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March 12, 2024

Trout stocking in northeast Iowa streams starts April 1

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The popular trout stream stocking season starts on April 1 in northeast Iowa. Find a list of stocked trout streams on the DNR trout stream map or the DNR trout fishing webpage. 
The DNR Trout Program offers Iowa anglers a variety of trout fishing opportunities, including catchable stockings, fingerling stockings, wild trout, streams with restrictive regulations, easy universal access areas and remote streams with difficult access.

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Wetlands to be established on Iowa’s Okoboji View Wetland Complex

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The final touches on Iowa’s Okoboji View Wetland Complex, a major clean water project near the Okoboji View Golf Course west of West Lake Okoboji, are scheduled for this spring with completion by the end of this June.
The Natural Resources Commission approved the project at its January meeting. The project involves a 78-acre waterfowl protection area, the George Wylie Phelps Wildlife Area, on which two separate wetland pools will be restored.

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Julie Sandstrom elected national board chair of Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock

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The Ruffed Grouse Society & American Woodcock Society (RGS & AWS) announced today that Julie Sandstrom has been elected as its board chair. 
Sandstrom is co-owner and chief financial officer of Sandstrom’s, a premier distribution company, a role she’s held since 1992. Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Minn,, she enjoys the outdoors and has long been passionate about conservation, hunting ruffed grouse and all things bird dogs.

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Game fish and rough fish abundant in Michigan’s Muskegon Lake

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If you’re looking for a lake with diverse fishing opportunities look, no further than Muskegon Lake.
Located at the city of Muskegon in southwestern Muskegon County along the shore of Lake Michigan, Muskegon Lake is a 4,150-acre drowned rivermouth at the end of the Muskegon River. It drains into Lake Michigan through the Muskegon Lake Outlet.

Game fish and rough fish abundant in Michigan’s Muskegon Lake Read More »

Michigan inland fishing guides now required to secure license

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As of March 1, sport fishing guides operating in Michigan need an inland guide license to take clients on guided trips on inland lakes, rivers or streams.
The license is required for anyone guiding on any water except the Great Lakes, Great Lakes connecting waters, and bodies of water with a surface area of less than five acres.

Michigan inland fishing guides now required to secure license Read More »

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