 with 10 catfish totaling 53.1 pounds and claims the big fish award at 7.32 pounds. Second place went to John Shultz and Daryl Coble with 46.7 pounds, third to Joe Reed and Ron Waterhouse with 45.24 pounds as sixteen teams competed.
A writer reflects on peak smallmouth bass activity in Iowa interior rivers as summer wanes. He describes hyperphasia in fish and himself, casting rapidly to match the frantic feeding, and urges anglers to enjoy the brief prime fishing window before lean months. Contact details for the writer follow.
A black swallowtail butterfly feeds on nectar from a thistle flower along Wright Brothers Boulevard SW in Cedar Rapids last Friday. The species is native to the area and does not migrate.
Three Cedar Rapids anglers joined eight Eastern Iowans qualified for the 2006 Cabela’s Masters Walleye Circuit World Championship on the Mississippi River and adjacent events. Dave Nichols and Jim Wahl of Cedar Rapids and Eldridge plus Tim Ahrens and Mike Scarbrough of Waterloo earned spots by placing in the top 55 teams.
Birdwatchers spot a green backed warbler with a yellow breast and black side streaks in a cottonwood. The plumage hints at a hermit Townsends hybrid, a known crossing zone in the Pacific Northwest, suggesting mixed parentage rather than a standard species.
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